Chapter 12: The Icefield Expedition

The busy days flew by, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Lancelot had been able to master most of the armed forces in Irontooth, and with his tough methods and unparalleled personality charm, he was able to impress the city guards in a short period of time!

And the town elected by the townspeople has also been decided, an old man named Dia in his sixties, with gray hair and very wise eyes!

Jason had heard that he had been the mayor of Irontooth for over twenty years!

Everything seems to be on track, and the townsfolk are starting to farm, and the Northland has a harsh climate, with winter nearly halfway through the year!

Only adaptable but mediocre rye can be cultivated here!

Jason sat in the lord's hall and looked at the system interface with a sad face, his face full of confusion.

Host: Jason Lopez

Identity: Marquis of the Kingdom of Lopez, Lord of the Iron Fangs

Credits: 100

Evaluation: You have truly owned a territory, although it is very poor!But your people still question you, and there are still discordant voices in the territory! Work hard, this system does not want to be buried with you!

Main Quest: Your back is the vast Northland Ice Field, where the climate is harsh and dangerous, and no one has ever wanted to explore it!

Quest Requirements: Explore the Northland Ice Fields and find at least one resource to trade with!

Duration: one year;

Rewards: One premium lucky draw, 50 points, and a regular gift pack!

Penalty for Failure: 100 points deducted!

Side Quests: None.

Jason wants to scold the system now, he only has 100 points, and the penalty for failure in the next main quest will need 100, which is the rhythm of not planning to let himself draw!

"When did this side quest come about?" asked Jason with a dark face, remembering the last time he looked at the system, there was no one!

"In view of the scarcity of host points to prevent you from dying prematurely due to insufficient points, the system has decided to launch side quests!

"You said before that there are other points source channels, what is that?" Jason remembered the words of the previous system, what is the difference between this and game recharge?

"Please explore on your own, this system does not encourage unearned points to be recharged!"

Jason felt as if he was tempting himself to find that channel quickly!

"Another question, what will happen if the points are negative?" is one thing Jason has always been curious about, could it be obliterated or something?

"There are no particularly serious consequences, at most it is just a vegetative person!" The system seems to have seen through Jason's thoughts, holding back the bad path!

"Okay, no problem, you can shut up!" He said with a dark face, this system is too annoying! Jason felt that the current system was a little inconsistent with its cold tone, and the system seemed to have feelings after completing the first task!

Because it's always teasing itself!

"Quake, go tell Mayor Dia to come over!" Rubbing his forehead, Jason ordered the guards outside.

Quake was one of Barry's group at the beginning, because Uncle Barry was temporarily appointed as the chief of the guard, and because Quake was more observant and responsible for Jason's daily delivery of orders, he became his herald.

"Yes, sir!" he replied and quickly left.

After half a month of development, the fox girl Lorna is mainly responsible for Alexis's daily life, because of Jason's love, Alexis has become a little princess in the castle, and was accepted by Lancelot as a student!

In addition, Jason also found a few cooks to be in charge of everyone's food, plus sixteen guards such as Barry, and formed all the members of the current castle!

At present, the biggest problems facing Jason's territory are nothing more than population, food, and economy! He has no good solution to the food problem, and the Northland is not suitable for cultivation at all! Therefore, except for a small number of rye grown by the people themselves, everything else needs to be purchased from other territories! This also means that he will be controlled by others!

Therefore, you must find other resources in this northern land, and have enough chips to trade with other territories! Moreover, new resources can also directly affect the economy of the territory!

As for the population, Jason has a bigger headache! No one wants to abandon their homeland and run to the desolate Northlands to suffer! Unless there's a rebellion somewhere else, or the Northlands have something to attract them!

Thinking of this, Jason fell silent, thinking that it was easier than doing! Maybe that would be the solution......

"My lord, Mayor Dia has arrived!" Just as he was still immersed in thought, Quake's voice pulled him back to reality.

"Huh?" Jason patted his forehead and secretly said that he was thinking too much, and it was better to discuss this kind of thing with the old man outside!

"Let him in!"

"I've seen Lord Lord!" Old man Dia is over sixty years old, and the years have left countless marks on his face, but his eyes are still sharp, and his mind is still sharp, if he is not just a commoner, Sir Auchi would not be able to do anything in Ironfang!

"Mayor Dia, I'm here to discuss something with you!" Jason thought for a moment, spoke, and motioned for him to sit across from him.

"I'd like to ask you to help me with an idea!"

"Please!" said Old Man Dia, sitting respectfully on the stool.

"The Iron Tooth Collar is too barren, but behind us is the vast Northland Ice Field, where countless mineral resources are waiting to be discovered! I want to form an expedition and ask them to explore this land!" Jason said in a low tone, exploring the unknown means an inevitable sacrifice!

"I agree, sir!" Old man Diya thought about it after Jason finished speaking, and immediately agreed.

"I also had this idea more than ten years ago, but we don't have a license from the lord and the kingdom, and even if we find a mine, we can't mine it, so we can't do it!"

"Then please send a notice when you go back, recruit fifty middle-aged men from the territory to form an expedition team!Be responsible for drawing a map of the Gla Ice Field, and prepare for future exploration!"

"Do you have a team leader?" Jason asked, a good team leader can increase the team's chances of survival!

"My son, Dorne!" said Old Man Dia, his lips trembling a little!

"He's the best hunter in the Iron Fangs!He's led a team to hunt in the ice fields many times!" he knew that this expedition was different from hunting, this time it was going deep into the ice fields, not just hunting on the periphery of the ice fields!

The notorious cannibal tribes, the beasts that were driven out of the barren land by human armies hundreds of years ago!

"You're a great mayor!" Jason snapped in awe!

"But I'm not a good father!" Diya smiled bitterly, he only had this one son, his son had his own family, and it was really cruel for them to do this by themselves!

But now as the mayor of Iron Tooth Town, he is responsible for the townspeople!

"Besides, I want to increase the number of people in my territory!" Jason digressed from this heavy topic, the previous census of Iron Tooth Town had brought the number of people to 8,633! It was hard to imagine that a town the size of a county town could only have such a small number of people!

"Sir Auchi's policy was too strict before, and many people in the territory were forced to leave their hometowns, I don't think it is very likely that they will come back!" Old man Diya shook his head with a wry smile, saying that it was unrealistic to want the former people to come back!

Jason pondered for a while, raised his head and said seriously: "I want to issue a "Wasteland Reclamation Order"!"