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Lorraine's words, the orcs couldn't help but look at each other

Before they could finish exchanging glances, Drino stood up impatiently and said loudly: "I, next to Drino, the first warrior of the Abendan tribe, the most trusted brother of our patriarch. Listen to our people in the north say that you humans are willing to live in peace with us orcs. Therefore, I have been entrusted by our patriarch to form an alliance and friendship alliance with you. ”

Lorraine looked at his stout figure covered with long hair, let out a faint "um", and said, "Do you say that you will form an alliance? Why should we form an alliance with you? Give us a reason first." ”

"I know that you have always feared our people, who come and rob you every year. Drino said, then paused, observing Lorraine's face meaningfully. But now Lorraine was still expressionless, just looking at him coldly.

He couldn't help but feel empty, and involuntarily avoided Lorraine's eyes. Then he continued, "I've heard that you have to prepare for a whole year every year to fend off them.

To the south of you are a series of fortresses, where the men stay all year long, neither to hunt nor to let their wives have more children.

As long as you humans are allied with us and promise not to attack us, the six thousand warriors of our Abendan tribe are willing to defend your humans against our people and keep them away from your fortress. ”

Someone on the side of the government immediately exclaimed, "Six thousand"

Angus turned his head and glared at the man fiercely.

Drino was very satisfied with the effect, and smiled proudly at his yellow plate that was still stained with green leafy vegetables, and then sat down.

Lorraine looked at Drino and laughed: "Six thousand? If you can really pull out six thousand brothers to cut people, why do you have to go north to our border?

Drino lowered his eyes, let out a long sigh, and then said, "The Dulchi, who eat scorpions raw, have insulted the Holy Mountain Kna, and they have destroyed the temple of the First Ancestor and erected their own evil god.

The sun god is angry and punishes us, the gods. There was not a drop of rain on the prairie all summer, and there were no big fish in the deepest part of Star Lake, and lions and sheep drank muddy water side by side.

Our livestock starved to death in droves, our women had no milk, and children born in nets had to be thrown away. In order not to drag us down, the old people walked lonely into the depths of the arid grassland.

In order to survive, in search of aquatic plants. We have to go all the way north to your border. ”

Lorraine listened to his description, and immediately conjured up in his mind a tragic picture of starvation.

His face sank and he said, "There is a drought on the prairie?"

If this is true, then in the fall, this year's frontier shì, is definitely not optimistic.

Once the grassland is dry early, the orc tribes that raid the north will proliferate, and those hungry and crazy orcs will definitely rush in like mad dogs, and the pressure on the border line will also rise sharply.

If you continue to deal with it as in previous years, you will definitely be in a hurry, especially since the fortress that acts as an outpost is deployed on the scale of the half-orc invasion in recent years.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Angus.

Angus obviously thought of this situation as well, and nodded solemnly, indicating that he knew.

Drino sighed again, then nodded bitterly, and said, "For the fight for a well, a river, the greatest warriors are killing each other, we Abbendan people are just trying to survive, we are not willing to let our warriors die just for those rivers that flood in the rainy season."

As long as you humans allow us to graze in the south, don't attack us, don't plunder us. We, the warriors of Abendam, are willing to stop for you the tribes that go north to hunt. ”

Lorraine looked at his flickering eyes, couldn't help laughing, and said secretly in his heart: These guys are beautiful.

He sarcastically said, "You mean, as long as we set aside a place for you to graze outside the border, you will drive all your fellow countrymen north home." In this way, it seems that we have earned it. ”

Drino said loudly, "Of course, we half-orcs proverb, if you give your friend the most beautiful wife, you will get your friend's most beautiful daughter." We, Ashengdan, have never considered humans to be our enemies. We're just trying to survive. ”

Who said that the half-beasts are lacking in hearts? These grandsons are enough to treacherously Lorraine pouted at the moment, and secretly said in his heart: Use a second-hand goods for an original one. This kind of shameless words can also be said with a shy face. It's a real deal. These orcs are also talents!

With a flash of light in his eyes, he stared at Drino's side and said: "Our southern border of Nai'an, six hundred and twenty miles long, has more than 30,000 regular troops, militias and other troops deployed on the border line, and just relying on your legendary 6,000 people, you want to resist the role of our 30,000 people. Do you think I'll believe what you say?"

Drino laughed and said, "Hahaha." This is not a big talk of us Apendans, we Apendans have advantages that you humans do not have. ”

Drino paused at this point, then patted his chest, and continued: "We are half-orcs, we know the behavior of our kind, you humans can only hide behind the high wall, waiting for them to come to you, we Ashengdans can take the initiative."

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Lorraine snorted, looked at Drino and smiled, "This."

