Although he was slightly disappointed that Kel'Thuzad was only looking for a part-time job, Li De happily decided to hire him as a visiting professor.
In fact, think about it. At present, it seems that Kel'Thuzad cannot leave Dalaran no matter what. Given the academic environment there, no mage is willing to leave.
After a brief period of disappointment, Li De quickly adjusted his mentality.
Dalaran has always been very cautious about magic, and is even more vigilant against the leakage of magic.
For other human kingdoms, being able to have court magicians is already the biggest compromise for Dalaran.
The result of such a compromise is that court mages from other countries need to register in Dalaran. Even mages working outside must obtain Dalaran's consent and registration if they want to recruit apprentices.
Otherwise, once he is judged as an illegal magic user, he will be the most severely wanted person in Dalaran.
Affected by the war, Dalaran was willing to spread magic to the entire alliance and establish teleportation arrays in member countries. Not to mention Dalaran's most conservative era, it would have been unthinkable even ten years ago.
However, even if it is much more open than before, Dalaran will not allow an alternate member of the Kirin Tor Council of Six to leave Dalaran at will.
Even less would I agree with other countries suddenly having a new position called "Minister of Magic".
The Protector of Hanhai still has a long way to go before he can possess magic. It is time for Li De to establish friendship with the Great Magician Antonidas again.
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After returning to Gadgetzan, I saw people reveling in the streets to celebrate the miracle of the desert turning into fields.
You can see that there are security teams maintaining order in the city, and cadres from factories and streets also help in this.
Thanks to the efforts of organizations at all levels, good order has been maintained in the city. Of course, people are not prevented from expressing their emotions for the sake of order.
Among them, the most happy ones were the old immigrants from the Kingdom of Stormwind and the new immigrants from Alterac.
Trolls are a hunting race, while goblins are a trading race. Neither of them attach as much importance to the value of land as the humans do.
The Kingdom of Stormwind is a developed agricultural country, and the richness of Elwynn Forest is not inferior to that of Lordaeron. Several large farms in it are very famous in other countries.
Since settling in their new home in Tanaris, although the old people of Stormwind Kingdom have lived a good life through hard work and wisdom, the life without agriculture has always made them a little insecure.
As for the new immigrants in Alterac, they are completely on the opposite side. The old immigrants were once highly wealthy, while the new immigrants are extremely poor.
The narrow Alterac and their tragic history have given the people of Alterac an extraordinary obsession with the land.
After coming to the Hanhai Protectorate, they had enough to eat and lived a dignified life. However, it is difficult to say how many Alterac people have given up their obsession.
Now the desert has suddenly turned into arable land. Although it is very barren, it is enough for the human residents to revel.
Feeling the rising emotions of the people, Li De simply proposed that today, this important day, be designated as the carnival of the Hanhai Protector.
But this first carnival actually lasted only one day.
Although there were some small-scale celebrations held by people in the two cities and one port the next day, in fact all departments were required to resume normal operations immediately.
In the administrative system and the army, they only enjoyed a short celebration for half a day.
After all, don't forget that the current Vast Sea Protector is still in a wartime state, and the goblins of Kezan are still watching. There is a possibility of war igniting at any time outside Tanaris.
Calgar was the first to bid farewell to Lid. She wanted to return to the Barrens and lead the quilboars in the right way.
Captain Fang was left behind in the Hanhai Protectorate. She accompanied the one hundred wild boar warriors left here to receive training and prepare for the stormy resistance in the future.
After sending Calgar away, Captain Fang found Lao Chen within a few days.
Although this wild boar hero has a surly temperament, she is not without her advantages. The most easily discovered advantage is that she can afford to lose. One is one and two is two.
She admitted her defeat, respected Lao Chen's strength, and hoped to learn from Lao Chen how to be super strong.
Lao Chen was not ready to accept a quilboar disciple. He thought that he did not have the talent and virtue of Master Shang Xi, and he did not know how to teach a disciple, so he simply asked Kanum Fang to spar with him. The quilboar was rough-skinned anyway.
The flesh is thick and cannot be broken easily.
The wild boar people are receiving training step by step, and there will not be much time left for them. In up to a month, they will all go behind enemy lines and engage in the most dangerous tasks such as guerrilla warfare, infiltration, and assassination.
