lizard lord

Chapter 103 Refugee Resettlement (Joint Chapter)
He had already completely turned against the hobgoblins, and Tang Zhao was not afraid of offending them because of the elves. Instead of worrying about this, he might as well think about how to build a good relationship with the elves and find opportunities from them to strengthen himself.

The population of the elves is as anxious as the dwarves, and the food reserves on Tangzhao and Lorraine can't supply more people, so they only accepted the elves from a small village.

There are about 300 old, weak, sick, and disabled people. Many of the middle-aged men and women in the village have gone to the forest to become rangers, so these elves are hardly considered mature labor force. Instead, they need Tang Zhao and the others to support them with resources.

Unlike dwarves, who are all soldiers, elves have fewer warriors. Normally, a village of 300 people can draw thirty or forty elves to act as rangers.

Switching to dwarves, except for the pitiful few children, the remaining dwarves can go to battle with weapons and equipment, but some of them can play a greater role in other positions.

The female dwarves are still strong-backed, can enter the mine to mine, can forge iron and forge steel, and can do all kinds of heavy physical labor. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are really similar to male dwarves.

However, being able to fight physically, and having a large number of fighters may not be able to survive in this world. Extraordinary power exists objectively in this world, and elves have a high talent for magic, which is a huge advantage.

The dwarves and elves were once very prosperous, but after fighting each other, their power declined severely.

The difference is that after the initial period of decline, the elves recovered after hundreds of years and slowly recovered their strength. Now they have stabilized and cannot dominate the continent as before, but their stable existence is definitely no problem.

Although the dwarves even had a slight upper hand in the Great War, they fell into a long period of decline and depression every year after that. Today, only one of the once prosperous three kingdoms of the dwarves remains, and the dwarves as a whole They are all in a state of being out of touch, and it doesn't seem strange to say that they basically disappeared from the mainland stage after thousands of years.

The reasons for the decline of the dwarves are very complicated, but it must be inseparable from their physique - although the magic resistance is good, the price is that they cannot cast spells, which seriously restricts their development potential.

Runes can indeed replace magic to a certain extent, but his learning difficulty is even better than magic, and the upper limit cannot be so exaggerated as razing cities and cutting off mountains.The advantage is that it is easier to mass-produce and can be equipped for every dwarf warrior. This advantage will disappear after the war.

The chaotic situation makes it difficult to pass on knowledge, and the shortage of population makes it more difficult for dwarven rune blacksmiths to find suitable apprentices for passing on knowledge, so more runes are lost.

In short, under the influence of complicated factors, a large number of dwarven runes have been lost, and it can basically be said that they have disappeared. They all have engraved runes, and now, an ordinary dwarf rune battle ax is priceless, and more advanced dwarf rune golems and the like can only be found by archaeology, to see which lost dwarf city still has remnant.

If the dwarves had half the strength of before, the princes could easily pull out tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the war machines that existed in ancient times could still be activated, and the hobgoblins and the like would not pose a threat at all. Hunting orc goblins in the mountains is a recreational activity, but in the past, they can only use axes and shields to carve out a way for themselves.

Back to the question about the elves, the original food reserves of the Tangzhao settlement were simply calculated, which was just enough for the residents of the settlement except Tangzhao to live in early summer.Fortunately, the hobgoblin supply team had been continuously transporting food and grass for them before, and only the part allocated by Tang Zhao and Lorraine was not a problem at all to support 200 people for half a year.

After escorting them to the settlement safely, Tang Zhao simply stayed in his settlement for a few more days, so that he could watch the situation while recuperating.

Tang Zhao only realized the indescribable arrogance of the elves not long ago, and the kobolds are also a very fearful race, so although there is still a lot of space in the burrow, living in the burrow is the safest choice, it is still impossible for him to arrange the elves to be with them. Kobolds live together.

An area was urgently set aside near the goblin living area, and a group of tents and wooden houses were built. The elves temporarily settled here and lived with their favorite goblins.

The environment must be a bit rough, and people will freeze to death in winter, but there is no way to make better things right now, and Tang Zhaoqiang made these by helping to cut down trees and carry them.

The elves who escaped and were resettled were just ordinary villagers who had experienced the horrors of war, so they didn't pick and choose. On the contrary, they were very grateful to Dade, and they didn't have the feeling of elves in Tang Zhao's impression at all.

They are still a little afraid of Tang Zhao. Children and even some female elves dare not look at him. Tang Zhao understands this very well. He has seen so many races. He has long been used to the feeling of being feared. If anyone When Race saw him, he was neither nervous nor surprised, and that was a surprising thing.

