Chapter 632 Five-Year Plan

The first mount competition is about to begin. Lawrence sits on a wooden cart with a wooden cargo box, and two Dom sheep pull the cart forward.

The road on the ground is a wooden track, extending from Dum Port to Pumishu Town, and then from Pumishu Town to the vicinity of Oak City.

"This year, we have begun to increase steel production on a large scale. Several countries outside are also building ironworks. We can lay rails next year or this autumn."

Lawrence drove the sheep cart and told Darien and Audrey who were sitting in the driver's seat about his plan.

The women of the Fish Family and the Snake Family sat on Lawrence's left and right, respectively, and carried the goods traded from the merchants today in the cargo box at the back.

In addition to seeds of crops such as peaches and cotton, there are also some dried fruits and specialty fabrics from the Southern Kingdom, as well as animal skins and bone artworks and gold and silver jewelry.

Three little girls sat in another car. There were three cars in the team, and Lawrence's guards followed on both sides of the road.

The guards rode on bird lizard beasts and dom sheep, with uniform mounts, weapons and clothing, and even their heights were similar.

This uniform guard team only meant that there were enough warriors to choose from.

Especially compared with the personal guards of the kings and nobles in the outside world, it can highlight the strength of this place and show the gap more directly.

The strength of the Star Country does not need to be displayed extra. When the foreign businessman came this time, Lawrence did not invite him to dinner, nor did he want to let him see his luxurious life here.

But what Lawrence has been doing all the time is precisely the behavior of showing off his fists.

Audrey has worked for Lawrence for three or four years and knows something about the Star Country.

"Master, are you paving the way for Heidi's steam engine?"

Audrey and Darien are both talents in internal affairs. They are not good at political planning and strategic arrangements, nor are they suitable for too specific policy making.

But they can also be useful. They can pass information to people below them, and they can also assist Heidi and Sophia in completing some technical advancements.

They also know more about the affairs of the nobles, and can assist Awenla to quickly control the power of the monastery and form a group of believers with Awenla and Tasna as internal and external supervisors.

The monastery and the Saint's College are apparently controlled by Bull and Jade, but Awenla and Tasna have established their own small circle in this big circle.

As long as a group grows bigger, small groups will be born and factions will be separated.

"Yes, the application of steam engines is very wide, and this will be the main focus for the next ten years." Lawrence also said directly: "In the future, you must also help Heidi well. She is very busy now, and she is responsible for many things. After this autumn, we will go to Snow Mountain Castle to spend the winter."

"Yes, Master, we will assist Lady Heidi well." Darien took the initiative to respond.

Audrey also said respectfully: "We are about to finish what Lady Heidi has asked us to do. When we are done, we will go to Snow Mountain Castle to continue to help Lady Heidi."

Lawrence nodded, and he didn't feel anything about Darien and Audrey's obedience. This is a very normal thing here.

The two of them are Awenla's assistants, but they are also his women. Obeying his orders is the first task.

Lawrence does not believe that the subordinates of his subordinates are not his subordinates. It is true that this is a feudal system, and this has been implemented all the time.

But no matter which noble territory or which noble subordinate dares not listen to him, it is a serious problem.

Unless his reasons are fair enough and acceptable to himself, this person will definitely be punished.

Lawrence drove the sheep cart along the winding foot of the mountain to a bridge, and drove the sheep cart slowly across the bridge that is more than 100 meters high.

The bridge is located between two hills, with a length of about 1,200 meters, and below is a dense forest 100 meters high.

This was originally a canyon covered with weeds. The road between Pumixiu Town and Dum Port was not taken this way, but went around the mountains to the seaside.

After Dashiel joined, the main road traffic in the Ice Land began to be replanned.

After a large number of elven wizards and wizards from all over the world were willing to come to help, the traffic routes in the Ice Land became unrestrained.

Darien looked at the forests on both sides of the bridge, "Master, was this made by wizards?"

