Chapter 248: Appeals and Lies

"Hey Hackett, where were we?"

The bar owner turned around and looked at the wolf-eared nobleman who was drinking beer. He was a little distraught, as if he didn't care about the bar at all.

"We said that our team was smashed to pieces by elemental beings during the expedition. When we desperately escaped back, we met another team of adventurers, and then we watched them being swallowed up by the big guys rushing out of the clouds. "

He covered his head with his hood, shook the wine in his glass, and sighed.

"I found an island and made an emergency landing. If the big brother next to me hadn't found and rescued me on the road, I might have died in that big wooden barrel."

Hackett was sincere, as if everything he said really happened.

All it takes is one voice, one spread rumor, to make everyone increase their risk rating over there.

This will reduce the risk of being discovered by the camp on their island.

Yes, this rumor that there are extremely dangerous creatures in Sky Island No. 3 was spread by Ji Lin in the city of Yate Sky Island. It is a half-truth and half-false rumor.

The Elf Lord can think of borrowing the large amount of manpower that already exists in this world to replenish his own military strength, which has just been seriously injured, and let them die for him. Another human lord reacted immediately after suffering huge losses while attacking wild monsters. He should try to cooperate with the forces that already existed here.

You only need to spend a little money compared to confrontation, and you can buy yourself a safe environment. Why not?

The vicinity of Sky Island No. 3 itself is extremely dangerous. The cruising rays can cause devastating blows to unprotected ships. There are also other creatures that spit acid, such as flying fish that are like collision cones. If you are lucky, you can also see swarms of jellyfish with purple stars emitting from their bodies under the refraction of sunlight.

And the rumors spread by Ji Lin's people only deepened the stereotypes of the city itself - if it weren't for the fact that there was no newspaper here, and there was only a bulletin office serving the Governor's Palace, he would even be willing to pay for the newspaper Help him publish it.

Their fleet is not yet able to build a stable patrol without blind spots around the entire island. According to Chang Heng's preliminary report, they need to maintain a garrison of at least 4,000 people to achieve this.

To carry out preliminary development of the island, such as controlling a large ore mine of medium or larger size, the plan requires the investment of at least 2,000 permanent army troops and the strength of four battalions - Ji Lin currently only has the newly trained musketeers. There are 600 people, and there are 100 people stationed on the small sky island, and only 500 troops can be deployed on the super large sky island.

Here, an environment that can develop safely is extremely important.

Ji Lin needs to examine at the same time how he wants to coexist with the creatures in the empty island world: whether to completely eliminate and eliminate all dangerous factors, or to coexist with some of them that can live with humans.

He hoped that no one would interfere with the slow and steady construction of the main island during this period.

"Boss, let me have another glass of wine. The wine you have here is pretty good... Speaking of which, that woman just now..."

The man sitting next to Hackett didn't care. He patted Hackett's sluggish shoulder and asked him to relax a little.

Spreading rumors, that's one of their jobs...

A team of adventurers who suffered heavy losses while trying to explore had to desperately escape back to a safer area, and were rescued by others on the way. The man who rescued him was played by an officer, who kept an eye on Hackett's movements to prevent him from escaping.

Although such plots are rare, they are by no means non-existent.

"Hey, you have really good taste. I'm not bragging, but the quality of the wine in this bar is the best... You can't find such delicious wine anywhere in this city."

The bar owner laughed and served another drink to the man who drank a glass of strong wine in two gulps - guys who can drink heavily are always more popular among mercenaries/adventurers than others.

"Those are people from the Geological Society. It is better to leave a good impression on them than a bad impression. No matter how ignorant others are, they are still backed by a university society. We people can't compare with them. Maybe we will leave a Good impression, I can ask them for help in the future. ”

The man raised his glass, saluted the bar owner, and took a sip.

Half a cup in one mouthful.

"Ha, thanks, here's a toast."

To eliminate or cooperate, he must understand the other party's purpose.

Who told her to be so unlucky? As soon as she came in, she met the territorial duo who were on a mission here, and expressed her strong desire to go to Sky Island No. 3.

There is no way around it.

It is best to prevent the other party from going to Sky Island No. 3. His lord does not want any noble person to go to the island, then disappear, and then troubles will ensue.

That's really bad.

At the same time, they also need to hide themselves and find other lords stationed in this fragmented world. After the battle of the elf lords, Ji Lin has confirmed that other lords have arrived.

Information, still information.

The second task they received was to collect information.

Not only information about people, but also information about agricultural buildings in the empty island.

Unlike other lords who pursue immediate combat power or economic cooperation, Ji Lin hopes to see what kind of wisdom these people who arrived in this empty island world have accumulated in the past few years.

Agriculture, animal husbandry, hunting, architectural framework.

These are all valuable technical experiences that he can learn.

After they have obtained the necessary information, Ji Lin can use money to make up the rest, and then obtain an agricultural/animal husbandry production blueprint approved by the system at the system store.

Then use the blueprint to expand different industries and realize the days when the Sky Island Farming Force can also be self-sufficient.

Plant rare crops and increase income in addition to mining floating stone veins.

It is a pity to waste such good land on the Sky Island.