Chapter 1849 Bernardo's Plan

Although Bernardo was very agitated by the fact that there was a passage in the underground world that connected the Novat Continent and the New Continent, he found that it seemed to have no value to him after thinking about it calmly, because the continental passage and the interests involved were too huge. Not to mention a nobleman from a coastal kingdom like him, even the Rut Kingdom would probably not be able to monopolize the interests here, and the disputes caused by this matter would definitely be very large. If someone of his status got too close, he would probably end up in a miserable situation.

Therefore, he could not spread the fact that there might be a passage connecting the two continents in the underground world, but he had to avoid it from being spread. At least, this matter had to be kept secret until he got enough benefits.

Compared to the passage that would only bring him trouble, Bernardo was more interested in the Mumu tribe and the underground tribe mentioned by Leo, because both the Mumu tribe and the underground tribe were very obsessed with gold and used gold to make various ornaments and utensils. Obviously, this meant that there were gold mines near the two indigenous tribes, and they were easy to mine.

Bernardo himself was not particularly concerned about the gold mine, but he was more concerned about the influence it brought.

He had rich experience in colonization and knew very well where the difficulties were in colonization. With the military strength of the countries in the Novat continent, it was not particularly difficult to repel or drive away the indigenous tribes. The real difficulty was how to attract and retain the people who migrated after driving away these indigenous tribes and establishing colonial settlements.

In the past, many times, the colonies were built and a group of residents were successfully migrated. However, it was not long before those residents fled back to the Novat continent or other settlements along the coast of the New World. In the end, all the colonies opened up through war were abandoned and reoccupied by indigenous tribes.

The reason for this is that those colonial settlements are all in the depths of the jungle, in danger at all times, unable to successfully reclaim wasteland, and there are no other interest points that can attract others to settle here, so they can only give up in the end.

Examples of colonies opened up and then abandoned like this have occurred continuously in the past few years, and it seems to have become a stubborn disease in the colonial plans of various countries.

When Bernardo was formulating his current colonization plan, he had already considered how to consolidate the population of the colony and attract other people to join his colony. The way he thought of was to attract people with a special herb. He accidentally discovered that the herb could promote certain male functions. As long as it was slightly processed and the toxins in the herb were removed, it could be made into pills that could be eaten by people. Moreover, there were a lot of such herbs in the deep jungle, and it was almost a cost-free business.

As long as he could gain a foothold in the deep jungle, and then build a workshop dedicated to the production of such pills, and then announce a large number of attractive herb-collecting tasks, the population of the colony would not be lost for a long time, and other people would be attracted to join in, gradually consolidating the colony and developing it into a real town.

Although the plan was complete, it was not without loopholes. For example, the pill had not been promoted yet. It might take a long time to make it popular in the Novat continent. During this period, everything could only be maintained by his own financial resources. Once there was a shortage of funds, the colony he controlled would inevitably decline as quickly as the colonies developed by other countries.

In addition, this kind of pill is very simple to make, and the most critical part of removing toxins is not difficult. Once this kind of pill is popular in the continent, someone will inevitably study the method of making this pill, and he can't stop it at all. So even if his plan succeeds, the time given to him to enjoy the bonus of the plan will not be unlimited. At most, the method and raw materials of pill making will be cracked in two or three years. In that case, he will return to the starting point. Therefore, the key to his plan is to stabilize the colony within two or three years, and after the bonus of the pill ends, he can find new interest points and continue to develop the colony.

If Leo and Joe did not appear, this new interest point might be the most headache for Bernardo in the future. In the future, he might divide the colony he controls to the powerful forces of the Novat continent, and obtain financial and population support from them, or simply provoke a colonial war between the new and old continents, so that his colony can become a front-line military stronghold, and then obtain the support of the continental coalition.

Now he doesn't have to think so much, because the gold mine is enough to continuously attract new residents to settle in his colony. As long as the gold mine is not exhausted, his colony will continue to prosper.

Thinking of this, Bernardo had already made a decision in his heart. He turned his head to look at Leo, thought for a while, and asked: "Are you telling me this to make me bypass Joe and cooperate with you?"

"No." Leo shook his head and said: "You misunderstood! I never thought of asking you not to cooperate with Joe. In fact, I think it is the best choice for you to cooperate with Joe."

Bernando asked in confusion: "Didn't you just say that you are not Joe's lobbyist?"

"You don't understand. There is no conflict between me cooperating with you and you and Joe." Leo explained with a smile: "With your current situation, follow Joe's suggestion and let the Nature Association join your colonization plan. It’s the only way out, but when you choose the location of the settlement, it should be slightly closer to the Mumu tribe. I believe this is also in your interest. "

"In that case, what do you want?" Bernardo asked confused.

"Although Joe and I have discussed cooperation to explore the underground world together, I feel that Joe will not faithfully implement the agreement with me. In his eyes, the gap between the strength of the two of us is obvious. The strong does not need to bow to the weak. Once If he finds a more suitable collaborator, then there is no need for him to carry out our agreement. Although whether he cooperates with Joe is not particularly important in my eyes, I feel that Joe should have a lot of control over the underground world. Regarding the secrets involved, his exploration of the underground world will be smoother than mine alone, so in order to prevent Joe from becoming a liar who breaks his promise, I need to find someone with enough weight to support me in joining Joe in his exploration of the underground world. The world's exploration plan." As he spoke, he looked at Bernardo and said: "In Joe's plan, Mr. Bernardo must be very important, so if I join Joe's as Mr. Bernardo's collaborator, I believe that the plan to explore the underground world can also gain a lot of voice and exert a restraint on Joe. I think Mr. Bernardo has the same idea as me, right? "

After hearing this, Bernardo fell silent. He thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to find a way back to the world outside the gray fog when you explore the underground world?"

