Duke of Herrington

Chapter 102 Alliance?Voodoo?Owner?

On the way back to Valentine, Broken Tooth and several other captured scouts were very curious about what these humans were holding.And what happened to the loud noise just now?
Compared with melee combat at close range, this thin fire stick seems to be able to directly take the head from a long distance!

Such a novelty weapon immediately attracted Broken Tooth's attention!

"Hey, everyone, may I ask, are you all these people? I counted. 36 people overwhelmed the advance team of 600 wolf cavalry?"

"Is this a new type of bow and crossbow in your hands? Can it be fired in succession, knocking down one at a time? Can it ignore armor?"

These barrage of questions all involved military secrets, and everyone present had no right to answer, especially in front of outsiders, they had to keep their mouths shut!
However, this question just reminded Joseph, who was the interim commander, that he remembered a proposal made by military personnel.

Because there are not many soldiers in the northern border, and the lord has to take the route of elite soldiers, the weapons produced in the end may be far more than the demand.

Not only the newly produced weapons, but also those used weapons are a hassle to deal with. It would be a pity to go back to the furnace to make scrap iron.
It's better to resell them to other countries, and return a wave of blood.

Therefore, Mueller, who was temporarily serving as a general, told Chris his idea. After thinking and negotiating with the team, he thought of exporting weapons to friendly or neutral forces, or selling weapons to the alliance in a low-profit model.

However, so far, there is no alliance in the northern border, and no neutral forces have been found.
As the smartest person in the team, Joseph immediately thought of this, so he looked at Broken Tooth tactfully and said: "We have no right to answer these things. If you are the person in charge of your tribe, or a diplomat, and you If the supreme leader can speak up, we can talk to our lord after all."

Hearing these words, Duan Ya nodded thoughtfully, and then explained: "I am the third son of the great chief of our tribe. My elder brother and second brother were all killed in battle. My younger brother is only five years old. If there is no accident, I will go back He is the next Great Chief!"

If it is true, then the next thing will be easy to handle, but before that, Joseph has to verify: "In this case, do you have any tokens to prove it? After all, empty words are useless, we have to verify your identity !"

The reason for this simple opinion is very understandable. Even if you visit other tribes, you have to produce something to prove your identity: "This is easy to handle. I have a necklace in my clothes and a customs clearance certificate. It's carved out of metal! It's got proof!"

Seeing this, Joseph took out the physical evidence according to his intention, which was a gold necklace carved with strange words.

"Hey! This chain must weigh 3 kilograms!" Joseph weighed the big gold chain, just this one can prove that this person is extraordinary!
Even for human beings, to use 3 kilograms of gold as jewelry, you must be a nobleman above a viscount!
Next, Joseph picked up the metal document to check
According to their technology, the silver sheet cannot be aged by conventional means, and the imprint on it should be a trace of weathering by time.

"Third son of Chief Phoenix, Ara Ruaq."

"Hey, people have been calling me Broken Teeth ever since I went out on a mission when I was 8 years old and I broke half of my tooth. The last time I was called by my name was 20 years ago"

"That's it!" Joseph probably understood that the person in front of him was not talking nonsense, so he directly skipped the question to the last item.

"Then I will directly refer to the last question, has your tribe ever engaged in hostile acts against us humans and moon elves, including but not limited to attacking caravans, civilians, and"

Hearing these words, Broken Tooth was very upset, he immediately interrupted Joseph's question, and emphasized sternly:

"What are you talking about? Our Fire Tribe is in the south of the forest, and we only came here to draw a map when we came to the north of the forest. We have seen humans twice in total, and once a blind old man gave me Two pieces of bread, I saved dozens of you the second time! If you don’t believe me, ask that Benjamin who peed his pants!”

"Also, what are the moon elves you're talking about? Are they honey bees? I really like digging out honeycombs to eat honey, but why are you so polite to bees?"

Just when Broken Tooth finished speaking, Benjamin blushed and emphasized again: "Broken Tooth! How can you talk nonsense! I have never peed my pants, I swear, absolutely not!"

"I've never lied when I broke my teeth, never since I was a child!"

Afterwards, the two got into an argument again because of the issue of 'wetting their pants'
In the current situation, Joseph understood the origins of these people, and then knocked on the door in front of the truck.

