"Xu Yi, in fact, even if you don't have to compensate as much as five hundred gold coins, the patriarch can only agree to your conditions in the end. On the return carriage, Master Lanu suddenly sighed and said to Xu Yi.

"Oh, how do you say that?" Xu Yi asked rhetorically.

"Don't you see? The living conditions in the tribe are already quite difficult. Master Lanu smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Actually, I have long ago asked the patriarch to let more people wander into your human world, and with the forging skills of our dwarves, it is very likely that the lives of the clansmen will be greatly improved. ”

"This is very good, why didn't Patriarch Sluka agree?" Xu Yi asked curiously.

Master Lanu glanced at Xu Yi, hesitated for a moment, and replied, "Because our dwarves have been deceived by you humans too many times before, the patriarch doesn't trust humans at all. ”

This time, it was replaced by Xu Yi with a wry smile.

"Then why did the patriarch agree again this time? Isn't he afraid that I am also lying to him?"

"Because there's no way around it anymore. Master Lanu said helplessly. "Now the Sainz continent has been completely ruled by you humans, and almost all the resource-rich places are occupied by humans, whether it is us dwarves, elves, or even those strong orcs, they can only stay away from you humans, and find a place that has not been occupied by you humans for the time being. However, the resources in these places are not abundant in the first place, and we are not as creative as you humans, so that the living conditions of our people are getting worse and worse, and the number of people is getting smaller and smaller. When I was young, there were more than 1,000 dwarves in our tribe, but now there are only about 500 left. ”

"When you were a child?" Xu Yi looked at Lanu, thinking that the lifespan of the dwarf race was much longer than that of humans, and the childhood in Master Lanu's mouth was only hundreds of years ago.

Master Lanu didn't pay attention to what Xu Yi was thinking, and continued: "Just last year, three more old people in the clan died, but not even a baby was born, so the entire tribe lost three more people. The patriarch knew that if this continued, our entire tribe might gradually disappear. But there is no way, we dwarves are powerless to fight against humans on the Sainz continent, and we can't start a war with humans to regain the resources on the continent like thousands of years ago. But how easy it is to assimilate into the human race, and you may not know how much I have suffered to survive in Bonta City, and even almost gave up my life. ”

Xu Yi looked at Master Lanu silently and nodded slightly.

Although I don't know exactly what happened, I can know just by imagining how hard it will take for a different race like Master Lanu to completely integrate into the human city and survive smoothly.

"This time, the patriarch is actually not ready to agree to you directly pulling so many prime-aged laborers from the clan, but there is no way, the conditions you put forward are too generous. Not to mention anything else, just if you take out five hundred gold coins at once, you can help the clan solve many problems that must be solved. What's more, you also promised to pay those hired clansmen a reward of up to eight gold coins a month, with which the families of those clansmen at least have no need to worry about their future lives. Say, how can the patriarch refuse such a condition?"

Xu Yi pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "Is it true that the life of the dwarves has reached such a difficult stage? Why does the patriarch believe me? Isn't he afraid that I am also lying to him?"

"Don't you understand, even if you're lying to him, the five hundred gold coins you took out are genuine. Master Lanu rolled his eyes and said. "Besides, you're the one I brought with you. Although I have not been in contact with you for a long time, I can see that you are not a false liar by living in the human race for so long, at least you are seriously fulfilling what you say. With that, I think it's worth trusting you for once. ”

Xu Yi touched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "It turns out that I am such a trustworthy person." ”

Master Lanu glanced at Xu Yi angrily: "Don't be too happy too early, you kid, it depends on how you treat my people at that time." I sue you, if you lie to them at that time, I will give you a good look even if I fight for this old life!"

Xu Yi waved his hand again and again: "How can that be." Master Lanu, you and your people are my precious bumps, and it's too late for me to take care of them, so how can I lie to you. I tell you the truth, Master Lanu, the work that you and your people are about to carry out will become the most important work that will change the entire Sainz continent, and it is very likely that you dwarves will write a strong mark on the history of the entire Sainz continent in the future. When the time comes, you will be the experts that the entire continent needs to admire, and you still need to worry about the most basic problems of life?"

