The mercenaries of the merchants were in trouble, and the orcs' weapons were suddenly upgraded, which slowed down the advance speed that they originally had, and even some of the original battle results were recaptured by the orcs, and the mercenaries were too anxious to understand how these stupid big men could make advanced muskets.

Without the advantage of long-range weapons, there is a natural gap in strength, and they are already a little pessimistic at this time, but the huge resources make them not very willing to give up easily.

Three days later, Downing attended a meeting of the merchants, at which they were briefed by the current mercenary leaders, who hoped to increase the amount of hire and motivate the soldiers because of the unfavorable situation of the war, or they threatened to withdraw from the battle.

The merchants were extremely reluctant, because the mercenary expenses were already quite large, and if they continued to increase the mercenary hiring costs, the benefits obtained by the time might be out of balance with the costs of the expenditures, which was the last thing they wanted.

Sending off the mercenaries' high-ranking officers, the merchants exchanged views on the current situation, focusing only on how the orcs could obtain the advanced weapons and whether they needed to invest more.

"Those stupid big men will never be able to make advanced weapons themselves, maybe there are traitors among us, revealing the results of the engineers to each other. ”

"No, making a musket is not just about blueprints, it also requires some advanced forging techniques and equipment, and we have never seen a ship other than mercenaries dock in the port of Blackwater Bay. ”

These merchants knew nothing about the Port of Dawn, and if they knew of the existence of this new port, they would be surprised, Downing thought to himself.

There was no result from this discussion, and the topic switched to another topic, whether it was necessary to increase military spending.

"The huge military spending has invested all the savings accumulated over the years, if I continue to invest, I will face bankruptcy, and the most terrible thing is that we still can't achieve certain results in the end, so I think we should withdraw or negotiate with those orcs. ”

Someone strongly disagreed. "Look, we've invested a lot of money in the military, and we've made some gains in the early stages, if we withdraw now then we'll lose even more, there's no way back from this war, we have to work together, as for negotiating with those stupid slaves, I'd think it's a shame in my life, no one will negotiate with brutes. ”

The second issue quickly got bogged down, with the two sides at loggerheads, and Downing listened to the negotiations, and the time was ripe for him to make his voice heard and add fuel to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's defeat.

He stood up and held out his hand to signal the crowd to be quiet. "Guys, what has been said is right, if we quit then we will suffer more serious losses, and this is the time to grit your teeth and maybe a miracle will happen. ”

"Miracle?" someone mocked. "War is not child's play, miracles cannot be used as an excuse to persevere, it is quite irresponsible, and most people have already spent a lot of wealth, and if it continues, the only result is bankruptcy. ”

Downing looked at the opponents. 'Maybe we should ask for help at this time, and Mr. Solskjaer will give us some monetary help, but of course we need to pay a lot of benefits. ”

The crowd whispered that of course there were Solskjaer men among these orc slave traders, and more than one or two, perhaps most of them were Solskjaer's people, and whether they would consider paying most of the mercenary military expenses in exchange for greater benefits.

"I would propose it to Mr. Solskjaer, but I'm not sure what the outcome will be. "After a long exchange of heads, someone made a sound.

The plan worked, and Downing was overjoyed.

When the news came early the next morning that some businessmen were willing to increase military spending in exchange for more profits, and those businessmen who were unwilling to increase military spending did not have to withdraw, but only needed to reduce a part of the profits that had been divided in advance and give them to those merchants who were willing to provide more military spending.

Of course, those merchants who are willing to increase their military spending are agents of Solskjaer's orc slave trading business, so those increased military spending naturally comes from Solskjaer himself.

Success made Solskjaer pay more for his military expenses, and Downing left the Black Iron Continent under the pretext of returning to the Gold Coast port of the Eternal Continent, and then took the Eastern merchant ship to the Dawn Harbor to transport gems to the Dawn Harbor, where he had to rush to explain something, and the reason why he chose to go this way was to avoid some ears and eyes.

The orcs were trained to operate simple equipment, but most of it was controlled by the dreadnought sailors, and the complex craftsmanship was not something that the orcs were fully capable of.

Inside a tent in Port Dawn, Billy and Hemingway were shocked when they heard an incredible order from Downing.

"Why are you doing this, is there a rift in the alliance between you and the orcs, Chief?" both of them asked the young leader who issued the order.

