At first the dwarves were very reserved, not timid, but an embarrassment of not knowing how to speak.
It was rare for Yan Mo to enthusiastically invite the dwarves to eat and drink together. They all said that it is easier to talk about things at the dinner table. He will try it today to see how it works. It is a pity that there is no wine, otherwise the atmosphere will quickly heat up.
Hide brought Lan Ma, Hao and Gan Yu came with their only son. There were more and more people around the fire. Members of the priest's escort shared the other two fires, coming over only occasionally to join in the fun.
Everyone talked and laughed, and naturally accepted the dwarf.
The dwarves are born with thick nerves and are more crazy than people. When there are too many people, they will no longer be restrained and let go soon.
Opa Zuwu was not as sleepy as usual today. She seemed to be preoccupied, and she didn't speak first even after several secret hints from the Logan patriarch. She just sat there and ate shredded pork.
The patriarch Lang Lang and Kati Zuwu of the Momo tribe were unwilling to speak first. After a while, they were attracted by the roasted wild pork with rich seasoning. At first they could not accept the first bite, but after the second bite, After the third bite, they savored the taste, and they seemed to have forgotten the purpose of coming, and put all their attention on eating.
Katie asked Yan Mo, wanting to know how this special taste was prepared.
Yan Mo told her that it was a condiment exchanged with some tribes in the middle reaches of the river, but he doesn't have much on hand now, and he will trade more next year, so she can exchange it if she needs it.
Katie was delighted and asked some questions about the tribes of the middle river.
Seeing that Kati Zuwu and Yan Mo had a happy conversation, but they never mentioned the main purpose of their visit today, Logan couldn't help it, coughed loudly, and came up and said: "Boss Zhan, Mo Da, we dwarves discuss After all, we are not from Jiuyuan after all, so it is not good to just live in your outer city, we have found a place suitable for dwarves to live in and want to migrate there."
Yan Mo translated Luo Gan's words to Yuan Zhan.
Yuan Zhan cut off the outermost layer of barbecue with a knife, put it on a plate and handed it to Yan Mo, "Where do you want to move? It won't work if it's too close to Jiuyuan."
Luo Gan can understand simple common language now, and immediately said: "It's not very close, it's closer to the Duofei tribe."
Yan Mo acted as an interpreter.
The others were talking to each other on the surface, but in fact they all pricked up their ears and eavesdropped.
"Oh?" Yuan Zhanshou paused, "You're not talking about the valley near the Duofi tribe, are you?"
Opa Zuwu sighed, and Luo Gan nodded hastily, "Yes, that's right there!"
With a little force under Yuan Zhan Dao, he dug out a piece of bloody rib meat, "If it's there, no! I heard Lan Die, who went to build the watchtower, came back and reported that there was a relic found there, and Mo Zheng and I were going to check it out. .”
Some people didn't know about it, and they asked other people, and Meng knew it best, and publicized the discovery of the relic place with embellishments.
Everyone was in an uproar, saying they wanted to go and see what happened. Ranma was curious, and asked after Hide, and Hide told her in simple words that she could understand.
Luo Gan didn't understand all of Yuan Zhan's words, but he grasped some of the main words, and heard other Jiuyuan people say that they were going to the ruins, and immediately shouted uncontrollably: "Why not? That's where our dwarves belong. Land of ruins!"
Yan Mo interpreted, the discussion stopped, and many people glared at Luo Gan.
Lang Lang covered his face, that irritable idiot, do you know that you have committed public outrage
Yuan Zhan sneered, "It belongs to Jiuyuan. Besides, you said that the dwarves' ruins belong to you? We discovered it first, of course it belongs to us!"
Hao Dan smiled, "That's the reason, everything in Jiuyuan's territory belongs to Jiuyuan, if you don't accept it, come to fight."
His son looked at him with adoring eyes, Gan Yu smiled, tore a piece of shredded meat and stuffed it into his son's mouth.
Hao is happy both physically and mentally. For a man as strong as him, he has not been with his woman for a long time, but he is suffocated. Fortunately, now Gan Yu is willing to be with him again, and his only remaining son no longer looks at him with restless and vigilant eyes.
