"We're the masters of this land! We've created all this wealth with our hard work! We're hardworking, we're brave, if the jackals and wolves come … "
This was the most popular song in Blue Mountain recently. Not only this song, but there were also a few other songs that were popular in Blue Mountain. They were all written by Wizard Chu Hao, and they were all songs that were sung throughout the entire Blue Mountain.
Yes, Chu Hao had been called the Wizard of the Blue Mountain Dwarves because he proposed the idea of a paradise on the ground, and because he helped to form the temporary dwarven government. This was an unprecedented political form. This political form had abandoned the oppressive and exploitative nature of the nobles and served the civilians wholeheartedly. It was true freedom and hope, and they no longer had to be oppressed and exploited by others. The people finally had the power they should have, and Chu Hao, who brought all this, was respectfully called Wizard by all the Blue Mountain Dwarves.
The entire Blue Mountain had become a big factory, a big farm, and a big military camp. There was no exploitation or oppression here. Every day, the dwarves could eat their fill in the collective dining hall and work to their heart's content. There was also an almost unlimited supply of the dwarves' favorite ale. In the hammer and sparks, they drank the ale in big gulps, hammered out weapons and armor, or sang revolutionary songs in the mines. Well, the revolutionary songs written by their Wizard, and then dug out large pieces of ore. All this labor would be counted as labor centimeters, and with those labor centimeters, they could exchange them for gold, food, housing, and all kinds of daily necessities and enjoyment. No one could exploit them anymore, and life like this was indescribably happy and joyful.
That was not all. Various laws of the nobles' feudal era had been greatly modified or overturned. New laws were made during the quarrel between the government and the representatives of the people, such as the sanctity of the people's property, the abolition of the titles and privileges of all dwarven nobles other than Sorin, and the restriction of the royal power to deprive any other dwarven commoner. Well, Sorin said that they could not be called commoners, and that all dwarves who had fulfilled their obligations to the temporary government should be called citizens. Only citizens would have all the benefits provided by the temporary government, including citizenship rights, personal rights, military protection rights, residency rights, and so on … In short, the benefits that Chu Hao proposed made even the dwarves themselves blush. They all felt that they had contributed too little to the temporary government, and that it was reasonable for them to receive so many benefits.
In any case, Blue Mountain had become the holy land in the hearts of all the Turin Dwarves. When the Dwarves who had been stranded in human society heard some rumors about this place, they didn't believe it at first. Then, they became skeptical and began to migrate to Blue Mountain in large numbers. These Dwarves also brought all kinds of information about Blue Mountain, including the fear of many nobles towards Blue Mountain and the huge army that had been formed. All of this caused Blue Mountain to fall into a new round of panic.
"What should we do? Why did those human nobles and the other dwarven clans form an alliance to attack us? We only chased away the nobles who exploited us. We only returned the power that should have belonged to the people to the people! "
Such doubts and doubts lingered in the hearts of almost every Blue Mountain Dwarf. Moreover, Chu Hao wasn't fighting alone. A large number of Dwarven commentators, as well as the daily Blue Mountain Commentary through loudspeakers, and all kinds of Blue Mountain gossip spread by people sent by Chu Hao, had long controlled all public opinion. Under the guidance of public opinion, the entire Blue Mountain Dwarf society was gradually filled with hatred towards the invaders, the human nobles, and the nobles of the other dwarven clans. The meaning of class was also gradually understood by these dwarves. Although it was a short fad, it was a seed that had been planted in the hearts of all the Blue Mountain Dwarves.
"We have no ambition to invade other countries or clans. We only want to live peacefully on this land. We can promise the human nobles and the other dwarven clans that we won't be the first to use force, and we can withdraw from the territory outside Blue Mountain. But even so, those evil nobles are still not satisfied. They want us to give up all resistance, put down all weapons, open the city gates, and then all the Blue Mountain Dwarves will be judged by them … by their law! Their pitiful pity is most likely to hang us all on the gallows. God, bless us, bless Blue Mountain. "
This was the daily news of Blue Mountain, the news broadcast's commentary on the current situation in Blue Mountain. The male anchor in the broadcast was a dwarf full of passion for speech. His voice was thick and powerful, and when he finished speaking, it sounded like he was roaring. This voice made many of the Blue Mountain dwarves who were listening to the news broadcast roar as well. It was dusk in the capital of Blue Mountain, and the nightlife had just begun. The dwarves who had worked hard for a day had exchanged their labor for centimeters of that day. The value of these centimeters was often equivalent to the money they would have earned if they worked hard for a month. This allowed them to have a few good drinks in the taverns in addition to their daily expenses. The taverns in the capital of Blue Mountain were often installed with news broadcast channels, so the dwarves in the taverns had basically finished listening to today's news broadcast.
