Chapter 22: The Crisis of Development
Before they had been in the day before, the orc representatives who had come to the canyon to investigate the situation hurried back to clarify the situation. After all, Zhou Tian's living conditions here were much better than they imagined, and according to Zhou Tian's attitude, to those orc representatives, it seemed that they didn't really need manpower. And according to the situation at the time, if their reaction had been a little slower, maybe they wouldn't have accepted people there on Sunday.
Therefore, after inspecting the situation and confirming that there was no problem there on Sunday and that it was suitable for them to move, those orc representatives at that time naturally hoped that the villagers in their village could move over to live.
And I believe that as long as those orc representatives truthfully tell the villagers in their own village what they saw and heard there on Sunday, then there should be very few villagers who believe that they will not be impressed. As for whether those orc representatives will truthfully explain the situation, this is beyond Zhou Tian's control.
Anyway, in Zhou Tian's opinion, although at this time, he really wants to move more orcs to work under him. But this doesn't mean that he needs to ask those orcs to help him, anyway, the orc empire is not short of anything else or labor, and if these orcs really refuse to cooperate at the moment, then he will have to change to other orcs to cooperate at that time.
Therefore, Zhou Tian, who should show those orc representatives, will show them, and now those orc representatives already know about his situation. What the orcs do next is up to them.
It's just that Zhou Tian didn't expect that he just did what he thought should be done, and he didn't have too much hope for those orcs to relocate, but when he didn't think about how many orcs would move into the canyon where he was, the performance of those orcs gave him a surprise.
"How much do you say?"
"There are more than 12,000 orcs who want to move into the canyon, and now they are already rushing towards us, and nearly a thousand orcs have even reached the mouth of the canyon. Parker was also taken aback by the current situation, although he knew how tempting it was to work under Zhou Tian, but he didn't expect to attract so many people at once. After all, he and Lao Niu had also counted the wishes of those orcs before, and the orcs who wanted to move into the canyon at that time were far less than there are now.
It can be said that the orcs who were interested in relocating in Parker's statistics before only included those orcs who had difficulties in life and wanted to beg for food under Zhou Tian. Now, after those orc representatives inspected Zhou Tian's situation, it had directly attracted almost half of the nearby villages to come to take refuge, if these more than 10,000 orcs really all entered Zhou Tian's factory, then Zhou Tian would directly become the largest force in the vicinity except for those cities.
I believe that if none of those orc nobles paid attention to Zhou Tian at the beginning, once the number of orcs under Zhou Tian reached that point, it is estimated that they would no longer be able to ignore Zhou Tian.
It's just that......
At present, he knew what the consequences would be if he took these orcs, but whether it was Zhou Tian or Parker, it was impossible to regret it at this time.
Zhou Tian is bent on expanding his business, and with so many cheap laborers taking the initiative to send him to the door, he has no possibility of refusing. And Parker's words, but they couldn't bear to refuse those orcs to join, after all, they knew what kind of life those orcs were living outside, and they were living well under Zhou Tian's men, if they blocked other orcs from coming to live a good life because of some scruples, such a thing was something like Parker and their orcs couldn't do.
"Forget it, don't worry about that. "Since they can't sit idly by and watch those fellow people live a hard life, then at this time, Parker and the others can only choose to ignore those troubles.
As for Zhou Tian's words, he was the only one who didn't hesitate. After all, for Zhou Tian, expanding his business is the most important thing, as for the possible actions of those orc nobles, it is estimated that Zhou Tian did not consider it at all, after all, in his opinion, he did not have much conflict with those orc nobles, and without considering what his current actions meant to those orc nobles, he would not have thought that he would attract the hostility of those orc nobles because of his actions.
As a result, Zhou Tian did not realize the seriousness of the matter at all, and Parker and the others could not say anything against it. In such a daze, Zhou Tian directly made the decision to include all the orcs.
That's it, with Zhou Tian's decision, the whole canyon was lively at that moment.
Because the scale of the factory is not very large, and there are not many orcs who can make clothes and work at the moment. In this way, while letting those orcs learn how to work on Sunday, they are organizing those orcs and preparing to build the infrastructure in the canyon.
With so many people added at once, and the buildings in the canyon themselves were not perfect, it took a lot of manpower and time to build a house alone. Secondly, although Zhou Tian didn't think that those orc nobles would deal with him, after experiencing the invasion of the Thirteen Wolf Riders before, he no longer had any hope for the environment of the Orc Empire.
Therefore, in order to resist the possible invasion of bandits, Zhou Tian chose that canyon but was going to build it into a fortress that outsiders could not attack. And in that case, when there was a shortage of manpower under his command before, Zhou Tian had no arrangements. Now that he has so much more labor in his hands, Zhou Tian directly built a city wall at the mouth of that canyon.
I believe that if there is no accident, just wait for Zhou Tian to build that city wall, then the defense of his base will be considered to be formed. It's hard to say whether he can withstand all the disasters in the future, but it is absolutely impossible for a bandit gang like before to threaten his safety.
It's just that Zhou Tian's actions at that time seemed to him to be a normal move, but from the outsider's point of view, they all showed that Zhou Tian had the mind of 'not being subordinate'. And for a merchant like Zhou Tian, those orc nobles couldn't tolerate their existence.
There was no action before, it was nothing more than a lack of understanding of Zhou Tian's background, thinking that Zhou Tian could take out so much salt, and he must be backed by a large force. Before they were sure that they would take Zhou Tian down in one fell swoop, even if they were greedy for the profits of Zhou Tian's business, those orc nobles only thought about sharing a profit but did not think about swallowing Zhou Tian's business entirely.
But the fact that they didn't take action before didn't mean that those orc nobles didn't want to deal with Zhou Tian, and Zhou Tian's own actions had already posed a threat to them. At the same time, when it is possible to make a lot of profits by taking Zhou Tian, some orc nobles did not act, but some orc nobles couldn't help but take action.
Of course, if you directly send troops to deal with Zhou Tian like this, it will not be a difficult thing for those orc nobles. But no matter how much they covet the profits of Sunday's business, they won't do it easily.
First of all, the really powerful nobles will definitely not do this kind of cheap thing, although they will occupy most of the benefits of success in the end, but from the beginning to the end, they will definitely not interfere in this matter.
Therefore, when Zhou Tian's actions stimulated those orc nobles and gave them the mind to deal with him, it was still only a group of small nobles who were really ready to do it. Moreover, even those little nobles who were ready to deal with Zhou Tian at that time did not immediately rush to deal with him, but used some small means in advance to test his reaction.
If Zhou Tian really has a stake behind him, I believe that in the face of the threat that will come, it is absolutely impossible for that force not to move at all. And if something is wrong, those orc nobles can also avoid offending the 'people' who shouldn't be offended.
Secondly, now that Zhou Tian's men have gathered a lot of orcs, if they deal with him directly, they will need to fight against more than 10,000 orcs in one fell swoop. In the face of such a force, although the big nobles of the Orc Empire did not pay attention to it, those small nobles in the countryside did not have the confidence to defeat that force 100%.
Therefore, whether it was to test or weaken Zhou Tian's strength, when deciding to deal with him, some orc nobles directly released some news that was unfavorable to him.
It's just that although the actions of those orc nobles at that time had a certain effect, but also because of their actions, it made Zhou Tian, who was originally defenseless against them at all, get the news one step ahead.