Chapter 59 The Three Dowry Gifts
Arthur actually prepared a betrothal gift, which was beyond the accident of the entire temple.
Arthur is taking self-indulgence. As an ancient force that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, the Temple has mastered a large number of precious resources, from peerless martial arts to legendary equipment, from secret medicines for the flesh and bones of the living dead to secret methods of destroying the world, anything Arthur can take out may be insignificant gadgets in the eyes of the Temple.
"The first betrothal gift was a sword I picked up by accident. It may have some connection with orcs."
Huey walked forward with a tray, and Arthur pulled the red cloth on the tray, and the strange-shaped "Beast God Killing" revealed his true appearance.
The sword was ordinary on the tray, and the temple disciples who had never seen it could not help but curl their lips, but the elders were all moved.
Arthur actually returned the orcs’ inherited artifact as a betrothal gift! Arthur is the first person in the history of the mainland!
The high priest tried his best to suppress his excitement, "Do you take it seriously?"
"Do you think it's a joke that I came to the temple to ask for Lingyu?"
If it weren't for the identity, the high priest agreed on the spot! If someone was willing to exchange the artifact, let alone marrying a granddaughter, he could give all of his ten daughters to him.
"The second betrothal gift is some food."
Qiong stepped forward and handed a tray with gift list to the orc disciple.
The high priest opened the ritual list and glanced casually, and his hands couldn't help but shake. The high priest's tiny movement could not hide the gaze of the surrounding elders. They stretched their necks and looked at the ritual list in the hand of the high priest. Isn't it just some food? Why did the high priest lose his composure?
The high priest handed the gift list to the elder Youlang beside him. The elder Youlang almost fell down with a trembling hand. The gift list was indeed listed with some miscellaneous grains, but the quantity was one million tons!
In the barren orc wasteland, nothing is more precious than food for the lower orcs! It is because the orc wasteland cannot support the orcs in the entire wasteland. The orcs launch an invasion of the human race every once in a while. In addition to snatching food and items from the human race, they also consume the population through war, otherwise these people would starve to death.
Arthur paid one million tons of grain in ten years. Even if it was distributed evenly to every year, the grain was enough to ensure that the wasteland did not die in a large-scale death in the year of disaster. While the temple distributed these grains, it could also harvest the orcs' more pious beliefs.
Arthur used food as a betrothal gift carefully. The land in the Northwest region was vast enough that as long as there was no war invasion and full development and cultivation, the output in the Northwest region alone would be enough to feed tens of millions of orcs, and he would give the temple 100,000 tons of food every year without any pressure.
In addition, if the orcs are full, they do not have the strong desire to start a war. Arthur does not want his territory to fall into the previous vicious cycle, and a big war will take place with the orcs every few years.
Using food for peace is what Arthur’s real intention! Moreover, through this food, gradually bribing the hearts of orcs, Arthur also laid a dark move in advance for the subsequent recruitment of more orc warriors from the wasteland.
While the orc elders were still passing the gift list, Arthur continued to speak, "The third betrothal gift is some news, but the news can only be heard by the high priest."
When the orcs were still expecting Arthur's third betrothal gift to bring them greater surprises, they didn't expect it to be a piece of news! What kind of news can be compared with the artifact and million tons of grain?
The high priest looked at Arthur with equal confusion.
The betrothal gift that Arthur prepared before was a liter of the Elf Mother Tree. It was squeezed out of the few remaining stocks, but after seeing the beast god Aki, Arthur changed his mind.
Seeing the high priest's eyes looking at him, Arthur closed his voice into a line and entered the high priest's ears, "News from the gods."
The high priest's body couldn't help but shake slightly again. Since Arthur came out of the fifth level, things that shocked the high priest one by one.
Arthur smiled and looked at the high priest, "I wonder if my three betrothal gifts are still satisfied with the High priest and the Temple?"
The high priest flashed and arrived in front of Arthur, and grabbed Arthur's wrist, "Grandson-in-law, I'll take you to the side hall for tea. Is my precious granddaughter will be willful by your side during this period?"
No one in the world can escape the word "interest", and even the high priest of the temple was completely unwilling to care about his identity at this time.
In the shadow of the stone hall on the west side, there was a pair of blood-red and cold eyes staring at the backs of the high priest and Arthur who were walking into the side hall with his hands.
The owner of these eyes is the Lion King Elliot who disappeared on the battlefield...
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Northwest of Isaac, Former Military City.
For Gli, the Former Military City is a place with special significance. This is where Gli first entered the army. She fought with orcs here three times, defended the city twice and cleared the siege once.
However, the former military city is no longer what it used to be. A new city wall began to be built five miles outside the original city wall, and the city scale has expanded ten times larger than before.
The original Former Military City was just a military fortress, with only one army of 20,000 troops stationed. Now it will be a real city. After completion, the Former Military City will accommodate 200,000 permanent troops.
Also, it is no longer called the Former Military City. Arthur changed it to the Former Military City, which means that the human and beast tribes put down their weapons and reconciled from then on. Arthur wanted to build the Former Military City into the largest city in the northwest region, and the future Grand Duke Mansion chose to build it in the city, and the mansion was the former Former Military City that had not been expanded before.
Although Shibing City has not been built yet, it has already vaguely formed the prototype of the Northwest City. Most of the people who built the new city walls in the distance were orcs. As laborers, they were more labor-intensive and more efficient than human workers.
These orcs were all prisoners captured in the battle in Hongyan City. Because their tribe was in the orc wasteland, they would become a hidden danger that would affect public security, so they were asked to build the city wall as laborers. Arthur once promised them to pay off points with their labor. After meeting certain conditions, they would not only be able to regain their freedom, but also gain a piece of land if they were willing to stay. Therefore, these orcs worked so hard and vigorously.
In the central area of the city outside the former army city, the roads that were not wide were bustling with people. There were orcs from various tribes, human merchants from the inland areas of the kingdom, as well as mercenaries, adventurers, rangers and even thieves who came here to find opportunities.
Arthur encouraged the two tribes to trade freely, and the orc tribes that settled in the northwest area would come to Shubingcheng regularly to sell their tribe's specialties in exchange for other commodities.
High profits will make merchants take risks. At first, only a few merchants who are familiar with the Moral Trading Company came here to trade with the orcs. Later, after discovering that the orcs were really well-behaved and obeyed the rules in Shibing City, word of mouth, more and more human businesses and merchants flocked to Shibing City.
In just a few months, Shibingcheng has become the most prosperous place in the entire northwest region.
The human and beast tribes were crowded on the street without conflict. A second place could not be found except for the Shibingcheng Continent.
The reason why the orcs are so obedient in Shibing City is not only the rules set by Arthur before, but also because of the existence of Gary, a thorny rose. Gary now leads women such as Elanni, Nini, and Ten Princesses to be responsible for the security of the city. Compared with men's prejudice against orcs, women can be more able to handle disputes between orcs and humans in a bowl.
When Arthur first asked these women to be responsible for the security in the city, he was privately ridiculed by the orcs, but now all orcs know that these human women are powerful, especially Grie, who is now only afraid of Arthur among the orcs.
Grie is not in a good mood recently. Apart from the fact that Arthur's wedding is approaching, she feels sour and unhappy, Arthur did not take her in the temple this time. Naturally, the reason is that the poor city security cannot be separated from her.
At this time, Geli was drinking to relieve her sorrows in a second-floor restaurant, and Nini and Princess Ten were also accompanying her.
The ten princess chattered constantly, but Geli's mind was completely out of the wine table. Her eyes swept out the window casually, and an unexpected discovery made her alert...
Chapter completed!