Chapter 117 The Carrot Behind the Stick

"Whoosh—"

A fireball shone with fiery red light and was covered with a layer of light blue. It drew a bright trajectory in the night sky and fell on the tundra about a kilometer in front of the camp.

"boom--"

As soon as the fireball landed, there was a violent explosion and a strong light shining in the sky.

Along with the sound of light and explosions, there was also the faint howling of wolves.

If you look closely, you can also find that in the distant flames, countless figures flew up at the same time, and then exploded in all directions.

"The dense formation of these werewolves saved us a lot of effort." Hogan put down the binoculars in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

Baron Franklin on the side looked up complicatedly at the gleaming magic cannonballs in the sky that kept flying into the distance, and then turned his head to look at the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce who were operating various military magic machines on the periphery of the camp. ,in silence.

This time the operation was originally scheduled before departure, so he certainly knew that the werewolves from the Wolfe werewolf tribe would come to attack the caravan tonight.

Because this was originally his warning to Hogan.

The first reaction of these orcs living on the northern tundra when they encountered a human caravan was definitely not to communicate or do business with each other, but to rob.

After seeing the large amount of urgently needed daily necessities brought by the caravan of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Baron Franklin can be sure that they will never easily let go of this piece of fat delivered to their door.

The reason why the werewolf drove them away at that time was just to choose another good time to rob them.

For this reason, Hogan also asked Baron Franklin, since they are a big piece of fat meat full of fragrance compared to these orcs. So why not just pretend to agree to do business with them. Invite them into the tribe. Wouldn't it be easier to rob again?

Sir Franklin's answer was simple.

First, those werewolves at that time may not have this IQ.

Second, even if they have the IQ, they may not have the guts.

If the human caravan is attacked in the wilderness of the northern tundra, even if the Maro Empire wants to control it, it will be powerless, because this tundra originally belongs to the sphere of influence controlled by the orcs. If there is not enough reason to support it, the Maro Empire will The official will never use such a large amount of manpower and material resources to deal with this kind of thing.

What's more, the official of the Maro Empire has long issued a warning to all human caravans in the territory. Don't easily break into the territory of the orcs, because this is completely tantamount to a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.

Now that their caravan broke in at their own risk, the officials of the Maro Empire would naturally ignore it without the support of sufficient reasons.

And if the werewolves invited them into the tribe to attack and rob, it would be tantamount to giving the Maro Empire officials an unavoidable reason.

The human caravan disappeared after entering a tribe of orcs, including an imperial nobleman, so they couldn't be fooled anyway.

The orcs are not all idiots. According to calculations, the northern tundra is under the control of the orcs, and they will not cause trouble for themselves by doing such a thing that blatantly angers the Maro Empire officials.

So strike like now in the wilderness of the night. is the best choice.

But the werewolves of the Wolfe werewolf tribe probably never thought of it anyway. This time they actually kicked an iron plate, and it was a trap specially set for them.

"Director Hogan, I'm afraid the military magic machines that your chamber of commerce sells to the Imperial Army are not so powerful..." Baron Franklin stared at the battlefield where werewolves were being slaughtered unilaterally for a while, and asked suddenly.

Hogan looked away, and replied with a smile: "Of course the latest military magic machinery is given priority to be equipped with the chamber of commerce guards. There is no doubt about that."

"Then these are the most advanced and powerful military magic machines that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce currently has?" Baron Franklin asked again.

This time, Hogan just smiled and said nothing.

Seeing the smile on his face, Baron Franklin immediately understood.

What he saw was definitely not the most powerful military magic machine owned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but even what he saw in front of him shocked him extremely.

The northern tundra of the Maro Empire has always been controlled by the orcs. This fact has always made many people feel quite dissatisfied within the Maro Empire.

After all, within such a large empire, there is a large area that is not under his control, which is really unreasonable.

However, the reason why the Maro Empire has not snatched this piece of land back from the hands of the orcs is that apart from the reason that this piece of land is not worth much, there is another equally important reason, which is to want to take back this piece of land. The price to be paid is too great.

The orcs are inherently stronger than humans. In addition, this group of orcs live on the northern tundra, and they are inspired by the harsh environment to be extremely fierce.

Although the total number of orcs on the northern tundra is about 500,000, more than half of these 500,000 orcs can immediately become powerful orc warriors.

According to the calculations of the imperial military, in order to completely defeat these orcs, the empire must at least dispatch an army of 300,000 or even more than 300,000.

