lizard lord

Chapter 106 Cooperation
The field fell into silence. Although this was quite a deviant thing, none of the dwarves took the initiative to speak out to criticize.

They have no right to say anything. The country of the old man in front of him has been destroyed by hobgoblins. If they were them, they probably wouldn't do much better.

Haiji pondered for a few seconds, as if he had made some important decision, he nodded slowly.

The ring on his stubby finger glowed with a dark blue light, and everyone present felt a strong energy generated, and the battle ax he held tightly in his hand began to gather energy, and the engraved dwarf pattern on the ax lit up even more dazzlingly There was a blue light, the ax hummed faintly, and the surrounding dwarves looked at Haiji with surprised eyes.

After a few seconds, the light went out and everything returned to calm.

With a sigh of relief, he turned the battle ax to Bourne.

"North of the Everlook Mountains, there were not many dwarf kingdoms left. Now that Greybeard fell, there is not a single large-scale city left. If the kobold and this reptile can really surprise us, then the dwarves I don’t mind sharing the wealth with my friends, and in the name of the heirs of the High King and the Dragon’s Blood Pass, I will give you the right to develop north of the Everlook Mountain Range, as much land as the dwarves you can develop, you will own as much land.”

It sounds like a blank check, but if Tang Zhao and the others try their best to recover the lost ground, then behind these empty checks are real territories and titles, which is very difficult in a dwarven society that attaches great importance to inheritance.

Not counting these things that will appear in the future, Bourne has mixed a weapon that looks very powerful, and there may be military assistance from the descendants of the Dwarf High King. Just help out.

After Bourne agreed, the rest of the matter would be much simpler. The remaining dwarves talked for a while with their own thoughts, and then retreated to prepare to withdraw the army, leaving Bourne and Tang Zhao staring at each other. .

[Emotions are very involved, I believe that we have all made the right choice, but the choice is not enough, there are still many things waiting for us, call everyone who should be called, I believe this is not yours In a word, you will know better than me what the dwarves should do at this time. 】

Bourne is now the acting patriarch of the Greybeard clan, and has a considerable degree of decision-making power externally, but he cannot act recklessly internally, and must be restricted by the elders' council and guild within the clan.

Of course, the clan leader has quite a lot of power in name, but thanks to the highly consistent character and excellent obedience of the dwarves, they rarely have fierce disputes, and the clan rarely confronts the patriarch.

Just now they communicated with the dwarves as a whole, but now it is the internal communication of the Greybeard clan. Both are equally important, and they can determine the future development direction of the Greybeard clan and even the dwarves.
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Bourne is busy organizing another more serious meeting, Tang Zhao can think about what happened today at this time.

In all fairness, he felt that he was really suitable to cooperate with the dwarves. His position was very important, and the dwarves and him could benefit from each other.

The steep and towering terrain of the Everlook Mountains is slightly relieved on his side, allowing humanoids to have the possibility of crossing. This is why the Greenspear clan chose to build roads here, because it is the easiest here. The difficulty of other places is several times higher, and at the same time, this side also has the opportunity to become a real transportation hub.

The mother river of the Kingdom of Oran, the Dewar River, originates from here. To the east of Insula is the Human Kingdom of Oran. You can also reach the territory of the orcs by crossing the barren primitive swamp in the north. The west is the territory of the remaining elves. A few places are connected to hobgoblin domains, and while there are no powerful neighbors to the south, there are the key passes of the Mountain Kingdom's gates further south.

His position is really good, let’s not talk about production resources, and he is at the crossroads of the mainland. As long as he can repair the roads and collect a little toll from the caravans, this kind of tax alone can Let the whole settlement have no worries about eating and drinking.

For a long time, proper collection of tolls has been a stable and sustainable business. As long as the location is good enough, this kind of tax alone can support a country. The premise is that the geographical location and commercial value are high enough. Otherwise, there is really no condition to collect taxes in the backcountry.

There is still potential here. Land transportation connects east and west, and river transportation can navigate the entire Oran Kingdom. The nearby forests and mountains have great development prospects. As long as they operate properly, Tang Zhao believes that the development of his settlement will definitely not be bad. where to go.

Kobolds and dwarves are indeed complementary races. Both are cave-dwellers and both like to mine. Dwarves have strong endurance and sufficient technology to overcome high-temperature smelting metals. The only thing missing is that there are a large number of kobolds. Competent for most jobs, but unable to develop metallurgy due to lack of heat resistance.

Theoretically speaking, with the cooperation of the two parties, it is completely possible to exert the effect that one plus one is greater than two.Dwarves can be liberated from many non-essential positions and focus on giving full play to their strengths, while kobolds can smoothly enter the Iron Age and enjoy precious technological achievements.

The unicorn Lorraine can provide him with the network of elves, and the dwarves can provide him with supplies and necessary resources from time to time. As long as the problem of hobgoblins is solved, this place will be stable for the time being, and there will be an environment for development. It's all possible.

During the internal meeting of the dwarves, Tang Zhao didn't say much.He just lay on the ground and listened quietly, and asked Cynthia to intervene for him, and the result was quite satisfactory.

The thinking of the gray-bearded dwarves is not different from that of Bourne. After being greatly stimulated, they actually don't care about tradition and history. If they have a chance to restore the power of the dwarves, they don't mind giving it a try.

The question now is how to be reasonable and how to implement it.

After a long time of verbal wars, they finally came up with a preliminary plan.

During the recent period, the dwarves first lived in this fortress, and Tang Zhao was responsible for finding a suitable place. After finding a suitable place, the kobolds moved there with the dwarves, and started a new stove there to build a newer and bigger one. A more suitable settlement is now sealed up in this fortress and will not be used for the time being.

There are three reasons for not living in the same place: the first is that the place is too big, and the existing dwarves cannot fill the city and the city wall defense line.The second is that the environment here is not completely suitable for kobolds to live in, and appropriate modifications must be made.The most important thing is the third point. When the dwarves built this place, they only considered easy to defend and difficult to attack, and did not consider commercial and economic issues.

The location of the fortress is not a big problem to plunder the future roads, but if you want to guard the roads and provide due services and trading platforms for the merchants passing by, it will take a little effort, and you can't take into account the water transportation of the Dewar River and Due to the things within Sura, many things are naturally not guaranteed.

It’s still the same point of view, the resistance to change is the least now, and the resistance to change will be even greater when there are more people and people get used to it. Tang Zhao is unwilling to tinker with unreasonable foundations, and start a new stove to make better ones that are more in line with him. Character, even if it takes more time.

(End of this chapter)