Wolf King

The Frankish Feast is held every five years in the second month of winter, of course, for the grasslands it is the second month of winter, for other places it is just the beginning of winter...

Unlike the last time Xiao Transparent went to the city of the forest elf queen to borrow the teleportation array, silently participated in the feast and then came back silently, this time the sages of the Fire Department have a certain degree of attention, and the grassland has just entered the winter season. In the first month, the emissary of the dwarf king who came from afar came to the grassland as a guest accompanied by the forest elves, and brought greetings from the dwarf king.

On the dirt road built to facilitate access to the forest to obtain the humus layer, a huge team walked slowly against the wind and snow.

At the front of the team are six officers of the Queen's Knights riding unicorns—not the kind of unicorns that look like horses, but with spiral horns on their foreheads and thick long hair drooping all over their bodies. More like a mountain mount for the one-horned yak.Don't look at the ugly appearance of this thing, the gold content as a battle mount is at the level of a Chimera.

After that, there was an elf mission riding on a chocobo... Not only the dwarf king was concerned about the battle situation on the grassland, but the forest elves were also very concerned. She will express her attitude with actions.

Behind them are the missions of the Dwarf Kingdom, each of the stocky black iron dwarves is riding a common bipedal dragon, or sitting on the back of a frost wolf mount unique to the Western Continent. Number ten, with a dozen six-legged lizards laden with cargo.

Xiao Yun, Chief Grassroots, Hongye, Languo, Chief Arthur and other important members of the Huoyan Department came out to welcome the honored guests. Xiao Yun showed a mysterious smile when he saw the two rows of six-legged lizards following the black iron dwarves' ass...

"The Dwarf King is really sincere." Xiao Yun said to his companions with a smile, "We have to cheer up and entertain these distinguished guests from afar with the highest level of etiquette."

The grassroots patriarch, Lan Guo and others who didn't understand what he was talking about showed puzzled expressions, but Hongye, who had been to the dwarf kingdom once, knew what Xiao Yun was talking about, and smiled very brightly.

"It was a gift from the dwarf king. Let the official mission carry this standard of greeting. It means that the dwarf king wants to establish diplomatic relations with our grassland tribe. As the lord of the western continent, he recognizes our grassland tribe's ownership of the grassland and recognizes that we are independent. Grassland master." Hongye explained to the others.

Now the grassroots patriarch and the others also understood, and they all smiled—didn't the Beast Emperor intend to stick the label "Imperial Beastman" on their foreheads?The dwarf king simply admitted that they were orcs who ruled the grassland legally and reasonably, independent of the Far East, and whoever was more disgusting.

The envoys came to the square of the Ministry of Fire, and the envoys of the forest elves and the black iron dwarves got off their mounts first, and rushed forward to the backbone managers of the Ministry of Fire to salute and greet formally; the team of forest elves They even brought bards with them. When the two sides greeted each other, these few bards took out harps, flutes and other things to accompany them-err, of course they didn’t come to the part-time band, they came to witness The formal diplomacy of forest elves, dark iron dwarves and grassland tribes is equivalent to the international press corps on diplomatic occasions...

During the greetings, Xiao Yun winked at Hongye, Hongye understood, quietly withdrew from the crowd, and ran back to the tribe.

When Xiao Yun and others brought the envoys into the tribe, Patriarch Huoyan, who temporarily put on a formal attire, was "invited" to the large conference room that had been arranged hastily, to accept the envoys of the forest elves and the black iron dwarves. see you...

The head of the Huoyan clan with a confused face, but still very dignified and serious: "??"

Let’s talk about the sense of ritual. It’s okay to expect it to send charcoal in a timely manner because the brain is trapped by the door. It’s okay to use it as an icing on the cake——If the Fire Department can’t defeat the Far East invaders and show that it has the strength to stand up, no matter how poor it is, how poor it is. There is no point in pomp and ostentation; if the strength is there, even if the etiquette is not fully prepared, and the Huoyan patriarch is just erected hastily as a signboard for the envoys to meet, in the eyes of others, there is still such a casual domineering...

