It took Wang just five minutes to draw the schematic diagram.
Old Louis' eyes widened when he saw the schematic diagram: "Holy crap! Is this really a hand-drawn diagram? This scale... this perspective structure... this is a diagram that can only be drawn by a master of engineering!"
Wang: "Ah? That's not true, it's just something I learned in the golem design class."
Old Louis: "Golem design class?"
Wang: "I even won the Best Creative Award."
At this time, other dwarves came over curiously, and even Flint squeezed in to watch together.
"Oh my gosh," he said, "I thought you were just going to draw, but here's the scale, the perspective, and the detailed breakdown... Wow... Do you have any talent for engineering?"
Wang: "I shouldn't be considered talented, and it's called golem design. The professor who teaches it refuses to use the term 'backward plane that doesn't understand magic.' I definitely don't recognize a group of primitive people who don't understand magic."
His understanding of engineering will exceed mine'.
"By the way, this professor said that he really likes to use engineering products from the 'primitive plane', such as ergonomic chairs, engineering pillows..."
One of the few dwarves playing cards exclaimed: "What kind of magical plane is this? Can we go and see it?"
Wang: "It is said that the earth is a very boring plane. It has neither magic nor superpowers, nor even magnetic field rotation. Moreover, the technology is not developed, and there is not even a space elevator. There is one thing that planeswalkers like to do very much,
Just write the story of the plane you came from, and then make a lot of money in this plane.
"This plane is unique only in its enjoyment."(*)
Dwarf: "Is there such a plane?"
Wang: "The multiverse is full of wonders. Stop talking about this. The situation is urgent. Can this be built?"
"Yes." Old Louis nodded, "I originally thought I could only see a children's drawing, and then I had to rely on my own ability and imagination to realize it. With such a simple and clear design, I can directly create it!"
Flint: "I think the design is better than that one."
Old Louis: "Yes, indeed."
Wang: “How much deposit do I need to pay?”
Old Louis smiled evilly: "Let me give you 30,000 gold coins first."
Flint roared angrily: "You might as well go and rob! Isn't it just some iron nails and iron blocks that can be smelted?"
Old Louis: "Haha, let me do it..."
Wang turned the dimensional bag upside down, and the golden coins splashed out with a splash - this is not an adjective, but a splash, as if the flood gates were opening.
The huge amount of gold coins directly submerged Old Louis' legs.
Seeing these gold coins, the dwarves' eyes widened, and one of them muttered: "I thought they would give the gold coins directly instead of a pledge certificate from a trading company, or a stub from a mint!"
In this plane, gold needs mints to be minted into the currencies of various countries. Over time, everyone will store gold at the mint, and let the mint mint gold coins if they need to use it in the future.
Over time, everyone discovered that mint stubs blessed by contract spells and guaranteed by the paladins of Typhon, the god of justice, could also play the same role as gold coins in transactions.
Then there are the major trading houses. They often use the reputation of the trading company and the guarantee of Typhon's paladins to turn gold coins into various bills. When making transactions, just give them the bills.
Originally, everyone was still thinking that if everyone came to demand payment of the bills, it would be over. So they would honestly store a large amount of gold coins at the headquarters of the trading company. Later, everyone found that there was no need to worry at all.
As a result, all commercial banks began to quietly issue more bills.
Over the years, one trading house has failed: its competitors collected all the bills on the market and paid them all at once. Then everyone found that the gold coins in the trading house could not be paid at all, so more people came to ask for payment - this trading house
It just went bankrupt.
From then on, the merchants were very cautious and used spies to find out who was collecting their bills - it was impossible to issue less bills because it was equivalent to picking up money for free. How could the merchants not do it?
All in all, in Minos, a country with developed commerce and a prosperous economy, everyone was actually used to various kinds of bill transactions.
It was a fool's errand for Wang to directly pour out 30,000 gold coins. If Elizabeth had been awake, she would have paid with futures certificates or other bills of equal value.
But the mage doesn't care. It's none of my business what kind of receipts are not receipts and what are not collected or collected.
Anyway, the 30,000 gold coins are here, so order them yourself.
Wang: "My dimensional bag will accurately give me the amount of items I need. These gold coins should be 30,000. If you don't believe me, you can order a few."
