The social structure of the goblins is strange, and they don't have a strong government that really has decision-making power.

The goblin clan has the right to speak in the goblin clan is the leaders of the consortium who hold a lot of capital, and the so-called goblin president is just a puppet pushed out by the consortium after the behind-the-scenes game.

Because of this, the goblins have developed a culture of competing with each other and desperately accumulating wealth from top to bottom.

In order to gain status, they can not hesitate to betray their allies who had been closely cooperating with them a moment ago, and the intrigue within the clan is unbelievable to outsiders.

The Hot Sand Consortium is one of the most powerful and powerful of the Goblin Consortium, with employees all over Azeroth.

In the words of the barrage, wherever there are neutral goblins, almost without exception are related to the hot sand consortium.

Quel'Salas ...... In other words, the Deep Shadow family led by Sarian has cooperated with the Hot Sand Foundation for many years, and because they have common interests, the two sides have been working together quite happily.

However, Saljan never considered these mercenary greenskins to be trusted, and his cooperation with them was nothing more than a matter of business, and there was no personal affection in it.

As the so-called form is stronger than people, when cooperating with the Deep Shadow family to make money, the hot sand consortium put its posture very low.

But in the face of other weaker forces, they will not hesitate to strike hard, and they will not hesitate to use any means, just to grab as many benefits as possible.

In the eyes of goblins, as long as it is a race that can communicate with each other, there is no such thing as absolutely not being able to cooperate.

When the Old Horde invaded Azeroth, the goblins took a fancy to the large amount of gold that the orcs had looted from the Stormwind treasury, and used the old ships they had long since obsolete to make a fortune from the orcs who did not know the value of the gold.

In the same way, since the Hot Sand Consortium would rather cooperate with the brutal centaurs than invade the Thousand Needles Stone Forest, it must be that they have found something worth paying for in this barren Stone Forest area.

"Is the product ......?"

Hamuel scratched his head and said, "According to Sister Magasa, a black viscous liquid has emerged from the ground in the central and eastern part of the Stone Forest, located between the Stormy Hill and Galak's Centaur's lair. ”

"Ah...... I see. ”

Hearing this, Salian and Valera immediately understood the goblin's intentions.

Oil, the black liquid gold most valued by the major goblin consortia.

In terms of physical ability alone, the weak goblins and dwarfs can be described as half-catty and eighty-tael, which can be called a sleeping dragon and phoenix...... Pejorative.

However, both races rely on intelligent brains for food, and the two major mountains of engineering, which have not yet become mainstream in Azeroth, were founded by goblins and gnomes, respectively.

In the words of the barrage, the so-called engineering is actually a scientific invention in their cognition, which does not rely on any supernatural factors and develops scientific and technological creations entirely through physical rules.

The fuel chosen by the dwarf engineering was coal, and the steam tank was their representative product.

The goblins of choice are oil, and almost all goblin vehicles are powered by gasoline and diesel oil extracted from crude oil.

Not long after starting out, Salian followed the advice of the barrage, took the open-pit rich oil field of Angolo Ring Mountain, and lived a life of wealth and freedom ever since.

Since Quel'Thallas is mainly powered by the endless arcane magic of the Sun Well, oil is mainly used in the manufacture of various industrial supplies in Quel'Thalas, and is not used as fuel in large quantities.

The industrial products mentioned here include asphalt, which is monopolized by the Deepshadow family, petroleum coke, which is used to raise the smelting temperature, paraffin wax, lubricating oil, and kerosene, which are used in various packaging materials and cosmetics.

Quel'Salas does not consume much oil for industrial use, so most of the oil produced by the Angolo field is exported.

As for the buyers...... Goblins, of course.

When it was first learned that the Angolo oil field was owner, the hot sand consortium, which had just entered the Tanaris Desert, wanted to take advantage of it.

However, all their methods were dissolved one by one by the employees of the Deep Shadow family, and seeing that it was not good, the Hot Sand Consortium had to pinch its nose to purchase petroleum products from Quel'Salas through formal channels.

There is abundant open-pit oil near the Kozan Islands, the home of the goblins, but it is clearly not enough for such a conspicuous oil field to be supplied to the major consortia throughout the Kozan Islands.

The goblins of various consortia are trying to find ways to explore oil fields from all over Azeroth, and the hot sand consortium has grown to its current size because they have enough oil fields in their hands.

For goblins, mosquitoes are meat no matter how small.

Since it has been discovered that there is crude oil in the Thousand Needles Stone Forest, the goblins who have a great demand for oil will certainly not let it go, and even do not hesitate to cooperate with a brutal race like centaurs.

