The next morning, Josiah did not receive any contact from the Knight Of The White Thorn. The choice of actors in a movie was not something that could be decided in a day or two.
It was also difficult to find the three young actors in The Shining. Josiah could only hope that the Knight Of The White Thorn was lucky enough.
Josiah was now in the Hearthstone Tavern in Assequero. The four representatives from the High Elves, Elder Quaeto, Elder Enya, Ahr, and Leaf were standing in front of Josiah.
This was the first time the relationship between the two races had broken down and the negotiation that broke the ice. Strictly speaking, it was enough to be recorded in human history.
But the representatives from the human side …
"None of you mind if I lie down like this, right?"
Josiah lay on a woven rattan chair and looked up at the ceiling with an expression that said, "I'm so close to dying on the spot."
"Granny Enya … Look! It's a marinated fish, "Al whispered to Elder En Ya.
"Ahr, pay attention to the occasion," Enya reminded her apprentice and looked at Josiah again.
The current Josh was far too different from how he had been when he had first confronted them!
"There are still many voices in our tribe that oppose you," Elder Quaeduan spoke up first.
"Oppose …" Josiah looked up at the ceiling and closed his eyes. "Let them oppose me. It doesn't affect me anyway. Your Holy Tree wants me to stay here, and you can't do anything about it …"
Josiah's words were equivalent to a provocation, but it was the truth.
Assequero would always welcome Josiah. Even if the High Elves built a spatial magic to prevent Josiah from entering, the World Tree could still nullify it.
"After I came to your city, I first became a diplomat, then a media agent. Yesterday, I worked as a scriptwriter and programmer."
Josiah let out a tired voice and slowly sat up from the rattan chair.
In fact, Josiah had not slept for almost two days.
"Now that Ahr, Aurelia, and the man in black are famous in Noland, and your granddaughter can even publish her own photo album. I think you should pay me some money."
Josiah's words made the two High Elf elders feel extremely embarrassed. Josiah had done too much for Assequero, but the High Elves had no way to repay him.
This was also the reason why Elder En Ya wavered in the end.
"Pay … pay? How … how much do you want? "
Ahr immediately took out a small bag woven from tree bark and counted the gold coins inside.
The girl had become a famous videogame producer in Mystra Vision, and the tips she received every day were enough for her to eat and drink for an entire day.
"That's the salary I paid you … If you insist on a reward."
Josiah looked Ahr up and down and found that this girl's figure was surprisingly … not bad?
"Ahr has just reached adulthood."
Elder En Ya suddenly stood in front of her acolyte and stared closely at Josiah.
"If you need someone to serve you, I have a more suitable candidate." Elder En Ya said.
"Serve? What did you say? "
Josiah did not understand the meaning behind the elder's words.
"You are the one chosen by the Holy Tree … Child of the Forest, our duty as the priests of the Holy Tree is to serve the Holy Tree. According to tradition, we priests also have the duty to serve you." Elder En Ya said something that made Josiah stunned. "I know that humans are far more exuberant in terms of physiological desires than our race. So if it's about sex …"
"Stop! Stop! "
Josiah immediately stopped the topic that the elder was talking about. Her voice sounded quite serious, but the content that followed was not something that one could look straight at.
It seemed that it was a wise choice to let Hiri continue to sleep in the Hearthstone Tavern.
"I'll think about the remuneration later. Ahr, you should use this money to buy some food." Josiah rubbed between his eyebrows and slowly stood up.
Josiah and the two elders were separated by a round table. On the round table was the current map of Assequero, which also had a detailed hand-drawn map of the Forgotten Land.
"After finishing this work, are you going to be the city planner again?" Josiah took out a pen and drew a few crosses on the Forgotten Land. "I'll tell you my next step. There are many buildings in the Forgotten Land that can be renovated. I plan to build a brand new street here."
"You plan to let humans live here?"
Even Elder Queytoan found Josiah's plan a little hard to accept, or rather, a little difficult to accept.
Assequero was the holy land of the High Elves. Humans had entered and occupied a corner of it as their own territory. This alone was enough to make anyone feel unhappy.
"The governance of the Forgotten Land will still be yours, but I will build some new facilities and hand them over to you to manage." Josiah said.
"New … facilities?"
"A movie theater, a restaurant, a recording studio, an idol training agency, an internet cafe, and so on. I haven't thought about it yet." Josiah pointed to Ahr behind Queytoan and said, "Your holy tree will gradually restore its energy supply to you, but it will not maintain the situation of 'never hungry' like before. This means that you will feel hungry more frequently now. Although it is not three meals a day, it will definitely be one meal every three days."
"This is the test that the holy tree has given us …" Elder Enya said.
"It's not a test … it's my way of seducing, no … recruiting!" Josiah used a pen to draw a circle around the periphery of the Forgotten Land. "I will build a food street here, let's call it that for the time being … Do you High Elves have any currency?"
Elder Queytoan took out a leaf-shaped coin. Josiah took the coin and looked at it for a while. The face value was twenty-five.
"The currency that was minted during the glory days of Assequero, we still use it now." Elder Queytoan said.
"The workmanship is much more exquisite than the human currency."
Josiah took out a coin minted by Noland and compared it. The currency used by the High Elves was obviously much more exquisite.
"How is your economic situation? Like … does the branches and leaves usually have a source of income? "Josiah began to ask about the economic structure of the High Elves.
Assequero was a city, but it was also a small country. The population of the country was only about four thousand people. With such a small population, Josiah felt that they could rely on barter to maintain economic trade.
Moreover, the High Elves did not need to eat, so in Josiah's opinion, Assequero used currency to trade was an incredible thing!
"My duty is to protect the priests. Every forty days or so … I get about two Silver Leaves," Zhiye said.
"What do you usually use your own currency to buy? Is there a store in Assequero? "
"Accessories and furniture, as well as some drinks and vegetarian food." Leaf counted with her fingers. "Sometimes we even need to save money to change our weapons."
"There's a special store?"
"We look for the holy tree to trade." Seeing Josh's puzzled expression, Twig immediately explained, "There's a type of magitech machine in Arthakro. As long as you put the currency in, you'll be able to buy whatever you like. The Holy Tree will distribute the currency according to each member's job."
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