"Malfurion...ah, no, Archdruid, why are you here?"
Fandral Staghelm felt like a thunderbolt flashing through his heart, so much so that in desperation, Staghelm actually called Malfurion by his name, but he reacted in time and used honorifics instead.
"I know all the efforts you have made here. I have worked hard for you for a while. I will handle the things here very well."
Malfurion's words made Staghelm's heart feel like an ice cellar. He couldn't understand how Malfurion, who had been sleeping for so many years, woke up.
"Arch Druid, aren't you exploring the Emerald Dream?"
Malfurion nodded, and then gave an answer to Staghelm's doubts.
"My original plan was that it would take some time to wake up, but Ms. Ysera found me and told me that the real world needs me."
"Ms. Ysera..."
Hearing the name of the Green Dragon Queen, Staghelm was frustrated and a little angry at the same time. He knew that the dragon did not trust his ability.
Staghelm knew that he could not compete with Malfurion no matter what. The archdruid was above him in terms of ability and qualifications, and more importantly, he was his teacher.
"Fandral, I really think that you should enter the Emerald Dream and sleep for a while. The Emerald Dream contains endless knowledge, which is the best nourishment for us druids."
Malfurion still valued Staghelm as his disciple. Although Tyrande could complain this time as soon as he woke up, Malfurion believed that Staghelm was just a bit impatient. As long as he immersed himself in the Emerald Dream and understood more, everything would be fine.
Everything will be fine.
The Emerald Dream, where Ysera took over, was established by the earliest Titan Guardians. It is a projection of the original beginning of Azeroth, and it is a completely vibrant world.
According to the arrangements of the Titan Guardians, if Azeroth encounters irreversible damage, the projection of the Emerald Dream will overlap with the real world, reformatting Azeroth into its original vibrant appearance.
In layman's terms, the Emerald Dream is an alternate world of Azeroth that has not been modified in any way.
Therefore, Malfurion places the Emerald Dream in an equally important position as the real world, and druids, as believers and guardians of the power of life, should understand the knowledge in the Emerald Dream through constant exploration, so as to be ready to deal with reality at all times
changes in the world.
As for Malfurion's awakening this time, the reason did not entirely come from the dragon. Mogul was wary of Staghelm, and Hotsand thought the same thing.
The solution provided by Hotsand is much smarter than that of Mogul. The signing of the treaty is the general trend. Instead of working hard on this, it is better to try to introduce other variables.
To sum up Kezan's defeat on the battlefield this time, the gap in military strength is actually not too obvious. At least Kezan's weapons technology is ahead of his opponent.
What really caused Kezan to fail so miserably was the imperfect intelligence and untimely information. He couldn't even fully understand the enemy, so how could he win the war?
So during the few days of negotiations, Steamwheedle mobilized all resources to obtain information from multiple sources. When he learned that Staghelm was only a minority of radicals among the night elves, a plan slowly took shape in his mind.
He secretly found Li De, hoping that he could help mediate and invite higher-ranking druids to participate in the work of Azerite. In order to win Li De's help, Hotsand even offered a price to accept Hanhai City.
Hu and the Steamwheedle Corporation jointly manage Ratchet City.
Such a price is indeed tempting, not to mention that Li De originally thought that Lu Gui was not the best candidate.
So Li De had serious discussions with Anachronos and Nozdormu who came to Kezan. Finally, the Bronze Dragon King contacted Ysera in the Emerald Dream and awakened Malfurion, whom they trusted more.
…
Many of Kezan's follow-up tasks are being handled step by step, and it is not necessary for everyone to stay on the island, so Terenas moved to the Vast Sea Protectorate after signing the surrender document.
The Hanhai Protectorate suddenly became a lot more lively. Not only Terenas, but also the leaders of all members of the alliance gathered in Gadgetzan.
Unlike the Orc War, which severely damaged the vitality of all countries after the victory, the Kezan War allowed the Alliance to truly reap substantial benefits.
The main force of the army in this war was only the Hanhai Protector and Kul Tiras. Of course, the Alliance's first division under Li De was composed of soldiers from various countries. But in general, other countries in the rear mainly provided logistics
supplies and military spending.
Winning such a great victory at a relatively small cost brought Dai Lin and Li De's prestige to a new level.
And if you look closely, the last Orc War before the Kezan War was also presided over by Li De.
