As soon as Lu Gui finished speaking, Li De screamed in his heart. He expressed his demands too hastily, which made it easy for the other party to use the topic to make unreasonable demands.
But even though he was mentally prepared, Li De was still shocked that the goblins were so bold and attempted to threaten everyone by detonating Azerite.
"Rousha, are you serious when you say this?!"
Li De had obvious murderous intent when he spoke, while Strim Wilder said without giving in.
"In short, the goblins will not accept such harsh conditions. We would rather die together!"
"If I remember correctly, trade kings have equal status, right? Are all the trade kings willing to follow Hotsand and go crazy?"
Kel'Thuzad suddenly asked such a pointed question, and Rador Vons, who was sitting opposite him, answered without hesitation.
"All trade kings have the same opinion. We don't need you to instigate us. We will never surrender to the alliance!"
The airship force that Ridor Vons worked so hard to build suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Alliance, which made him firmly stand on the anti-Alliance side.
Kel'Thuzad sneered and said no more. He noticed that when Steamwheedle revealed his crazy plan, both Rador Vons and Gig Font had calm expressions. Only Gallywix showed a shocked expression at that moment.
, and then his face became extremely ugly.
It's just that this guy quickly realized what the occasion was, and soon he followed Ruido Fons and the others, pretending to share the same hatred.
The unreasonable behavior of these goblins disgusted Li De to the extreme.
"You really would rather die than admit defeat?!"
Resha's smile turned out to be a bit surly.
"Failure? We haven't failed yet. We still have our territory on the Eastern Continent, and the Booty Bay army hasn't lost yet. If they can capture the Kingdom of Stormwind, it's not certain who will win or lose."
After hearing what he said, Li De had no desire to continue the conversation with him. The current situation of Rivergaz was completely hiding in the treasure bay. It was just nonsense to suggest that he could turn defeat into victory.
"Since you insist so much, there is no need for us to continue talking..."
As Li De was saying this, Kel'Thuzad beside him coughed twice, causing Li De to swallow his words temporarily. After whispering a few words, Li De spoke again.
"I can give you three days to think about it. During these three days, we will not conduct any military operations. If you do not surrender after three days, you will be responsible for all the consequences!"
…
Li De originally planned to fulfill his promise and just detain these guys here and be done with it, but Kel'Thuzad persuaded him out of caution.
To be honest, Li De, who was a little excited at first about Hotsand's statement that he wanted to blow up Azerite, didn't take it seriously after he calmed down. He didn't believe that greedy goblins dared to risk their lives for others.
thing.
However, after listening to Kel'Thuzad's analysis afterwards, Li De felt that it still made sense: even if the chance was only one in ten million, don't bet on it easily. Because they didn't know how big the Azerite was under Kezan.
The scale is so large that it’s unclear whether these goblins took the wrong medicine.
If the goblins really detonate Azerite under their rash advance, causing irreparable damage to Azeroth, they will all become criminals in history. Not to mention the night elves present, they are
I definitely wouldn't dare to gamble, even Staghelm has become a conservative now.
After Kel'Thuzad completed his analysis, Li De also realized why his chief of staff proposed the three-day time limit.
"These three days are enough for us to come up with countermeasures to destroy the goblin's suicide plan."
Li De said this, but he didn't expect Kel'Thuzad to add anything later.
"Not only that, we also need to give some goblins time to think about it."
"Some goblins? Mentor Ke is referring to..."
"Of course it's Gallywix. That guy had a lot of luck in becoming the Trade King. He never entered the Trade King's inner circle.
From his behavior at the negotiating table today, it can be seen that he has no idea of Hot Sand’s plan.
And this guy doesn’t look like he has any backbone, I believe he is definitely not willing to follow that hot sand guy all the way to the dark side.”
When Hotsand threw out that crazy plan, everyone only looked at the guy with his teeth and claws. Only Kel'Thuzad focused on the others.
…
After the four trade kings returned to Hot Sand's palace, Gigvonte had the best relationship with Hot Sand, and he was the first to ask questions.
"Strim Wilder, are we really going to risk our lives with the Alliance?"
