Hearing Koruzik, who temporarily acted as the legal reader, read out the laws on the title system that had been hurriedly formulated by the Kingdom of Thresh, Jikniku listened attentively and kept nodding.
For a pragmatic goblin, Jikniku had no intention of asking for a noble status from Prell from the beginning. All he needed was an external title. As for whether he would enjoy the treatment that a baron should have, such as fiefdom and so on.
Yes, he doesn't care.
The racial culture of goblins is a commercial culture. In their culture, strength and status are measured by an individual's financial resources. Jikniku's desire for a "baron" title is more to satisfy his own vanity.
, or in other words, he believes that his ability is worth the title of "Baron" paid by Prell.
After Koluzik finished reading law, Prell asked: "Jikniku, are you willing to accept these conditions?" Jikniku kept nodding: "I do! I do!"
So Prell stood up and drew his long sword. Jikniku was smart and clever, and immediately knelt down on one knee. Prell put the long sword flat on his shoulder: "In the name of the King of Candles, with the hammer
As the great chief of the Stone Kingdom, the goblin Jikniku is awarded the title of Baron!"
Koruzik stretched out his palm, and Lexa took out a bright yellow nameplate from his palm. Prell took it and handed it to Jikniku solemnly.
As soon as Jikniku took over, he felt it was heavy. After weighing it for a moment, he realized that this thing was not pure gold.
Naturally, it was impossible for Prell to make a baron nameplate out of pure gold. It was made by Koruzik out of rocks, and then the tauren craftsmen covered it with a thin layer of gold foil. The nameplate was engraved in goblin characters with the words "Baron Jik of Thresh Kingdom"
"Niku", and on the back is a line of small words "May the glory of the King of Candles be with you".
No one present had ever seen the process of knighthood, so Prell followed his own ideas, formulated a simple set of etiquette, and made a knighthood nameplate. He no longer cared about what happened to the human kingdom, anyway.
The Stone Kingdom will follow this set of procedures from now on.
Jikniku didn't care that it was a small stone slab covered with gold foil. He solemnly took the nameplate into his arms and bowed respectfully to salute.
Prell accepted his courtesy and asked: "Baron Jikniku, are you willing to accept the position of Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Thresh?" Jikniku bent down and said: "I do!"
"Then, welcome again!" Prell looked behind the trusted finance minister: "Binznaku, are you willing to accept the position of temporary trade officer of Thresh Kingdom?"
A surprised look appeared on Jikniku's face: "Great Chief, I don't think that our two brothers should serve at the same time. This is to avoid suspicion. Although we believe in our own justice and innocence, we cannot guarantee that everyone will believe us.
, so I’m afraid I have to object to this appointment!”
Prell shook his head: "We currently lack talents. If possible, I would prefer to sell the ore from Rolling Rock Canyon directly to Booty Bay. The trading officer is only a temporary position. Once a suitable candidate is available, I will replace it.
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I need people who are familiar with the outside world to help Thresh Kingdom purchase various supplies we need. But now it seems that only Brother Zun can shoulder such an important task! "
Prell was moved by Jiknikuken's insistence on his principles, but he also retained a skeptical attitude. However, he really did not have a more suitable candidate now and could only rely on the talents of the two goblin brothers.
Binznaku looked at his brother and saw that Jikniku had no objection, so he took a step forward and gently bent down: "This is my honor, I am willing to accept your appointment!"
The two small goblin businessmen did not feel the elated joy of suddenly gaining high positions and important positions. This may be a problem with their mentality, but Prell thought that the greater possibility is that the Kingdom of Thresh really has no influence outside the country.
From a human perspective, this is not a game played by a group of kobolds to amuse themselves and claim to be king behind closed doors. Goblins holding important positions in their own kingdoms are obviously not necessarily considered to be an honor.
He even felt that it might be for this reason that Jircniku asked for the title of "Baron". From this point of view, the road ahead for the Kingdom of Thresh is still very long!
After taking office, Jikniku did not have any "three things to do as a new official". Instead, he asked for access to past trade documents. He did not feel uncomfortable when he heard that the kobolds had never recorded any written records of trade transactions.
, but began to investigate the entire industry owned by the kobolds in Rolling Rock Canyon.
Prell didn't like living in caves, and he thought that Lexa, Lao Chen, and other tauren might not like it either. So he picked a place in the valley outside the Gogo Mine and started "big construction."
A row of buildings with a strong tauren style began to be built, with rock as the foundation, stones and wood as the walls, and thatch and animal skins as the roofs. More than 20 houses were built.
The members of the Council of Elders of the non-kobold race were all assigned a room for rest and office use. Prell did not further divide the different office areas. Instead, he entrusted Binznaku to purchase various human beings. Dark Night
Books about elves, dwarves and gnomes, including politics, economics, architecture and many other aspects.
He plans to carefully study the relevant knowledge of various races and countries in the world of Azeroth and improve the various systems of Thresh Kingdom. At the very least, Prell plans to establish a complete education system.
