"Oh? Our ghost wine also has this unique effect?" Gavin was aroused with strong interest, "Then you, patriarch, should try these three barrels of ghost wine. This is this year's new product, ghost index. It reaches two, which is twenty times the concentration of the previous batch. Only professionals dare to sell it, and ordinary people dare not let them taste it."
The divinity owned by Vizeme Manor has been greatly improved, and the benefits are in all aspects, including the product that has made it famous all over the world.
Gavin can now even have the luxury of investing a few points of divine power in those Juling Cellar wines, so that the concentration of negative energy there is completely constant according to his needs, that is, consumption and replenishment, and the fermentation speed of the ghost wine will naturally increase significantly.
This kind of ghost index is two, and they are only mid-range products.
There are three ghost indexes on it, namely three, four, and five. Every time the index increases by one, the number will be reduced by half. Currently, there is only one Juling Wine Cellar with a ghost index of five, with a total of two thousand bottles.
When it reaches four or above, it can no longer be drunk as a simple drink. For ordinary people, let alone a bottle, even a 10 ml small wine glass will probably turn into a ghost on the spot, which is as good as a strong poison.
"What the general said has aroused all the wine bugs in our stomachs, and we can't help but want to taste it." Jihalin said, unable to hold back.
"I have long heard that dwarves are good at drinking. It would be great if you, the clan leaders, could give me some advice after tasting it." Gavin set up the steps for the other party.
"Come here, bring a dozen wine glasses." Jiharin stopped being polite and directly sent a bunch of wine glasses over.
Soon, another dwarf brought a bunch of wine glasses. They were not small glasses for drinking spirits, nor tall glasses for drinking wine, but large mugs for drinking ale and beer.
Gavin didn't stop him, because he knew that it wasn't whether the other party took his words to heart, but that dwarves were not as particular about drinking as humans. No matter what kind of wine they drank, they always used this kind of wine glass. There was no difference between wood and metal, at least among dwarves. This is true in the clan.
When the ghost wine barrel was opened and the dark wine flowed out from the faucet, a chill spread on the spot, and the temperature in the air seemed to drop several points.
Fortunately, the Iron Clan uses wooden mugs instead of metal ones.
Even so, the dwarves who received the ghost wine couldn't help but shudder, and no one dared to drink it in one gulp.
Although the set of mugs that the other party brought up were made of wood, they were not ordinary objects. They exuded magical aura. When the ghost wine was poured into them, magic such as detecting toxins was automatically cast on them.
This kind of magic wine glass is not unique to dwarves. There are many on the market, and they are very popular. Many cautious people, even if they go to the tavern to drink, do not use the tavern wine glass, but use this kind of one that can screen out most toxins. Magic wine glass, after all, it is quite rude to watch the person perform magic such as detecting poisons, but if you don't use it, you won't worry about drinking the wine prepared by the other party.
This magic wine glass with its own magic effect helps to eliminate this embarrassment.
The magic wine glass in Jihalin's hand was particularly powerful. It was only when they saw that he had no abnormality and raised the wine glass to his mouth that the other dwarves drank with confidence.
"Okay, okay, okay, this one is much stronger than the original one. If I had had this earlier, I am confident that the quality of the adamantine armor would be even higher. This kind of wine should not be drunk here, but in our forging room." A sip when you are sweating like rain will definitely make our awesome guys feel more energetic." Jiharin was full of praise for the high-concentration ghost wine, which is definitely appetizing to the dwarves.
Even he only dared to take a small sip and taste it, let alone those ordinary dwarves.
After Jihalin asked a group of dwarves to carry away the three barrels of ghost wine, all the irrelevant dwarves withdrew from the meeting hall, leaving only him and the three dwarves who brought in the adamantine armor in the first place. There was a silent confirmation that they had confirmed Gavin's identity, and the meeting began to get to the point.
