It has been two thousand years since the dark elves were driven underground, and the life span of the dark elves is only 250-300 years old. Because they basically do not deal with the races on the ground, except for a few high-level people, 99% of the dark elves lack understanding of the situation on the ground.
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"Shut up, don't embarrass yourself." Mistress Malice was a little embarrassed and hurriedly scolded Brisha. Seeing that she was a little confused, and the other two daughters also showed confused expressions, Malice had no choice but to say
Explain it to them.
"Just as we found that most of the resources must be handed over to the ruling parliament, the aristocratic system on earth is more complicated than ours. It is divided into many levels according to the title and the size of the territory. Not only must it be handed over to its own lord, but it must also be paid to the country.
, so very few can actually fall into the hands of mining parties.
Therefore, the 10% silver mine share is not only not low, but can also be considered very high. This is indeed a very sincere move."
"Haha, that's right. I'm just a viscount, and I can only get 10%. I gave it all to you, and you still think it's too little? Then you mine it yourself and sell it underground? Why don't you wait until now!
" Yun Xiaohan sneered.
Yun Xiaohan did not reply immediately, so the four dark elves gathered together to discuss quietly.
"Needless to say, we definitely can't mine on our own. There's too much noise, and it's hard to process the mined silver." Maya, the third daughter, was the first to express her opinion.
"But 10% is a bit too little, isn't it?" The eldest daughter Brisha was still a little unwilling.
"Actually, 10% is not much. It would be worse if we mined by ourselves. Even not digging would be better than digging." said the second daughter, Verna, who is the most flexible of the three daughters.
Mother Malice nodded approvingly to Verna, "Virna, continue."
"We are now the ninth family, and the top eight families are the ruling council families. Therefore, if we want to move forward one more, the first eight families will be our opponents.
If we dig our own mines, the main benefits of the silver mine will definitely be taken away by the ruling parliament. Even if the silver mine is within our control area, the benefits we will receive may not be as much as those of the eighth-ranked ruling parliament family, which ranks higher.
Not to mention the top families.
In other words, mining will actually increase the strength of our opponents, making it more difficult to deal with them in the future."
"Yes, Verna said it very well. Brisa, Maya, do you two understand? Before we do anything, we must first clarify our opponents, otherwise we will be helping our opponents." Malice said, from this point on
The words clearly show the dark elves' mentality of harming others but not benefiting themselves.
They were discussing, and Yun Xiaohan, who was left aside, became a little impatient. He shouted loudly: "What are you discussing? If you don't agree, I will spread the news about the silver mine."
After hearing what Yun Xiaohan said, Maya immediately said: "What does this mean? He doesn't want to mine anymore?"
"I'm afraid he really doesn't want to. He is willing to give up 10% of the benefits." Verna said.
"He is threatening! The silver mine has been leaked, and we have to dig it even if we don't want to! How did he know about our family's situation?" Brisha said angrily.
"Don't forget, he was among our family's mercenaries before, and he also participated with us in the attack on the Deaver family. It is too easy to know the situation of our family. We have now become the ninth family, and the next step is obvious.
Ah, as long as you understand the rules of family competition, you can't think of it." Verna said.
"Damn it, I'll kill him!" Brisha said angrily.
"You know how to kill and kill all day long, can you kill him? If he runs away and spreads the news, will you bear the responsibility?" Verna refuted.
"Don't say these useless things. The news of this silver mine must not spread, nor can it be mined by us. Let alone the idea of killing the opponent. Before, he couldn't keep anyone alive when he robbed the child in front of us. Zakner
Fan is no match for him, and it is even more impossible to kill him now." Mother Malice said.
"Then we can only agree to his conditions and hand over the custody of Drizzt to him," Maya said.
"It's just a boy, just give it to me, it's no big deal." Brisha followed suit.
"Although the 10% profit from the silver mine is not much, it is still quite a lot. The key is that our Do'Urden family gets it alone, and I think it is acceptable." Verna also agreed.
"That's not okay. It will destroy the tradition of the dark elves. Once other families know about it, we will become a laughing stock." Mother Malice disagreed.
"I can't do it left, and I can't do right, so it's difficult." Maya spread her hands.
"How long do you want to discuss? Is it over?" Yun Xiaohan urged again. He was deliberately putting pressure on the other party.
"Stop talking, let's negotiate first and see if we can get him to take a step back. If he gives up the negotiation in a hurry, it will be in trouble." Verna said.
"Your conditions are good, and we would like to agree to it, but it is our tradition for dark elf newborns to be raised by women, and the tradition cannot be changed. Can you change the conditions?" Mother Malice said loudly.
"Haha, you are dark elves. Dark elves are telling me tradition? Are you kidding?" Yun Xiaohan sneered, "It is impossible to change the conditions. If I hadn't taken a fancy to this child's qualifications, how could I do it?
Make such a big concession?"
"It's not that I won't let you accept disciples, I just wait until we raise Drizzt and then hand it over to you!" Maya said.
"The key is to lay the foundation when he is young. After you teach him a fool, I will accept a disciple who is stupid. Am I going to teach a disciple who can't even lift his head when he sees a woman?" Yun Xiaohan was very strong.
He retorted that he had no intention of compromising at all.
"Although we can't mine, we can make it impossible for you to mine!" Brisha couldn't help but retorted. Indeed, the dark elves who are good at sneaking are like a duck to water in the mine. If they want to kill, many miners will die.
Well, this silver mine cannot be mined at all.
"I have no intention of sharing the profits from this mine. Otherwise, why would I be willing to give you 10%? In the worst case, everything will be ruined. If I can't dig it out, I will find out about this silver mine." Yun Xiaohan responded tit for tat, playing the role of a knife.
What a genuine performance.
When they met Yun Xiaohan, the four female dark elves had no choice but to discuss it quietly again. After the discussion, they made some concessions and said that they would hand over Drizzt to Yun Xiaohan's guidance when he turns 16.
Generally speaking, the age of 16 is the age when dark elf nobles officially choose their development path and receive formal education. In the original book, Drizzt was taught martial arts by Zaknavan from the age of 16.