The Rolling Rock Canyon, where the Kingdom of Thresh is currently located, is a common basin-like terrain in the Stonetalon Mountains. It is much smaller than the Wind Valley, but there are many hidden in the northwest to the south of the two mines dug by the kobolds.
Small valleys and basins between mountains.
Koruzik and others followed Braylin Firefist over the mountains from behind Stonehoof Valley to Coke Valley. Prell personally led the team and conducted a reconnaissance to the northwest of Gogo Mine.
As an area run by kobolds for generations, the kobolds rarely conduct large-scale exploration of the mountains outside the Rolling Rock Canyon, but they are indigenous people after all, so Prell still found two small places behind the mountains.
valley.
The two valleys are not large in area, but the advantage is that they only need to climb two small hills to connect them, and they are not very far from Rolling Rock Canyon.
Like other areas in the Stonetalon Mountains where no intelligent creatures have visited, the valleys are full of primeval forests. There is a shallow stream full of pebbles that winds around several valleys and winds its way to Rolling Rock Canyon.
direction.
Occasionally, one or two big-horned forest black deer appear, but there are no other large animals. Apparently this place is too remote, and it is difficult for carnivores to find sufficient food sources in the dense forest.
It takes about a day and a half to travel from Rolling Rock Canyon. It was almost noon, so the group rested on the hillside near the creek. Gonzalo Swift Wind was the only one who accompanied Prell, and he was very cautious.
Always stood behind Prell.
This tauren druid, who has always been hardworking and uncomplaining, is naturally worried that some kobolds will be detrimental to Prell. But apparently he thinks too much. Prell has destroyed the social traditions and internal structure of the kobold group, but in fact
The kobold opposition to him is almost non-existent.
Because after the initial discomfort, the kobolds discovered that a nominal and de facto supreme leader of the group suddenly appeared above their heads. The entire group did not seem to have changed much. Almost everyone still followed their previous behavior.
Life goes on.
Moreover, there are many tauren and members of other races in Thresh Kingdom. Most kobolds lack understanding of the outside world. In their view, the tauren’s terrifying height and shape, burly and fierce appearance, are all overshadowed by their war chief.
Being a leader, doesn't it just show the strength of Prell?
Surrendering to the strong is something that almost all creatures have in common. As for Prell, the "strong man" in the eyes of the kobolds, except that he doesn't like living in mines, he doesn't look like an authentic person.
Except for the kobolds, he didn't seem to have done any evil deeds, so the kobolds accepted him in a daze.
Accompanying him was a kobold elder, Spoutling. This was an old miner, not a professional himself, but one of his sons had awakened the talent of a shaman and was studying with Belga, so Spoutling naturally
The ground was on Prior's side.
At this time, he was standing in the middle of the stream with great interest, using a simple copper plate to collect the sand, and constantly observing the small gold particles washed out of it. In about half an hour, he determined that halfway up the mountain should be
There is a small gold mine.
Prell was amazed by his craftsmanship and ability, but Spoutling humbly said that this method has been passed down from generation to generation by kobolds, but kobolds prefer to dig mines, so they are rarely willing to work in rivers.
Gold panning.
Prell also became interested. He observed and inquired carefully. The method of Spoutling's gold mining was actually very simple. Follow the direction of the stream from downstream, and use copper plates to sift the mud at intervals.
Sand, determine an approximate location based on the selected tiny gold particles.
Then he took a few kobold miners and continued to dig dirt on the shore, continued to sift and scour, then made a mark with branches, and kept digging pits from the shore to the distance. Finally, the top of the triangle formed by the branches was the gold
Where the mineral veins are located.
So Prell also picked up a pickaxe, and a group of more than 30 people spent a whole day actually finding a cave hidden in the ground about three meters deep and embedded in the rock.
gold mine.
Spoutling dug out an irregular piece of gold ore that was as big as his own head, and presented it to Prell as if it were a treasure. Prell held it in his hands and looked around, unable to put it down.
Gonzalo said with admiration: "This is a big piece of 'dog-headed gold'!" In the world of Azeroth, "dog-headed gold" is not named because it is shaped like a dog's head. In fact, the shape of dog-headed gold is extremely
Irregular is so named because the similar large volumes and masses of gold ore currently known to the civilized world were all excavated by kobolds.
According to the dwarves' classification of ore quality, "nugget gold" ranks very high among natural gold ores. It is said that many dwarf collectors are proud of a large piece of nugget gold.
Spoutling took more than a dozen kobolds and worked for a whole afternoon. Finally, they dug out all the discovered gold veins. There were almost two bags of gold ore, large and small, and fragments.
