Struggle in the Steam Age

"And after we have inspected all those properties, we can take a good tour of Sword Bay City and the large forest and mountains around it." Lawrence said, took out a map, and then put the Point out some content to Nora.

"Before at Pine Tree Valley, I met many members of the National Guard from the Bay of Swords. They said that their area is one of the best travel places in the White Eagle Federation."

"Sword Bay City, is this place really interesting?" After hearing Lawrence's plan, Safiel asked curiously.

"I read those reports before. It only said that Sword Bay City is an important light industrial city in the northern part of the Federation, mainly food processing and textile industries, and it didn't say that it is suitable for travel."

"And according to what you said, the main scenic spot in that area is some standard rural style. I have to say that this kind of location may be very attractive to those who grew up in the city.

But for us wild girls and wild boys who were born in the countryside, these rural scenery should be quite boring and nothing to see. "

It's not surprising that Safir has this idea, after all, she and Lawrence lived in the countryside of the White Eagle Federation before going to school. So naturally I can't raise my spirits about those farms in the New World.

Just like everyone will miss their hometown, but if you travel, you will definitely not choose a place with almost the same scenery as your hometown.

"No, no, there are some differences between villages and villages." Lawrence shook his right hand and said, "For example, our hometown is actually a standard New World village, but the villages around Jianwan City are not the same .”

"Back when the Commonwealth had not yet become independent from Briton, this area became a place for those high-ranking Britons who came to the New World to travel because it resembled the terrain around Lake Windermere in Briton."

"And after the independence of the Federation, those private properties that originally belonged to Britton's high society did not change owners. Instead, more upstarts built more vacation villas and even manors here."

"Although with the passage of time, various farms or pastures have been gradually developed in these places where there were only a few holiday estates. The whole area has also changed from the original pure natural scenery to the current one based on agriculture. The core area dominated by animal husbandry.”

"Even so, the earliest developed part of the lakeshore and the surrounding forests still remain the most pristine. Because for the upper-class people, a very good vacation spot is far more important than some farms. "

"You mean a Briton-style farm?" After hearing Lawrence's explanation, Safir immediately became interested.

"Although I went to school in Britton before, I basically spent all my time in colleges located in urban areas. So I haven't really visited Britton's countryside much, let alone those scenic spots .”

"So we can just go to those scenic spots this time." Lawrence said with a smile on his face. "Although this place is not on Britton Island, according to the information I found before, the Bay of Swords is considered by the group of nobles to be a top vacation spot comparable to the surrounding areas of Lake Windermere in Britton."

"If that's the case, it's indeed a good place for us to travel." After hearing what Lawrence said, Safir nodded and said.

"By the way, how long will it take us to deal with the local business this time? It won't be until the end that we will all stay in the office or room to deal with official business. If that is the case, I think it is enough to deal with it here, there is no need I went to the scenic spot to handle official business."

"We don't have a lot of business to deal with this time." Lawrence said with a smile, "At least after cleaning up the group of bastards who hooked up with the wilderness last time, we specially recruited professionals from the island to replace them. , Judging from the current reports, everyone should be doing very well, so it shouldn’t take much time for us to check those industries.”

After a whole day of rest in the downtown hotel in Huguang City, Lawrence and the others chose to take a regular boat at the port to Sword Bay.

After all, compared with taking a train around a big bend, those steam boats across the Great Lakes are more time-saving. In just one day, they successfully reached their destination on the north side of the lake from the southernmost side of the lake.

"It feels really bad. I haven't felt so dizzy after sitting on a sea boat for several days." After going ashore, Safiel lay on the railing of the trestle bridge and retched for a while before recovering.

"No way, because the speed of the liner is fast enough, so they can only install a steam engine on it." Lawrence explained while taking out a bottle of water and handing it to Safiel.

"You know, after installing a steam engine on this kind of small boat, the whole ship will vibrate very much. In addition, the small tonnage of the ship makes the ship shake more easily when driving, so seasickness is inevitable."

"So let's take the train when we go back." Safiel rinsed his mouth and you drank two sips of water and said, "Although it takes two days to take the train and it's boring, compared to this extremely uncomfortable ride For a boat trip, I think the boredom is bearable."

"Okay, we'll take the train when we go back." Lawrence said, helping Safir, whose legs were a little weak, out of the pier. And on the way, Safiel asked Lawrence to talk about some of the information in the travel brochures that he read on the ship for distraction and uncomfortable feelings.

"This city was built with two mage towers as the core." Safiel said, pointing to a black and white intertwined tower standing in the most conspicuous place in the center of the city. "The White Eagle Federation is actually more inclined to build large collectively owned mage towers, and only these old colonies have such traditional private mage towers."

"And the reason why the mage tower was built here was originally to serve as a support point for the development of the Great Lakes area, to resist the attack of the wilderness race."

"Although the surrounding wilderness races had already declined when these two mage towers were established. However, due to their repeated siege of Huguang City, for safety reasons, Briton was stationed in the New World Northland at that time. The governor still ordered the establishment of two mage towers in this area, in order to support each other with Huguang City."

"Times have changed, as the surrounding wilderness species have been completely suppressed. Naturally, this mage tower has lost most of its functions. Now, apart from providing some defense when the murlocs in the lake attack, this tower's only Its function is to provide defense to the city through space interference."

Lawrence nodded and said that he could understand why he did this at the time, if he completely let go of this space and did not interfere with the surrounding space. Then it is easy for the enemy to rush directly into the urban area and cause large-scale casualties and losses.

You must know that the people who stayed in this place were all dignitaries. If one or two people accidentally died in the attack, it would be a big trouble. At least at that time, it was definitely not a crime that the governor of the colony could bear.

And if it is changed to some more important big cities, the defense will be tighter than here. For example, there are three magic towers in Eagle Fort to form a double defense.

Even if someone can destroy the outer defense formed by one of the magic towers, the two magic towers in the inner circle can still provide sufficient defense for the entire city.

After leaving the pier, Lawrence and Safir got into a slightly gorgeous carriage without noble badges.

Because Lawrence had already telegraphed that he wanted to see these properties without alarming most people, the housekeeper, Reina, who was in charge here, only sent her son to drive to pick up Lawrence and the others.