On the Seven Towers

Ansaldo was a decisive person. After agreeing to Xiao Chen's conditions, he quickly made arrangements. He asked Xiao Chen and his party to wait in Crowell for three days, made various arrangements, and then personally accompanied Xiao Chen and his party to the underground capital of the Dwarf Kingdom.

Xiao Chen not only brought Luo Ling and Umeda, but also Evelin, a dark elf who was good at underground operations, and more than two hundred dwarf elites including Farrell and Sinclair. Huang Zheng and Ma Anmin led the remaining marines to meet them at the port.

In order to allow Xiao Chen and his party to enter the capital of the dwarf kingdom in an open and honest manner, Ansaldo gave them the title of diplomatic envoy after much deliberation. The envoys of the Tower of China naturally concealed Xiao Chen's name. After all, it was incredible and eye-catching that the leader of the Tower of China came to visit the Dwarf Kingdom in person. The visit was carried out in the name of Foreign Minister Luo Ling, and Xiao Chen accompanied the delegation in the name of Ji Yijun.

Ansaldo first took them in a carriage overland to the entrance city to the underground, Bobeni.

Bobeni is one of the largest cities on the surface of the Dwarf Empire. It is the most important entrance to the underground world under the mountains. Most of the goods shipped from the seaport city go underground here, so it looks like a busy transshipment port. Along the way, you can see bullock carts and horse-drawn carriages dragging various goods. There are many dwarf traders also trading in this city. They will resell the goods bought from outside to merchants doing business in the royal capital or middlemen in other underground cities.

Ansaldo's Fire Crystal Family naturally has its own stronghold here. After arriving in Bobeni, he settled Xiao Chen and his party in his family's mansion. And he had to contact the head of the family underground to prepare for Xiao Chen to enter the underground.

During the two days of waiting for the news, he could not confine Xiao Chen to his house and could only accompany him to wander around the city of Bobeni.

There will be traders from humans, elves, sea tribes and orcs staying in Crowell, and some tall figures can be seen on the streets, but there are almost no outsiders in Bobeni, and most traders are not allowed to do this. They went deep into the dwarf kingdom, so except for Xiao Chen and his party, there were almost no big people in the city. Walking around, the dwarves working were only up to Xiao Chen's waist.

Therefore, Xiao Chen and the others are extremely eye-catching on the street, attracting a lot of attention wherever they go. If it weren't for Ansarda and the Fire Crystal family guards accompanying him, dwarves would have come up for questioning.

Ansaldo initially thought this was just the uncontrollable curiosity of humans who had never been to the dwarf kingdom, but later he discovered that Xiao Chen was observing very carefully.

"I'm just looking for more and more cooperation possibilities." Xiao Chen said. He walked past a stall selling steel tools. Xiao Chen picked it up and looked at it, and found the steel seal of Green Forest City Tool Factory. "It seems that you also have a lot of Chinese products here."

Ansaldo took a hammer from Xiao Chen and said: "Your daily necessities have been sold here two or three years ago, but this is the first time I have seen these tools. I never thought that there would be others on the dwarf's territory. Selling steel-related things will definitely be considered a shame by those blacksmiths.”

"It's just the sale of goods, is it so serious?" Luo Ling asked.

"Hey, this is the dwarf. He takes forging very seriously," Farrell said. "Ansaldo is not a forger, so he feels a little uncomfortable seeing this, right?"

"Nothing. I'm not one of those stubborn people." Ansaldo denied.

"You are nesting in this ravine with no communication with the outside world. It is common sense that you are slowly being compared to others in many places. Do you understand? These tools are not forged by masters. The Green Forest City Tool Factory was put into operation only half a year ago. Many workers They were all new recruits and had never even touched a forging hammer before. I went there as a process instructor and after a few months of training, they all used the latest assembly lines and the products were good. It’s no worse than the one in Hebend New City. Of course it’s not worse than the one in the Dwarf Kingdom. No matter who forged it, as long as it’s not enchanted, I’m confident that I can compare it with them.” Farrell said somewhat. Said proudly.

Ansaldo said: "Old friend, it turns out you don't boast casually."

"Not yet. These things are made of new formula steel that has been improved in the past two years. We have tested it, and the hardness and yield-to-strength ratio are much better than those produced in Hewan New City in the past two years, let alone the dwarves. Things from the kingdom. The steel is good and can be used as tools. Originally, they were mainly sold to the southern city-states, but I didn’t expect them to come to the dwarf kingdom.”

"Did you do this?" Ansaldo asked.

"I was involved in the research and production," Farrell said.

"That can be considered a dwarf thing." Ansaldo said.

"Whatever you say." Farrell chuckled twice.

Everyone walked around the city, and Xiao Chen also found several products from the Tower of China, including traditional advantage items such as glass products and daily necessities, as well as some novel magic props, such as crystal stones specially used to carve magic texts. Etching pen, he even saw two children's bicycles, and he didn't know which business genius changed them into thicker tires and sold these things to the dwarves' territory. The size is just right for dwarves.

"I never noticed before that so many things from the Tower of China have flowed into the Dwarf Kingdom." Ansaldo sighed.

"This is the basis of our cooperation. Perhaps the Governor should seize the opportunity to contact us. I will let the people from the Ministry of Commerce have a good chat with you to see if there is anything that you can represent and then introduce to the Dwarf Kingdom. We can even invest in a factory in your city and make full use of the Dwarf craftsman resources to make profits together." Xiao Chen habitually wanted to pat the other party's shoulder, but found that if he stretched out his hand, it would be like touching a child's head, so he quickly took his hand back and put it on his waist.

"You are indeed born businessmen." Ansaldo said.

"You are also born mages and warriors." Xiao Chen smiled.

Just as they turned the corner of the street, Xiao Chen saw two tall men in robes hurriedly leaving, and they glanced at them when they left.

"Who is that?"

Ansaldo also found the figures of the two people. He said: "It's really strange. There are almost no humans here. How can I meet two people on the street?"

"From the actions of those two people, their skills are not simple." Evelyn, who served as a guard, said.

"Give me some time, I'll go investigate. The tall man can't hide his traces in this city, I should be able to tell once I ask him." Ansaldo said.