[The Lord of the Rings - The Hobbit] The era of poverty alleviation in the dark jungle

"I think we can talk about the cooperation between the wood elves and Changhu Town." Before the mayor could speak, Luo Siwen said calmly.After speaking, she crossed the mayor and entered the house with her hands behind her back.

"Yes, I don't know if the respected Elf King needs more wine. The harvest in the town has been good recently, and even the dwarves say that the wine produced is delicious..."

Come on, dwarves like strong drinks like liquor and barley beer, and Dwarf Friend Rosewyn has dealt with dwarves for decades and knows them better than the mayor.

"Recently, our king has given up drinking, so there is no need for more wine. And if memory serves me, I once offered to give us a reasonable market price, but you refused."

"No, no, the price is negotiable, as long as you are willing to rebuild the old one this time..."

"I'm here for something else, not to renew the wine contract," Rosewin said.

The mayor froze for a moment, feeling as if his enthusiasm had been dashed out by a splash of water, or as if he had punched hard and finally landed on a ball of cotton.

He couldn't help being a little annoyed, and said in a strange way: "Oh, there are other things—"

"There are other matters," Rosewen said, "but it's not to discuss with you, but to discuss with other people."

The mayor jumped, and his tone became impolite: "Who? Who! I am the lord of the town, and I am the only one with the right to make decisions! You bloody girl!"

Relying on his fat and tall body, he tried to threaten the seemingly harmless short girl.What are wizards, as long as they are not allowed to speak, they are a bunch of weak chickens!

"Roar—" The little gray wolf jumped in front of Luosiwen, and roared ferociously at the mayor. The thick roar almost broke the roof, and the mayor burst out like a punctured balloon in fright. Angry, trembling in the corner, afraid to make a sound.

"Warg, you really are an evil wizard!" The mayor cried with tears and snot running down his nose.

boom--

The gate of the mayor's house was broken open, and a group of guards poured in, surrounded Rosewen, each pointing their spears at them.

"Come out, you evil fellow!" a man roared.

Luo Siwen glanced contemptuously at the mayor, who had regained his composure, and walked out with leisurely steps like a stroll.

The gate is surrounded by people from the town, all of them are dressed in shabby clothes, with vicissitudes of life forced on their faces, they look like they are from poor families.Luo Siwen glanced at the nearby houses again. Those rich people were hiding behind the curtains and staring at her with bright eyes!

People stood there quietly looking at her, and the mayor's arrogant and derisive words came from behind: "This is an evil wizard, look at this wolf beside her, this is the lackey of the orcs! In the past, We have been deceived by this cunning warg. Even if the world is turned upside down, it cannot change its evil nature! Although we have been taking shelter of the respected Elf King so far, we are more obliged to remind the Elf King to prevent him from being evil Blindfolded!"

The little gray wolf grabbed the ground with all four feet and let out a threatening growl at him, as if it would pounce on him and bite his throat in the next moment.The mayor carefully moved behind the guards, for fear of being bitten to death.

Luo Siwen couldn't have imagined that such a stupid and timid big fat man could give such a passionate speech.Sure enough, it's the material of a politician.

The crowd below murmured, as if afraid of offending the dreaded wizard and of the elf-lord's wrath at their actions.

"I think we should listen to the wizard's defense." At this moment, a clear voice came from the crowd.

"Justify?" The mayor walked down the stairs angrily, searching the crowd with his small eyes, trying to find the person who spoke, "It is a disaster for a wizard to speak! We should sew her mouth shut so that she cannot speak for the rest of her life." cast evil spells to harm other free beings."

"Everyone, please listen to me." Rosewin said.

Her voice was not loud, but it rang clearly in everyone's ears. All of the people present stopped whispering and looked up at her.

"I came here this time to post a job advertisement. Our outpost needs manpower, because our elf warriors have been busy fighting against evil forces and have no time to take care of some things in the outpost, so I hope that if you have talents, you can come here Help us. Of course, we will pay you handsomely."

The crowd was silent for a moment, and then there was a bustling discussion again.

Luo Siwen stood there calmly, waiting for their decision.

After a while, the mayor's flattering voice came from behind her: "I was really rude just now, it was a misunderstanding, but I think I can arrange staff for you and settle the salary..."

Luo Siwen glanced at the group of people below, and said: "This recruitment is only for individuals. If you like me, I will. The Elven King does not force anyone to work for him."

Seeing that she had been ignoring him, the mayor couldn't help it, ran down the stairs, faced her, and said loudly, "You can't take my people away, you liar!"

If everyone leaves, it means that there will be fewer people paying management fees, and he will have to drink the northwest wind at that time.

The more the mayor thought about it, the angrier he became, this was going to kill him!Seeing that the commotion in the crowd below was getting more and more violent, he was anxious and angry, and shouted: "Guard! Guard! Get this liar out! She won't be allowed to enter Changhu Town again!"

