Public trial?You deserve it too!

"Yes, if they can sign a non-aggression treaty for Wallachia, then the elves can devote all their energy to the front against the empire, which is equivalent to giving the elves a chance to fight first. A good grasp is definitely enough to seriously damage the current situation on the Eastern Front of the empire. So what I worry about is that the church will also play this trick in the transaction with the orcs!"

Claude is obviously very jealous of the Theocracy.

"The manufacturing precision of these ships is not high, but they are indeed standard ships. That is to say, the orcs definitely have a shipyard on the peninsula. Merchants may sell goods, but they will never sell technology, so I worry that the Church and the orcs will It is very likely that the cooperation has lasted for many years, and has even gone deep into all levels."

"There is a shipyard, so is there no lumberyard? Then comes a series of supporting facilities. What I worry about is...the orcs are very likely to build several port cities in the depths of the peninsula, so that they can Can get rid of the disadvantages of nomadism, relying on the trade aid of the Church and the Merchant Alliance, once they pass the first few years, and then rely on minerals, timber and land reclamation, they will be able to gain a firm foothold, and the empire because of the Karelian fortress The existence of it has not gone deep into the mountains for many years."

The boy looked north, but there was not much worry in his words.

[So you want to leave Gustav behind and go deep into the northern Scandinavian mountains?But we haven't seen a detailed map before. Entering alone may not have enough supplies, let alone what excuse do you use to disappear for such a long time? 】

"Excuse? No need, just disappear. I'm just going to verify my judgment, and I'm not going to report it."

【...Then if your judgment is correct, don't you do anything to stop the cooperation between them? 】

"It can't be stopped. As long as the Empire's North Sea Fleet is held at home by the Merchant Alliance's fleet for a day, the Empire will always deal with orcs on paper." Claude shrugged, "You have to understand, it's not that the Empire doesn't want to go deep into the orc territory, but The mountains there are difficult to pass through. A knight order wants to cross the mountains and find the possible port. It is estimated that more than three times the horses will be killed, and the supplies may not arrive in time. Difficult, let alone fighting."

【...Then what's the point of you going to explore the road? 】

"Meaning? The meaning is great!"

A sneer appeared on the corner of the boy's mouth.

"That is the best proof for me to judge the behavior of the Theocracy. If the Theocracy and the Merchant Alliance really support the orcs to build a port city, then it means that I can no longer regard the Theocracy as a force in this era. Let's think about it—their vision and methods are enough to match mine!"

--------------------------------------------

"Khan, our landing plan has been successful, and the first captured humans are being transported back by sea ship."

An orc kneeled respectfully on the ground and reported to the orc on the throne.

"Very good! Be sure to tell them that all captured humans, regardless of gender, must be returned intact! We need these smart-fingered slaves in many places!"

"Yes!"

The orc led the order to retreat and left here.

A man in a robe stepped out from the shadow of the curtain.

"Congratulations, Khan, you really caught a little loophole in the empire."

"Hmph, there's nothing to be happy about, it's just that I plucked out a few hairs of this giant beast when it was negligent."

Orc Khan Harald was sitting on his throne, looking at the envoy of the Holy See.

"I'm curious, why do all of you use such a long robe to hide your entire family from face to toe?"

"This is the tradition of our Arbitration Hall. Every regional head of the Arbitration Hall will wear it like this. Only by keeping yourself in the dark can you fulfill your mission quietly."

The envoy of the Holy See bowed slightly.

"That's right, just like this city of miracles, only by staying in the dark can we continue to grow and develop."

Harald stood up and walked out of the hall.

What came into view was a patch of low-rise buildings with the same style and no color at all. The prosperity of the human city could not be seen at all, but it was orderly.

"This is the first city of our orcs, the holy place bestowed upon us by the great Odin, the eternal unfreezing port——Murmansk!"

He looked at his city, his people, and his capital with a little intoxication.

"Your city is not grand enough, and your ethnic group is not big enough, Khan. Next, continue to cultivate and live. Before the war that ends all wars comes, please be patient."