It seems that we people in Nayan have taken advantage of the cheap position. It can't be that simple. ”

Drino gritted his teeth and smiled innocently. slapped his head and said, "Look at my memory." Of course, we're fighting for you humans, so it's not too much to ask for a few, right?"

"Speak. ”

Drino said, "We hope that you humans, as you do with the Remys, can provide us with some help. ”

The Remi tribe is a tribe that has lived on the border of Naian for a long time, because it was the first to take refuge in humans, and it is also extremely civilized, so it is also the best treated.

"We hope that you humans will provide us with 10,000 sacks of food every year, once our warriors go out to fight. There is no one to graze, and we need this food to feed the women and children.

Also, two thousand sets of weapons and armor per year. ”

Some of the officials in Naian couldn't help but "poof." He laughed out loud and said mockingly: "The weapons of two thousand people, are you kidding?"

Drino said dissatisfiedly: "Are you kidding? We are here according to the rules you gave to the Remi people, the beast rice tribe only has 600 people, you give them 100 sets of weapons every year, we have 10,000 people, it is not too much to ask for 2,000 sets."

The official here sneered, "How do we know if you will beat us with these things?" ”

Drino glared at him and shouted, "We orcs value our oath above life. A person who breaks his oath is not even a coward

Lorraine waved his hand and said to the officials: "Negotiate, ask for a price all over the sky, pay back the money on the spot, let's listen to what Drino has to say first, and then bargain later." ”

He turned his head and said, "Drino, right, and then say, you won't have a few conditions, right?"

"Of course, for the sake of us sacrificing such a large number of points, hopefully we have an incidental, trivial request. That is to hope that you humans will be able to open up the market and trade freely with us in the south.

Drino deliberately accentuated the word "freedom", glanced up at Lorraine, and continued: "Moreover, only trade with us."

Angus stood up and said in a loud and categorical voice, "This is not possible.

"How is it impossible, don't you all trade with the Remy people every year?" said Drino in a loud voice.

Angus said with a straight face: "That's different, foreign trade is subject to the laws of the Empire, there is no "freedom." Trade is not likely to give you a monopoly on trade outside the South. ”

Lorraine shook her head. I secretly said in my heart: These guys have all mixed up in this field, and they are still thinking about annexing others, and the people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and they deserve to be moldy.

Let them grasp all the trade rights with the orcs, and the tribal lives on the border will be in the hands of the Ashengdans. It can only rely on the snort of the Abendan people, and it will take a long time to be swallowed up by these people.

Lorraine thought about it with her cheeks in her hands. Turn to Angus them. "Tell them what we think." ”

Angus nodded, turned to Drino's side and asked, "How many troops do you have available?" ”

Drino rolled his eyes, hesitated for a moment, scratched his head and said: "Six thousand people are indeed the people of our whole clan who can fight, and it is still easy for our Abendan tribe to support four thousand specialized warriors. ”

"That's four thousand, Angus said.

Drino grinned and nodded.

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Angus said: "Our conditions, first, we can provide you with food, but we have the final say on how much to give each year."

If you want our weapons and armor, you can, though

Drino and the others immediately became hot, half-orcs can't open mines, can't cure iron, human weapons are in demand on the prairie, and a good sword can be exchanged for a ten-year-old woman.

When it comes to individual soldiers, human soldiers are not as good as these orcs who have been fighting from the beginning, but as long as human soldiers are equipped with armor and hold sharp blades in their hands, they can easily defeat orcs in frontal combat.

After all, orcs are also human, and their bodies are also bleeding when slashed, and they are dead when pierced, and their weapons cannot cut through human armor. Humans' weapons can shatter their shields lightly.

"But," Angus sneered, "your men must be incorporated into our army, become our soldiers, obey our orders, and give their soldiers weapons, of course we will not be stingy." ”

This time it was Drino's turn to jump up and shout, "That can't be." Didn't we, Abbendam, become slaves to your human race? ”

Angus glanced at Drino and said to himself, "Third, you Abendan tribe must pay hostages. ”

Drino yelled, "It's even more impossible. ”

Angus shrugged and leaned back into his chair.

Drino continued to yell there, "I don't see any sincerity on your part, so let's go back to the tribe." ”

As he spoke, Drino turned to face the clansmen sitting behind, waved his arms and said, "It's not that I don't want to talk, it's that they humans don't want to talk to us." I've said a long time ago that this is a waste of time, isn't it enough for us to be teased by them?

Lorraine sneered: "Then so be it, since you are not sincere, we don't have to waste time."

With that, Lorraine pushed away her chair and sat up. Turn and walk out the door.

"Hahahaha," a shrill laugh rang out from the room.