Old Louis looked down at the gold coins that buried his feet: "Uh... no need to order them. You can take back the twenty-five thousand. You can build this thing with only five thousand gold coins. This is because the orcs are besieging the city now and the iron is not good.
Come on, it’s a premium.”
Wang opened the dimensional bag and shouted: "Twenty thousand five gold coins!"
The dimensional bag immediately erupted with strong suction, sucking back another twenty-five thousand pieces of gold on the ground.
Looking at the significantly reduced number of gold coins, Old Louis said: "Can you use a money order? This is very difficult."
A gray-bearded man among several dwarves playing cards said: "We will help you and make money together. But there were so many gold coins just now. To be honest, my soul was almost taken away. I want to sing that song."
"
The dwarf, whose beard was braided into a Y-shaped fork, began to beat time: "Far over the Misty Mountains cold~"
The other dwarves immediately joined in, singing the next words in deep voices.
The owner of the shop next door opened the door and came out. He did not sing along, but made a low roar with his mouth to harmonize.
Then there’s the shop next door——
All the shop doors opened, and the dwarves came out and joined in the low chorus.
The windows on the second floor were also opened one by one, and the female dwarves touched their beards and watched the chorus of men below.
Wang looked at this scene with a surprised expression.
Xiaobai climbed up on his back, hung on his neck and asked softly: "What's wrong with you?"
Wang: "I... seem to feel something. Is it tragic? Or is it courage? Maybe both."
Tears welled up in the corners of Nini's eyes: "Well, I feel it too. It turns out that dwarves are such a race, and the elders are very prejudiced."
At this time, the dwarves finished singing the last line, and someone cheered proudly: "Look, we dwarves made the long-legged elves cry!"
Nini: "Does this song have any allusions?"
King: "The current capital of the Mountain Kingdom is not the capital of the dwarves. The capital of the powerful kingdom that built the Shield Road in ancient times is under the eight peaks in the center of the World Mountain Range. The dwarves have always wanted to revive the royal family and return it to the old capital."
Old Louis: "You are wrong, Master. In the ancient mountain kingdom, the long-lived dwarves have already regarded it as a legend. We now have our own lives, and no one lives in the glory of the past.
"but……"
He stopped and took out his pipe, filling it with tobacco as he said: "But when we think about the once prosperous kingdom of our ancestors, we will feel melancholy."
Someone in the chorus said: "Is this something that human beings who are on the way to prosperity cannot understand? Whether it is dwarves or elves, the prosperity of the past has declined. The protagonists of the third era are humans."
Another said: "I've always felt like this is our elegy to ourselves."
"yes."
"Um."
The dwarves nodded.
King: "Have none of you ever wanted to find the old capital of the dwarves?"
"Before this became a legend," Flint said, "that is, when my grandfather's grandfather was just born, there were still many dwarves who wanted to regain their old glory. But they were all gone forever.
.Some people say that it has become the paradise of the Balor Balrog, others say that a group of evil dragons live there, and some say that it is now a city of mind flayers."
Wang's eyes shone: "The mind flayer's city?"
Flint was shocked: "No! I don't want to die! If it's really the mind flayer's city, I don't want to go! I'm not like you, who eats the Mighty Mountains like a normal person!"
King: "I'm just curious, where is this... dwarf capital? Under which of the eight peaks?"
Old Louis: "Every one. That city is very big. There are underground passages under the entire eight peaks. There are eight branch cities in total, specializing in different responsibilities."
Xiaobai: "I heard the sound of him rubbing his hands and fists."
Wang: "How come? This is the opposite direction to our travel. We should go to Yi Songzuo, a country in the river kingdoms, to catch the tail of that religious group! But you see, one of our former team members chose to travel through
Shield Road, right? Then after we complete the rescue mission, it makes sense to go find her, right?"
Xiaobai was shocked: "Aren't you going to eat more?"
"It's all sticky down there, and it's from the lake." Wang replied.
Xiaobai: "Yeah, that's okay. Let's go to Yisongzuo, kill the cult, and then go in the opposite direction!"
Old Louis was shocked: "You want... to find Bafeng?"
Wang: "Looking for?"
Flint: "Because all the people who wanted to restore glory back then are dead, so now we don't know where the Eight Peaks are or how to get in. We only know that it's down there."
King: "Don't you pass by the Shield Road?"