In order to facilitate communication and save time, a kind old man was selected as the acting village head, responsible for directly communicating with Tang Chao and managing the elves.

"Mr. Carlos, regarding the food supply, many of us are not in good health, and the children are also growing up, so you see?"

The village head had the guts to give Tang Zhao his opinion with trepidation.

But Tang Zhao looked at him quite unexpectedly—it is not easy to dare to speak, either he really cares about his compatriots, or he has a little guts, Tang Zhao is more or less inclined to him anyway A little bit of both.

[There is no shortage of things you should have. The food we provide is at most a little simple in taste, and the quantity is absolutely sufficient.In addition, you can also use the things in the forest as appropriate. It is not my responsibility to negotiate with the goblin Lalique to count and calculate a reasonable amount. 】

Hearing this, the old man couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

According to the information they received earlier, the person in charge of taking care of them is a prestigious unicorn, who is also a loyal follower of the Queen of the Forest. This kind of creature must be very reassuring.

Now when they arrived at the place, Lorraine told them that the plan had changed, and they were replaced by a giant beast who didn't know the details to take care of them. No matter how nice the words were, creatures with normal IQ would be a little flustered.

【Your homeland has been ravaged by war, I sympathize with you very much, but sympathy is only a short-term emotion and cannot last for half a year or even longer.We don’t raise idlers here, all residents should at least perform their duties, and the elves should use appropriate labor in exchange for shelter and food, do you have any objections to this? 】

"Of course, this is what should be done." The old man nodded quickly in agreement.

[You will have forty days and nights to adapt and recover, and then you can participate in labor. You don’t need to do particularly dangerous work, you just need to do what you are best at. Anyway, this settlement is short of people everywhere. For this settlement As long as the land as a whole is beneficial. 】

Tang Zhao's settlement is not small, it's not that he can't afford to support three or two hundred idlers, but he doesn't want to do such a thing.

The food snatched from the convoy was bought with the blood and sweat of the hobgoblins. Whether it was the food traded with Jacques or the food they collected from the forest, it was hard-won.

He doesn't have much contact with the elves, so he doesn't have to please them, so he can do whatever he wants. Tang Zhao can protect their safety for free, anyway, it's just a side thing, but they have to work for food. Tang Zhao never Encourage the unhealthy trend of getting something for nothing.

After negotiating with the Elder Elder, Tang Zhao didn't continue to talk nonsense with them, turned his head and left the scene, ran back to his balcony, basked in the sun quietly, and thought about some issues.

Now his settlement has begun to take shape, including one lizard, five treants, a dozen bears, three hundred elves, more than 700 goblins of various kinds, and more than 1000 ordinary kobolds. At the same time, the overall scale is still growing In the process of expansion, no matter where it is placed, such a settlement cannot be said to be small.

[Regardless of the success or failure of the dwarves, now I need to plan the settlement.Because of the war, the expansion of the cave has almost stopped, and the current scale is not big enough, and it cannot hold the evolved me.]

Tang Zhao knew that this cave was not the best place to build a settlement, but it was completely usable at the moment, and only needed a few more expansions.

Calling a few kobold leaders who stayed behind, Tang Zhao asked them to temporarily put down the task of patrolling and let him take over, while the kobolds were responsible for digging holes, first digging out a large enough hall.

In fact, this is the "chrysalis room" used by Tang Zhao to evolve, but this kind of thing is difficult to explain, so he panicked.

The kobold didn't ask any more questions, and hurried back to organize the work after receiving the order.

Watching the kobolds disappear from sight, Tang Zhao was not in a hurry to eat, but went to Cynthia, the pixie, and asked her to introduce the achievements of the goblins during this period of time.
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The kobolds were the main ones who went out to fight the hobgoblins. Although the goblins participated, they were not a race suitable for combat at all, and their contribution was not much in comparison.

In contrast, the goblins have not been idle for the past two months. They have perfected the management of the warehouse, and at the same time figured out some edible fungi that can be grown underground.

The current materials are not abundant, they all depend on caravan imports, satisfying the appetite of the residents is okay, but other things are difficult, so there is no concept of currency in the settlement, at most there are some private barter transactions.

Tang Zhao and other residents agreed that there is no need to introduce currency in the settlement at present, at least until the settlement is basically self-sufficient in various things and various production surpluses appear.

Most of the materials in settlements now rely on public warehouses. They are not like primitive societies. They only store simple food and other materials. On the contrary, all kinds of things are very complicated. Under the current situation, the management and statistics of materials are very important.

(End of this chapter)