"Hmmm......"

Sarian tapped his finger on his forehead with some confusion: "I have a question. ”

"The South Sea Port in Tanalis was built and maintained by Quel'Salas and the Minotaurs, so it stands to reason that the Hot Sand Consortium should have negotiated a cooperation with the Minotaurs who are closer to each other, why ......?"

"Ah......h

When it comes to this topic, both Hamuel and Kane's expressions are a little embarrassed.

The two frowned at each other, and finally it was Hamuel, who was more eloquent, who stood up to explain.

"In fact, the goblins of Carpison did send someone to Nanhai Harbor to discuss with us the plan to jointly develop the Thousand Needles Stone Forest oil field."

"But...... The Thousand Needles Stone Forest is the territory of the Horror Totem Clan under the command of the eldest sister Magatha, and you also know the style of the Horror Totem Clan, so you ...... Not surprisingly, the talks broke down. ”

This is not too surprising to Sarren, after all, the Terror Totem has long been known for its xenophobic habits.

Salian took it with a smile and said, "Is there room for manoeuvre?" The battle of Haishan has just ended, and the minotaurs who participated in the whole war also need to recuperate, right? ”

Hamuel and Kane looked at each other, and Kane said with a bitter face: "We also persuaded Sister Magatha, but she couldn't listen to her when she was angry. ”

"Besides, the local terror totem cubs in the Thousand Needles Stone Forest are also screaming to fight this one, and they plan to take this opportunity to completely erase the Galak centaurs from Azeroth's territory, and teach those short greenskins a lesson by the way."

Sarjan looked at Kane's seemingly innocent face and smiled meaningfully, "Is it really just that?" ”

"Uh~"

Kane was an honest man with a face that couldn't hide his face, and he turned his gaze a little unnaturally in the face of Sarren's meaningful questioning.

"Hey~" Sarjan, who knew it in his heart, let out a long sigh: "Okay, after all, the Thousand Needles Stone Forest is your inherent territory, and I, as an outsider, can't comment on it much." ”

"But...... If you beat the goblins too hard, who can you sell oil to? ”

The reason behind this tri-clan conflict is not as frivolous as Kane and Hamuel said, and it is not just a decision made on the spur of the moment after Magassa was provoked, but the result of the joint deliberation of the three giants.

The reason is actually quite simple.

The Minotaurs have been operating and maintaining the port of the South China Sea for many years, and they have seen first-hand how much Quel'Salas has gained from the oil trade, and it is impossible not to say that they are not greedy.

In fact, there is a lot of important information in the words that Hamuel has just written.

Suddenly found oil in the underground of the Thousand Needles Stone Forest? Who found out? How was it discovered?

The Thousand Needles Stone Forest has always been the inherent territory of the Terror Totem Clan, and the goblins of the Hot Sand Consortium only operate in the area of the Flash Plains, and have never entered the Western Stone Forest area before.

Centaur?

Don't be funny, Salian doesn't think that the nomadic raiders have the brains and technology.

As the saying goes, if you haven't eaten pork, you should have seen a pig run.

The Minotaur has been rooted in the South China Sea Port for many years, and as long as they have the heart, they can more or less ask some skills for crude oil exploration and exploitation from the mouths of the high elves who come and go.

So the answer is obvious, the underground oil in the Thousand Needles Stone Forest was found and mined by the Minotaur from the beginning, and the goblins came to the door to ask for cooperation only after smelling the smell.

Perhaps the mercenary goblin's offer was too outrageous, and the two sides failed to negotiate, which led to the later war of the three clans.

After sorting out the cause and effect, Sarian didn't plan to get involved anymore, he didn't want to be used as a gunman.

Both the Hot Sand Consortium and the Minotaur are partners in Quel'Thalas, and the conflict between the two has nothing to do with Quel'Thalas, and Sarjan won't stupidly jump in and pull the sidelines.

After saying goodbye to an apologetic Kane and a hateful Hamuel, Salaen and Valera continue south.

"I can't think of it." Valera said with some emotion: "I didn't expect the seemingly honest Minotaur to play such a cautious eye. ”

Salian complained casually: "Don't judge people by their appearance, although the minotaurs have a more honest personality, they are not stupid." ”

"Oil, a black liquid gold that can clearly bring a lot of benefits to the community, has no reason not to be greedy."

"From our standpoint, it's really not good to rush into this matter, as long as it's a little bit wrong, Quel'Salas may not be human."

"Let's let the bullets fly for a while, and then we'll be invited to mediate when both sides calm down."