The overturned chair was straightened again, the tilted glass was put back in place, and Bruno sat up straight. The leaders of a dozen hill dwarves stared, also trying to find a way for their tribe to survive.

There was a large wine barrel on the table of the meeting, and the others had no intention of drinking, but the gray dwarf drank one glass after another. He filled his wine glass, sat down and asked with a funny smile, "How's it going?" Got it in mind? ”

There are dozens of dwarven tribes in the Northlands, a few thousand in large and a few hundred in small, living in the harsh conditions of the wild mountains. Due to natural conditions, they do not have many options for survival.

In addition to mining iron and selling metal products at home, the Hill Dwarves often sold their forces to make a living. Because of their physical fitness, excellent combat skills, and honesty and reliability, many lords were willing to hire them as guards.

But the hill dwarves themselves are not very willing to be mercenaries, one is not enough money, and the other is that the human lords are too cunning and often trick them.

The dwarven leaders looked at each other, knowing that they really couldn't handle Coldwind City in the matter of striking iron, so they could only be mercenaries.

Victor. Hugo's current reputation is good, although he does trading and dumping to destroy the market, but the price is clearly marked, Tong Su is not deceived, and his reputation is much stronger than that of other human noble lords.

It's just that when the hill dwarves offered to accept the mercenary of Coldwind City as soldiers, Bruno shook his head and sighed: "I advise you to join Coldwind City and move your clan to become the domain of Lord Hugo." ”

As soon as he said this, there was an instant clanging noise in the room. Several of the dwarven leaders stood up and cursed. Some of the dwarves wanted to grab the axe and smash the gray dwarf with evil intentions.

Some dwarves were far away, so they jumped on the table and pointed at Bruno's nose and scolded the 'dwarf traitor', and counted the countless immoral and despicable and dirty things of the human lords in the past, and they had a posture that was incompatible with the human race.

In the face of this tense posture, Bruno let out a few sneers without care, he was still in the mood to drink most of the ale in the cup, and after a satisfied hiccup, he said slowly:

"Do you know Todd, the orc, who is next to Lord Hugo? He's gone to the Black Forest to gather his fellow orcs. ”

Orcs are less productive than dwarves, and spend their days wandering around the forest, causing trouble. But their life is more bitter than that of the dwarves, and simple barbarism will not make a good life, but will make enemies everywhere.

Bruno continued: "Lord Hugo has an orc guard of twenty or thirty people by his side, but he is not satisfied with this guard. Orcs fight by brute force, and they get hot-headed when they fight. In the face of large-scale battles, they are easily counter-killed.

But the orcs have a great advantage in the forest. Your Excellency wants to exploit the Black Forest, and plans to hire a group of orcs as forest rangers to protect his property in the forest from monsters such as gnolls and goblins.

The orcs will be able to live in comfortable houses, have sturdy weapons and armor, and earn a salary. They don't need to wander and raid, they can feed themselves in the normal way.

According to the lord's words, it is to give the orcs a chance to go to civilized society. Let them no longer be hostile to human beings, reconcile the two sides, and jointly develop forest resources. ”

The dwarves of the hills looked at each other, wondering what Bruno was trying to say.

"Recently, another kobold clan sent a representative to Coldwind City to ask for an audience with Your Excellency."

Bruno said that the orcs were fine, but the mention of kobolds was interrupted at the beginning.

A hill dwarf laughed and said, "Orcs can still fight, what can kobolds do?" Those whooping guys can't even beat the goblins. I'm capable of doing them a hundred. ”

"I can fight two hundred."

"I can hit three hundred."

"Go aside, I can hit a thousand."

Speaking of kobolds, the atmosphere at the table was suddenly cheerful. The dwarves despise the kobolds' cowardly combat power, and they have exploded numbers to show their strength.

Bruno said quietly: "The kobold is stoic, silent, and not overly ambitious. They are skilled at digging mines, building underground works, and even endure filth, living in sewers and cleaning up garbage. Are you okay? ”

The scene was instantly silent.

Among the intelligent creatures in the Faren Continent, kobolds are the weakest, and there is no one. Even goblins can bully them.

It is precisely because they are too weak that kobolds have to live in dark corners and endure all kinds of oppression. This adds to the misconceptions that other races have about them, confusing them with goblins.

In fact, kobolds are in the order camp, which is completely different from the goblins in the chaos camp.

"Not long ago, a kobold messenger came to Coldwind City. The guy was so frightened that he was trembling when he spoke, and he was ready to be killed by the guards at the gate before he could see the lord.

But Lord Hugo saw him and listened to his request. This kobold probably can't survive anywhere else, and when they heard about Lord Hugo's kindness, they wanted to migrate to Coldwind City and help build sewers in the city.

The kobold said that they didn't need any compensation, as long as they could live in peace and security underground. They can haunt the world at night and live off the garbage discarded by humans, never invading the human world.

However, after confirming that the kobolds had strong underground engineering capabilities, Lord Hugo immediately accepted the tribe and said that he would give them formal jobs and equal rights.

There is no need for kobolds to haunt at night, and the generous ones are less estranged.

You don't see the kobold courier's incredulous appearance at the time, and his subsequent vows of eternal allegiance.

Last month, the weak kobold tribe moved into Coldwind City. It was a team of only about 100 people, including half of the old and weak. They are really weak, thin and small.

But they were given everything the lord had promised, including tools, food, cloth, and the official status and exclusive living quarters of the city's sewer administration.

The humans in the city were also uncomfortable living with kobolds at first. But as the sewers were cleared and dredged, everyone quickly accepted the existence of kobolds. No one thinks there's anything wrong with that.

Cleaning the sewers is hard work, done only by the poorest people, and the income is extremely low. Your Excellency, however, listed this type of work as a special and high-risk occupation necessary in the city, and was given high remuneration.

Kobolds are also very satisfied with having a stable home and an unimaginably good job. They will also have another group of people next month, not only to expand the sewers of the city, but also to help the lord open mines and expand the city. ”

The hill dwarves looked at each other again, and one of them shouted angrily, "Bruno, what the hell do you want to say?" ”

The gray dwarf stretched out his hands, "Why didn't you understand?" Your Excellency the Lord respects every working man, and he is able to give you dignity and status that you do not have anywhere else.

As long as you are willing to be law-abiding citizens, he can give you more rewards than you can imagine. Even kobolds can be justifiably paid with gold coins, not leftovers mixed with garbage.

I'm urging you to seize the opportunity. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A great lord deserves to be followed. ”