Although everyone has some opinions on Dalaran's control of arcane crystals, they have to admit the convenience of the portal. In the case of armed conflicts on the home front, Greymane was able to reach Alterac safely because of it.
Here it is.
"Is there really no possibility for the dragon to interfere with Gilneas?"
Greymane lodged a complaint against the situation in Gilneas at the United Nations Conference.
Krasus rejected Greymane's proposal without hesitation.
"I'm sorry, King Greymane. What happened in Gilneas is an armed conflict limited to one area. This is Gilneas's internal affairs. The United Assembly has no reason to interfere. All we can do is to continue to pay attention and
Call for peace to be restored as soon as possible."
What Crassus said was a little unkind, but it was indeed the original intention of the United Congress.
"Greymane, Drek'Thar, the orc shaman chief, has gone to Silverpine Forest. It would be in everyone's interest to cease the war as soon as possible."
Lothar sat in her seat and persuaded.
Greymane's face was already ugly. At this point, he understood that Gilneas would not get any substantial help from the United Conference.
At this moment, Li De picked up the hardwood stick placed next to the chair and knocked on the stone steps under his feet.
"I propose to adjourn the meeting temporarily."
Before the reorganization of the joint conference, he still served as the rotating chairman of the conference, so he had the highest decision-making power in setting the agenda.
After the representatives from various countries left, Li De, Lothar and others came to Greymane together.
"Your Majesty Greymane, as I told you before, it is not easy to discuss this matter at the joint conference. It is better to discuss it only within the alliance."
"The Alliance is standing by and watching us, just like it did to the Kingdom of Stormwind. Protector Li De, what I don't understand the most is your attitude. Our interests are tied together, why do you also favor the orcs?"
Li De blinked. This matter is quite complicated to talk about. In the cotton textile industry, the interests of Gilneas and the Hanhai Protector are indeed consistent. However, in addition to the cotton textile industry, the Hanhai Protector also has Zheng.
The wool textile industry, which is ready to vigorously support, has the same interests as the Frostwolf clan on this point, so Li De also needs to find a balance.
"Your Majesty Greymane, not only our interests are tied together, but the interests of the entire alliance are tied together. Our entire alliance is developing trade with Gorongas, and the ores and energy there will be beneficial to us.
Heavy industry has played a huge help.
Now the entire alliance is giving top priority to the development of heavy industry. Regarding the benefits of the plantation, I will not force you to make major concessions.
However, Gilneas has already captured a huge market share by reducing labor costs in the early stage. Next, you can increase the price of raw materials appropriately to pass on your labor costs. All countries in the alliance have had enough of war, and they all hope to see peace as soon as possible.
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Concerned about Greymane's face, Reed did not directly ask Gilneas to ban the exploitation of slaves, but suggested that he could increase the price of raw materials to obtain higher profits, and in turn, improve the treatment of plantation slaves.
Viewed in isolation, rising cotton prices will only do harm to Hanhai Duhu, but in fact it will further enhance the competitiveness of wool textiles that will be put into the market.
Moreover, as the gold output of Hanhai Protectorate increases year by year, the overall price increase in the world is inevitable. Under macroeconomic control, an appropriate increase in prices is actually not a disadvantage.
Greymane understood the meaning of Li De's words, but he was unwilling to let him give up the use of slaves. Giving up the use of slaves meant that he had bowed his head to the orcs in disguise.
And who would think that he makes a lot of money? Greymane does not want Gilneas to always be at the bottom of the alliance's economic system, and he also has the ambition to dominate the alliance.
"This matter can be discussed, but not now. I don't believe that as long as Gilneas makes changes, the orcs will stop invading Gilneas. This is just a high-sounding excuse for those beasts."
Greymane did not insist on death, but his attitude was quite clear, that is, he wanted the orcs in Silverpine Forest to make concessions first.
If both parties are unwilling to make concessions, then the matter will definitely not be reached. As a member of the Human Alliance, Li De will definitely want to betray Greymane's reputation.
"We can wait for Drek'Thar to provide further progress before making a decision."
