As the harvest season approaches, the villagers in the wilderness village are very busy. Not only do they have to guard the fields, but they also often go hunting in groups at the edge of the forest and collect wild fruits.
The villagers who undertook the city wall construction project started working after dawn every day, and often had to work until evening before going home.
This kind of working hours, which in Allen's view is like exploitation, does not matter much in the eyes of the villagers.
Allen said in "What's the point? When I was hunting, I stayed up all night long chasing prey. I was even more tired then than I am now."
"It doesn't matter, as long as I can eat well and eat well, I can still be a little tired." He fell into confusion in his words.
Allen found Yatiman and told Yatiman that the villagers must be arranged to rest in stages and cannot work continuously for a long time, which may easily lead to safety problems.
Yatiman told Allen with a confused look on his face that he originally arranged to work for an hour and rest for ten minutes.
After getting the answer, Allen left the construction site with an embarrassed look. You should always trust professionals.
The five dwarf blacksmiths were assigned to Frey by Allen. After all, this young man was the first blacksmith in the village.
Allen also used dinars to purchase a considerable amount of pig iron and gave it to several blacksmiths. The requirement was to make enough spears to equip the more than a thousand troops that could be recruited.
There is no other way. If you want to form a certain combat effectiveness in a short period of time, the spear is the best weapon.
Especially when facing the orcs in the Misty Mountains, their discipline is extremely poor.
As long as Allen's army can form a military formation, and as long as the number of orcs is not too large, Allen doesn't think there is any big problem in a head-on confrontation on the plains.
As for armor, which is a particularly rare thing, Allen has no way to equip them yet.
I can only wait until I have money and consider buying it from the simulator, but it will be very expensive.
The simulator is not discounted. Even the cheapest leather armor can be purchased in thousands of sets without hundreds of thousands of dinars.
So Allen is in urgent need of trade now, and it is not practical to buy from Iron Hills, it is too far.
Thranduil may not necessarily agree to the passage of dwarven goods through him.
Allen thought to himself that when he became powerful in the future, he would definitely open up the old jungle road and then collect taxes there, and collect heavy taxes.
Allen thought bitterly, but he knew that by then it might not be the case.
The most important thing for Allen now is to open up a trade route with the Woodland Kingdom.
Nowadays, there are many manpower, and building simple roads is not a particularly difficult task.
Again, food is very important. Allen doesn't want to stop building the city wall, and he doesn't have too many dinars to buy food.
Allen is eyeing Desaiwei, and he needs Desaiwei to go to the Woodland Kingdom with him to discuss the details of the trade.
De Sevi was very surprised when he heard about Allen's arrangement.
The girl said with an unconfident face: "Sir, have you thought about it? I have no experience at all. I think Jamila should be more qualified for this job. I usually do patrol work.
OK."
Allen waved his hands, with an encouraging smile on his face,
"Desavi, it's okay. You don't need to have experience, and you don't have to worry too much about not being able to complete this task. Your investigative abilities can be put to good use. What I need is a team leader, not a businessman. Trust me.
, you will be very, very suitable for this task."
After hearing Allen's words, Desaiwei said: "As long as you think I can do it, I will try my best to complete the tasks you have assigned me."
The day after the discussion with De Sevi, Kress had an unhappy expression on his face.
Allen announced that he would go to the Woodland Kingdom again with some of his people, but Kress was not on the list.
Moreover, Allen also asked Jamila to keep an eye on Kress and not let her sneak out quietly again.
Kress was very angry about this, and it wasn't until Allen came back from the Woodland Kingdom that Kress forgave Allen. Of course, this was a story later.
In order to show off, Allen spent thousands of dinars on wine from Pendor and Calradia.
Loading them onto several flatbed trucks, they set out with Desaivi and some forest dwellers.
Allen also took Artiman with him in order to let Artiman arrange for people to build a road leading to the Elf Trail.
Finally, after spending about ten days, the group came to the entrance of the Elf Trail again.
At this point, Artiman followed the people back to the wilderness village, and soon he would arrange for people to build this more than 100 kilometers of path.
Fortunately, Allen's requirements are not high, as long as it is one meter wide, barely enough for a flatbed truck to pass.
If this road is built, horse-drawn carriages can be used to transport goods.
