Chapter 338: Peace

The rebel offensive was halted by a paper agreement, and the government forces concentrated their forces in a virtuous circle. The empire, on the other hand, waited and saw for the time being, and if the kobolds could really develop better, it would also be beneficial to them. What is more tragic is that there are several other city lords, and there is almost only one bald city lord left, who can't escape, and the people of the empire are all watching, so they can only stand up first.

Spring passed, summer came, and the role of the quilt finally disappeared completely, after all, no one covered the quilt on a hot day. However, fortunately, with the necromancer here, the funding problem can finally be solved. Necromancers are far from being the only one, and the number of quilts they buy is not fixed, sometimes they buy a few thousand, and when they are few, they only buy one, apparently to prevent guessing their number from the number of quilts they buy. The necromancer's secrecy is still quite well done.

Kevin didn't have direct contact with them, and the quilt warrior could complete the task by himself, and the more people involved, the more troublesome it would be. He just updates some things regularly, and the routines that have been said to be bad in China have actually received a good response among necromancers. At least keep them buying, as long as that is achieved.

Cotton planting land is becoming more and more extensive, and the light and dark elves seem to have cultivated new cotton fields as a way of life. But with more and more cotton, new problems are gradually emerging, and overcapacity is increasing.

The kobolds have not found other buyers so far, and the quilts are only sold to necromancers, and how much can the necromancers buy? There are more and more quilts in the city, and their value is also falling rapidly, I am afraid that in a few days, the quilts will become the most worthless goods.

The Quilt Warrior once discussed with the Light and Dark Elves whether he could remove part of the cotton field and plant other crops instead. Although wood-based spells are inedible, there is far more to industrial plants than cotton. Even if you just plant trees, you can still produce wood.

In this regard, the light and dark elves all said that of course they could, but the cotton fields have been conditioned by spells, and if they want to change to other plants, they will have to do it again, which can be said to be a pity. What's more, since the cotton has been made out of scale, why not go further on cotton?

As a result, many derivative products of quilts appeared, such as cotton clothes, cotton pants, cotton hats, cotton capes, other equipment accessories, hanging accessories, and even various toys. The machinery purchased by the Quilt Warrior can only produce quilts, and everything else is handmade, and how good can the kobolds' craftsmanship be? Except for a few who may have some talent, most of them are people who have just changed careers from miners.

There are too many defective products made of things, so we can only do more work on price or publicity, such as publicizing that this is our own product of kobolds, supporting dog goods, supporting kobolds, and so on. But it's not of much use, kobold civilians don't have money in the first place, and all those who have money are foreigners. So the rest can only be the price.

This is another long-term path, and I am afraid that there will be no obvious results in the short term. Some kobolds, encouraged by the brave quilters, even started their own businesses, although most of them were just handicrafts such as repairing other people's shoes and mending clothes, but it was finally a progress.

On the other hand, although the rebels are limited to the issue of agreement, it is not convenient to attack head-on, but these empty cities are a little too tempting.

The rebels began to infiltrate this side, all kobolds, casually dressed as wanderers, who could tell that? After only a few weeks, the empty cities began to be popular again, but these people were basically rebels. They pretend to mine during the day, but secretly transport the deposits out of the city at night.

At first, the city lord didn't know most of the time, because even the city gate guards were already rebels. However, after a long time, it is inevitable that some horses will be exposed. The city lord chose to send someone to investigate, but the people who sent were all rebels, and they came back to tell him that everything was normal, unless the city lord himself squatted. And you have to sneak around, avoid all the guards, and then wait at the city gate in the middle of the night.

It is a pity that these city lords have not fulfilled their responsibilities to this extent, and they are also some people who can get by, and the ore theft has continued, and the infiltration of the rebel army has further increased, and it has begun to develop in the direction of more inland.

But the kobold bards sent by the Bright Brave did not sit idle, and they still lingered near the main cities. They easily discovered the rebels' plot, but instead of making a statement, they chose to infiltrate and carry out counter-infiltration, and some even followed them to the rebels' territory.

The agreement only guarantees peace on the surface, and beneath the surface is a raging undercurrent, with struggles moving from the ground to the underground, infiltration, incitement, debate, assassination, and a series of terrorist activities of all kinds being staged among the kobolds. And this is almost unknown to the military observer groups, and even the Imperials do not know much about it, thinking that it is just a small action. If they don't understand the kobold language, it is impossible for them to decipher the joint code between kobolds.

Only Kevin has almost the whole situation of their struggle, and the Bright Brave, out of his inexplicable trust in Kevin, has provided him with a list of all kobold bards, and Kevin has crows and can quickly contact various points to form an intelligence network.

Tonight, the rebels are preparing to smuggle ore again, and everyone dresses up as bandits and intercepts them halfway. So at ten o'clock in the middle of the night, there was a scuffle, and at dawn only a few corpses and a few pools of blood were left, and no one knew what happened at night.

