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Chapter 135 The Underground Guest (Part 2)

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The more developed the commodity economy, the more busy the logistics, the demand for money will naturally be greater. At the same time, it also requires an international currency with unified settlement to calculate the value of the item. In reality, because of the lack of gold and silver, paper money can only be used instead of gold. However, what is most lacking in the game is gold, and metals that are more precious than gold, so natural metal currency has become the main means of transactions.

However, the currencies used in the daily transactions of the underground dwarf's Lava City are mainly rock gold currencies made by the Lava City themselves. This currency can only be used for intra-city transactions, and foreign transactions are mainly bartered. Therefore, the old dwarf Mithra actually has this problem in his mind, that is, the issue of currency settlement...

It is absolutely impossible to ask the dwarves of Lava City to collect gold coins. Not to mention that for the dwarves of Lava City, those gold coins that are not as big as fingernails are not favored, even if they like them, they have no place to spend them in the underground world. The currency of every city in the underground world is not unified, because in the underground world, except for the kind dwarves and the very few other residents of the orderly camp, all underground residents believe in one truth, that is, power is the axiom.

If they see good things, they don’t buy them with money, but choose to draw their swords and rob them directly. Even among the dwarves, there are robbers. After all, not all dwarves are completely kind. Because of survival, dwarves can become robbers. At least there are many dwarves and robbers on the ground, even the legendary elves who love beauty will become fierce robbers.

Of course, if Mithra and his gang were robbers, Chen Kai and the others would have died in the underground world, even their bones would have turned into ashes. In fact, if it weren't for Chen Kai and the others' many people at that time, and Thram, Baiyin was worried about the loss of manpower. It is estimated that before the old dwarf Mithra appeared, Baiyin would have launched an attack and avenged his own tribe and grab a deal. Don't think he wouldn't do that. In fact, as long as the residents living in the underground world are in a kind and orderly camp, they would have time to act as robbers, because life in the underground world is too difficult.

In fact, if Drake had not shown the powerful combat power of the cavalry today, it would have been estimated that the old dwarf Mithra would choose not to trade with Chen Kai after returning to the ground, but to let the dwarf soldiers of the entire Lava City attack Berkner. Of course, after knowing that Berkner Town is a small aristocratic territory of the Hansting Empire, Mithra gave up this idea directly. No matter how powerful the Black Dwarf city is, even if the Lava City goes deep into the ground for dozens of kilometers, if it angers a huge empire, it would probably end up with the city being destroyed. Furthermore, if the dwarf soldiers of Lava City attack Berkner Town, it would be basically equivalent to the migration of the clan. If there is no way to gain a foothold on the ground, more than 100,000 Black Dwarfs would be homeless.

At the same time, Mithra was asked to give up the underground lava city, even if he, the dwarf elder, was willing to agree to the entire Black Dwarf clan. The lava city that was only built for thousands of years was not a new city like Chen Kai that had only been built less than two months. Time and time were the ultimate weapon to carve a city defense. The lava city for thousands of years was as solid as a city wall. Compared to a city wall made of earth and stone like Chen Kai, the lava city wall poured together with rocks and metal solutions was the real steel barrier. You must know that the wall of the lava city was so strong that even the full-strength attack of the powerful man in the holy realm could leave a depression on the city wall.

It is impossible for the black dwarves to give up their own steel city for thousands of years for the sake of an ordinary earth and stone wall. The most important thing is that the natural geographical bad realm of the lava city is very suitable for forging. If the lava city is lost, the dwarves who live by forging will lose a natural furnace. At the same time, they will also lose large areas of mining areas caused by volcanic lava.

Of course, although Lava City is good, it is too close to the underground lava volcano. If a volcano erupts, the entire lava city will be destroyed in an instant. However, as the son of the earth, the dwarf has a strong forging ability, and has an extremely powerful affinity for earth elements. Eight of the ten dwarf mages are earth element casters. Of course, most of the dwarf casters mobilize elements to engineering rather than focus on combat. Therefore, the dwarf casters can easily control the flow of lava underground, thereby reducing the chance of the lava city being destroyed by volcanoes.

However, the dwarves' talent in the profession of mage is far less than their forging talents. There are only three dwarf casters at the level of the top-level master of the Lava City, almost all of whom are old. If the volcano really erupts, it is estimated that these three Dwarves of the Lava City's top-level masters may not be able to save the entire Lava City if they fight. Therefore, the elder-level dwarves of the Lava City are very crisis-conscious and basically will not be as heartless as Thram, the future dwarves. They don't care about anything except knowing how to fight.

Of course, the political system of the dwarves is destined to be powerless even if the dwarves king wants to care about urban construction. In addition to being a symbol, the dwarves king is also the military leader of the entire dwarves city-state, that is, in charge of fighting. As for the construction problems in the city, they are generally solved by the Presbyterian Church. This is similar to the dwarves underground and on the ground. The only difference is that the dwarves on the ground have greater power.

