lizard lord

Chapter 144
Franz left in a carriage, and at the same time, some necessary people were on board—several lycanthropes, a few statisticians, and two elf ranger bodyguards. These people were going to assist Andrea, to help her Grow and grow within the city of Lufford.

Lu Fude's matter was handed over to humans, and unless there were any major changes in the short term, he would not ask more questions.He has no experience in practice, and he thinks he knows a lot of theoretical knowledge, but he is not at the level of giving lectures. Talking nonsense can only help the more he helps, so he simply doesn't speak, and lets the locals study on their own. went.

He did plan to find two professional merchants from the Dwarf Guild, and let experienced merchants teach their experience, but there is no such condition yet, so he can only put it on hold for a while.

So much for making money, Tang Zhao then turned his attention to defense.

Not long after, Karak Solmar was in the hall of the dwarves.

Different from the majestic feeling of the dwarven fortress ruins, the ceiling here is not high, just over two meters, and the carvings are very neat and standard, but it shows a sense of simplicity.

No way, the dwarves really like the contrasting atmosphere that does not match their height, but it is hard to imagine the manpower and material costs required to carve such a huge space underground out of thin air. The city is still in its infancy, and everything can only From the simple point of view, considering the impressive stature of the dwarves, the kobolds are somewhat hunched when they stand, and they are not much taller than them. The height of more than two meters is very spacious.

"Mr. Carlos, everything we need to know is clearly written on it now."

Bourne triumphantly showed Tang Zhao a map hanging on the wall, and Tang Zhao looked at it and understood why he was so happy.

The entire Insula Forest, the mountainous area at the northern foot of the Yongwang Mountains, and the surrounding plains. Everything is marked on the map, with details, vivid and specific. The mapper obviously has some surveying and mapping skills and art skills. The entire map Not out of shape, judging from Tang Zhao's experience of frequently traveling through it, the markings of each location are also accurate, this can be called a good map, and it will not be out of date when it is put on it.

"Mainly the surveying and mapping work done by the elves, the dwarves provided some drawing techniques, and the goblins and dryads helped to explore the terrain."

[Very well, you all did a great job, let me pay my respects, have the people involved in making the map been rewarded? 】

Hearing what Bo En said, Tang Zhao was really satisfied and happy, because these races had finally cooperated once, and it was spontaneous, so Tang Zhao didn't need to try to persuade them.

"The measurement was just completed yesterday. There must be specific rewards, but they haven't been decided yet. You know the situation here. There are not many things that can be sold. Just gold and the like can't be spent or bought. .”

Bourne said this with a bit of depression. For a long time, the settlements have implemented a rationing system, and there are not many supplies. Of course it is possible to do this, but in fact, dwarves, elves, and goblins are all races that prefer to enjoy themselves. On, some are material.

They think that they can't do what the kobolds do, and take mining and collecting minerals as a major entertainment, and they also need spiritual life.

As far as the current situation is concerned, elves and goblins like to play literature and art, and they are more likely to be self-satisfied. The main entertainment of their dwarves is drinking and eating meat, basically saying goodbye to leisure life. Patience, but Tang Zhao knew very well that it was not an option to endure for a long time.

After all, they are all intelligent beings with flesh and blood, and what they pursue is life rather than living.

【Your thoughts, I understand very well, and I plan to make some changes, not just talking about it, next time the caravan comes again, we will all see what we want to see, you go find it first, and make outstanding contributions Those who have the right to ask for something interesting, and the rest, I promise you, will get their due soon too. 】

At this time, Tang Zhao understood what Bourne meant, so he took this opportunity to test his tone and see how Tang Zhao, the nominal leader, would deal with sharp issues.

He is an ordinary person who doesn't know how to build a city or a country from scratch, but as a modern person, he more or less knows how to build a company.

The main reason for the failure of the new company is nothing more than the dispute over the division of interests and the division of responsibilities. After all, the settlement and the company are composed of people, and they are the same in many ways. The division of interests and responsibilities in the settlement is not good , that certainly won't go very far.

