Struggle in the Steam Age

As the transport ship carrying the new currency sailed into the port, the priests of the Fortune Church quickly held a sacrificial ceremony on board. Then those new currencies were sent to the vault that had only successfully built the main body a few hours ago under the 24-hour shift of the Ratmen.

The reason why the main part is said to be built is because the auxiliary components such as the steam machinery used in the vault elevator have not yet been installed.

So in the end, the boxes containing the currency today were finally brought down by Lawrence after summoning a bunch of monster phantoms to act as coolies and go down through the temporary hand-operated elevator.

Because the old bank built with wooden boards and rammed earth has just been dismantled, and the new bank is still under construction, so the work of exchanging work-point coupons for the new Star Sea Krona can only be carried out in some straw sheds that have just been built. Fortunately, enough financial talents had been accumulated when the work-point coupons were issued, so the whole process was well-organized.

Of course, another important reason why the order is so good is that most people record their work coupons in their previous bank accounts in the way of bookkeeping.

And those currencies are automatically converted to the new krona. They only need to exchange the work coupons they used for pocket money before.

In addition to humans, tauren and rat people also exchanged many new currencies. Even the newly joined loca fish have exchanged a lot of currency. However, unlike ordinary people, the Loka murlocs took out a plastic bag and put the currency in after getting the currency. Obviously, this transparent thing is waterproof.

"What is this?" Lawrence, who was watching the currency exchange after seeing the locathermen doing this, quickly asked several locathermen to ask in their language. "It's the thing you use to hold money. I think this kind of container seems to be waterproof."

"This is a plastic box. It is made of a kind of seaweed extract we call alginate." After seeing Lawrence, these locathians were very excited. Obviously, they recognized the man who brought their whole family together. The savior who rescued from the catastrophe of genocide. It took Lawrence several minutes to calm them down and answer his own question.

"Alginate?" After hearing this word, Lawrence frowned and thought for a while, then carefully looked at the two pockets that the two Lokayu handed to him.

The feel of this kind of pocket is very strange, between soft plastic bags and hard plastic boxes, and it feels somewhat similar to those plastic tablecloths Lawrence saw in his previous life.

"Yes. This is alginate, but I only know that it is produced by some kind of algae that one of our compatriots found after entering the deep sea area. It is mainly used to make some kind of container for Preserving things that are not suitable for storage in humid environments. You know, we live in an environment full of salt water."

Having said that, the older-looking loca murloc shook his head helplessly. "But really, we never got much from land worth putting in such a vessel before we came to this island and became your subjects."

"It wasn't until I came to the island that I got iron tools for the first time here, and I also got a container that can store these metal tools."

"These are all things I should do. After all, you are my subjects now, so naturally you should be able to obtain the same supplies as other subjects."

Hearing the compliments from the Loca murlocs, Lawrence smiled a little embarrassedly, and then turned the question back to the original direction. "By the way, is it difficult to refine and process your alginate?"

"It shouldn't be difficult, after all, this thing is sold very cheap among us, and it is used to hold all kinds of metal tools that were distributed to us." The younger-looking one of the two Loka murlocs said. "However, we don't know the specifics. We only know that it was sold to us by a murloc named Blue Algae."

When Lawrence expressed that he wanted to see the murloc, soon the murloc walked up with a group of people accompanied by an attendant. Apparently he was also here today to exchange money, so he was found and sent to the same room where Lawrence was, soon after Lawrence indicated that he wanted to find him.

After seeing this locatha called Cyanobacteria, Lawrence realized that it should be a female locatha. And judging from the various delicate small objects she hangs on her body and the cloak woven with seaweed of different colors and some dyed fibers previously exchanged from humans, this Loca murloc should be an ingenious exist.

In addition to this Loka murloc, there were five or six other Loka murlocs who went upstairs with her. In addition, a young man in a white robe also came up.

If Lawrence remembers correctly, he should be a mid-level researcher at the Institute of Medicine, and he came by boat with Lawrence when he came to this island.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Miller." Lawrence immediately recognized the identity of the young researcher by relying on his extraordinary memory after his blood awakened. He was, if memory serves me, a descendant of one of the family's retainers, fresh out of medical school who had come to the island out of a traditional aristocratic loyalty.

Of course, this tradition is just a tradition. There are still many things to do to make the subordinates truly return to Lawrence. Fortunately, the development of the island is booming now, and it can be seen that the future on the island is very bright, and Lawrence himself can be regarded as a good person. Therefore, those followers are basically willing to stay on the island with peace of mind.

"I am also very pleased to meet you, Your Excellency." Miller bowed to Lawrence and said, then pointed to these women and women, "By the way, what is the purpose of finding these murloc ladies? Just now, I just heard that the attendant who brought us up said that it seems to have something to do with the pouches of alginate.”

"Yes, it is indeed related to alginate." Lawrence nodded and said, "I think these things seem to be waterproof and can be made into various shapes. So I think these things should be of great use, so I thought Get someone to ask what these things are all about."

"Oh, so that's the case!" After hearing Lawrence's words, the researcher named Miller nodded and said with an embarrassed expression. "Actually, this was an experimental product we had before, but it failed in a certain way. So we tried our best to think of some ways to use this kind of thing to try to pay back."

The reason why Miller did this is related to the rules of the island research institute. According to the rules, researchers of different levels can apply for different levels of research funds for their own research after completing the assigned mandatory tasks. However, if a certain research obviously loses money, the next time you want to apply unless you can convince the review team, otherwise the research funds will definitely be downgraded and sent.

This is why Miller insisted on hiring this group of murlocs to sell pockets, because he hoped to recover his capital and keep his loss rate below the prescribed ratio. Otherwise, if he wants to experiment next time, he will definitely not be able to get enough experimental funds from the review team.

"Actually, I think this system is pretty good. It can give everyone a chance to choose." Miller said after explaining why he wanted the hired loca murlocs to sell products. "At least in my opinion, the institute's system here is much more friendly to us young people than those institutes in the empire."

"That's good, that's good." After hearing what Miller said, a smile appeared on Lawrence's face. The various rules of the institute were formulated by him, several scholars, and Nora after discussing the information from the two worlds. It seems that these rules have indeed played a very good role.