Chapter 278 Let the three parties go, the choice of taking the blame [Zhilanong]
When Tang Zheng heard the White Mist Witch mention that there was finally some movement in the Holy Kingdom, his eyes lit up and he strode into the castle hall.
Come to the large wooden table.
He took out a map of the hilly area and spread it on the table, then looked towards the border with the Holy Kingdom.
The White Mist Witch followed Tang Zheng closely and looked at the map on the table together, but she couldn't understand it.
"The master seems to be in a good mood."
The White Mist Witch thought so in her heart. She actually didn't quite understand what her master was doing. But since it was her master's order, she would naturally do her best to do it.
"Which side are you from?" Tang Zheng suddenly asked.
The White Mist Witch's bright yellow pupils froze, she opened her mouth, and realized that she didn't know either.
Is there any need to distinguish between these things?
She only knew that some humans had secretly contacted the ogres sent to the border of the Holy Kingdom, but she had no idea what the humans' identities were.
"Never mind. It's not important."
Tang Zhengjian did not respond, but he realized this and shook his head with a chuckle.
The situation in the Holy Kingdom is actually quite complicated. Not to mention the territorial division between the Northern Holy Kingdom and the Southern Holy Kingdom, because of the Holy Queen, there are many different aristocratic factions.
Snap, snap!
There were some weak footsteps coming from outside the door.
The lizardman Kuruxue had recovered some strength and walked in cautiously from outside the door with staggering steps.
See you in the hall.
Tang Zheng was observing the map, and the White Mist Witch was standing beside her, looking at her with disdain.
The lizardman Kuruxue was wrapped in straw and stood in the corner. His arms, with delicate white scales visible through the gaps, hung in front of him, and he lowered his head even lower.
The magic of "cloud operation" has helped Tang Zheng complete the task, but he did not tell her what to do next.
The lizardman Kuruxue felt confused and at a loss.
"What do they want?" Tang Zheng didn't mind the lizardman Kuruxue hearing the next piece of information.
"Gold ore."
The White Mist Witch spoke immediately.
"Gold?"
"It's a really simple and straightforward deal. As expected, this kind of thing can't be stopped from spreading among the soldiers. It leaks out like a sieve." Tang Zheng shook his head and chuckled a few times.
"That's right. After all, they are one of our own. There is no need to be too defensive."
Since the last time two groups of ogres were sent to carry gold ore to the Holy Kingdom's wall fortress and were killed, three more groups of ogres have been sent out in succession.
These three carried items such as monster skins, herbs, and gems.
If the first two times were accidents, then the same thing happened five times in a row, and he even took the initiative to replace them with different high-value items.
Even the dumbest person would probably realize that there was something wrong with the ogre appearing under the city wall fortress.
"The relationship between the Holy Kingdom and Abelion Hill is like fire and water. However, no matter how bad the relationship is, for some people, it is not as real as benefits."
Tang Zheng stared at the map quietly, his eyes deep and a sneer on his lips.
That's right.
His ultimate purpose in sending out the ogres was to trade with the Holy Kingdom and purchase a large amount of grain and food.
This doesn't require any complicated planning.
There was a saying in his previous life that Tang Zheng didn't like, but he agreed with it.
When the profit reaches 10%, they will be ready to make moves; when it reaches 50%, they will take risks; when it reaches 100%, they will dare to trample on all human laws.
When the profit reaches 300%, they dare to risk being hanged! And the profit Tang Zheng is offering is more than three times that? Gold ore, Warcraft hides, magic materials, various minerals, valuable and rare medicinal materials, agate, crystal, gemstones, etc.
All this the Abelion Hills have in abundance!
The size of the hill is about the same as the entire Northern Holy Kingdom, and the number of demi-humans in the hill is only between 100,000 and 150,000.
And what about the entire Northern Holy Kingdom's population? A full 3.5 million people!
This is not simply a question of population size, but rather that the subhuman population cannot utilize many resources.
"Kurushi, what do you think is the most valuable thing for the various subhuman races in the hilly area?"
Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze from the map and looked at the lizardman Kuruxue standing in the corner.
Being asked suddenly.
The lizardman Kuruxue was obviously stunned for a moment, raised his head nervously, and a look of serious thought appeared in his red pupils.
