After explaining the cooperation between the harpies and the kobolds, Jose returned to the Bloodtooth lair, and also asked the two kobolds to contact the harpies, then returned to his residence, continued to lie down in the den, and read the two books at the same time. Memories of a new family member.
Checking the memories of the dependents is like flipping through a book, you can take it easy, but if the speed is too fast, it is easy to overlook some details.
The memory of the harpies contains the magic knowledge she has learned, which requires intensive reading, but the memory of the wild boar merchant can be faster.
Through the memory of Hulk, a wild boar merchant, Jose learned some information about the Conch Chamber of Commerce.
The headquarters of the Conch Chamber of Commerce is located in the trading city-state in the middle of the mainland. It used to be a powerful chamber of commerce. As for why it used to be, it was because the strong behind them fell.
In view of the superb skills of the caravan leader, the Conch Chamber of Commerce was not defeated by competitors, but it inevitably declined, so that it was unable to maintain a large guard force.
The head of the Chamber of Commerce thought of a way, which is to give up some of the benefits to develop the grassland natives to go offline, and use the power of the grassland natives to escort commercial activities. It is against this background that the wild boar-Hulk became a member of the Conch Chamber of Commerce. a businessman.
And the Blackwater Chamber of Commerce was one of the wolves that couldn't wait to pounce upon the Conch Chamber of Commerce's powerhouse.
The red dragon rested its chin with three small horns on the ground, and murmured in a daze: "A chamber of commerce that has lost its backing may be able to cooperate with Hulk. It happens that the iron ingots smelted by the kobolds are backlogged in the warehouse."
Jose mentioned the sale of iron ingots to the wild boar merchant, and he readily agreed.
No matter in which country, iron is an important strategic reserve resource. Iron is needed to make agricultural tools, iron is needed to make armor and weapons, and iron is needed in many places of life.
It is precisely because of the importance of iron resources that national forces enact laws to restrict the mining and trading of iron ore, and iron resources that can circulate freely become more and more precious.
The iron ingots mined and smelted by the kobolds are small and easy to transport. Whether they are sold to tribes on the grassland who lack iron tools or sold to chambers of commerce, they are all profitable transactions.
It's just that the iron ingot transaction needs to wait until the wild boar returns to the grassland, and then organize people to buy it.
Lying down, José's heart moved, and he saw that it was the muscular kobold's family member requesting a soul connection. This is the benefit of the family contract. The dragon can connect to the soul of the family member at will, but the family member needs to pass a request.
"What's up?"
"Master, I have already negotiated with the four kobold tribes. They are willing to surrender, and now I am negotiating with the fifth one. They have proposed a condition, and I dare not agree without authorization."
"What tribe? What conditions?"
"It's the Grayscale Tribe. They want to join forces with Bloodtooth to deal with the Mosskin Gnolls."
Thoughts raced through Jose's mind.
The territory of the Grayscale Tribe borders the mosskin gnolls, and they are plundered from time to time. This request is reasonable, and besides the couch, others can sleep soundly. It is only a matter of time before the mosskin gnolls are conquered.
"Accept Grayscale's conditions, and also, bring all the leaders of the surrendered tribes to meet me."
"yes!"
At noon the next day, Soda led a group of kobolds to Jose's lair, and took the lead in kneeling in front of the crouching red dragon.
Resting his head on his front paws, Jose casually glanced at the kneeling kobolds, there were about thirty kobolds.
Of course, there are only five tribal chiefs, and the rest are their followers and guards.
"Get up, everyone."
All the kobolds stood up, and Suoda pointed to the kobold chief beside him: "Master, this is..."
Jose interrupted Suoda's introduction with a wave of his hand, and stood up. Even if he didn't release the dragon's power, the red dragon's mountain-like body and strong muscles with clear boundaries brought a strong sense of oppression to the kobolds.
