Struggle in the Steam Age

It is much more difficult to develop fisheries on Green Island than many people imagined, because fishing boats on these islands can only conduct small-scale fishing in the offshore because they cannot go fishing in the far sea.

But the problem now is that if it is only offshore fishing, those fish schools that are close to the shore, these small-scale fish schools simply cannot support a large fishing industry.

That's why Lawrence and the others only saw a few small-tonnage ships at the pier.

"But now, your arrival has brought us a new plan." After explaining the level of fishery development here, Viscount Surrey smiled at Lawrence.

"I think we can also form a cooperative in this area, and then concentrate all the power on the island to develop the marine fishing industry to supplement the insufficient food supply." Sa

The reason why Viscount Li said this is also very simple, because during this period of contact with Lawrence, he realized the importance and benefits of cooperation.

"This is indeed a good idea." Lawrence nodded to show his support. "I think I can provide you with some help here, because I have successfully established a fishery cooperative in my territory before."

In fact, the current fishery situation on Green Island is similar to that in Lawrence's previous territory, except that there are only a few small boats. At the same time, the seafood caught every day is only enough to satisfy the hunger.

But now on the island of New Shore, the fishing cooperative established by Lawrence's investment has already owned large, medium and small boats of different grades, and those fishermen have also got rid of the original level of only feeding themselves and entered a well-off society.

"Yes, that's why I want to do this now." Viscount Surrey nodded and said. "And I also hope that you can join this plan, because both your wealth and experience can help us."

"Of course, of course I am very willing." Lawrence showed a smile on his face. This is obviously a very good investment opportunity, and it can also help other people get rich, so he really wants to get this opportunity.

"I will try my best to help you make a new plan. In addition, I will also try to help you find a more cost-effective type of things like fishing boats or fishing gear." Lawrence finally promised.

Although there are basically only some ship repairs and small and medium-sized offshore ship manufacturing industries in the Xingchenhai area. But Lawrence, as a lord whose territory was sealed on the island, naturally has his own channel to obtain ships.

In the next two days, Lawrence and the baron who arrived represented the power of the various islands around New Sauer Island and signed a series of agreements with the noble lords on Green Island.

These agreements are all economic agreements, and the content is also signed around the core purpose of cooperation and complementarity. According to the provisions of the agreement, the two parties will try their best to purchase from the other party what they lack, and promise to give the other party the lowest price.

"This agreement is very meaningful to us." After the agreement was finally signed and approved by the God of Contract, Viscount Surrey said to Lawrence at the banquet that night.

"As Briton's only territory in the frigid zone of the New World, we have encountered a lot of problems that cannot be solved locally. Fortunately, through your cooperation with you, we can smoothly solve most of the problems on the island."

"Wouldn't Briton natives have any objections?" Lawrence asked puzzled. In the education he received in his previous life, the textbooks clearly pointed out that the colony is the place where local goods are dumped and raw materials are produced, and they are controlled by the local economy.

What Green Island is doing now is obviously to obtain a trading system of its own, so Lawrence is a little worried that this agreement may be affected by Briton Island, and there will be some problems in its implementation.

"They? They won't have any opinions, otherwise the direct governing body of the colony will be the Governor's Mansion, not the Lord's Council."

As an old nobleman, Viscount Surrey naturally knew what Lawrence meant. With Viscount Surrey's explanation, Lawrence also roughly understood some characteristics between this colony and other colonies.

In the ancient kingdom era, the identity of the supreme leader of each country was often passed on through the direct lineage of the royal family. But even if there are gods in this world, the problem of the extinction of these royal families still frequently appears in various royal families.

The reason for this situation is that apart from a small part because of certain innate problems that make them unable to have children even with the blessing of the gods, most of them are due to a series of extraordinary things that have caused these families to have no successors.

Of course, there is another common reason for extinction in several ancient kingdoms in the western part of the old continent, that is, there is no legal heir. In this case, even if the king has a bunch of illegitimate children, it is impossible to ascend to the throne.

Fortunately, no matter what the reason for extinction, there are very few royal families that are truly in the same line.

Therefore, for the nobles and ministers of those kingdoms, as long as they choose an heir from the king's relatives according to the tradition handed down among the nobles, this problem can be solved from the perspective of inheritance law.

But many times, this step will lead to some very heated debate.

Because of the intricate blood relationship between the nobles of the entire old continent, especially the royal family, there are three or five heirs who meet all the requirements behind a throne, which can be regarded as a simple relationship between the royal family.

And when there are multiple people with the right to inherit, many nobles and officials in the kingdom will choose an heir and cheer for him, in order to be able to grab benefits after the heir becomes king.

Some old aristocrats with long traditions and powerful forces, as well as those frontier aristocrats, would not take sides at this time, because investing in a king was obviously an investment with small returns but high risks for them.

But for many upstarts, especially court nobles. This kind of gamble, a good opportunity to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle will basically induce their entire class to devote themselves to this competition.

Therefore, in this kind of noble struggle, all kinds of conspiracies, assassinations and poisoning, and even small-scale wars have broken out. And as long as they do not exceed a certain line, the gods will not intervene too much in some of these evil acts.

After all the dust settles in the end, there will often be deep hatred between several groups. In this case, those nobles who belong to the loser's side will also swallow the bitter fruit of failure.

Although it is said that because of certain rules among the nobles, as long as those who did not do too much in the battle for the throne back then will basically not face a complete liquidation, it is naturally inevitable to spit out various benefits as the price up.

Some aristocrats will choose to stay in the country and try their best, and then wait for the next opportunity to see if they can turn around. And another part of the nobles will choose to go overseas to create a wider living space while self-exiled.

And Green Island was the place of exile chosen by Briton's failed nobles, gathering some of the nobles who were on the losing side of the two throne disputes in the past century.

And unlike those nobles who chose to cut their flesh and stay where they were, Briton not only did not suppress these nobles who chose to colonize overseas away from their hometowns, but would instead have some preferential policies.

For the Kingdom of Briton and the royal family, if these nobles stayed in the country, they would naturally be dangerous obstacles and would have various adverse effects on the country.

But when they are willing to go to those desolate colonies, their identities are transformed into patriots who are willing to open up frontiers for the motherland, and they are worthy of respect and can be given preferential policies and help.