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"This is the result of the negotiations at Alterac."
In the city of Lordaeron, Terenas looked at the letter and said thoughtfully.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of this matter?"
Uther asked humbly from the side. After the incident where the Dreadlord became the Minister of Finance, the paladin, who has a devout faith and will never be corrupted, became Terenas's most trusted advisor.
"Your Excellency, Lightbringer, please tell me your opinion first."
After Terenas asked, Uther cleared his throat and said.
"If it can be resolved peacefully, it would be best for Lordaeron not to send troops. Garithos' military operations in East Wild have distracted our energy, and because of the Boris incident, our country also needs to conduct a purge and screening.
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"You and I have come to the same place. If it proves that the orcs in Silverpine Forest are not hostile to Lordaeron, I am inclined to keep them."
Terenas actually has more plans. He seeks Lordaeron's dominant position in the alliance, and the sudden rise of the Vast Sea Protector deserves his special attention.
There are only three tricks to deal with the Hanhai Protector: treat guests, behead them, and treat your subordinates like dogs.
It's just that in this process, Terenas needs other countries not to cause trouble for him. Gilneas is a guy who always keeps aloof. The orcs of Silverpine Forest can just contain them for Terenas.
"Uther, I plan to appoint you to form an army based on the Knights of the Silver Hand. The main task of this army is to station at the junction of Tirisfal and Silverpine Forest to prevent the orcs from going north. In addition,
Other than that, don’t do anything extra.”
"As commanded."
Terenas can trust the fighting power of Uther and the Silver Hand. With such a guarantee, even if the orcs in Silverpine Forest want to invade, they will not threaten Lordaeron.
To the north is the powerful Silver Hand, and to the south is the relatively weak Gilneas. It is easy for the orcs to choose between the two.
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Drek'Thar did not appear too surprised when he saw Fenris in the Serbochel settlement in the north-central part of the Silverpine Forest.
"Fenris, it is indeed you. I knew that Saurfang alone could not cause such a big disturbance."
Gu Huan
"Haha, Drek'Thar, we meet again. Ner'zhul teleported us here. It can only be said to be God's will, allowing me to lead the orcs to be great again."
Drek'Thar nodded.
"So you set yourself up as the chief?"
"I just want to unite all the orcs, please don't vulgarize my motives. Drek'Thar, we need your power to unite the orcs. The orcs need to restore the tradition of elemental belief."
Drek'Thar cannot be said to be unmoved, but he has not forgotten the purpose of coming here.
"Completely surrounded by the Alliance, I can't see any future for the orcs you lead. If you still hold on to unrealistic ambitions, it will only accelerate your own destruction."
The old shaman thought that Fenris would be angry because of his reproach, but he didn't expect that the other party would nod with deep understanding.
"That's right, I don't want to be an enemy of the Alliance at all, just because I'm afraid the Alliance won't think so. I don't ask to maintain a good relationship with the Alliance like you do, I just want to have a space to live in peace with each other.
But the alliance is using extremely cruel methods to treat our compatriots, right under my nose, and I can't pretend not to see it."
This is a confusing account. What the orcs did to the draenei was even more cruel. But when a similar experience happened to the orcs, Fenris could not accept it.
"We should reflect on what caused today's results."
Drek'Thar said in a low tone that this question was too sharp, and even someone as intelligent as him could not give a good answer.
"They are completely different things. If it were the Draenei who did this, I would never complain. It's just retaliation. But it shouldn't be the human race. They have no honor at all in doing this."
Fenris also understands this truth, but when he argued, his language seemed a little weak.
Drek'Thar didn't want to dwell on it anymore, he was here to talk business.
"Well, history is destined to become history. There is no hypothesis at all. All we can do is learn lessons. I came to see you because I was entrusted by the alliance.
Only by promoting peace can past mistakes be made up for. If you promise not to invade neighboring alliance countries, we can negotiate for fairer treatment for prisoners of war."
