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The more Tajib thought about it, the more it met Brando's expectations.
In fact, the young man just wanted to scare it at the beginning, lest the caveman get carried away with his arrogance. Xu Land and Dragon Tongue City were located near the underground passage leading to Tonigel. Since the caveman appeared here, he guessed
The other party should come from these two places.
These things are secrets to humans in the surface world of this era, but to him they are not a big deal.
After hitting the other party's arrogance, he said seriously: "As far as I know, underground creatures are not very popular in the human world!"
"I don't... want to interfere in your world." Tajib had to lower his tone.
It did not lie, although Tajib did have an ambitious plan at the beginning; human weakness allowed it to smell an opportunity, and the caveman once wanted to establish a foothold in this forest and then attack the entire Gru
Ding's territory expanded, but then, news slowly filtered in from outside the forest and he gave up this idea.
After it gradually learned about the strange world outside, it finally learned that this ancient human kingdom called Eruin actually had a population of millions, which was simply unimaginable to it.
Even just the weak human noble outside - the guy who should be called Grudin according to human language. There are hundreds of thousands of people living in the land under his rule, and even so, he is just
He is just an unknown little lord in this land.
In Tajib's impression, in the dark underground of Qiao Gendigang, only those masters with extremely powerful forces can often have such a large number of subjects and slaves, such as Xu Lande and Dragon Tongue City in Brando's mouth
.
The terrifying number of humans made Tajib wake up and immediately gave up his original idea. Otherwise, given his character, he would never accept the proposal to trade with Grudin.
"Really?" Brando didn't understand it: "But it seems that your words and deeds, Mr. Patriarch, are not consistent. The forest you occupy is the sacred and indivisible inherent territory of mankind since ancient times -"
He said this in a very habitual tone, but immediately realized that there was something wrong and changed his words: "No, to put it another way, these four logging camps are part of my total property, and
I have no intention of lending it to you even for one more minute."
"Your property?" Tajib was stunned. It had seen Grudin once or twice, and it did not think that this young man was the legendary Count Gendenel.
At this moment, the fighting on the periphery has stopped. The cavemen are not stupid. They can certainly detect the change in their leader's attitude. Although Tajib did not order them to stop attacking, they also understand that if they act rashly, they may lose their leader.
Not to mention those two angels are also difficult to deal with.
"Yes, at least for now," Brando nodded.
"So... what do you want to do now?" The caveman lowered his head and motioned to place the gun blade on his neck, and asked stammeringly.
"I'll give you two choices." Brando replied: "First, where you came from and go back there."
Tajib shook his head, and all the fear vulture feathers all over his body trembled. As a tribe that failed in the struggle, returning underground would mean a dead end, unless it was willing to defect to its original enemy. But Tajib denied this from the beginning.
possible.
"What about the second one?" it asked.
"You and your tribe can be considered losers in competition in the underground world, but even if you succeed, you are just serving other underground city masters-" Brando asked absently, "In that case,
How about changing your mind and becoming my subject?"
He paused for a moment: "Just like I know your rules, if you pledge your allegiance to me, I will guarantee the continuation of your tribe."
Tajib was stunned. It could be said that it had guessed what the young man was thinking, but it could also be said that it was unexpected.
Brando actually asked it to reach the same subordination relationship with him as between the underground tribe and the underground city master - which is tantamount to selling the fate of its entire clan to this young human - of course, this shows that the other party has a deep understanding of the underground world.
understanding, but on the other hand, it couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.
What qualifications does he have to demand the loyalty of an underground tribe to him?
Tajib still looked down on humans in his heart, but looking back, he realized that if he didn't agree, he would have to go back to the underground world to face another choice. This was also something he was unwilling to accept - even he felt the other person's fingers.
With the slightest movement, maybe the human didn't intend to let them go back at all. It wondered if the sword blade would fall on it immediately if it said no.
It hesitated, and Brando couldn't help it. Only Qian remained silent and looked at the caveman covered with strange feathers, and then at the lord riding on the horse. Compared to the two people,
The dullness made her more worried. She was worried that if this guy said no, what should the lord do?