Some people thought that he would miss the position of chief, but they didn't know that he had planned to give up the position of chief to Jiong, but he ran away. Fortunately, before he rediscovered and cultivated a new chief candidate, he saw another way.
He and Yuan Zhan before he was injured were both members of the Yuanji Tribe’s reserve of future chieftains. Now Yuan Zhan has not only recovered from his injuries, but also established a bigger and stronger tribe with the help of the Priest of the Ancestor God. And most of the previous tribes were Yuanji people.
For many Yuanji people, Jiuyuan just changed his name.
That being the case, what is the difference between him bringing the remaining Yuanji people to Jiuyuan and giving up the position of chief to the most powerful warrior in the tribe
Having figured this out, and without the hindrance of the old priest, he has no hesitation!
Now, when he entered Jiuyuan, not only was he not forced to retire, but he was trusted and reused, and became the head of a warrior group. The most important thing is that Gan Yu and the children have returned to him, and everyone respects him as before. Him, what else can he ask for
No one knows how grateful he is to Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo for their respect and trust. Just for them and Gan Yu, he will not let anyone harm Jiu Yuan in the slightest.
After listening to Yan Mo's interpretation of Yuan Zhan Hehao's words, Luo Gan stopped him for a moment.
The ruins were indeed discovered by the Jiuyuan people first. When the Jiuyuan soldiers came out, they happened to meet a few dwarf warriors who were going out to find a place to live. They mentioned it casually. It was probably related to the ancestors of the dwarves, so they hurried over to report to them, but the Jiuyuan people had already built a watchtower there first.
But this dwarf relic was too important to them. Just listening to the descriptions of those dwarf warriors made them feel that there might be a huge inheritance treasure hidden inside.
Opa Zuwu even said that the ruins might make the dwarves walk on the road of being strong.
Logan looked anxiously at Opa Zuwu, hoping she could say something. The leaders and priests of Jiuyuan were too difficult to deal with, so they respected the Opazu witch.
Yan Mo didn't wait for Opa Zuwu to speak, he smiled at her first, and asked: "Opa Zuwu, we Jiuyuan people didn't treat you any badly, right?"
Opa Zuwu sighed again, the people of Jiuyuan did not treat them badly, and they even helped them a lot. If you change to other human tribes, not to mention turning them all into precious slaves for sale, at least they will be driven away during the winter when there is a lack of food.
But the Jiuyuan people not only let them stay for a long time, provide them with stone bricks to build houses, but also let them learn those magical knowledge with the Jiuyuan people. When hunting, they know that they are behind and they will not drive them away. They will also help them a little bit, they still have a fixed booth in Jiuyuan's trading market, and even the soft cloth she wears is a gift from Yan Mo.
"Mo Da, if Jiuyuan agrees to hand over the ruins to us and allow us to establish our own tribe in that valley, I can swear to the ancestors of our ancestors that as long as the blood of our Luoluo tribe is still there, we You will always be Jiuyuan's strongest ally!" Opa Zuwu said sincerely in Jiuyuan language. Regardless of her age, she is the best at learning the Common Tongue among the dwarves.
Katie also immediately followed, "We Momo tribe is the same."
Yuan Zhan tore at the bloody ribs and sneered, "Mu Mo taught me a word, called empty-gloved white wolf, and that's what you dwarves are doing now."
Katie was embarrassed, but Opa saluted Yuan Zhan, "If you allow me, Katie and other Zuwu would like to go to the ruins with Mo Da."
"Why?"
"We are willing to form an alliance with Jiuyuan. We can provide you with warriors like mermaids, and the reward is only half of that of mermaids. In the future, we will produce something, and if Jiuyuan is willing to trade with us, so everything including knowledge will be given to other tribes according to us. Half of the transaction price."
When Oppa said this, he added another sentence: "But the condition is that the ruins must belong to us completely. When other tribes attack us, Jiuyuan will help, and you have to swear that you will never invade us."
Yuan Zhan laughed ironically and threw out two words: "Dream!"
Da Da followed with "Aw", thrusting a broken wild boar leg bone into the ground abruptly.
Oppa held down Logan, and Katie and Lang Lang were silent.
Yan Mo also raised his hand to hold down the man, as if to appease him so that he would not get angry, and then said to Opa: "Opa Zuwu, you may think that the conditions you have proposed are already very generous, but if you can rely on the ruins Become strong, we can do the same, so why should we hand over the ruins to you again? And you haven’t paid off the debt you owe us.”