Gavin stopped being secretive and went straight to the point: "I believe that the clan leaders should know about the gambling in Rockland. I am here to form an alliance. The Iron Clan will help me win the position of Baron of Rockland. I will do my best." Assist you in retaking the mines of Teseyama and help you restore the glory of the Iron Clan."
"General is not the first person who wants to form an alliance with us over this matter, and I believe he will not be the last person, but in the end, it all proves that you want to form an alliance with us because you just want to use our forging capabilities and work for you for free. , when you develop and grow, you will directly kick us aside. The matter of recovering Taisyama will not be put on the agenda for a long time. Chief, instead of believing in the power of outsiders, we should focus more on developing our own." Jihalin's side The stout dwarf said in a muffled voice.
This man's name is Paulin. Although he has not entered the old age like Jihalin, he is not young yet, and his beard has turned white. He is Jihalin's general.
What Gavin knew about the historical battle to recapture the Teseyama Mine was the Mithril Legion led by him.
Unfortunately, not only did they fail to regain their homeland, but they also used up all the energy that the Kingdom of Tesyama had just recovered. Even he himself stayed in his former homeland forever and never came out again.
"I wonder if the clan leader knows who captured Taiseyama in the first place? Who rules here now?" Gavin did not answer Paulin's question. This kind of thing is the most difficult to prove by oneself. No matter how much it is, it is just a blank check.
He came prepared.
"Are you doubting that our Iron Clan will forget its history and shame?" Paulin glared, very dissatisfied with Gavin's question.
"Ms. Strategy said that only those who know the enemy well enough can formulate a strategic plan to defeat them. I don't have any intention to question it. I just want to make sure that the intelligence we have about the Tesyama Mine is consistent, especially Regarding the latest information there, I have a dog demon servant who escaped from there." Gavin answered truthfully.
"Servant of the Dog Demon?! A devil? Can you believe what he says?" The four dwarves present suddenly changed their expressions, and their favorable impression of Gavin instantly dropped several points, because the Kingdom of Testhama fell to this kind of devil and orcs. In the hands of the coalition forces.
To be more precise, this special kind of devil played a vital role in it. After a large number of their elite dwarf warriors died in battle, their soul corpses were eaten by them, causing a permanent decline in the strength of the Kingdom of Tethyama. loss.
In the war of attrition, the living bloodstream collapsed, and for a long time afterwards they were unable to recover, let alone regain their homeland.
Low fertility is a common problem among all immortal species, and dwarves are no exception.
"It is under my absolute control, and its loyalty is not within the scope of our discussion today. You just need to know that I have the latest information about the Tesyama mine, and I will share it with you later." For them Gavin was not surprised by their reaction, because his attitude towards the dog demon Andrew was not much better than theirs.
Until now, he only uses him, but does not give him too much trust, and some core matters will marginalize him.
"Let me speak about this matter. After all, I have experienced it first-hand." The wandering dwarf king Jihalin's face was full of sadness. He talked about the fall of his homeland as if it was yesterday, "The monster coalition that captured Taisyama, It was led by a lich named Great Hellendadim, and was composed of orcs, bardemon, and summoned demons.
To this day, no one knows the true origins of the Great Herendadim. Afterwards, we traced all of his history, and his activities can be traced back to 1,900 years ago.
At that time, the Aino Oak Desert had not yet fully expanded, and was only less than one-third of its current size.
No one knows his name, just because he established a kingdom of goblin races called Helendadim in the Sword Desert area of the Aenook Desert north of the current Rocklands in the Galeland Plains. The disaster lasted for nearly a thousand years.
In 87 BC, they destroyed the Takhar Valley, the predecessor of the Valley.
In the 111th year of the Vale Calendar, they allied with the orcs, conquered and destroyed Anoria, which was one of the surface countries after the collapse and division of the Netherese Empire.
In the year 198 of the Vale Calendar, they invaded Cormyr through the Rocklands. They burned the city of Arabe and pushed their troops to the vicinity of the King's Forest. It was not until the year 200 that they were defeated by the army led by King Morrian and forcibly driven back. rocky ground.