Lawrence said, "Yes, wizards from Durila, Deco, and several other countries of the Star Alliance are no longer hiding all day like they used to. We can provide jobs for wizards here, so they come here to do some work and then go back."

"Herbs, high-grade animal materials, jewelry and antiques, and most importantly, knowledge, especially knowledge related to wizards, are very important to most wizards."

"I integrated this part of knowledge and sold it for some knowledge fees, and those people used their witchcraft to help me do what they can."

"For example, cutting wood, catalyzing crops, purifying seawater, opening roads, or forging metals, making molds and the like."

"There are no useless witchcraft abilities, only wizards who are unwilling to work."

Lawrence was in a good mood, blowing the breeze on the mountain, looking at the nearby forests and bridges.

"This bridge shortens the distance between Pumixiu Town and Dum Port by a quarter, greatly facilitating our daily travel."

"There are many buildings like this. I have gathered outstanding talents of this era and led them to decorate this God-given land with me."

Audrey complimented: "Master, your wisdom is as dazzling as the sun, and your heart is as warm as the fields."

Lawrence still controlled the reins with both hands, so he did not touch the two beauties on the left and right, and he did not like to be intimate with women in front of other men.

But he was in a very good mood at this time.

"I don't know how many people there are during the competition. If too many people fall down, it will be troublesome. It seems that I will find a few wizards to install guardrails on the bridge tomorrow, or plant some plants with wide branches and leaves under the bridge?"

Lawrence was thinking about how to protect the riders from harm and not die during the competition.

Audrey was surprised and said: "Isn't this a competition to compete for warriors? Why should we protect them?"

Lawrence quickly realized the problem. Sure enough, some things require some "locals" to express their opinions.

This local does not refer to locals, but to "locals" who conform to the thinking of this era, especially those who think the same way as the parties involved.

For most barbarians and wizards, this kind of mount competition...

Lawrence knew he was wrong and quickly admitted his mistake.

"It's not that kind of competition. My original intention was just to select the most suitable livestock for running, as well as the best cared for oxen, rams, snow dogs, etc., to obtain this kind of wisdom and give more people a chance to stand up and prove themselves, not to ask them to ride cattle and sheep to fight each other."

"I will make this matter clear before the competition. After returning, I will let someone convey my meaning. It is forbidden to carry weapons during the competition, and it is also forbidden to attack each other."

Dallian is not very aggressive and doesn't like fighting, so she quickly understood Lawrence's idea.

"In this case, can't we just let animals participate?"

Lawrence replied: "If people don't control it, animals can't run the whole way by themselves."

The main purpose is to select high-quality mounts, but if the mounts are not with the riders, it loses its meaning.

Lawrence quickly asked again: "Do you have a way to let the animals run the whole way by themselves without running around in the middle?"

Dallian and Audrey both shook their heads.

Lawrence said helplessly: "Yes, so people must participate, but the most important thing is to select suitable cattle for farming and give some rewards to those who are willing to take good care of cattle and sheep."

The essence is to promote the policy of cattle for farming, and the selected high-quality bulls and cows can be used for breeding.

Thinking about it, Lawrence suddenly thought of something else.

If a beauty pageant is held, then just like cattle and sheep, the champion of the competition, whether male or female, is inseparable from sex.

Forget the beauty pageant, Lawrence now needs a helper who can do things steadily, not a beautiful woman.

"Send the three children to school and let them get familiar with our language and living habits first."

Audrey said: "Yes, master."

This kind of thing is not Audrey's business. Even if she agrees, Lawrence will arrange someone else to take charge of it.

Everyone has their own things to do. Lawrence ordered, "How much work do you have left to do now?"

Audrey replied, "It's mainly about steamships, and the iron sheets from Ironforge need to be transported to Snow Mountain Castle. We will go there together after the last batch is ready."

Lawrence looked thoughtful.

"Transportation in the mountains is indeed a problem. Ordinary cars and riders can easily get through, but it is difficult for cars pulling iron sheets and metal to climb some roads."

"This reminds me of another thing."