Leading the alliance to win two wars in a row, Li De instantly ranked among the top military strategists in the alliance, and his status was obviously only lower than Lothar's.
Many copies of Kezan's letter of surrender have been sent to the leaders of various countries, and 1 million gold coins will be received immediately. How to divide such a huge sum of money among various countries is a big deal. Because Li De played an indispensable role in it.
, so the leaders of various countries decided to choose the meeting place in Hanhai Protectorate.
This is also thanks to the maturity of the teleportation array, otherwise the leaders would have been powerless just because of the long distance.
“What a bustling city!”
This was the first thing Varian said after walking out of the teleportation array and onto the streets of Gadgetzan.
"Yes, when I came here for the first time, I was also filled with shock."
Lothar stood behind Varian and said with the same emotion.
Then came Trollbane and Greymane. The two kings pinched their beards in unison and observed carefully. They were shocked that this emerging country could achieve such prosperity in just a few years! Their own
The country also needs to achieve further development so as not to be left behind.
The last one to come out was Grand Magister Antonidas. The kings were important figures among the important figures. In addition, they did not understand magic, so he personally maintained the teleportation to ensure that these kings could arrive safely.
For these alliance leaders, the Hanhai Protector held a welcome ceremony of the highest standard. The alliance of Li De and Dai Lin welcomed them, followed by a group of senior officials from the Hanhai Protector.
Antonidas first came over to shake hands with Li De, and then emphasized it again.
"Transcontinental long-distance transmission cannot bear so many people. Therefore, the entourage from various countries can only board the ship in Nanhai Town. They will not be able to arrive until a few days later, and the formal meeting cannot be held immediately."
Like most mages, even if they haven't seen each other for a long time, Antonidas is pragmatic before exchanging pleasantries.
Li De nodded to express his understanding. These were all explained by the mage of Dalaran at the previous station.
"Thank you for your Majesty's trust. We took the lead in arriving at the Hanhai Protectorate with only one entourage. In the next few days, while waiting for the arrival of the entourage, the Hanhai Protectorate will organize a series of activities for you. , I hope this trip will leave you with good memories.”
"Haha, then we won't be polite."
Lothar laughed heartily at first. Alterac and the Protector of Hanhai are the closest partners. Now there are quite a few people in Alterac who believe in the light of civilization, so Lothar really feels like returning home when he gets here. Feel.
Gu Lun
"Ravenholdt, this is a rare time for you to come out with me and relax yourself. I will take you to visit Stonehenge later and please feel the light of civilization."
As the team marched, Lothar spoke enthusiastically to Ravenholdt, who was accompanying him. Ravenholdt had made great contributions when the remnants of the old aristocracy attempted to launch a coup and smashed the conspiracy, so he was deeply trusted by Lothar. .
When Alterac was in greatest danger, Ravenholdt had lost trust in all faiths. As a result, he still has a lot of concerns about the light of civilization. Maybe Lothar would bring him here this time. This is the consideration.
"It's hard to imagine that such a prosperous city can be built on such a barren land. The wealth here is really enviable."
Blackmoore, who was following Greymane, said with bright eyes that this guy was highly tied to Greymane's interests due to the cotton trade, so it was evident that he could become Greymane's entourage.
"Ha, isn't this Lord Blackmore? I didn't expect that your Excellency would come here as a guest."
Li De also noticed Blackmore at this time. He didn't show any particular hostility to this guy. It was just out of distrust of Blackmore's humanity that Li De still wanted to have the opportunity to warn him. It was best not to make any mistakes. idea.
Blackmore was all smiles.
"Guardian Li De is a role model for the alliance, not to mention that we are still trading partners, so I will definitely not miss such a good opportunity. Why don't I ask His Majesty Greymane to bring me here in advance, just to find some things before others do?" Opportunity to coorparate."
It can only be said that the irrationality in Ironforge was a rare side of this guy. In most cases, he can still recognize the strengths of both sides and communicate with them tactfully.
"Great, the Governor of Hanhai welcomes all friends to conduct fair transactions with us. I wish you to discover business opportunities as soon as possible, and don't forget to discuss business with me as soon as possible."
Li De deliberately bit the words "friend" and "justice" very hard, but Blackmore still said it haha.
"Of course, the trade of cotton raw materials between us is enough to prove my character. Speaking of which, we will have another batch of cotton that is about to mature recently. If there is still demand for it, the Hanhai Protector will wait for me as soon as possible after I return. Just arrange shipment.”