Harald stared at the Herald.

"I'm curious, you are helping us like this, is it really just for the ultimate battle with the empire? Even if there is such a war, why are you so sure that I will definitely bring my people into that Ragnarok ?”

"The reason is very simple, Khan, if you can't get any results in that war, then you will be completely excluded from this continent after our goal is achieved. If the orcs don't want to be silent in the garbage of history pile, you must lead them into the torrent of time,"

The envoy of Theocracy obviously didn't have any worries, and just said these words lightly.

"...You are right, if you choose to be a bystander for any huge change, that is the most shameful act."

Harald didn't feel any dissatisfaction. Instead, he nodded and affirmed the other party's words.

"Of course, I will never forget the help the Theocracy has given us. Although we cannot let your faith spread in my land, we orcs will definitely fight the empire forever!"

"That's enough, Khan."

The messenger bowed again, then turned around, and left here without delay,

All Beings Are Children: Chapter 105 Chapter 99 The Deal with the "Angel"

"Khan."

After the messenger left, an old orc came over with a totem pole.

"High Priest, you are here, as I said, just call my name."

Even the Orc Khan had to maintain his respect in front of this old man, but looking at the joyful expression on his face, it was obvious that something good was coming to announce the good news.

"You are the leader of the orcs, Khan. I have come to tell you good news. The cold-resistant crops transformed by the elves before have been planted and tested. After 1000 people ate them for a year, they did not show any symptoms of discomfort. The old man looked very excited, "Now we can replace our crops, so that the grain yield per mu can increase by a full [-]%."

"Great! It just so happens that my group will expand again soon, so that I can raise more children!"

Harald was visibly excited.

"After the white disaster this time, those old people who spurned me and said that I betrayed the orc tradition, I don't know what kind of expression they have now, that kind of annoyance and remorse is the most intoxicating wine for me! It's a pity that I can't see that scene anymore."

"Even an old man like me can understand that the Karelian fortress of the empire is the noose around the neck of the orcs. How could they not understand? It's just power and selfish desires at work."

The old orc sighed, he hesitated for a while, but out of a sense of responsibility in his heart, he looked at the leader of the orcs he identified.

"Khan, I know that if I say this, it will hurt our relationship, and you may even lose your trust in me, but I still choose to say it-please give some mercy to those tribes who are still nomadic ! After all, they are all Odin’s people, under such a disaster..."

Harald laughed loudly, and the laughing old man was a little at a loss. When the khan had laughed enough, he stopped, stood up straight, and patted the great shaman on the shoulder.

"Every orc knows what this white plague will bring to the tribes that rely on cattle, sheep and grasslands. I believe that my subordinates have many wise men, but only you will stand in front of me, completely out of your respect for the orcs. Love of this race, come and beg me to save other orcs who are starving and freezing."

"Khan..."

"Don't think I'm angry, I'm very happy, really happy, you are still the Shaman I have admired since I was a child, and you haven't changed." Harald warmly hugged the old man. "Don't worry, I certainly won't watch the orc people suffer. I said that the growth of a race cannot be achieved by standing on the top of the mountain and protecting itself. Although I don't like those leaders, their The people are innocent, I will accept those people and make them my people!"

He took the old man's hand, full of enthusiasm and excitement.

"The next most important thing is to prepare enough food and houses for them to settle down. All of these depend on your efforts. Only your prestige can convince them that I will not settle accounts with them, really pledge allegiance to me!"

Tears welled up in the old man's eyes, and his trembling hands held Harald's hand tightly.

"I know...I just knew, Harald, you haven't changed at all, you will definitely become the best leader of the orcs!"

"You are also the best high priest of the orcs!"

The old man wiped away his tears, and felt a feeling of blood boiling in his body for a long time.

"Khan! Leave these things to me. I will definitely fulfill your orders and make every orc truly loyal to you!"

The high priest left with his head held high. His heart was full of pride and hope. A ray of light had appeared in the future of the orcs.