Next, Xiao Yun, the grassroots patriarch, and Arthur patriarch took up positions as diplomats of the Fire Department, and led the envoys (and the small tail bard group) to visit—the Fire Department had a very close relationship with Anas. The envoy from the Queen's City looked around in amazement after entering the Ministry of Fire and Flame. It was obvious that the forest elves did not pay as much attention to their neighbors as the grassland tribes as they said; Not to mention the messengers of the iron dwarves, their knowledge of the cursed land is estimated to be nothing but the origin of cheap sweet potato flour.

Defeating and capturing the three bear invaders does not mean that the confrontation between the Flame Department and the Beast Emperor is over. There is still a Frankish feast half a month away. At this moment, it is necessary to strengthen the confidence of the allies and fool... er, to win the full cooperation and support of the allies At home, if you hide your grandson and pretend to be low-key, you are feeding your brains to the dog.

Xiao Yun didn't hide his armpits at all. First, he took the envoys to visit the shed area that was individually marked out as small as a small town.

Thousands of vegetable sheds stood in rows, like soldiers waiting for inspection, and when they came up, the main and deputy messengers of the forest elves & black iron dwarves were shocked.

Any standardized artificial creation is quite spectacular as long as it can be formed in scale, and the shocking degree of the greenhouse is not just the state - the practicality is also very high!

Xiao Yun took the envoys of the two clans into one of the sweet potato leaf greenhouses, and introduced with a smile: "In winter on our grassland, any vegetable can be frozen to death. In order to solve the problem of supplying green leafy vegetables in winter, we came up with the idea of ​​building a greenhouse with a steel frame and glass roof. The idea is that such a greenhouse can ensure that the crops receive sunlight while preventing the crops from being damaged by freezing. In terms of indoor temperature control, we have adopted a central heating mode. Although it will increase the amount of work when building the greenhouse, it can save as much as possible fuel……"

The Dark Iron Dwarves are no strangers to heating technology. The temperature in the location of Ironforge is not much better than that on the grassland. In order to ensure that the residents of Ironforge will not be frozen to death, the Dark Iron Dwarves have also developed a technology similar to central heating— —Set up boilers in each urban area in Ironforge, and the heated hot water is connected to residential buildings through pipes to increase the indoor temperature.

However, smelting technology such as black iron dwarves also has headaches in heating pipes... Metal pipes are too easy to rust, or leaks due to the principle of thermal expansion and contraction, pipe bursts and other accidents.

When Xiao Yun said that they are currently using relatively backward fire and smoke heat transfer for heating, the emissaries of the Black Iron Dwarves were still a little disapproving. When Xiao Yun said that they were researching pottery pipes, hard rubber pipes to transfer hot water, and heat sinks When raising the temperature of the room and other projects (the research and development of stainless steel, metal antifreeze, and antirust coating is still a bit reluctant for the current Fire Department), a group of black iron dwarves became excited in an instant, and immediately surrounded Xiao Yun...

The forest elves are very reserved and calm, and commented on the Fire Department's achievements in greenhouse planting and central heating: "It is much cheaper than the constant temperature magic circle."

Well, the coldest winter in the Fairy Forest is about ten degrees, people really don't care about heating technology...

After visiting the greenhouse area, the next step is the traditional visit project when the Huoyan Department entertains guests: various farms.

Cattle and sheep fed in separate pens, pig houses that are more hygienic than human houses, on-site castration of boars born in autumn, postpartum care techniques for sows and disinfection of pens by the golden cat brothers who are in charge of raising pigs Cleaning up, pig manure recycling... At the beginning, I was very excited when I saw the fat pigs in the big pig houses. The messengers of the two clans who had some ideas of learning from the experience couldn't help but fled after staying for half an hour. .

When they were taken to the rabbit farm that was still fragrant and stinky no matter how much they cleaned, the envoys of the two clans politely but resolutely rejected Xiao Yun's invitation. (The Little Tail Bards did not approach at all)

Then, there is the flour mill...

It would be a lie to say that the black iron dwarves and forest elves, who are big buyers of vermicelli, are not curious or fascinated by the powder-making technology of the Fire Department.