But no matter what, the real decision of the entire negotiation is definitely not the future dwarf king Thram? Bai Yin. Not to mention that he is the future king of the black dwarf, even the current king of the black dwarf is not his turn to interfere in the negotiations when a dwarf elder is there. The dwarf elders have very great rights, even greater rights than those of the US congressmen in reality, because some dwarf elders can participate in urban government affairs and have the responsibility to teach the future dwarf king. The most important thing is that the dwarf elders are almost lifelong. Even if the senators are senators, they are probably not as great as those of the dwarf elders, because they cannot become teachers of the future US president.

At the same time, the US senators cannot negotiate directly to the outside world. You should know that the US senator has strong abilities, but it is not based on the identity of the member of the parliament, but it basically represents the interests of the state he is in. However, it can only represent the interests of one state. Negotiations between countries cannot be directly carried out. Although the negotiations between Chen Kai and Lava City cannot be said to be between countries, for Lava City, the negotiation treaty signed by the Dwarf Elder is basically the same as a national-level negotiating treaty, and it has the ability to take effect immediately.

This does not mean that the dwarf elders have too much power and no restrictions, but because every dwarf elder is the most respected existence among dwarfs. At the same time, every dwarf elder focuses on the interests of the lava city. Because dwarfs are a race with very strong centripetal force, no matter whether the dwarf was a robber or a thief before, when the dwarf clan has a crisis, they will respond quickly to participate in the battle. Dwarf robbers never rob dwarfs, even if they are hungry and almost die. Therefore, it would be easier to ask a dwarf elder to give up the interests of the dwarf clan for his own benefit.

In the end, no matter how Xu Fei lobbled, even if a group of people went on battle together, it would not touch the old dwarf Mithra's heart. In his opinion, it was okay to make a simple transaction with Berkner Town, but it was absolutely impossible to form an alliance. The dwarf warriors in Lava City would never sit idly by and watch their allies be attacked after they formed an alliance. Therefore, once they formed an alliance, the dwarf warriors would have to help Chen Kai eliminate the demonized soldiers. The old dwarfs would never agree with this. The soldiers of the Black Dwarfs are very precious and cannot be sacrificed for a little benefit. Even if the interests are strong enough, the lives of the tribe are still higher than all interests.

In the end, Chen Kai and the others had to give up the idea of ​​tied the dwarf to a chariot, and even hiring the dwarf as a mercenary was blocked by the old dwarf Mithra. In the eyes of the old dwarf Mithra, the enemy in Chen Kai Berkner Town was too powerful. Especially when he saw the combat power of the demonized soldiers, he didn't think that Chen Kai could clear out these creatures from hell. You should know that on the way to escort Chen Kai and his party back to the ground, the old dwarf saw many demonized soldiers, and the black dwarf warriors even participated in the battle to attack the demonized soldiers. The combat power of the demonized soldiers surprised the old dwarf Mithra extremely, because the extremely elite dwarf warriors could not immediately gain an advantage when facing the other party, and almost died in the hands of the other party when they first met.

These extremely crazy soldiers were the most fierce existences the old dwarf Mithra had ever seen in his life. And they seemed to have received some order. When they saw Chen Kai and his group attacked wildly, they would not stop even if their bodies were seriously injured and their arms were lost. Faced with such an enemy, even if the soldiers in Lava City were elite and strong, they would need to be weighed. So in the end, the old dwarf rejected Chen Kai's idea of ​​forming an alliance. But his rejection was the same thing. When Hugodi's army of demonized soldiers appeared at the gate of Lava City, the black dwarfs had to choose to organize an army to fight the terrible demonized army.

"This old guy is really hard to deal with!" When the old dwarf Mithera sat in the living room of the Lord's Mansion to drink tea, Chen Kai and Xu Fei and others were discussing the trade agreement just decided in another room. Even Xu Fei, who is proficient in the game contract, could not find a place to take advantage of the dwarfs in this agreement. The black dwarf Mithera, with dark skin and white beard, was almost the same as a lawyer wearing a suit with gold-rimmed glasses. The agreement was clearly organized, without a trace of transcending the rules, and without a trace of Chen Kai and the others who could take advantage of it.

Although the food exchange weapons and equipment in this agreement are very cost-effective, and it is very cost-effective to exchange fine weapons produced by dwarves for low-value food. You should know that if these weapons and equipment are obtained, Chen Kai will immediately make two or three times the profit if he transfers a little. But Chen Kai is very clear that although the money earned in this way, it also means that most of the harvest in the entire town of Berkner this season will be sold to the dwarves. If the population increases further, the residents in the entire city may go hungry. At that time, no matter how much money Chen Kai has, he will not be able to get food, and the ending will be the result of the city being destroyed and people being killed.

