Chapter 219: Development on the Liberty Islands

When the Governor of Liberty Island received a report from Li Ao, the special executor and arms dealer on the English islands, he fell into deep thought.

The original plan to support Longleg Edward was changed to support Scottish independence, and then to support a citizen of the Confederate Empire named William Wallace to unify the island of England.

Li Ao only briefly introduced the identity of that guy, as a slave soldier on the island of Liuqiu, then obtained freedom and citizenship, and then went back to Scotland to marry, and finally his wife was killed by the English nobles, and was resisting when he wrote the report.

However, the plan given by the head of the house was to support Edward Longlegs......

Which approach is more conducive to getting closer to the core idea of the Federal Empire?

This core idea is which of the two of them can respect the spirit of the contract more.

He had already collected information about Edward Longlegs...... But he had no information about William Wallace, a citizen of the Empire.

It is a bit arbitrary for Li Ao to judge his character and ideas only from the fact that he is a citizen of the empire...... However, it is also a helpless choice.

After all, he was trained by the Imperial Army...... Maybe it's easier to accept the idea of empire.

The Governor of the Second Junior Governor immediately wrote a new report to clarify the situation, and then asked the country to investigate the experience of William Wallace, a citizen, in the country.

A person's experience is helpful in extrapolating his future.

This new report will also have to be shortcut to the island of Tempu.

Since the establishment of Liberty Island, two routes to the main island have been completely determined.

One is from Liberty Island, southward, bypassing the Nankai area, and going straight to Marbury Harbor in Tianzhu...... In fact, there was not much difference between arriving there and arriving on the main island of Liuqiu, and the third fleet that came to their aid reported that the so-called New Business District of Marbury was home to about five hundred large shops of the Great Song Dynasty and the Confederate Empire.

All the living and production facilities and facilities in the new business district are basically the same as those on the main island...... Except for the fact that the weather is hot and can't be changed, the rest is like living in a city on the island of Ryukyu.

This route is suitable for large fleets to transport large quantities of cargo at a very low cost.

It's just that it takes at least seven months, and almost a year when you're free.

The other route is from Liberty Island, west to the Mediterranean Sea, to Alexandria in Egypt, then from the Nile to Cairo, and then by land to the port of Belis in the Red Sea, and then by sea ship through the Gulf of Aden, and then directly to Port Marbury.

Vice versa.

This route is suitable for transporting high-quality ...... Or a small piece of cargo such as a letter from home, the advantage is that the time is almost halved, and if you use a flying scissor fast sailboat, you can arrive in three months!

In the current time and space, this long time is considered to be godfast...... It was in this way that the island sent them ten hand-cranked Gatling guns, five 73-centimeter mortars, and ammunition.

Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding was overjoyed after the trial, and wrote back that there was no need to put precious troops on Liberty Island, and that with these two weapons of mass destruction, he was not afraid that all Europe would attack the island together, and that they were all here to send labor.

This route is considered by them to be a convenient way.

Of course, this route also had to pass through the sphere of influence of the Mamluk Empire, and a certain amount of taxes were paid to them...... However, for the time being, the relationship between the two sides is good because it is distant and harmless, and it is close because of business.

The Mamluk tax officials were not strict enough to open the boxes and inspect the goods.

The Governor of the Second Junior called Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding, who was training the Black and White Slave Guard, and told him about the islands of England.

Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding touched his shaved blue chin, thought for a while, and said, "Let's ask for instructions on this island, maybe our king will have other plans." ”

The Governor said, "What do you think of the loyalty of the black and white slave soldiers? ”

Speaking of military matters, Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding came to speak.

He took out a cup under the tea table in the office of the Governor of the Second Junior Governor, poured himself a cup of tea, and lit a cigarette.

He said leisurely: "The training of our imperial army is different from that of others...... They only care about the soldiers' ability to fight, and we, not only that, but from the very beginning of military training, we must support workers and farmers, and in daily training, we must also cultivate their living habits...... For example, literacy, newspaper reading, personal hygiene, etc...... It's not me bragging, after three years in this army, then you become a different person, and walking on the street, even if the two don't know each other, they can smell each other's soldiers at once......"

The Governor smiled, and he remembered that it was time for the Lord to train them...... Time is like a flying knife, and in this moment, twenty years have passed.

"So can the guards you train now be able to reach this level?"

Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding thought for a while and said, "It will take a while...... There are many of us on the main island of Liuqiu or in Shandong, and they are influenced by us...... Now, there are more of them and fewer of us...... Aside from their fear of us, nothing else is of much use. ”

This is a fact.

The number of people who really came here from the Federal Empire to develop here, plus the army, is no more than a thousand...... The others were either black or white, and their total number was more than 10,000.

Of course, absolute control of the Free Islands remains firmly in their hands.

The Governor said, "I have applied to make this a place of exile for criminals...... I don't know if our king can approve it, even if it's a criminal of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding still retained his previous attitude, saying: "I still don't approve of this...... We Orientals are a noble existence in their eyes, and they are in awe of them, both militarily and producingly.

If they find out that people like us also have criminals, they will also be punished...... What will they think?! ”

The Liberty Islands are a beautiful archipelago...... There is no extreme weather with high or low temperatures this year, it can be said that the four seasons are like spring, and the land is fertile, and bamboo forests can grow with bamboo chopsticks.

Now, they are engaged in rotational farming on the island, and because of the abundance of land that can be cultivated, they have three rounds of secondary rotation in some places...... Corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes, as well as soybeans, are all growing very well.

They were able to catch huge whales with ease.

They casually blasted the cliffs open, turning the massive limestone into fist-sized rubble.

They said that a wharf capable of docking 3,000-ton sailing ships would be built.

Their houses appeared as if they had grown out of the ground.

Well, in the eyes of those black and white slaves, they are indeed like people with divine powers...... And when they used weapons to conduct military exercises, those people were simply frightened when they saw it.

Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding's idea is not outlandish.

The Governor of the Second Junior was reluctant to openly contradict Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding.

He thought for a moment and said, "I see what you mean...... At present, it is indeed necessary to establish absolute majesty and absolute deterrence in front of them...... However, there is no need for this in the future, it is enough to make them understand that even people like us who break the rules will be punished. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding also nodded immediately and said, "Yes, yes, these are all things that need to be talked about later." ”

The wheat bought by the Governor of the Second Governor from London, England, relieved their urgent need and saved them from the panic of food shortages.

Although guarding the Free Islands, which are extremely rich in marine resources, there is no possibility of starving to death, but no one can stand eating seafood all the time.

That batch of wheat made them comfortable and waited for the corn harvest.

The recruitment of English craftsmen accelerated the development and construction of the area.

PS: THANKS TO THE BOOK FRIEND POLOYELLO FOR THE TIP.