Chapter 101: The Shepherd
"Your Excellency, you're welcome, the reason why I came here last time was just to reach an agreement between us, and there is nothing to thank you for. And this time I came here in accordance with the promise made last time, I invited one of the elders of our clan to come, if it is convenient, I wonder if your Excellency can tell us the location of the greenery and the types of trees we need to plant, so that the plants we plant are not as good as your lord's wishes, and then it will attract the displeasure of our elders. After a moment of politeness, the elf also told the reason for his visit, although he did not say it explicitly, but his intention was completely revealed.
Although Zhou Tian did not understand the character of the herdsmen, he had also heard of it, and according to legend, those herdsmen only cared about the green area of the mainland, and whoever asked them to plant trees, these herdsmen had a good impression of whom. If anyone dares to cut down trees, it is better not to cut them down in front of them, but once they cut down trees in front of those shepherds, then there will inevitably be a battle.
After all, tree herders are transformed from ancient trees, and cutting down trees is like killing their own descendants, and it is impossible for them to remain silent in the face of that situation unless they are forced to do so.
Undoubtedly, since Zhou Tian knew that he had the opportunity to get help from the shepherds, he must have learned about them. And according to Zhou Tian's previous investigation, he knew what the elf was worried about.
Zhou Tian is going to green his own territory, even if it is just at both ends of Yunhe, it is an excellent thing. After all, the reason why the Elven Empire and the Orc Empire are at odds is not because of the greening problem, now Zhou Tian can take the initiative to green his territory, and they do not need to use war to achieve their goals at the same time, which is definitely a good thing for those elves at that time.
But no matter what Zhou Tian's actions at that time meant to those elves, to those elves, Zhou Tian could only be regarded as an outsider. After all, in any case, Zhou Tian's territory was in the Orc Empire, and Zhou Tian's title of nobleman was also awarded by Emperor Bimeng himself.
In this way, it is best for Zhou Tian to be willing to green his territory at the moment, but if it is because Zhou Tian is dissatisfied with some aspects after they have greened, or even directly cut down trees, then it is estimated that there will be a conflict with the herdsmen. And once that kind of thing really happens, the relationship between the elven clan and Zhou Tian itself is quite good, and it is estimated that it will inevitably come to an end by then.
Being able to find a way to 'coexist' with foreign races through Zhou Tian may not be the overall decision of the elves, but it must have become a part of the elves' idea, and according to the situation at that time, Zhou Tian's importance to the elves was also reflected, if it was not necessary, those elves would definitely not want to conflict with it.
Zhou Tian also knew about the situation of the tree herdsman, and he understood the reason why the elf had found him now. He didn't have anything to be angry about this, don't say that the other party didn't have any malicious intent, just say that according to the 'value' of the elf and the shepherd in front of him, as long as it doesn't touch its bottom line, then Zhou Tian will never take the initiative to fight with them.
So after understanding the meaning of the elf, Zhou Tian immediately replied with a smile at that time: "My plan is to plant fruit trees on both sides of the canal I dug myself, do you have peach trees?" To be honest, Zhou Tian really doesn't know much about the plants in the world now, although most of the well-known medicinal materials on the earth Zhou Tian has also been found in the world now, but whether there are plants on the earth and the world now, it is impossible to say the result.
But fortunately, other plants don't know, at least for now, peach trees still exist in that world. As a result, after listening to Zhou Tian's words, the elf replied directly without thinking about it: "Is the peach tree you are referring to the most favorite fruit tree for monkeys?"
"Monkeys do like to eat peaches, but I can't be sure if the tree you're talking about is a peach tree. However, knowing that it is a fruit, and the flowers are beautiful, it is no problem to be considered a peach tree if you attach these two points. "I haven't seen the real thing, and Zhou Tian can't be 100% sure that the peach trees in this world are exactly the same as the peach trees on the earth. However, Zhou Tian didn't think about planting peach trees, as long as the conditions were similar, Zhou Tian didn't mind the tree herdsman playing freely.
