Chapter 176: Balance of Interests
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Executive Cicero Aurus learns of the underground gnomes' plans to rebuild their homeland through spies embedded within the allies - cunning arms dealers keep secrets from the outside world but not at all - and learns that they have given some of their resources to sign an "alliance under the city" against the human spellcasters who come to the door.
Later, the news that Bretton Rock City had rekindled its flames and came to life appeared in front of the members of the Mage Council, spreading to several other dungeons at an alarming speed.
The underground gnomes move too fast, not only disintegrating the invading enemy's fighting spirit, but also turning the opponent into a friend, a series of dazzling political maneuvers, dramatically opening the way home.
It's too late for anyone to stop it, so instead of pulling back at this time, it's better to think about how to share the benefits in it.
Whether it's the additional trade objects that are conducive to boosting the market, or the Seven Cities Alliance's territory has expanded dramatically, and there is an additional little brother to join, there are countless benefits hidden in it.
This week's Executive, Cicero Aurus, proposes to send a large armed caravan with all kinds of weapons and equipment, as well as profitable construction machinery, and even the caravan itself can be converted into a garrison on the spot to participate in the defense of Breton Rock City, and provide assistance in the defense of Breton Rocks.
Some members of the Mage Council were outraged that the Enforcer was leading the matter, and if they didn't have their share of the armed caravan, they would rather halt the lucrative business in the middle of the process.
Quarrelling, haggling, tearing off the masks of the warmth and affection of the mage councilors, revealing the true face of despicability, but it is a matter of sharing the interests of their own faction, and no one is willing to take a step back.
Even Seville, the respected Speaker and the prophetic mage with the title of Eye of Palladianum, was forced to get involved, and of course their share would certainly be guaranteed, and the others would compete for a headache from the caravan leader to each member's faction.
When Svernebri sent the first wave of aid, the Council of Mages, who had learned of the situation, immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and that precious time could not be wasted.
The executive Cicero Aurus chose to back down temporarily at the Speaker's motion, and with this good start, the other mage councilors, in order to save their own face, but also to preempt the help of the underground gnomes, quickly put the caravan together and set off, and everyone became humble gentlemen, and began to be extremely hypocritical and courteous and praise each other.
Not long after, a group of 200 professional warriors and 20 mage apprentices, aboard thirty Lothmon heavy carts, left the Palladium dungeon and headed for Breton Rock.
They were fast, led by wanderers who knew the terrain, and they got ahead of the underground gnomes and reached their destination first.
However, the mummified guards roaming the wilderness outside Breton Rocks, the undead wrapped in rotten bandages, made the leader of this armed caravan can't help but start to suspect that the rumors he heard might be a hoax.
If it weren't for the fire that came out of the city, this improvised caravan of great cost would have to go home, not because they were afraid of the undead who were more than 10 percent of them, but because the city of Bretton Rock had not been revived, and to whom would these loaded goods and merchandise be sold and disposed of cheaply?
After all, the professional warriors who came with the caravan, and even the mage apprentices, more or less had private goods with them, and they all wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a small amount of money.
At the same time, Lu Bin wandered through the mummy in the wilderness outside the city, and found the city emblem imprint he had seen and the familiar shape of the Los Beast "horse-drawn wagon", and immediately remembered the scene of not so good memories in the Palladium dungeon.
At the sound of an order, the wandering mummies spread out on both sides, and the rusty gates were much easier to open after being maintained. However, some of the anxious warriors in the armed caravan entered the rock city of Breton through the gap in the wall that had not yet been repaired.
Accepting the friendship of the Palladium dungeon, Lu Bin said on the spot that he had no extra money in his pocket as a gift in return, and the dwarven warriors were also penniless, after all, a few days ago they were slave laborers with nothing but poverty, and craftsmen with meager salaries.
Now that the armed caravans had arrived at their destinations, the full loads of goods had to be sold to make a profit, and the underground gnomes' aid team was not far behind, which made the leader of the caravan a little impatient.
Lu Bin heard for the first time that such a wide variety of goods could be purchased on credit, and he happily swallowed this caravan in one gulp with the mentality that many people in debt would not worry.
New Bretton Rock City, which did not have a single account of copper plate income, suddenly owed a debt of nearly five thousand gold coins. The warriors and mage apprentices who came with the caravan all made money, even if it was only on the books, and they cheered loudly.
Later, a team of aid from the underground gnomes arrived, and the leader, Master Grim Belen, learned of what the Palladium dungeon was doing, and ostensibly did not say anything to maintain the situation of the Seven Cities Alliance, and could not help but curse when he had private contact with "Rez".