At this time, Rousa changed his face, reached out and took out a cigar from the crystal coffee table and lit it for himself, with a relaxed smile on his face.
"How is it possible? I can't bear to part with this colorful world! I said that on purpose just to blackmail the Alliance. With the war going like this, we must surrender, but we must negotiate a good price before surrendering.
This time we took the initiative to ask for negotiations. If we don't act tougher, we will be reduced to a situation where we are at the mercy of the alliance.
In the three days you have gained, you can contact the alliance privately behind my back, and if we can negotiate a suitable price, we can naturally surrender to the alliance."
Gigfund snapped his fingers, and the waiter immediately came over with wine on a silver tray. He asked while sipping the wine.
"Then who will use this name to contact the alliance?"
With the hand holding the cigar, Risa suddenly pointed at Gallywix, who was sitting beside him without speaking.
"I just look at little brother Gallywix. He and Li De have been friends for a long time. It would be most appropriate for him to come forward to contact Li De."
When Hot Sand said this, Gallywix didn't bother to think about how much humiliation there was in it, because he couldn't think about it at all now. He only had one thought in his mind: What on earth did this guy Hot Sand say?
How many layers?!
A guy who is willing to murder his father-in-law in order to gain power is a master of disguise, and he is also the best at seeing through other people's disguises.
Hotsand's explanation to Gigvondt was that claiming to blow up the Azerite vein was just to blackmail the Alliance. But in Gallywix's eyes, even though it was only for a moment, he clearly caught the fanaticism and cruelty in Hotsand's eyes!
'This guy is serious!'
Gallywix didn't dare to think about who Hotsand was lying to. He just wanted to escape from these madmen.
Therefore, he followed the instructions of Hot Sand and secretly crossed the blockade to the alliance headquarters on the second night.
Gudie
"You are indeed here, my old friend. I guess you will bring me some good news."
Gallywix was brought in front of Li De, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was shocked. The Alliance could even predict that he would come?!
Thinking of this, Gallywix suddenly felt that all his tricks were just tricks. It was okay to deceive a young lady like Laura, but it was better to forget about getting involved in a game of their level.
"Protector Li De, the gentleman beside you during yesterday's negotiation was right. Not all goblins share the same mind as that lunatic from Hot Sand.
The Bilgewater Cartel and a considerable number of goblins hope to surrender to you. Booty Bay and Ratchet City can all be ceded to the Alliance. Just look at this compensation... Is 500,000 gold coins acceptable?
If you agree, we will immediately rise up to capture the masterminds such as Steamwheedle and Mogul."
Li De laughed after hearing this.
"You are very generous to the colony of Hotsand Group. Is this the compensation? 500,000? Are you sending beggars? At least 2 million gold coins. There will be no negotiation for any less!"
Gallywix gritted his teeth and nodded after a long time.
"This number is acceptable! It's just such a big number, I hope you can meet my two small conditions."
Li De was immediately overjoyed. He was like a goblin who always had to "balance public and private matters" in everything he did.
"Tell me, if it's not too much, I can help you realize your wish.
"That is... you add a condition on top of the war compensation of 2 million: the alliance will decide on the payment share of each consortium, and then you will be a little more generous to Bilgewater. If you can agree, there is no problem in the war compensation being higher."
Even though Li De had seen a lot of weird things, he had to accept it. Negotiating surrender actually gave him a way to get kickbacks.
"I'll think about this for a while, and then you can tell me about the second condition."
Gallywix rubbed his hands unconsciously, letting Li De see that this might be the real purpose of his visit this time.
"That is, can you arrange for my family and property to leave Kezan? I want to immigrate to Kalimdor to live."
After saying so much, this guy finally had a clear vision. He saw that Kezan was now a big powder keg. Negotiations, surrender, and distribution of interests were not the most important thing to him. Now he was placed in front of him.
The first thing is to find a way out for yourself and leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
"Have you forgotten one thing? The Bilgewater Cartel is one of the masterminds of funding the cooperation between the orcs and the black dragon. Part of your property is illegal property, and there are also war criminals awaiting trial among your people."
Li De said calmly, and Gallywix quickly distinguished.