She had not been in the hilly area for long, but through her contact with other sub-races, she had gained some understanding.
Inexplicable.
Lizardman Kuruxue thought of his former lizardman clan, and after a brief thought, he said softly: "It's food."
"As expected of a former clan leader."
Tang Zheng praised.
The lizardman Kuruxue lowered his head in embarrassment.
Food, weapons, and slaves are the three things that all subhuman races in the hilly areas care about the most, and "food" ranks first.
There is no unified government here at all. Each subhuman race is completely independent and hostile to other subhuman races.
Under such a chaotic situation, it is impossible to have a systematic monetary transaction of gold, silver and copper coins like other countries in the world.
"Barter" is the most direct way of transaction for the sub-humans in the hilly areas. Things like gold are simply not necessary for the major sub-human races.
The sub-human race only has a population of hundreds of thousands, which is more than enough for the Abelion Hills to support. Given the pride of these sub-human races, they simply disdain to trade with humans.
Plus! On both sides of the Abelion Hills, one is the Holy Kingdom with a feud, and the other is the "humanity first" Theocracy of Slane.
The three parties are so desperate that they want to fight each other out. How can they possibly come up with a compromise deal?
However.
Tang Zheng doesn't care about this, what he wants is to get rid of all three parties.
"Send twenty ogres to pull half a cart of gold ore over as a gift for the first transaction."
Tang Zheng said calmly, "It's really a bargain for them. Just think of it as 'spending a lot of money to buy a horse'... This word is a bit derogatory when used here."
The White Mist Witch didn't quite understand what Tang Zheng said next, so she nodded quickly and said softly, "Do you want to send Ge Jin along? He has lived in the human kingdom for a long time and is better at communicating with humans."
"Need not."
Tang Zheng shook his head and smiled strangely: "He is the "king" who rules these ogres behind the scenes. It's too early for him to show up now."
"Hehe, I see." The White Mist Witch suddenly let out a laugh, and her figure shrouded in mist left the hall extremely lightly.
Tap~tap~Tang Zheng raised a finger and tapped the table, going over his plan in his mind.
A lot of energy was spent on this during this period, which slowed down the pace of upgrading. However, once the plan is implemented, the lost experience can be easily made up for the wasted time.
As long as the food provided by the Holy Kingdom is in place, he can allow the goblins to reproduce in large numbers, along with the blue maggots who are also good at reproduction.
It is equivalent to launching a second "breeding plan" in the hilly areas.
Tang Zheng's current identity is to manipulate the mysterious magic chanting of the undead to create a large number of sub-human corpses such as goblins without arousing obvious suspicion.
Of course, this is just one of the purposes.
Tang Zheng also needs to guard against situations where things go wrong. Just in case, he needs to find someone to endorse him, so as to further reduce suspicion and sense of existence about him.
"【Chiranon】!"
The thought of this organization flashed through Tang Zheng’s mind.
He also has a close relationship with [Zhilanong]. After all, two members of the other team died in his hands, um, one.
Khajiit was not dead, but was resurrected by the leader.
Tang Zheng indirectly learned about the strength of the mysterious leader through two consecutive contacts with members of Zhilanong.
It is within controllable range.
"come over."
"Ah, yes."
The lizardman Kuruxue suddenly heard Tang Zheng's words, walked over in small steps, and stopped in front of Tang Zheng.
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"Drink this."
Tang Zheng looked at the lizardman Kuruxue who was wrapped in straw, took out a bottle of red potion and placed it on the table.
The red liquid in the potion bottle is dragon's blood!
"Dragon blood" is very precious.
The lizardman Kuruxue was able to release "Cloud Operation" through the ritual, which made him see higher value, so he didn't mind taking out the dragon blood to observe.
Tang Zhengke has never forgotten that the lizardman Kuruxue has the profession of [Dragon Pattern Instructor] which is related to dragons.
The other party is the only one among the Lizardmen who possesses the racial profession of "Lizardman Awakened Ancient Species".
This white-scale variant is completely different from ordinary lizardmen, which makes people wonder if they really have dragon bloodline.
Judging from the other party's appearance, it is somewhat similar to the appearance of the legendary Kuchikan Dragon King before he became an undead.
Tang Zheng couldn't be sure whether he really had the bloodline of the Rotten Coffin Dragon King.