The output of the cotton plantations of Blackmoore and Greymane was astonishingly high, and Li De didn't know how much blood of orc slaves was behind this amazing output.
Li De is not a person with overflowing sympathy, and those enslaved orcs are not innocent either. All Li De can do is to morally despise such people and continue to cooperate with them in the short term.
In the long run, Li De is not optimistic about Blackmoore, not that he has any expectations for those orc slaves. It's just that Li De believes that once he gets used to oppressing orc slaves to earn money soaked in blood, there is no way he can stop.
of.
There are indeed many orc prisoners of war, but according to Blackmore's method, no matter how many orcs he has, they will be tortured to death one day. In the future, when all the orc slaves are consumed, where will Blackmore go to find his slaves?
Li De has to put a question mark on this.
…
On Kezan Island, the five trade kings gathered again in the palace of Hot Sand.
"I have already met the new night elf druid. Compared to Staghelm, the one named Malfurion is indeed easier to deal with."
When Mogul said this, he recognized Hotsand's strategy. However, Streamwild felt the need to correct his attitude.
"Mogul, when we deal with each other in the future, I hope you can show some respect for Malfurion even if you are pretending. This druid is far more powerful than Staghelm, and his lifespan is longer than that of our race.
The history is much longer.
The gentleness on the surface is the confidence backed by terrifying power. It is best not to play tricks on this person. If we want to break the shackles of defeat in the future, establishing a good relationship with the night elves is a crucial step."
Hot Sand was extremely solemn when he spoke, and Mogul had no choice but to take it seriously.
On the other hand, Ruido Fons was really shocked when he heard what Hot Sand said. Although he originally felt pressured by Staghelm's power, he was quite content with having a giant flying golem.
Have checks and balances.
Now there is a guy who is more powerful than Staghelm. To exaggerate, wouldn’t it be a humanoid Azerite?! It seems that based on the giant flying golem, he also wants to create more powerful weapons to protect the goblins.
racial security.
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. It will take some time before the Azerite Oversight Group formally determines the personnel, and we have enough time to consider how to deal with that group of people.
The most urgent question now is that we need to consider what business route we should take to bring Kezan back to life."
When they heard that Hot Sand mentioned this matter, all the trade kings looked unhappy. After all, just yesterday, they spent a huge sum of 1 million gold coins, and they were still carrying a debt of 1.4 million.
In the future, goblins will indeed be able to conduct commercial activities in Azeroth, but they will need to operate reasonably under the supervision of the Alliance and other forces, which means that business will lose a great deal of freedom.
"Before signing the contract, you said you had a solution, now it's time to talk about your solution!"
Radolfons glanced at Hot Sand and asked.
"The method I gave is to learn from the Protector of Hanhai."
"Learn from the Protector of Hanhai?"
The current trade kings really couldn't bear to hear this name. After all, they had just taken out a huge sum of money, and their hearts were bleeding when they thought that people from the alliance were discussing how to divide the money with the Hanhai Protector.
"Yes, there is no shame in learning from our opponents. Hanhai Protector started from scratch and achieved such amazing results in a few years. Naturally, their secrets are in it.
The miraculous 'miracle' is indeed mysterious, and Tanaris is rich in mineral deposits, but in my opinion, these are not the key to the rise of the Vast Sea Protector!"
Strym Wilder's words instantly aroused the interest of the other four people, wanting to hear what he had to say.
"Miracles only boost morale, and mineral deposits are only a catalyst. Don't forget how bad Tanaris' natural endowment is. In the early days of the Hanhai Protectorate, it was not necessary to get a lot of ores or even gold.
Exchange grain from Kezan?
What really makes Hanhai Protectorate rise is that they have more advanced production technology and more advanced organizational forms than us.
If we can learn these two from the Hanhai Protector, then we can still earn wealth even under the order established by the alliance.
The goblins need to look forward. The alliance has successfully won over the dragon. The world order established by successive defeats of the orcs and us cannot be overturned in the short term.
Our past extensive methods of accumulating wealth through simple plunder have to change, and now the alliance is the plunderer."
The four of them could understand what Rousha said, but their expressions didn't seem to be any more relaxed.
"The organizational form is okay, but why should we introduce Hanhai Duhu's production technology to us?"
Gigfund asked this question, and only then did Rousa smile proudly.
"Why, of course it's because of the bargaining chip I still have in my hand."