"Why do you think so?" Leo asked with interest.

Bernardo explained: "Since the ghost ship comes from the world outside the gray fog, it means that the ocean of that world and the ocean of our world are connected, so the ship can pass through the gray fog and come to our world. This situation should be just like the Novat Continent and the New World. In the past, the ocean between the Novat Continent and the New World was also shrouded in gray fog, making it impossible to travel through. However, there is a passage in the underground world that connects the Novat Continent and the New World. Then. There must be a channel that can connect my world and your world.”

After listening to Bernardo's explanation, Leo couldn't help but look at the other person again. He found that the nobleman of the Root Kingdom in front of him was not only keen on power, but his vision and ideas of things were much broader than ordinary people. It is easy to associate one thing with more related things.

It has to be said that before Bernardo said these words, Leo had never thought of using the underground passage to pass through the gray fog and go to the world of Velen, but now he feels that the method mentioned by Bernardo does not seem to be the same. It's not feasible. The only thing that needs to be considered is the direction of the underground passage, because even if there is no naturally formed underground passage, with the strength of his current body, he can easily dig a passage underground even without using the release type of extraordinary power. He doesn't even need to do it himself, he just needs to spend some time and energy to control and train a group of animals that can dig underground.

"I haven't thought about this before. Now that you talk about it, I think it's a good idea. Maybe I can use it in the future." Leo expressed his thoughts frankly and said, "But I still can't do it for the time being. I have no idea of ​​leaving this world. There are many secrets in this world. I should stay in this world for a while to see if I can figure out these secrets.”

Bernardo couldn't help but asked curiously: "Since you didn't leave this world to find a way out, why are you so interested in the underground world?"

Leo pointed to the golden statue of the Abyss Serpent on the table and said, "I went there for this thing."

"Gold?" Bernardo seemed to have misunderstood Leo's suspicion. He frowned slightly and said, "Are you also going to the underground gold mine?"

"You misunderstood." Leo smiled, shook his head, and said, "I went for the Abyss Serpent. I suspect that there is an Abyss Serpent in the underground world. I wanted to see him and see if I could get it from him. There you know what secrets this world holds.”

"The Serpent of the Abyss? Him?" Bernardo was stunned. There is no pronoun used to represent a higher life form in the language of this world, so Leo used Him in Sigma language, and Bernardo remembered that the old man seemed to This word was used to represent the supreme existence in the theory of supremacy. Now the person in front of him actually used this word to refer to the abyss serpent, which made him feel a little weird.

What made him feel even more weird and puzzled was that it was easy to hear from Leo's tone that the monster called the Abyss Serpent seemed to have human-like intelligence and could communicate with humans. With this question, he asked Leo directly: "From your tone, it seems that the abyss serpent is intelligent, understands human language, and can talk to humans?"

Leo did not immediately answer Bernardo's question, but thought for a moment and said, "Do you know the doctrine of supremacy?"

"I know." Bernardo nodded.

"Then do you know God?" Leo said the word God in Sigma language.

"I know." Bernardo nodded again and said, "God represents the supreme being in the theory of supremacy, right?"

"Yes." Leo responded and then said, "What I'm going to say may subvert your understanding of the world. Are you willing to listen?"

Leo's words not only did not make Bernardo give up the idea of ​​learning more, but instead aroused his interest, giving him a sense of novelty that he had when he was talking to the old man about things in another world, so he couldn't wait to signal Leo to continue. Go down.

Seeing this, Leo continued: "In the world of Velen, that is, the world outside the gray mist, supreme beings exist. They are called gods and have the power to change the world."

"Are you kidding?" Bernando was stunned for a moment and laughed.

Leo did not explain, but continued: "In addition to gods, there are also people with mysterious powers. These people are called extraordinary people, and if some of these extraordinary people are lucky, they can also become gods."

Bernardo didn't know what to say. He just looked at Leo. Although he felt shocked inside, his knowledge and common sense of the world made it impossible for him to believe what Leo said because he felt too Exaggerated, even more so than the Ghost Ship.

However, Leo did not explain further, because he knew very well that explaining with words could not change a person's perception, so he looked inside the tent, then walked to the desk next to him, and picked up a book from the desk. The fist-sized metal product then returned to Bernardo, placed the metal product in front of his eyes, and directly kneaded the hard metal product into a metal ball with his hands like kneading soft clay.

Bernardo stared at the metal ball in Leo's hand with his mouth open, speechless for a long time.

This metal product was a souvenir given to him by one of his foreign friends. The metal used to make this souvenir is a newly developed, extremely hard alloy metal. This metal requires extremely high temperatures to melt and then forge into different shapes. Once the metal is completely cooled and solidified, it will be several times harder than the hardest steel today. Such a hard metal product cannot be deformed even if it is hit with a heavy object. He has tested it before .

It was precisely because he had tested the hardness of this metal product before that he was extremely shocked by Leo's behavior. Such a hard object was kneaded into a ball so easily by Leo. It made him feel like he was hallucinating.

After calming down, he immediately thought of what Leo said before, and couldn't help but tentatively asked: "Are you a god?"