When he killed the lizardman Kuruxue and put the body into the prop box, he really hadn't considered the possibility of resurrecting it later.
At that time, I simply thought that the other person's blood might be more precious.
Unfortunately, after some research, they found that the other party's blood was no different from the blood of ordinary lizardmen, so the matter was dropped.
"Yes, sir."
The lizardman Kuruxue spoke respectfully, picked up the dragon blood bottle on the table, and swallowed all the blood in it in one breath.
She didn't care what the red liquid was.
The human man in front of her could easily kill her and also resurrect her, so if she wanted to kill her, it wouldn't be so troublesome.
Drink the dragon's blood.
The lizardman Kuruxue felt a warm feeling surge throughout his body, and his body felt a little hot.
"What does it feel like?" Tang Zheng asked curiously while observing.
The lizardman Kuruxue spoke honestly.
After listening.
Tang Zheng was somewhat surprised and speechless. Dragon blood contained a trace of curse power, which could even make the creatures that drank it become violent.
After drinking the dragon's blood, the evil dog became very irritable and lost its mind.
The lizardman in front of him, Kuruxue, only felt that his body was a little hot, without any abnormality.
"Is it because of the racial occupation of 'Lizardmen Awakening Ancient Species', or because of the [Dragon Mark Instructor]?"
Tang Zheng became more and more interested, and took out several bottles of dragon blood potion again, "Remove all the straw on your body, and then continue drinking."
The other party was always wrapped in straw, not entirely because of the abnormal characteristics of the white lizard man, but more because the albino lizard man was afraid of sunlight and had worse eyesight.
Wrapping your body in straw can avoid direct sunlight and also provide some protection for your eyesight.
After the lizardman Kuruxue removed all the straw on his body, revealing a pure white figure, he then drank all the dragon blood mouthful by mouthful.
As the dragon blood continued to enter the stomach.
The body of the lizardman Kuruxue gradually radiated a higher temperature, and layers of sweat emerged from the gaps between its delicate scales.
Faint white steam was rising from all over his body.
If this is just an external appearance.
Tang Zheng was paying attention to the aura of the lizardman Kuruxue, which was beginning to strengthen: "Ninjutsu: Detection."
With the help of perception magic, Tang Zheng could clearly see that the blue light on the other party, which was like flowing water, began to deepen rapidly.
"16Lv?"
Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes.
After the lizardman Kuruxue was resurrected by him, his level dropped by 2 and became level 15, and now it has increased by 1 level.
Swoosh——
suddenly!
Special red lines appeared on the neck and arms of the lizardman Kuruxue.
“Ahhh!!”
The lizardman Kuruxue couldn't help but let out a beast-like roar, and violent emotions appeared in his clear red pupils.
"Bad guys... my people... everyone!"
The lizardman Kuruxue muttered to himself, very softly at first, then became louder and louder, almost a roar.
Bang! The lizardman Kuluxue stomped his legs on the ground, raised his sharp claws, and pounced towards Tang Zheng.
“It’s out of control.”
Tang Zheng was actually very interested in this situation. He raised his eyelids and said, "All races are enchanted."
The lizardman Kuruxue rushed over, and froze in place in the blink of an eye.
The violent emotion in his eyes turned into dullness, but there was also a hint of struggle, which made the expression on his face become somewhat distorted and hideous.
"Oh, it can also provide a certain degree of resistance to mental charm magic."
Tang Zheng clearly felt that his charm magic encountered resistance, but his strength far exceeded that of the opponent, and he easily suppressed it.
"If you drink too little dragon blood, you won't be affected. But if you drink too much dragon blood, will you be affected as well?"
Time passes by little by little.
The brutality in the lizardman Kuruxue's eyes gradually dissipated, and the struggling facial expression also relaxed, along with the special red lines on his neck and arms, which also disappeared.
"Could that red pattern just now be the passive ability of [Dragon Mark Instructor]?"
Tang Zheng looked at the attribute panel and saw no prompt. He had an idea and cancelled the "All Races Charm".
"grown ups."
The lizardman Kuruxue's eyes became clear again, but a little dazed.
She now felt a relaxation that she had never felt before, and the weakness she had felt when she released the "Cloud Operation" before also disappeared.
(End of this chapter)
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