"Lord Savan, can you give us some time to think about it, this is a matter of concern to all elves, and we must be cautious. One of the councillors said sincerely.

Sawin nodded, "Of course it's no problem, I can wait here." ”

Several councillors exchanged words for a while, and then said to Savan, "We will discuss a result as soon as possible, please ask Lord Sahain to visit Emitteras first, and we will tell your lord as soon as there is a result." ”

Sawan smiled, "It's just so good that I can visit the most exquisite and elegant city on the mainland." ”

After the meeting, Savin and Wirth were placed in a beautiful place to stay temporarily, and the Elven Council sent two young and beautiful female elves to take care of their food and daily life. After a night's rest, the fatigue on both of them recovered a lot, and then a few more elves came to accompany the two on their tour of the elven capital.

Following the elves around, Savin and Wirth had to admit that in terms of elegance and sophistication, the city was indeed second to none on the continent, with exquisite sculptures almost everywhere, and even a small place could be seen in exquisite decorations. Despite the abundance of decorations, it blends in with the surrounding nature and does not overdo it. The human and dwarven cities are much rougher than here, and the elves' quest for perfection is unmatched.

Accompanied by the elves, the two of them visited some handicraft workshops, some of which made weapons and some of which made art, and through visiting the workshops, Sawan could strongly feel that the elves were serious about making objects, and they could spend hundreds of years making an object, and almost every artifact made by the elves was a perfect work of art, even if it was a weapon used to kill people.

Although the dwarves also have a large number of skilled craftsmen, the dwarves pay more attention to practicality in making utensils, and for dwarves, making utensils is to make money, if it is obviously not cost-effective to spend too long on a thing, so although the dwarven utensils are also high-quality, they are obviously a grade worse than the elven utensils.

What interests Savin the most is the workshop where the elves make bows and arrows, and the elves make bows are the best in the world, and anyone who owns an elven bow among humans will definitely treasure it as a family heirloom. Not only is the elven bow farther and more accurate than human and dwarven bows, but the fine ornamentation on the bow alone is enough to be considered a work of art.

Savin and Wirth watched with interest as the elves made bows and arrows, and the elves didn't care, their skills were not something that could be learned just by looking at them. Sawin asked the elves accompanying them, "How many elven bows can you make in a year?"

The elf replied, "About twenty or thirty a year." ”

Sawin glanced at the workshop, and felt a little strange in his heart, looking at the scale of this place, it should be more than this little output a year, how can it be said that there are only twenty or thirty bows? Sawin rolled his eyes and said, "I see that there are so many people making here, how can they only produce twenty or thirty bows a year?"

The elf smiled faintly and said: "Although we have made a lot of bows here, but there are very few that can meet the standards, the elven bow is different from the general bow, there are very strict standards, many people here are only apprentices, only by making five qualified elven bows can they become a teacher." ”

Then the elf introduced the standard of the elven bow to Samin, and when Sawin heard it, he realized how demanding the elven bow was, and it was no wonder that the human bow was difficult to compare with the elven bow. Voss was interested in the specific craft, and he looked closely at the elves' bow-making techniques, comparing them to the different crafts of the dwarves.

Sawan suddenly thought of a question, the elves have such high requirements for bows, a large number of bows have been abandoned because they are not up to standard, in fact, these bows are already very good compared to humans, wouldn't it be a pity to throw them away in vain, if you can buy these bows at a low price, it would be more suitable to use them to equip the Holy Cult Army.

Archers have always been the weaker in the Holy Army, in fact, not only the Holy Army, but also the armies of other countries have always been relatively weak, and the main reason is that the quality of bows and arrows is uneven. The elven bow is of course very good, but the production is too small, but there are many of these bows that are not up to standard, so why not test it yourself.

Thinking of this, Sawan asked tentatively: "Only a very few of these bows can meet the standard, wouldn't it be a pity to throw away those unqualified bows like this, it's really a bit of a waste." ”

The elf laughed when he heard this, and said: "Although we elves pursue perfection in skills and art, we will not waste resources given to us by nature, and we will put those unqualified bows in the warehouse, and then repair them when we have time in the future, and some bows can still be turned into qualified products after trimming." ”

"I see, the elves really know how to be thrifty, so there must be a lot of such bows piled up in the warehouse, right?" Sawan probed around the bend.

The elf didn't think much about it, and replied casually: "The amount is indeed quite a lot, and after so many years of accumulation, it has filled several warehouses......"

Savin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he thought: "It seems that there is a door to this matter, you might as well try it in the next negotiations, maybe you can pick up a big bargain for nothing." With an idea in mind, Sawin stopped asking, and asking too many questions would easily arouse the other party's vigilance.

After visiting Emmetras for a few days, Savan kept praising this magnificent city, and the elves who accompanied him were all dizzy, and they all thought to themselves: "Our elves are amazing, and even the supreme commander of the Holy Cult Army has great respect for our elves......"

Three days later, the Elven Council sent an invitation to Sawin again, Sawin knew that they must have discussed the result, in fact, this result was not difficult to predict, he promised to find a place for the elves to retreat, the elves had no reason to refuse, and they had not put forward any conditions, the elves actually had a lot of room for negotiation. In such a favorable situation, it would be a fool for the elves not to talk to themselves.

That morning, bathed in the warm sunshine, Sawan was once again at the meeting place of the council, the place where the stone terrace resembled. The elves don't advocate paving, although they have the power to do so, so the elven council is really just a place to meet.

After the two sides sat down, this time the elven councillors spoke a lot more politely, and they were no longer as aggressive as last time, probably because Sawan was not human, and his strength was very strong, so the elves couldn't afford to put up a fight.

"Lord Savan, your suggestion has been carefully considered. You're right, the elves really need to open up a newer and bigger world, which is not only good for the elves, but also good for the whole world, and we can accept your proposal in principle, but there are still many details that we need to discuss with you. One of the councillors spoke first.

Sawin smiled: "I am very pleased that the parliamentarians can have such a vision, so that we have a basis for cooperation, and the details are easy, we just need to set the general direction, and the specific rules can be connected by special personnel, what do you think?"

"Very good, very good, then let's go according to this principle. The elves happily agreed.

The next negotiations went quite smoothly, and Sawin almost always agreed to the elves' demands, which did not cause much damage to him and the Holy Cult Army, and it didn't hurt to agree. Elves are not greedy, they have little interest in human territory and wealth, and they are mainly concerned with their own safety, which is not difficult to do.

Sawin asked Lin Kaiguo to take an offensive posture, in fact, to create an opportunity, and he didn't plan to do anything to the elves from the beginning. After the elves have put forward the conditions, it will be Savan's turn next, and whether the elves can agree to his request is the key to this negotiation.

"Lord Samhain, that's all we want, do you have anything to fix on that side?" The elves were naturally in a good mood when they saw that Sawan had agreed to all kinds of conditions, so they also asked Saven what he wanted.

Savan nodded: "I don't have much to say in principle, only a few small requests that I hope the councilors will consider." ”

(End of chapter)