"Sometimes a premature end of the war is not a good thing for one side or the other, and it is better for us to have a better situation if the war is always balanced and continued. Tang Ning smirked at the sailors outside the tent and some of the selected clever orcs.

Now Solskjaer has increased his investment in the war in exchange for more benefits, once the Orc's offensive is too strong, so that the mercenaries who have increased their investment are still unable to obtain some victories, then Solskjaer will not hesitate to give up everything here and stop the loss in time, but if the Orcs suffer defeat after the mercenaries increase their investment on the one hand, it will make Solskjaer think that there will be gains from increasing investment, and they will naturally continue to invest in order to achieve the purpose of consuming the other party's wealth.

Downing doesn't care about allies, only eternal interests, he needs to consume Solskjaer, whether it is a gem plan or a war plan, it is just to consume a lot of the other party's wealth.

"Well, we'll do as you say. Hemingway and Billy couldn't guess the young man's decision, so they had to do it, and their shared experience had taught them that the young man rarely made mistakes.

Now he had to rush to Blackiron City, and if he looked at the amount of gems stored there, maybe Taylor would be there, he was tired from the long run, revenge was getting more and more complicated, it always required too much energy, maybe he should find more helpers.

The days of waiting were unbearable, it had been a while since I left Black Iron City, and new hives were being built, but the anxious Taylor couldn't wait any longer, and it would take at least a month for these scarabs to form a climate, and he had to think of something else.

"Maybe those pythons are a good target, and animals usually like to collect because they're not interested in these gems or anything like that. "In the darkness, I got up from my bed and secretly came to Hilbert's dwelling, which was a sub-cave, in which everyone now lived.

There was also some faint light, and it seemed that the linguist was not yet asleep, presumably studying some new habits of the bugs, and walked in.

Hilbert put down the hides and pens. "It seems that I am not the only one who lives in the hive and can't sleep, so come and talk to me. He immediately put down the hide and pen in his hand, and did not sleep so late only because he was insecure.

"It looks like you're quite upset with some people. "Taylor has to put Hilbert to his service. "I have a lot of sympathy for what happened to you. ”

Hilbert seemed to have a stomach full of complaints, but the topic was suddenly brought up, so he didn't know how to talk about it. "Perhaps...... Let's change the subject. ”

"Don't worry, I won't tell him. Taylor understood the other party's intention to divert the subject. "What if I had a way to get you out of here early, out of the paladin?"

Always threatened with death, and not even interested in studying the growth of the Zerg in the Yassen wetlands, Hilbert certainly hopes for such an opportunity. "How to do it. ”

The mating period of the python is coming to an end, and at this time the python is extremely aggressive and quite dangerous, and Hilbert follows the girl with trembling legs. "Maybe we should go back, such an adventure is more unacceptable than the paladin's intimidation. ”

"Don't worry, I'll keep you safe. Taylor soothed the pale-faced linguist. "As long as the mission is completed, I will take you away, trust me. ”

It was a bold decision to negotiate terms with these pythons and ask for an inventory of gems and treasures, so that they could complete the mission on time and return to Black Iron City.

Back in front of the huge mating grounds, Taylor asked Hilbert to translate for himself. "I would like to talk to you about some new conditions. ”

The leader of the python appeared again, this time its eyes changed a little, and its green eyes were yellow with a faint red light, which indicated that the other party's aggression had increased.

"You two-limbed creatures are always fickle, and I don't really like to deal with you. The python leader's head swayed around the girl.

"No, all the conditions we talked about before count, and now I will promise you new conditions, and of course you will have to promise me new conditions. Taylor tried to stay as calm as possible.

"Say it. The python leader's gaze was on Hilbert, sniffing at the smell of human flesh.

"You can get a bigger range of movement, but only if you give me any gems or beautiful stones you have in your collection. Taylor made a bold promise to convince the orcs that it would be easier than these pythons, and the larger territory of the Aruvik should allow it.

"Pretty stone ......" The python leader hesitated and stretched out his wide body in front of the girl. "Come on, ride up. ”

The leader of the giant python led the two of them through the mating python group, entered the hole on the other side, and climbed along the hole, there were many skeletons on the ground on the side, from those devoured creatures, which made the scalp tingle.

The cave became huge, some gems were scattered throughout the cave, and the source of the bones could be discerned from the size of the skeleton, and the ogre had also been devoured by these pythons.