He can recognize this problem, and he will naturally find a way to solve it-now, they have escaped from the critical moment of life and death, and they can only share adversity and cannot enjoy happiness together, which is very common among the same race, let alone It's on his side.

Andrea will soon be able to deliver supplies for them, which means that more things besides survival can be satisfied. This is definitely a good thing, but it is not without risks. There are many races in the settlement, and all of them are basically not good. , It is easy to spark a spark, and the spark may turn into a fire. Tang Zhao can't think of any good way to completely solve the grand problem of racial conflict, which runs through the entire modern history of mankind. At present, he can only suppress it as much as possible.

Fortunately, this is a fantasy world, and the suppression brought by personal prestige can last longer: elves, dwarves, and goblins are all long-lived species, and the growth of a generation may even take hundreds or thousands of years, and the frequency of replacement is very slow, etc. Now that the next generation of people who have shared weal and woe has left, Tang Zhao has died many times, so there is no need to think about it so much.

As for the kobolds, it’s easier to deal with. Like kobolds, he is a creature with scales. The respect and even awe of kobolds for him is far stronger than other races. Dragons like to keep some kobolds by their side. Coolies, the main reason is that they have a natural admiration for the strong, and secondly, they have very low requirements for living standards, and their tolerance is much stronger than other races. They can be called the classic choice of dragon coolies, and they don’t complain much , because for them, the most ideal life is to exterminate all races, leaving only the kobolds to start their never-ending mining career with confidence and boldness.

Tang Zhao didn't treat them as coolies. He saw no difference between all races. They were all foreigners. Unlike himself, he didn't have any sense of belonging to any race. Considering it from the perspective of a person in power, this is a good thing , keeping a bowl of water level is often extremely difficult, and Tang Zhao rarely has this trouble.

After receiving Tang Zhao's affirmative reply, Bourne also heaved a sigh of relief: "According to your wishes, those who work hard will be given the opportunity to freely choose rewards, but don't let me be responsible for this kind of thing, let all races share equally, It’s good for each to be responsible for their own, I think I will be biased towards the dwarves, and there will inevitably be disputes at that time, this is just a stopgap measure, and the specific division will of course need to be discussed in detail.”

Bourne was talking about the present, but what he was thinking about was the future, the right to speak of various races in the settlement.

[Of course, it’s good to divide evenly now. At present, our biggest problem has not been resolved. After it is resolved, we also need to sit down and have a good talk about all future issues. 】

This is enough for Tang Zhao to have a headache. He doesn't count what he said, so he will leave it to the leaders of various races to argue. He only guarantees that the final outcome is relatively fair, and he will not favor any party during the execution.

Afterwards, they talked a little more about defense.

Bourne didn't bother too much, and quickly changed his state, changed his expression, pointed to the map and began to explain the situation to Tang Zhao, just like an elite commander.

"You see, the main attack direction of the green spear hobgoblin has been locked by the terrain, and it can only pass through the Roncevas pass. We plan to build the first line of defense here, and then rely on the ruins of various dwarf fortresses to carry out multiple defenses. , until the city of Karak Solma.”

Seeing that his bad taste for a while has become a long-term name for a pass, Tang Zhao feels a little subtle, and hopes that there will be no Roland Knight and Charlemagne in the other world.

[Why don't you just garrison here and rely on the location to block them in one go? 】

"The terrain over there is still a bit spacious. If the army of Dragon's Blood Pass is strong enough to hold it, it will be no problem. We have limited manpower, so it will be a bit difficult to hold it. Besides, there is not enough time for us to build another solid marble city wall."

Bourne explained his complete plan to Tang Zhao.

This pass is in the plan, and it can only block the infiltration of scouts. The Green Spear clan suffered from the lack of heavy equipment such as trebuchets last time. On the uncertain matter of destroying the trebuchet while taking advantage of the chaos, he has his own ideas.

