Jiang Ning's words made the dwarves very stunned, and then anger, only to hear the dwarf at the head hum and say, "Elf, are you threatening our Dwarves in Dulin?" ”

"Threat?" Jiang Ning said, "No, no, no, friends! He spread his palms, "You are the children of Olli, and we Isvel elves have learned blacksmithing and other skills from Olli, and I myself have been blessed by him, so naturally I will not be enemies of the dwarves for no reason." He laughed, "Since you are not an enemy, how can you threaten it?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a dwarf with brown-red hair jumped to his feet and said, "No, you just said that there will be a calamity for our clan." You're not a threat, and what's that? ”

Jiang Ning was speechless, he felt for the first time that these dwarves were all elm heads. Just this kind of goods, and still be regarded as an envoy? It's not big enough, is it? His expression was cold for a moment, "You don't understand the words, do you?" If, as you say, I am threatening you, what are you going to do? The tone was not good, and the cold gaze kicked on the red hair with a short figure. The aristocratic officials and guards standing in the king's tent put their hands on the hilt of their swords at their waists, and for a time the slaughter was pervasive.

The dwarves were visibly nervous, and they instinctively tried to touch their weapons, but the dwarves at the head stopped them. looked at Jiang Ning with full and deep meaning, which made Jiang Ning almost have an illusion, the dwarf in front of him seemed to be a wise man, not a vulgar reckless man. But then, I was relieved. Whether the dwarves are vulgar or not, whether they are elm heads or not, the king of a clan cannot be so foolish as to send people who do not understand anything and ignore any etiquette to be diplomatic envoys, after all, diplomacy is no small matter. The same applies to Middle-earth!

"Honorable Elven King, we have made your purpose clear, and I will present it to the king of my clan." "As for the matter of the Alliance," he said, "the stakes are high, and our king did not authorize me to do so when I came. Therefore, the final result is still up to the king to judge. His words made Jiang Ning can't help but smile at him, in this way, it turns out that this guy's call just now was completely deliberate, the purpose was to test his purpose and ask him if he had any intentions for their dwarves. Jiang Ning looked at him appreciatively, feeling that he was underestimating others, and at the same time told himself that he should never underestimate anyone, even if this person is a weak person in your eyes.

"I'm looking forward to your king's reply!"

The dwarf spoke again and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty the Elven King, I have something I want to ask you!" Jiang Ning nodded, and the dwarf continued, "If the alliance doesn't work out, can our clan establish trade with you?" Jiang Ning thought for a moment, and then spoke, "Of course this is okay, my clan is the best in any achievement, far surpassing Tongji!" We have learned a lot of knowledge from Verana, and we have innovated on this knowledge to create our own knowledge and our own civilization! Whether it is blacksmithing, gem cutting, culture, art, medicine, martial arts, agriculture, commerce, planting, war horses and other military items, we have quite strong confidence in these. He proudly said, "Although you dwarves have been gifted with a talent for forging by Olli, we High Elves are no worse! ”

"We dwarves have also mastered quite strong skills!" The leading dwarf said unadmittedly. Jiang Ning didn't help, and then he said, "By the way, there is one more thing that the noble envoy has passed on to your king!" ”

"What's the matter?"

Jiang Ning said: "You can also see, we are building a city!" However, the population of our race is not as multiply as yours, and although we are strong and strong, we cannot disobey the multiplication of our race! Therefore, I want to hire you and help us build the city. How about mining the stone according to the drawings we gave and polishing it into the finished product we need? ”

The dwarf was slightly silent, and then said, "If our trade relations are established, I think His Majesty will be happy to help you." I wonder what you can offer when the time comes. ”

"Spices, sugar, wine, food, gold, jewelry, etc., we can provide it." With a slight pause, "Except for weapons!" ”

The dwarf didn't expect this group of elves to have so many good things, and he said temptingly, "You have a lot of these things?" Can it be provided consistently and stably? ”

"That's right!" Jiang Ning gave an affirmative answer to this point.

In fact, when I chose to return to the east, those twenty days were not in vain. They have a lot of all kinds of materials, whether it is for food and clothing, or copper, iron, steel, mythril and other metals, or war horses and other resources. Jiangning has a lot of reserves, and the amount is very large. Moreover, this is still a reserve belonging to the "treasury", and it is not counting the things brought by other people, if you count the materials carried by the people. This quantity and value is unimaginable and difficult to estimate.

