Chapter 22: Outwitting the Dungeon
Santos is a standard drow elven city, with a large number of exotic plants that can only grow underground, as well as a wide variety of mineral resources. Most of the inhabitants of the city are drow elves, and occasionally some other races will live here temporarily.
Most of the inhabitants make a living by gathering ores, crafting weapons and armor, or cultivating plants that are needed for magic. Most of them are members of each family, and the profits from the products sold also need to be handed over to the family for unified management, which is also one of the sources of family profits.
In the underground, with the exception of the unified gray dwarves, almost every city has its own gold coins. This chaotic financial system has made many people discover business opportunities and start a business of pouring Drow Elf gold coins, and many people have made a fortune from this. As a result, most of the other Drow elf cities have set up places for gold coin purity identification and exchange
And if you want to talk about the dungeon controlled by the drow elves, the real specialty, it can undoubtedly only mention the spider silk cloth. Because they are naturally compatible with a spider called the Cave Assassin, the Drow Elves can herd the spiders and collect their silk without fear of being attacked.
The spider silk cloth made by the Drow elves with their unique technology is not only extremely beautiful, but also very silky and soft. The other races either don't make it durable, or it's not smooth enough. Most of the drow elves wear clothes made of this fabric.
These spiders not only provide cloth for Drow, but are also an important source of Drow Elven mounts, most of which are unique to Drow, and most of the Spider Riders, which are unique to Drow, use these cave assassins as mounts. Spider Riders are connected by tunnels in dungeons, and they are incredibly powerful, not only able to climb the rock walls overhead, but also move quickly.
If it weren't for the solidarity of the Grey Dwarves and the specially set up device to defend these spider jockeys. Perhaps thousands of years ago, the Grey Dwarves were already considered slaves of the Drow Elves. Even now, the gray dwarves who have used various technologies are just a tie with the drow elves who are relatively backward in technology.
"Is this about Santos's resource situation?" Mo Yan, who listened to Ash's introduction to Santos' current resource situation and the items that can be produced in the city, said, "Regarding the forces in the city, how sure are you that you will subdue them?"
"If it's just by the power of the family. "We can only defeat some small families, and if all goes well, we can force some mid-level families to submit to us," Jill said. But the big family in the city, there is nothing we can do. ”
Ash and the Gil sisters, so to speak, are an example of the opposite. Sister Ash relies on her own strength to stand out in the family. For conspiracy, he likes to use strength to break it, and the Blue Rose Guard in the family is trained by Ash.
And her younger sister Jill is more dependent on her own intelligence, she likes to calculate everything, and likes to use another conspiracy to destroy the conspiracy. She also used a conspiracy to subdue, and the guards trained by Ash staged a mutiny, forcing Ash to flee underground.
Originally, there were more than a dozen families with heirs, but in the end, only Ash and Jill survived in the battle. And if it weren't for Mo Yan's interference, the successor might only be left with Jill alone. But now Ash, who came underground with Mo Yan, defeated Jill who had just taken power and regained the lost power.
At Mo Yan's request, Ash, who did not kill Jill, got an obedient brainstorm. Giving advice to her, so that when Mo Yan leaves the dungeon in the future, she can rest assured that they will be in charge of the power, without worrying about the safety of Santos.
"Then we need an opportunity. Mo Yan thought for a moment and said, "An opportunity to gather all the family leaders. That way, I can defeat them once and for all, and make them sign the Firth brand with Ash, and completely submit to Ash's leadership. ”
"There shouldn't be such an opportunity. Jill shook his head and said, "Every council is held in the council hall in the center of the city, where the camp of hunters and spider jockeys is very well guarded. And once something goes wrong, each family has its own way of dealing with it. Only the head of the family can enter the council chamber alone. ”
"So, what about the possibility of summoning them one by one?" Lilith asked, "If there is a name, for example, for business, will the head of the family come forward to negotiate?"
