The journey from Team Nordic's current location to the Blue Mountains took four days, not three days as previously mentioned. On the second day, they left the plains and entered a hilly mountainous area, which made the journey longer. From here, they were already at the edge of the Blue Mountains. Of course, this was still the territory of the Human Kingdom, so the Dwarves of Turin did not wantonly occupy this area. However, there were a few inconspicuous Dwarven farms here.
That's right, the Dwarves farmed the hillside areas. Because of the hilly mountains, the land here was not suitable for farming, so the farming here was not intensive plowing. It was more like a free-range farming, where the Dwarves directly burned the land and scattered the seeds, then waited for the harvest to be harvested. One could imagine how low the harvest rate was, but there was nothing they could do. Firstly, the level of technology in this world, and secondly, the restrictions of the terrain here. It was estimated that this was the best they could do.
"Why did they only farm so little land? If there's not enough land on the hillside, isn't the land under the valley better? And there's a stream flowing down there, if it's used for irrigation, it can definitely grow good food. "
The scenery along the way was endless, and after Chu Hao said that they would fight the tycoons and divide the land, Team Nordic began to pay attention to everything along the way. Whether it was the scenery or the terrain, they wanted to see if the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains were really like what Chu Hao said.
After seeing the scattered farmlands on the hillside, Tom was the first to ask curiously. Hearing his question, before the Dwarves and Gandalf could speak, Chu Hao explained first, "Because only the hillside can be farmed. First, this place is still in the territory of the Human Kingdom, or perhaps the border of the Human Kingdom. Although there's no one here, and no one will say anything if you farm a little, if there's a conflict, the Human Kingdom may have an excuse to attack the Dwarves, so it's best to try not to develop here. Looking at the situation here, it should be a very poor Dwarven family farming here, harvesting food and vegetables, and selling them in the Blue Mountains."
"Second, there's an unwritten rule in Middle-earth, or a tacit understanding, that the plains belong to the Humans, the forests belong to the Elves, and the caves in the mountains belong to the Dwarves. Of course, I'm talking about roughly. For example, the Orcs and the Dwarves will fight over the caves in the mountains, but the Humans won't fight over them. The hillside land is barely considered a mountain, but the plains under the valley are not. So, you can understand why the Lonely Mountain is so important to the Dwarves, right? It's because it's both a mountain and a vast plain for farming. It also has abundant water resources for irrigation and drinking. It can be said that it's the largest blessed land for the Dwarves in Middle-earth. "
Team Nordic could all hear the voice in their minds. It was spoken through the Psychic Strength user, because some words were not suitable to be spoken directly in front of the Dwarves. But these few words made everyone understand. To put it simply, they were afraid of conflict. The Elves had the right to the forests, the Dwarves had the right to the mountains and caves, and the Humans had the right to the plains. This was an invisible rule in Middle-earth. If the Dwarves entered the mountains of the Humans' kingdom, the Humans may only treat them as a tribe to migrate or take refuge. But if a group of Dwarves entered the plains of the Humans' kingdom and set up camp, then there was no guarantee that it would lead to a war between the two races.
In the past few days, Chu Hao had also heard some information about the Blue Mountain Dwarves from the Dwarves. Some of it was the work of the lawyer Norhan Bis. His silver tongue seemed to be more suitable for dealing with ordinary people than Chu Hao. Many things were revealed in his chat with the Dwarves.
Currently, the Blue Mountain Dwarves, which were originally the Turin Dwarves, were working hard to develop the rich mineral resources of the Blue Mountain. At the same time, they were forging various weapons and tools needed by the Humans and the Elves. At the same time, they also had a certain amount of gold and gemstone reserves as a source of funds. At the same time, they used the money obtained from transactions to buy food and various survival materials. In simple terms, they were already a stable Dwarven kingdom … if one did not look at the future crisis.
In fact, the Blue Mountain was not an uninhabited area. This was the edge of the human kingdom. Of course, it could also be said that this was not a human kingdom, but it could also be said that this was the territory of the human kingdom. Of course, according to the development of the land in this era, there would be no need to worry about any territorial disputes with the humans for at least 500 years.
That was a normal situation. However, in this world, there was an invisible prophecy. When the next era came, the Dwarves would hide in the deep mountain caves, the Elves would go to the Holy Mountains overseas, and then the humans would become the masters of the next era. That would be the era of the humans. Since the Blue Mountain was so close to the human world, once the era of the humans came, what would the Dwarves do? Would they be destroyed like the non-humans who did not retreat in the prophecy? Or would they lose all the traditions and culture of the Dwarves and become a subspecies of the humans? This was the biggest crisis for the Blue Mountain Dwarves. The future that Sorin envisioned for them was to take back the Lonely Mountain, the Kingdom under the Mountain, the most famous legendary territory of the Dwarves. In this way, all the problems would be solved.
