[Hobbit+HP] The truth of elves

As soon as His Majesty the Elf King's words came out, Lucius was stunned.

To be honest, seeing Thranduy's serious expression, Lucius' estimated accusations did not include such a situation.

Without further explanation, Lucius could also catch the attitude signal in the words.The corners of the mouth soon curved up.

"I didn't expect His Majesty to come here in person. It's a great honor. Please allow me to express my sincere thanks to you on behalf of all the members of Changhu Town." While Thranduil was puzzled by his smile, Lu Hughes saluted Thranduil.

In the elf team that followed Thranduil this time, apart from the food loaded in the carriage, there were also a group of logistics elves from the woodland kingdom.Apparently, the Elf King knew very well what the disaster-stricken Changhu Town needed.Not to mention that it will take a lot of time to draw out these elves who usually take on their own jobs in different positions in the Woodland Kingdom, and organize them to come to Changhu Town.Even the food that can be loaded quickly cannot be prepared in the blink of an eye.And all of these can be arrived in such a short time, which can only show one fact: His Majesty the Elven King has been paying attention to all the developments in Changhu Town.

Apparently, Thranduil's cold and hard exterior actually had soft-hearted characteristics.Lucius was amused by his discovery.

Perhaps it was because Lucius' response was too calm and he skipped Thranduil's question directly. The Elf King stared at him for a few seconds before slowly speaking: "I received the reward, long The situation in Lake Town is not optimistic. Galian is worried that your decision to invest all your strength in planting has not fully considered the changes and risks that the weather may bring. At present, it seems that this is the case."

"Although there are some unexpected circumstances, the development of the matter is not beyond my control. Please don't worry." Lucius responded.

Thranduil glanced at the completely unformed buildings in the distance, as well as the people passing by who still had worries on their faces: "From what I've seen now, it's obviously not in line with your confidence."

The Elf King's accusation did not do much harm to Lucius.However, before he replied, Qi Lier, who had been standing beside them just now with an excited face, was the first to jump up and complain for Lucius.

"It's not like this, Your Majesty! Lucius has led us to do a lot of things!" Qi Lier clenched her fists, her voice anxious.However, when Thranduil turned to her gaze following the sound of the voice, the voice of the female elf subconsciously subconsciously restrained, "This is just an accident now..."

He raised his hand and touched Qi Lier's arm, stopping her further words: "Sometimes what we see with our own eyes may not be true." Lucius paused, showing a confident smile, "Say Get up, I want to solemnly thank Your Majesty for coming again, your support makes me more confident in the next steps."

"Hey, is there any next step? What is it?" Qi Lier, who felt Lucius' calmness and was appeased, returned to her original nature and asked ignorant questions.

Glancing at Qi Lier, the deputy who could never cooperate at the right time, Lucius looked at Annis who was not far behind Thranduil with his expression unchanged: "Qi Lier, go and meet Annis. , Count all the food sent by His Majesty, and count the number of logistics elves who came. Finally, according to the time they stayed for at least half a month, calculate a total value for me. The sooner this matter is completed, the better."

"Ah? Oh..." Qi Lier was still in a daze, but was nudged by Lucius, then met Annis who was walking over, and was taken away in a blink of an eye.

Thranduy folded his arms and watched Lucius' order without saying a word.

"Actually, I was planning to send a letter to invite His Majesty. Now it's just right. I don't know if I can have the honor to invite His Majesty to stay in Changhu Town for a few days?" After watching the two elves leave, Lucius straightened up. The front of the wizard's robe looked up to invite the Elf King.

Thranduy raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the words, but his tone of response was indifferent: "Why?"

After half a day, Changhu Town sent two messengers in the direction of Erebo and River Valley City.And when the envoys from these two places came together, and the group arrived in Long Lake Town, Thranduil's golden tent had already been set up beside Lucius' ordinary tent for four days.

The cold winter that lasted for five days finally came to an end, and the sky that had been cloudy for several days finally cleared up.Under the still mild sunlight, only a few sparsely erected buildings in the Changhu Town camp were clearly visible.And because Lucius has never instructed the townspeople to build houses belonging to the mayor, the place where the mayor of Changhu Town entertained guests from three parties this time borrowed Thranduil's eternally gorgeous and exquisite tent.

This time it was Bard's son, Barn, and the dwarf, Balin with a white beard.

The humans currently living in River Valley City have the same roots as the group in Changhu Town, so they also don't have much experience in planting.Therefore, affected by the cold spring, compared with Changhu Town, which can still rely on fishing to fill the food gap, the situation in River Valley City, which is further north, is even less optimistic.Therefore, Bud did not come in person this time.