"Passing by." Flint nodded, "But it's just a few tunnels and winding mountain roads. However, you can see the towering mountain fortress, but it is the defense facility of the Shield Road, and there are also dwarf legions stationed now. But everything in the old kingdom
It’s all deep underground.”
After the words fell, someone from the surrounding dwarves shouted: "Maybe the old capital city has been flooded by magma. My grandfather said that the lava flooded everything. He swore that our ancestors were the old capital that was evacuated at that time."
Wang: "It's definitely possible. Anyway, I made a note of it first. Now that I've paid the deposit, let's start work!"
"Okay!" Old Louis turned around and handed the schematic diagram drawn by Wang to the other dwarves, "We want to build this thing, but we are short of manpower. Who is free to work on it?"
The dwarf who got the picture unfolded it and looked at it: "Oh my God! This is a great picture! Seeing such a good design, I want to build it. Count me in?"
"What kind of picture is this? It's so shocking. Let me take a look. I'm stupid! Come and take a look at this!"
"Idiot!"
After a while, the dwarves present unanimously decided to build this saddle together!
Wang: "You... now have so many people, how long will it take to build it?"
"Just tonight!" Old Louis patted his chest.
Wang: "No, we don't have any spells tonight. It will be very troublesome to encounter the orc tracking troops after landing. Let's do it tomorrow night! You guys build first, Flint, if you don't want to see Annie, just stay and supervise the work..."
"It's Jenny," Flint corrected, "No, I'd better go take a look. After all... let's not talk anymore, let's go!"
**
"Jenny's Magic Weaving Shop." Wang raised his head and read out the name of the shop in Dwarf language, "Why is the Common Language shop called Pretty Girl Magic Weaving Shop?"
Flint: "Jenny wasn't very good at Mandarin - at least not very well at the time, so she asked me to write the name of the Mandarin store. I made a joke to her, hoping that one day she would be good enough at Mandarin to find out. However, since then
The sign hasn't been changed yet, so she probably hasn't noticed it yet."
Nini Rui commented: "What you are doing is really like a follower of Kailin."
Flint: "That wasn't me then! I was a real dwarf back then! I couldn't tap dance and I had no sense of humor."
Wang: "Really? I think it's quite humorous to call a bearded dwarf woman a beautiful girl."
"I really think he's beautiful, damn, I'm a dwarf! Women with more beards are more beautiful in my eyes!"
Xiaobai: "I'm in a hurry, I'm in a hurry, you're in a hurry!"
Flint sighed: "Okay, I'm a little anxious. In fact, I persuaded Jenny to shave and become as fair and pure as a human beauty. In fact, after living among humans for a long time, there are also dwarf women who don't
Grow a beard. I want Jenny to become one of them.
"This is where the conflict begins."
Wang: "Excuse me, are you married?"
Flint: "Yes, that's why I said it was a young mistake."
Wang: "Do you have any children?"
"No! We dwarves have a very low fertility rate, and we don't have much desire, unlike some short-lived races who are in heat all day long."
Xiaobai: "We werewolves don't go into heat all day long. We can control our wild nature a long time ago."
Wang: "I think he's talking about human beings."
Flint waved his hand: "That's all, let's go in and take a look."
As he spoke, he opened the door.
The doorbell emitted a string of music box notes.
Flint paused, with a look of regret on his face: "She still keeps this."
King: "You... didn't you last visit the dwarf area of Minos ten years ago? Why didn't you come and take a look?"
Flint: "Of course, I haven't been here for almost a hundred years."
Nini took a breath: "It's older than me."
As soon as the voice fell, a dwarf woman ran downstairs, shouting as she walked: "It's coming, it's coming!"
She first saw Wang: "Oh, we are actually human guests. Don't go this way. There is an entrance prepared for humans. Didn't you bump into each other when you entered?"
Wang: "Not bad!"
The dwarf woman saw the elf and Xiaobai again: "Wow, are there so many rare visitors? What a beautiful elf, these enviable long legs, but it is missing a little hair. Oh, this cute little one, it is a pity that the hair is missing
Too exuberant.”
Xiaobai made a threatening sound like a cat.
The dwarf woman laughed and looked at the last guest.
"Oh," her smile froze, "it's you."
(*) The original setting of Wizards of the Coast was that Elminster traveled to Earth and told the story of Faerûn. This is a tribute to this early setting. But now it seems to be eating books.