Struggle in the Steam Age

These valuable trophies can obviously play an important role in the construction of Shaw Island. Just like the famous saying that Lawrence heard in his previous life, war is really like a cannon shot, and it is worth ten thousand taels of gold. When fighting, the weapons and ammunition consumed by the logistics every day require a huge amount of money, and if you win the battle, you can also get a huge amount of wealth.

Especially as a big country, the White Eagle Federation is very generous when it comes to money. Not only are they willing to reimburse the weapons, ammunition and various supplies consumed by Lawrence and his reinforcements during the battle, but they are even willing to reimburse all the consumption of their previous trip to the island by boat.

After all, for a powerful country like the White Eagle Federation, ordinary money is of no use unless it reaches a certain huge amount. If you can use a little money for the Federation to gain the favor of those allies, and pass on to everyone the idea that the Federation will not treat those who have helped you badly, it will definitely be a worthwhile thing.

Of course, another reason why the White Eagle Federation is so generous in this regard this time is because they have gained a lot of benefits after the victory of the war.

On the one hand, they have consolidated their position through victory and gained more voice in Xingchenhai. On the other hand, after the complete elimination of those sahuagin, the surrounding sea area has become much safer than before, and the value of a trade-centric island like Vieques Island has naturally been greatly improved.

After completing all settlements, Lawrence and the others decided to take the Enterprise and two other warships back to Shaw Island. At least for him, this war is completely over. And it will definitely take a long time to make a final decision on the final division of spoils on Pine Tree Island.

Therefore, he felt that it would be better for him to return to his territory and wait slowly. Anyway, there are people here to deal with those detailed rules, so he doesn't need to stay here all the time. In other words, if he stayed here, it would often be seen as a distrust of his subordinates. In order to avoid such misunderstandings, Lawrence felt that it was better for him to leave here.

Of course, this return voyage is destined to take more time, because Lawrence and the others still have to take the group of Loca murlocs who are willing to defect to them. Fortunately, it is winter and the sea is very calm, so they can drag several long strings of wooden rafts and small boats behind several boats for those weaker old, weak, women and children to take temporary rides.

To be precise, there are not many old locatha. After they were taken hostage by the sahuagin before, those old and too young locathians basically didn't survive. In the ensuing battle and the purge of the sahuagin, a large number of male locathani died on the battlefield or were massacred by the sahuagin.

On the other hand, the previous group of Rokayu who were pro-sahuagin suffered heavy losses after experiencing a series of previous events, and the survivors were not even 1/3 of the original number. Moreover, almost all of them are women and children who have not participated in the battle. According to the habits of the Lokayu people, these women and children do not have any right to participate in politics, and naturally they have nothing to do with falling to the Sahuayu people.

Therefore, considering that the Lokayu people suffered heavy population losses through massacres, at the same time, these women and children were indeed not involved in any hostile acts. Therefore, after discussion, the human side decided to forgive these non-combatants and let them become the citizens of Lawrence together with the green-faced locathermen.

According to statistics, there are only more than 28,000 surviving Loka fish people, which is equivalent to 40% of their previous population. And the ratio of men to women has dropped to a terrible 1:8. This was an important reason why they were willing to rely on Lawrence to become his subjects. Obviously, this gender structure could hardly guarantee their survival in the dangerous ocean.

One of only two pieces of good news for them is that Lawrence had rescued half of their eggs earlier, ensuring the future of their entire population.

On the other hand, although the sahuagin brutally cleaned out those too young or too old rokayu who were considered useless, all the rest were young adults of childbearing age. So just give them a generation and they can bounce back.

"This journey should be safer." After setting off, Lawrence said to the green-faced and a dozen other elders who boarded the boat to communicate with them. "This is a sea route that has been in operation for hundreds of years. There should be nothing wrong with it except that there are two sections in the middle that pass through the edge of the sea area of ​​​​the triton and the mermaid country, which may require some negotiation."

"Of course, there are some ferocious fish or sea beasts in this sea area. But considering our number, I believe those beasts should not cause any harm." Safir added at this time, "By the way, before The weapons have been given to you, and they should have been distributed by now."

"Yes, the weapons have been distributed to everyone. So there should not be too much danger on the road." The green face replied, before they used the Lord of Dawn, the God of Knowledge, the God of Suffering and their ancestors After swearing allegiance to Lawrence in name, they naturally changed from the original captives to the prisoners of Lawrence.

In this world with real gods, the oath approved by the gods has a strong binding ability. Especially this time after Lawrence told the news to others, the priests of the three gods all offered to host the ceremony of loyalty to Lawrence, and during the ceremony, the statues of the gods all shone to express their commitment to the oath. recognized.

Under such circumstances, this group of previously captured loca murlocs naturally became very reliable subjects under the command of Earl Sauer. Naturally, in this way, Lawrence and the others can also safely rearm these loca murlocs without worrying about any sudden mutiny or even backlash.

As for the weapons and armors used to arm the murlocs, they were all captured in previous wars. For humans, these weapons, which were clearly designed by the murlocs, obviously did not meet the needs of human beings. Human beings naturally look down on that little bit of broken copper and iron.

So after picking some weapons similar to those inlaid with pearls, gems or gold as collectibles. The humans on the island have generously opened the door to the loot warehouse, allowing the roca fish who have already belonged to Lawrence to choose as much as they want, without spending any money on him.

Therefore, Lawrence succeeded in arming the Loca murlocs who are now his own subjects at a very low cost. Those of the remaining locathah who were strong enough to arm themselves armed themselves with seaweed, bone and shell woven armor, metal tridents, and underwater crossbow guns.

Although most of these armors and weapons are obviously damaged, and even most of them are covered with blood. But that's enough for the loca murlocs. According to the green face, the equipment they were wearing when they were driven to the battlefield by the sahuagin was not even half of what they are wearing now.

In addition, the island also used three large sailboats to transport the seven-day rations promised to the Loka fishmen before joining Lawrence and their fleet, which solved a big problem.

The rest of the journey was just as Lawrence and the others had imagined. Apart from negotiating on the border of the two underwater countries and following the designated route under the surveillance of the opposing army, they encountered no problems along the way.

It is true that some sea creatures without long eyes tried to attack the loca murlocs, but they were soon turned into their rations under the attack of the heavily armed loca murlocs.

In this way, after a week of trekking at sea, Lawrence finally returned to Shaw Island smoothly with his own fleet and a large group of Loca murlocs.