The clan leader hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand boldly and said loudly: "Okay, okay, it's us, head office. I say you goblins just like to haggle over everything, my old friend Sha Jin."
At this time, the goblin sitting opposite leaned out from the dark corner, and his ugly yellow-green face could be seen by the light of the torch.
It turns out to be Lorraine's secret agent, the goblin Atom, Shajin~!
Lorraine originally gave him the task of gathering information about the orcs. But as a four-goblin with ideals, morality, culture, and discipline, the education he received since he was a child is that 'money is always more important than life~!'
I think back then, in order to collect money, they were the first to invent repeated charges in tourist areas. Those believers who traveled long distances to worship had to wash themselves with water five times when they arrived at the temple of the Sun God. And each time they were
You have to collect money~!
What's even better is that the water in the pool has never been changed, which greatly saves water resources.
Atom, Shajin, as an elite member of the goblins who "don't care about their lives for money," know the principle of high risk and high reward.
Therefore, despite the hardships and dangers, relying on his own ability, he managed to sneak into the base camp of the Orc Alliance.
At this moment, the goblin Sha Jin glared his little green eyes, looked at the clan leader opposite, and said: "Now that I remember that I am a friend, when we first met, you little bastard wanted to chop me into pieces and feed me to the dogs.
.”
The patriarch scratched his head and said with a smile: "You took my money and ran away for several years. Of course I am not happy. But..."
He hesitated for a moment, rolled his eyes, and then said: "For the sake of your ship's salt and your advice to me this time, let's make it clear. Are you satisfied?"
Goblin Shajin threw the wine glass to the ground and shouted angrily: "Of course you are not satisfied. If you don't tell me how much the salt on my ship is worth, just say that I am planning to let the Dulci kill the Chimedians, you can
How much profit did you get?"
"You just came up with a bad idea, and I'm not the one who implemented it!" the clan leader said dissatisfied.
Goblin Sha Jin sneered and said: "Although this idea is very simple, I'm not laughing at you, can you think of it yourself? Can you create those details?
The most you clumsy guys can come up with is to send two people wearing Chimedian clothes to sneak attack on the woman, thinking that they can deceive someone, and maybe they will be chopped down by the Durcians now.
You are the one who lost your head."
The clan leader thought for a while and had to admit that the plan formulated by Goblin Sha Jin was indeed very strong.
Seriously, the truth is connected one by one, and the fake is confused with the real. Taking advantage of Chimedia's dissatisfaction with the Scorpion King, he sent people to snatch the Scorpion King's woman, deliberately leaving the weapon with flaws now, and then poured out the real and fake.
He returned and led the pursuers to the Chimedians, instigating both sides so that they started fighting without a chance to confront them.
The patriarch thought of this, glanced at Sha Jin, then shook his head, determined to stay away from this goblin in the future, and then continued: "Don't worry, I won't treat you badly, old friend Sha Jin."
"It's best like this." Goblin Sha Jin said angrily.
Neither of them spoke for the next time. They could only hear the snoring breathing of the orc leader, and the goblin leisurely sipping the ale in his glass.
"What happened to the Aquitan people?" The Orc leader suddenly raised his head and said with great interest: "I heard that they were killed by humans. Not a single person was left."
Goblin Shajin gave the Orc leader a white look and said, "Whoever told you, just go and tear his mouth out. When I came, humans had just given the land to the Aquitan people."
"This is impossible." The Orc leader blurted out.
The goblin shrugged and said boredly: "Nothing is impossible, my friend, the Aquitan people are now farmers. They farm the land, pay taxes to humans, and live in peace."
"This is impossible, how is this possible? We are about to fight for the land, how could they... this is impossible..." the half-orc chief murmured in disbelief, his voice getting lower and lower, and finally he fell silent.
He sat there blankly, full of thoughts.
Goblin Shajin didn't say anything, and the tent became quiet again.
The half-orc leader suddenly asked: "Um, are humans really as powerful as you say?"
The goblin laughed wildly, the hand holding the wine glass shook wildly, and the wine spilled all over the floor. Tears of joy came out, and he gasped and said: "I really admire you orcs.
The enemy doesn't even know it, so he's going to fight. What? Are you afraid? My leader of the Doretta clan."
"How is that possible?" Chief Dorieta curled his lips and said: "Who are we half-orcs afraid of? However," Chief Dorieta asked cautiously: "There are really no human beings like you said, just the army.
Three million?”
Goblin Sha Jin shook his head and sighed in his heart: Is this God helping Lorraine by giving him a group of pig-like enemies? This young man's luck is so good that it makes you jealous.
Goblin Sha Jin sighed, and then said slowly: "Three million without discount, and all of them are soldiers equipped with iron armor and sharp swords. There are even magicians. Have you ever seen a magician? He is the one who kills all by himself."
Tens of thousands of soldiers were lost."
Chief Dorieta swallowed hard and said with disbelief: "But, I have also fought against humans. I know that there are only tens of thousands of soldiers in the city to the north, which is less than half of our coalition army."
