Chapter 1846 Bernardo's Dilemma

Baron Bernardo is the leader of the Matou Bay Development Group. As the Matou Bay Affairs Officer, he can be said to be the right-hand man of the Matou Bay Governor. Basically, everyone who knows the history of Matou Bay has to admit that without his assistance, Matou Bay could not have been established so smoothly. The Matou Bay Governor is also very clear about this, so he gave him a lot of trust in terms of power. Although his position is only the Matou Bay Affairs Officer, his power is the second person in Matou Bay, and his power is only slightly less than that of the Governor.

Everyone, including the Governor, thinks that this should be worthy of Bernardo's efforts, and Bernardo should be satisfied, but in fact Bernardo is not satisfied at all. He doesn't want these. He wants more and more complete power, not just the second in command of Matou Bay.

So in the past few years, he has been constantly organizing development things, and has formed five development groups, but the results are very small and the losses are great, so that the Matou Tianwan Governor no longer supports his development plan.

For this reason, he had to look for partners outside, and as a result, he had the current development group.

Although the establishment of the pioneer group this time seemed to be led by Matou Bay, in fact, Matou Bay only took up a title and did some auxiliary work. Bernardo's real partner was the Root Royal Family.

Regarding Bernardo's plan to bypass him and find the Root Royal Family to develop the New World colony, the Governor of Matou Bay said nothing, nor did he secretly make trouble to destroy the establishment of the pioneer group. Instead, he fully cooperated with the establishment of the pioneer group, just like he had established a pioneer group himself.

The Root Royal Family was naturally happy about the cooperation of the Governor of Matou Bay, thinking that the Governor of Matou Bay was showing weakness, and it also meant that the royal family had the opportunity to infiltrate Matou Bay. However, Bernardo was very worried because he knew the temperament of the Governor of Matou Bay very well and knew that the other party was definitely not the kind of person who liked to suffer losses. Now he looked very calm and cooperative, so the revenge at some point in the future would also be more fierce. Therefore, from the moment the pioneer group began to be established, Bernardo was on guard against the conspiracy of his former friend, but until the pioneer group was established and officially set off, the revenge he guessed did not appear.

However, after setting out, the pioneering group was attacked by the indigenous tribes, and suffered heavy casualties. Bernardo subconsciously associated this attack with the Governor of Matouwan, but he quickly denied this speculation because he knew very well that the Governor of Matouwan was a thorough colonizer. The indigenous tribes of the New World were almost the same as livestock in his eyes. With his pride, it was absolutely impossible for him to lower his head and cooperate with the indigenous tribes.

Now that he has come to this front-end camp, which is nominally used for colonization, he has encountered difficulties in the camp, which made him quickly realize that the revenge of the Governor of Matouwan should be here.

It should not be appropriate to say that it is revenge. It is more appropriate to use the word "difficulty". He just met the chief general of the camp. During the conversation, the other party conveyed the meaning of the Governor of Matouwan to him by hinting that the Governor of Matouwan would not give any support to the pioneering group, including material support, nor would he let the pioneering camp cooperate with their pioneering group. Everything can only rely on the existing manpower and material resources of the pioneering group. At the same time, it also shows that there will be no other means of difficulty. Whether he can use this pioneering group to open up a safe area sufficient to establish a colony depends on his own means.

Obviously, the Governor of Matouwan did this out of consideration for the friendship that Bernardo had helped him build Matouwan over the years, and it was also a clear indication that if Bernardo's development plan failed this time, he would have to leave the New World and go back to the Novat Continent. He would not keep Bernardo here to continue to make trouble and interfere with his plans and career.

Bernardo has rich experience in developing colonies. He knows very well that the huge loss of personnel caused by the previous sneak attack by the indigenous tribe has greatly hit the morale of the development group. The best way now is to increase the rest time, so that the people of the development group can recover from the negative emotions of being hit, and at the same time go back to Matouwan to recruit more people. As long as there are new people joining and the development group has enough people, the previous blow will soon disappear.