Fenris began to think seriously about the conditions proposed by Drek'Thar. He really did not want to be an enemy of the entire alliance. He only targeted Gilneas and spread leaflets. These actions were enough to show his attitude.
"What will happen if I agree to this condition and achieve peace with the alliance?"
Drek'Thar gave a clear answer to this question.
"After peace, the relationship between the two parties will gradually normalize. The Frostwolf clan will support your reform of the tribe and help you regain your shamanic tradition."
Fenris was quite satisfied with this answer, and then asked the opposite question.
"What will happen if the alliance fails to fulfill its promise and continues to kill us?"
Drek'Thar thought for a long time and decided to give a frank answer.
"Then you can still realize your demands through force, but... for the sake of more orcs, the Frostwolf clan can only refrain from intervening."
Through cooperation with Alterac, the Frostwolf clan, which has never committed war crimes, has almost completely separated itself from the tribe. Moreover, Drek'Thar's choice is not only for the Frostwolves, but also for Gronn.
Tens of thousands of refugees in Gass.
"Thank you for your candor, Drek'Thar, I accept your mediation. However, I have to make a request. I want to talk to Terenas, the supreme leader of the alliance. Apart from him, I do not accept other leaders of the alliance."
Fenris originally preferred Li De and Lothar because he had only come into contact with these two alliance leaders. Although these two men killed orcs without mercy, their strength and brains were recognized by Fenris.
Fortunately, Fenris now has the assistance of Saurfang. This student has been fighting in the Kingdom Continent for several years and has a good understanding of the situation within the alliance. After some homework, Fenris determined that only Terenas can change the orcs.
fate.
First of all, from a geographical perspective, Silverpine Forest is close to Lordaeron. If you don't respect the leader of this great country, your future survival will definitely be difficult.
Secondly, Fenris learned from Saurfang that it was Terenas who first advocated sparing the lives of orc prisoners of war. In this way, he was also the most likely to accept the idea of normalization between the orcs and the Alliance.
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It is often easiest to deal with rational people who are willing to consider issues from the perspective of interests. Even if it is full of insidious calculations, there is always a benefit among all the harms, so that the situation will not slip to the edge of getting out of control at any time.
Fenris, who made his decision after careful consideration, directly gave Terenas a large gift package.
Even the enemies recognized the status of Lordaeron, so it goes without saying that the leader of the alliance has great value. In fact, when the news was released, the entire alliance suddenly realized that it needed to get to know Lordaeron deeply again.
In recent years, Lordaeron has given people the impression that it is low-key, as if it is a sponsor who sits behind the scenes and is only responsible for paying out money. In fact, Lordaeron has long become the elephant in the room, so big that people subconsciously ignore his existence.
It has the largest land area and the largest population, and may also have the strongest ground force in the world today: the Knights of the Silver Hand.
After careful calculation, since the end of the Second Orc War, with the help of the world trade system established by the Vast Sea Protector, Lordaeron has grown so much stronger just by exporting food.
This is where the huge size is unreasonable. Even Li De could only think sourly:
What is great is not Terenas, but the farmers of Lordaeron. In addition to feeding their own people, the farmers of Lordaeron also support more than half of the Alterac people, more than half of the people of the Hanhai, and more than half of the refugees from the outside world.
This made Li De a little troubled. After all, the small and sophisticated people could not compare with the "big fat man", but when could the Hanhai Protector have such a large population? Where is his "East Wilder"?
At this point, the restoration of peace in Gilneas is what the people want. However, Greymane is still unwilling to accept it. Such a ceasefire means that the northern border of Gilneas will always be driven into a wedge, and he will have trouble sleeping and eating in the future.
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But something happened soon, forcing Greymane to make a quick decision.
Van Cleef sent a report to Li De before. Li De's instructions on that matter were to continue to pay attention. After a period of time, the results were finally obtained.
After using the portal to arrive at Gilneas, Lid said to Greymane expressionlessly.
"Your Majesty Greymane, you must make a decision as soon as possible for the sake of your country. This is a report from Gadgetzan. Our navy has detected a human trafficking case on the Endless Sea."