She knows better than anyone here that if Tajib says no, Brando actually has no way to stop the cavemen outside the logging camp from continuing to attack Antitina and others. Even if he kills it,
To no avail, she didn't think Antitina and the mercenaries could hold on until dawn, not to mention Brando himself said that they would hold on until early morning at most——
The red-haired girl couldn't help but take a breath and became a little nervous.
Brando's hand remained motionless on the hilt of the sword, never letting go completely at that moment - in fact, Tajib did not guess wrong. If it said no, then what awaited it would be unimaginable.
destiny.
He didn't have as many worries as Qian, because he had made this plan from the beginning. One hundred points of wealth had already been prepared in his treasure house. If Tajib refused, the fate waiting for it would be to be sealed into a card.
Although the nature is different, in the end this tribe will surrender to him. Brando knows that he needs this power. With these cavemen as his surprise soldiers, whether it is Sir Mintai or Sir Pallas,
becomes no longer important.
The combat power of three thousand black iron levels will soon leave Tony Geer with only one voice to speak, and this is a story that Count Denel will never be able to predict the beginning and end of.
But before that, the only variable remained in the answer that the caveman was about to give. Brando waited for the other party to speak with great patience, but in fact, the young man was just as uneasy in his heart.
It was like this night, on this battlefield, at this moment, Brando seemed to see the road extending forward in the darkness in front of him. For the first time, the road full of thorns became so clear, which made him
I feel that for the first time since I came to this world, I clearly feel that I have the ability to change my future and destiny.
There is still a little while.
The caveman finally raised its head tremblingly, and the fear vulture feathers all over its body were trembling. As if it had made some great determination, Tajib spoke -
At that moment, the cool night wind blew across the entire battlefield, and the pine forest rustled, overshadowing these words that might change the entire Tonigel—and even the entire Eruin;
The expression on the young man's face softened and he nodded, "Just make sure -"
Then he said the second sentence: "Because in fact you will find that you gain far more than you lose."
…
As the days went by, Fir City, which had lost its original lord after the riot, gradually became calmer, and the market gradually returned to its former peace.
But in fact, under the calm surface, more things happened during this period. Just like for the mercenaries who participated in the battle for the lumber camp, no one could tell how they won that night.
Especially the battle that was originally planned to take a week or longer to end, but took a dramatic turn just after early morning.
With an absolute advantage in both numbers and situation, the cavemen not only retreated, but also withdrew from the lumber camp they occupied, handing over their own territory to others - such an almost miraculous result occurred.
The only thing that changed was the impression in the minds of all the mercenaries.
After this battle, Brando has become mysterious and omnipotent in the minds of most people. Although the several grand leaders had their own doubts, they all expressed unconditional surrender in the end.
But Brando did not immediately break up their respective teams and reorganize them. On the contrary, now he has more things to do. First of all, after the residents of Green Village moved in, the logging camp in the forest has begun to provide a steady stream of supplies.
Fir City provided wood, and the repair work of the city wall was put on the agenda.
The other thing was about reviving the barren land of Fir Barony. For example, as soon as he returned to Fir City, he started to ask Antitina to exempt all taxes in the territory for three years.
This news sounded unbelievable at first. After all, it was already natural for a lord to rely on taxes to support his army, but Brando didn't actually care about that little bit of oil.
Only he himself will understand what he wants to do; of course it is okay to be a wealthy landlord with such a small amount of money, but for the larger plan, it is like a drop in the bucket - instead of doing this, it is better to use it to appease the people.
Brando is aware of the potential undercurrents in the territory. Before the battle with the two Grudin retainers, I am afraid that every resident here will doubt how long he, a lord with an unjust reputation, can stay here.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile and raised his head from his desk - that desk was naturally the property of Grudin, but how much time did the former lord spend on this desk every month?
to deal with government affairs regarding Tony Geer.
I'm afraid only God knows.
However, it was at this time that Brando heard a loud noise outside the window.