Compared with the others sitting with him, Bane was too young and had little experience or ideas.He just dutifully conveyed his father's decision, saying that he would fully support and cooperate with the follow-up construction plan of Changhu Town.

And Balin is probably the only dwarf who can talk to the elves calmly.After entering the door and saluting Thranduil, Balin took the two dwarves and sat down on the only remaining vacant seat in the tent.

When Lucius took over the list of materials brought by Bahrain to check, and asked Cheryl to go out to check and accept, Thranduy, who was leaning on the seat, was a little impatient.

"I was a little surprised when I saw the situation outside." Bahrain sent something, but he didn't get any response from Lucius, so he was slightly displeased and asked about the situation in Changhu Town, "Two months Time, haven't you guys even built a decent house?"

"If it's going to be demolished soon after it's built, I don't think there's any need to waste effort." Lucius replied lightly, and at the same time put the list he had read in his hand back on the desktop.

"If it was built, why do you need to tear it down?" Bahne, who was also not familiar with the situation, asked.

"This question is actually the reason why I invite you to come here. I will explain in detail later. But before that, I want to confirm something." Lucius crossed his fingers, put them on his legs, and leaned back Towards the soft back of the chair.It is worth mentioning that this chair is one of the standard items in the Thranduil camp. "Your Excellency Balin, did Erebor receive the second letter I sent?"

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have come." Bahrain was asked unclear why.

"Then may I ask, these..." Lucius pointed his eyes at the list in front of him, "Is it the first batch of supplies from Erebo, or the only one?"

"According to the value assessment you sent, that's all." Bahrain's face remained unchanged, and his jaw tightened slightly.

"Yes, yes, if according to your quotation..." Lucius suppressed his smile, "However, just as I expressed to His Majesty Sorin in the letter, for the current Changhu Town, these are precious. And rare metals are really not very useful. On the contrary, those cheap stones are what we need most. I remember, I made it clear that the material value this time only needs to be paid with stones of corresponding value."

"This..." Balin blinked, and looked at Thranduil and Bain, who were sitting on both sides of Lucius, "I don't know the details of the letter."

"Well, let's ignore the details for now..." Lucius nodded indifferently, and started another topic, "Although elves have always lived in forests far away from the living areas of humans and dwarves, I don't think you would think that elves are You don’t know the prices outside.”

Thanks to the memory of searching for Koroche before, Lucius really "understands" the prices of various items traded by humans.The team that runs the business all the year round is very familiar with the changes of the same goods in different regions and seasons.These differences are the source of their profits.

Bahrain was obviously stunned, and replied with a light cough: "Metal transactions will be affected by seasons and regions."

"Really?" Lucius raised his eyebrows as he tapped his index finger on the back of his hand, "Your Excellency Balin should know that the warehouses in Changhu Town have been managed openly so far. Any dwarves living here, if they want to There is no resistance to checking our inventory and income and expenditure records. This...can be regarded as the sincerity of my manager, right?"

"Of course." Balin rubbed the back of his hand.

"But in my opinion, the sincerity of the dwarves is obviously insufficient." Lucius shook his head, "You should be very clear that the things you are sending now are really worthless in Changhu Town, let alone It may be worth the unit price you quoted to me. Even after calculating the cost of transportation on the road, the price is inflated. I can't accept this. Please take it back and replace it with what I asked for You see, people here don’t have stone to build houses, and they still live in tents, it’s really unbearable, isn’t it?”

"We can accept the replacement of stone materials, but the quantity you said is too much!" Bahrain frowned and retorted, "The cost of transportation for those low-priced stones has far exceeded its own value. Instead of this, we should It’s better to explore nearby Changhu Town where stones can be produced.”

"All the things sent by His Majesty Thranduil have not included any transportation costs, Your Excellency Balin." Lucius chuckled and denied, "If the elves and humans request to build another city with the dwarves at the foot of Mount Erebor, you Will you pay for the transportation costs? This is not a condition. I insist, as long as the stone material."

"It's more cost-effective for you to hire dwarves to find the production area at the same price than we go back to transport stone materials to offset the amount." Balin frowned tightly, trying to persuade Lucius to give up his original idea. "I looked around last time, and there is at least one stone production area near Changhu Town."

Lucius pretended to think seriously for a while before agreeing with difficulty, nodded, and after getting a definite response from Bahrain, he quickly pulled out a new roll of paper, quickly wrote down the detailed terms with magic, and handed it to Bahrain: "Then, let's sign an agreement." Lucius said warmly, "The production areas and mines developed by hiring dwarves will obviously belong to the industry of Changhu Town, right!"

The author has something to say: the leave is over, Yuanyuan is back after the exam~~~

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