It was not until 268 that the Kingdom of Herendadim completely collapsed under the invasion of the Ainook Desert, and unprecedented civil strife broke out. Their ruler, the Great Herendadim, also completely disappeared and reappeared in 1104. , the fall of the Kingdom of Teseyama, the year of the Iron Clan's lamentation.
Although he has never led his devil coalition out of Tesyama over the years, and it is difficult for outsiders to penetrate deeply, we know that the one who rules there must be the devil who sold his soul to hell. "
The Iron Clan naturally investigated their enemies thoroughly and uncovered all his past and present lives.
This monster force is very similar to the current army of conquerors. It is very dependent on the supreme commander. Everything is born because of him, and everything dies because of him.
The Herendadim Empire is a typical example. It was born with the emergence of the great Herendadim, and died with his disappearance. The expansion of the Aino Oak Desert was only an inducement.
If they can execute the decapitation tactic, rush into the deepest part of Tethyama's mines, and kill the Great Helendadim, Tethyama's restoration will be easy.
This is basically wishful thinking. The Great Helendadim is an old monster that has dominated this continent for nearly two thousand years. Even some incarnations of the gods will not be able to please him, let alone go deep into his management for more than three years. Century's lair is more likely to deliver food to him.
This is one of the top war dungeons in Faerûn. Even though Gavin acquired the Dog Demon very early, he did not come into contact with the Iron Clan because he was not even qualified to get involved with this dungeon.
Gavin said with a solemn expression: "Now that you have found out the origins of the Great Helendadim, you should be clear about his influence on the major goblin races in the Rocklands, the Goblin Border Wasteland, and the Ainook Desert. .
Especially among the goblin nomads in the Ainook Desert, he is already an almost evil god-like existence.
Why has it been so difficult to recover the rocky land of the Kingdom of Cormyr?
It is the root of the disaster that was planted thousands of years ago. There are a large number of followers of the Great Herendadim lurking here. They recruit elite troops for him and control more servant races. As long as he gives an order, he can gather an army that exceeds Hundreds of thousands of goblin troops were at his disposal.
Recovering the rocky land and managing the goblin borderlands is actually the process of cutting off his wings.
I have reason to believe that as this matter progresses, he will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it. It is very likely that he will dispatch the main force from the Tesyama mine and lead the goblins to launch a comprehensive counterattack.
And this is a perfect opportunity to cut off part of his power, paving the way for a full-scale counterattack on the Tesyama Mine.
If there are this series of conditions, do you still think that I will break my promise? "
Gavin's intelligence was not one-sided, but a mixture of many aspects.
Both from the past life and from this life.
Compared to the previous life, the feelings in this life are deeper.
The stronger he developed in the Rockland, the more Gavin felt that there was an invisible giant net hanging over the place. He originally thought that this giant net was laid by the Zhentarim, but later he slowly discovered that it was not.
Because of the influence of this force, its influence on goblin creatures is far greater than that of other monsters.
For a long time, Gavin regarded the dog demon's appearance among the goblins in the Spirit Crystal Mine as an accident, encouraging those goblins to plot against the kobolds in the Black Well.
Later, I slowly discovered that this was not the case at all. It was not that the dog demon Andrew had hidden anything from him, but that the number of dog demons among the goblin races in the rocky land and the Eno Oak Desert was astonishingly large.
Andrew thought he had followed his own will and escaped from the big devil's cave of Tethyama Mine. How could he be sure that this was not the acquiescence of Tethyama's senior officials?
That was the lair run by a thousand-year-old lich. If he didn't want to, a dog demon could easily escape? After escaping, the mine didn't respond at all?
This is just one of the indirect evidences.
Secondly, two large-scale goblin invasions broke out in the Kingdom of Cormyr.
