Chapter 23, Cyrenaica Colony (Part 2)
"...In the current era of the European continent, apart from Mycenae and Athens in the southern corner of the Greek peninsula, there are indeed no decent countries, but there are Celts, Germans, and Dorians everywhere. There are other barbaric tribes of unknown race wandering around.
It is true that their weapons and organization are quite backward, and they probably don't even have metal swords. They can only be slaughtered in front of your machine guns, mortars, armored vehicles and helicopters. But after all, they have strength in numbers, and a large tribe often has a population of tens of thousands. During the Roman Republic in the second century BC, a total of 300,000 Germans migrated south, breaking into Gaul and Italy, and nearly defeated the Romans!
If you want to take root on the European continent, you have to bear the risk of war with the local barbarians in the most fragile initial stage of colonization - of course, it is not certain that a conflict will break out, but at least there is a risk of war breaking out.
Indeed, if it is a head-on battle, no matter how many barbarian warriors there are, they are no match for modern warfare weapons. But in the dark forest, your heavy firepower cannot be used at all, and you cannot prevent them from their all-pervasive sneak attacks, night attacks and ambushes from morning to night - you only have more than two hundred people, even if you include the newly purchased There are less than four hundred female slaves, and these female slaves and a considerable number of women and children have no fighting capacity.
What's more, your team is not even a real army, but ordinary peaceful citizens of Japan. They have received little military training in the past, and lack the experience and courage to kill. They are almost completely incapable of fighting. Even the armed forces used by European countries to colonize America in the past Immigrants are far inferior - the violent elements within the "Kokukoku Isshinkai" organization basically followed Mr. Soichiro Takagi, and those 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 risk tens of thousands or twenty thousand casualties, your small team will be in danger of falling apart... Huh? How did the Greeks, Romans, and Western European countries in the Age of Discovery engage in maritime colonization? Don't just look at their glorious side. Don't forget that in the process of establishing colonial city-states, they also encountered countless failures and setbacks. Some were driven away in despair, and even entire colonial cities were destroyed. Kill them all! They can afford to die, can you afford to die?
Moreover, compared to the residents of the European continent, the Greeks and Romans, although they were also foreign races, were at least white. After a few generations of mixed blood, they became mutually exclusive. But you are East Asian yellow people, incompatible with the aboriginal people of this land, and it is inherently more difficult for them to integrate with each other... In short, it is not impossible for you to build colonial cities on the European continent, but the risks are real in the initial stage. It’s too big and there are too many variables. Any unexpected failure or heavy damage will bring disaster to your small and weak group.
On the contrary, in Cyrenaica, although the natural environment is relatively harsh, the strategic security environment is unique. First of all, the Mediterranean coast is a relatively developed area of human civilization in this era, with relatively complete and abundant coastal resources, and the Mediterranean itself provides conditions for convenient and cheap shipping; secondly, through the previous diplomatic deterrence and commercial exchanges in Crete and Egypt , we have established diplomatic relations with our only two neighbors; then, Cyrenaica is now deserted and there are basically no difficult indigenous people..."
Wang Qiu concluded this while taking out a map of the Mediterranean area, pointing to the location of Cyrenaica, and talked to the Japanese immigrants very confidently, "... According to Doraemon, using mini satellites and remote wireless According to the information obtained by man-machine aerial reconnaissance, according to the description in the ancient Greek scholar Herodotus's work "History", what was happening in Cyrenaica at that time There seemed to be many barbaric tribes with strange customs in this land, but in the fourteenth century BC, which was still a few hundred years away from his time, there were almost no humans in the entire Green Mountain area in northern Cyrenaica. The only traces of activity are the occasional dark-skinned nomads in sporadic oases hundreds of kilometers to the south.
This means that you can develop the unclaimed land of Cyrenaica with peace of mind. You don’t have to deal with neighbors with ulterior motives from the beginning, and you don’t have to use conspiracy and fighting to seize the land of survival from them. Indeed, this This land is surrounded by deserts and oceans and is not rich in products. But for your small group of only a few hundred people, this natural resource is more than enough.
And, looking at it from another perspective, first of all, the scorching desert provides you with excellent protection, making it difficult for the alien army to attack you from the land. Secondly, the vast ocean provides you with convenient access, allowing this colonial city to remain open to the outside world and not become isolated: food, timber, slaves, livestock... all these things can be obtained from ocean trade. Obtain - The connections we have established in Crete can come in handy at this time and let the maritime overlord of Minoa 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 civilized world. It can obtain various benefits through international exchanges, but it avoids the strife and struggles between major civilized countries, thus creating a A relatively favorable development environment.
One day, when you become fully fledged, you can use this place as the starting point of a great empire and conquer the vast world outside step by step. Even if development does not go smoothly, or even encounters a catastrophe, and you are at the end of your rope, you can still try your luck in Egypt next door, seek refuge with Princess Carol and King Memphis, and ask them to give you a bite to eat - I believe That kind blond chick will definitely say yes. ”
Having said this, Wang Qiu shrugged again, "... Of course, if you have full confidence in your fighting power and spirit of sacrifice, and are willing to compete with the aborigines of the European continent, and feel that you can conquer them and turn them into If you become my own slave, then I can also take you to France or Italy to colonize, and pray that fate will bless you from one victory to another
In addition, if you want absolute safety but really hate the desert environment, we can also fly all the way to the South Pacific and find a picturesque tropical island with coconut trees, white beaches, and let you live there. Life in a paradise - for example, Easter Island with its many stone statues would be great. The land on that volcanic island is quite fertile. Except for the sharks in the sea, there are no dangerous raptors or beasts. It is also guaranteed that the place will be absolutely isolated from 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 located in the vast waters of the South Pacific, about 3,700 kilometers away from the coast of South America. It is also quite remote from other islands in the Pacific, with the nearest inhabited island being Pitcairn Island, 2,000 kilometers to the west. Since the first group of Polynesian immigrants arrived on Easter Island around 900 AD, it was not until 1722 that the second group of humans (British navigators) visited this lonely island...