"Co-pilot, show your face!"

Hearing the order, the co-pilot observer sitting in front poked his head out of the window and looked back.

Joseph put his hand on Broken Tooth's shoulder, pointed to the window and explained, "This is the Moon Elf!"

Broken Tooth has never seen a creature with this appearance. In his opinion, these people have a little longer ears, a little purple skin color, and the rest are no different from humans.
"Eh? She looks very unique, with such long ears, she should be able to hear very well! It must be very good to be a scout or scout!"

The co-pilot in front of him smiled awkwardly and closed the window without answering.

Joseph quickly explained: "Actually, their ears don't make their hearing better, it's just a physical difference."

This can be regarded as a secret of the northern border, and it should not be leaked if it is not necessary. If someone asks, just use this set of prearranged excuses to prevaricate it.

According to a report by a moon elf who did not want to be named: the voices of Steve and Vadina, she uses magic to strengthen her senses, and she can even hear them clearly two streets away!
After getting the desired result, Joseph put away the temporary evaluation form: "There is no possibility of threat for the time being."

"If that's the case, then wait in the tower at the south city gate first, and I'll report back."

"Okay, I'll wait for you!"

Two hours later, the team returned to Valentine. After Joseph's report, Ted put down his work and planned to meet the third son of the great chief in person.

However, before they met, Ted stopped in the corridor pinching his nose and refused to take another step.

"They stink, don't you smell that, Joseph?"

"My lord, he is indeed very smelly, but he has saved our people, so I will bring him in first."

"People who saved us?" Ted was very surprised by this, because according to his own game experience, this group of people should not have goodwill towards humans
But Joseph's expression, and Benjamin's thumbs up beside him, didn't look like a joke
"Yes, he saved the Benjamin family, and there are many villagers, and they have never had any conflicts with us in history. Mayor Chris has also checked, and there has never been a red creature in the north."

When talking about this, Chris nodded to confirm: "That's true. We have a record of green skins, but we don't have a record of red skins. We can develop as allies."

Now that it has been verified by the housekeeper, there is no need for Ted to continue to entangle, he immediately signaled Chris beside him to make arrangements: "Then, in this case, we have to follow the rules for receiving envoys, we have neglected them, so Just to the highest specification."

The person who came had no conflict with the northern border, and had saved dozens of human lives, and this person was the son of their supreme leader, the future successor.

It would be too abrupt to meet directly!You have to arrange a one-stop bath and sauna, have a full meal, and finally arrange a meeting at the dinner party.

"No problem, my lord, I'll go right away." Chris spread out his book, made a series of records, and then left here to arrange the reception!

At first, Broken Tooth thought that he was not welcome, so he was postponed to meet him, and he still complained a little bit in his heart!
Especially after being tied hands and feet in the house for 2 hours, it's not like talking about cooperation, or other friendly behavior
But after being let go by the person in charge, taking himself and his companions to take a bath and change into new clothes, this idea was changed.

Rinse your body with extravagant hot water, this kind of treatment is not even blessed by your great chief father!At most, just take a soak in hot water!
Broken Tooth's body is too huge, even taking a bath is difficult to clean the body, all dead corners, especially the back, are difficult for them to deal with.

So, the person in charge hurriedly went to the bathing place to hire a few strong scrubbers to help these people clean up!

People who have never experienced scrubbing must have resisted it at first. After all, it is their own body, and it always feels weird to let others handle it!

But as long as I try it a little bit, I feel that it seems to be pretty good!I don't have to do anything, my eyes are closed and opened, accompanied by deep massage, and light sleep
When I woke up again, not only was I completely washed away, but even my fatigue was swept away!

After experiencing such 'high-end' services, Broken Tooth seemed to understand what this group of humans was going to do.

Probably I wanted to express my gratitude for my actions of helping mankind more than ten years ago. Because of my special status, I was treated as a diplomatic ambassador and had to follow the etiquette.

The highest standard treatment represents an apology for the rudeness just now, and at the same time, it also allows Broken Tooth to understand the local customs.

In the past, when the Raging Fire Tribe and other tribes communicated with each other, they would have similar reception standards. After all, they represented a tribe, or a prince, so the etiquette had to be decent.