"The Kingdom of Kojako is similar to ours. Most of the areas are mountainous areas, and the roads are difficult to travel."

"To transport our artillery to them, we need to pull them one by one with ox carts, and we also need knights and farmers to push them to climb some high slopes."

"Without convenient means of transportation, transportation is a big problem."

"In the future, when making artillery, we must also consider vehicles other than ships."

Lawrence was thinking about the problem of attacking the south. The southern region is different from the western region. Most of the southern region is inland, and the ports that can be fired by artillery are very limited.

And if they fight with the church, they will fight in vast plains and forests.

At that time, artillery will become very cumbersome, and the army and wizards in the south have always had extremely high mobility.

Military units that run short distances like the bird-lizard beast troops are very powerful. At present, neither the wild boar knights nor the Dom sheep cavalry can outrun the bird-lizard beasts.

The goat riders of the Kingdom of Io are suitable for fighting in mountainous environments. Although the sheep there and the sheep in the Ice Land are both called sheep, they are basically the difference between sheep and horses, and the size difference is too big.

Western people are short, especially those in mountainous environments. The Dom sheep in the Ice Land have to resist the cold and store fat for the winter, so they grow larger.

Animals in different regions have different differences. The Star Kingdom has absorbed the essence of crops from the outside world and has continuously selected and optimized them, but it has not yet had an absolute advantage.

It will probably take another five to ten years of development to cultivate the technology of raising oxen to improve agriculture and make oxen as common as tractors.

Lawrence thought of steam engines and tractors again.

A tractor is actually more in line with current needs. It can greatly solve transportation and farming problems, and it is of great help to the agriculture and industry of the entire Star Country.

But the problem is that it can't be made...

Who the hell can make this thing!

Lawrence doesn't understand this thing. Now he can only hope that Heidi and those craftsmen can make this thing. Anyway, Lawrence doesn't think he can make this thing.

There are too many things to do.

On the way home for inspection, Lawrence quickly drove a slow sheep cart while taking paper and pen to make a work plan for the next few years.

Goal 1: Increase the number of oxen and breeding technology, so that every five households must have a oxen.

Goal 2: Increase steel production and develop steel with better quality than the current steel.

Goal 3: Increase the annual amount of coal transportation to ensure industrial and residential heating problems.

Goal 4: Exploring the terrain, finding and determining the distribution of minerals, rivers, forests, medicinal materials and animals hidden underground in the entire Star Country.

Goal 5: Build more houses, plan the population settlement, count the most accurate population, and set the number of schools and shops based on the population.

Goal 6: Build schools

Goal 7: Communicate with the outside world, contact the Southern Kingdom, the Church, and the people of the Eastern Islands.

Goal 8: Develop the Sea Wave Province, Gran Province, Io Province, and Overseas Province.

Lawrence was planning, and suddenly found that he had a piece of land overseas.

That was the land given to him by the Star Alliance countries. When they attacked the Dawn Church, the people there were slow to attack, and the Barbarian Legion went up to help and occupied the church's nest, Sadie Island.

Later, after some fanatics were killed, they didn't care. It has always been the explorers and merchant pirates of the Star Alliance who occupied it.

Lawrence is very sure that this place has never paid taxes!

The Sea Wave Province pays taxes and tributes every year, Gran and Io also have mines and food, and Lawrence has been sending people to govern them all these years.

After several years, Lawrence finally remembered this place.

But who should be sent to manage it?

Lawrence thought about the right person.

This place is too far from the Star Land, and basically no one wants to go here.

Lawrence doesn't want his woman to go there either, because it would be too much trouble to meet her.

After thinking about it, Lawrence couldn't find a suitable candidate. There are many people who can fight under his command, but there are too few people who can manage a place alone.

There are still too few talents under his command, so Lawrence decided to send people to collect taxes first.

Collecting taxes is ruling. As long as they pay taxes, Lawrence allows the people on the island to govern themselves.

But if they refuse to pay taxes... Lawrence doesn't mind cleaning them up again. (End of this chapter)