On the way back, Artiman roughly calculated that the road would have to be built until next spring anyway, and it should not delay next year's spring plowing.
It's just that the construction of the city wall will take a little time. Allen has too many things to do.
He was a little nostalgic for the days when everyone else went out to fight and he had nothing to do.
It is not suitable to use flatbed vehicles on the Elf Trail, as most of the roads inside have steps.
Allen and his party left the car behind and led the horses carrying the wine barrels into the Elf Trail.
After traveling less than two kilometers, they encountered the guards of the Woodland Kingdom, and the leader was actually Galian.
Gallian is not the elf responsible for investigation. He is considered an elder among the elves in age.
His position is the supervisor of the wine supply to Thranduil.
In the original book, it was because he drank too much wine that Bilbo seized the opportunity to escape, and at the same time he personally sent the members of the Lonely Mountain Expedition out of the Woodland Kingdom.
It is conceivable that at that time, the old elf must have stayed in the king's dungeon for a long time in order to dispel Thranduil's anger.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this time, Galian is still in good condition and is trusted by the king. He is here waiting for Allen's wine.
Galion is an old drunkard who is no weaker than Thranduil, and his taste in wine is quite high.
After he learned that Allen had become the new alcohol supplier, he made a special trip here to wait for Allen.
His reason is also very good. If the wine cannot enter his mouth, then it should not be transported to the Woodland Kingdom, so as not to waste the king's time.
Allen thinks there is no problem with this. As the supervisor responsible for supplying red wine to Thranduil, Galion has this right.
So Allen didn't mind and directly took out two small glasses from the two types of wine and handed them to Galian.
As soon as the first glass of wine from the continent of Calradia entered his mouth, Galian knew that the wine was good.
This is no worse than Dovinion's wine. Gallian nodded secretly. Sure enough, the trip was worth it.
When the second glass of wine from Pendor entered his mouth, Gallian noticed something was wrong.
This wine not only tastes great, it also has a unique flavor.
After drinking it, a slight power emanated from the wine, enriching my body.
Gallian felt like he was more real in this world.
He was surprised. He didn't expect that a village with only a few thousand people could provide such excellent wine.
He had only heard that the elves of the Glen could brew a kind of honey wine called Miruwo, which had the effect of invigorating and rejuvenating. He did not expect to drink wine with a different feeling today.
"Can... have another drink? Just this one."
Gallian handed the second wine glass to Alan. Alan could see that Galian was very satisfied, especially with the wine produced in the Pendor continent.
Allen thought that it would be good if he was satisfied, and took another glass of wine and handed it to Galian.
After the old elf drank it again, he confirmed that it was not his hallucination.
He excitedly said to Allen: "This wine is really great, even better than Dovinian's. No, Dovinian's is incomparable to this. Let's go quickly. I
I can’t wait for His Majesty the King to have a taste.”
Allen was very surprised by Galian's praise. It was not like he had never tasted these two wines before, and he didn't feel any difference.
Allen initially speculated that the first reason is that elves have a special structure and have a special sensitivity to things produced in the magical world.
The second possibility is the wine produced in the Pendor continent. After all, there is magical energy in the environment there. God knows if there is such a thing in this wine.
Allen's guess was correct. What he didn't expect was that his own system was also very special and could not sense this kind of energy.
When it comes to magical energy, the first thing Allen thinks of is the addiction to magic in World of Warcraft.
But then I thought about it, alcohol itself is very addictive, I can only wait and see Thranduil's reaction.
If he doesn't like it, he'd better provide Calradia's wine, and don't let this affect the friendship between the two forces.
Under the leadership of Galian, the group of people quickly walked along the elf path towards the Woodland Kingdom.
What was different from the last time they walked all the way was that a few days later, everyone came to a small river, where several elves were already waiting for them in small boats.
Gallian tells you that the boat is because he passed the message to His Majesty the King through the birds, and His Majesty the King finally made time and arranged for someone to pick up the group.
After everyone unloaded the wine from the horses onto the boat, a few people and a few elves were left watching the horses.
The remaining people took the boats and walked along the river towards Thranduil's hall.
Allen stood on the boat and felt that the elf's boat seemed to have magic. He didn't see how hard the elf was setting up the boat, and the boat rowed very far, fast and steady.