But now the Governor of Matouwan will not give him any possibility to change the situation, let alone recruiting people from Matouwan again. I am afraid that he will not even give them time to rest in the camp. At most, there will be one or two days before the camp's chief general will find an excuse to expel the pioneer group from the camp. At that time, without the protection of the camp, the possibility of encountering danger in the jungle outside will increase rapidly, and being in danger all the time is not conducive to the recovery of morale.

Now for Bernardo, the plan of the pioneer group has fallen into a dead end this time. He seems to have no way to solve any of the current problems. So when he met with the officers of the pioneer group before, he didn't say anything from beginning to end except to guide the discussion direction. After returning to his tent, the frustration in his heart was no longer suppressed, and all of it was released, making him sit in the chair like a stone sculpture.

"Master, there is an adventurer named Joe outside who wants to see you." Just when Bernardo fell into depression, Bernardo's servant suddenly lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in, saying respectfully.

The servant's words pulled Bernardo out of his negative emotions. He quickly calmed down the abnormal emotions on his face and returned to his normal state. Then he quickly recalled who the Joe was in the servant's mouth and murmured in confusion. He murmured: "That liar Joe? Why did he come to see me?"

Bernardo had a very bad impression of Joe. The reason for his bad impression was not only Joe's bad reputation, but also the fact that Joe had deceived him with his false adventures that were exaggerated to the point of being unreal. A friend came to the New World for adventure, which eventually led to his friend's death in the New World.

He knew that Joe came to Ma Tou Bay and joined his pioneering team. Originally, he wanted to drive Joe away, but the person in charge of the pioneering team from the Root royal family seemed to be betrayed by Joe's lies. He lied and thought that Joe would be useful to the pioneering group, so he bypassed him and let Joe join the pioneering group.

Bernardo didn't say anything about this. After all, he didn't need to fall out with the Root royal family for a little person, so he just ordered his subordinates to keep Joe far away after the pioneering team set off, as if he didn't exist. That's it.

Presumably, Qiao should also know his attitude towards him, but now he suddenly appeared and wanted to see him, which made him feel a little confused.

Originally, Bernando planned to ask his servants to drive Joe away, not wanting to see this guy who kept telling lies, but before he could give the order, Joe who was waiting outside the tent seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said loudly: "Bernando Sir, I came to see you mainly to help you get out of your current predicament and to point out a clear path for your pioneering team. If you drive me away now, you will lose your only chance to help you get out of your current predicament. "

Hearing Joe's words, Bernardo suddenly felt very annoyed and immediately wanted to scold Joe loudly, but he soon calmed down and thought about Joe's words seriously. After a moment of silence, he signaled to the servant, Joe led in.

Then, he saw Joe in an adventurous hunting suit walking in under the leadership of a servant. At this time, he felt that there was something wrong with the Joe in front of him. It seemed that there was more to him than the Joe he had seen in Ma Tau Bay before. There was some confidence and arrogance, and the humble attitude towards the nobles was missing from his brows, and this change made him a little unhappy.

Bernardo raised his hand to signal that the servant could leave, and then when he and Joe were the only two people left in the tent, he said, "I don't know how you know that I'm in some trouble now, and I don't know that you either How can you help me? Even if you are capable, how can you make me trust you with your reputation?"

Joe didn't care at all about Bernardo's distrust of him, and said with a smile: "By being able to meet me, you already believe that I have the ability to help you."

Bernardo looked at Qiao coldly and said, "I met you because of your royal introducer."

Qiao confirmed: "So you hope to contact that His Highness through me and ask that His Highness to help you get through the current difficulties?"

Bernardo didn't answer, just looked at Joe silently, as if acquiescing to Joe's speculation.

Qiao chuckled and said: "You may be disappointed. The reason why His Highness is willing to help me join your pioneering team is because that Highness owes me a favor. My relationship with that Highness is not the same. As close as you think, I have only met that Highness twice. Even if I contact that Highness, that Highness will not help you. He will only think that you are incapable, and then use this to send someone again. Taking over your position, any achievements of this pioneering team will have nothing to do with you. I don’t think you want to see this happen, right?”