This is an unbearable action for the imperial military.

Apart from the previous war with the Candela Empire, the Maro Empire had never mobilized such a large army at any other time.

So after comprehensive consideration, the Maro Empire can only let this land continue to be controlled by the orcs.

And now Baron Franklin has witnessed with his own eyes that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce guards, relying on super-powerful military magic machinery, easily crushed the Wolverines who attacked at night with the help of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's guards with less than 300 people. The werewolves of the Wolfe werewolf tribe couldn't help but feel emotional.

If the imperial military can all be equipped with such powerful military magic machines, wouldn't it be possible to drive these orcs away and take back the northern tundra?

certainly. Baron Franklin was not a member of the military. So this idea just turned around in his mind. It was suppressed.

After the battle lasted for a while, the magic talking box that Hogan had been holding in his left hand suddenly flickered a little red.

Hogan quickly connected.

"Captain Auston, what's the matter?"

"Director Hogan, those werewolves have already started to retreat, do we need to pursue them?"

"No need, we are short of manpower, so stop chasing them and let them escape. Captain Auston. You have to work hard and continue to be vigilant."

"It's easy to say."

After hanging up the magic communication box, Hogan stretched his waist and smiled at Baron Franklin: "Okay, Lord Baron, it's all right now, we can finally have a good sleep."

Baron Franklin looked at the dark wasteland in the distance, thinking that the werewolves were always fierce, but they were forced to retreat after the battle lasted only about ten minutes, which shows how terrible the blow they received.

Even the werewolves had no choice but to flee in the face of such an attack. What if it was the imperial army instead?

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Early the next morning. The caravan set off again, but did not continue to march deep into the northern tundra. Instead, they turned back directly to the location of the Wolfe werewolf tribe.

This time, the caravan was not stopped outside the tribe, but was directly invited into the tribe, and successfully met the patriarch of the Wolfe werewolf tribe.

After Xu Yi sent five orcs from the Black Rice Wasteland to show up and explain in detail, as well as Hogan's detailed explanation, the Wolfe werewolf tribe finally let go of their vigilance against humans and agreed to carry out preliminary cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

In the end, the two parties signed an agreement. The Wolfe Werewolf Tribe will first provide 1,000 adult werewolves as employees to the Stratholme Magic Industry Base represented by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the salary of five gold coins, a batch of daily necessities will be delivered to the wolf werewolf tribe on a regular basis every month.

At the same time, Wolfe Werewolf Tribe will also help Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to get in touch with other orc tribes on the northern tundra, and strive to reach more cooperation between the two parties.

For Wolfe Werewolf Clan, this is undoubtedly a very novel experience.

Because before that, human businessmen were completely synonymous with liars in their eyes.

But this time, these human merchants not only did not use the large amount of high-quality living materials in their hands to ask them for some precious items that they had worked so hard to obtain, but even offered them to them.

And what they need is just some mature labor force.

What surprised the werewolves the most was that these human businessmen actually said that they would pay the hired werewolves a salary! And it's up to five gold coins a month!

This surprised the werewolves of the Wolfe werewolf tribe, because the powerful force displayed by these human merchants that night made them unable to resist at all.

According to the normal situation, these human merchants are fully capable of capturing their entire tribe, turning all werewolves in the tribe into slaves directly, and working for them for free.

This is the fixed pattern of human beings and orcs getting along with each other for thousands of years, and it has never changed.

But now, this group of human businessmen actually said they would be paid!

It's just ridiculous!

However, no matter whether these werewolves believe it or not, first of all, they are unable to resist, and secondly, five fellow orcs who claim to be from the Black Rice Wasteland kept describing to them the actions of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in those countries in the southwest corner of the mainland. The attitude made them more or less believe that some Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did have this sincerity, so in the end they obediently signed the agreement.

And with the Wolfe werewolf tribe, the largest orc tribe on the northern tundra, as an example, Hogan's next actions on the northern tundra became extremely smooth.

Just three months later, Hogan signed a labor agreement with more than 23 orc tribes on the northern tundra on behalf of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, preliminarily confirming a total of 10,000 orc employment quotas.

As a result, the most difficult manpower problem has been initially resolved.

At this time, it happened to be spring, and countless large freight magic locomotives loaded with a large amount of supplies continued to drive from the south.

The Stratholme Magic Industry Base is finally ready and has entered the stage of full-scale construction. (To be continued..)