The dwarves saluted with their courtesy and said, "Honorable Elven King, please wait a while. We will now return to our king and pray that we can establish peaceful and friendly relations and trade relations. ”

"I'm looking forward to it!"

After the dwarves left, Hassan looked at the dwarves' departing backs and asked puzzledly, "Your Majesty, why do you want to give these elm heads such favorable conditions?" We are stronger than them, and whether they allow it or not, it is a fait accompli that we build our homeland. They can't refuse, and they categorically don't dare to refuse! ”

"yes!" Jiang Ning looked at the busy construction site, everyone was working hard to build the city, "We are stronger than them, so what?" He looked at the latter, "Hassan, we are here to live. It was to fight the dark forces of Morgoth, not to make enemies for himself. Although we can easily defeat the dwarves and even enslave them. But so what? In the event of a war, we will win, but there will also be deaths, and our people are very precious. We must not die in a senseless war, I want my people to live here in peace and security, and in the future we will go to a new world, not die here in vain. ”

"Will the Dwarves of Durin ally with us?" Hassan said suspiciously, "Your Majesty, what you just said about the disaster of the dwarves is a threat to them?" Or scare them? ”

"No, that's the real thing." Jiang Ning looked at the sky with a faint gaze, as if he had seen through fate, "In the future, these Dulin dwarves will indeed have a big catastrophe. The only chance of life is ours, and if they choose to form an alliance, they may be able to avoid this crisis. But if I reject the alliance, then I won't save them when they face catastrophe. ”

"You foresaw the future?" Hasan was full of excitement, and Jiang Ning nodded in acknowledgment under his expectant gaze. Immediately, Hassan's excited inquiry, "Your Majesty, what is the future of our clan?" ”

"I don't know!"

Hassan was confused, "Don't know? ”

Jiang Ning smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "The future of our clan is shrouded in a fog, I don't know how it is. However, the future of our people is full of uncertainties, that is to say, there are countless possibilities. However, it depends on our choices and choices! Maybe if we are not careful, our race will decline, and maybe it will soar into the sky. "The future is not static, and no one knows how. However, I am very clear and sure that the way out and prosperity of my people is not in Amen Continent, not in Middle-earth! ”

"Where is that?"

Jiang Ning smiled mysteriously and pointed at the location of the blue sky and white clouds, and Hasan looked up, except for the endless sky and white clouds. It was the sun that released and showed its endless light and heat to the world, and he muttered, "The sun? ”

The words are divided into two ends, and the envoy of the Durin dwarves returns to Moria, and meets the founder of the Durin clan and the founder of Moria, who is known as Dulin I. He sat on a throne carved out of a boulder, faced his envoy, and said, "Dane, what happened?" What is the purpose of those elves? Is there a threat to our people? ”

Dane told the truth, "Your Majesty, the elves are a great threat to us. Durin I sat precariously with a serious face, "They covet us?" The latter replied, "Not yet, this group of elves is different from the elves we have encountered." They call themselves the High Elves, and Isvel is their clan name! They are tall, fair-skinned, and highly civilized. Not inferior to us at all, or even surpassing us in the forging of weapons, they are digging deep foundations in the delta forest area at the foot of the mountain, mining boulders in the misty mountains to build cities. Their stance of settling here is clear and they will not back down for any reason. If our people are at war with them, I am afraid we will not be a match for these elves. ”

"They came from the legendary Immortal Lands? Is it the legendary elves who moved west to the Immortal Lands and then returned here again? Same with the elves of the West? Durin I asked.

"That's right!"

"Then what good news did you bring with you on your trip?" Durin I frowned in displeasure. The latter immediately replied, "Your Majesty, at least the Elves of Isvel have been kind to us, and the Elven King has shown no ill will towards us when he says that their blacksmithing skills have been learned from Mahal (Ori, as the name is called in the dwarven language). On the contrary, the Elven King wants to ally with us, and even establish trade relations, and they can offer many things that we do not have. ”

The latter was not the slightest interested in the previous sentence, and he said with great interest, "Forget the alliance, they live theirs, and we live ours." As for trade relations, of course. Let's talk about it, what good things do these high elves have? ”