Wolf King

The magic reform dark fairy tales are used to make everyone listen to the excitement, so that a small number of people understand why others do things and what the consequences will be; ghost stories let everyone listen to excitement, and instill in them what not to do.

All the folklore and colloquial scripts on the earth were initially created to guide the emergence of positive public order and good customs (in line with the background and social values ​​of the time), but in the middle and later stages, it is inevitable that they will evolve from multiple angles, kitsch, obscenity, sensationalism, There are many kinds of novelty hunting, good and bad, bad fish and bad shrimp... such as the Decameron, the unbeautified One Thousand and One Nights, if you want to say how much this has educational significance for public order and good customs, it would be nonsense.

In the notes of Liaozhai and Yuewei Cottage, there are also a lot of messy things written by literati who have eaten too much... The Mengxi Bi Tan written by Shen Kuo, an ancient science and engineering man, is more reliable.

But whether it is reliable or obscene, popular stories are easy to pass on and have great vitality. There are more people who have read Liaozhai’s designation than Zizhi Tongjian, which shows that the spiritual art based on folklore stories is more than that. The high-level and low-level canonical literature has a wide audience, so Xiao Yun must work on this aspect if he wants to improve the spiritual height and ideological armament of the grassland people.

Hmm... So far, the ghost story of the farmer in the mountain village has really scared everyone, but at least it has left two deep impressions in everyone's mind: one is to treat harmless people when you go out Be prepared, and the second is not to think that when the moon is dark and the wind is high, no one can do bad things...

That night, being hugged by Qing Yan, who was in the same room, was very painful to sleep with... Why is this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes pretending to be a good guy? He seemed to be pestering Xiao Yun, making Xiao Yun sleepless all night.

When he woke up the next day, he saw that the eyes of everyone, including the grassroots patriarch, were black, and Xiao Yun almost didn't spit out—what are you doing!

We have lit candles a few times in our tribe, and there is no hindrance to what the big guys are doing in the dark. Is it reasonable to be afraid of the dark?

No way, Xiao Yun had to tell ghost stories only once every ten days or eight days, so as not to scare the fluffy bunch of fluffy people into trouble...

The weather is gradually getting warmer. When the daytime temperature reaches an average of [-] degrees per day and the rice can be grown and transplanted, a fleet of [-] ships crosses the inland sea and arrives near a natural port with a deep draft in the middle of the southwestern border of the grassland.

Dan Crowdy stood on the deck and looked towards the coastline. After staring for a long time with piercing eyes... he turned to look at the leather archer with a monocular beside him: "Have you seen the elves, can you stop?"

The human ranger wearing leather armor and carrying a longbow tilted his head and looked at Dan for a moment: "...I thought you could see clearly from such a distance."

"Are you kidding me? I don't have eagle eyes. I'm just pretending." Dan Crowdy said confidently.

The human ranger didn't bother to pay attention to this shameless knight, and raised his binoculars to look towards the coastline again.

"Yes, it is the banner of the elves, report it to His Royal Highness!"

Soon, Prince Carlisle, dressed in casual clothes, came out of the cabin and strode up to the deck: "Have you found the elves to respond?"

"I found it, it's there." The ranger handed the binoculars to Carlisle, pointing out the direction.

Seeing the triangular flag of the elves standing on the coast from the binoculars, Carlisle immediately ordered the flag commander: "Show the flag order and stop in the direction of our allies!"

It is not a troublesome thing for Prince Carlisle to contact the forest elves, and there is no need to go to the forest elves' territory to try their luck, just entrust the elf bard association that is active around the mainland... In contrast, negotiating cooperation with the forest elves is more troublesome, because this group of light green-skinned pointed ears are used to self-sufficiency, and they are relatively arrogant.