Drino stood indoors, his hands crossed on his waist, his head tilted and laughed wildly, "Shout!" Ridiculous human hubris. I don't know the apex disaster in front of the county. We, the Abundans, go now, the land under the sun is endless, and we will always find our pasture

Lorraine stopped the script, turned to look at Drino and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Drino glanced at Lorraine contemptuously and said, "To tell you the truth, the Durch have gathered the largest two hundred lands on the steppe, and they are not here to rob you of your food and women, but to rob your land.

We Abendam are the only ones in the steppe who dare to rebel against the Durchi, and we have come to the north not to have mercy on you, but to save you.

But you humans actually treat us like beggars, I said a long time ago, you humans can't be trusted, we Atudan people can only rely on ourselves, warriors let's go, I see how you humans can resist 300,000 half-orcs and their evil shamans. ”

Angus: They chuckled under their breath. Lorraine squinted at Drino.

Angus sighed, "Do you think you can make up some big words to raise your own worth?

"Phew" Drino spat heavily on the floor. Raising his hands, he shouted, "I swear by the spirits of the sun god and my ancestors, and if I tell a lie, let me be drained of my soul by the black shaman of the Durch and turned into a living corpse."

The conference room instantly cooled down, and Angus and the others seriously pondered the authenticity of Drino's words.

Lorraine looked at Drino carefully for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Negotiation, true or false, you guests don't have to take it seriously, let's continue." ”

Lorraine sat back in her chair and said, "You bid, you repay, if you are not satisfied, you can continue to bid."

Drino didn't say anything, just looked at Lorraine and sneered.

Lorraine looked at him with a proud look. I secretly said in my heart: There is wisdom, but there is no great wisdom, no wonder you are so miserable. ”

Lorraine smiled: "It's not too early, so there's no need to talk about it anymore, the banquet I prepared for you is about to start, everyone." ”

Lorraine left the office building and quickly recruited Belen and the goblin Shajin into the study of the backyard house, and relayed to them exactly what Drino had just said.

Lorraine stared at the goblin Shajin and asked, "How is it?

After listening to Lorraine's words, the goblin Shajin scratched his head and thought hard, after Lorraine and Belen waited quietly for a while, the goblin Shajin raised his head and said: "Lord Hui, I have indeed heard of the Durch people, their patriarchs are named Vichin and Torek, and they have always claimed to be the largest tribe in the steppe, but in fact, they nest in the southernmost part of the steppe, and they are a big tribe on the very edge, and I have never heard of any deeds from them. ”

"So, you're not sure if it's true or not?"

"I'm sorry, sir, but I really don't know. Goblin Shajin bowed his head and said, "But, my lord, I know the orcs. Even the most powerful 200 troops on the steppe could not muster up 300,000 troops.

If all the fallen men went out to fight, all the fallen men would be swallowed up immediately, unless they were an entire tribe migrated, otherwise they could probably exclude 60,000 to 70,000 people at most, which was their limit

Lorraine frowned and said, "Sixty to seventy thousand people is also terrifying, and we can only gather forty thousand soldiers even if we are the general movement."

Goblin Shajin shook his head. said: "My lord, the contradiction between those orcs is too deep. Nothing can keep them together. Even if they did come towards Naian, they would not be clustered, they must have dispersed as a tribe. ”

Lorraine shook his head and said, "If there are too many ants, they can bite the elephant to death, not to mention, if it is true, even if they all fall into their own battles, our people will not be able to deal with it." ”

Belen, you Dongchang must send additional manpower, pay attention to the abnormal situation on the southern line, and don't let go of any unusual traces. Shajin, you follow me to the banquet, you don't need to appear, just take a closer look at those orcs. ”

"Yes, sir

The banquet hall is full of laughter at the moment, whether it is slapping the table and scolding the mother on the conference table, or sharpening knives under the conference table, they want to swallow each other alive, but as long as they come to this point, they don't spend their own money. And on the occasion of taking advantage, everyone is laughing and drinking.

After all, everyone is talking about the public interest, not the gold coins in their pockets, just eating with their mouths, and there is no need to put on a single-minded appearance from morning to night.

In the hall were several round tables, and the orcs and n'ans each sat in their seats, watching the dancing girls swaying in the room, and playing some idle eggs to the light music.

The orcs were the most open, and they were noisy there with a large plate of beef in their king-sized wine glasses.

Drino sat next to Lorraine, and from the moment he was served, he kept pouring wine glasses into his mouth, and muttered: "You human things are good, no wonder those people don't have anything to eat, and they all want to run to your gang." ”

"You know, your knives, one in our place can be exchanged for ten of the most capable women with big ass

"Your clothes can be exchanged for seven of the most fertile women. ”

"One barrel of your wine is worth twelve women

Lorraine said in her heart: Co-authoring women are your currency there.