After the opponent breaks through the defense of the pass, the various dwarven fortresses along the way will slow down their pace, the purpose is to let the hobgoblins notice the ruins of the dwarf fortress.

It obviously has the obvious advantages of camping here: it is very easy to defend, and it saves manpower and material resources for construction. Bourne and the hobgoblin have also been opponents for a long time, and he knows very well that the other party is very likely to live in it.

When the hobgoblins go deeper, they will habitually camp in the dwarf ruins. They are a group of pragmatists, and this is the most cost-effective method on the surface.

In fact, he had already prepared the kobolds to dig tunnels, extending from Karak Solma all the way to the dwarf fortress ruins at the very edge, to transport troops secretly.

The underground space of the dwarf fortress is huge, and there are countless secret rooms and hidden doors. With the help of these things, it is very easy to hide a tunnel.

At the right time, the soldiers would rush out from the ground and stab straight at the heart of the hobgoblin camp. Under the attack from inside and outside, they would inflict heavy damage on the hobgoblins in the camp. At that time, it would be difficult for them to run.

This idea is very creative, and it is indeed difficult to implement it. A [-]-kilometer-long tunnel is not so easy to dig.

But then, Tang Zhao looked at the expectation in Bourne's eyes, and vaguely understood something.

【Is that what I think it means.】

"You are so smart! You can see it!"

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After the words were spoken, Tang Zhao had no reason to refuse, so he changed his job from a soldier to an excavator, digging tunnels for everyone.

In all fairness, he is really suitable for digging holes - a pair of long claws that can be retracted freely can dig up a lot of dirt like a pangolin, and the thick haw on his eyes can block the dirt from entering his eyes. Without outer ears, he can grow Holding his breath for a long time can prevent the soil from pouring into the nose and ears, and his strong muscles allow him to move or bypass boulders blocking the way, and maintain high-speed digging for a longer period of time.

In fact, the crocodile, which is similar in body structure to him, is the deepest modern large animal. Compared with the crocodile, it has two pairs of long legs, long claws, and stronger muscles. In the history of biological evolution, it is definitely the best at digging. The group of large animals in the cave.

In less than a few minutes, he dug a nearly ten-meter-long cave, which could almost squeeze himself in. The whole lizard was like a living shield machine, digging forward at high speed continuously, which is really a bit The momentum of breaking through the mountains.

The front was digging fiercely, and the kobolds following behind were not idle. They filled the cave with wooden pillars and stone pillars to prevent disasters such as cave collapse.

There are also dwarves behind, who are responsible for testing the quality of the cave, and at the same time are constantly stuffing a small stone with runes into the cave wall.

This is the rune stone of dwarves. Rune is a unique technology of dwarves, similar to magic, but instead of storing energy in the body, it binds energy in other things to exert its power.

Compared with magic, it has obvious advantages and disadvantages, the upper limit is relatively low, and the learning difficulty is not small, but it is very convenient for mass production.

The golden age of the dwarves had developed rune technology, and now it has been lost for a long time. The population reduction, coupled with the double blow of the war, made it difficult for them to develop any large-scale rune technology. The existing serious There are very few rune blacksmiths, and only a few dwarves can use powerful rune weapons. The rune furniture used to become a fantasy, as a memory of the golden age.

This kind of rune stone depicts the simplest type of rune mastered by the dwarves. Its function is to stabilize the soil layer and make the mine less likely to collapse. The rune is easy to draw and is too practical, so many people know it , is now one of the few runes not lost.

In the more powerful dwarf city-states, each dwarf has to receive rune training in his childhood to test his talent. The Gray Beard Kingdom used to have this ability, and this kind of rune is also included in the training program.

Even if it is a group of remnants and defeated generals, there are still many people who know this kind of rune, and it is now playing a role.

Tang Zhao continued digging for half an hour, but finally he was exhausted, so he stopped, and he became smaller so that he could turn around. He turned around and observed the situation behind him, and he was surprised at the first sight.

What appeared in front of his eyes were caves and tunnels that could not be seen at a glance, neat and uniform.

(End of this chapter)