Struggle in the Steam Age

After hearing Lawrence's promise, the green-faced loca murloc first showed a distorted smile due to pain. Then the whole person showed a look of extreme distress. After seeing this look on his face, before Lawrence could say anything, Safiel next to him spoke first.

"Mr. Green Face, what's going on with you?" Safir asked a little puzzled. "Lawrence is an aristocrat with real power, and he has a high reputation in the White Eagle Federation. Therefore, if he says it is enough to free you, he will also let you free. You don't need to worry too much about this."

"No, Miss, what I'm worried about is not whether I and my compatriots can be free. I believe in the credibility of Your Excellency Auguste." Hearing what Safir said, the green face shook his head and said.

"Just because our plan failed, the group of sahuagin executed at least half of our young and middle-aged labor force and all the leaders, and our homeland was also destroyed by them. So now I'm thinking what should we do next? What to do to get through the difficult time ahead."

"Difficult times?" Hearing what he said, Lawrence immediately realized that compared with land creatures like humans, the biggest problem encountered by marine intelligent creatures like roca murlocs was that it was difficult to store enough food. Because among the foods they eat, whether it is seaweed, kelp or various seafood, they cannot actually be preserved in seawater for a long time.

It would be fine if intelligent creatures like sahuagin or mermaids are at the top of the pyramid of marine life, because they have enough resources and extraordinary power, so they can always find ways to create some anhydrous spaces that can store food or even It is a more top-notch fresh-keeping space.

But races like the locathians are even more miserable. On the one hand, the locathians' political system is a loose tribal system, so it is impossible for them to possess and gather enough of the resources used to build such expensive facilities for storing food underwater.

On the other hand, because the cost of using fire underwater is extremely high. Therefore, in terms of industry, the aquatic intelligent race itself is at a disadvantage. In this way, they need enough extraordinary power as a backing when they are building. But the Loca murlocs obviously don't have the power in this regard.

Therefore, after the Sahuayu people carried out a series of raids on the villages of those Lokayu people and their surroundings, the resources that could have been supported by the surrounding Luokayu people were severely damaged. And their current severely damaged strength makes it impossible for them to open up new territories.

"Can the island provide some help?" After thinking about the matter, Lawrence raised his head and asked the young officer who brought them in. "I think these Loca murlocs should have lived near the island before, and they and the Federation—"

"Sorry, Your Excellency. They had nothing to do with the Federation before." After watching Lawrence turn his face to ask himself a question, the officer said.

"Their Lokafish people's previous contact with the island was limited to some extremely sporadic non-governmental exchanges, so they have nothing to do with our island. As for the issue of assistance, I think I need to ask."

Faced with a person of Lawrence's status, it is naturally impossible for this officer to talk nonsense on such issues. So after bowing to Lawrence, he walked out of the room directly. Five or six minutes later, the officer walked in with a middle-aged man in a gray suit and top hat.

"Hi, my name is John. I'm the temporary commissioner of the White Eagle Federation stationed on Vieques Island." After the middle-aged man came in, he came to the table and extended his hand to Lawrence, who had already stood up half-bent. shake hands. At the same time introduce yourself. "And now I have everyone's consent to inform you about how to deal with this batch of Loka murlocs."

"Since you have confirmed that they are also victims of the brutal sahuagin, they will be released unconditionally and will not be held accountable for any damage caused to the island during the war." After Lawrence nodded slightly, this A federal official directly announced the results of the discussion on the island just now.

"As for the current situation of these locathons, we also have deep moral sympathy, but we are really powerless to help." The federal official turned his head and looked at the green-faced locathans staying in the tub and said.

"Because of the previous war, the various supplies on the island are only enough for the people on our own island, so at most we can only provide food equivalent to about a week for this group of loca fish people. However, this batch of assistance The premise is that they leave the waters around Vieques Island."

"Understood." Lawrence nodded. He expected the unconditional release of the locathians on the island. should be considered as a tool. And tool people are innocent. Not to mention that the attacking Loca murlocs basically died on the island.

As for the lack of assistance, it is also easy to understand, because these loca fish have nothing to do with the island. Therefore, the island has no obligation to assist them.

At the same time, because Vieques Island is a purely trading island, the small farms on the island can only provide a part of fresh vegetables and fruits, and the food is purely imported, and the surrounding seabed is also very barren.

However, even in the face of such a situation, out of the unique compassion of intelligent creatures, after a series of discussions just now, the island decided to provide a part of the food reserve as a charitable help to these locathermen.

On the other hand, such philanthropic help comes at a price. If the Loca murlocs want to get these rescue supplies, they must stay away from the island under their supervision. From a certain point of view, this practice is actually a kind of exile in disguise. Because they were worried that the Luokayu who had lost everything would choose to attack them and rob them of food, so they hoped that they would go as far as possible.

"Can we help them?" Nora suddenly said at this time, obviously, she heard the significance of the island's arrangement "If you ignore them in this situation, it is tantamount to letting them die, it is too cruel And the news I got from the priests of the Agricultural Church is that the ocean around us is very rich and should be able to help them."

"Helping them is indeed not a bad thing, but what is the reason for us to help them?" Lawrence, who is connected with the little puppet, immediately understood why Nora said such words at this time , so I followed what he said directly.

"You know, there must be a proper reason for many things, even those recognized good things. If there are one or two Loca murlocs, I am naturally willing to help them for free, but to live with such a race, the power of the entire island needs to be mobilized. So I absolutely cannot use everyone's resources to do this kind of favor, otherwise it would be unfair to other people."

"That's right, what Lawrence said is right." Safir received a standard aristocratic education before, and then helped Lawrence handle government affairs for a long time. So after listening to the conversation between Lawrence and Nora, he also played the side drum on the side. "As a lord, when doing many things, you can't just think about your own thoughts, even if your thoughts are correct."

"Your Excellency, are you willing to accept people of different races?" After listening to Lawrence's conversation with the others, the roca murloc, who was not stupid himself, figured out something, so he put it in the wooden basin. Zhong stood up and bowed deeply to Lawrence, then stood up and asked cautiously. "I think everyone is willing to be your subjects."