"Van Cleef wants to talk to me?" This is not surprising, David asked Fording to help recruit Van Cleeff and other craftsmen, as the leader of the craftsmen, Van Cleef must know who invited him and others, right? It's reasonable to ask for a meeting, to have a talk: "Now? ”

In a way, it's better for the other party to be willing to talk to David than to ignore it. Of course, there is also a possibility that the other party can't beat Fording and has to talk to David face to face.

"He said he could do it anytime in the last few days."

"If he thinks it's okay, he can do it now." David looked outside, it was cool after heavy rain, and such a day was especially suitable for entertaining guests at home: "But would Van Cleef want to come here?" ”

Isn't he worried about some kind of conspiracy? Ever since being cheated by the nobles of Stormwind City, Van Cleef has become extremely cautious, how did Fordin convince the other party to come to Winter Village to talk to David face-to-face?

"Prove to him with strength that I don't need those intrigues to kill him." Fordin's answer was very convincing, and it would not be difficult to destroy the Brotherhood of Defia with his strength, it would be a waste of time to look for the thieves who were wandering around.

With this kind of strength that wants to kill Van Cleef just with a wave of his hand, he proves that he really doesn't want to kill you without making a move.

Although Van Cleef has done a lot of crazy things after establishing the Defia Brotherhood, his IQ is still online, otherwise he would not have choked the nobles of the Wild West and Stormwind enough, causing the nobles of Stormwind to suffer a financial loss that is worse than paying the full salary in the first place.

What's more, Van Cleef is a person who can complete MI7 training in the Stormwind Kingdom, and it is impossible for such a smart person not to be aware of this.

After tidying up the table and preparing tea and snacks, David casually opened a notebook where he had already written a lot of content, and continued to write on it.

This is the textbook for learning the world's lingua franca that has been said for a long time, since he and Laura agreed on the division of labor, he has been writing this thing intermittently during this time, and now it is almost finished, but I don't know what kind of answer Van Cleef will give?

"I hope I can use it!" Waste is not waste, and after the fall of Lordaeron in a few years, those refugees will be able to use it, but David still hopes to make this 'textbook' come in handy sooner.

Just as he was thinking, there was a few knocks on the door.

"Please come in!"

The door opened, and Fording walked in with a muscular man who was not much thinner than the paladin.

The strong man was dressed in black leather armor and had black hair, and if it weren't for the red scarf around his neck, the whole person seemed to be one with black.

The man had a pair of long knives stuck in his waist, and David knew that it was a pair of weapons called the Cruel Barb, and it was also Edwin Van Cleef's sidearm.

David was looking at Van Cleve, and Edwin Van Cleef was also looking at David, perhaps because David's youthful appearance was a bit unexpected for him, so he showed a hint of surprise when he entered the door.

However, he quickly hid this surprise and took a closer look at David's figure and surroundings.

"Do you need me to take my weapon off?" Van Cleve looked at the cramped surroundings of the room, and then deliberately glanced at David with contempt, the professionally trained thief, or assassin, who had used a slight agitation.

In his opinion, a young man might make irrational judgments because he was being belittled, such as not having to hand over his weapon.

To Van Cleve's surprise, David gave an answer he hadn't thought of: "Nice to meet you, Mr. Van Cleeff, if you feel in the way, you can put your weapons aside." ”

At the same time, he also made a gesture to Van Cleeff and invited Van Cleef to sit opposite him.

Van Cleef thought for a moment, and took off the cruel barb from his waist and placed it by the door, as if to express his sincerity - in fact, he had determined after observation that this small space was not suitable for the use of weapons, and he felt that David's 'slender' figure should not be good at close combat, and he would not be in danger even if he did not use weapons.

Sitting down in front of David, Van Cleef didn't mean to introduce himself, since the other party specifically found him, he must have had a detailed understanding of him, but who is the opposite person and what is his identity? He knew nothing but that the young man could command the mighty paladin.

Thinking of this, Van Cleef cautiously glanced at Ferding next to him, and the powerful paladin was sitting on the bed on the side, holding a book in his hand and looking at it.