Goblin Sha Jin snorted and said: "You orcs only have vision so far.
Behind them, there is a powerful human empire. What you see are only the most remote parts of this empire.
But unlike you guys who only like to kill your own people, humans are very united.
In just one month, humans can gather an army of 300,000 in the north, and in three months, one million."
Dorieta suddenly relaxed when he heard what the goblin Sha Jin said. He pointed at the goblin and laughed: "You are talking big words. You must be talking big words. If humans have so many soldiers, why do they still wait every year?
Let’s fight.”
Goblin Sha Jin shrugged and said: "Human beings look down upon you poor guys who only have one pair of underpants. Don't look at me with that hurtful look. This is a fact. Human beings don't come to beat you because you are not enough."
Let humans do the fighting.
I have said it, believe it or not, life or death is your own business. Now, fulfill your promise and escort me back."
He raised his head and looked at the dark night outside the tent, wrapped his cloak tightly around his body, and murmured: "When a war breaks out, it's a golden opportunity to make a fortune. Bread can sell for the price of meat, and I'm not willing to miss it.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Chief Dorieta slapped his chest and said boldly: "I'll take care of it, but as promised, your goods will only be sold to us."
Goblin Shajin said impatiently: "Remember clearly, you have the first right to subscribe. At the same price, I will sell it to you first. If others offer a higher price, I will sell it to others."
Chief Dorieta smiled honestly and said, "Aren't we friends? It hurts our feelings to say that."
Goblin Shajin laughed angrily, pointed at the Doreta clan leader with trembling fingers, and kept laughing with a sharp voice.
Goblin Shajin laughed for a long time. Seeing that Dorieta still had an unchanging face, with a dirt-stained farmer's simplicity on his face, he couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "These guys are really good at pretending. If I really believe you, maybe
I have been sold by you a long time ago."
But his voice was so low that only he could hear it.
After finishing speaking, Wuzi shook his head and said, "By the way, you clan leaders, aren't you getting along well this time? Take me to see their camp."
Chief Dorieta stared at the goblin warily and said, "What do you want to do? Let's talk about it first. We are old friends. You can't do anything to disgrace your friends and do business with them behind my back."
The goblin looked at the clan leader who was obviously too shrewd, and couldn't help but shake his head, and then said confidently: "How can I know what supplies are in short supply and can make a lot of money if I don't go to their camp to see them.
You have a share of all the business, so this is the head office. Don’t worry, we goblins are different from you orcs. We goblins are different from you who only know how to rob, and those son-of-a-bitch politicians who come out to mess around.
It depends on keeping your word. As long as we sign the contract, we goblins will not go back on it."
Chief Dorieta smiled honestly again and said: "Did you tell me earlier~! It's simple. I and several chiefs just want to discuss the matter of assisting the Scorpion King. You can just follow me."
"Assist? If you want to cause trouble, just say so and keep it secretive to me." Goblin Sha Jin said disdainfully.
As if he was telling a secret, Chief Dorieta leaned forward, put his big head close to the goblin, and whispered: "That dead scorpion said that he has an internal agent in the human body and can open the city gate. We have to discuss it.
Real or fake.”
Goblin Shajin was stunned for a moment, and felt a bucket of ice water pouring from his head to the soles of his feet, and his whole body became cold all of a sudden. Although he didn't care about the life and death of humans, the boss who paid him wages was also there. And there were those who were better than gold mines.
The salt works are all profitable.
That white salt is hard currency. You can spend it wherever you go.
If these barbaric orcs really break through, all the machines that are more profitable than gold mines will stop. How much money will this cost?
Sha Jin quickly calculated in his heart, and when he got the result, he immediately felt his heart bleeding...
He suppressed the fear in his heart, then pulled the cloak with his hands, wrapping himself a little tighter, and said in an indifferent voice as much as possible: "So what if it's true? So what if it's fake?"
"It's okay to say it's fake, but if it's true... a hyena can also snatch food from a lion's mouth, right?" Chief Dorieta still looked like an old farmer who had been in the sun all his life, rubbing his full body.
His rough, calloused hands smiled innocently.
Since the beginning of October, when the imperial border guards fought fiercely with the Orc forwards on the border, the reconnaissance troops have encountered small groups of Orcs more and more frequently.
However, after being severely beaten by the imperial army in the first two battles, these orcs also learned their lesson. They did not fight with the cavalry and ran away when they saw them.
But Lorraine also saw from these signs that the enemy was coming soon~!
As a powerful frontier official, whether it is stabilizing salt prices or combating slave trade, these are all internal affairs. No matter how well Lord Lorraine does it, it is just a verbal commendation, because these tasks are inherently
Within the scope of the Governor.
And war, especially such a large-scale war, is the touchstone to test whether a governor is qualified or not.
After winning, Lorraine gained the trust of the emperor and the Heraldry Council, and no one could shake Lorraine's status in Naian. From then on, he bullied men and women every day, and did not do his job all day long. This was also praised by all the nobles in Ruman City.
an outstanding governor.
