"It's finally landed!" said Old Bard, who had just come out of the cabin, as he looked at the coastline ahead of him, and said with palpitations. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the past two or three days on the ship, although Old Bard has survived the initial seasickness, the constantly undulating sea boat still makes the dwarf who likes to be 'down-to-earth' feel very uncomfortable, so when he sees the land, Old Bard is quite excited.

"If you want me to say, Luo Sheng, you shouldn't choose the territory in Beilu, across a North Sea, it will take at least several days to transport something, it's too troublesome. After the excitement, Old Bard said to Luo Sheng with some complaints.

From Longshou Fort to Xinya Harbor, although the straight-line distance is only six or seven hundred miles, the real voyage is almost close to one thousand miles. If the Magic Light VII sails at full speed, it will only take a day or two at most, but it will take more time to bring a fleet of ordinary sea vessels.

"Trouble is definitely trouble. If it weren't troublesome to go to Hokuriku, the sprout territory was so big and such a good territory, and it wouldn't be my turn to be a little viscount. Luo Sheng smiled and responded calmly.

After nearly a thousand years of development and expansion, the territory of the Elson Kingdom in the Northlands has been basically developed, except for the side near the Dragon's Back Mountains, which has not been fully developed. Even if there are a small number of areas that have not been developed, most of them are due to poor conditions and little development value.

If Luo Sheng had chosen the territory in the Northland, the area of the territory he could obtain would probably be much smaller than that of Cook's territory. After all, the original Cook Territory was the result of the Cook family's development for a hundred years, and it was far larger than a normal viscounty. In that case, even if the basic conditions of the territory are better, it is far from being able to meet Luo Sheng's needs.

"That's just as well. Obtaining knighthoods, recruiting manpower, and opening up new territories, Luo Sheng's approach is very similar to those lords in the early days of the Pioneer Calendar! Our Iron Shield Mercenary Regiment is also like a pioneer mercenary. Old Bard said with a smile.

The reason why the calendar used by human beings today is called the pioneer calendar is because after a long period of darkness, human beings who have regained their foothold have implemented policies to encourage exploration and expansion in order to expand their living space. As long as the human elite has obtained the pioneer order, they can recruit mercenaries, gather people, expel aliens, and expand territory. As much territory as you can carve out, as much as you can become.

It is precisely because of this policy that the elites of the human race will continue to expand outward, and gradually bring the central continent, the southern continent, and the northern land, the elite regions of the Imir continent back into their rule. At that time, mercenaries were also the most popular profession, most of them wanted to get ahead, and there were some young people with military force, most of them would devote themselves to the mercenary industry, follow a lord, expand their territory, and exchange wealth and merit, and even family territory.

However, after nearly a thousand years of exploration, the territory that is relatively easy to develop has long been exhausted. The rest of the territory is either occupied by powerful races, such as the western part of the continent occupied by the orcs, or it is a corner land that is not very suitable for human habitation, is not of high value, and is too difficult to develop. Therefore, the development of human beings has basically come to a standstill.

Correspondingly, the mercenary industry, which was extremely prosperous in the early days of development, also became depressed. In addition to the central continent because of the small countries and serious disputes among the princes, a large number of mercenaries are needed to participate in the battle, like the Elson Kingdom, only border areas like Cook Collar have mercenary organization activities, and in most areas of the interior, mercenaries have basically been replaced by guards.

In fact, the reason why the Iron Shield Mercenary Group so easily agreed to Luo Sheng's solicitation, gave up its roots in Cook Territory, and came all the way to the North Continent is because Luo Sheng's current approach is very similar to the lords in the early days of the Pioneer Calendar, and in Luo Sheng, most of the mercenaries saw the opportunity to get ahead. After all, in the Northland countries, it is too difficult for mercenaries to obtain land, wealth and titles, and only here is Luo Sheng who has a chance.

"yes, all we have to do is pioneer. Not only is it a new sprout collar, but it may also be possible to reopen Hokuriku in the future. Luo Sheng looked at the port in front of him, which had faintly revealed its outline, and said with a solemn expression.

In the next few decades, whether it is the central continent, the northern land, or the southern continent, it will be the hardest hit area by the demonic plague. Even with the combined efforts of all forces, the demons from the abyss still caused great shock and destruction to most of the human world. If the second wave of the demonic calamity breaks out as Luo Sheng expected, it is estimated that except for the core ruling areas of the major forces, other corner areas may fall.

So from the very beginning, Luo Sheng hit the idea to the side of Hokuriku that would not be affected in the early stage of the demonic disaster. If the Hokkaiku can be developed, at least in the future, it will be able to create a relatively safe foundation for the scorched human race.