"Hello, I'm David, the village chief of Winter Village, welcome to my village." Knowing that the other party was waiting for him to speak, Davy began with a simple self-introduction: "Mr. Van Cleef, I wonder what you think of my village?" ”

"This village is called Winter Village?" Although Van Cleef was brought to this room as soon as he arrived, this did not affect his observation of his surroundings in the shortest possible time. What's more, Winter Village is not big in the first place, and you can see it clearly with a few glances: "With all due respect, this is a very small village. ”

"Yes, there are only more than thirty people in Winter Village, which is indeed a very small village, but what do you think of the environment here?"

"......" Van Cleef didn't answer, he was actually a little unclear, what the other party wanted to do with him?

It wasn't that he didn't suspect that it was a trap, but the strength of the paladin next to him made him give up this possibility.

So is it really like the other party said, just want to invite yourself to work in the village? Could it be that this young man wants to be like the nobles of Stormwind City, and let himself and those old fellows do a day job for him?

There was a burst of brain replenishment in his head, lifting the most painful scar in his heart, and even the emotions became a little wrong, and the eyes that looked at David became sharp.

When David noticed the change in Van Cleef's eyes, he guessed that this guy might have something wrong, and he didn't want the misunderstanding to deepen, so he immediately explained: "Mr. Van Cleef, I think you may have misunderstood something!" I sincerely invite you and those craftsmen to come to Winter Village. ”

"Oh?" Van Cleef is still skeptical about this, there is no way, the loss before is too great.

"It's not just about coming to work in Winter Village, I very much hope that you can come to live in Winter Village." David noticed a slight confusion on Van Cleef's face, and looked at Fording next to him strangely.

"There are some things he won't care about even if I say them, so it's better to explain them yourself when you bring someone over." Furding didn't look up and continued to look at the book in his hand, but when David glanced at him, he immediately gave an answer: "And the people around him were too mixed at that time." ”

Fording knew that what David wanted to invite were the craftsmen led by Van Cleeff and his family, and he had no interest in the pirates, thieves and other social scum of the Defia Brotherhood, including the thugs of various races hired by Van Cleeff, who were also not within the scope of David's recruitment.

"I see." David understood what was going on, so he explained his thoughts in detail: he hoped that Van Cleeff would lead the members of the Brotherhood of Defia, who had belonged to the Masons' Guild, and their families to live in Winter Village.

After thinking about it, I remembered that there were also a large number of miners in the Defia Brotherhood, which was also a talent that was lacking in Winter Village, so it was simply packed together. In the end, you can become an honest person with a clean net worth!

It wasn't until David made his thoughts clear that Van Cleef understood what this man had found him for.

"You want the Brotherhood of Defia to move to Winter Village?"

"No, it's the craftsmen and their families of the Masons' Guild, and you can count the miners and some farmers you recruited in the Western Wilderness, which is not the same thing as the Defia Brotherhood."

Van Cleef didn't care about David's special emphasis, he wanted to know what David was trying to do?

"People." There is nothing to hide, David directly singled out his intentions: "Winter Village is currently only a small village of more than 30 people, and if you want to develop, you need more people, and the development and construction of various town facilities requires all kinds of craftsmen. ”

If the Stonemasons' Guild were willing to join the village, it would not only increase the population significantly, but also make up for the village's weakest link: the craftsmen in the Brotherhood of Defia are not only stonemasons, but also craftsmen who are proficient in weapon-forging and shipbuilding.

Since Azeroth is a world of mystical powers, top stonemasons must know about occultism, and Stormwind City, built by the Masons Guild for the Stormwind Kingdom, has many designs to defend against mystical forces - but because there are too many ghosts in the Stormwind Kingdom, most of the designs do not work.

But this has nothing to do with the maker, the craftsmen of the Stonemasons' Guild are guaranteed to work, and if they can be recruited, let alone build a town, it will not be difficult to build a Winter City for him immediately.

"So, you want us to join the Winter Village and build it for you?"

"No!" David waved his hand: "It's for us, to build a beautiful new home." ”

Van Cleeff, who had a stomach full of words to say no to David, was stuck in his throat at this moment, and he found that he couldn't get those words out of his mouth.

Even Ferdin, who was concentrating on reading, raised his head and looked at David again.

"How?" David looked at the two of them, he didn't expect his casual words to make these two have such a big reaction, especially Van Cleef, the former leader of the Stonemasons' Guild and now the Defia Brotherhood, with a tangled face.

"Nothing." Van Cleef was silent for a few seconds before returning to his previous indifferent face: "I need to think about it. ”