One of the outbreaks occurred four years ago (1355). A large number of goblins and orcs poured out of the rocky land and captured the city of Arabel.
In this battle, the Lord Myrla lost her left arm. Obstructed by the powerful magical power, regeneration was unable to restore her left arm, and she still wears a metal prosthetic arm.
They ravaged this area for three months. It was not until Archduke Beru led the Purple Dragon Army northward that they regained the area and annexed the city of Tifanton the following year.
The other time happened in the future (1371), that is, the Dragon Catastrophe that almost tore apart the Kingdom of Cormyr.
The reason why the attack was so huge was not only that the demon dragon Naravatriel was powerful enough, but also because the army he led was equally terrifying. It was said that there were hundreds of thousands of them, and they were also composed of orcs and goblins. Legend has it that the army also came from In rock ground.
Gavin is now the person who knows the most about Rockland and has the most say. Rockland alone cannot support so many orcs and goblins.
The place where the Dragon Oak Territory is located is considered to be a relatively prosperous place in the rocky land. Although the terrain is relatively rugged and belongs to the plateau and hilly area, it is at least mostly made of earth and mountains. There are grass and trees, and the things you plant will grow at least long.
The more desolate you go to the north and west, they are all bare granite. Even Gavin is helpless when facing this place, let alone the orcs and goblins who are not productive, and such a place accounts for one-third of the entire rocky land. one.
There is a reason why Rockland became useless, and it will not change with the arrival of Gavin.
If you want to launch an army of more than 100,000 monsters, you must at least gather all the monster forces around the Rocklands, Goblin Frontier, Aenook Desert, Mokou Mountains, Stormhorn Mountains and Thunder Peak Mountains.
Gavin originally blamed all this on the Zhentarim, as they seemed to be the only ones with this ability in the surrounding area.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is that the Dark Intelligence Network doesn't have much profit from these two things, especially the Dragon Tribulation in 1371.
This year, the struggle between the two factions of the Zhentarim reached its climax. The mad god Cyric was tried by a court of gods formed by powerful gods for his madness. Some of the priesthoods were forcibly stripped away, and their strength plummeted. The followers of Bane, the god of tyranny Once again, he took advantage of the situation and regained power.
In comparison, it can be explained that everything is driven by the monsters in Tesyama Mine.
Gavin had reason to believe that if he hadn't accidentally pressed the pause button on the development of Rockland because of robbing the Zhentarim's goods, he would have fought against the tribe of monsters affiliated with the Tethyama Mine.
"This is just your personal speculation. Do you have any evidence to prove this?" Paulin showed the stubborn side of the dwarf and would not change his opinion just because of the other party's inference.
Gavin spread his hands and said: "No, this kind of behind-the-scenes manipulation is the most difficult to have real evidence for. I can only make bold assumptions and then carefully verify whether it is true or not. As my development in Yandi officially begins, I will know soon. Yes, they will definitely not sit back and watch me unify the entire Rockland."
"But……"
Jiharin waved his hand and interrupted Paulin who was still trying to argue: "One more friend means more help, not to mention that we may face the same enemy now. Why don't we first listen to General Gavin's thoughts? How to form an alliance?”
"Yes." Paulin could only respond and step aside.
“Forging an alliance does not necessarily start directly with an offensive and defensive alliance. We can start with a business alliance and look for cooperation points that are beneficial to both parties.
For example, I have iron ore in Rockland that you don't have, and you have forging technology that I don't have.
Another example is that you can forge the finest adamantine alloy equipment, and I have the adamantine technique.
After my suspicions are further confirmed, it will not be too late for us to promote a deeper alliance. "
Gavin had no intention of annexing the Iron Clan from the beginning.
This kind of ancient dwarf clan is so easy to be annexed. The Kingdom of Cormyr has done this a long time ago. How could it wait until now, let alone itself.
Mutual benefit and reciprocity, each getting what he needs, is the way to go.
(End of chapter)
