The first is to deepen the understanding between the two parties, because many estrangements and conflicts are caused by misunderstandings and understanding.
Along the way, the army of conquerors has created too many legends, has been covered with countless halos, and all kinds of rumors are flying all over the sky.
The name Conqueror is too aggressive and inconsistent with the relatively gentle temperament and slow pace of life in the valley. Many residents of the Misty Valley are full of deep concerns about this, especially the valley that Lord Lashan of the Scar Valley stirred up three years ago. Civil war is ahead.
They don't know or care about how much political competition there is. They only know that once a war breaks out, they will be the ones who are hardest hit.
The best way to dispel rumors is not to explain it with your own words, but to let them see, hear and feel it with their own eyes.
The main body of the conqueror's army is composed of bankrupt citizens, farmers who lost their homes due to monster attacks, slaves who were sold, and other people at the bottom of society. These people may have a sense of business, but they are still simple in nature. Kilometers of road change.
It's easy to relate to the residents of Misty Hollow and realize that they're not all that different from each other.
The second is to conduct a tangible exchange of interests.
The conqueror army can be regarded as a super caravan. They brought not only specialties from Tethyr, but also from the Giant Plains, as well as from the Dragon Coast and the Goblin Frontier. It can be said that there is a dazzling array of products. Many residents of the Misty Valley You can find what you need.
As for the army of conquerors, they had to frantically eat food from the Misty Valley, and most of them were still in the Golden Wheatsheaf Monastery.
After finding out the cause of the fire in the central granary, Gavin did not cling to the Golden Sheaf Monastery. Instead, he signed a supplementary contract and adjusted the delivery method of grain.
This is a one-time transaction of 3,000 tons of grain, and the remaining 2,000 tons will be made up after the new grain is available after the year.
As compensation, the exclusive priests of the Earth Mother at the Golden Wheatsheaf Monastery did their best to help the conqueror's army survive the food shortage for free.
These exclusive priests of Shantia are called Earth Shepherds, and their exclusive abilities are between priests and druids. In addition to being good at casting spells to assist in farming, they are also better than ordinary spell casters in using water creation, food creation, and heroes. Spells like banquet.
The dedicated priests of the Mother Goddess of the Earth preached in places experiencing food shortages, usually using these spells to clear the way to help the residents there get through the most difficult stages and help them resume farming and production. This is also the reputation of the Goddess of the Earth among all intelligent creatures. The reason is quite good. As long as they are not evil-natured races, her priests will do their best to help them.
If casting the spell is free, it is relatively cost-effective just for the casting materials consumed during the casting process. In the long run, it can replace at least 800 tons of food and significantly reduce the food gap.
And after they arrive at the Land of Three Rivers, they will definitely not be idle. They will definitely cooperate with the conquerors' army to open up wasteland and open up pastures on a large scale. This is their sacred duty. Gavin will not need to ask for it at all. First of all, it’s not too bad.
You know, the Golden Wheatsheaf Monastery is one of the three major worship centers of the Mother Earth on the continent of Faerûn.
The No. 1 ranked one is called Golden Fields. It is located not far to the southeast of Anfeier Village. It is built on a piece of land called Golden Fields. There is also a blessed land of Shantia, which is better than the Golden Wheat Sheaf. The monastery has doubled in size. It is said that there is a community of tens of thousands of goddess believers there. It is currently the largest and most dynamic area of Chantia believers, and is truly the granary of the North.
The second-ranked one is called Harvest Mansion, located in the Kingdom of Amn. It is composed entirely of female temple sisters. It is an unparalleled gorgeous garden. This temple is very ancient. It already stood on this land before the Kingdom of Amn was established. It was once the core of Shantia's faith, but was later replaced by the Golden Pastoral.
But its second position is also being challenged. The challenger is none other than the Golden Sheaf Monastery. It is now known as the Granary of the Valley. They are famous for their admirable farming skills and helpful diligence. The number of priests and priests is natural. There cannot be fewer. There are only a few hundred people stationed in the monastery, and ten times as many are scattered throughout the valley. This is a considerable force.
The conqueror army also ate large amounts of fruits, vegetables, and eggs from the farmers in the Misty Valley that were not suitable for long-term storage and transportation.
The skyrocketing price of food is for food that is easy to store and transport. The prices of these easily perishable foods only fluctuate, but are not that exaggerated.
The way the conquerors' army exchanged food from the residents of Misty Valley was not to buy it directly, but to use their huge power to do things that the local residents wanted to do but were unable to do.
For example, the country roads along Yuehai Highway should be widened and repaired.
Another example is to clean up the dangerous places around each village, not only those places where monsters are found, but also those suspected to be ghost monsters. Anyone who encounters them will not be spared and will be wiped out.
Another example is the improvement of public facilities in some villages and towns, not just the city halls and the like, but also the renovation of irrigation canals, the construction of water storage reservoirs, etc.