Harald watched the high priest leave, the excitement on his face gradually disappeared, and he completely recovered his calm.

"This high priest finally surrendered to me completely. It's really not easy. For ten years, I can only let him stay in the fields. What a waste of resources, especially now when the orcs are struggling— —However, it’s all right now, after today, this old man can finally stand on my side with a clear banner, and bring all the shaman priests together, proving the legitimacy of me, perhaps the weakest khan ever!”

"I don't think you want to hear my compliments, Your Excellency Khan?"

The emissary of the Theocracy in robes reappeared strangely.

"Of course not. I'm just stating a fact. This kind of thing is actually not difficult, but it just takes a lot of time." Harald's voice was full of sarcasm, "After all, he still thinks that with We are still doing business only with the Merchant Alliance, and the reason why we help us is because we need raw materials from our vast land."

"After all, he is a high priest, so he still has religious sensitivities. Although we didn't mean it, it's always unclear about such things."

The messenger replied with a smile.

"I don't care if you have such thoughts. It doesn't matter which religion you believe in. If you can give me more support than these shamans' combat power and ability to unite the orc race, I will let your church replace their sacrificial grounds. "

Harald looked at the emissary of the Theocracy.

"To put it bluntly, I only care about benefits, otherwise why do you think I would help cover up the traces of your Theocracy? Because I know that exposing you and expelling you will not bring back the loyalty of these shamans, but the support you can give me is enough to change the situation.”

"Crack, crack, crack, crack,"

The envoy clapped slowly: "This is also the reason why we chose you in the end, Your Excellency Khan, it's really easy to talk to smart people, especially when the empire overwhelms every one of us. , and spending energy on gaining trust and preventing infighting is a maddening thing to do."

"Enough chatting, let's get down to business."

Harald stared at the huge sand table in his palace like a falcon.

"This natural disaster came at such a perfect time, and God helped me! Those leaders who chose to part ways with me should have tasted the bitter fruit! They absolutely have no way to survive such a natural disaster. The only way is to Kill most of the cattle and sheep, and then take everyone who can pick up a knife and go south to plunder the land of the empire."

"Exactly, rather than bowing their heads to you, I think many of them would rather take their entire tribe and rush into the bottomless abyss crazily."

"I let them die. It's best if they all die, so those are not important. The important thing is that they can go south only with fighters, fighters who can hold a knife. Many people in their tribe will be left behind, mainly Women and children, these people can be directly included in my clan, and there is no need to worry about any resistance. As long as I spread out my subordinates and let them bring a lot of food, they can become my clan. "

The envoy nodded. This is the tradition of the orcs, as is the war between the tribes in the past.

"To accommodate the old, weak, sick and disabled of each tribe, there are a large group of people, a large number of mouths waiting to be eaten, just because your current food storage is not enough, do you need me to ask the business alliance to increase the intensity of food transportation? ?”

"After such a white disaster, there will be no old, weak, sick and disabled. They should have killed themselves in order to save food." Harald said coldly, "So there will only be women and young children, although the number will be large. There are quite a few, but I can eat it too. However, I still need you to ask people from the Business Alliance to transport food for me, in large quantities."

The messenger and Harald looked at each other for a while, and finally nodded.

"Can I ask why?"

"Because not all leaders will take this path, there must be many who are willing to pledge their allegiance to me. I haven't prepared enough food to feed their people."

Orc Khan pointed to a few pieces of paper lying aside, and smiled strangely.

"At least the Empire has done something good. They will write letters."

The messenger picked up the letters and looked at them at a glance.

"It's the same, they are all crying and begging for mercy. However, because of the promise you made in front of the great shaman just now, are you ready to accept these people?"

"Why not? Every orc is a child of Odin."

"But they may not be your people. Your Excellency Khan, at least you can tell the truth to my partner? Otherwise, we will have to re-evaluate the investment."

The messenger looked at Harald playfully, and the other party smiled and spread his hands.