"...Easter Island? Damn it! You want us to be like the indigenous islanders, overpopulating and deforestation on the island, building a bunch of stone statues for fun, and consuming all the natural resources on the island. The land became desertified, and the trees and fish and shrimps became extinct, but they couldn't escape. In the end, they had to kill each other in this lonely cage, eating human flesh and drinking human blood? Are you so vicious?
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Hey, hey, don't look at me with such surprised eyes. I have also watched an NHK science and education film before, about the destruction of Easter Island civilization..."
Officer Miyamoto Masamae rolled his eyes and sighed in frustration, "...Anyway, I understand what you mean. People need to be self-aware and eat as much food as they want. And there are only a bunch of people around me who never They are losers who have never seen blood and cannot be beaten at all. Before training them into warriors who can fight for survival, there is indeed no room for any risks... In this case, let's settle down in Cyrenaica first. Go! ”
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After unifying their thoughts, the construction work of these Japanese immigrants in the Cyrenaica colony was soon fully launched.
First of all, in the dry and hot desert, water source is always the first factor that determines human survival.
However, although there is a lot of precipitation here in Cyrenaica (compared to the Sahara Desert), the rain comes and goes quickly and cannot be retained at all. All the river beds on the surface are dry. Wang Qiu and the others finally found a small river that had not dried up. They only saw a thick mass of mud rolling between the river banks. Fortunately, the smell repelled their noses and could be smelled from a long distance away. Otherwise, it would have been mistaken for others. It's chocolate!
Fortunately, although there is no hope for surface water in Cyrenaica, the underground water content is still very abundant - there are some scattered springs in the canyon of the "Green Mountain". Each spring is actually a small mountain lake that relies on natural rainfall and underground rivers to replenish water.
Therefore, the time travelers used Doraemon's magical props to dig several water diversion tunnels between the cliffs to guide the clear spring water to the seaside settlements, and then installed a filtration and purification system, which initially solved the colony's water problem. question.
Secondly, once there is sufficient clean water, the food source problem of the Cyrenaica colony must be solved.
Although these happy Japanese immigrants can easily obtain any food from sashimi to lunch boxes through the [era vending machines] provided by Doraemon, agriculture is still necessary in order to be self-reliant and just in case. Let's do it - also relying on Doraemon's magical props, the immigrants reclaimed a large area on the seaside side of Green Mountain. The terraces are irrigated with spring water, and more drought-tolerant barley, wheat and corn are planted, a small amount of rice that is more in line with Japanese tastes, as well as various fruits and vegetables such as grapes, radishes, cucumbers and onions are planted on the seaside. We tried to cultivate seaweed and kelp that Japanese people love... in order to eventually achieve self-sufficiency in most staple and non-staple foods.
Next, after having fields and water sources, it is naturally the turn to solve the housing problem.
Because even including the purchased female slaves, the entire colony only had a total of more than 300 people, which was only equivalent to a modern village. And within the foreseeable future, there is no possibility of rapid population expansion in this colony. Therefore, Doraemon did not engage in any overly exaggerated urban planning. Instead, it gave the immigrants some assembly materials for future single-person houses and let them find a place they like to build a house and settle down.
As a result, on the seaside platform at the foot of Green Mountain, a bunch of science-fiction mushroom-shaped houses soon appeared, one on the east and one on the west, scattered everywhere. These cute all-metal "mushroom houses" are all painted with colorful bright paint, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding blue sea, tawny rocks and green bushes, and are full of beautiful fairy tales. color.
But the problem is that after actually moving in, the pampered Japanese immigrants were immediately scorched by the scorching sun in the North African desert. They felt like they were living in a large steamer, and the sweltering heat was almost suffocating. What's even more terrible is that when the desert storm from the south rolled towards Cyrenaica with hot sand and dust, those "mushroom houses" that unfortunately failed to survey the location and failed to build the shelter under the cliff were still there. It will be blown directly into the Mediterranean Sea by the terrifying sandstorm... Who dares to live in such an uncomfortable and unsafe house for a long time?
As a result, these useless metal mushroom houses were quickly put aside by the Japanese immigrants who complained a lot, and instead dug cooler and safer underground residences in the rocks - relying on the magical props provided by Doraemon. [Explosive Basement], they quickly built an underground city of amazing size, enough to accommodate thousands of people for long-term living. Thus, you can avoid the scorching sun on the surface and enjoy the refreshing shade.
Then, in order to welcome the Cretan merchant ships that might come to trade in the future, they built piers and warehouses on the seaside, as well as a lighthouse and a breakwater... Although it took two full years since they started building construction in Cyrenaica. For more than a month, no ship was seen on the sea. In addition, they also built a small hydropower station and a mini tidal power station to make up for the lack of solar power generation.
Finally, after solving the basic survival problems of this colony, Miyamoto Masaru began to organize immigrants and launch a production movement, that is, to explore all the resources on this land and stuff them into Doraemon's [automatic pawn machine]. In exchange for yen bills, you can buy things from the [era vending machines] - if you keep sitting on nothing, no matter how much money you carry around, you will eventually spend it all. In short, after three months of sweaty construction and hard work, a high-tech Cyrenaica colonial stronghold has begun to take shape.