"Sir, it turns out that the legend about your army of conquerors is not just a legend. What you have done is even more exaggerated than the legend."
"Sir, you have completely refreshed our understanding of construction. In one day, you were able to link up with the progress of numerous construction projects, including hundreds of kilometers of road repairs, the construction of more than a dozen water storage dams, and the construction of dozens of kilometers of drainage canals. Dig.”
"The elves who clean up bushes and weeds, the kobolds who perform explosions, the treants and giants who are responsible for various heavy tasks, and the large number of humans who provide various technical support, coupled with a large number of spells and spells, their construction speed is slow. Even Myth Drannor, who has long since died, cannot do this."
"Today is an eye-opener for us. We never thought that magic can be used in this way. In comparison, we were too conservative and pedantic before, guarding huge treasures without knowing how to dig them. This is definitely our biggest dereliction of duty. , if we had implemented Jazz’s concept earlier, Misty Valley’s food production would have doubled.”
"It's not too late. I believe that after cooperating with Jazz, we will make great progress in this aspect."
The Misty Valley councilors who coordinate in various villages, towns, and settlements have really opened their eyes. Ever since they met Gavin, they have been full of praise for the speed of the construction of the conqueror's army.
They had finally seen what the miracle of construction was, what the speed of conquerors was, and their last doubts about the management of the Asaba River had completely disappeared.
Building the Asaba River dam was an impossible task for them, but it was not an impossible task for the army of conquerors.
They finally understood the meaning and weight of the three words conqueror. They were indeed conquering, but what they used was not force, but a terrifying construction speed.
In this way, they in Misty Valley can be considered as one of the conquered ones, and they do so willingly.
There is no need to say more about road construction. The conqueror army is absolutely professional in this aspect. Even on the main trade roads such as the Moon Sea Highway, they can lay and repair hundreds of kilometers every day, let alone villages like Misty Valley. the way.
The army of conquerors did not need to be dispatched in full, but was directly divided into dozens of road construction teams to repair multiple roads at the same time. They were all standard two-lane asphalt roads. When the construction was completed , it is only natural to erect a medium-sized road statue of Gavin as a commemoration at the intersections of those villages and settlements.
No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat.
Belief is more of a long-term accumulation. Like the previous large sums of money, there are not many opportunities.
Now that Gavin already has a good reputation in the surrounding valleys, he must make full use of it and turn them into his potential believers.
If there is no way to gain materially, then they can make up for it through faith. Even if they do not believe in Gavin, as long as these roads exist and enjoy the convenience it brings, they will continue to bring divinity to Gavin. Divine power, this is part of the concept.
These well-informed congressmen were stunned, not to mention the residents of Misty Valley. Looking at the speed of construction and the little food they brought out, even the most shameless people were stunned. It's a bit embarrassing, not to mention that these simple people naturally tried their best to use the best things in their hands to entertain the conqueror's army.
When the conqueror army left the Misty Valley, they not only took away many things from here, but also left countless things behind.
They took away countless fruits, melons, vegetables and grains. Not only were the trucks and packhorses of all sizes loaded to the brim, many of them even had backpacks of all sizes, all filled with food, which carried the mist. The friendship and expectations of the people of the valley, I hope that these simple people from Tethyr can gain a foothold in the Battle Valley and build their new home.
They left traces of their past, a construction legend that is hard to break for a while, their brand-new construction and planting concepts, and their unswerving belief in building a beautiful new home.
Crossing the Asaba River from Ashaban Beach, you will leave the Misty Valley, but you have not yet reached the Battle Valley, which belongs to the Cormanso Forest.
Road construction here requires a new method, because this is an out-and-out forest road, with towering trees everywhere that block the sky and the sun. Many trees have closed up again at the top of the road, making this place tidy. There is no sunlight at all.
If you want to widen and renovate this place, you must make room for those trees.
If it were a human being, he would have to use knives and axes to cut down. This approach would inevitably arouse the anger of the natural spirits, and a conflict between the two sides would inevitably occur.
For many people, these roads through the forest are no less dangerous than those in the mountains.
This danger comes not only from the hunting monsters lurking in the forest, but also from the forest elves. Their lifespan is extremely long. Many of them lived in this forest even before the road was built. They have no control over the people crossing here. Road construction, still maintains the anger.
Sometimes, they will vent this anger on the travelers passing by, not necessarily to hurt them, but to lead them into the depths of the forest, use various charm methods or unique natural scenery to attract them, and keep them here as guests a period of time.
The concept of time of these long-lived species is different from that of short-lived humans. For humans, a period of time for felines is often a lifetime. Many of them return to the human world decades later, turning from young girls to gray-haired people. The pale old man gave people the feeling of being under the spell of time. Everything in the outside world had long since changed.
This is the case with the Rosaville Road, which runs through the Valley of the Battle and connects the Eastern Road with the Moon-Sea Highway.