If he loses, it doesn’t matter that Lorraine has pushed the chicken farts of Naian province by dozens or hundreds of percentage points, it doesn’t matter whether the happiness index of the people of Naian has climbed to 99%, and it doesn’t matter that he is the most handsome boy in the empire.
Lorraine, how tough the backstage is, she is both a Grand Duke and a Magister.
He has to get out of here, or else he will have to go to the Heraldry Court to stand trial. If he doesn't die, he will have to lose his skin. From now on, he will turn his tail between his legs and be despised by everyone for a hundred years.
This is the most severe test Lorraine is about to undergo since taking office.
For this reason, Lorraine did not dare to be careless at all and mobilized all the power of his men.
Under his strict order, the city guards from the northern cities went south in groups and gathered in the city to reorganize. The militiamen took up their weapons and walked to the top of the city, looking southward warily.
In addition, there are the reinforcements that Lorraine spent a lot of money to invite, the First Red Stick under Archduke Julian, and the Tenth Legion of the East.
For field armies like the Naian Legion and the Tenth Eastern Legion, it would be a waste to place them on the city wall. The two legions are not far behind the battle line, serving as mobile forces, always ready to go to the battlefield.
As the commander-in-chief, Lorraine, who is dressed in military uniform, is about to set off south and sit on the front line. Lorraine's entourage this time includes a small group of one hundred guardsmen and...and...
"Vera?" Catherine tilted her head and asked curiously: "Why only bring Vera? You want us all to stay, even if you bring Ximei and Luo Linna with you, it would be good."
Lorraine looked at Vera and said, "Vera, are you going?"
Vera nodded vigorously, hummed and said, "I will go wherever the young master goes."
Hilmeria also had a petty temper and looked at Lorraine angrily. After hearing what Catherine said, she quickly nodded vigorously.
Luo Linna nodded and said: "I have no objection. Lorraine paid to hire us, so of course I will work for you."
Adele's eyes were red, she clenched her fists at Lorraine, and said viciously: "Just give us a reason."
Lorraine stretched out her hand to pull Adele, held her tightly in her arms, patted her back gently, and then smiled gratefully at Lorraine.
"That's right, boss," Leo also said angrily, "You go out to have fun alone, and it's so unjust to leave me among these bastards."
Leo took a step forward, pulled Lorraine's clothes, and whispered: "For the sake of my wallet, boss, please help me, let me go with you."
Catherine glared at Leo, but had no time to pay attention to him. She took Lorraine's arm and said, "Ximei and Lorena are both very capable. Even on the battlefield, they can still help you."
Lorraine shook his head and said: "This time is different, Nicole, Del, Melia, don't be angry, first listen to me. Over the past thousand years, more than 30 governors of our empire have died in border wars.
We are not fighting a smooth battle, this time we are really desperate, and anything can happen.
I can't take you on adventures, and I'll be heartbroken if one of you bumps into the other. Especially I can't take Leo with me, otherwise, your father will fly over from Constantinople and hack me."
Moreover, Lorraine secretly thought: The most important thing is that Vera can fly.
Vera looked up at Lorraine and smiled brightly at Lorraine.
Luolina protested: "Boy, you're itchy again. These are your girls, don't count me in."
Catherine gave Lorraine a slap and said: "Nonsense, my father understands justice well. It is the royal family's responsibility to protect the family and the country. I will go with you, and Leo will just stay here."
Leo pointed at Lorraine and shouted dissatisfied: "No, I want to go, I want to go."
Lorraine smiled and said: "I'm gone, Vera is gone, our Flying Eagle Company must have someone to manage it.
Nicole, Del, I can only pay attention to the war when I go there. I will leave all the government affairs to you. Moreover, I don’t trust the logistics to those officials. We all know their virtues.
If there is someone"
"Ah?" Leo was stunned for a moment with his mouth open, then lowered his head in frustration, and said with a sigh: "Okay, I understand. You can go without worries, I will watch over the company."
"Where are we?" Hilmeria and Lorena said at the same time.
"The mages have just arrived, and they are still acclimated." Lorraine said: "The priests are not obedient enough yet. They need you two to watch over them. When the mages and priests are ready, you can bring people here.
"
Luolina pondered for a moment, then nodded and said cheerfully: "Okay, after they have rested, I will take them to you as soon as possible."
Hilmeria also thought about it. After all, her own abilities were limited. She quickly put the priests in order and asked them to work for Lorraine. This was the most important thing now.
Hilmeria said "Oh" and nodded aggrievedly.
Lorraine looked at their worried looks, smiled slightly, and comforted them: "Don't worry, I haven't earned enough for you guys' betrothal gifts, but I can't bear to die."
Several girls slapped Lorraine at the same time and said coquettishly: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Adele said nervously: "What should we do if we are really in danger? There are hundreds of thousands of orcs, and we only have so few people."
Catherine pinched Adele and said: "Bah, bah, crow's mouth."
Lorraine said in her heart that she couldn't comfort them without knowing anything, and said: "Okay, even if there is real danger, I will run away. Have you forgotten the dragon? I can ask her for help if something happens."