Fortunately, hard work pays off. After receiving the guidance and education of Teacher Ayun, Prince Carlisle also understood what it means to catch big fish with a long line and adapt to local conditions. The channel of communication and trade is used as a bargaining chip - the elves and the sea are both famous for producing high-quality artworks, but the sea lives in the tropics, the elves live in the cold temperate zone, separated by mountains and seas, and both of them are more homely... The business group of the Kingdom of St. Bridge volunteered to be this cheap courier, and the conditions of cooperation were as long as the forest elves helped them provide a port for the fleet to dock, and the queen of the forest elves would be considered a golden mouth.

Docking at a relatively unfamiliar port is also troublesome. The forest elves have no experience in sailing. The ports they help guard are all coordinates sent by the Bard Association entrusted by Prince Carlisle. Even the pier built on the port is very different... …So after another day and night of tossing, [-] ships reluctantly docked in, and had to rely on the small boats to log in, and let the sailors on the boats come down to repair the wharf for the big ships to unload...

Prince Carlisle wiped off his sweat. Fortunately, he didn't set sail until the beginning of summer, otherwise it would definitely be too late...

The wharf is a mess, but the forest elves in the living area of ​​the port have done a good job. The cabins provided for the crew to rest and live, the square platform for trading, and even the supporting hotels, hotels and small shops have all set up a framework. Obviously, these sharp ears are not There is only wood in their minds. They have seen the long-term value of this cooperation from the importance that the Kingdom of St. Bridge attaches to maritime trade, and they are ready to make a small fortune.

Carlisle went ashore in a small boat, making people optimistic that he would hurry up to repair the pier, so he rushed to meet with the forest elves——with him was an elf ranger sent by the Bard Association, and four surveyors sent by the Adventurer's Guild. The officials and the six nobles of the Sea Clan, these three groups of people are important weights for Prince Carlisle to discuss cooperation with the forest elves.

Of course, the Queen of the Forest Elf would not go to the coastline to meet a prince from a small human country, nor would she bother to send out more important elders. The only person who came to cooperate with Carlisle was a general of the Elf tribe.

The elf general led a hundred or so elf warriors to enclose a large piece of coastline on this grassland in a grand manner, making the coast patrol of the Lamia Merchant Group dare not speak out. When Prince Carlisle and his party passed through the vassal Humans, orcs, and dwarves of the elves are building a trading plaza. When entering the self-operated hotel of the elves where the elves are staying, a group of people sitting in the lobby and wearing the standard armor of the Lamia business group cast their annoyed eyes on come over.

Prince Carlisle didn't look sideways, and his heart was as stable as an old dog... Fortunately, I hugged the elf's thigh wittily!What can you do to me!

"Welcome." The elf general walked out from the inner door with two guards, holding the long sword at his waist, nodding gracefully and reservedly, "Prince Carlisle Harvey Ferdinand?"

"General Kleist." Carlisle hastily saluted formally.

The elf general didn't know whether he wanted to show the force of the elves on purpose or what, and he didn't say that he took Prince Carlisle and others to another place to talk, and directly reached out to the rest area on the other side of the lobby as a gesture of invitation. , I walked over and sat down first.

What can Carlisle do, of course, lead the people to follow, and sit firmly in the sight of the cannibal enemy next door.

"The Queen sent me to negotiate the deal." Elf General Kleist stood in front of him with the sword at his waist, and folded his hands on the hilt of the sword when he sat down. His attitude could not be described as arrogant... The tone of his speech is very elegant and polite, you can't be dissatisfied, "Prince Carlisle, can you introduce these guests?"

"Of course." Carlisle quickly turned to the important companion he had brought, solemnly, "This is Earl Winston of the Sea Clan."

The most populous family of the Sea Clan is the mermaid, and this Earl of Winston is naturally a mermaid...Of course, the mermaid after landing is still very human-like in appearance, but the details are different. The ear pinna is a translucent layer There is also a layer of thin film connecting the second knuckles of the fingers; in terms of facial appearance... you can’t say it’s ugly, even the mermaid’s nose is rather awkward, the bridge of the nose is high, flat and straight (imagine the nose of Avatar), It looks like the eyes are a little cross-eyed...

