The leader here, the goblin Marin Noggenfogg, can be said to be in a pretty bad mood these days.
Belonging to the most powerful conglomerate in the goblins: the Steamwheedle Conglomerate, he made the most risky investment in his life, which was the establishment of Gadgetzan.
He still remembers the mocking looks from the financial managers on him when he left Kezan with his people:
‘Is this guy crazy? He wants to build a city in a desert where people are too poor to shit?’
Noggenfogg didn't care about this. He quit his high-paying job and came to this desert for a huge business. He wanted to make a lot of money!
Even if possible, he would like to be among those capital giants: trade princes.
When he thought of this, Noggenfogg's green skin turned red with excitement.
But just in the past few days, a group of humans disrupted his great plan! They were about 1,000 people. They came to Tanaris and established a camp on the seashore in a grand manner!
Oh my God! That land, Noggen Forge, has a specific development plan for a long time! In the future, a large port will be built to contribute to the trade king Steamsand! How can these humans be allowed to do whatever they want?!
Nogfogg couldn't wait to put on engineering equipment and drive away these hateful humans immediately.
In fact, that's exactly what he did. The day after the humans arrived, Noggenfogg drove his engineering mecha and set off towards the beach.
But then something happened, causing Noggenfogg to return to Gadgetzan in despair.
He swore that he would never forget that scene!
That was when he had just walked out of the Reying Ruins and passed by the Qingquan Plain. His engineering telescope could see very far. Through the telescope, he saw that a guy who looked like a human leader was performing some kind of sacrificial ceremony towards the Qingquan Plain.
Noggenfogg didn't take this to heart at first, but what happened next made him even wonder if there was something wrong with the telescope!
The human leader's whole body shone with golden light, and then a majestic and huge building appeared in the desert! A conservative estimate is that the pyramid is more than 100 meters high!
After seeing this from a distance, Noggenfogg turned around and retreated to Gadgetzan without hesitation.
Although goblins are a cunning race who are willing to risk everything for money and have an adventurous spirit, they are also afraid, especially of this unknown and powerful force.
'Oh my God! What is that? Is that guy still a human?'
Nogfogg fell into deep doubts. It was not like he had never seen huge wonder buildings.
Rivergaz, who also belongs to the Steamwheedle Conglomerate, had a huge 38-meter-tall statue built for himself in his territory: Booty Bay on the southern coast of Stranglethorn Vale.
But that statue was a huge project that Rivigaz spent a lot of manpower and material resources on and took nearly ten years to complete!
This 100-meter-high building only took a moment! This is a miracle!
Now Noggenfogg has no desire to drive away those humans. Now he only hopes that those humans will never come to his door!
However, as the saying goes, "What you fear will come to you."
Nogfogg was distressed in his office when the guard suddenly knocked on his door.
"City Lord, there are several humans outside asking to see you."
"not see!"
Nogfogg subconsciously said these two words, but after thinking about it, he walked out of the desk.
"Lead the way, I'll go see what they want to do."
Outside the tall sandstone city wall of Gadgetzan, Li De was talking to the guards with some difficulty.
Thanks to the fact that goblins are a smart race, even if they are just guards, they know some simple common languages, otherwise they would not be able to communicate even in the simplest way.
"We, deal, gift."
Li De tried his best to speak short words and convey his meaning through gestures and display items.
The goblin guards understood the meaning and were not so wary of Li De. However, they still did not let them go. They had to wait for the city lord's decision on how to arrange them.
Li De expressed his understanding of this, and the atmosphere seemed harmonious for a while.
Just as he was thinking that this contact was going more smoothly than originally expected, he saw a goblin driving an engineering mecha with a roaring engine and striding out.
"I am the city lord Noggenfogg. Humans, what is your intention? Goblins are never afraid of fighting! If you are the enemy, give up this intention as soon as possible!"
After Noggenfogg saw that the visitor was the human leader who frightened him, his nerves immediately became tense, to the point where he seemed a little irritable.
When the other goblins saw the city lord like this, they all showed their weapons and surrounded Li De and the others.