But if there is no transaction, Chen Kai's soldiers will have to use ordinary weapons to fight with well-equipped demonized soldiers. You should know that the combat power of those demonized soldiers was stronger than that of Chen Kai's soldiers, and the armor they wore was stronger than that of the ordinary armor assigned to the soldiers by Chen Kai. The weapons became even more evil and sharp under the power of demonization. If Chen Kai did not improve his equipment, he would still be destroyed. The reason why he still exists is just because the demonized soldiers cannot find the opportunity to attack in large quantities, or it is to take into account the huge army of the Hansting Empire in the north. If the former lord of Hugodi knew that those troops could not reach here again to suppress the rebellion. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of players had already run to the Golden Plain and even to the more northern places to fight like locusts, it is estimated that the entire Hugodi territory would be attacked by the opponent in the next moment.

So no matter how hostile those indigenous nobles are to Chen Kai, everyone is tied together on the road to dealing with demonized soldiers. However, this kind of tied grasshopper is at most not to drag you back when the demonized soldiers attack your territory. Players may still be able to watch over each other, but it is almost impossible for players and indigenous nobles to watch over each other. For the indigenous people, perhaps the civilians at the bottom will not reject a traveler lord, but the high-level nobles are very repulsive to the player lord who grabs their territory. Of course, in the south of Hansting, the life of the player lord is much better than that of the player lord in the north. The indigenous nobles in the north are relatively xenophobic. They don’t even buy into the rule of the imperial royal family. They are extremely hostile to the player lords who suddenly appear by their side unless they are chess pieces set up by themselves.

In fact, players have very few territories in the north, and even if they have status, they are very embarrassing. Because the relationship between the great lords in their territory is not harmonious. One side is arranged by the imperial royal family, and set up in the territories of the great lords according to the system arrangements. The other side regards their own territory as their own kingdom and suddenly airborne a small outsider lord from the imperial royal family. It feels like eating a fly in the meal.

This contempt for players makes those southern lords who are despised by the northern lords more sympathetic to the players. This may be the reason why the player lords in the south live a better life than their compatriots in the north. The indigenous nobles in the Hugodi territory all belong to the northern aristocrats. Whether from the standpoint of the great nobles behind them or from the standpoint of the northern aristocrats, players will be suppressed by them if they want to gain a foothold in Hugodi. Although it seems that the two sides are almost evenly matched, if they really want to compete for resources, players will not be as good as those indigenous lords with the support of their father's territory behind them.

So although Hugodi players couldn't see each other and wanted to clear each other out and eventually dominate the entire territory. But everyone knew that when facing the pressure of the indigenous lords, they needed more unity, especially when there was a more terrifying threat from demonized soldiers behind them. Therefore, the entire Hugodi has basically formed a player territory camp centered on Chen Kai's Berkner Town, and an indigenous lord camp centered on Baron Kemal's territory.

Although the old dwarf Mitherra knew about these things, he still couldn't stand firmly on Chen Kai's side. At the same time, the food purchase agreement he signed with Chen Kai was actually just a transaction. In his opinion, even the residents of Chen Kai's own territory could not afford to support Chen Kai's territory, let alone dwarves with natural appetites. In fact, the food he bought here was not enough for the entire Lava City dwarves to need for two weeks. You should know that the dwarves' appetite was twice as much as ordinary humans, and the number of dwarves in Lava City was more than three times that of Berkner Town. In this way, the residents of Berkner Town could eat at least two months of food, which was only two weeks for the dwarves.

This amount of food is just a drop in the bucket for the dwarves with a large population. Most of the dwarves can only feed on unpalatable animal meat and mushrooms. So unless Chen Kai can provide food that will never starve in the entire lava city, then perhaps the old dwarf Mithra would agree to Chen Kai's alliance request, but Chen Kai obviously couldn't do it. But soon after Mithra got a surprise, because shortly after he put down the teacup, he saw a large number of player lords walking into the lord's hall under the leadership of Xu Fei.

"Brother Fei! You are so loyal this time! You actually distributed all the food you have in your mouth to everyone!" Players from Xianghu Brotherhood patted Xu Fei's flattery. If it were to be a big deal with dwarves, if it were a matter of hiding himself and eating alone instead of directly publishing it like Xu Fei, the lords of each player sent someone to conduct commercial negotiations.

"Do you think I don't want to eat alone? I can't eat it! These dwarves don't want gold coins, otherwise you think my boss will not be able to eat dwarves' things!" Xu Fei had no pleasure in the flattering player behind him. At the same time, those players' faces changed when they heard Xu Fei's words. Everyone knows that the name of Kaichen is definitely leveraged among the richest players in the game. They threw tens of millions of gold coins to create such a rich man who didn't even blink his eyes. Even the Western consortium players are the leader.

There are not as many gold coins as Kaichen, because the other party's money is earned in the game, not purchased through exchange. The number of gold coins in the game will not increase significantly, otherwise the consortiums in reality will not need to accumulate gold coins a little bit. So, the agents of these player lords naturally believe in Xu Fei's words. Maybe these players can smash millions of gold coins without blinking, but it is definitely an unbearable type that can be over 10 million or even 20 million at once. (To be continued...)
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