"It's not easy to open up the North Continent! Whether it's the demonic poison pollution in the soil or the poisonous haze that has been lingering in the sky for thousands of years, if that doesn't solve the problem, the development of the North Continent can only be an empty word. Old Bard said with a frown.

In the era of the Arcane Empire, although the Northern Continent was not the most prosperous area, it was by no means desolate, especially the vast area in the southeast that could be affected by the warm and humid air currents of the ocean, and it was almost comparable to the Northern Lands, and it was also one of the most important places for humans.

However, in the third demonic disaster, the space barrier in the central region of the North Continent was broken through by a demonic detachment, and under the leadership of a powerful abyss lord, millions of demons rushed out of the abyss and descended on the Ymir continent, about to completely tear apart the defense line of the human race.

At that time, the main force was trapped in the main battlefield against the demons, and the garrisons in various places were dragged down by various resistance forces, and there was not much spare strength to intercept this arcane empire of demons, and in desperation, they used forbidden weapons that had not been fully experimented.

Judging purely from the results of the battle, the power of this forbidden weapon, which is closely related to the nuclear energy of Mith, did not disappoint the Grand Arcanists, not only killing the Abyss Lord whose strength surpassed that of ordinary gods, and could even match the powerful gods in the abyss, but also annihilated the entire demon army, completely changing the tide of the war, and saving humanity from being attacked on the back.

But what the Grand Arcanists didn't expect was that the power of this weapon was too powerful, completely beyond their previous expectations, although the entire demon army was wiped out, the explosion spread to almost the entire continent. Not only was there no grass growing for thousands of miles in the epicenter of the explosion, but even the outlying human settlements were almost completely destroyed.

What's even more desperate is that after the explosion, the power of the secret weapon did not completely dissipate, but turned into a strange magical radiation, filling the entire Hokuriku. In addition, the abyss lord who was killed was good at using poison and had condensed the poisonous divinity, and after its death, the strange poisonous power merged into the smoke and dust over the North Continent, forming a terrifying poisonous haze that covered most of the North Continent and blocked the sunlight, and did not dissipate much for thousands of years.

The interaction between these poisonous haze and magical radiation further polluted the soil and water sources of the Hokuriku. In this case, except for some areas on the edge, most of the Hokuriku has become a dark and poisonous forbidden area for life. Only a very small number of special beings will operate in Hokuriku.

Although the situation in Hokuriku has improved slightly after thousands of years of natural recovery, some areas on the periphery, especially those that were least affected by the blast, are slowly becoming viable. But the overall environment, in fact, is still not comparable to other places. As for the vast areas further north, they are still dead. Luo Sheng wants to open up the North Continent, but in the eyes of Old Bard, it is not too realistic at all.

"I know these problems, they can't be solved now, they may not be solved in the future, maybe one day, we can find a way to clean up pollution. Luo Sheng said with a smile.

Regarding the issue of purifying the North Continent, of course, Luo Sheng had thought about it a long time ago, and he also had a plan in his heart, but the conditions were not yet ripe and it was not suitable to take it out. After all, Luo Sheng's own foundation is not solid, and he has no ability to protect his foundation. Rashly taking out the method of purifying Hokuriku can only be to make wedding clothes for others. Only when you become strong and have the ability to develop Hokuriku can these things really come out.

"Okay. If someone else said that, I would call him a fool. But if you kid says that, I'll just have to wait and see. Old Bard spread out his hand and said with a smile.

Although he almost watched Luo grow up, in the past year, Luo Sheng gave Lao Bard too many 'surprises', so now whatever Luo Sheng says, Lao Bard doesn't dare to say that it is impossible easily.

While the two were laughing, the Magic Light Seven had sailed into New Sprout Harbor. However, this future is extremely prosperous in Luo Sheng's impression, enough to accommodate dozens of large ships at the same time, and at this time there is only a rather simple plank road, which can only accommodate two medium-sized ships at most. A giant ship like the Magic Light VII couldn't dock at all.

"It seems that it will be very troublesome for us to unload the cargo!" Old Bard said with some depression looking at the low plank road and the small boats in the harbor.

Unable to dock directly at the dock, the supplies on the Magic Light VII can only be transferred by small boats little by little. This time, Luo Sheng prepared a large amount of materials from Elson's country, and if it was transferred little by little by small boats, it would be a very big project.

"There's no need to be so troublesome. ”

Rason communicated with Brady first, then got up and flew to the port, finding Carl, who was already waiting here. After the two discussed, Luo Sheng scattered a handful of seeds on the ground on the side of the dock, and after a while, dozens of vines grew rapidly, and then under Luo Sheng's control, a vine bridge nearly 100 meters long was formed and set up on the deck of the Magic Light Seven.

"Straight down from here. ”