Since having a Holy Spirit like Hans, Nora has made many breakthroughs in civilian research on various microorganisms. For example, she has cultivated several special fungi.
"We have newly cultivated four types of fungi, one of which has a strong water-absorbing effect and can be used as medical bandages or some daily necessities."
"The other three are edible varieties, one tastes like meat, one is rich in starch, and the last one contains a lot of water and vitamins."
"The biggest advantage of these things is that they can be cultivated and multiplied quickly, and they taste good. So the rats ordered a large batch from me for planting." Nora shrugged at this.
"Unfortunately, it is very difficult to preserve these things, and it also requires a lot of processing fees. Otherwise, I would like to use this thing as a food reserve."
"However, these disadvantages are no longer disadvantages when placed in a transportation hub with a large flow of people, because the flow of people is enough to consume the food. So the underground space can be used to control these special fungi."
"You're right." Lawrence nodded with satisfaction, and then asked as if he recalled something. "You just said the word vitamin. Is this your new discovery?"
"Yes, it is obviously much easier to conduct these studies with the blessing of extraordinary power than relying solely on technology." Nora shook her head with a look of helplessness.
"But the difficulty of large-scale and industrial extraction of vitamins cannot be overcome now."
"So for us now, the discovery of vitamins only allows us to publish a few more papers and allows the island's medical research institute to have a stronger say in medicine. It may take a long time to find economic benefits in this area.
It’s time.”
"Okay -" Lawrence shrugged helplessly. At least this technical gap is not a problem that can be solved in a short time. Fortunately, after briefly thinking about it, he still found some useful ideas for himself from this matter.
Something of value.
"But it is not completely useless for us to spread this theory. At least in this way, everyone's demand for all kinds of fresh food will naturally increase, which will naturally be conducive to the sale of items on the island."
After spending a few days planning, everyone quickly became busy because both the training of manpower and the deployment of materials required a lot of time and energy to complete.
Fortunately, because this territory was a wild land before, Lawrence was able to re-establish a more modern management system compared to other areas.
Therefore, in this case, although everyone was a little busy, it did not appear chaotic. On the whole, it still seemed in order, and there was no situation that often occurs in many territories where all kinds of losses skyrocket when things are busy.
In addition to these main things, there are other things that need to be dealt with on the island. For example, bringing the tens of thousands of people who were originally uncontrolled in the northwest of the island into the management system, and planning the land after clearing out the goblins.
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In addition to these internal affairs, because New Saul Island is now gradually becoming prosperous and rich, many facilities related to the outside world have also begun to be slowly planned after application.
For example, there are several shipping companies on the Trans-Star Sea route that are willing to take a half-day detour to the island for mid-course supplies or shelter from the wind, so Lawrence needs to further expand the dock area to accommodate these needs.
The current terminal is a standard mixed passenger and cargo terminal, but with the expansion of port throughput, the shortcomings of this mixed terminal have become highlighted.
Whether from a safety perspective or an efficiency perspective, this kind of dock with a mix of people and goods is full of problems. So taking advantage of the opportunity of more shipping companies coming to the island, Lawrence began to rebuild the dock.
According to the plan, the current terminal will be completely transformed into a passenger terminal because it is close to the city, while the freight terminal will be moved several kilometers along the coastline. A new terminal will be built where the water level is deeper and closer to the industrial area.
In addition to various loading and unloading facilities, Lawrence and the others also need to build a series of transportation and warehousing facilities to integrate the new terminal into the local economic circle.
As for the construction of the airship field, it is much simpler than this. At least without considering complex maintenance, the basic facilities required for the airship field can be said to be very few.
Therefore, after simple consideration, they selected a gravel field about 7km away from the city as the future airship landing site.
This wasteland originally belonged to a certain collective farm, but the gravel-covered land is basically unusable for agricultural use. So now it can be dedicated to the construction of a landing site.
The manpower and financial resources required to launch several large projects at the same time are not a small amount. Fortunately, due to previous operations and a series of trivial matters, the island can allocate enough wealth and manpower to complete these projects.
From a wealth point of view, various new inventions and operations have increased Lawrence's income several times compared with before. In addition, the construction of these places is also paid in stages instead of in one lump sum at the beginning, so it is not
There is no need to spend a large amount of wealth in a short period of time.
More importantly, in addition to the construction along the railway line that requires enough cash to hire workers, most of the construction on the island can completely settle the workers with materials, which further reduces the expenditure on various wealth.
But even so, Lawrence found that the cash on hand now was still a little short of paying the entire start-up capital. After all, the wealth I gained from starting three projects at the same time was not a small amount, and it was already impressive that Lawrence could pay more than 80% of it.
Fortunately, the industries currently controlled by Lawrence are high-quality industries, and there is a legal church behind them. So it is not difficult to get some low-interest loans from banks.
In fact, since the news came out that Lawrence wanted to build a large-scale project, but it was not easy to get the money, several major banks from the three major powers in the New World all sent their elite personnel to Lawrence to promote business.
They do know that the result of this kind of competition is that the profit from this business will not be too high, but considering that this business is not only large in number, but also almost guaranteed to make no loss. Therefore, it can be said that it is a rare good business.
More importantly, as a territory that anyone with eyes can see has huge development prospects, this business obviously cannot be the only one.
Therefore, for these bankers, if they can establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Lawrence, they will bring a top-notch customer to their bank.
With sufficient funds, it is much easier to solve human problems. For example, rest stops along the railway line can hire enough manpower from the White Eagle Federation and the Republic of New Zealand as long as they have money.
As for New Saul Island, although it is difficult to hire foreign workers, the arrival of a new wave of immigrants perfectly makes up for this.
As Nora successfully lit the divine fire and formed her own church, the reputation of New Saul Island suddenly spread. In addition to attracting many new believers to Nora, these reputations also contributed to the development of this sea area.
A good publicity.
Therefore, unlike in the past when only some desperate refugees and a small number of immigrants sought refuge, in recent times many immigrants have made this place their first immigration destination and have come here with their families.
According to simple statistics from the island's immigration bureau, since Nora lit the sacred fire, the number of people applying to immigrate to the island has tripled. And many of them are skilled immigrants from the three countries of the New World and the countries of the Old World.