Master Lanu's eyes widened: "Don't say nice things about you, kid! I don't care about anything that changes the entire continent and is written into history." Now my main concern is, where is the house you promised to build for my people?"

Xu Yi laughed, thinking that it was unrealistic for Master Lanu to believe that these were now.

But he was sure that as long as the progress continued, Master Lanu and his people would become the most important driving force in changing the history of the Sainz continent.

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When he returned to Bonta City after a three-day absence, it was already the beginning of the nightlight, and when he entered the city, Master Lanu explained a few words to Xu Yi, and jumped out of the carriage and left.

Xu Yi instructed the coachman to take him back to the rented house, and as soon as he jumped out of the carriage, he found that there was a person sitting in front of the door, and he was still a little familiar from the figure.

Taking a closer look, Xu Yi couldn't help but be stunned.

"Steele, what are you doing sitting in front of my house so late?"

Steele was holding his legs and burying his head between them, and after hearing Xu Yi's voice, he slowly raised his head.

After seeing her face clearly, Xu Yi was startled.

Under the reflection of the light, Steele's face was very pale, his face was much thinner, his face completely lost his previous youthful beauty, and his big eyes barely had any figure, and the whole person seemed to have collapsed.

"Hey, Steele, what's going on?" Xu Yi squatted down worriedly, looked into Steele's eyes, and asked in a deep voice.

Steele opened his mouth, but didn't spit out half a word, and after a long moment, he slowly shook his head.

Xu Yi frowned, and he didn't care so much, so he helped Steele up, opened the door, and entered the house.

As soon as she entered the house, the lights immediately lit up in Vivien's bedroom, and Vivian's timid voice rang out.

"Yes...... Who?"

"It's me! You go back to sleep, you don't have to get up. Xu Yi responded, helped Steele sit down on the stool, turned around and poured her a glass of boiling water, sat down opposite her again, paused, and asked softly: "Steele, sue me, what happened?" isn't it...... By...... Bullied?"

Steele suddenly showed a wry smile, glanced at Xu Yi, picked up the teacup on the table and poured it vigorously.

Because he drank too quickly, he choked and coughed violently.

Xu Yi frowned deeply.

Although he didn't know much about girls, judging from Steele's current appearance, she must have been hit hard, otherwise she would never be like this if she was usually such a lively and playful young girl.

"Steele, isn't it...... Didn't the gift go?" Xu Yi asked guessingly.

The last time I saw Steele was when Steele came to him at night and said that he wanted to thank him, but then he was angry with Xu Yi's "You are still a child".

However, in a previous conversation, Steele had said that the piano model she asked Xu Yi to help make Zuò had been completed, and the birthday of the person she liked was approaching, and she would go to Anwemar City, the royal capital of the Lampari Kingdom, for the next period of time, and give the gift to that person herself.

Now, a few days later, Steele has come back with such a lost appearance, so it is very likely that this is the problem.

Hearing Xu Yi's question, Steele put down the teacup, looked at Xu Yi in a daze for a while, and suddenly asked, "Xu Yi, you say, am I a child?"

Xu Yi was stunned, could it be that Steele still minded what he said last time?

But she doesn't look like her.

Xu Yi thought about it seriously, but he didn't know how to answer.

Now it is clear that Steele's mental condition is not very stable, and if he answers incorrectly, it is very likely that there will be some unpredictable consequences.

"This ...... It depends on which way it is said. From my point of view, you ......"

"Well, needless to say, you're right, I'm a kid! a ridiculously stupid kid!" said Steele suddenly raising his voice.

"Why do you say that?" Xu Yi asked with a frown.

"If I'm not a naïve kid who doesn't understand anything, how can I like that kind of scum!" Steele suddenly scolded viciously.