Who traded with whom in the middle of the night today, who was successfully rebelled, and who was rebelled by the other party, who knows too much and must be killed...... At the same time, a lot of surplus quilts began to flow in the direction of the rebels.

In this underground war, many people have chosen to bet on both sides, especially those who seem to have been rebelled, and who knows that he has really been rebelled? In order to save their lives, most people only verbally agreed, and they were in the position of grass on the wall, observing which of the two forces had the advantage, and finally deciding which side they really stood on. In fact, this is also human nature.

But in this way, the information that both sides have actually has a lot of water, and it is even difficult to believe whether their own people are really their own people, and on the surface it seems that both sides have successfully infiltrated each other's interior, but is this really the case?

The answer will be revealed, the underground fighting will not go on indefinitely, summer and autumn will pass, winter will approach, and the agreed truce will expire at this time. However, as is customary in previous years, there is generally no war in winter.

This time, however, the government forces acted unusually, sending troops on a large scale just after the agreement expired.

The offensive was so fierce that the rebels were almost caught off guard, and it was not only difficult to organize an army counterattack, but even traitors were rife within. The front line was almost under attack from inside and outside, and the main city was lost in an instant.

The underground war, which lasted for almost a year, finally ended with the victory of the government army. There are many reasons for this, and one of them is the first enemy to make a move. Because many people are wall grass, basically belong to the people who work on which side has a task, so the first party will inevitably make more wall grass upside down, and once the pattern is formed, others will follow suit.

Of course, the Imperials will also thwart this, and even send "mercenaries" to blend in with the rebels and fight back with a strength far superior to that of the kobolds. But no matter how strong these "mercenaries" are, they can't stand up to the fact that their own people behind them are traitors. They can be invincible in front of them, but when they look back, their main city has changed its flag, will these mercenaries turn back and attack the city?

In just a few days, the rebels had fallen sharply, and this time it was finally their turn to call for negotiations.

It's not easy to refuse to negotiate, once the princess refused, and then she died, and the city lords present obviously didn't dare to repeat the mistakes of the past. Moreover, when the rebels had the upper hand, they also proposed negotiations and successfully negotiated them, but now that the government forces are strong, they refuse?

It's still the same place, but the weather is much colder, it's still the same people, there is almost no change on the government army's side, there are still a few people led by the bright brave, and there are a lot fewer people on the rebel side, and many city lords have surrendered.

The group was still watching, and it was very cold on all sides, and many people were wrapped in a ball. At a glance, almost all of them are cotton clothes and pants produced by the brave man. After all, quilts are cheap here, and when winter comes, there is no need for the observation group to transport cold materials from China.

It's just that most of the products of the quilt brave have words written on them, and sitting in a row wearing these is equivalent to a human figure. Many of the members of the group also found it interesting and could laugh and laugh when they read to each other.

And on the stage, the momentum was completely reversed, and this time it was the turn of the bright brave to throw over an agreement: "There's nothing to say, sign it, if you don't want to sign it, then continue to fight." ”

The other party took the agreement and subconsciously turned his head to look at Bradley, who was expressionless. The negotiators of the rebel army had no choice but to read the agreement head-on, and after reading it for more than half an hour, they finally put down the agreement and pondered.

"The last time I participated in the negotiations, I wasted a lot of time because the words of the agreement were not clear, the words were too profound, and the understanding of the terms. This time we learned our lesson and will not repeat the same mistakes. ”

"Huh?" the other party was stunned, not understanding what he wanted to do.

I saw him take the agreement and read it aloud. After reading it twice, some took it to everyone and showed it to everyone, indicating whether it was the same as what they had just read, and everyone said it was the same. And the clause is very simple, which is to lose money. The number is also the same as when I signed the last contract.

But the key point is that the last time the rebels did not break through the government army's city, they only approached, and this time the rebels fell in large numbers, and it was difficult to pay reparations.

"Sign it," the Bright Brave tossed him the agreement, "if you can't come with you, then lease us your cave." According to the agreement, we can still give you 20% of the rent. How nice is it to sit at home and not do anything, and get the rent for nothing?"

"No," the other party sweated, "we don't accept it." ”

"Then you mean to fight?" the Bright Brave stepped forward.

"No, no, no......" The other party couldn't help it, and began to play tricks, "It's just that I didn't hear it clearly just now, can you read the agreement again." ”

"No," the Bright Brave flatly refused, "if you don't hear clearly, then I'm not going to read until I die?"

The two sides began to argue, but it was obvious that the level of the rebel side was not good, and they soon fell into a long silence, but they were thick-skinned enough to say that they could not understand it, they could not understand it, and they had to watch it over and over again.

The Bright Brave also had enough patience, so they spent time with them.

What will happen to the last time when the surrounding main cities surrendered to the Bright Brave? These kobold bards continue to go out, and they have already lurked in the rebels' main cities. The longer the time drags on, the deeper the penetration can only be. No matter what the outcome of the negotiations is on this side, the actions on that side will not stop.

Once all the rebels have been infiltrated, the kobolds have been fighting so far, and they are finally about to usher in real peace.