On the Port of Hope pier, Dai Lin and Li De, as coaches, stood side by side, with a welcoming team standing behind them.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Li De and the others received a notice that the special commissioner would arrive at the Hanhai Protectorate on time in four hours.
"Marshal Dai Lin, what kind of person is this special commissioner?"
The waiting process was a bit boring, so Li De asked Dai Lin in a low voice. The name of the special correspondent sounded very strange to Li De, and the other person was a person Li De didn't know at all.
Dai Lin's beautiful orange-red beard moved back and forth, and he said after thinking for a moment.
"This special commissioner... is a very good person in terms of character. He is in charge of Lordaeron's finances and is one of Terenas' most trusted civil servants.
I don't have much contact with him, but in the rare few times I can feel his sincerity in treating others. It's a pity that Mr. Boris is a complete ordinary person who doesn't understand any fighting skills at all.
Maybe it's because of this reason that he doesn't dare to use the teleportation array. After all, ordinary people are always afraid of magic."
Li De has always trusted Dai Lin. If he can get anything from Dai Lin, he is probably a good person.
According to the description, Li De mentally simulated a kind, gentle, and somewhat cautious and conservative image. Now he only hoped that the commissioner representing Terenas would not cause trouble for them in the war.
"I'm coming!……"
At this moment, there was a noise, and people looked up and saw a large merchant ship flying the flag of the Eight-Star Alliance, escorted by two warships, docked at the dock.
A middle-aged man wearing a gorgeous robe and a friendly smile on his face appeared on the gangway. He was the Lordaeron ambassador representing King Terenas: Commissioner Boris.
Amid the applause of the welcoming team, Boris slowly walked down the gangway and finally came to Dai Lin and Li De.
His height is basically the same as Li De's, and he also has a very handsome appearance. As expected, if you want to climb to a high position in the court, besides ability, appearance is also an important factor.
"Marshal Dai Lin, Protector Li De, thank you for everything you have done for the alliance."
Boris expressed high praise for them as soon as he met them. This was certainly not an empty talk. Since the war began, it was precisely because of their troops at the forefront that so many alliance princes and nobles behind him became rich, and the war officially began.
Since then, the confiscation of goblin merchants' property has become legitimate.
Compared with the poor-blooded locusts' negative-sum game with the orcs, this kind of war that can make money is more popular.
In general, Li De's first impression of Boris was pretty good. As a favorite of Terenas, this guy didn't show the slightest bit of kindness all the way from the port to Gadgetzan.
Arrogant.
After learning that land and sea had won battles one after another, Boris was in an even better mood.
"To be honest, as a civilian official, I tried my best to prevent His Majesty from launching a war. I even had a dark psychological speculation that it was because Protector Li De was unable to fight against the powerful enemy of goblins in Kalimdor, so I exaggerated
Facts have dragged the entire alliance into the quagmire.
But now it seems that as a person who does not understand military affairs, I should listen more to the opinions of professionals. The food that arrived on the same ship with me this time is just the beginning. The alliance will firmly support our army until this war is completely won.
until."
Li De and Dai Lin have a higher opinion of Boris. Few people can hide this from their keen eyes. From Boris's expression, it can be seen that this is not hypocrisy. Such candid noble civil servants are rare.
Afterwards, Boris consulted the two men about some details of the war. When he heard that the First Division successfully occupied Ratchet City, Boris also cheered along. For him, a civil servant who had never been to the battlefield in person, the war was nothing.
This is the legendary story of Tuba.
And when he heard that Gazlowe had escaped, Boris showed a sigh of relief.
"That Gazlowe is now entrenched on Okaz Island, how should we deal with him?"
Looking at the map alone, Okaz Island is adjacent to Theramore Island and not far from the Protector of the Vast Sea, so Boris seems a little nervous.
Li De and Dai Lin both smiled and explained to Boris.
"Don't worry, although Gazlowe's armed forces are closer to the Hanhai Protector in terms of distance, in fact they are just trapped there.
In the past, Kezan relied on Ratchet City to continuously plunder cotton and other materials from the barren land. Now that Ratchet City has been captured by us, the power of the goblins has been greatly weakened.
The Gazlowe armed group lost all its logistical supplies after being trapped on Okaz Island. Although they landed on the island with a large number of engineering machinery, without energy support, all the steel would become waste.
Not long ago, the Kezan fleet tried to break through our naval blockade, but the result was a miserable defeat at the hands of Marshal Dailin, and Okaz Island is still surrounded by us.
We don't need to attack the island by force now, just time can kill them."
Boris listened to the story attentively and nodded frequently. Then he asked a question that surprised both Li De and Dai Lin.
"Then what does Protector Li De decide to do with the captured Ratchet City?"
"Why do you suddenly ask that?"
Li De was a little confused.
"Rachet City was captured by your army, and it should become your territory. His Majesty Terenas sent me here this time, hoping to convey a message to you through me:
Your cause in Kalimdor is to create more living space for the human race, and your act of acquiring more territory is also just. The Alliance will fully support your territorial expansion in Kalimdor."
What Boris said made Li De a little confused. He didn't quite understand why Terenas had such an idea, but he obviously didn't want to talk to Boris about this matter.
"Special Commissioner, every prisoner we capture and every piece of goblin land we capture will be used as a bargaining chip in the end.
Now that the war is not over yet, I think it is unreasonable to rush to incorporate Ratchet City into the territory of the Vast Sea Protector."
What Li De said was his true thoughts.
Land is always scarce, and no one would complain that they have less land. But Li De has his own ideas about Ratchet City.
In fact, after the war, Li De never thought about returning Ratchet City to the goblins, but it was unrealistic to completely take this land into his arms.
Ratchet City and Tanaris are too far apart, so the cost of governance is first of all a problem. When Ratchet City was built, the goblin colonists used a lot of quilboar labor, so the quilboar people of Ratchet City also have a very special attitude.
Complex emotions.
Also, when Gazlowe retreated from Ratchet City, he only took with him more than a thousand people, while Ratchet City was a town of ten thousand people.
Excluding the troops that Tinkervis took away before, the people that Gazlowe took away, and the people who died in the street fighting, when the first division finally entered Ratchet City, there were more than 3,000 people left in the city.
Goblin population.
Please note that the "ten thousand people" and "more than three thousand people" mentioned before actually refer to the "effective goblin population" whose property is more than 1,000 gold coins. As for more slaves, they are not counted as human beings in Ratchet City.
of.
Gazlowe burned Ratchet City, accelerating the surrender of the remaining people in the city. In other words, what the First Division took over was a dilapidated town with an actual population of nearly ten thousand people.
And because these people chose to surrender, naturally they cannot be treated roughly like prisoners of war.
Therefore, the current situation in Ratchet City is actually quite complicated, and Li De's idea is to put aside the dispute and jointly develop it in the future.