"These damned invaders! They just can't bear to see us live well! "
One of the dwarves was a burly miner. He roared loudly and slammed the wooden wine cup in his hand on the table. A large amount of ale spilled out. He didn't feel sorry for it. He directly stood up and shouted, "We are no longer slaves to be exploited by them! We are citizens! We are free people! We are the owners of the fruits of our labor! Let these damn human nobles and dwarf nobles go to hell! "
This dwarf's words immediately caused many dwarves around him to cheer. There were many dwarves gathered in this tavern. Most of them were miners and craftsmen. There were also a few clerical workers in the dwarven government. In the cheers of these dwarves, these people raised their wine cups and toasted the miner who spoke.
Another slightly thin dwarf also stood up and said loudly, "If you ask me, why do we have to make a statement of goodwill to those invaders? Why do we have to promise them that there will be no war? Why do we have to swallow this insult? We have no oppression, no exploitation, no cannibalistic nobles here. We are all working people. We are all working people. Work is a sacred duty and responsibility given to us by God. Only the most evil nobles don't need to work. Why do we have to compromise with them? "
These words instantly silenced many dwarves on the scene. Not long after, another slightly older dwarf said in an even more agitated tone, "I think those officials in the government are surrendering to that. Oh, I remember, the teacher said that they are right-leaning capitulationists. They also have fantasies about the cannibalistic nobles. They also think that those nobles will accept the existence of us working people. How is that possible? The nobles only want to exploit us. They see us as their mortal enemies. We can only preserve the fruits of our revolution by destroying them physically. We can defeat the right capitulationism and the traitors in the government! "
This time, more dwarves agreed. Many dwarves even stood up excitedly, waving their hands and roaring like this old dwarf.
At this moment, a quiet voice came from the mouth of a government clerk. "But the allied noble army already has more than sixty thousand people. Although they haven't gotten close to Blue Mountain yet due to logistical reasons, it is said that they will definitely reach Blue Mountain in four to five days. We … How can we resist an army of sixty thousand people …"
This voice was not loud. It seemed that no one in the tavern heard it at all. However, some of the dwarves sitting around him did hear it. One of them immediately pointed at the clerk and shouted, "Everyone, listen to what this person just said. He actually said that we can't resist the allied noble army! He actually thinks that we will be defeated! He is the surrendering party. He is the enemy spy hiding among us. He is the pawn of the nobles. He is the henchman of the old era. He wants to turn us all into slaves and then return to his master like a dog to receive a reward! "
After hearing this, the dwarf clerk's face immediately turned pale. He shook his hands and said, "No, I didn't. I didn't mean that. I didn't …"
But before he could finish his words, the surrounding dwarves who had already fallen into fanaticism couldn't wait any longer. Almost one after another, they pounced on the dwarf clerk and greeted him with punches, kicks, and even wine cups in their hands. No one noticed that not long after, the dwarf clerk had already fainted. After being beaten, he was already gasping for air. He looked like he was about to die, but the beating still didn't stop …
This kind of scene happened all over Blue Mountain in the past two days, and it was getting more and more intense. And for some reason, Chu Hao didn't stop it at all. He allowed this internal friction to brew. All of his attention was focused on the training of the dwarven army. The crossbow group formed by 2000 of the most elite dwarves, together with the remaining 6000 fully-armored dwarves, and then the newly formed army formed by nearly 10,000 ordinary dwarves. This was the entire army of Blue Mountain. After these days of emergency training, this army finally had some embryonic form of an army, but it was still quite far from a regular army.
However, there wasn't much time left because the allied noble army had already sped up their march. They were only two days away from Blue Mountain. More than 60,000 allied soldiers against less than 20,000 Blue Mountain dwarves …
The second defense of Blue Mountain was about to begin!
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