Obviously, Zhou Tian's request was within the range of the elf's acceptance, and at least he didn't think Zhou Tian's request at that time was very difficult. Therefore, after listening to Zhou Tian's words, the elf nodded and replied directly to him: "If there is only this request, then there should be no accidents this time." I just don't know if you're interested in going over to see the Elder Shepherd, after all, this kind of scene is rare!"
"Of course I am. Not to mention that Zhou Tian still wanted to get acquainted with the shepherd, but what the other party was doing now had a lot of attraction to Zhou Tian. So after listening to the elf's words at that time, Zhou Tian hurriedly gave the other party an affirmative answer in the first time.
"So, then let me come!" Zhou Tian had the heart to watch the pastoral tree, and the elf did not refuse, and after listening to his words, he turned around and led Zhou **** out of his territory.
"The Elder has not yet entered your territory, after all, your territory belongs to the Orc Empire, and our relationship with the Orc Empire is not very good. Although the strength of the elders is not weak, in order to prevent accidents, we do not dare to let the elders easily put themselves in danger without your consent, so please forgive me for this. First he apologized, and then the elf told the reason why the shepherd had not entered Zhou Tian's territory as he walked in the direction of his empire.
Zhou Tian also expressed his understanding of this, after all, the 'birth' of a tree herdsman is indeed not easy, and even in the Elven Empire, it is difficult to guarantee that a tree can grow for thousands of years. In order to convert ancient trees into herders, not only does the number of herders limit the growth of their population, but also the difficulty of finding suitable trees.
And according to the way the shepherds 'reproduce', the number of their tribe is destined to be impossible. If it weren't for the shepherds, who generally didn't participate in battles, and their existence was fully protected by the elves, it is estimated that those creatures that were the most difficult to reproduce and whose strength was not as strong as dragons would have been eliminated by 'humans' in what era.
In this way, although the shepherds have a very high status in most of the elves because of their particularity, as long as they awaken enough abilities, they can become the foreign elders of the elves, but because of their particularity, they usually act carefully, which is originally a thing that should be done.
Therefore, since Zhou Tian understands the particularity of the shepherd, he also understands the other party's arrangement.
In the end, in the process of Zhou Tian constantly trying to get closer to the relationship between himself and the elf, he unconsciously followed the other party into the elf empire and came to a big tree with five people hugging.
"Elder, I have brought the man, and if it is convenient for you, you can now go with him to the bush. In Zhou Tian's puzzled eyes, the elf who walked in front of the ancient tree suddenly stopped, and then patted the ancient tree and said something that surprised Zhou Tian.
"This is the tree herdsman?" At first, Zhou Tian may not have thought that the ancient tree was a tree herdsman, but now that the elf has said something like that, if Zhou Tian still can't think of the identity of the other party, then he will inevitably be too stupid.
And as the elf's words fell, an ancient tree that originally looked ordinary changed at that time. I saw that there were suddenly two more holes in the stem of the ancient tree, and then a hole was cracked in the top of the stump, and I saw the ancient tree 'climbing' from the ground, waving the branches on its body and saying, "Are you coming?" But let me wait for a long time, and if you don't come back, I will fall asleep again." ”
"Elder, this is the baron lord I mentioned to you, although he is a nobleman of the Orc Empire, he is a human race himself. And he was very supportive of us planting trees, so this ......"
"Got it, got it, you can do whatever you want, it's always okay!" While waving his branch impatiently, the ancient tree walked in the direction of Zhou Tian's territory with a pair of 'small' short legs composed of tree roots.
"Old and young, it seems that this world is no exception!" Looking at the performance of the shepherd while walking, and then looking at the elf's constant prompting behavior, Zhou Tian sympathized with the elf at the same time, and also had a little idea of some of the current character of the shepherd.
Although he knew that the shepherd could not really be as easy to coax as a child, it was not difficult to see from the other party's current actions that the shepherd was not as difficult to deal with as he imagined. As long as Zhou Tian doesn't anger the other party, then he can find out the other party's character, and maybe he will really have a chance to make friends with him.
With the same thought at that time, when the elf and the tree herder were heading towards their territory, Zhou Tianer hurriedly chased after him without saying a word.