Struggle in the Steam Age

Chapter 533: Return

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

Especially as a big country, the White Eagle Federation is very grand in terms of money. Not only are they willing to reimburse the weapons, ammunition and various supplies consumed by Lawrence and the reinforcements in the battle, but they are even willing to reimburse all the consumption of their previous ships to the island.

After all, for a powerful country like the White Eagle Federation, ordinary money is of little use as long as it does not reach a certain huge sum. If you can use a little money for the Federation to get the favor of those allies, and by the way, it is definitely a worthwhile thing to convey to everyone the idea that the Federation will not treat those who have helped yourself.

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

On the one hand, they consolidated their position through victory and gained more voice in the Star Sea. On the other hand, the surrounding seas have become much safer than before after the complete elimination of that part of the Sahua murlocs. The value of Vieques, an island with trade as its core, has naturally also been greatly improved.

After completing all the settlements, Lawrence and the others decided to take the Enterprise and two other warships back to Sauer Island. At least for him, this war is completely over. As for the final division of the trophies on Pine Island, it must take a long time to make a final decision.

Therefore, he felt that it would be better for him to return to his territory and wait slowly. Anyway, there are people who deal with the detailed rules, and he does not need to stay here. In other words, if he stayed here, he would often be seen as a distrust of his subordinates. In order to avoid this misunderstanding, Lawrence felt it would be better for him to leave here.

Of course, this return flight is destined to take more time, because Lawrence and the others will also take the group of Roka fish who are willing to defect to them. Fortunately, it is winter and the sea is very calm, so they can drag long strings of wooden rafts and small boats behind several boats for those weak and weak women and children to ride temporarily.

To be precise, there are not many old Loka murlocs. After they were trapped by the Sahua murlocs, the old and too young Loka murlocs basically did not survive. In the ensuing battle and the cleaning of the Sahua murlocs, a large number of male Roka murlocs died on the battlefield or were slaughtered by the Sahua murlocs.

On the other hand, the previous group of Loka murlocs who were pro-Sahua murlocs suffered heavy losses after experiencing a series of things before, and even less than one-third of the original survived. And almost all of them are women and children who have never participated in the battle. According to the habits of the Roka fish people, these women and children do not have any right to participate in politics, and naturally they have nothing to do with the sahua fish people.

Therefore, considering that the Lorca murlocs suffered heavy losses through the massacre, at the same time, these women and children did not get involved in any hostile behavior. Therefore, after discussion, the human side decided to forgive these non-combatants and let them and the Green Face Roka murlocs become the leaders of Lawrence.

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

For them, one of the only two pieces of good news is that Lawrence rescued half of their eggs to ensure the future of their entire population.

On the other hand, it is because although the Sahua people brutally cleaned out those Loka who were considered to be useless and were too young or too old, all the rest were young adults of childbearing age. So as long as they are given a generation of time, they will be able to recover.

"This road should be safer." After setting off, Lawrence said to the green face who was on the boat and communicating with them and the other dozen elders. "This is a sea route that has been in operation for hundreds of years, except that there are two sections in the middle that pass through the edge of the sea area of ​​the Barracuda and Mermaid, which may require negotiation. On the whole, there should be nothing."

"Of course, this sea area naturally has some fierce fishes or sea beasts. But considering our number, I believe those beasts should not cause any harm." Saifier added at this time, "Right, before. The weapons have been given to you, and they should have been sent out now."

"Yes, the weapons have been sent to everyone. So there shouldn't be too much danger on the road." 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 status of prisoners to the captives of Lawrence.

In this world where there are real gods, the vows recognized by the gods have a strong binding ability. Especially this time after Lawrence told others about the news, the priests of the three gods all proactively proposed to Lawrence to host the allegiance ceremony, and during the ceremony all the gods' idols also shed light and expressed their commitment to the oath. Recognized.

Under this circumstance, this group of Lorca who had been captured before naturally became a very reliable leader under the command of Earl Sauer. Naturally, Lawrence and the others can safely re-arm these Loka murlocs without worrying about sudden rebellion or even backlash.

As for the weapons and armors that armed the Loka fishermen, basically all came from the seizures in the previous wars. For humans, these weapons designed by the fishermen obviously do not meet the needs of human beings, and they have entered the industrialization. Humans naturally look down on that little bit of broken copper and iron.

So after each selected some weapons similar to inlaid with pearls, gems or gold as collections. The humans on the island generously opened the door to the loot warehouse, allowing the Rokas who had belonged to Lawrence to choose as much as they wanted without spending a little money on him.

Therefore, Lawrence successfully armed the Loka murlocs who are now his own people at a very low cost~lightnovelpub.net~ Among the only remaining Roka murlocs, all those who can have enough strength to arm them all use it. Armor woven from seaweed, bones and shells, metal trident and underwater crossbow guns armed himself.

Although most of these armors and weapons are obviously damaged, even most of them are covered with blood. But this is enough for the Lorca people. According to Green Face, when they were driven to the battlefield by the Sahua murlocs, their equipment was not even as good as half of what they now wear.

In addition, the island also used three large sailing boats to transport the seven-day rations that had previously been promised to the group of Loka fish and joined Lawrence and their fleet, which was a solution to a major problem.

The next journey was the same as Lawrence and the others had imagined, except for negotiating on the border of the two underwater countries and following the designated route under the supervision of the opposing army, and encountered no problems along the way.

It is true that some marine creatures with short eyes tried to attack the Roka fish people, but they soon became their rations under the attack of the heavily armed Roka fish people.

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