"We'll pay it back, and we won't leave until it's over!" Katie bit her lower lip.
"So, you still plan to spend this winter in Jiuyuan? It's really a good plan." Yan Mo sneered.
Everyone doesn't know what an abacus is, but the general idea can be understood.
Even Ding Fei couldn't help muttering: "You dwarves are too good at taking advantage, aren't you?"
Katie did not have the skills accumulated by Opa Zuwu due to her age, and her little face blushed instantly.
Lang Lang and Luo Gan heard half and half, but they could also feel that things were not going well.
Opa shook his head to the others, and continued: "Maybe only we ancestor worshipers can learn the inheritance of the ruins?"
Yuan Zhan threw away the bones, took out the pig's heart, and said coldly: "Even if we can't use it, I'm willing to let it go, can you control it!"
Seeing that Yuan Zhan's attitude was wrong, Luo Gan immediately stood up and wanted to ask Yuan Zhan if he wanted to start a war with them, but was stopped by Opa sternly: "Luo Gan, sit down!"
Luo Gan shut up and sat down reluctantly.
Da He and Da Da stood and squatted on the left and right, guarding Yan Mo's side.
Leaders such as Ji and Hao also moved slightly, and the women and children were cleverly separated together.
Oppa seemed not to feel the suddenly tense atmosphere, and said gently: "We haven't seen what's in the ruins, why don't we go and have a look first? If there is really a sacrifice to us, The ancestral family is important, and we are willing to pay any price to get her back."
Yan Mo put down the plate, "Any price?"
"Yes." Opa's voice was filled with the courage and perseverance of breaking the boat.
"The other dwarves have the same idea?"
Opa and Kati looked at each other, and Opa said: "We will discuss with other ancestor worship tribes, and if they agree, we will merge into one tribe."
Yan Mo sighed in his heart. Although the dwarves are a little cunning, their cunning is still far behind that of modern people. For a place where the details are not yet known, they can say "willing to pay any price in exchange for ", which puts them at a complete disadvantage in negotiations.
However, this also has a lot to do with the current unfavorable situation of the dwarves. They eagerly hope to become stronger quickly, and even more eager to change their current situation of being indifferent. They are eager to be like mermaids, to be able to dominate one side and live freely, instead of relying on others to see people's faces. And now the land of ruins that popped up suddenly seems to be able to fulfill their wish, so how can they resist fighting for it
Opa faced Yan Mo, and his cloudy old eyes flashed with wisdom at this moment, "Dear Priest, we ancestor worshipers are willing to pay the utmost sincerity to promote the success of this matter. We don't want to say anything threatening, I don’t want to cause you any trouble and force you to agree. If you don’t want us to stay here in winter, we can leave. I think Jiuyuan definitely hopes to have an ally who is always grateful to you, instead of an ally who keeps harassing you enemy."
It is not a threat, but it is no different from a threat. But Yan Mo didn't get angry because of this. Negotiations are always like this, threats and lures go hand in hand.
Lanma, who had been trying hard to listen to the explanation to her, suddenly said at this moment: "Give us the Granma clan. Allies, forever! Women and warriors are with you!"
Everyone fell silent and laughed.
Hideously rubbing Ranma's hair without laughing.
Yan Mo also laughed, "Opa Zuwu, you heard it, it's not your clan that is tempted by the ruins, other clans also want it, and if I give it to you, what will other clans think?"
Then he didn't wait for Opa to answer, and said quickly: "For details, let's go to see the ruins."
Yan Mo's words meant that the discussion on this matter was over, and the others immediately started other topics, forcing the dwarf to be unable to speak again.
Oppa and the others didn't expect to succeed in one negotiation, and they were satisfied with the current result. After all, Jiuyuan didn't completely reject them, and they still had a great chance.
Before Yan Mo and the others went to the ruins.
On September 25th, the horn sounded for the arrival of guests in the outer city of Jiuyuan.
On this day, the weather was cloudy, the cold wind was blowing from the north, and the temperature began to drop significantly.
Soon, the messenger brought the news: "Leader, my lord priest, the envoy of Tianzhu City is here again!"