Gallian also thought that Allen was interested in the river. Because of the fine wine, he was willing to chat with Allen.
He told Allen that this is a magic river. Except for the elves living in the black forest, anyone who enters the vicinity of this small river will fall into drowsiness. In severe cases, they will even fall into a coma and it will take a long time to wake up.
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Allen knew these things, but he couldn't show it.
I can only pretend to be very interested and ask about things I don't know, such as where the magic of this river comes from.
The answer Galion gave was the magic of King Thranduil. Allen was not sure whether it was true or not. There was no record of it in the information he knew.
Time passed slowly as the two people chatted, and Allen felt that the boat arrived at its destination after traveling for half a day.
And Thranduil was already waiting for Allen in his hall.
Thranduil had a slight smile on his face when he saw Allen again.
He learned from the bird's mouth that Allen had brought extraordinary wine, and he eagerly wanted to have a taste.
He stood up from the table in the banquet hall and walked towards Allen.
He said: "Alan, welcome to my hall again. If the bird's message is correct, you seem to have brought a very good wine. I really want to know what kind of wine is worthy of Galian."
Such praise.”
"I think it should satisfy you, Your Majesty."
After Allen finished speaking, he handed the wine in his arms to the serving elves, and he and Thranduil sat back at the long table in the banquet hall.
Soon, the elf came over with a crystal glass filled with wine.
As a king, Thranduil very elegantly picked up the crystal cup on the table and drank the wine from the continent of Pendor.
After drinking it, Thranduil knew that this wine was worthy of Galion's praise.
Thranduil felt that this wine did have some extraordinary effects, making the energy in his body more active.
This is indeed different from ordinary wine. The most important thing is that Thranduil did not detect anything bad in the wine, such as the power of darkness.
Thranduil was particularly curious as to where Allen obtained this wine.
But the king's reserve did not allow him to express his doubts.
Thranduil knew that this must be a secret that the Allen family could not reveal to the public, and spying on this secret would most likely sever the friendship between the two families.
However, secrets cannot be pried, and the price can still be negotiated. Thranduil calmly discussed the details of the trade with Allen.
Through Thranduil's performance, Allen knew that the king was still satisfied with the wine, but how satisfied he was, Allen didn't know.
The two discussed for a long time, and Allen felt that he had taken advantage of the negotiation. He thought that he had obtained a very favorable price.
That is grain that is ten times the original value of wine. The price of a barrel of wine is 120 dinars. Now you can exchange it for grain that can only be purchased for 1,200 dinars. If you trade at this price, then Allen will not be able to buy it in the future.
There will be another food crisis.
Moreover, Thranduil also promised that he would not only provide food, but he would also order the elves to continuously repair the forest paths.
At that time, he will load the food on the boat and transport it to the junction of the Magic River and the trail, where it will be picked up by Allen and the others.
For the sake of the friendship between the two people, Thranduil will not only give Allen a large number of pack horses, but also arrange for elves to ensure the safety of Allen's caravan in the Black Forest.
Allen thought about it and realized that he would trade more than a dozen barrels of wine to Thranduil every month, and the food in exchange would be enough for his own needs.
The only troublesome thing was the transportation problem, which was solved by the elves in the future. Thinking of this, Allen always felt that Thranduil had suffered a loss.
Thranduil had the same idea, and he also felt that he had taken a big advantage in this transaction.
This special wine cannot be thought of as the price of regular wine. He always feels that this kind of wine will bring good changes to the elf's body.
Although the Woodland Kingdom does not produce food, there are many large plantations on the plains east of the Black Forest.
Thranduil only needs to exchange some of the trade share of wine for grain, and then many merchants will come to his door with grain.
In this way, the two people, who both felt that they had taken advantage, happily discussed the details of the future transaction.
After the negotiation was completed, Allen left the Woodland Kingdom without stopping and headed towards the Iron Hills with De Sevi.
Allen had no intention of doing business with Ironfooted Dyne, but since he was out and on the way, he naturally wanted to see his friends.
Dain happily received Allen, and greatly praised the ale that Allen brought, and jokingly complained that Allen brought too little ale.
After Allen stayed here for two days, he embarked on his return journey with the ten dwarf swords given to him by Dine.
In short, it was another month after Allen returned to Wilderness Village.