The overturned chair was righted back up, the tilted wine glass was righted up again, and Bruno sat upright again. The leaders of a dozen hill dwarves stared at him, trying to find a way out for their tribe.
There was a large wine barrel on the table for the meeting. No one else was in the mood to drink, but the gray dwarf was drinking one glass after another. He filled his own wine glass, sat down and asked with a funny smile: "How do you think? What do you think?"
alright?"
There are dozens of dwarf tribes in the North, ranging from a few thousand to a few hundred, living in the wild mountains with harsh conditions. Due to natural conditions, they do not have many survival options.
In addition to mining and forging iron at home and selling metal products, hill dwarves often sell their weapons to make a living. Due to their strong physique, extraordinary combat skills, and honesty and reliability, many lords are also willing to hire them as guards.
But the hill dwarves themselves are not very willing to become mercenaries. On the one hand, they get less money, and on the other hand, the human lords are too cunning and often try different tricks to deceive them.
The dwarf leaders looked at each other, knowing that they really couldn't defeat Coldwind City when it came to blacksmithing, so they could only become mercenaries.
Victor Hugo currently has a good reputation. Although he does business and dumping to destroy the market, he clearly marks the price and is honest, so his reputation is much stronger than that of other human noble lords.
However, when the hill dwarves offered to be hired as soldiers by Cold Wind City, Bruno shook his head and sighed: "I advise you to join Cold Wind City and move your entire family to become the subjects of Your Excellency Hugo."
As soon as these words were said, there was an immediate clang in the room. Several dwarf leaders stood up and cursed loudly. Some more dwarves wanted to grab their axes and smash the gray dwarf who was harboring evil intentions to pieces.
Some dwarves stayed away from each other, so they jumped on the table and pointed at Bruno's nose, calling him a "dwarf". They recounted the countless evil, despicable and despicable deeds of the human lords in the past, and they seemed to be incompatible with the human race.
Faced with this tense posture, Bruno sneered a few times without caring. He was still in the mood to drink most of the ale in the cup, and after a satisfying burp, he said slowly:
"Do you know the orc Todd next to Lord Hugo? He went to the Black Forest to gather his fellow orcs."
Orcs are less productive than dwarves, and they wander around in the forest all day long, causing trouble. But their lives are harder than dwarves. Pure barbarism cannot lead a good life, but will make enemies everywhere.
Bruno continued: "Lord Hugo has an orc guard of twenty or thirty people, but he is not satisfied with this guard. The orcs rely solely on brute force to fight, and they get hot-headed when fighting. Faced with large-scale battles, they
It's easy to be counterattacked.
But the orcs have a great advantage in the forest. The Lord wants to develop the Black Forest and plans to hire a group of orcs as rangers to protect his property in the forest from monsters such as jackals and goblins.
The orcs will be able to live in comfortable houses, have strong weapons and armor, and receive wages. They do not need to wander around and plunder, and can support themselves in normal ways.
According to the lord, it is to give the orcs a chance to move towards a civilized society. Let them no longer be enemies with humans, let the two sides reconcile and jointly develop forest resources."
The hill dwarves looked at each other, wondering what Bruno wanted to say?
"Recently, a kobold tribe sent a representative to Cold Wind City to request an audience with the Lord."
Bruno said that the orcs were fine, but when he mentioned the kobolds, he was interrupted at the beginning.
A hill dwarf laughed and said: "Orcs can still fight, but what can kobolds do? Those guys who only bark can't even defeat goblins. I can kill a hundred of them."
"I can hit two hundred."
"I can hit three hundred."
"If you go ahead, I can hit you with a thousand."
When it came to the kobolds, the atmosphere at the table suddenly became cheerful. The dwarves particularly despised the kobolds' cowardly fighting power, and they exploded numbers to show their strength.
Bruno said quietly: "Kobolds are stoic, silent, and don't have too many ambitions. They are good at digging and mining, building underground projects, and can even tolerate filth. They live in the sewers and are responsible for cleaning up garbage. Can you do it?"
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Among the intelligent creatures in Faerûn, kobolds are the weakest. Even goblins can bully them.
Precisely because they are too weak, kobolds have to live in dark corners and endure all kinds of oppression. This adds to the misunderstanding of other races towards them, confusing them with goblins.
In fact, the kobolds are from the lawful camp and are completely different from the goblins from the chaotic camp.
"Not long ago, a kobold messenger came to Cold Wind City. The guy was so scared at the time that he was trembling when he spoke. He was ready to be killed by the guard at the door if he didn't see the lord.
But Lord Hugo met him and listened to his request. This kobold probably couldn't survive elsewhere. Hearing about Lord Hugo's kindness, he hoped to move to Coldwind City and was willing to help with the construction of the city.
sewer.
The kobolds said that they did not need any reward, as long as they could live underground safely. They could come out at night and live off the garbage discarded by humans, and would never intrude on the human world.
However, after Lord Hugo confirmed that the kobolds had strong underground engineering capabilities, he immediately accepted the tribe and stated that they would be given formal jobs and equal rights.
There is absolutely no need for kobolds to come out at night. Being open and generous will create less barriers.
Didn't you see the look of disbelief on the kobold messenger's face at that time, and his subsequent oath of allegiance to heaven and earth?
Last month, the weak kobold tribe moved into Cold Wind City. It was a team of only a hundred people, including half of them old and weak. They were really weak, thin and small.
But they got everything the lord promised, including tools, food, cloth, as well as the official status of the city's sewer management office and exclusive living quarters.
The humans in the city were not used to living with kobolds at first. But as the sewers were cleaned and unblocked, everyone quickly accepted the existence of kobolds. No one thought there was anything wrong with it.
Cleaning sewers is a hard job that can only be done by the poorest people, and the income is extremely low. Your lord has classified this type of work as a special high-risk occupation that is necessary in the city, and gives high remuneration.
The kobolds are also very satisfied with having a stable home and an unimaginably good job. They will bring another group of people next month, not only to expand the city's sewers, but also to help the lord mine and expand the city."
The hill dwarves looked at each other again, and someone shouted angrily: "Bruno, what on earth do you want to say?"
The gray dwarf spread his hands, "Why don't you understand? Your Lord respects every worker, and he can give you dignity and status that you cannot find anywhere else.
As long as you are willing to become law-abiding citizens, he can give you unimaginable rewards. Even kobolds can confidently receive gold coins as wages, instead of leftovers mixed with garbage.
I advise you to seize the opportunity. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A great lord is worth following."