A few days later, all the militia members sent to the islands to support them returned, and when they heard that they had missed the opportunity to join the navy, they approached Rhys. Rees was forced to have no choice but to promise to be open to them and lower some requirements when they were recruited next time.

The order to recruit militia on the island has been going on, and at this moment, the entire Poli Sea except Sea Shark Island is allied with Chongtian Island, and outsiders continue to pour into Chongtian Island.

Most of the first jobs they found on the island chose to join the militia, but the requirements of the militia were not low, and there were more than 500 immigrants who participated in the registration, and only 100 were finally admitted.

With the influx of foreign laborers, the island was extremely crowded, and the already small Chongtian Island was crowded with people, and Harriman was very busy with it.

He had sand and gravel dug up from the shallow sea, and in addition to building tidal levees, he also began to reclaim land.

Although Chongtian Island covers an area of more than 10 square kilometers, many places have large lagoons that are connected to the sea. At high tide, the sea will invade and become uninhabitable.

He led people to fill the mouth of the river with sand and gravel, completely enclosed the two ends, and then drained the seawater, revealing a huge crater.

......

Inside the Palm House, Xiao Li sat on the front seat reading the latest report of Chongtian Island, which was a population registration form.

After forming alliances with many islands in the Poly Sea, the permanent population of Chongtian Island has reached more than 1,000 people, but most of them are illiterate and can only do some hard work.

As the owner of the island, this is what Xiao Li does not want to see. He issued a new decree for Harriman to add a church, and then approached Oreo to serve as the first president of Chongtian Island Academy.

As for teachers, there is no shortage of teachers in Chongtian Island now, and after the new decree was issued, the number of applicants was more than 40 people.

In the dock not far from the wharf, Ivey was conducting simple training for hundreds of young laborers, and after the training, Ivey assigned them to different positions, and the shipbuilding assembly line officially started.

Rafts of logs were brought in from various islands off the coast of Poli, where young laborers cut them into shapes with saws and handed them over to the next boatman.

It takes only a day or two to build a wooden ship, from the cutting of logs to the grinding of the planks to the assembly of the ship, and it takes less than two days to build a wooden ship without waiting for the glue to dry the sealing hull.

Xiao Li was not very satisfied with this, but he also felt helpless. This was not a fast speed, he had heard of even more amazing speeds before the crossing, the average time taken by Bald Eagle to build a 10,000-ton Liberty ship warship during World War II was only five days.

Crash!

The second wooden ship built on Chongtian Island slid into the sea with the help of rolling logs, and the decree to recruit members of the navy was issued, and the number of applicants filled the hall.

Inside the church, Oreo frowned at a few brand new books, and he was puzzled by the astonishing knowledge on them.

He turned the pages of the book, paused on the 'industrial age' depicted in the book, and looked down in thought.

He thought, if all the above knowledge is realized, then what kind of state should Chongtian Island reach?

The Iron Giant, the steaming fast train, the giant ship that sails without sails, the musket more powerful than the crossbow......

There was an extremely yearning look in his eyes, but after a stirring spirit reacted, he shook his head and said: "It looks good, but whether it can be achieved or not is one thing, compared to these, I still think the position of principal is more charming." ”

"Although I can't tackle this knowledge, I can train people who can tackle this knowledge......"

Oreo made up his mind and beckoned some of his most proud students over and handed them the few books Xiao Li had given him to study carefully.

At night, the church is lit by the light of countless grease candles, and several young people are now reading the knowledge on it with sad faces.

When they saw the vivid picture of papermaking, they thought about it for a moment and took control of it, thinking that it was nothing more than that. But when they saw how the glass was made, they were puzzled, especially when they saw that it was full of unfamiliar words, and the whole person was not good.

Early in the morning, they approached Oreo with two panda eyes, and Oreo shook his head when he learned about it, and said, "You can go to the owner of Xiao Li Island to try, these books are provided by his family on the mainland." ”

Knock knock!

"Please come in!" a handsome young man stretched out his waist lazily and said curiously. Who could it be so early? Could it be Harriman?

Hearing this, several young people outside the house pushed the door in, first saluted the handsome young man on the main seat, and then took out the 'elementary knowledge' and asked directly: "Lord Xiao Li, do you know how to make 'glass'?"

Xiao Li took the book and glanced at it slightly, then nodded, and explained carefully: "Silica is sand, you can first go to the beach and pick some crystal clear sand, and then burn the shells into limestone, and the charcoal is burned from trees. ”

"As for the rest of the material, you can't understand it yet, you just have to get those things in order now, and I'll provide the rest. ”

Several young men nodded their heads in thanks, saluted, and exited the house.

After they left, Xiao Li's thoughts came into his mind.

He was also at a loss to ask him to develop those things, and it was far less simple than making a wish directly.

"I want ......"

Xiao Li directly made a wish for a bunch of things, and then the bill deducting the prestige value appeared on the Wish Heavenly Book, and a large number of bottles and cans that had never been seen before appeared in the house.

Most notably, a tall furnace forged from alloy cost him a lot of prestige.

The second is the alloy blowpipe for hand-blown glass, as well as a variety of chemical additives, which are added to silica to produce different reactions, and the blown glass has different effects. There are sparkling crystal glasses, durable glasses, and mirrors that reflect mirrors, and more.

Xiao Li didn't pay attention to these things that improved the quality of life, and he thought of the steam engine in his mind.

But after seeing the massive prestige value required, he directly shook his head and denied it, it was far more cost-effective to have this prestige than to wish for a few more crossbows, after all, this is the weapon to fight the world.

Two days later, Jayden's first naval contingent returned triumphantly.

"Lord Xiao Li, those mutant monster fish are too weak, when are we going to attack Sea Shark Island?" Jayden asked curiously, carrying a mutated swordfish and explaining the various experiences that happened at sea.

Xiao Li glared at him, and immediately shrank his head in fright, "It's only been a few days since I saw you, you've gained a lot of weight?"

"Lord Xiao Li, you misunderstood, I have also listened to the nagging of the team members for a long time, and my ears have calluses, so I asked curiously. Jayden smiled resignedly.

"There's no hurry. Xiao Li patted him on the shoulder and said, "When we can form a fleet to come out, then it will be the best time to attack Sea Shark Island." ”