Struggle in the Steam Age

After explaining clearly that everything is fine now, the Ratman Priest was finally at ease. Then he got up tenaciously and was supported by Fatina and walked out of the cave with Lawrence and the others to comfort the rat people who were extremely nervous before. And this also means that the battle against Niujiao Bay is completely over, and the focus of work for the next period of time will be on construction.

However, this does not mean that Lawrence will return to the coastline immediately. He stayed here for five full days to command the human troops of more than 300 people under his command at the throat of the horn bay and the deep passage of the island a few kilometers away. A small fortress was established in the area, and a small farm was opened not far behind the fortress at a former tauren tribe location.

Fortunately, after conducting site surveys, Lawrence and the others found that the foundation of the fortress built by the tauren was still there, so they didn't need to spend a lot of time laying the foundation again. You only need to prepare some wood to rebuild those walls, and then tamp the soil inside the walls to thicken the walls.

As for the pocket farm, it is mainly used to grow various vegetables. After all, the distance from the port to here is not too short, and it is not too difficult to transport all kinds of dry food. It is difficult to obtain the vital vegetables for the soldiers here.

Fortunately, this fortress is very close to the rat people's cave, so as long as they persist for the first month, they can use the military salary to exchange enough edible moss and mushrooms from the rat people.

What Lawrence didn't expect was that this small vegetable farm, which was intended to be a temporary emergency for a short time, actually continued to operate in the following days. Not only did it not disappear quickly as a temporary transitional facility as Lawrence guessed, but instead The area is getting bigger and bigger, and the business is getting better and better.

The reason for this is also very simple, that is, although the taste of mushrooms and edible moss is not bad. But there is still a subtle difference in taste between humans and Ratmen, and it is impossible for Ratmen to eat no more than ten kinds of vegetables grown in caves all day long. So still need to be suitable for the food seasoning taste of the mankind.

Not to mention that with the increase of Ratman immigration, many Ratmen also want to change their taste. Therefore, after a period of time, the farm was finally handed over to the new immigrants who immigrated, and then a new farm was built here.

Of course, Lawrence, who is currently in charge of the construction of the fortress and farm there, has not yet considered this not-so-distant future. Five days later, Lawrence, who had dealt with almost everything, returned to the port area with the team that gave the animal away.

This support team only has a dozen people plus the same number of six-legged lizard pack beasts. As for the reason why they dare to send supplies with so few people, it is entirely because the safety of this small plain is very good now. .

The reason for this is that most of the dangerous creatures on this land were eradicated by the goblins before, and Lawrence destroyed the goblin forces in the battle of the previous few days. So along the way, they didn't encounter any dangerous creatures except for some kind of cat-like carnivore and five or six scattered goblins.

Two days later, Lawrence returned to the port with the supply team smoothly. What he didn't expect was that as soon as he returned to the temporary office to sit down, he saw Safiel walk into the room with a blushing face, and then handed him a telegram.

"Our relatives will come to the island in more than a month, and then we will hold an engagement ceremony?" After reading the telegram, Lawrence widened his eyes, and his mind was as messed up as a fireworks ceremony.

After all, his current relationship with Saifeier is only above AUO, not full of lovers. Marriage, even just engagement, under such circumstances would seem a little too radical.

"What do you think?" Because it's not about one person. So Lawrence looked up at Safiel who was sitting on the rough wooden bench opposite the desk and asked. "That's—what do you think of our engagement?"

"I, I personally think this is quite appropriate." Safir whispered in a ladylike manner that was completely inconsistent with her usual image. "After all, you are now a noble with your own fiefdom, so there must be a mistress at home to help you share some work."

"Uh, what I'm asking is not what I need in this situation." Lawrence found that probably because of some gaps in the three views, Safir's understanding of this matter was completely different from Lawrence's. "What I'm asking is do you, as an individual, an independent individual, have any thoughts on the matter of getting engaged to me?"

"No." Safiel said categorically, "At least I think you are my only marriage partner. Although the two of us may not have a certain relationship, it should be enough if we just get married."

"Okay, I understand." After all, the world is different, and the views on marriage and love cannot be exactly the same. For example, in this world, the concept of family status is very strong, and it can be said that it is very difficult to have a completely free love. Another example is that in this world, parents have great power to interfere with their children's marriage.

For Safir, someone like Lawrence who comes from a similar family, is handsome, and has achieved many great achievements before, can really be regarded as the best marriage partner in this era. Not to mention that the two were good playmates when they were young, and they both knew each other a little bit.

You must know that in the marriages of many nobles in this era, those couples often only meet three or four times before holding an engagement ceremony. Those who grew up together like Lawrence and Safir seemed a little rare.

In fact, after Lawrence was confirmed as the next Earl of Sauer. Mr. Lambert has received many requests for engagements. But on the one hand, it was out of the principle of not wanting the August family to change from an independent nobleman to a vassal of other nobles, and on the other hand, it was because of the lesson he had learned when he was young. So he finally declined the marriage requests made by the nobles.

Even in this telegram, Mr. Lambert specifically stated that if he really didn't want to, Lawrence should not force himself. After all, he had just discussed with Mr. Coburg and made a verbal agreement, and there was still time to go back on his word.

Naturally, Lawrence knew how much pressure his father had taken to write this in the telegram. At the same time, he also knew that marriage as a feudal nobleman could not be done as he wanted. So after asking another party, Safiel, he wrote a telegram expressing his agreement and asked Safiel to send it to the telegraph room to reply to his father.

Seeing Safiel leave the room with a telegram happily, Nora flew down from the stacked safe next to her and said, "I really didn't expect you to be able to accept this kind of arranged marriage. I thought you will firmly oppose it."

"If it's just a simple marriage, I might object." Lawrence shrugged his shoulders: "But now it involves a series of things. Marriage is now not just a matter between the two of us."

"You're right." Nora rolled her eyes after flying to Lawrence. "But I think another important reason is because you are not good at dating at all, so you shouldn't be very disgusted with this kind of thing about losing your wife in the sky."

"Well, what you said is one of the reasons." Lawrence looked helpless. Soul connection sometimes brings some troubles, such as privacy. "But an important point is that I don't have any lovers who are forced to separate now, and I personally feel good about Safir, so there is nothing inappropriate about this engagement for me."

"You're right." Nora nodded in agreement after thinking for a while. "Then I wish you a happy engagement."