The dwarves conveyed the message quickly and quickly, and the bitter dwarves who spent their days digging holes in the mountains seemed to lack the necessary senses for things like enjoyment. They are not keen on farming, doing business, or other farming, or what nomads are supposed to do. All they think about is digging for treasures in the mountains and underground, all kinds of minerals, and so on. They would separate the metals wrapped in stone and forge them into all sorts of things, weapons, ornaments, and more.

They dug deeper into the ground, building passages and cities along the way. Although they were very short, the cities they built were very tall and sturdy. They used the stones from the mining process to polish and build their own cities, and the dwarves seemed to have a special way of bonding these large boulders to the point where there were almost no gaps in the bonding between them. And it is incomparably sturdy, can withstand the test of long years, and stand!

The dwarves of the First Age, with their level of civilization compared to those of the High Elves, are undoubtedly inferior. The highly developed High Elves have a natural sense of superiority over dwarves and humans. Whether it is forging, farming, military, or culture and art, the High Elves at this moment have already surpassed the time of hundreds of years of the races. Dwarves, as well as humans, have also learned from the High Elves. Especially the latter, because humans are the closest to the elves in some way, and are both children of Iluvita, so they are naturally slightly close to the elves in terms of identity. But it's just the closeness that comes from the dwarves. Other times, elves aren't really much nicer or more enthusiastic about humans. They are a favored race by Vera, the eldest (eldest daughter) among the children of Iluvita, and the unquenchable fire in their souls allows them to enjoy a near-endless lifespan!

In addition, in other ways, elves have too many advantages over dwarves and humans. The five senses that are beyond the sharpness, the sixth sense, which is almost magical, especially in the powerful High Elves. They always have special superpowers, and talking to people in their minds is just the easiest way to use it. In addition, their physical coordination is also amazingly strong, and compared to the elves, dwarves and humans must go through the most arduous training to achieve this light and sharp physical coordination. On top of that, it depends on a little bit of talent.

Newborn dwarves and humans possess some special abilities to a greater or lesser extent. However, with the change of time and the improvement of civilization, this ability of theirs has almost dissipated little by little. So much so that by the time of the Third Age, human beings no longer had such special abilities. And the elves, in addition to the high elves, the secondary elves, their talents are also constantly fading. The most obvious example is the High Elves at this moment, their height is generally more than one meter nine or two meters, and their descendants have significantly regressed in height. Moreover, he has become emaciated, without the tall and muscular body of the High Elves.

In fact, in the wars that took place during the First Age, the High Elves were able to stand tall and even win many times in the face of the attacks of the evil legions and evil gods under the command of Morgoth, and their burly and robust stature was indispensable. However, by the Second and Third Ages, their descendants faced heavy losses in the face of Orc attacks, with the exception of a few elites. Most elven armies have a hard time winning more battles with less.

However, the High Elves who returned to the East during the First Age were not many in number. At least Morgoth's legions were many times larger than theirs, yet such an elves were far fewer in number than the enemy. Not only did he repel Morgoth's legions and the evil gods under his command many times, but he even attacked Morgoth's lair Angban at one point. Under Morgoth's command, there were five to seven Fire Demons alone, and this extremely rare and powerful species had only one left in the Third Age. And what about the other fire demons? The answer is obvious, killed by the High Elves, or perhaps there is a fish that has slipped through the net and is hiding in the depths of the unknown earth.

These are some of the questions that Jiang Ning pondered in the king's tent, and these problems are not currently revealed in his clan. He also had a lot of time to think about or test his guesses. It was at this time that the Dwarves of Durin in the Misty Mountains sent messengers to reply. They replied quickly, and in less than three days, the dwarves sent messengers again. Jiang Ning was slightly surprised by this, and then he received the envoy of the independent dwarf in his royal tent.

Looking at the acquaintance, Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Your envoy came quickly!" He meant something, but the dwarf Dane didn't care, he took out a roll of animal skin from his bosom, and his own elven attendant took the animal skin and placed it on the table in front of Jiang Ning. He looked at the slightly worn animal skin, with a few lines of dwarven writing written on it.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know dwarven words!"

Dane frowned, the two sides could not communicate well with each other, and they were able to communicate normally and unhindered, thanks to this special telepathic ability.

