After the death of the King of the Hill, the three races of dwarves engaged in a chaotic war.
After the strength of various races was greatly reduced, the Black Dragon took advantage of the situation and seized the city, making it his lair.
Many dwarves who were unwilling to continue participating in the war between the three races began to live in exile, while Carter and his wife came to this desert city, Sandstone City.
However, it wasn't called Sandstone City back then, and the city wasn't as big as it is now. At that time, Sandstone City was just a small town, a settlement formed by some races fleeing war.
However, with the increase in population, various conflicts and disputes began to arise in this settlement.
The humans were unhappy with the addition of the dwarves, the gnomes were undervalued due to their small size, and the draenei, relying on their own technology, were unwilling to share their gains with other races.
This then evolved into small-scale brawls, and further developed into large-scale battles between groups.
This small town, which originally arose to avoid war, ultimately could not escape the ravages of war and became devastated.
At this time, the first lord of Sandstone City stepped forward. He raised the banner of equality among all races and the right of everyone to live in this settlement, and gradually gained the recognition of other races.
His power gradually grew, and other forces withdrew from this gathering place as a result.
Cartel also joined the city lord's camp at that time.
Without interference from hostile forces, the settlement has developed rapidly, and the current Sandstone City is dozens of times larger than the original settlement.
At that time, there were still many bare mountains around Sandstone City that had not been eroded by wind and sand, and the dwarf Cartel, who had extremely high smelting skills, was highly valued by the city lord.
With the gold and silver produced through smelting and the abundant iron ore, Sandstone City's strength increased rapidly, until it attracted the attention of the Alliance and the Horde.
However, when they decided to take over Sandstone City, they discovered that the cost would far outweigh the benefits of taking it over.
However, neither the Alliance nor the Horde wanted Sandstone City to submit to the other, so the newly built city became a neutral city, and was able to obtain considerable benefits from both the Alliance and the Horde.
The city lord saw through Carter's efforts and treated him very well. Even when the tribe sent an undead female assassin, the city lord did not shy away from letting Carter meet her.
But as the sands around Sandstone City intensified and the mountains were buried, Cartel became less and less useful.
Fortunately, the city lord did not abandon Cartel because of the decline of smelting, and still treated him with great respect.
It wasn't until the death of the first city lord and the succession of his son, Saril, that Carter was driven out of the city lord's mansion and started running this workshop in the city.
"So he's the son of an official, and he's doing this 'discarding the millstone after it has served its purpose' thing!"
After hearing Carter's account, Joey had absolutely no good impression of the city lord, Saril.
"Actually, the first city lord was quite good. He had many ideas that he hadn't implemented before he passed away due to illness!"
Cartel still had a very good impression of the old city lord.
"Isn't that the story of the late emperor's unfinished undertaking, which was thwarted midway? I'm very familiar with that!"
Joey smiled. She had heard too many stories like this before; there were countless examples of children of officials doing inhuman things.
"He's not Liu Shan. At least Liu Shan was an obedient ruler. The main problem is that there's no Zhuge Liang here. Otherwise, this Sha Rui'er would be in big trouble!"
Joey despises these kinds of privileged children of officials the most. They have no skills, live a life of luxury, and are extremely adept at discarding those who have served their purpose.
"Liu Shan? Zhuge Liang?"
Cartel has lived all these years and has never actually heard of these two people.
"Oh, don't worry about the details. They're just two historical figures, and we should learn from history!"
Joey rubbed his hands together, looked at Carter, and felt sorry for him.
"Why didn't you leave back then? With your skills, you'd be a highly skilled professional in any big city!"
Joey couldn't understand why Carter hadn't left Sandstone City back then; if he had left, he probably would have been doing quite well.
“Martha was young at the time, and her mother was in poor health and couldn’t travel long distances!”
"I think that little bastard, Lord Saril, saw through this back then, which is why he dared to kick you out of the mansion. Otherwise, your departure would have been a huge loss for him!"
"It's to his liking that you don't leave. He doesn't have to spend a lot of money to support you, and he can still collect taxes from you. That bastard has a pretty good plan!"
"Indeed, a new emperor brings a new court; my ancestors from the past were right!"
"Maybe it's because I'm getting old. I'm not the only one who's been kicked out; we're all in the same boat!"
"The merit of serving the emperor wasn't even recognized by the first generation, and the time for discarding him after he's done his bidding is far too quick!"
“After Martha’s mother died, I originally planned to leave here. After all, Martha is still young and can’t stay here forever!”
“But Shariel has planted many spies in the city to monitor everyone, and I am one of those being monitored. I didn’t pay attention to it before, but today I felt something was wrong!”
"So that's why you shut down the smelting furnace, isn't it? Looks like your new city lord is a coward!"
Joey chuckled mockingly, finding Shariel's oppressive policies utterly ridiculous.
"Although Martha and I weren't attacked, the smelting furnace has been running for several days in a row, and the city lord must already know!"
"Okay, I understand!"
Joey was already thinking about what to do next. Smelting here was too conspicuous, but so much ore needed to be processed somewhere.
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