Bernando's face became a little embarrassed. It was obvious that he agreed with Joe's inference that he indeed could not get other support from the Root royal family, and there was not much left for him now.

Joe then emphasized his tone and said, "As I just said, I can help you get out of your current predicament."

Bernardo frowned, hesitated, and asked, "What can you do for me?"

Joe said: "Find a new, capable collaborator."

"New collaborator?" Bernardo did not immediately deny what Joe said, because Joe's words were exactly in line with the method he thought of to solve the dilemma, but a new collaborator was not so easy to find.

First of all, the new collaborator must have the strength to help him get out of the current predicament. Secondly, the new collaborator must not have too strong ability to turn against the customer and seize control of the development team. Finally, it is the issue of profit distribution of the final results of the development team. .

All in all, finding a new collaborator is not just a matter of finding a capable person. It requires multiple considerations and long-term negotiations. It is definitely not something that can be achieved in a short time, so in his opinion New collaborators simply cannot solve the current problems.

However, Joe seemed to see through Bernardo’s thoughts and said: “Please rest assured that the new collaborator I have found for you is not only strong enough, but will not compete for your control of the pioneering team, and will eventually They can also take a step back in terms of profit distribution.”

"It's so good, so who are these good people? Can you tell me?" Bernardo obviously didn't believe what Joe said, and asked in a deep voice with a disdainful smile on his face.

Joe didn't resent Bernardo's attitude. He just smiled and said seriously: "The new collaborator I found for you is the New World Civilization Research Society under the Nature Society."

"Natural Association?" Bernardo was slightly stunned when he heard this, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Although the name of the Nature Association is very simple, the members of this organization are not simple. It is unknown who its original founder was. Some people speculate that it was the Principality of Sothiya in the inland kingdom of the Novat continent, which is famous for its forests. Because This principality highly values ​​nature, and there is also a public organization similar to nature protection in the principality. The leaders of the organization are all the Grand Dukes of Sothiya in the past, and this organization and the Nature Association often cooperate in various ways, indicating that the relationship between the two is extremely close. Although this speculation has been circulating on the Novat continent for a long time, Grand Duke Sothiya has never admitted it.

Although the purpose of establishing the Nature Association is to understand the world and protect nature, most of the people who join the Nature Association and occupy the top positions of the association are rich and powerful nobles from various countries in the Novat Continent. These nobles use their wealth and power to win over a large number of people. Scholars, subsidize these scholars to establish various research projects, and then put their names on these projects, allowing themselves to gain a lot of fame in various academic circles.

With the emergence of the New World, various things that had never existed in the past have emerged. Therefore, the nobles of the Nature Association have also set their sights on the New World. They not only actively provide money to support teams composed of various adventurers, but also some nobles. Personally involved, that friend of Bernando was one of them.

The Natural Society is also one of the new collaborators that Bernardo thought of, but since his friend died in the New World adventure, he has no relationship with the Natural Society, and it is difficult to contact the Natural Society, so In the list of cooperation partners, he placed the Nature Association at the back.

Now, Joe claimed that he could get The Nature Society to be his new collaborator, which led him to immediately move the Nature Society's name from the back of the list to the front and consider the pros and cons of working with them.

After careful consideration, Bernardo found that the Natural Society was the best choice to become his new partner, because judging from the past reputation of the Natural Society, they would support expeditions and pioneering groups with money and effort, and would not send people. They blindly command and fight for control. In the end, they value the reputation brought by the profits more than they are too interested in other things.

Thinking of this, Bernardo couldn't help but ask Joe: "What do I need to pay?"

Seeing Bernardo's performance, Qiao smiled on his face, then took out the golden statue of the Abyss Serpent that he had shown Leo before, and said: "It's very simple, you only need to send people to assist after opening a colony. Just let the association study the civilization of the indigenous tribes.”