It's just that, for the first time, he has enjoyed such extravagant diplomatic treatment.

Before I helped my father to go to other tribes, at most it was enough to eat and drink, and nothing else.

But this time, human beings, just taking a bath and taking a sauna, let their nerves that have been tense for many years relax!Especially steaming in the sauna, pouring hot air into the body, promoting blood circulation and removing stasis, it seems that a certain vein in the body has been opened up!

Of course, these are just appetizers!After all this, there is a big meal!

A wide variety of foods, all kinds of rare fruits and vegetables, and tastes that have never been experienced before, let Duanya, who only knows how to eat barbecue with salt and chili noodles, experience a whole new world!
"Damn it! What does it smell like!"

He wiped off his saliva, and took a big mouthful of the soft and chewy crystal elbow. The taste exploded in his mouth, and the overflowing sauce made the taste buds in his mouth surrender!

Taking another mouthful of hot and sour soup, the broken-toothed brain crashed.
"What is this smell? How do you make it?"

Not far away, the former contrived administrator changed his appearance, turned into the northern border on the tip of his tongue, and slowly recited the lines prepared in advance, bluffing the red-skinned giants in front of him for a moment!
"High-end ingredients often only need the simplest."

Half an hour later, the group had eaten all the meals, and the ensuing problems were exactly the same as those faced by Steve back then.

After experiencing the ultimate enjoyment in the toilet, these people gave everyone a thumbs up and a thumbs up.

"My God, you northerners will really enjoy it!"

As a wise man in the tribe, he can tell from the surrounding scenes that there are not only humans in the northern border, but also moon elves with slightly weird looks. If he says "you humans will really enjoy it", others will think that he is provoking relations .

Especially when Broken Tooth realized that he was being treated as an ambassador, he became more careful about what he said.

Of course, being careful doesn't mean you're going to lie. Benjamin must have peed his pants back then!
At 6:[-] p.m., the banquet begins.

This time, Ted did not invite so many beauties to add to the fun. Instead, he invited most of the clerks from the political departments to the banquet to record the conversation like the United Nations meeting.

There was nothing superfluous in the whole dinner, and they were all discussing necessary matters, about the understanding of the Raging Fire Tribe, and their historical traditions.

When the two sides got to know each other well enough, Broken Tooth received a 'Agreement of United Against the Greenwood Tribes' drafted during the conversation.

Ted doesn't plan to send troops to fight against them himself, because at present, he doesn't have so much time to deal with the matters at the southern end of the territory, and the mess in the Xueman Empire is enough for him to be busy for a while.

If at this time, there is an ally who is evenly matched with the green skins and can help him resist disasters, why not do it?

The offer of free military aid is unrealistic, but let them trade things in!Earn a little less yourself!
According to the plan after the spring, the city hall plans to rebuild the city, and just needs a large amount of high-quality wood to make furniture. Why not set the exchange content in the agreement to be paid with wood.

The wood in the monster forest must be stronger and more durable. Moreover, there are not many moon elves, and Ted will not let them spend a lot of energy on planting trees. In terms of efficiency and the value created per unit time, planting trees is not a problem. Not a wise choice.

As a diplomatic dinner, Ted did not talk nonsense, but directly asked the other party's opinion: "What do you think of this agreement?"

When dealing with diplomatic occasions and dealing with internal affairs, the attitude cannot be generalized.

When I held a banquet with Steve, anything could happen at the banquet, and I could even get drunk with a beautiful woman in my arms.

But at the diplomatic banquet, there is not a drop of wine, only exquisite food and agreements.

After Broken Tooth carefully read the agreement, he read out the main part to summarize:

"I took a look at the form you gave. In other words, you don't have time to deal with the problem in the south, so you want to provide low-cost weapon assistance, let the fire tribe unify the monster forest, and then border on the land of Earl Herrington, Yeah?"

Because Ted doesn't know much about diplomatic affairs, Chris sorted out the materials, and the agent replied: "In general, it is like this, and we invite you to be the ambassador to the north, before you inherit the position of 'Great Chief' , has been staying here to deal with diplomatic matters with us! How?"

What was said and done was also considered by the Chris team. Allowing the future great chief to experience life here and cultivate relationships with the locals can reduce the probability of the two sides falling apart in the future, and at least in the short term can maintain peace.

