novelbest Chapter 732 - 69: Powerful Night Wanderer Corpses and Generous Transaction Returns
Chapter 732 - 69: Powerful Night Wanderer Corpses and Generous Transaction Returns
According to the agreement between the two parties, as long as humans help the dwarves purify a mine shaft, the dwarves will waive the overseas remittances of 120 elite dwarves for 10 years!
This means Su Li only needs to help the dwarves purify a mine shaft to recruit a Heavy Dwarf Elite Squad or a Thundering Musketeer Squadron without maintenance costs.
This deal is one of the most satisfying for him. Su Li remembers the Gray Rock Tribe has at least 5-7 usable mine shafts. If the Hesse Territory can purify these shafts in a few years, the territory can gain at least five squadrons of dwarf soldiers. At the same time, the wealth of the Gray Rock Tribe will significantly increase. There’s no doubt that this will greatly earn the gratitude and favor of the Gray Rock Tribe, strengthening the alliance between both parties, potentially bringing benefits for centuries.
These transactions make it imperative for the Hesse Territory not to sit idly by the demise of this group of dwarves, so the High-level Attendant Chief Hilude reached another garrison agreement with the Gray Rock Tribe. The territory will send a Provincial Legion to station below the Ashen Peak, with the legion’s size not less than three Armed Attendants Squadrons and a Knight Battle Group of 60 people.
Their numbers aren’t the key; the key is to show the stance of the Hesse Territory. Once Gray Rock Castle comes under attack, the Hesse Territory will follow military alliances, advancing and retreating together with them. Whether the opponent is the wandering Giant Tribe in the mountains, the powerful Night Wanderer Corpse Legion, or the Ratman Plague Clan.
Actively engaging in war is not what Su Li likes, but he understands the principle "if the lips are gone, the teeth will feel the cold."
If these dwarves perish under the siege of the Evil Legion, within a year or two, Su Li will have to fight alone, facing the surging undead, rat tide, or Green Skin.
Besides these important agreements, the two parties also signed another dozen smaller agreements. For example, if the Hesse Territory gathers enough Ethereum Gold to forge Rare Level Armor, it will hire the Master of Forging from the Gray Rock Clan to participate in the casting, with the territory offering a generous reward.
When the Gray Rock Clan conducts caravan trades to the east of Gray Mountain Range, the knights of the Hesse Territory will provide escort for their caravans, especially the dwarf rangers and dwarf butchers hired by the Hesse Territory, whose scale is considerable. They are stationed at Lady Grey Pass, guaranteeing trade routes. Both parties agreed that the Hesse Territory would offer them preferential tariffs, amongst other things.
Negotiations continued until two in the afternoon. Gesen gained various strategic agreements he wanted, which brought a smile to his otherwise stern and dignified face.
After all agreements were reached, he smilingly extended his hand, grasping Su Li’s right hand, saying, "My giant friend, your Hesse Territory’s strength truly exceeds my imagination. Just like this meeting hall, it’s grand and exhilarating."
Of course, Su Li smiled and looked around this meeting hall. This was rebuilt magnificently by the dwarves of the territory in shame after Archibald broke the old meeting hall for Su Li.
Just the floor area is over 4500 square meters. What’s that concept? Its length alone reaches 60 meters, with a depth of 76 meters, and a height of 34 meters. The 30-meter-long Black Pine Wood long table can only take up an area slightly to the right in the center of the room.
The podium completely abandons the load-bearing column structure, with the dome supported by cantilever steel frames, forming the "Boundless Sky" for visual impact. Standing at any angle, the podium is fully visible, symbolizing the broad-mindedness and inclusiveness of political decisions.
The floor is covered with a 3-cm thick pure wool red carpet, woven by the most skillful weavers of the territory, with 1.2 million needle embroidery per square meter, eliminating footsteps while symbolizing noble dignity at its zenith.
Behind the podium, the background wall is as high as 18 meters, inlaid with a vast epic mural, "Sun Radiance Over Mountains and Rivers," depicting a shining knight under the beautiful Sun Goddess banner, traversing a battlefield of corpses and seas of blood, crushing a myriad of evil spirits and monstrosities in a spectacular scene.
All these are symbols of wealth and are manifestations of the Lord’s majesty and power.
Across the entire territory, apart from Su Li’s manor and castle, no other room can be built so magnificently.
Just within this magnificent meeting hall, there are over a hundred gleaming powerful attendant knights stationed with spears.
All of this vividly showcases to the Gray Rock Clan the strength of this human ally.
This also prompted the Gray Rock Clan to directly sell 10 sets of Vibranium Rune Armor to Su Li! The main purpose of this armor transaction was to alleviate the current dire state of the Gray Rock Clan. The Hesse Territory urgently allocated 1.4 million pounds of grain, over 1000 barrels of barley beer, and 500 cattle and sheep to support the dwarves of the Gray Rock Clan. Additionally, the 187 pieces of Dwarf Oath Gold recently acquired by Su Li were all handed over to them.
The 700 tons of grain is basically the maximum that Su Li can mobilize at the moment. After all, the harvesting season is approaching, and last winter’s grain, consumed through the spring, is almost depleted.
With the successful arrival of this grain at the Gray Rock Clan, those dwarves who have faced famine for many years can finally receive 200 pounds of grain per person. This isn’t much; half-grown lads can impoverish their fathers. Despite their short stature, these dwarves are dense and extremely robust, with even the women’s waistlines being more than twice as wide as those of humans.