But after witnessing the production process of the assembly line of Balk Flour Mill, the envoys of the two races, just like the master and apprentice of Aldoni, retreated consciously... not to mention those who can't even recognize the black iron dwarves Would the Mechanical Flame Department be willing to hand over the blueprints? The supply of massive sweet potato raw materials alone is enough to kill the coveted hearts of the black iron dwarves and forest elves for the production of vermicelli—the sweet potatoes they have seen are all slender and small. Yes, this kind of big, thick and heavy sweet potato has never been seen outside!

Hmm... After all, the main crops in this world are wheat, barley, buckwheat and all kinds of beans. Who would spend money and time to study how to grow sweet potatoes if they eat too much...

Let the allies understand the production achievements of the Huoyan Department with their own eyes (the fists are not big enough to be worthy of allies, and the poor are not worthy), Xiao Yun then took the envoys of the two clans to visit the captives.

For the more than [-] bear captives, in the first ten days after being captured, only the wounded were able to eat well, and the others were only given barely enough food and water.

It's not that the Ministry of Fire and Flames wants to abuse the prisoners, but that the Ministry of Fire and Flames has a lot of things to do at home, and there are not so many idlers who arrange to guard them, so we might as well boil them for ten days to soften their bones...

After ten days of being locked up half-starved and half-fed, no matter how angry the bear warriors were, their spirits were almost worn out, so they were arranged to work and let them earn enough food to fill their stomachs.

When the envoys of the two tribes were brought to visit the captives, they saw... on the open field in front of the captive camp, countless bear tribes were working quietly and silently.

The envoy of the Queen's City, the official envoy of the queen's most trusted female officer, the female officer Gina who once took part in the downfall of Elder Gwendolyn, opened her mouth in a gaffe.

The envoy of the dwarf king, the envoy of the new generation of elite officers of the dwarf kingdom, Major Pete Warhammer, with yellow hair and pigtails and as strong as a small snow werewolf, almost lost his eyeballs.

The envoys of the two clans kept their dull faces for a few seconds before slowly returning to normal. They silently looked at Xiao Yun, the grassroots patriarch, and Arthur patriarch, who were especially nice and smiling.

Xiao Yun and the two patriarchs responded with more honest and honest smiles, without the slightest hint of arrogance, complacency, or showing off.

Messenger of the two races: "..."

Lady Gina & Pete Warhammer are both envoys, barely forcing out awkward yet polite smiles.

The press corps following the envoys... Uh, the bards were not as embarrassed as they were, and each of them said happily, "You really captured so many Far East prisoners?"

"So, is it true that the grassland tribes completely wiped out the bear army?"

"It must be true. There must be at least a few thousand bear captives here. How could the Beast Emperor send an army of ten thousand people here in this season!"

"Hey, look at that! Isn't that Moon Bear General Bazel?"

"My God, it's really Bazel, I've seen him in the Far East!"

Xiao Yun's smile contains no impurities at all, it is very calm...

It's not that he intends to slap someone in the face, it's just that a new force with a total population of just over 5 has taken down nearly 4000 bear invaders painlessly. This kind of record is really unimaginable for the natives of this world Point—he wrote letters to the Spirit Queen and the Dwarf King after the war, but he didn't write the truth, lest people think he was bragging.

But even though Xiao Yun is already very humble, the two letters he sent out ten days ago are still not convincing, at least the dwarf king himself saw the description in the letter "defeat the enemy who invaded the grassland, and captured more than [-] bears." "This kind of unadorned vernacular, instinctively felt that the Snow Werewolf was bragging.

On the regular battlefield, the fighting power of the bear clan is terrifying!

It is enough for an army of 10 bears to destroy a city of [-] people, can they all be captured?Unless your grassland tribe also has demigods sitting in town!

The dwarf king didn't doubt whether the grassland tribe could defeat the enemy. After all, they had the home field advantage, and the preparation period for the Beast Emperor to launch this war was too short, so there were bound to be major flaws in logistics, troops, tactics and strategy.

He just thought that this process would not be so light-hearted... So when arranging the envoys, the dwarf king sent some capable generals under him to investigate the damage of the grassland tribes, and if the loss If it's too big, let Pete Warhammer, an excellent Black Iron dwarf officer, teach the Snowy Werewolf how to fight.

The dwarf king attaches great importance to whether the ally of the Ministry of Fire can stand on his own, and he doesn't want to buy vermicelli from the Beast Emperor... It's no wonder that the price of those products is not crazy!