Earl Winston put his hands on his chest, and bowed reservedly to the elf general, and the elf general returned the salute slightly.

It cannot be said that the elves are so arrogant that they don’t take the nobles of other races seriously. The main reason is that there are too many nobles in the Sea Race...Anyone who occupies a piece of sea area and has tens of thousands of people can be considered a noble; There are so many nobles, if you want to respect all of them, you will not be able to respect them at all. Anyway, the Sea Clan doesn't pay much attention to these things, so let's just ignore them.

"This is Ms. Benjamin, the research officer of the Adventurer's Guild."

The Adventurer's Guild is a non-governmental organization. Although it has a large number of people, it is not as rigorous as an official organization. Officials are mostly employed. Benjamin is a commoner in identity, not as big as Earl Winston, and can still sit. Saluted, stood up respectfully and made a posture of lifting the skirt and squatting... Although he was not wearing a skirt, no one would pick on women's salute and mess up their class anyway.

"What I say is up to me." The elf ranger from the Bard Association smiled and stood up, touching his chest and bowing, "I am Leo Silvestre from the Bard Association."

"Are you a plain elf?" General Kleist asked.

"Yes, I'm from Bradrick Continent." Leo Silvestre said respectfully.

Kleist nodded and turned his gaze to Carlisle.

Prince Carlisle has made N speeches overtly and secretly in the past year, connecting...uh, he has jointly attracted most of the domestic nobles to support his political policy, captured the two major allies of the Bard Association and the Sea Clan, and returned to the prince Zhizun went to win over the non-government organization Adventurers Association, and he had practiced it a long time ago. He immediately smiled like a spring breeze and spoke like pearls: "The Kingdom of St. Bridge hopes that the communication between our southern country and the northern continent can be established on the basis of friendship, On the premise of mutual assistance and win-win results, as I said in the letter I bowed to Her Majesty the Elf Queen, I hope that our fleet can become a bridge of friendship between us, and in the process of deepening and in-depth understanding, we can achieve the first level of information circulation. At the same time, the establishment of a good opportunity that can bring us all-round cooperation..."

To sum it up in one sentence - we don't eat alone in St. Bridge!We don’t have such an ugly eating appearance of the Lamia Merchant Group here. You see, I brought you the Sea Clan directly, and also included bards who can brag about increasing our popularity and righteousness, as well as those who can The adventurer's guild that let you forest elves sell all non-mass-produced high-end and low-end products!

By the way, flattering the forest elves and elevating ourselves - we, St. Bridge, regard ourselves as the spokesperson of the southern (human kingdom), and you forest elves are also the spokesperson of the northern continent in our eyes, anyway, I am so cheeky Believe it, you can believe it or not, anyway, we respect and value you very much!

And the most important point... It's so vulgar to talk about business when you come up!We are friends, and we just talked about some business in the process of making friends. This order can't be messed up!

General Kleist's expression immediately became very kind - it is true that the forest elves are proud and noble, but the queen also has to eat and drink, and we also have material needs, otherwise who would bring out the vassal race to you in such a leisurely manner? repair port~

Prince Carlisle raised the bar for this unofficial meeting, and then changed the subject to mention the actual details of the cooperation, detailing the benefits that the forest elves can gain from the cooperation... You can't just talk and do nothing, and you can't Just do it without talking, especially when you share the benefits with others, you can't save face, you must put your words in the open!

First of all, it can best show St. Bridge’s sincerity—the St. Bridge Merchant Group does not intervene in the direct trade between the forest elves and the Sea Clan, but only takes over the logistics business in the middle. The Sea Clan ships the goods, and St. Bridge collects For the transportation fee, when the goods of the forest elves are shipped to the Sea Clan, St. Bridge only charges the transportation fee, and all the net profits belong to you!

