Chapter 163: More people are more powerful(2/3)
Not to mention that before them, a group of people with the same purpose came here almost every 10 years.
Many people will also ask about some information that the residents of the island know. If the residents of the island do not know anything for hundreds of years, Alka will not believe it.
But no one would have thought that they were looking for the treasure buried beneath the center.
After hearing this, Pororo nodded in realization.
I see.
"This method is indeed feasible, and the remuneration paid is acceptable to us."
To be honest, it doesn't cost much to hire the residents of these islands.
Not to mention that the tribesmen on this island are not closed-minded people. They still take boats to leave the Famine Triangle and conduct some trade with the periphery.
They also have ships, but they have no merchants who are willing to come to them.
The population is too small, and supplies are not abundant.
At this time Alka shook his shoulders: "Where are you?"
"It's pretty much what you think, I'm also looking for help from others."
But what she wanted to do was to tell the Archbishop this information directly, since the location of the treasure had been determined anyway.
It is no different from finding a treasure. Just let the Pope worry about how to break through these ice blocks.
However, the rewards may be reduced.
However, after hearing Alka's method, I thought I could give it a try. After all, it would be several months before the archbishop received the news and rushed over to help.
Since everyone thought there was no problem, Alka nodded.
He said to Jason: "I'll leave the negotiation to you, no problem."
After hearing Alka's words, Jason straightened the plush hat on his head, made a no problem gesture and said, "Don't worry."
After saying that, he walked directly to the place where the children were hiding, preparing to let him take him to their tribe.
The rest of the people were waiting where they were.
After about an hour, Jason came over with several tribesmen.
The leader was an old man wearing some ivory jewelry and holding a huge solid wooden scepter in his hand.
His left leg didn't seem to work very well, and there was a young man next to him supporting him.
Jason came over, shrugged helplessly and said, "The price has already been negotiated, but he has to communicate with you."
The old man who came over waved his hand and asked the young man supporting him to wait beside him while the scepter slowly came over.
As he walked around, the ornaments hanging on the head of the stick were still swaying from side to side, making crisp sounds.
The moment he walked over, he stared at Alka in front of him.
He obviously twitched his nose twice, looked at Alka and said: "Are you a resident of Home Island?"
Hearing this, Alka narrowed his eyes slightly.
This old man seems to be no ordinary person. He is also a toucher.
Xia Detti and others next to them showed dangerous expressions.
"Don't be nervous. When I was young, I dealt with many residents of Home Island. It's easy to identify them."
As he spoke, he tremblingly came to the pile of mud and sat down next to it.
He stretched out his dry hand and slapped his knee.
"You want to hire the people of our tribe to help you dig out this iceberg, which means you have found the source of this cold source, right?"
"Don't be surprised, it has been cold here for 824 years, and almost every ten years or so the church will send a team to search for it.
Some people are serious and responsible, just like you.
Some people are careless and perfunctory, as if they are on vacation."
The old man said this, trying to dispel the vigilance of several people.
After all, they have lived here for 800 years, and countless church personnel have come here one after another to investigate.
Some people are tight-lipped, and there are also some people who don't mind revealing some of the information they know to the residents of these islands.
Over time, the residents of these islands came to know some of the reasons why the surrounding environment changed like this.
The information they knew was almost not much different from what Alka and the others knew.
The old man in front of him said to himself: "You know, according to the records of our ancestors, more than 800 years ago, this was a good place with spring-like weather all year round, and the food produced could be sold to several surrounding countries."
"The legend is that the Virgin Mary sent us gifts, and we do believe in the Virgin Mary."
The information provided by the church does say that the residents on this island are all believers of the Holy Mother. There is no need to be too defensive, just say that they are members of the church.
"Don't look at me like this. When I was young, I was also a member of the church."
As he spoke, he also revealed a tattoo on his withered right arm.
Xia Detti looked at the tattoo, turned around, and said in Alka's ear: "He is a lone missionary of the church. He is indeed a member of the church."
The old man continued: "So I have a very deep understanding of this area. After all, when I was young, I followed a team that took over this task and came here to explore."
Having said this, he opened his eyes slightly, stared at Alka in front of him with some cloudy eyes and said: "So, let the source of the cold here be in the iceberg, right?"
There was a hint of trembling in the voice, but it was so firm.
Alka nodded.
Not hiding anything.
Because there is indeed nothing to hide, just as the old man in front of me said.
The information they knew was almost indistinguishable from the information Alka knew.
"Okay, okay, okay."
As the old man spoke, he stood up with his crutches firmly in hand. The surprise and excitement in his voice could not be concealed at all.
"So we thought we were on an ice capped island, but it turned out to be here? What's your name?"
Hearing the old man's words, Alka couldn't help but nodded. It seemed that the old man had indeed taken over this task when he was young.
The location given by the church also seems to be on the Ice Cap Island. Although it is called the Extremely Cold Triangle, the overall neutral location is the Ice Cap Island at the top of the triangle.
According to normal logic, and the fact that the ice cap island is colder than other islands.
Normal people would think this way.
"Just call me Alka."
"Okay, Alka, I will let the residents of our tribe cooperate with you."
After saying that, he couldn't wait to use his crutches and limped back towards the original road.
The young man immediately came over to help him.
After a while, a large number of tribesmen wearing various plush animal skins rushed over.
One of the strong men looked at Alka and said, "Are you Alka? The high priest asked us to listen to you."
Looking at the various digging tools in the hands of these tribesmen, they even brought their own tools.
nodded.
Start planning these people to dig into the inside of the iceberg.
…
The excavation operation is in full swing.
Even with the help of these tribesmen, it would be difficult to dig through without 10 days and a half.
Because the farther inside, the hardness of the ice became more and more outrageous, and the speed had to be slowed down.
When facing these stubborn ice blocks, Alka will use flames to burn out some strong points so that they can speed up the digging efficiency and save some strength.
And their ships also left the Arctic Triangle as early as when the excavation started.
Jason and Pororo on the boat were going to some supply islands outside to buy some food and tools.
The hardness of these ice cubes greatly increased the wear and tear of the tribesmen's tools.
Moreover, there is not much food on the island, so Alka can't let them go hungry to help him.
As time goes by.
The progress finally advanced 600 meters inside. According to Xia Daiti's detection, we can reach the top of the pit by digging about 160 meters further inside.
But here we encountered a problem.
The hardness of the ice has reached an extremely exaggerated level. No matter how the residents manipulate it, the most they can do is knock some shards off the ice surface.
Not as fast as these ice cubes can recover.
"Your mission is completed. These grains and tools have been given to you. Leave the rest to us."
To be continued...