Hearing this invitation, Broken Tooth has no reason to refuse. This is the best way to increase friendship. Besides, I have the friendship buff to save the people in the north, so I won’t be rejected by the locals, and I can work better .

It's just that he's not the leader, and he doesn't have that much authority: "I have to discuss this with my father, the great chief, and I can't decide this matter myself."

"Well, I will leave my deputy here. I will discuss these things with the chief. I will give you an answer later, how about it?"

Chris turned his head and glanced at Ted, and nodded slightly to indicate that it was possible!
Ted immediately spread his hands and replied, "No problem, but, according to what you just said, you need to go through the Green Forest Tribe, or bypass their guards?"

"Yes."

Before that, a group of people had discussed about the green skins, and they also knew that they would have a large force to attack Valentine.

So Ted kindly persuaded: "Then I advise you to wait a while, because we just wiped out their advance team, and it is estimated that their large army will come back to take revenge soon! Let our army defeat them first! You go back ?”

Hearing this, Broken Tooth hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "It's not that fast, their advance team has a mission time of 2 months, the attack of the large force will be after the advance team returns, and generally speaking, they will complete the task in 15 days , if there are a lot of loot, it will be extended to one month."

"A month later, a messenger will be sent to contact you. If you don't get in touch, the troops will rush up to see what happened."

"In other words, there is at least a month to prepare, and I only need 15 days to go back and forth to the Fire Tribe!"

"Oh? If that's the case!" Ted suddenly had an idea in his heart!

"If you tell your father, the chief, about this, we'll have a sandwich!"

This suggestion made Broken Tooth widen his eyes and clenched his fists excitedly: "Yes! This will wipe them out all at once!"

Hearing this suggestion, Broken Tooth stated the purpose of his mission this time: "This is one of the few good opportunities to defeat the Green Forest Tribe! You can also take this opportunity to destroy their voodoo masters!"

"Voodoo Warlock!?" Ted frowned, expressing surprise at this word that could only appear in the game.

The people who attended the banquet also put down their pens to express their surprise. The Moon Elf clerks present seemed to have heard something terrible, and even broke out in cold sweat!

Looking at the astonished expressions of the people around, Broken Tooth explained: "Yes, according to what our shaman said, they are going to strike at the forest and resurrect some 'master', as for what exactly they want to do, we don't know! "

Ted seemingly calmly raised his glass and drank half a glass of ice water, but his heart was already panicking like a dog!

He thought that there were only human beings in this world, and it would be fine to spread advanced ideas and start a small-scale war to unify the world. He never thought that the race relations in this world were even more chaotic than "World of Warcraft".

In the game, there are only two camps, and after so many years of pinching each other, they are still two camps.
But on this Aquamarine Star, there are not only the technologies of our own camp, but also the elves, what voodoo warlocks!There is also a group of destructive dragons
Now, what 'master' has emerged?
Thinking of this, Ted intends to give up his arrogance and prejudice.

Before that, he thought that voodoo was just a joke, but now, seeing the serious face with broken teeth in front of him, and the performance of the moon elves, he had to reconsider these things.

"Since this is the case, helping you is helping ourselves! We will personally send people back to the tribe with you. How far is your tribe from us? Do you know?"

Broken Tooth immediately took out the map from his pocket and calculated the distance
"About. Less than 300 kilometers away. But you have to go through the Green Forest Tribe!"

"If you have your steel war horses to send us back, it will take 600 kilometers to walk from the road outside the forest, but there is no danger in that way!"

Based on this calculation, Ted made up his mind: "That is to say, the journey around the periphery, up to ten hours, can indeed be considered!"

Having said that, Ted let Mueller, who was seated, speak.

"Mueller, go back and hurry up to train the recruits. I will make them combat effective within a month!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the task, Mueller did not stay, but returned to the barracks immediately after collecting the documents.

The negotiation is almost over, and Ted has completed his first diplomatic affairs in his life.

It's just that the 'Master' mentioned just now always frightens my heart, as if there is a dark and profound force about to come out!It's better to be distracted and beware!

"Then I'll wait for your news about the agreement. It's too late to start now. I suggest you take a break. Plan a specific route tomorrow and set off the day after tomorrow!"

"no problem!"