The Elf Queen was a little more tactful than the Dwarf King, taking care of the Fire Department's face a little bit, and arranged for her most trusted female officer Gina, and then asked her to bring along six outstanding officers from the Knights...

The envoys of the two clans, who had been instructed by their king before departure, saw with their own eyes [-] bear captives (even the generals of the bear clan were among the captives) who were alive and working under the control of a small number of snow wolf warriors. ), it's hard not to be embarrassed...

Miss Gina is a little thankful that the Queen always leaves room for others in everything she does. No matter what she stands here, she is more decent than the school-level officer sent by the Dwarf King, trying to put on a natural smile: "This battle must be extremely thrilling. Will you tell us about it?"

The ears of Pete Warhammer, the emissary of the black iron dwarves, immediately pricked up, and he looked at the three prairie diplomats with piercing eyes. He was also very curious about this matter—the most capable tiger clan on the prairie had already died in the underground world. Blood, what is the difference between the Snow Werewolf and the Cat Clan compared to the Tiger Clan?

The grassroots patriarch stood up and described the confrontation process between the Southern District Command and the enemy's main force according to the previously prepared routine...

Of course, the focus of her story is by no means the bad move of Patriarch Ali, nor will it expose the preparations of the Huoyan Department for combat, but will focus on the combat effectiveness of the wolf cavalry of the Snow Wolf Clan. The wolf cavalry squad by the bed (the brigade was put on the Fire Department's side to wait for the "main force"...) confronted the Bear Clan head-on, and broke the big news that the Snow Wolf Clan had regained their inheritance.

When the envoys and bards of the two races heard about this, they had different reactions.

The bards who rely on travel notes for food all have excited faces squatting at the big news.

The black iron dwarves smiled on the spot, glad that the Northern Continent now had another stubble that could give the Beast Emperor a headache.

The forest elf's polite smile gradually changed color.

As the envoy, female officer Gina took a deep look around the bear captives who were assigned to work, and then looked at a few prairie people, the tension on her face eased a little.

Of course the forest elves know that the inheritance of the Snow Wolf Clan is in the hands of the Beast Emperor!

If it weren't for the fact that the grassland tribe just defeated the Far Eastern invaders and captured so many bear tribes and came back to lock them up, when Miss Gina heard that the snow wolf tribe had regained their inheritance, she would have thought that the snow wolf tribe wanted to follow the old path of the tiger tribe and follow the beasts. Huang hooked up!

Gwendolyn, who has been devolved for many years, has collapsed to the level of the consul of a small town on the edge, so she cannot tolerate a slightly stronger neighbor; and Lady Gina, who has been staying with the queen, knows who the biggest threat to the elves is!

Dispelling the suspicion about the secret communication between the Snow Wolf Clan and the Beast Emperor, the Queen's envoy showed a genuinely friendly smile, and said sincerely: "The Queen appreciates the love and pursuit of peace of the grassland tribes, and I also appreciate the grassland tribes' love and pursuit of peace. With the courage and determination to defend the homeland, this land is finally waiting for its owner who loves it."

The black iron dwarf Pete Warhammer also came with a mission. Seeing this, he spread his hands and smiled openly in front of the forest elves and the troubadours as witnesses: "Look at the glow of this barren land." The vitality of the land, we know that there is no one more suitable to rule this land than the current grassland tribe."

Xiao Yun pinched his thigh, and secretly gestured to the grassroots patriarch and Arthur patriarch. The three of them pretended to be flattered and grateful, and expressed their deep gratitude to Miss Gina and Major Pete——Queen's Messenger & Dwarf King The attitude of the messenger is the attitude of the queen and the dwarf king. As long as the prairie people can stand on their own, the queen and the dwarf king are willing to support the prairie people to become kings on their own!

Of course, how much forest elves and black iron dwarves are friendly to the grassland tribes in this attitude, please calm down and understand rationally...

Be it the elves or the dwarf king, what they are happy to see is that the old opponent of the Beast Emperor has an irreconcilable enemy. If the Fire Department stands firm on one side and tries to reconcile with the Beast Emperor wretchedly on the other side, then the righteous Iron Fist is absolutely forced to sanction Huoyanbu, a [-]-year-old boy.