Ten linen bags.
Prell, on the other hand, dug down in a relatively flat forest not far away, and found that he had dug down to a depth of more than six meters before finding some scattered pebbles. Obviously, this valley is
After a long period of geological movement, it was formed by the accumulation of soil washed away.
His original intention was to find a way to survive for the harpies that Braylin was about to bring, that is, planting. Gonzalo studied the soil carefully for a long time and made a professional judgment: the soil here is still slightly
It's too barren, but if you cut down the trees and use natural magic to grow rye, it's still feasible.
Furthermore, he pointed to a large area of forest and said, "If all the forests in this area are cleared, the land can be used to feed three to four hundred people."
Prell nodded silently. According to Braylin, there are about a thousand Blood Fury Harpies attached to her, mainly from three small villages that were previously scattered in the south of Scorched Valley.
After the war ended, several groups of harpies who had previously hid in the mountains heard the news and came.
Braylin now has about 1,300 people under her name. To feed these 1,300 mouths is really a laborious task for this lazy high elf sorceress, so he has to
After learning about the existence of Thresh Kingdom, I immediately wanted to get rid of this "burden".
Prell calculated that this larger valley could only support three to four hundred people, while the other smaller valley could only support about two hundred people by growing rye alone.
. In other words, he has to go deeper and find more valleys hidden in the mountains and forests. According to his vision, the harpies must ensure at least about 70% of their food self-sufficiency, and the remaining gaps can be filled by the kobolds.
Bear it, but no matter how much it is, it will be a big problem for the Kingdom of Thresh.
After about seven or eight days of exploration in the mountainous area north of the Goge Mine, Prell had to lead the team back to Rolling Rock Canyon. They only discovered these two small valleys suitable for habitation, but Gonzalo
Transformed into a falcon and discovered another valley.
But it was too far away and the passage was extremely inconvenient, so Prell decided to stop here for the time being. He planned to conduct another survey in the direction of Stonehoof Valley to spread out the harpies as much as possible.
After returning to Rolling Rock Canyon, Prell only stayed for a few days because Gonzalo flew once in the direction of Coke Valley and found that Braylin was following Koluzik towards Rolling Rock with more than a thousand harpies.
Coming from the canyon.
Although there are steep mountains along the way, the harpies can fly at low altitudes, so they do not have high requirements for roads and traffic conditions. While Koluzik led the way, he simply repaired a path in the mountains.
The open-pit coal mine that Braylin Firefist discovered was of medium size, just southeast of the valley where she and the harpies originally lived. Today, Snu and the kobold miners still stay near the coal mine.
So after Prell discussed with Tamra and Gonzalo, he immediately selected two hundred kobold miners, one hundred garrison troops, and twenty tauren instructors to prepare to occupy the coal mine.
At the same time, he made another request to Apalaye Camp and Burning Sun Stone Residence, hoping to send another group of tauren soldiers and several druids.
Hamuul Rune Totem and Magatha Horrible Totem both agreed, but Gonzalo had a hard time. As the only Raptor Druid in Thresh Kingdom, he had to fly continuously to deliver messages everywhere.
During this period, Prell organized an expedition to the north side of Stonehoof Valley, preparing to find a valley suitable for harpies to live there.
On the afternoon of the fifth day, sixty tauren soldiers sent by Magatha Grimtotem from the Apalaye camp and a small convoy arrived at Rolling Rock Canyon.
The employees of Jikniku, who had been staying on the Merchant Coast before, had been escorted by the tauren patrol, passed through the Thorn Ridge, passed the Glory Post, and arrived at the Rolling Rock Canyon.
This time Jikniku did not go to lead the team, but his brother Binznaku went. When Binznaku went, he also brought some specialties of the tauren and kobolds, mainly a batch of animal skins and fruit wine.
and ore, and then exchanged a batch of food for the South China Sea pirate groups entrenched there.
It has to be said that Prell's appointment of the two goblin brothers was the wisest choice he has made so far. He handed over all the financial power of the Kingdom of Thresh to Jikniku, and this small goblin businessman with an alternative aesthetic,
He also lived up to Prell's trust and managed the affairs of the kingdom in an orderly manner.
Binznaku also performed well and was able to do business with the pirates. Prell felt that he was not only smart but also courageous.
In any case, the batch of grain brought back by Binznaku is exactly what the Kingdom of Thresh urgently needs. In exchange for the citizen permission of more than 1,300 harpies, a medium-sized coal mine, Pre