Lu Bin smiled disapprerovingly: "There are too many debts, and Palladium City will not sit idly by and watch New Bretton Rock City fall for the sake of profit." The business of 5,000 gold coins has about half of the profits, because of the spies planted in advance, the market, and the quality of the goods, I know all of this. ”
"Give them a little sweetness for the time being, I believe that the second and third caravans will set off soon, since there is no income, the debts will increase and increase, five thousand gold coins are just a small business, fifty thousand gold coins believe that it can bind the city of Paladium, this amount even the Mage Council can't handle. In this way, we are indirectly tied together to form a community of stakeholders. ”
Lu Bin's words opened the door to a new world for the underground dwarf master Grim Belen, who no matter how cunning and treacherous he was, could not have imagined that the debt problem would lead to so many complicated relationships.
Five thousand gold coins was a lot of money for him, not to mention fifty thousand gold coins, which was equivalent to a quarter's income in Swelnebri City, but in the mouth of "Lord Rez", it was like a pebble everywhere on the side of the road.
"Master Belen, you have come at the right time, the general structure of New Bretton Rock City has been restored and rebuilt, the most important regulations and taxes, do you think you have to take responsibility for it and grasp it?"
The underground gnomes squinted their small eyes, and they no longer dared to despise the rumored "Lord Rez" who instantly cleaned up the undead entrenched in the ruins.
"New Breton Rocks, what a great name. In terms of laws and regulations, according to my opinion, it is more appropriate to follow the written law of my people......"
Lu Bin made a decision on the spot: "Okay, let's do it, copy one copy in dwarf language, dwarf language and lingua franca, and carve it on the stone pillars in the inner city." For the time being, a large court could not be realized, so it was simply a manor-like structure, and I wanted to introduce a jury system, with the residents of the city serving as the seats, and at the same time reserving a fixed seat for the temple priests. ”
The answer was watertight, so that Master Grim Belen couldn't say a word, but the judicial power is in the hands of the underground gnomes, and the legal provisions are also drawn up by the underground gnomes, so there is no need to care about the checks and balances on these tables, after all, a monopoly will definitely not be allowed by the allies for New Breton Rock City.
Then when it comes to the collection of trade taxes, Lu Bin refuses to give up this part of the rights, and Master Grim Belen feels a little headache, but "Lord Rez" has taken a huge risk to revive his hometown, and he feels that he can give in a little, especially in this period of business creation.
This part of the lost rights can be slowly recouped later, and the importance of taxation will not be ignored by anyone who has been involved in the management of the city.
Therefore, Master Grim Belen took a step back, and at the same time retained the right to supervise the income and expenditure of the tax book, and Lu Bin did not intend to turn this piece into his own private treasury, of course he would agree, but simply retreating would make the other party perceive something, so he deliberately argued loudly to show his attitude - this is particularly important.
The members of the armed caravan from the Palladium dungeon volunteered to defend the outer city of New Breton Rocks, and as for the underground gnomes' aid team, some of them were armed with darts and heavy bows, and most of the rest were engineers and scholars who were proficient in design and planning.
Dredging the sewer pipes, the stone chambers of the residents of the inner city rose one after another, Lu Bin extracted the cards from the buried bones, and summoned the "earth claws", which aroused the curiosity of the underground gnomes, after all, this little guy processes stones faster than ordinary machinery, and works non-sleeplessly, compared to the machinery that is worn to a certain extent and has to be stopped for maintenance, it is simply a perfect masterpiece.
However, when they learned the origin of the "Earth Claw" and asked the "Lord Rez" for it, Lu Bin refused on the spot without hesitation, after all, this was a summoned beast that had been extracted from the Three-Ring Arcane and Stone Claw Technique, and it was a dual-attribute creature with a double-digit degree of cherishment.
Soon, it was time for the shift to rest, and after the dwarven craftsmen used the mushrooms provided by Lu Bin to cook soup and roast the dried meat for a meal, they immediately went into the stone room assigned to them to rest.
At this time, the progress of clearing the ruins was nearly half to twenty, which was only the result of one day, and the speed was already quite amazing, if it were not for a dwarf with a thick endurance and strength, it would be difficult to achieve this level if it was not an underground dwarf or an ordinary surface human.
Lu Bin found Nina Wild, who had a dirty face, and followed Hardin Brass Beard, who had suffered a lot and was covered in dust, but she gladly accepted the job in order to learn from the experience of the mountain dwarves in establishing settlements.
However, Nina Wild was too tired, and even if Lu Bin didn't look at the retinue interface of the Book of Traveling Mages, he knew that she was in a very unbearable state at this time.