The two elf guards who came with Luo Siwen had already arrived at the scene, drew their bows and arrows and confronted the spearmen, and the little gray wolf's claws protruded from the pads, waiting for a fight that might break out at any time.They guarded Luo Siwen and cast murderous gazes at the mayor standing on the stairs.

"Let's go," Luo Siwen said to the elf guards, and then turned to the people in Changhu Town, "As long as you have the ability and technology, you will always be welcome at the dense forest post. Also, this... the mayor, you I will regret today's recklessness."

The mayor shook his fist angrily at her, but suddenly there was another panic in his heart.

Luo Siwen is notorious for her strength. The last time she accompanied the Elf King to negotiate, she rejected her favorable terms for a fair and reasonable price, and she suffered a big loss when she turned around.

The Elven King would definitely not stand on the side of an irrelevant character like him. Could it be that Changhu Town really wanted to completely fall out with the Woodland Kingdom?

If the wizard is willing to change the way of cooperation, he is also very willing.For example, he collects money and then organizes the townspeople to serve the wood elves, which is pretty good.He can draw a commission from it, Changhu Town will not lose its labor force, and the wood elves will also get manpower.

The words splashed out made the mayor think a lot, and finally he breathed a sigh of relief when Rosewen's boat left the town.Then, I felt a little unspeakable sadness, or regret?

Come on, let the wizard go to hell!He snorted coldly and ordered: "No one is allowed to apply for a job without permission, and the whole family is not allowed to leave the town. One person must stay in the family. Violators will be taxed more!"

The elf's boat briskly left Changhu Town in people's eyes and headed north. Their next stop was Hegu Town.

"Wait, hum!" The mayor put down his binoculars and said angrily to his followers, "They don't want to pass through Changhu Town when they come back! Don't even think about it!"

Even though the entourage did not dare to disobey the mayor's order, he still hesitated and said: "But if we go to the west, we have to pass through the waterways of the woodland kingdom."

The mayor said in awe: "Although the Elf King is a bit stupid, he is famous for his kindness. We are innocent free humans. Will he kill us after passing through his waterway?"

The attendant didn't dare to refute any more, and thought to himself: That waterway is under the control of that wizard, and she doesn't look like a benevolent elf.

What the mayor didn't expect was that Luo Siwen's recruitment advertisement actually caused a heated discussion among the people at the bottom of Changhu Town.

On the bank of the water, under the eaves, a thin young man buried himself in packing his oars.The light refracted from the lake cast a large shadow on his face, bright and dark, the young man's thin face with protruding cheekbones was so pale that there was no blood.

"Have you heard that elves are hiring humans!"

"Yeah, it's a pity that someone with a skill is needed. I can't do anything except rowing. They probably don't need a boatman!"

"Stop making trouble. First of all, the mayor is the first to quit. Even the boatman has to pay taxes every year."

"Hey, let's figure it out. Tario is thin and weak, and the guests don't even look for him!"

"By the way, Tario," one of the two people who were talking suddenly looked at the thin boy, "Didn't your family specialize in wine making before? It's most suitable for you to go. I heard that the Elven King likes wine."

Tario was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Master Wizard said that the Elf King has given up drinking."

"It's impossible for the other wood elves to quit drinking! I heard that the mayor had been raising the market price of wine before, which angered the wizard, so she just found an excuse not to cooperate with us."

"Bah! This disgusting fat man bought our wine at such a low price, and even wanted to fool others with the frighteningly expensive wine."

"Shh - don't talk about it, hey, don't talk nonsense about this... Let's do this first, I have something to go home."

Tario squatted there in a daze for a moment, until the soft and soft voice of a little boy brought him back to his senses.

"Brother, what's wrong with you? Didn't you get any customers today?" The little boy blinked his big eyes and raised the small bucket in his hand, "I caught two small fish today, look!"

Tario took the bucket, and there were indeed two small fish swimming in the bucket—well, small fish as thick and long as fingers.

"Great, much better than my brother! Let's go home!" He shook the shriveled money bag, and a few copper coins in it rattled and rattled.

"Oh, it doesn't matter. I can go out and make money when I grow up. I heard that the elves want to recruit people!"

"Shh, don't talk nonsense, be careful to be caught by the mayor and put in prison."

The author has something to say:

How old is Little Leaf?

——Legolas mentioned fallen leaves 100 times in The Lord of the Rings, but in the original book, it can be found that he has not been to many places [Ross Lorraine has not been, if I remember correctly, that section Blocked by Rose Lorraine's elf, his reaction was very panic, not like an acquaintance at all], it can be deduced that it is a very young elf.According to my original setting, Legolas actually shouldn't appear in this era [I think he should be younger], but I always feel that it is unreasonable to write the Lord of the Rings without pulling him and his son out for a walk.At this time in this article, Legolas is set to be about [-] years old, just entering the age of adulthood.

Elves enter puberty at 50 and become adults at 100.

I mentioned it in the last chapter, and it really exploded a lot of goblins who plan to fatten up →_→ I am indeed the prophecy emperor, don’t be so hot and crazy