It was forcibly reclaimed by the Sambian businessman Rosaville three hundred years ago. In the process, countless trees were cut down, and countless fairies and beasts fell to the swords and magic of the Sambian mercenaries. It was not until the Elf King's Court, who was hiding deep in the Cormanthor Forest, came out again and reiterated the sacred contract in front of the standing stone that a consensus was reached.
The elves allowed the road to pass within sight of the standing stone, meaning that the elves' friends, humans, did not need to resort to violence to get what they wanted.
Human beings are not allowed to leave this road without permission. If they desecrate the sacred soul in the forest, they will bear the consequences themselves.
Gavin has always paid great attention to this area. After all, there are a large number of natural races in the army of conquerors. They have made great contributions along the way. Whether it is the elves or the tree people, they have migrated more than 3,000 people. Kilometers, it is estimated that this is a unique thing among their companions. Many people will not be able to walk so many roads in their lifetime, especially the tree people.
It is also the existence of these felines that gives them more choices. They use a large number of activated plants, bent wood and other spells to move these trees to a more suitable location, or to get out of the way.
Although this relatively mild method caused the construction progress to plummet tenfold, it also got the tacit approval of those natural races, and no fey jumped out to block it and caused extra problems.
Turning onto the Rosaville Road from the Moonsea Highway, you have entered the Battle Valley. The long journey of the conquerors' army is coming to an end, and they are only one step away from their destination.
This time it was no longer Gavin who ran to the front of the conqueror's army to meet with Lord Ilmet of the Battle Valley to discuss the affairs of this great migration. Instead, Lord Ilmet took the initiative to make an appointment with Gavin, but the meeting place was neither In Ethebra, the capital of the Battle Valley, it is not at the Vizeme Manor in the Land of Three Rivers, but at Standing Stone.
When it comes to valleys, standing stones are inescapable.
Even for the entire continent of Faerûn, the Valley Standing Stone is a big event.
The Vale Calendar currently used in Faerûn starts from the Standing Stone. That day is January 1st of the first year of the Vale Calendar. On that day, the Elf King's Court in the Great Forest of Cormanthor signed a Vale Contract with the new immigrants in the valley.
In this contract, both parties made commitments and concessions.
The Elven Court allows the new immigrants from the valley to settle and live in the open spaces of the Cormanthor Forest. In exchange, the new immigrants from the valley must protect the Cormanthor Forest together and prevent it from being destroyed by more evil forces, let alone allow it to be destroyed by more evil forces. Indiscriminate felling.
This contract symbolized the valley's official entry into history as a force. They engraved it on a stone tablet and erected it in the center of the Cormanzo Forest as a symbol of the oath of both parties.
Since then, there has been a saying of standing stones as alliances, and later it was extended to standing stones as boundaries.
Initially, humans were not allowed to visit the Standing Stones, but as time went by, more and more merchants from the Kingdom of Tumis and Jondas saw the business opportunities in the Cormanso Forest and started a new wave of immigrants.
It's just that this time the main body of immigrants are no longer poor farmers, but businessmen. They don't come alone. They bring caravans, mercenaries, torches and axes. They sneer at the so-called valley contract and have nothing to do with it. He trampled on it mercilessly, carried out crazy felling of the Cormanzo Forest, and arbitrarily harvested the forest wealth that had been accumulated for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
This gave them more money, and they hired more lumberjacks, shipbuilders, and mercenaries from Tumis and Jondas to establish their own gathering points, villages, and even villages on the newly cleared land. city until it developed into a kingdom.
Numerous wars, large and small, broke out between the two sides, and blood soaked every tree and every inch of land that the merchants plundered.
However, with the support of the two old empires of Tumis and Jondas, and the continuous plundering of the resources of the Cormanthor Forest by those merchants, these guardians of nature are slowly being drained of blood and retreating steadily.
This reached its peak after the fall of Myth Drannor, which allowed this evil merchant nation to become so unscrupulous that it seized Moon Valley from the Valley Alliance and even built its own capital there.
From the beginning, the Kingdom of Sambia was a bandit kingdom built on the bones and blood of other people. Invasion and plunder were an instinct that went deep into their bones. This was true before and is true now.
What makes people feel extremely ironic is that what curbs the crazy expansion of this evil merchant country is neither the unity of the good people of the entire Cormanzo Forest nor the interference of the Kingdom of Cormyr, but another more evil force in Corman. The area to the north of the Cormanso Forest and the Sea of the Moon rose in a crazy manner. They also took a fancy to the value contained in the Cormanso Forest and did not want the Sambian merchants to monopolize it, so they secretly interfered and obstructed it.
There is no need to say who this new force is. It is the Zhentarim Order, known as the Dark Intelligence Network.
The great forest of Cormanzo has not completely turned into an open space. The mutual restraint and balance between the two evil forces and the good force of the Kingdom of Cormyr is a very key factor.
Of course, the natural forces in Cormanzo and the perseverance and persistent resistance of the people in the valley are also factors that cannot be ignored.
(End of chapter)
