Chapter 169 A Bigger Deal
"No problem!" Marlon promised with a smile, and at the same time invited: "Let's talk inside." ”
"Good!" The dwarf smiled and said, "Your place, you have the final say." ”
Marlon nodded to Goldbeard, and led a group of dwarves into a large tent.
Few dwarves know how to be polite, and Marlon didn't make any false manners.
After the guests were seated, they were served distilled spirits from the specialty of the Black Stone Collar.
The food will have to wait a while, the chef is cooking, but the dwarves have wine!
"Hah!" Tongsu took the bowl, poured the wine into his mouth in one gulp, opened his mouth and said: "It is indeed good wine, strong enough!" ”
He pointed to the jar in front of him and said, "Just this wine, how much we dwarves want!" ”
Marlon thought he was laughing and asked, "Did you eat so much?" ”
"Haha......" Copper Beard seemed to be in a very good mood, and his smiling eyebrows and eyes were all covered by his beard.
He said loudly: "Not only wine, but also other food and supplies!" ”
"You mean really?" Ma Long was a little surprised: "What's wrong?" ”
"It's a good thing!" Goldbeard couldn't keep himself busy drinking when he saw Copperbeard, and he couldn't speak human language, so he could only speak dwarven language with Marlon.
Hearing the dazed expressions of the high-ranking personnel of the Black Stone Collar on the other side, they took over the conversation and said in human language: "When the Black Iron Fort was destroyed, we didn't flee from one direction when we fled, so many people were scattered.
At this time, the Black Iron Castle was rebuilt, and the scattered clansmen came back separately, and now there were nearly 20,000 dwarves in the new Black Iron Castle, and there was still a steady stream of people rushing back. ”
As he spoke, Goldbeard kept a smile on his face, obviously happy from the bottom of his heart to have so many people alive.
Malone sighed: "This is indeed a great thing for you! ”
"Isn't it!" Goldbeard pretended to be helpless and said, "So we need more food and other materials, and I hope that the lord can think of a way to do this."
"Of course, in exchange, we have also prepared enough metal equipment, all built according to the standards of human body, and the texture is excellent!"
Ma Long groaned slightly, and then agreed, "No problem, I have already contacted other merchants in the Human Kingdom, but ...... For the time being, we can't meet the requirements of more than 20,000 of you, and we will have to wait for a while. ”
"Is that so?" Goldbeard hesitated a little and whispered something to the general Copperbeard beside him?
Copper Xu seemed to be a little impatient when he heard this, and waved his hand and said: "You just do what you think, I will be responsible for protecting the safety on the road, and I will not be in charge of the rest." ”
Goldbeard was helpless, so he turned to Ma Long and said, "We are also going to follow the example of your human caravan and build a base here to purchase the materials we need, what does the lord think?" ”
"Haha......" Malone said with a smile: "Welcome, you have people stationed here, I naturally can't ask for it!" ”
Goldbeard nodded with satisfaction and continued, "And about us dwarves learning the use of holy light, I don't know how the lord arranged it?" ”
The dwarves attach great importance to the study of the Holy Light, and they were deeply impressed by Marlon's resurrection and the Hand of God.
If you can learn these skills, the dwarves will surely prosper!
Even the copper whiskers who pushed out the business as soon as he drank the wine stopped his movements, and looked at Ma Long with unblinking eyes.
After all, he is the general of the dwarf race, and he will not really care about anything, and he can naturally ignore the things that are nine out of ten, but this kind of thing that may change the fate of the race, it is impossible for Copper Whisker not to care.
To be honest, even now, the dwarves haven't figured out why Marlon easily agreed to teach them the Way of Light?
Although they also paid the price of metal forging technology, they always felt that it was too easy!
A group of dwarves who can't figure it out have to be classified as a sincere ally of Marlon.
Upright dwarves never let their allies suffer......
"It's been arranged a long time ago." Ma Long smiled and said, "Your apprentices and technicians will follow back to Black Rock City in the next two days, and someone will arrange them there."
Apprentices will enter the temple directly and be trained by human paladins, and technical exchange personnel will be specially prepared to take them to specially prepared workshops. ”
The dwarves were satisfied with Marlon's arrangement, and then discussed some details, until the guests and hosts were happy, and then dispersed......
Inside the tent, Marlon summoned Malf and instructed: "You go back to the city as soon as possible, spread the news of the arrival of the dwarves, and try to mobilize as many forces as possible, the current needs of the dwarves are no longer what the Black Stone Collar can meet."
Don't charge the so-called entrance fee or anything, now is not the time to dwell on these small interests! ”
Seeing Ma Long's serious expression, Malf knew that he was serious, so he had no choice but to agree, "Yes!" ”
But he was still a little unwilling to ask: "Just cheap them?" ”
"How can it be cheap?" Malone glanced at him and explained: "A large number of merchants can bring a floating population, which is what we said before, so we will not say more.
"What's going on south now? You also know one or two, those merchants all have aristocratic backgrounds, and when they bring back their equipment, they will still fall into the hands of the nobles and arm the army.
"The power in the south has increased, and if the orcs do attack, they can resist for a while, and fight for opportunities for our development.
"Besides, with such a big benefit, if we don't let some out, I'm afraid the Black Stone Collar will not be able to be at peace!"
"What about the dwarves? What do you get by helping them like this? Malf agreed with Marlon's reasoning, but he didn't understand why he was so ...... to the dwarves Grant every wish!
"The ...... of the North," Malone explained, "the barbarians are now strong, and we humans are the least powerful, and the dwarves can help us contain the barbarian power. ”
"Don't you say that the barbarians are scattered now, and they still need the dwarves to contain them?" Malf asked, puzzled.
"It's true that it's scattered now, but they won't be like that forever!
"Also, what I really fancy is the forging skills of the dwarves, if you don't treat them well, heart for heart, how can you take it out?
"The barbarians have coveted it for decades, the dwarves were about to be exterminated, and many dwarves have been locked up for almost half their lives, what do you think the barbarians get?
"Nothing! Those guys are stubborn! ”
Nodding, Malf finally stopped asking, "Understood, I'll go back and do what you say in a while!" ”
"Hmm!"
……
Not long after Malf left, the soldiers guarding reported a visit from the dwarves.
In fact, with Ma Long's ears, he had already heard it, and he could even tell who was by the sound of footsteps, even if some of them were carrying heavy objects, and the frequency of their footsteps changed.
Copperbeard and Golden Beard!