Then he entrusted the tauren in the Apalaye camp to purchase a small batch of fighting pigs from the wild boar people of the Thornback clan, and prepared for Amedeo, who had been doing nothing all day, to start his work.
At the same time, Prell sent people to the Burning Sun Stone Residence to seek food seeds and methods of growing crops from the tauren druids there.
Like the Gale Mine, the rough division of labor among the kobolds in Rolling Rock Canyon is that men are mainly engaged in mining and patrolling, while women are mainly engaged in other logistical tasks such as picking.
The staple food of the kobolds is still the wild vegetables and fruits picked, the digging rats caught in the caves, a small amount of hunted small animals, and some of the food obtained from trade, mainly oats and rye.
For the current Thresh Kingdom, the first priority is to ensure daily mining operations, and the second is to ensure that food is self-sufficient.
As for the kobold race, they seem to have focused all their racial talents on mining. Even the several indigenous races of Kalimdor that Prell has come into contact with almost all live by nomadic, fishing and hunting.
rather than developing agriculture.
In Prell's plan, the first step for the Kingdom of Thresh is to develop basic agriculture. After ensuring a sufficient supply of food, it can then maintain and expand mining operations, and then develop related smelting and build industries.
Then the next step is education.
So next, the entire Rolling Rock Canyon was busy. With the efforts of Prell and his companions, things were done bit by bit, and the Kingdom of Thresh was also changing bit by bit.
Judging from the situation in the surrounding areas, everything is moving in a good direction. In Desolace, the Cenarion Circle rebuilt and stabilized Niel Outpost, mainly due to the Magram clan's first attack on Niel.
Kokar, the civil war between the Garak clan.
In the past few decades, the protracted war between the centaurs and the tauren has completely destroyed this land. Coupled with the arrival of the remnants of the orcs, the Desolate Land can no longer accommodate too many people to survive, and from then on
The civil war between the three clans and the two forces that started last year is still going on intermittently.
It was also during the Centaur Civil War that the Cenarion Circle took advantage of the situation and gained a firm foothold. This news was also good for the tauren, because with the peace in the southern section of the Stonetalon Mountains, the tauren could finally take a breather.
Dezpar Khan was dragged into the Desolate Land, so the centaurs in the Backwater Oasis of the Barrens also became restrained. Last year, their attack on the Stonetalon Mountains failed, and they were blocked by the two major clans of Steelmane and Thornback.
, the centaur is no longer as arrogant as before, always huddled in the backwater oasis area.
This is the information obtained by the tauren raptor druids' continuous observation and surveillance of the two areas, as well as communication with the Cenarion Council. Magatha also informed Prell.
In order to conceal and deceive the venture capital company, the first batch of goblin caravans coming from Gale Valley after the New Year were still handed over to Nineel for trade negotiations. Preel did not spread the news of the establishment of Thresh Kingdom further.
So far, only the tauren know about it.
The goblin manager leading the team is one of Gresu's subordinates. In fact, as Gresu has become more and more powerful in the past two years, he not only controls the entire Gale Valley, but also seizes the trading rights with Rolling Rock Canyon.
In the previous Gazruin era, some caravans from the Hot Sand Group would come, but in the past two years, the only ones who came to Rolling Rock Canyon were the caravans from the venture capital companies.
There is a bulk futures trading market in Booty Bay. As a business giant in mining and forestry in the world of Azeroth, the venture capital company has a near-monopoly in these two industries. When there was competition from the caravans of the Hotsand Group, Rolling Rock
Various ores and gemstones in the canyon can still be sold at relatively reasonable prices, but this has not been the case in the past two years.
According to the information brought by Jikniku, when he left Booty Bay for the continent of Kalimdor a few years ago, the selling price of crude iron ore in Booty Bay fluctuated at 8 to 9 silver coins per pound, while the price of iron ingots was
The price fluctuated between 20 and 21 silver coins per pound, and copper ore rose to 10 silver coins per pound.
So when the local goblin caravan director opened his mouth, he still purchased copper ore at the previous purchase prices of 3 silver coins per pound and crude iron ore at 2.8 silver coins per pound. However, when Ninel refused, the green-skinned goblin became surprised.
He impatiently lit up a cigar: "Lefita, we have signed a sales agreement. Our company strictly complies with the agreement for this purchase price. Are you going to go back on your word?"
Ninel shook his head. He looked at the goblin in front of him and suddenly felt that he had been stupid in the past. After listening to the science information given by Jikniku to all the elders, he felt that the goblins were simply bad.
"What we earn is all hard-earned money. Whether it is copper ore or crude iron ore, we all ask for the purchase price to be increased by one silver coin." Ninel said firmly. Of course, this price was negotiated between Prell and Zikniku.
determined later.
This price increase obviously exceeded the authority of the goblin supervisor. He shook his head and blew out a puff of white smoke: "Impossible, we must trade according to the original agreed price!"
Niner also stiffened his neck: "Our only request is to increase the purchase price!"
The two argued for a long time, and finally the goblin supervisor gasped: "Then, allow me to resign first!" He was ready to repay Gresu and let this boss who never delegated power easily make the final decision.