The trade between the forest elves and the adventurer's guild is the same, we just need to earn some money for the hard work of transporting and running errands~!

The cliff will not take advantage of all the benefits like the Lamia business group, killing pigs at both ends!

Anyway, these two cooperations can ensure that St. Bridge’s merchant ships will be safe and sound whether they are sailing in the sea or after landing. It is a profit. The Lamia caravan wants to attack St. Bridge’s merchant ships in the sea. Let’s ask first. The sea tribe wanted to clean up the St. Bridge business group on the shore, and asked the elves and those rebellious adventurers whether they would agree or not.

Prince Carlisle made such a clear and formal statement, not to mention Earl Winston and Ms. Benjamin who seemed to have a holy light on him, and General Kleist who looked at this little human prince very pleasing to the eye...

On the other side of the hall, the coast patrol of the Lamia Merchant Corps, who came to block Prince Carlisle and wanted to speak harshly, looked stunned... Is this guy crazy? You gave up all the benefits of sea trade. Who are you doing for Who are you working hard for? !

If Prince Carlisle could hear the enemy's heart, he would have to laugh three times. Killing two pigs is cool to say the least. The question is, has your Lamia Merchant Group managed to do business with the forest elves and the Sea Clan for so many years?Are people willing to be a pig for you to kill?

The benefits that you can get are the benefits, and the benefits that you can't get are no matter how good you say~

After the very pleasant meeting, General Kleist immediately arranged for people to send officials from the research department of the Sea Clan and the Adventurer's Guild to meet the Elf Queen... Well, the Elf Queen may not be there, the elders will still come out to let the They took a look at the handicrafts produced by the forest elves, special weapons and armor, and forest specialties. If these things are not sold, they are just garbage occupying the land. If they are sold, they will be profitable. If Ms. Benjamin thinks that the forest has adventure value, Well, in terms of the wealth brought by adventurers, the forest elves don't mind opening a convenient door - the benefits of being a popular adventure resort are obvious, and the Orc Empire has built several adventure cities in the York Mountains!

In the past, no one was serious about doing this. Now that Prince Carlisle is willing to use the power of a country to guarantee sea traffic, then the forest elves have no reason to refuse~

After finishing the meeting, Prince Carlisle and General Kleist shook hands with a smile, and went out to arrange their own fleet with their heads held high... After such a discussion, the Lamia Merchant Group would still dare to make trouble on the ground of the elf warriors , Prince Carlisle must admire them.

"I really want to meet the teacher!" After allocating the wooden house provided by the elves, he sat down to take a breath, and Prince Carlisle unconsciously cast his gaze into the depths of the grassland. Unfortunately... he knew very well that he would never be able to patrol the coast of Lamia He must walk out of this port under the eyes of the police, otherwise he will be assassinated at all costs.

The matter of contacting the Snow Wolf Tribe must be done. If your own people can't take the risk of sending them out, then ask the elves for help.Prince Carlisle rested for the night, and asked General Kleist the next day. General Kleist immediately sent two soldiers to escort... The forest elves didn't intend to eat the goods, they would buy some spices , otherwise they are not interested at all.

Kai, an elf warrior who had participated in the defense of the Ice and Snow King City and had just crossed the front with the Beast Emperor's army, and his venomous companion, Heilene, were called by General Kleist...

"Contact the Snow Wolf Tribe?!"

Hearing the request made by Prince Carlisle, the elf warrior Kai was shocked.

"Yes, my teacher Ayun's tribe, the patriarch is Huoyan, they live in the southwest of the grassland, about...five days away from the coast." Prince Carlisle said, "Please send my friend safely Arriving at Teacher Ayun, the goods on board will be transported by Teacher Ayun’s tribe to the depths of the grassland.”

