At this current point in time, there are not many forces that have the ability to travel by sea to and from Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms.
Excluding Kul Tiras and Zandalar, there are only the Bloodsail Pirates and the Blackwater Pirates, two large pirate forces that run rampant on the sea.
Goblin businesses are spread all over Azeroth. As long as they can see profits, they can even sell their own mothers.
The goblin's base camp is located in Kezan, an offshore archipelago where open oil can be seen everywhere.
Sarlayan is very interested in oil, a new energy source, but he really doesn't dare to fight with the goblins for food.
Even though the goblins are doing business happily most of the time, once their small treasury is endangered, the goblins with a friendly attitude to make money will immediately become disowned.
[In our world, goblins have another name. 】
【Streetlight regulars...ah, capitalists. 】
【Grass! Is it okay to be a frequent visitor to the street lamp, but to be hung from the street lamp all year round? 】
[Zach, the lizard man on Facebook, talking about you. 】
[Lizard man, hahaha! I can’t live without laughing! 】
Sarlayan: "?"
Sarlayan could understand what was said at the beginning of the barrage. It was nothing more than a joke that capitalists should be hung on street lamps, but that lizard man... he really couldn't catch the joke.
The physical fitness of goblins is very poor, and they are about the same as the similarly short dwarfs.
Perhaps it is precisely because of their inherent disadvantages in physical condition that these two races have very easy-to-use brains, and each has developed a special fighting method that does not rely on physical ability.
engineering.
The engineering philosophy of goblins is explosion. Engineering products that do not explode are definitely not made by goblins.
Due to the large amount of oil near the Kezan Islands, the energy of goblin engineering products is powered by oil, while gnomes use high-power steam engines.
Nowadays, the new roads being paved in Yongge Forest use asphalt as a material, and asphalt is obtained by refining petroleum.
There are no large-scale oil-producing areas in the Eastern Kingdom, at least not currently discoverable with the current oil exploration technology in Quel'Thalas.
Except for the Kezan Islands, which are occupied by goblins, if you want to find open-air oil, you can only go across the ocean to Kalimdor.
The oil obtained by Quel'Thalas comes from Un'Goro Crater, and the local open-pit oil fields have been taken over by people from the Earldom of Deep Shadow, and oil is being continuously exploited.
Quel'Thalas officials are not too keen on this dirty-looking energy material. With the unlimited energy provided by the sun well, there is no need for oil most of the time.
Considering the crisis that the Sun Well might face in the future, Sarlayan took the oil fields in Un'Goro Crater as a precaution, hoping that the oil could be used as a temporary supplement if there was a problem with the Sun Well.
Although the Bloodsail Pirates and Blackwater Pirates were rampant, they did not dare to offend the Kul Tiras fleet on the sea.
The oil produced from Un'Goro Crater will be transported to the sea through the southern seaport built by the tauren in the Tanaris Desert.
The transport fleet of Kul Tiras was sent across the sea to Sunsail Port in Quel'Thalas, and then transported all the way to the Earldom of Deep Shadow for refining and processing.
Based on the current situation in Quel'Thalas, Sarlayan's need for oil production is not urgent, and there is no need to break up with the goblins.
The goblins are the ones who can't afford to do anything early, and the existence of South Sea Port and the oil produced in Un'Goro Crater have been discovered by them long ago.
There really is a trade prince who wants money rather than life, trying to rob this crude oil transportation route.
Then, he was taught how to behave by Kul Tiras' invincible naval fleet.
The goblins helped the orcs build ships during the Second Orc War in order to defraud the orcs of the gold coins and property they plundered from the Kingdom of Stormwind.
The orcs had no interest in the soft metal items that humans liked, and were unknowingly deceived by the goblins into taking away most of their belongings, in exchange for some low-quality second-hand ships.
Daelin Proudmoore has a clear distinction between love and hate. The goblins have helped the orcs, and he has always remembered this.
This time the goblin took the initiative to die, which gave him a chance to vent his anger, and beat the fleet that caught the goblin.
