Chapter Twenty-Three: The Colony of Cyrenaica (Part II)

“…… In Europe at the present age, with the exception of Mycenae and Athens in the southern corner of the Greek peninsula, there were indeed no decent nations, but there were Celts, Germans, Dorians, and other barbarian tribes of unknown race roaming everywhere.

Admittedly, their weapons and organization are quite backward, and they probably don't even have metal swords, and are at your disposal for machine guns, mortars, armored vehicles, and helicopters. But after all, they are numerous, and often a large tribe has a population of tens of thousands. During the Roman Republic in the second century B.C., 300,000 Germanic people migrated south, breaking into Gaul and Italy, and nearly losing the Romans

If you want to establish yourself in the Great 6 of Europe, you will have to take the risk of war with the local barbarians in the very first stages of your colonization - not necessarily a conflict, of course, but at least the risk of a war.

Indeed, if it is a head-to-head battle, no matter how many barbarian warriors there are, they are no match for the weapons of modern warfare. But in the gloomy forest, your heavy firepower is completely inadequate, and it is impossible to prevent their all-pervasive sneak attacks, night attacks, and ambushes from morning to night—there are only about 200 of you, and even counting the female slaves you have just bought are less than 400, and these female slaves and a considerable number of women and children are incapable of fighting power.

What's more, your team is not even a real army, just ordinary peaceful citizens of Japan, who have no military training in the past, and lack the experience and courage to kill, and are almost completely unable to fight, and even those armed immigrants who colonized the Americas by European countries in the past are far inferior to ---↑ The violent elements in the organization basically followed Mr. Soichiro Takashiro, and the people who followed you were basically ordinary citizens.

In this way, as long as the enemy can organize a successful sneak attack, or if any enemy is willing to fight for a hundred or twenty thousand casualties, your small team is in danger of falling apart...... Belch? How did the Greeks, Romans, and Western European countries in the Age of Discovery engage in seafaring colonization? Don't just look at their beautiful side, don't forget, in the process of establishing a colonial city-state, they also suffered countless failures and setbacks, some were driven away by the ashes, and even the entire colonial city was killed.

Moreover, the Greeks and Romans were at least white relative to the inhabitants of the Great 6 in Europe, although they were also alien, and after a few generations of mixed blood they were with each other. But you are the yellow people of East Asia, and you are incompatible with the indigenous people of this land, and it is inherently more difficult for you to integrate with each other...... In short, it is not impossible for you to build a colonial city in the big 6 of Europe, but the risks in the initial stage are too great, and there are too many variables. Any unexpected defeat or blow will bring disaster to your small community.

In Cyrenaica, on the other hand, the natural environment is harsh, but the strategic security environment is unique. First of all, the Mediterranean coast is a relatively advanced area of human civilization in this era, the coastal resources are relatively complete and rich, and the Mediterranean itself provides conditions for convenient and cheap shipping; Second, with Guò's previous diplomatic deterrence and trade with Egypt, we have established diplomatic relations with our only two neighbors; Then, today's Cyrenaica is deserted, and there are basically no difficult aborigines......"

Wang Qiu summed it up as he pulled out a map of the Mediterranean region, pointed to the location of Cyrenaica, and spoke confidently to the Japanese immigrants, "...... According to Doraemon's reconnaissance with mini-satellites and long-range drones, although according to the ancient Greek scholar Herodotus's book "History", there seem to be many barbarian tribes with strange customs in the land of Cyrenaica at that time. But in the fourteenth century B.C., which was still a few hundred years before his time, that is, now. There is almost no trace of human activity in the entire green mountain region of northern Cyrenaica, except for the occasional black-skinned nomad in a few hundred kilometers of oases to the south.

This means that you can open the borderless land of Cyrenaica without having to deal with your scheming neighbors from the outset, and without having to wrest from them by intrigue and warfare - it is true that this land is surrounded by deserts and seas, and is not abundant. But for a small group of only a few hundred people, this natural resource is more than enough.

And, on the other hand, first, the scorching desert provides you with excellent protection, making it difficult for the alien army to attack you from the 6th. Secondly, the vast ocean provides you with easy access to the colonial city that remains open to the outside world and does not become isolated from the rest of the world: food, timber, slaves, livestock...... This qiē can be obtained from the maritime trade - the connections we have made in Crete can come in handy at this time, and let the Kingdom of Minoa, the overlord of the sea, become your import and export agent

In addition, from the perspective of the overall strategic situation, Cyrenaica is located on the edge of the current Western civilization world, and can obtain various benefits through international exchanges, but avoid the struggle and strife between the major civilizations, thus creating a relatively favorable environment for development.

Someday, when you are full-fledged, you will be able to use this as the starting point of a great empire to conquer the vast world out there. Even if you don't go well, or even if you encounter great difficulties and fall to the point of despair, you can try your luck in Egypt next door, and go to Princess Carole and King Memphis to ask them to reward you with a bite to eat—I believe that the kind golden chick will definitely agree. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders again, "...... Of course, if you have full confidence in your fighting power and sacrifice, and are willing to compete with the natives of the Great 6 in Europe, and feel that you can conquer them and turn them into your own slaves, then I can also take you to France or Italy to colonize, and pray that fate will bless you to go from victory to victory.