Especially the elves, when the Tiger Clan committed the second crime, the Queen & the Elf King just waited and watched them slowly play themselves to death; Huoyan has shown greater potential than the Tiger Clan and has more influence on large-scale battles If the Ministry commits the second crime, the elves will definitely prevent the Fire Department from seeing the sun in the spring of next year-the friendship between forces, after all, is such a cold thing.

Knowing well, Xiao Yun took the envoys to see the productivity of the Huoyan Department, and also brought the envoys to see the performance of the Huoyan Department's combat effectiveness, but he would never take the envoys to "inspect" his own warrior team, ordnance equipment—the troops Organization, troop strength, combat effectiveness, and combat methods, these things still need to be grasped first!

The Huoyan Department is not the new China of the US Empire with an invincible aircraft carrier fleet and an invincible army. It has the conditions to show all its muscles generously!

The envoys of the two clans would not be so ignorant that they asked to visit the wolf cavalry, and then they all casually walked into the prisoner's work site to visit... No matter how friendly they are on the surface, they still have mutual reservations. The so-called diplomacy, after all, That's it.

Walking into the middle of the working captives, the polite smiles of the envoys of the two clans slowly froze again...

The captive camp was originally a resettlement site for the cat clan, and the large open area in front of the resettlement site was where the big cats were organized to work last year.

The big cats successfully completed the absorption and transformation, one by one became an excellent labor force in the new era, worked hard to earn their own permanent property, and moved out of the resettlement site, so the low-tech and repetitive labor they did last year will naturally be handed over to these On the bear's skull...

The working point closest to the outside is the place where clay molds are made.

A hundred or so bear captives were divided into two teams. The first team was responsible for picking up the yellow mud dug out of the artificial lake by the Huoyan Ministry in frames, and sifting out the stones and debris in the yellow mud with hands and sieves. Then mix the yellow mud with black mud, burnt lime, porcelain powder, etc. in a certain proportion, add water to vigorously knead, and step on it to make clay with high adhesion and high plasticity.

The other team is responsible for pasting the processed clay into molds piece by piece to make clay pots, pipes, and clay films of various shapes and sizes.

A large group of bear warriors played with mud with low eyebrows, how exciting it was to the visitors, it is entirely conceivable...

Even if they work in a prisoner camp, the Fire Department will respect the work itself. The visiting team does not enter the mud-mask site, but stands outside to watch. Xiao Yun smiled and introduced to the envoys of the two races, "This is our mud-mask team. The raw materials of pottery are convenient, and the effect is also great. Every year we consume a lot of pottery, and it is not enough to make more."

"The remuneration for each type of mud film is calculated on a piece-by-piece basis. How many up-to-standard mud films can be produced by the mud film team this day? All the rewards will be divided equally among the whole group. They can choose to save the money or use it to purchase the materials they need... ..."

"You still pay them?!" a bard said in surprise.

Xiao Yun smiled more sincerely: "Our Huoyan Department respects everyone's labor behavior and resolutely defends the fruits of everyone's labor. Even if you are a prisoner, you must guarantee that you will get paid for your work. This is the labor principle that our Huoyan Department pursues."

These words were so full of holy light that even Miss Gina and Major Pete looked at Xiao Yun very differently...

The bards were full of emotion, and they all showed moved expressions: "Even the enemies who invaded you can be so fair and just, it's really amazing."

"It was an eye-opener for me. I have never seen anyone so kind to prisoners of war. The prairie people are more compassionate than the kindest gentleman I have ever seen."

"It's amazing, your heart can make countless people feel ashamed."

Hearing this rainbow fart, the grassroots patriarch and Arthur patriarch almost couldn't hold back their serious faces, only Xiao Yun had the cheek to accept it calmly, and couldn't help but humbly "Where, where, I dare not be it".

Free white labor at no cost is comfort, but the key problem is that if the labor cannot be rewarded, the labor enthusiasm of these prisoners of war must be very poor...

If these captives still participate in labor without taking money, the Ministry of Fire and Fire has to pay the corresponding supervision costs, but they know that the output and quality will make people tired and have nothing to say...Maybe even the daily management They can't earn money for half-filled food and heating briquettes, and they have to pay back!

Can Xiao Yun do things at a loss?That can't!