After sinking the goblin fleet that dared to rob the Kul Tiras merchant ship at sea, Daelin personally led the main fleet to surround the Kezan Islands, frightening the trading princes on the island who were busy enjoying themselves.
There has never been the concept of a king in the goblin civilization. Everything they care about is money. The trade prince who controls the most resources is the real power figure in the goblin clan.
But there was more than one trade prince. Under the threat of Daelin's troops approaching the city, the trade princes hurriedly held an internal meeting and quickly caught the unlucky guy who had attracted Kul Tiras.
The next development of the situation was very smooth. This audacious trade prince was mercilessly pushed out by his compatriots, hoping to use him to appease Daelin's anger.
The trade princes were inherently competitive with each other, and kicking someone out could just snatch the resources they had in their hands. They did not hesitate at all, and instead they laughed out loud in the midst of the crisis.
Daelin didn't have the slightest fondness for goblins who lived and died for money. After publicly throwing the fat trade prince off the ship to feed the sharks, he turned the ship around and evacuated as promised.
The other goblin trade princes showed no mercy for the deaths of their compatriots. Instead, they held a carnival on the island to celebrate the considerable benefits their respective factions had gained.
This kind of magical scene can only be seen in goblins.
Afterwards, Daelin smiled bitterly when talking about this matter to Sarlayan.
At that time, he really wanted to use this as an excuse to teach the goblins a lesson, but those guys who had no concept of protecting each other didn't let him find an excuse, and betrayed the offending trade prince without hesitation.
On the way from Stormwind City to Stranglethorn Vale, Sharlayan told Valeela and Stellagosa about this incident as a joke, and both of them were filled with disbelief after hearing this.
Valeela: "Goblins...are they really so shameless?"
Stellagosa rubbed her brows: "I have never heard of this kind of race that can abandon everything for money."
Valeera curled her lips, obviously not having any good impressions of the goblins, a race that had no sense of etiquette and shame and was only interested in money.
"Salayan, are you sure that the Kezan Islands where the goblins are located has a large amount of oil reserves?"
"Don't Dai Lin still want to beat them up? How about we use a fishing method to enforce the law?"
Sarlayan shook his head: "Although the social rules of goblins are very strange, they are all very smart and are not so easily fooled."
"Let's end this matter here. With the goblin's profit-seeking style, there will definitely be opportunities to 'deal' with them in the future, and then we will let them spit out their money and profits."
…
From Stormwind City to Stranglethorn Vale, you need to pass through Duskwood.
Sarlayan didn't like this area that was always shrouded in magical clouds, so he simply raised his altitude and passed above the clouds.
After descending into Stranglethorn Valley, the sultry and humid air greeted them. Before they had advanced far, Valeela and Stellagosa were soaked with sweat.
"What the hell kind of weather is this?"
Valeera pulled her leather armor to fan the air inside and complained, "I didn't feel this uncomfortable last time I went to the Tanaris Desert. My whole body felt like I was soaked in water."
Sarlayan landed on the ground and returned to his human form. He chuckled and explained to Valeera: "How can it be the same?"
"The Tanaris Desert was originally a tropical rainforest, but the activation of the Origin Forge completely changed the landscape there."
"Although the sun is very harsh in the desert area, because the air is dry, as long as you cover your head that is exposed to the sun, the physical comfort level is okay. But in the hot and humid rainforest area... I don't need to introduce it anymore, right?"
Stellagosa tried to use ice spells to cool down around the three of them. Since maintaining it for a long time required a lot of magic power, Valeera, who complained the most, took the initiative to stop it.
"Forget it, we have business to attend to and are not here for a trip. Let's try to overcome it and gain some knowledge."
Valeera and Stellagosa have been working together for a long time, and the two have long adapted to each other's presence.
Stellagosa's personality is not tough, and she gets along very well with Valeela.
Before Sarlayan could speak, Valeera felt distressed about Little Xingxing's consumption of magic power.
Sarlayan: "...Did I come at the wrong time?"
[Valeela: No, you came just in time. 】
[Hey, there’s a picture. 】
【233, what a reverse harem. 】