However … would the Dwarves of the Blue Mountain, or the Dwarves who really controlled the Blue Mountain forces, be willing to do this?
There was a detail in the original movie. After the Dwarves were forced to leave the Lonely Mountain, they tried to take back the Dwarven territory. It was a huge underground city that had been abandoned for many years, but it was already occupied by the Orcs and Half-Orcs. Therefore, the Dwarves and the Orc army fought a big battle, and the result was a pyrrhic victory. This was the plot that was clearly shown in the movie.
In that battle, the Dwarf King Thor died, and the most legitimate new Dwarf King, Thorne, Sorin's father, was missing. Therefore, although Sorin was the Prince of the Turin Dwarves and the most direct successor of the Turin Dwarves, he could not rightfully ascend the throne because the real Dwarf King should be Thorne. Even now, Sorin was still called the Dwarf Prince and not the Dwarf King because he did not have the right to ascend the throne. At least, before Thorne's situation was clear, he did not have the right to ascend the throne.
According to the current situation of the Blue Mountain, and the information that Chu Hao obtained from the Dwarves, there was only one conclusion. That was, the real ruler of the Blue Mountain was not Sorin, but the nobles and elders of the Turin Tribe. They had established an organization similar to the Noble Parliament, and almost all the power in the Blue Mountain was in charge. Although Sorin's reputation was high because he found the Blue Mountain, his plan to take back the Lonely Mountain could not be carried out. The reason was that he had a conflict of interest with the real rulers of the Blue Mountain.
The first reason was that the Fire Dragon Smaug was so scary that these nobles still had lingering fears. The second reason was that … this was Chu Hao's own guess. He was never afraid to use the darkest thoughts to guess other people. The dwarven nobles didn't want to lose the power in their hands. This was because once Sorin took back the Lonely Mountain and obtained the symbol of the King of the Dwarves, the Heart of the Mountain Gem, then even if Thorin had disappeared, he would still have enough reason, power, reputation, and reason to ascend the throne. This world respected royalty very much. At that time, Sorin would rightfully take back the King of the Dwarves, and there would be nothing they could do.
It was because of all these guesses and information that Chu Hao came to this conclusion … The Turin Dwarves of the Blue Mountain would never agree to Sorin's expedition. Because of this, Sorin only had a dozen Dwarves with him.
But this was not unsolvable!
The reason why Chu Hao wanted to go to the Blue Mountain was because he already had a way to deal with the nobles of the Blue Mountain … Royalty was supreme!
Yes, in Middle-earth, this was a country where royalty was supreme. Dwarves, Elves, and Humans were the same. Whether it was the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy or the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, there was no doubt that royalty was supreme. Perhaps if Chu Hao wanted to summon the poor Dwarves to rebel against the nobles, overthrow them, beat up the rich, and divide the land, the poor Dwarves would probably tear him apart without the nobles even lifting a finger. Not to mention the Elves, Humans, and the Wizards that roamed Middle-earth, everyone would see him as an enemy. At that time, Chu Hao would be unable to move an inch. In fact, even the dark forces might see him as their greatest enemy, because he was overthrowing the foundation of this world's order.
But what if he used a different method …
When the nobles and royalty went against each other, Sorin, who had a great reputation, the ordinary citizens, the poor, and even the warriors and soldiers of the Durin Dwarves, would they choose the nobles who bullied them, or the royalty who brought them glory and a future? There was almost no choice …
Just like what Chu Hao had said before, Sorin had the responsibility of a clan leader to the nobles. He could not summon his own people to overthrow the nobles, because that would completely destroy the foundation of his rule, and would even cause the other dwarven clans to view him as an enemy. However, Chu Hao did not have such a psychological burden. In fact, if the Turin Dwarves were to be viewed as an enemy and isolated by the other dwarven clans, it would be better for him. This was because when the Turin Dwarves had no other way out, their only choice was to fight against the God's Realm team. They would not abandon team Northern Ice and let the Turin Dwarves gain more benefits … Sorin's Realm team was the Turin Dwarves.
Therefore, when the team arrived at the Blue Mountain territory, when the dozen or so Dwarven nobles who came to greet them saw the cold attitude of Sorin and his team, Sorin and the Dwarves who followed him had cold expressions. Gandalf also had a sullen expression. Only Chu Hao …
He smiled faintly …
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