The next afternoon.

The route and multiple alternate routes were determined in just one morning!

After the plan was formulated, the convoy left to prepare for departure. In order to prevent trouble on the road, the M1917 Browning water-cooled heavy machine gun that was still under test was specially installed.

Broken Tooth is very boring, sitting next to the convoy waiting, he hopes to start immediately, but also understands that making preparations in advance will make the trip foolproof.

Ted was also there. Based on his past experience and books, he will tell you how to install a heavy machine gun on a truck.
This thing that requires several people to install together immediately attracted Broken Tooth's attention.
He knew that this thing was a military secret, so he tentatively pointed to it and asked Ted: "Mr. Earl, can you tell me what this thing is?"

Ted didn't intend to shy away from it, because sooner or later this thing will be exported, especially to this tribe that is very likely to become an ally.

Let him know his military strength, and let him go back and tell his father that the northern border is a rich and powerful place, and there will be no harm in forming an alliance.

With this attitude in mind, Ted did not refuse, but opened a box from the side and asked Broken Tooth to pick it up for a try. Anyway, there were no bullets in it, and nothing would happen.
After Broken Tooth picked up the heavy machine gun, he frowned and shook his head, and couldn't help complaining: "Well, it's light and flimsy, and it doesn't feel like it."

It seems that he was very disappointed with this heavy machine gun, he thought it would be a handy weapon
Hearing this, John on the side was not happy!
A heavy machine gun that requires several people to work together becomes something light and flimsy to him?

Ted saw what John meant, and immediately gave him an order: "Make something he can use and show him."

"No problem, my lord! I just need an afternoon!" John put down the blueprint and let the people around him continue to install the heavy machine gun, while he rode his bicycle all the way back to the research institute.

After Broken Tooth put down his weapon, a kind old doorman suddenly rushed out.
"Hey! Big man, I wonder if you have time? 2 hours is enough!"

"Huh? Old man, what can you do?"

Ted was also curious about what the old doorman would say, so he turned around and listened
"My son just opened a denture clinic. I see that your tooth is broken. Do you want a stainless steel one?"

"Stainless steel?"

"It's a very hard and domineering material! You must like it. My son's store just opened today. I don't think there are many people, so I came to help attract customers!"

"Dental clinic? This is a good place!" Ted stroked his growing beard, as if he had thought of something!
At this moment, the doorman found that the lord was beside him
"My lord, I'm sorry, I'm blind."

Ted quickly stopped: "Hey, what a big deal, can you tell me the price?"

Hearing that the lord is interested in dental implants, he took out a leaflet and handed it to Ted: "My lord, it's all here, you look at it first, I'll go back and continue looking at the gate!"

"Okay, let's go"

Because of the habit of not brushing teeth and not loving hygiene for generations, people almost have dirty yellow teeth!

Even if the level of sanitation has improved later, the lost teeth will never be found again.

The same is true of my own butler Chris, who has a mouth with only a few scattered teeth, which looks very unattractive, and he doesn't even dare to smile.
Thinking about it this way, this dental implant clinic is indeed a place that can indirectly improve the living standard, but no one has tried it yet, and the price is relatively expensive, so everyone is still on the sidelines.
"It seems that I have to spend some money to subsidize everyone's dental implants in the future."

Seeing this, Broken Tooth didn't hesitate at all, but directly told Ted according to the above address: "Can you take me here? I don't know the way"

"No problem! Guards! Take Mr. Ambassador to the denture clinic!"

Two hours later, the broken tooth turned into a steel tooth!Not only that, all his teeth have been taken care of again, the light looks like it is shining on a bald head, and it can even reflect light!

Seeing this, Ted couldn't help joking, "Yo? Mr. Steel Teeth, how much did you spend?"

Gang Ya covered his head in embarrassment and said, "It didn't cost me any money. The boss said I have big teeth, so I can advertise them. As long as someone asks, I'll tell them that it was done by Master Lea!"

"Our teeth are still weapons! Now, the weapons have become stronger! I even have a hunch! These steel teeth will save my life in the future!"

"Oh? If that's the case, then hurry up and take advantage of everyone's presence to go shopping a few more times and advertise to them!"

"That's right! What the Earl said is true! I'll go right away!"

(End of this chapter)