Seeing that the goblin was planning to take action, the two elite soldiers behind Li De also drew their swords from their waists.
In fact, if they had not been convinced by Li De, when these two soldiers saw that Gadgetzan was a goblin city, they would have had the urge to turn around and leave or take action on the spot.
They clearly remembered that on the night when the ship was lost, there were many such "little green-skinned monsters" among the pirates who attacked them!
"Everyone calm down and don't take action."
Li De first signaled to his subordinates to put away their weapons, and then raised his hands to show that he was not a threat.
At the same time, he couldn't help but wonder, how could this goblin city lord be so hostile? How could he know that it was precisely because of him that he put tremendous pressure on Noggenfogg.
"Please calm down. I'm not hostile. I'm here to make a deal."
This sentence made Noggenfogg calm down a little. No goblin would refuse the deal, but he still did not express his position.
Li De could only continue to explain.
"If we were hostile, there would definitely not be only three people here. This is a little gift we brought. I have a very important deal."
In fact, Li De is not afraid of these goblins. Although it is not clear how powerful the goblin engineering weapons are, these guards with weapons combined are no match for Li De.
But it is true that he did not come here today to fight, but sincerely wanted to be friendly with Gadgetzan.
Because now Li De's goal is not only to conclude a deal, but also to gain productivity points.
Just when Li De and the others discovered Gadgetzan in the desert, Eureka also gave Li De a hint.
"Ding~, congratulations to the leader for discovering the city-state of Gadgetzan. He received 10 reward points. If you continue to interact with the city-state, you may receive more points."
With such a generous reward, Li De was naturally more willing to facilitate a deal with Gadgetzan.
Nogfogg hesitated for a long time, and finally the goblin's nature overcame his fear of Li De.
"Okay, come in with me."
The goblin controlled the machine and turned around with a creaking sound. Under the guard of the soldiers, Li De and others walked into Gadgetzan.
The buildings in Gadgetzan have the style of a desert city. They are all domed stone houses made of sand and gravel. The market is not very lively. At a rough glance, there are only a few hundred people trading, including goblins, trolls, and even some.
Two quilboars?
Li De looked at those people curiously, and they were also observing Li De. For Kalimdor, humans are too rare.
Everyone stopped outside Noggenfogg's City Lord's Hall. Noggenfogg stepped out of the engineering mecha, looked at Li De with a complicated expression, and said in a not very friendly tone.
"Only you are allowed to come in with me, the others are waiting outside."
Li De signaled his two subordinates to be calm and followed him in.
After arriving at the city lord's office, Noggenfogg jumped onto his large chair and then asked.
"What do you want to trade with me? Can you tell me now?"
Li De did not rush to express his intention, but politely thanked him first.
"First of all, I would like to thank you for taking the time to talk to me, your distinguished Mr. Trade Prince."
There is no one who doesn't like to hear flattery. After Li De's compliment, Nogfuge couldn't help but feel a little elated, and his face looked much better.
But he still pretended to be serious and explained.
"You are not familiar with the level of our goblins. Don't talk nonsense. I am far from qualified to be a trade prince. Okay, that's all for the polite words. Please introduce yourself."
Li De speculated on why Nogfogg had such a big prejudice against him. In fact, he came up with it after thinking about it for a while. It was not difficult to guess.
"My name is Lid Victory, and I am currently the lord of the human territory on the Tanaris Coast."
Sure enough, when Li De introduced himself like this, Noggenfogg immediately became angry. Because Li De's ordinary appearance and kind attitude offset many of Noggenfogg's fears, he complained angrily.
"Damn it! How dare you say that! If you guys hadn't occupied the coast without authorization and disrupted my plan, I might have become a trade prince!"
At this moment, Eureka's voice sounded again.
"Note that the city-state of Gadgetzan has developed a certain degree of hostility towards the leader. If the city-state becomes hostile to the leader, you will not be able to obtain productivity points from that city-state!"
Li De didn't care about Eureka's reminder, because he was confident that Nogfogg would change his attitude towards him.