Compared with the larger environment, the resistance movement that determined the fate of the wild boars was only a small puzzle piece of the entire war.
Compared with the massive supplies needed to mobilize a war, the cans and weapons used to support wild boars can be said to be insignificant.
Food and medicinal herbs were continuously transported from the Kingdom Continent to the Hanhai Protector, and with the arrival of merchant ships, there was also an old friend of Li De.
"Hey! We're old friends! Want to have a drink together?"
The way the dwarves greet each other is always so unique, and it would be too much for a drunkard to spray in front of them.
Li De was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the leader of the ship's security team this time was actually Brian Bronzebeard.
After the Battle of Grim Batol, the Adventurers Association established a branch in Alterac.
The plans of those adventurers, such as Li De and Dai Lin, gradually integrated into the Han-Ku-Ao interest system.
"I remember your place is supposed to be a desert. How could it be such a sandy land?"
Brian was mumbling as he picked up the dirt from the ground and rubbed it in his hands. He even put it in his mouth and tasted it!
This guy's actions made Li De look sideways for a moment. Excellent explorers are often naturalists, involved in geology, history, hydrology, animals and plants and other fields. But Li De really couldn't figure out how to put soil in his mouth and taste it.
What field does the skill belong to?
"Bah! This sandy soil is of good quality, and the grapes grown there will definitely make good wine."
After talking for a long time, he still couldn't live without wine, so Li De reluctantly asked Willy to fetch a barrel of good wine to quench Brian's thirst.
"What? You said you want to buy coal?"
While drinking, Li De and Brian chatted about the current events.
When he heard that Li De planned to buy coal from Gnomeregan, Brian started showing off casually.
"Coal is a good thing. It burns at a high temperature and lasts for a long time. Ironforge can smelt good steel, and the coal from Gnomeregan is a big help.
The reserves of coal in the Kingdom Continent are quite large. Based on the current annual consumption, it will not be a problem for us to use it for another hundred or two hundred years.
It's just that the coal mines are too concentrated. In addition to Gnomeregan, the coal mines that have been discovered so far include the Searing Gorge and the Burning Steppes. Well, that's all.
The coal in the entire Kingdom Continent is only concentrated around Khaz Modan in the middle."
When he said this, Brian was still a little proud. Although the dwarves did not own these coals, this also shows that the dwarf ancestors indeed chose a treasured land to live in.
Hearing what Brian said, Li De raised his eyebrows and took the initiative to lift the wine barrel and fill Brian's glass.
"Are you saying that the only coal that can be sold as commercial coal is Gnomeregan? Is there coal in other places, but we haven't discovered it yet?"
Brian blew his nose heavily and said proudly.
"No, you have to believe in the dwarves' exploration and exploration capabilities. Ninety-five percent of the coal is in the places I just mentioned.
Entering the Searing Gorge and the Burning Steppes, apart from the road to Loch Modan, the only one is the Kingdom of Stormwind in the south. Isn't that Alliance territory?
In other words, commercial coal is only available in Gnomeregan, and the Searing Gorge and Burning Steppes are places that goblins cannot reach at all.
Mekkatorque's great craftsman knows the difference. Once the war starts and you buy coal from Gnomeregan, he can ensure that not a single piece of coal gets into the hands of the goblins."
Although Brian Bronzebeard always looks like he is playing with the world, it does not mean that he is slow-minded. On the contrary, he is very smart and can immediately react to what Li De cares about most.
Li De let out a sigh of relief, feeling relieved. What he feared most about Kezan was their powerful engineering technology.
Li De couldn't guarantee what kind of dangerous weapons they would use in the war, but fortunately, the goblins' powerful technology could not be separated from two core energy sources: the Kaya crystal that drove the mecha and the coal that drove the boiler.
When the Hanhai Protector and Kezan were in their honeymoon period, relying on Noggenfogg's old relationship, they were still able to import Kaya ore, which was a decisive help to the development of the Hanhai Protector's engineering.
But despite the tense situation, Kezan first cut off the cotton and Kaya ore.
It was disrespectful to come and go, so Li De relied on his relationship with the dwarf to cut off Kezan's coal supply. Now Kezan's boiler, no matter how powerful or powerful it was, could only shut down.