"If it's a big business, maybe there's a chance. Jill thought for a moment and said, "It's just that the amount of gold traded must be at least a thousand to have the ability to attract the attention of all leaders." Generally speaking, for the business of one or two hundred gold coins, each family has special personnel to deal with. ”
"A thousand gold coins. Vivien nodded and said, "That's a lot of money, and Thunder Cliff only has some Salt gold coins, and the gold content is not particularly high." ”
"Actually, we don't really need to take a thousand gold coins out. Jill smiled and said, "We only need an illusion that we have more than a thousand gold coins, in fact, only a few hundred gold coins are enough, after all, we don't really want to buy things."
Once it attracts the attention of the family leader, it is very feasible to ensure that it does not miss a deal after the meeting, and after the end of the transaction, it is very feasible to cover up the failure of the transaction. ”
"Yes. Mo Yan thought about the feasible surname of the plan for a while, felt that there was no big problem, and said with a smile: "Although there is a certain risk surname, the feasibility is still good." Then we will implement this plan, and in terms of gold coins, I think your family should still be able to come up with a few hundred. The specific operations will also be handled by you, and I will only be responsible for the attack mission. ”
"Okay. Jill confidently said, "I'm going to make the plan as good as possible." ”
"I will also be ready to take over the city. In the discussion, Ash, who did not interject, looked at Jill who was flattering Mo Yan and said not to be outdone.
In this way, a succubus merchant came to Santos City who asked to buy a large amount of spider silk cloth. After buying a batch of fabrics in a big way, the merchants, who claimed that they needed more fabrics, managed to attract the attention of various families in the city. Invitations were sent to the merchants, and the leaders of the families mostly asked to meet with the merchants.
And those who did not say that they wanted to meet were rejected by the succubus merchant on the grounds that "such a big deal, I don't even come to talk about it in person, I really don't feel at ease". The succubus merchants, along with their minotaur guards, visited one family after another at random, but in the end, they didn't get an agreement.
Seeing that the businessman really wanted to do a long-term business, those families who had not planned to meet later couldn't sit still and began to ask the businessman to talk. And with the city, nearly two-thirds of the families have not negotiated. And the families who had finished talking, all strangely fell into a kind of silence, which attracted some of the attention of Drow.
"The Firth brand?" The largest family leader in the city said with some surprise when he heard this somewhat unfamiliar word, "You mean that the leaders of those families were forced to be branded with the Firth brand in their own family residence?"
"That's right. A drow elven mage said, "From my observation with the demons, there is nothing wrong with the magic fluctuations on their bodies that are branded by Firth. Their family's magicians have discovered this, but there's nothing we can do about it. ”
"I see. "If it is really as the mage said, then nearly two-thirds of the family is already controlled, and it can be said that she can only face two choices now. Either notify the remaining families to make a final struggle and wipe out all the controlled families. Or, you can only succumb to the hands of the succubus merchant.
"I thought about it for a long time. The head of the family sighed a little weakly, "Go and invite that succubus merchant over, I want to talk to her." ”
The word unity, among the drow elves, is simply synonymous with ridiculousness. Betrayal is almost commonplace, and if they were united, the kingdom of the Grey Dwarves would have been destroyed by them long ago. So instead of being betrayed and defeated, it is better to negotiate with the victor who is about to take over the city and gain a place in the new organization.
Based on this consideration, almost all the families that discovered the strangeness sent a signal of surrender to Mo Yan. Moreover, they all said that their family was able to help Mo Yan manage this city they were familiar with. I hope to get Mo Yan's reuse, as well as flattery for Mo Yan's power.
"So, I can say that I have complete control of Santos now, right?" Mo Yan sat in the Santos Council Hall, looking at the Drow elves who were looking up at Mo Yan respectfully in the council seats, Mo Yan said to Ash beside him: "I hope you can manage this city better." ”
"We will live up to your high expectations. An ecstatic Ash swore loudly, "I will keep Santos in order for you." ”
"Huh. Mo Yan smiled and said to Jill who was looking forward to it: "And you, help your sister well, don't let her make some mistakes that she shouldn't make." ”
"Do your will. Understanding the meaning of Mo Yan's words, Jill let out an inner smile. The moment she learned that Mo Yan didn't kill him, she already understood her role.
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It's so easy to get a city, because of the disunity of the drow elves~