"In the decades since then, the strength of the three sides of the human race has begun to fight against each other, attacking our orc alliance separately, but because their forces have been dispersed, the command can not agree to coordinate, naturally we can no longer suppress us as before, so that we can not raise our head, and then gradually our two forces gradually balanced, the two sides have won and lost each other but no one can help the other, plus the perennial melee has made the people of the mainland miserable, and finally due to the heavy losses of the four parties, we signed an armistice agreement with the three sides of the human race."

"We can only recognize each other's territory and status in Harry, and we both promise not to start a war again. In the tenth year of peace on the continent, both sides seemed to be satisfied with each other's promises, and in that year, the human and orc alliances reached a trade agreement, and after a short period of contact, the two sides began to trade a large number of goods, and the humans tasted the sweetness of the cheap raw materials of the orcs, and the orcs also knew that there were still that kind of fine porcelain clothes and all kinds of novelties."

"Neither humans nor us orcs are blocking each other's caravans or civilians from entering each other's territory, and the entire continent was full of peace and tranquility during that time, but ・・・・・・" The old patriarch suddenly paused, and a trace of melancholy gradually appeared on his face.

"But what, Grandpa Patriarch," Ruya asked.

"In fact, in the nearly ten years after the end of the war with humans, our living standards have recovered, at that time we were still living in some large tribes, although there was no luxurious life, but at least we could eat and dress warmly, but since the beginning of trade with humans, the leaders of the big tribes in the orc alliance have been attracted by the exquisite items provided by humans. Confused, began to buy and enjoy, once proud of enjoying human goods to understand human civilization, other leaders also followed suit after seeing it, so our various resources and materials have flowed into the pockets of human beings, and human beings just pay some insignificant luxuries and consumables, and the consequence is that the taxes in the tribe are getting heavier and heavier, everyone needs to do several times more work than usual to barely fill their stomachs, and finally some people can't stand it after a long time, and they start to resist, but after being bloodily suppressed a few times, more people choose to leave, and gradually the entire orc alliance began to fall apart, divided into countless tribes, large and smallAlthough the various tribes are not hostile to each other, they do not have any good feelings, and the most of them are our small tribes."

"Due to a series of reasons such as the small number of people and the lack of combat effectiveness, most of our small tribes do not have good anti-war resources and space, I followed my father to this place, they established the Blackstone Tribe, at that time it was also the most glorious time for our Blackstone Tribe, but the lack of resources made our strength no longer have a trace of growth, and gradually waited until the death of all the fathers, the strength of the entire Blackstone tribe fell to a pitiful level, until now, our entire Blackstone tribe has only one trainee wrestler, and I believe that there must be many situations like ours, hey~・・・”

"Little Ruya, do you have any thoughts after knowing this" The old patriarch sighed, and turned to ask Lu Ya.

"Human ~ this hand is really beautiful, I don't want to let us go" After listening to the words of the old patriarch, Lu Ya suddenly felt enlightened, all kinds of problems that could not be figured out and abnormal were solved before, from these introductions, as long as you are not a fool, you can see that the human side has not given up the coveting of the orcs, from the restrictions on smelting technology, the types of goods traded, the prohibition of the circulation of weapons, and the invasion and corrosion of culture, all of these phenomena are indications, when the orcs are eroded by these series of consequences, When the weakness reaches a certain level, if the human race starts a war again, then it will definitely be a crushing situation, even if the orcs react and want to resist, but the weak orcs can no longer stop the sharp blades of the human beings.

"That's right, human beings have always been wolf ambitions, and they have never given up the war against us, but this war has no screams and blood, but it is much more cruel than the effect of real swords and real guns" The old patriarch's eyes were a little dim.

"Isn't it possible that the entire orc clan can't understand it for so many years, it's impossible?" Luya asked.

"When people are not, when everyone has fled the alliance and formed their own tribes, there are already people who are aware of the direction and consequences of the development of the situation, but the wood is already in the boat, it is difficult to complete it if you want to redeem it, and even if you know the plan of the human race, we have no good way to stop it, take the smelting technology as an example, we don't know how much behind the human race, if we can have the water of the human race, and make those sharp and strong weapons and armor, then the human race will never be our opponent on the battlefield, and the human race is also well aware of this, so they are extremely strict with us in terms of smelting weapons”

"Then why did I hear that we would sell cheap iron ore to humans," Ruya remembered that House had said that some of the iron ore was bought by humans, so he couldn't help but ask.

After hearing this, the old patriarch smiled bitterly and then said, "This is also a matter of no way, the same batch of iron ore human beings can make more and better iron products and weapons than us, and sell them to us at a relatively low price, which is really impossible for us to refuse, so there is no prohibition on selling iron ore like humans." ”

"But I didn't see anyone selling iron weapons in large quantities in the bazaar, more of our own weapons, presumably bronze," Ruya said.

"Yes, most of the iron weapons sold to us by human beings are monopolized by those big tribes, and they can be circulated very limited, our small tribes, generally have a good batch of bronze weapons, and because the iron-making technology is too poor, the iron products that are smelted are not as strong and difficult to use as bronze products, so even those inferior iron products sold to us by humans are the objects of competition for all the big tribes, and it is not our turn to be small tribes at all. After speaking, the old patriarch pondered for a moment and then said.

"So, Xiao Lua, you can smelt iron products is an extremely important thing for the tribe and the entire orc race, I have seen the spearhead made of the 'iron' method, the smelting water of that spearhead has exceeded the quality of the kind of weapons that humans sold to us in large quantities, and you also said that you can also make better quality steel, if it is really successful, it is very likely to change the status quo of our entire orc race, do you understand" The old patriarch was a little excited.

"I understand the patriarch grandpa, but I'm just saying that it's possible now, I'm not 100% sure, and even if it succeeds, it's definitely not as simple as I imagined. Lu Ya understands the meaning of this technology, but there are and have, and will and will be the same thing at all, things are definitely not as simple as he thinks, if he makes a big leap forward in this other world with great fanfare, it is estimated that he will be slapped on the wall as soon as he emerges and can't be picked off, and it is entirely possible for humans to attack at the first time to stop the development of the orcs, and then he will become a sinner of the entire orcs, so this matter must be carefully planned and not rushed.

"Well, grandpa understands, and grandpa is also old, when you come back from Jushicheng, grandpa will give you the position of patriarch, grandpa knows that you will definitely do countless times better than grandpa," said the old patriarch, his eyes were a little moist.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I will never let you and everyone suffer in the future, I will also do my best to help the orc clan, you see, we don't have to worry about food this winter, and our current strength, no one in the small tribe is our opponent, by the way, have you dealt with those captives of the Qishui tribe" comforted the old patriarch and asked about those captives.

"Well, those captives have signed a slave contract, this is the contract scroll, you can take it. As he spoke, the old patriarch took out a gray-brown leather scroll from his bosom and placed it in Lu Ya's hand.

This scroll is a slave contract, and the person holding the contract is the master of the contractor, and he cannot resist, otherwise he will die faster if he is eaten by the contract.

After saying goodbye to the old patriarch, Lu Ya returned to his residence, lying on the bed, Lu Ya first thought about the form of the whole continent, and then found that he really couldn't find a clue, so he began to recall the memories of smelting steel that he had seen before, and fell asleep unconsciously・・・・・・