Struggle in the Steam Age

Chapter 319: Church and cafeteria

Lawrence himself is naturally not very satisfied with the current level of construction of the entire settlement. After all, he comes from a place that can build a well-equipped and well-structured hospital in ten days. So from his point of view, all of these facilities and rules can only be described as crude. If there is a chance in the future, they must all be updated.

But Lawrence's men and subordinates did not think so. Especially those who recruited from the local people praised everything Lawrence did. Because they learned about the terrible death rate of outsiders when they opened up such places from the stories passed by word of mouth from their parents and grandfathers.

So when they came here before, actually everyone was ready to die. But I did not expect that under the command of Lawrence, the death rate of this colony compared to other regions can be said to be minimal.

Therefore, Lawrence won the approval of most people in this short half month. Because of this, his next order was promoted much smoother than before.

After collectively clearing the vegetation that grew on the original fields and leveling the land, land reclamation has become the focus of everyone's work at this stage. Considering the huge land area per capita and the fact that most people are tight on hand, it is definitely not appropriate to divide the land in this way.

After all, apart from the original friends of Lawrence and his retainers and their families, the old people who are willing to follow Lawrence to come here are basically poor people who have family difficulties and want to come here to make a difference. And those locals can even be described as abject poverty.

So after consideration, Lawrence decided to establish a large agricultural company here. Like the factories before him, Lawrence, the main investor, holds the bulk of the shares, and the remaining shares will be distributed to all agricultural workers, but they can only pay dividends from them, and cannot buy or sell these shares.

Like the previous factory, all workers expressed their heartfelt support for Lawrence's distribution plan. After all, working in other places in this world only has wages and bonuses. No boss is willing to share the company's dividends with his employees.

"I should be considered the richest of the people like this!" Looking at the company's establishment contract that was covered with fingerprints by everyone, Lawrence thought with narcissism in Nora's white eyes. "Although there is not much money right now, the prospects are always bright."

Just thinking about it, there was a sound of metal tapping outside. Looking for the reputation, Lawrence saw two wooden platforms on the main road of the settlement. There were people in robes knocking on the metal plates hanging on the platforms. Then many of the workers who finished their work entered the two simple rooms with wooden tables.

In fact, these two simple rooms are the churches of the Knowledge Church and the Agricultural Church. For a new colony, people need not only material wealth, but also spiritual comfort.

Therefore, when the agricultural church technical steering group who came to help proposed to build an agricultural church, Lawrence gave them enough support and help. After all, this colony is mainly agricultural production, so the agricultural church is naturally this place. An indispensable facility for the colony.

The other church is the church of the God of Knowledge. Let alone the importance of education to the development of a region, the relationship between Lawrence himself and the Church of Knowledge makes the church of the Church of Knowledge indispensable for this territory. Religious sites.

After learning that Lawrence became the earl who owned the island as a fief, the Church of Knowledge directly appointed Lawrence's father as the regional bishop of New Sauer Island and the itinerant bishop of the Star Sea. In addition, a total of 15 volunteers from the Cathedral of St. Gutenberg in Eagle Castle and St. Skrodovska Cathedral in the Sea of ​​Stars were recruited to bring their families to build churches on the island.

For example, Priest Peter, Lawrence’s friend at Eagle Fort, persuaded his girlfriend and his family to come to this island. He thought it would be difficult for a priest like him who had just become extraordinary to stay in a big city like Eagle Bag. Progress, so after hearing that Lawrence decided to open up a new territory on the island, he was the first to sign up to open up wasteland.

This should be a good thing for Lawrence, because the memory of his previous life tells him that no matter when or what the situation is, it is a very, very bad thing to dominate a family. Therefore, after the agricultural church has camped in this territory, it is also a very good thing that the knowledgeable church can form a balance here.

Of course, in this world with real gods, what the church does can't be just praying and copying scriptures. For example, in addition to the daily prayers, the clergy of the Knowledge Church are also responsible for opening temporary night schools at night to help those who are willing to learn literacy. During the day, when the adults are working, they organize some elderly people to help bring them. Children, plus help those leaders to publicize Lawrence's policies.

The work of the clergy of the agricultural church is even more tiring. Except for those who take turns to assist in the temporary church every day, most of them have to go deep into the fields to direct production. And after returning at night, there is no leisure, and a lot of records recorded during daytime work need to be compiled.

That is to say, through this approach, those Orthodox churches have great prestige among the people. Therefore, after these churches settled in this territory, most of the uneasiness of the people in the territory before they came to the new place disappeared.

You know, not every island in the sea of ​​stars has Orthodox churches. In this dangerous world, the Orthodox Church often has the ability and role of sheltering one side. Just as there used to be only a small altar of Dakol, the sacred mountain of travel and exploration on the island of New Sauer, only one or two months of each year there will be clergy who patrol this area to be stationed in this area for a short time. That's it.

Therefore, although these two small churches can be regarded as extremely crude in Lawrence's eyes~lightnovelpub.net~, they have made those people who came from the small town on the other side of the island extremely satisfied.

"Now it's dinner, everyone is lining up to get the tableware." Ten minutes later, the brief prayer ended. A middle-aged woman shouted loudly at the entrance of the restaurant, and at the same time knocked on another metal plate. After hearing the signal to start the meal, everyone started to gather at the restaurant with the tableware.

In the dining room, a long table built of mud and wooden boards separates the kitchen and dining room. Standing on the side of the restaurant, you can see several large iron pots lined up on the stove in the kitchen, which are stewed with bacon and vegetables and cassava porridge with salted fish. On the side of the cooktop, there are several iron racks on which the fresh game and fish caught today are grilled.

At this time, the leaders who came back from work took their iron plates and lined up on the long table in a proper line, and then walked past the long table with their plates in turn and showed the iron pieces today. System of work points. The chubby women who were chefs provided them with choices based on the numbers reported by the people who checked the work cards, and finally spooned the dishes they chose onto their plates.

After finishing the dishes, they will pick up the seafood and edible seaweed soup or a cup of sugar brine at the other end of the long table, and then a large bowl of rice or tapioca bread. . In addition, because of the existence of a large number of tropical fruits around, everyone can get a portion of fruit.

For example, today I found a banana plantation with ripe bananas, so the fruit distributed is two yellow bananas per person.

At least according to Lawrence's investigations these days, most people are still very satisfied with the meals provided in the cafeteria. And this has greatly improved the labor efficiency of everyone from the other side.