"Laura has not been involved in business matters. I will stay on the island if I have any contact with black dragons and orcs, including myself. I can even stay in the alliance's military camp."
Gallywix is really a thief. If Kezan is going to take the worst in the end, the Alliance military camp may be the safest place.
"Well, here are the people, what about the property?"
"Those are all my personal property and have nothing to do with the chaebol!"
Gallywix explained loudly, but Lid made no comment and just looked at him and smiled.
The young trade king's heart trembled for a moment. He understood that he was going to be killed by this knife, and finally he decided to risk his life and save a lot of money to avoid disaster.
"As long as you can help me transfer my property, I am willing to pay you 300,000 gold coins as a hard-earned fee."
Gallywix's word "you" was very strong, but Li De didn't care about his little thoughts, but made his request here.
"I agree to all the conditions you mentioned above, I just need you to do us a small favor."
This made Gallywix complain endlessly. He thought that he had just been extorted 300,000 gold coins and it was time to end. Why did Li De also have two conditions?
"Don't worry, you don't need to pay anything for this favor. We just need you to point out to us where Mogul is hiding in the rich mining area."
…
No matter what, Gallywix is a trade king after all. He has also participated in the Hexagram Meeting in the Holy Land. Even if he has not truly entered the circle of trade kings, he is qualified to know most of the secrets on Kezan Island.
When Reed made this request, Gallywix knew that this leader who made his fortune from war really didn't like to be manipulated, and he wanted to eradicate Hotsand, the last resort.
After some weighing, Gallywicks decided to tell Li De the truth. From his heart, he still hoped that Li De could stop the dangerous Azerite. No one likes to risk his life by sitting on a powder keg, so Gallywix
Si He didn't want to wake up one morning and find himself buried in a pile of money, and then see his butt hanging in the sky.
It's just that Gallywix told the location of the Azerite mine, but he didn't tell Li De that it was Steamsand that actually sent him to negotiate.
On the one hand, he has not yet understood the Thousand Layers of Hot Sand routine, and is not sure whether this guy is really crazy or pretending to be crazy.
On the other hand, he didn't want Li De to know that Hot Sand still intended to negotiate. If Li De knew these inside stories and felt that Hot Sand was more valuable for negotiation, he would skip him and go to negotiate with Hot Sand. He would have negotiated today.
All this is for nothing.
So before he knew the real intention of this guy, Gallywix, he decided to try his best to get the benefits while stabbing this guy in the back.
"The King of Hot Sand has given me a very strange feeling recently. He seems to be a different person. The former King of Hot Sand was not so showy, and he doesn't even play with antiques during this time."
What Gallywix said is really true. These small changes all happened to Hot Sand. However, these are not unexplainable: people's personalities will change, and naturally they are not in the mood during the war.
Play with antiques.
But these were all used by Gallywix to prove that Hotsand was a lunatic, making Li De pay more attention to his cooperation.
In this way, Gallywix is equivalent to buying an insurance policy with 300,000 gold coins. He will first send his family and property out of Cozan, and he will temporarily stay in Cozan to wait and see what happens. As long as the alliance successfully eliminates the threat of Azerite
, he mobilized people to put the trade king headed by Hot Sand under house arrest.
As long as it is proven that Rongsha is a madman, Li De will definitely be willing to cooperate with him. When he surrenders to the alliance on behalf of Kezan, ceding territory and paying compensation will not be a problem. By then he will become the biggest king of Kezan, and he will be able to make up for the compensation no matter how much money he loses.
No matter how much money you get back, you can still do business without worrying about not getting the money back.
Li De naturally didn't know that Gallywix had the business spirit in his blood, and even surrendering would allow him to make business.
After sending Gallywix away, Li De got up and left his seat and went to the room behind the partition.
At this time, there were many people sitting in the room, and after Li De walked in, five of them stood up at the same time. They were Shandis Featheryue, Chen Stormstout, Ronin, and Tirion Fulton.
Din and Vereesa Windrunner.
"Everyone, do you all know the goal of this operation? If there are no problems, let's go!"
After a year, the Dragon Whisperer team gathers again!