"I'm not interested in knowing your names until you make your due contributions," the voice was lazily as if yawning just after waking up, not paying attention to the kobold chiefs at all, as if they were just weeds on the side of the road .
But the kobold chiefs didn't think it was wrong, instead they took it for granted.
This is the attitude that a real dragon should have when facing the next dragonborn!
"I'm different from ordinary dragons. With me, the status doesn't depend entirely on your strength, but on how much you dedicate to me, and your devotion will also determine the benefits you can get from me."
Jose raised a dragon claw, with the heart of the dragon claw facing upwards, and slowly drew a horizontal line in front of him: "The Bloodtooth tribe dedicated my favorite residence and won my favor, and you, you latecomers, can you Give me what?"
"Loyalty! Gold! A great true dragon!" A lean kobold who felt a bit stronger than Soda raised his head and looked up at Jose with piercing eyes: "The Bloodclaw clan is willing to offer loyalty and treasure!"
As he spoke, he dragged out a small wooden box from behind with confidence, and opened the lid to reveal the gold coins and small irregular gold nuggets inside.
"Respected Dragon, this is the wealth accumulated by the Blood Claw clan over the years. Not long ago, we discovered a gold mine. Blood Claw is willing to sacrifice all of this in exchange for the honor of becoming the servant of the dragon!"
Hearing about the gold mine, everyone, including Jose, was taken aback.
"I didn't expect there to be gold mines in this remote village."
Jose grabbed a handful of gold in the box, the gold leaked through his fingers, fell back into the wooden box and hit the coins, making a pleasant jingling sound.
"good, very good,"
The kobold didn't lie, it was indeed newly mined gold, and the dragon's nose could even smell the fresh dirt remaining in the gold.
"May I have your name?"
"Master, my name is Hasa Bloodclaw."
"Hasa Bloodclaw, I remember you," said Jose, closing the box and sweeping towards the kobolds: "The Bloodclaw clan has contributed to the gold mine, and enjoys the same treatment as the Bloodtooth clan, and other person?"
"The Greyscale Clan is willing to offer loyalty! A vein of copper mine!"
"Baiwen Clan..."
"..."
The rest of the tribe had nothing to offer, and Jose lacked interest.
"From now on, all tribes, all cubs will be sent to the Bloodtooth Mine to be raised together, and half of the young warriors selected by each tribe will come to the Bloodtooth Mine to receive unified training..."
"I appointed Soda Bloodtooth as the chief of the kobolds, responsible for commanding all the kobold clans."
Suo Da was overjoyed, and suddenly raised his head: "Thank you for the trust of the master, Suo Da will definitely live up to the expectations of the master."
Jose nodded. In order to avoid excessive concentration of power and no one to check and balance, it is necessary to choose a deputy. He looked at Hasa, who was the most pleasing to the eye among the kobold chiefs.
"Appoint Hassa as the deputy of the great chief to assist the great chief."
Hasa knelt on the ground with one knee, stroking his heart with one hand: "Bloodclaw is willing to work with the great chief to expand the territory for the master."
"I'm looking forward to your performance."
As he spoke, Jose took out five scales and transformed the five chiefs into their relatives.
In fact, there was no lack of initial strength among the entourage brought by the chief, but Jose only selected five chiefs.
On the one hand, the family contract cannot be issued indiscriminately, otherwise it will lose its motivating effect. On the other hand, Jose now looks down on these junior fighters.
When everything was over, everyone went outside.
Suddenly, Jose felt that he was being watched by someone, and he suddenly looked up, and saw one of the kobolds walking out was turning around in a panic.
But he was not the only kobold who turned back in a panic, and among them was the contracted dependent chief.
It is the kobold's nature to worship and look up to the real dragon, and it is normal to take a sneak peek before parting.
Am I being too sensitive...
Jose got down again.
In the distance, in a cave overgrown with vines, on a throne made of thorns and flowers, a tall figure took a sip of the blood-red wine in his glass.
"Little brat~, you're quite alert~."
(end of this chapter)