"Of course I have conditions. I don't believe in the allegiance of these grasshoppers. I won't give them food unless they come to my city. I can receive all the women and children in their tribe for free, but it doesn't include any A male orc! They're warriors! They'll have to pay for a house and land here!"

"This city that I and my people have built brick by brick, they think they just want to get it after shedding a few tears and kowtowing in front of me? Do they want to get a share of the pie? They are so wrong. Wrong! They have to go south and fight the empire! It’s fair for a living human slave to exchange a person’s right of residence, isn’t it?”

The smile at the corner of Harald's mouth became cruel and bloody, his open arms seemed to be embracing his future people, but his clenched fists seemed to pinch someone's throat!

There was no sound in the hall, only the cold wind howling outside.

"It is indeed very fair, and this reason can be used to persuade the high priest, and the other party will definitely not feel that this is deliberately embarrassing the other party." The emissary of the Theocracy nodded in admiration, "Perfect strategy, strengthen yourself reasonably, weaken If you are not loyal to your forces, you can also make your subordinates think that you are the real king who has the orc race in his heart!"

"And the most wonderful thing is that these chiefs will definitely let those tribal warriors go to die, and then exchange the stolen empire wages, and bring back the most loyal people, then the family members of those orcs will return to him. However, those widows are naturally more likely to choose your tribe to join. At that time, you will send some people, like recruiting the women and children of those hostile tribes, to pick up those abandoned tribe fighters all over the mountains and plains, so that more Many choose your tribe."

The messenger smiled and threw away the letters.

"These chiefs never dreamed that their tribe would never exist again, because they could never leave here, and all they could control were the people who always followed them, no cattle, no sheep, no clansmen , can only desperately rely on your charity to survive, and you have even successfully completed the loyalty screening, those people obviously have only a dead end, right?"

Harald lowered his arms and looked at the emissary of the Theocracy with a gloomy expression.

It wasn't that the other party was wrong, on the contrary, every point the other party said was to the point, and his plan was completely right, and he even deduced what he would do next, which made him feel very bad Feel.

"Then the only problem that restricts you now is food. As long as you have enough food, you can successfully make your Khan worthy of the name and give the orcs a chance to rise again, right?"

The messenger laughed softly, and took out the treaty signed by the two parties before. The flame ignited the paper, and this magically binding oath disappeared in smoke.

Harald's pupils shrank suddenly, and his face became very ugly. The other party obviously took advantage of his weakness, food.

A natural disaster, and then countless orcs went south violently, and finally smashed their heads under the wall of the empire's fortress, and then were run over by the iron hooves of the imperial knights, so that the troubles in the north completely disappeared. What a reasonable behavior, what a dazzling credit ——What a deliberate disappearance plan!

The empire will never doubt such a logical story, and the huge credit will also block the mouths of some "uninterested" guys, so that he and his city will completely disappear from the human field of vision.

He will swallow the inheritance of the entire nomadic orc tribe, and those leaders with evil intentions are unlikely to make any waves. He can use ten years to make the shaman priests loyal to him, and of course he doesn't mind another ten years. Kill all the guys who are incompatible with him, and then he will become the first khan to rule all the orcs, just like the emperor of the empire!

But there is a prerequisite for all of this, that is, he has enough food to survive the most difficult two years.

Although he has vigorously developed the planting and fishing industries, and the original cattle and sheep grazing has not been left behind, but after all, he has just got on the right track, and he still has to send a large number of orcs to log, mine, and trade with the business alliance in exchange for food. imports.

Now the other party obviously wants him to pay more for food, but he has to bow his head, because if his plan is blocked by food, then his plan to swallow the inheritance will be aborted, and he really can only rely on Watching the clansmen in this city slowly recover their strength.

"...I really underestimated you, Mister Messenger from the Arbitration Hall."

Khan's voice sounds like he is grinding his teeth and sucking blood

"You are too much, Your Excellency Khan."

The messenger's voice was still smiling.

"It's just that we all have a good teacher."