Chapter 90: Ironstone City
Giggs's obviously not very good mood made everyone pay careful attention to their words and deeds during the rest of the journey, for fear of provoking the roar of Giggs, who didn't know how bad his mood had become.
Even if the dwarves couldn't understand the elves, they could tell from the expressions of the others that the powerful human lord needed to be quiet now, and they tried to stay away from the resting place as much as possible, and even the chocobo of Giggs obediently let Giggs play with the feathers on its head.
This atmosphere did not dissipate until the caravan walked out of the Orc Mountains, and Giggs, who finally came out of the mountains, after a few days of self-regulation, could be regarded as suppressing this humiliation in his heart, and began to learn dwarven language from Dick again.
"Lord Sir, walk almost three days to reach Ironstone. Haha, I'm going to show my old friends there that I've made a successful long-distance trade, and then we'll need to stay there for a few days to hype up our goods and attract the desire of the rich to buy them. Dick touched his beard and smiled and introduced Giggs.
"I have to say, dwarves have the same talent for naming cities as humans ~ I need to change to a good knife now, are there any good blacksmiths in Ironstone?" Giggs commented on the name of the dwarven city, and then suddenly asked Dick.
"Sir, if you want a normal iron long knife, Iron Stone City will definitely satisfy you, but I know a very famous master blacksmith, and I think only his craftsmanship, plus a piece of Aojin, can create a good knife that meets your lordship. Dick said with a mysterious expression.
"Augin, what kind of metal is that?" Giggs was not concerned with the dwarven blacksmith, but on the metal material used to forge weapons, and there must be no shortage of blacksmiths among the dwarves, and since Dick had already said it, there was no need to ask about his identity.
"Human beings' cognition of ore is naturally not as good as the dwarves who specialize in studying these things, this metal of Aojin, it looks more like gold, but it is a good material for making weapons, and the toughness and hardness of the weapon added to Aojin will be greatly improved, I believe that only such a weapon can withstand the power of adults~"
"There are also metal materials such as mythril, adamantite gold, constant gold, krypton gold, titanium and so on, these precious metals are used in all aspects of the dwarven kingdom, and some mysterious scientific research of the goblins also needs these metals as materials. Dick uttered a large number of metal names that Giggs had never heard of before, which made Giggs feel a little admiration for this forged country, and this constant exploration was so similar to the civilization of the earth.
"I can get that old stubborn a piece of Aujin for you to make a longsword for you at a small cost, as my thank you to Sir, and as for your soldiers, I think they have a luxury in using some fine iron weapons. Dick rubbed his hands together and said casually.
"Well, I can't afford to give me a batch of Aujin weapons, and how can the weapons of the dwarven blacksmith be better than those made by the blacksmith in my territory~" Giggs nodded, which was a response to Dick.
Three days later, Ironstone City near the Oak Mountains suddenly boiled, because behind this dwarven caravan was a group of big guys who were half as tall as the dwarves, and the caravan chocobo carried some obscured goods, and a few sharp-eyed dwarven men found the red-bearded dwarf riding in front of the chocobos, and recognized him as a well-known merchant in Blackstone City.
Thinking of their boss's evaluation of this guy's ideals and the facts in front of them, these lively guys can't help but think. "Is this Dick really going to do business with the humans on the other side of the mountain?"
Dick, who swaggered towards the inn with the caravan, treated the crowd of onlookers in no special way, neither publicizing nor driving them away, because the target of his trade was not these onlookers from the beginning.
Giggs walked into the inn with his head bowed, and took Ryan and Al directly to a table, waiting for Dick's arrangement. In the city of the dwarves, Giggs handed over command to Dick, as he was the only one who knew the situation.
"Hey, Dick, are those the humans you call human?" the innkeeper asked, apparently knowing Dick, as he paid for his lodging.
"That's right, those are humans, and one of them is still the lord of the human city, I made a deal with him, and brought a lot of goods that are not available here~ haha" Dick said proudly.
"The lord of the human race, tsk, I didn't expect you to really open up the trade routes of the Oak Mountains, I have always listened to this as a joke before~ Please forgive me for my ignorance before, but can you reveal what goods there are~ hehe~" The innkeeper first apologized to Dick very sincerely, but the cheap mercenary smile was revealed as he spoke.
"Big nose, don't worry, I'm the smartest merchant in Black Rock City, and the goods I brought are all rare goods, for example, I asked the human lord to get some fine wine, which is different from the spicy wine we usually drink, this kind of wine still has that aftertaste aroma, I smelled the smell of this wine, and I came to a jar to eat, that feeling, tsk~" Dick made an aftertaste and successfully aroused the innkeeper's cravings.
"Hehe, don't worry, don't worry, when the Golden Tooth and they come over, I'll introduce you to my goods, hehe, the shrewd Dick is going to make a lot of money~" Dick smiled while pulling out the dwarven currency, successfully arousing the envy of the owner of the Big Nose Inn.
"Prepare some special barbecue, your restaurant will also take this dish~" Dick, who was walking towards Giggs, did not forget to look back and admonish.
"Don't worry, lucky guy~"
"Lord Sir, I'll try the barbecue in this shop later, it tastes pretty good~" Dick jumped on the stool and said to Giggs with his hands.
Giggs moved the low stool uncomfortably, looked at the two brothers Dick and Nick who were sitting on the chair just right, and said depressedly, "I should have thought that some things on the dwarf's side must be smaller than the human side, and the length of the bed I sleep on at night will not be only one meter and a half~"
Dick smiled awkwardly, "Sir Giggs, you're so smart~"
Giggs looked helplessly at the guards on the table, and then said to Dick, "How are you going to sell these goods?"
"Those merchants will come to the door, and my previous behavior here is like giving me free advertising for years now, and these guys will definitely come when they learn that the human goods are coming. As long as I make a few successful transactions, my reputation will be out, and by that time the goods will be bought up by these guys even as soon as they leave the Oak Mountains, in fact, I believe in my business sense as much as I believe in your strength. Dick poured down the wine he had brought from the humans and handed Giggs a bowl.
Giggs smiled, and after seeing that the bowls in front of everyone were full, he stood up, "So, cheers~ celebrate our successful opening of trade routes~"
"Cheers!!"