The knight Dan Crowdy, the alchemist Tim Humphrey, and the greatsword warrior Darren smiled at the two warriors friendly... As for the female mage Yumi Hockley, she was locked in the wooden house by His Royal Highness One is to prevent her from pestering the snow werewolf Taihe, and the other is to prevent her from pestering the elf warriors-this group of elf warriors are strong in force and average in appearance, and a group of humans are worried about Yumi causing trouble, and they are very sad .

Kai: "...Are you serious, why don't you trade with the cat clan?"

"Mr. Ayun's tribe also has cats." Prince Carlisle explained.

Kai's tiger body shook again: "??"

"Kay, Helene, you must protect the safety of our three human friends." General Kleist ordered irresponsibly, not understanding the complicated mood of his subordinates at all.

Can Kai still be so embarrassing? As a soldier, it is possible that he still disobeys orders...

This time, there were two elf warriors leading the way, and the group saved a lot of wasted roads, especially the big detour around the forest, which can be passed directly.After only three days of walking, a group of five people saw the Snow Wolf Clan engineering team working hard to dig the artificial river to the south canyon.

Kay, Helene, Dan, Tim, Darren: "??"

The three humans and the two elves rubbed their eyes vigorously, and then looked over intently—they were right, it was really a large group of snow werewolves mixed with some gray dwarves, and even goblins... digging a hole, A very long, strip-shaped pit with an unknown end.

Five people:"?!"

They came from the downwind place, and the snow werewolves didn't see them until they saw the snow werewolves. The two snow werewolves dropped their hoes, climbed out of the strange long hole, and ran towards them with a groan.

After running for a few steps, the two snow werewolves stopped again and looked at them suspiciously. They seemed to be muttering something to each other and didn't dare to approach... What's going on, humans and forest elves mixed together?

Tim, the alchemist, was very annoying... He was the first to think of the elves on the grassland, or the people all over the world's evaluation of the elves...

"Well... I'm Tim, a friend of Teacher Ayun's disciple, is Hongye here?"

"Ayun? Hongye?" Ayan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly dragged the tribe over, "Are you friends of the Huoyan Tribe?"

"Yes, yes." Tim and the other three nodded quickly, and at the same time looked at the two snow werewolfs they didn't know very strangely. That's right.

"The red leaves are behind." Ah Yan pointed back, blinked at the two elves, then turned back to look at Tim, and asked directly, "Why are you with the elves?"

"..." The expressions of the three humans were very deep.

"..." The expressions of the two elves were also very deep.

The five guests were brought into the river construction site by A Yan and his wife. The digging of the river project seemed to be very standard and upright. The jaws of the five people dropped in shock. The two elves who mixed with humans were also shocked. Digging.

"Hey, Tim, Darren, are you here?" Hongye jumped out of the river and waved to them in surprise.

"Hongye~~" Dan Crowdy jumped forward with his tongue out, his head was grabbed by Hongye's big hand, and he moved to the side.

Tim and Darren pretend not to know Dan.

"Ah Yun mentioned you guys a few days ago, did the fleet come smoothly, where is Carlisle?" Hong Ye held down the Dobby Knight who was trying to struggle with one hand, and smiled.

"Carlisle negotiated a cooperation with the people of the Sea Clan. With the Sea Clan on board, the voyage went smoothly. Our fleet entered the port at the port of the Elf Clan. Carlisle asked us to inform Teacher Ayun." Tim said, "The two This elf warrior is a friend of the elves, and he came to escort us specially."

"In this way, if you come, you are a guest. Our lunch will be delivered soon, let's have a meal together, and then I will take you back to the tribe." Hongye knew the content of Ayun's guidance to Carlisle, and was not surprised that an elf followed.

Tim and Darren immediately rubbed their hands in anticipation. The food of the Snow Wolf Clan is really delicious, especially the oil cakes fried in water. The crispy oil shell has been missed for a long time after returning home.

"...We don't need it, we both go hunting around by ourselves." Kai refused without hesitation, he was not sensitive to the grassland tribe's food.

Then Kai saw three humans looking at him in surprise...