"Let's change to a way of trading that we can understand each other and can easily understand!" After speaking, without waiting for Dane to answer, he took out a roll of white parchment, spread it on the table, took out a dipping pen and dipped it in ink, and drew on it. Because of the language and writing barrier between each other, it is very inconvenient to communicate. Jiang Ning didn't believe in the dwarves, and the dwarves didn't believe in their group of elves either. Therefore, it is better to solve the hidden problems that may arise from the beginning rather than to keep arguing in the boring tricks that may arise in the future.

He used pictures on parchment as a substitute for words, drawing what he needed, and after thinking about it, he was a little uneasy, and he deliberately used colored ink to ink, adding bright colors to the monotonous pictures, and also further preventing the so-called loopholes. He ordered the painted parchment scroll to be given to the dwarven Dane, who then spoke telepathically in his head: "Your envoy go back, and please inform your king." We, the Elves of Iswell, have much to offer that you have never thought of or seen. Once the trade relationship between the two sides is confirmed, then you must provide your goods according to the requirements we give, and we will also use wine, spices and other things as bargaining chips between the two sides! ”

Dane unfolded the parchment scroll in his hand and looked at the almost lifelike drawings drawn on it, and through the colors added to it, he could easily understand what the pictures were talking about. It is nothing more than large boulders of varying lengths and widths, as well as blocks of iron, mythril, feathers, etc. As for gold and silver, to be honest, they don't need them at the moment, these things just look good. But for them now, there is not much value at all, what they need most at the moment is all kinds of boulders to build cities, to make arrow feathers, as for the trees they are in the forest is numerous, and in the south of the Fagon Forest there are countless trees. To their east, there is an even larger dark forest!

Dane looked carefully, he looked at the boulder and the iron block, and asked uncertainly, "Your Majesty the Venerable Elven King, I want to ask you if these boulders that are polished according to your requirements are a thousand pieces for a barrel of wine?" Change a spice or two? Jiang Ning smiled in his heart, and he said: "That's right, we don't need your gold, silver, and jewelry, we only need the stone to build the city, of course, the stone that has been carefully polished according to the specifications we provide." In addition to this, we need high-quality iron and mythril, as well as feathers from birds. Other than that, something else, we don't need! ”

Dane's face was a little unpleasant, and he defended, "But your Majesty, the Venerable Elven King, don't you think the content of the deal is a little unfair?" Jiang Ning was surprised and said, "I don't know where your envoy saw the so-called unfairness?" ”

Dane pointed to the exchange column above and said, "A thousand pieces of stone polished according to your requirements can only be exchanged for a barrel of wine, or a spice or two or two of sugar?" Isn't it too harsh to trade conditions? ”

"No, no, no, of course not." Jiang Ning shook his head and raised a finger, "These stones are worthless things, all over the world. Don't talk about the far, let's talk about the close, the misty mountains are full of stones, and it just takes a little time. In fact, the price I gave was fair. Compared to the goods we trade, these are garbage, things that are discarded on the ground and no one will take a second look. Not much value at all! And the sake we produce and the food made with spices, you know how much it is worth yourself. I think the way this trade is done is fair and I don't want to change it. ”

"But..."

Jiang Ning interrupted him, "Your envoy must understand that we don't need to make a deal with you very urgently. The aim is to further deepen our relations with the help of the basis of trade, although we do not have to. But we're still keen to build friendships with the dwarves, and on top of that, I'd like to hire you Dwarves to help us build the city. The payment can be for wine, spices, sugar, soft silk, or sparkling gold, silver, and jewelry! ”

Dann pondered, and after a moment said, "Hire us to build a city for you, and I'm sorry my king didn't authorize me. I need to ask His Majesty the King, as to the trade relations between us, I can say here with certainty that the Dwarves of Durin are willing to enter into friendship and trade relations with the Elves of Isvel. ”

"We are equally pleased to establish friendship and trade relations with the Dwarves of Durin!"

The dwarven messenger then left the King's Tent for the Misty Mountains. He was to tell Turin I about the trade and the Elves' request to hire them to build a city, and whether Durin I agreed or not was not his concern. However, for Jiang Ning, these are not important, he doesn't value these at all, he just wants to build a tall, safe and strong fortress city as soon as possible. Although the trade between the two sides was unfair to the dwarves, they had to spend manpower to mine, polish the boulders, and transport them to the elves. The value of manpower spent during this period is far from the value of a mere barrel of wine, but Jiang Ning doesn't think about this at all, he is an elf king and not a dwarf king. He should consider and focus on the interests of his own people, not the dwarves. And he is not the kind of stupid hat who suffers by himself and makes people make a lot of money, and it has nothing to do with him whether the dwarf suffers or not.