Also, if you want absolute safety and really hate desert environments, we can fly all the way to the South Pacific and find a picturesque tropical island with coconut groves and white sand beaches where you can live a paradise - for example, Easter Island, with its many stone statues. The land on that volcanic island is quite fertile, there are no dangerous birds of prey other than sharks in the sea, and it is guaranteed that the place is absolutely isolated from the rest of the world, and no outsiders will disturb it for at least two thousand years

-- Easter Island in Chile is one of the loneliest places in the world. This triangular volcanic island, famous for its giant stone statues, is nestled in the vast waters of the South Pacific Ocean, about 37oo kilometers off the coast of South America. It is also quite distant from other islands in the Pacific Ocean, with the nearest inhabited island to it being Pitcairn Island, 2ooo km to the west. After the first Polynesian settlers arrived on Easter Island around 9oo AD, it was not until 1722 that a second group of humans (British navigators) visited the lonely island......

“…… Easter Island? Damn it, do you want us to be like those indigenous islanders, over-breeding, indiscriminately deforesting on the island, building a bunch of stone statues to play with, depleting all the natural resources of the island, desertifying the land, extinct trees, fish and shrimp, and finally having to kill each other in this lonely cage, eating human flesh and drinking human blood? Is there anyone as vicious as you?

Hey, don't look at me with such surprise. I've also seen an nhkR spoon science and education film before, about the fall of the Easter Island civilization......"

Officer Masato Miyamoto rolled his eyes and sighed a little frustratedly, "...... In short, I understand what you mean, people should have self-knowledge, how big a stomach to eat. And I only have such a bunch of waste wood that has never seen blood before, and it is completely impossible to fight, and it is indeed impossible to take any risks until they are trained ♂ to be warriors who can fight for survival...... In that case, let's make a home in Cyrenaica first."

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After unifying their minds, the construction of the Cyrenaica colony by these Japanese immigrants was soon fully launched.

First of all, in the hot desert, water is always the first factor that determines human survival.

However, although the amount of precipitation on this side of Cyrenaica is quite a bit compared to the Sahara Desert), the rain comes and goes so fast that it cannot be retained at all, and the riverbed on the surface is all there. Wang Qiu and the others finally found a small river that had not dried up, and they only saw a thick mud rolling between the banks of the river, fortunately, the smell was repulsive, and they could smell it from afar, otherwise it would have been mistaken for chocolate

Fortunately, although the surface water of Cyrenaica cannot be counted on, the groundwater is still abundant - in the valleys of the "Green Mountains", there are springs scattered here and there. Each spring is actually a small mountain lake that relies on natural rainfall and underground rivers to replenish its water.

So, the traversers used Doraemon's magical props to dig several water diversion tunnels between the cliffs, divert the clear spring water to the seaside settlement, and install a filtration and purification system, which initially solved the water problem of the colony.

Second, when there was an abundance of clean water, it was necessary to solve the problem of food sources in the Cyrenaica colony.

Although these happy Japanese immigrants can easily obtain anything from sashimi to lunch boxes through the [era vending machines] provided by GuòDoraemon, in order to be self-reliant, just in case, agriculture still has to be carried out - also relying on Doraemon's magical props, the immigrants reclaimed large terraces on the seaside side of the green mountain, attracted spring water for irrigation, and planted more drought-tolerant barley, wheat and corn, a small amount of rice more in line with Japanese tastes, as well as grapes, turnips and cucumbersThere are various fruits and vegetables such as onions, and we try to breed seaweed and kelp, which are popular with Japanese people, by the sea...... In order to eventually achieve self-sufficiency in most staple foods and non-staple foods.

Then, with the land and water available, it was natural that it would be the turn of the housing problem.

Because even if you count the purchased slave girls, there are only about 300 people in the entire colony, which is only equivalent to a modern village. And for the foreseeable future, the colony is not likely to explode in population. Therefore, Doraemon did not engage in any exaggerated urban planning, but gave the immigrants some materials for assembling future single-person houses, so that they could find a favorite place to build a house and settle down.

As a result, on the seaside terrace at the foot of the Green Mountain, a bunch of mushroom-shaped houses with a sci-fi color soon appeared, one in the east and one in the west, scattered everywhere. These cute all-metal "mushroom houses" are painted with colorful and bright paint, which contrasts with the blue sea, tawny rocks and green bushes, and is full of beautiful fairy tale colors.

But the problem is that after actually moving in, the pampered Japanese immigrants were immediately scorched by the scorching sun of the North African desert, and they felt like they were living in a big steamer, so hot that they could barely breathe. What's worse is that when the southern desert storm carries the scorching sand and dust and rolls towards Cyrenaica, those "mushroom houses" that unfortunately have not surveyed the location and failed to build shelter under the cliff will be directly swept into the Mediterranean Sea by the terrible sandstorm...... Who would dare to live in such an uncomfortable and unsafe house?

As a result, these useless metal mushroom houses were soon left idle by the Japanese immigrants who complained about their hardship, and they turned to digging cooler and safer underground dwellings in the mountain rocks - relying on the magical prop [Explosive Basement] provided by Doraemon, they soon built an astonishing dungeon of scale, enough to accommodate thousands of people to live and live for a long time. This allows you to avoid the scorching sun on the surface and enjoy the cool shade.

Then, in order to meet the Cretan merchant ships that might come to trade in the future, they built docks and warehouses along the seashore, as well as lighthouses and a breakwater...... Although it had been more than two months since they began to build in Cyrenaica, they had not seen a single ship appear on the sea. In addition, they built a small hydroelectric power station and a miniature tidal power station to compensate for the lack of solar power.

Finally, after solving the basic problems of survival in this colony, Miyamoto began to organize immigrants and start a production campaign, that is, digging up a qiē resource in this land and stuffing it into Doraemon's [automatic pawn machine] in exchange for yen banknotes in order to buy things from the [period vending machine] - if you have been sitting on the mountain and eating nothing, then no matter how many banknotes you have with you, you will one day spend all of them.

In short, after three months of sweaty construction and hard work, a high-tech Cyrenacan colonial stronghold has begun to take shape.

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