"You want to recruit dwarves to work for you in your territory?"
After listening to Tang En's intentions, Elder Durum frowned.
"Can't I?"
Tang En was a little nervous. He had thought about how difficult it would be before he came. If it was easy to recruit dwarves, there wouldn't be so few dwarven craftsmen in the human world.
"It's not impossible, but …"
Elder Durum spread out his hands: "To tell you the truth, although our race will trade with adventurers, we don't have a good impression of humans."
"You humans almost never let the other party feel your kindness when facing other races. On the contrary, greed, insidiousness, cunning, and all kinds of malice are always easy to see."
"Therefore, I'm afraid no one will be willing to accept your proposal."
Durum was very pessimistic about Tang En's idea.
Tang En thought for a while and suddenly asked: "What about you? Regarding the matter of me hiring them to work, what is your attitude, or the attitude of the higher-ups of the Dwarf Kingdom towards dwarves working and living in human countries? Support? Or oppose? "
Those people's thoughts were easy to talk about. Tang En believed that as long as they knew how good the reward was, there would be dwarves who would be willing to go. Compared with this, Elder Durum's opinion was actually more important.
If the higher-ups of the dwarves held an objection to this kind of thing, then a lot of things might not go smoothly.
"Our opinion?"
Elder Durum smiled and said: "Of course we won't care so much. This is their freedom. If they are willing, we won't stop them. Of course, if they are discriminated and suffered in the human world, we will not hesitate to welcome them home. "
"That's enough."
Tang En smiled: "I'm confident that I can persuade them."
"Well, for the sake of that bottle of wine, we'll hold a beer party in the evening. It's estimated that the whole village will come. It's up to you whether you can recruit them at that time."
Elder Durum then went back to the house: "I'll go back first. You guys think about how to persuade them."
"Thank you for your help."
It was already a pleasant surprise to receive Elder Durum's support. Tang En thought that they would be very xenophobic and not accept this proposal at all.
Brian curled his lips and said, "Humph, you're grateful to him even though you've been deceived. This old thing is not as honest as he looks. He's very cunning."
"Deceived?"
"Of course."
"In fact, we dwarves have always been in a state of long-term poverty. Every year, many of us go hungry. Slag Village is no exception, so he is also very anxious to solve this problem. Now that you say you want to recruit dwarves to work, it means that the village's food problem has been solved by more than half. Of course, he supports it."
"Wait! I can understand not having enough to eat, but what do you mean by not having enough to drink? "
"If we don't have enough food to eat, then of course we don't have enough wine to brew …"
Tang En's eyes widened. "We don't even have enough to eat, and you still dare to use food to make wine?!"
"Of course!"
Brian said proudly. "We can starve and not eat, but we can't not drink!"
"You guys …" Tang En's mouth twitched. "The dwarves can live until now thanks to the protection of the goddess."
"Of course!"
Brian was not ashamed but proud. He laughed and said, "Even if we can't recruit here, we don't have to be afraid. The Brewfest will open in a few days. At that time, we'll go directly to Hammerforge Castle. There are more people there, and the chances will be greater."
"Brewfest?"
"Yes, the annual event of the Dwarf Kingdom."
Brian's face was full of nostalgia. "Only on those few days would there be an unlimited supply of all kinds of fine wine, allowing everyone to drink as much as they wanted. Therefore, no dwarf would miss the grand occasion on that day. Even their dwarf friends would come to join in the fun."
Tang En rubbed his chin. If the Brewfest was really so lively, then he could not miss it. Not only could he recruit dwarves, but he could also recruit dwarves. Where else could he find such a rare opportunity?
Soon it was evening. After receiving the news of the beer party, the dwarves began to get busy. A huge bonfire was piled up in the square in the center of the village. A circle of fresh and juicy steak was placed next to it. After being roasted by the bonfire, it emitted a rich aroma in just a moment. Even Tang En, who was tired of eating barbecued meat, could not help but feel hungry.
However, the other dwarves were unmoved. Instead, they all stared at Elder Durum with green eyes.
"What are you doing?! Why are you all looking at me?! "
Elder Durum shouted. "Didn't you say it's a beer party? I've gathered all of you. Why didn't anyone bring beer? "
"Elder Durum …"
One of the dwarves said faintly, "Last time, you used this trick to trick us into drinking all of our wine …"
"Huh? Is there such a thing? "
Elder Durum decisively began to play dumb.
"Last time, who told me that the beer party was ready and that all that was missing was the bonfire and that I had to chop firewood for a long time?"
Another dwarf said faintly, "You told me that all that was missing was meat and that I had to work hard in the mountains for a long time …"
"You told me that there wasn't enough beer and that there were still a few barrels missing …"
"That's what you told me too …"
"Why don't I remember this?"
Elder Durum looked puzzled. "You must have remembered it wrong! That's right, that's it! "
"You old bastard, how dare you deny it now!"
Several dwarves around him were furious and rushed up to wrestle with Elder Durum. The other dwarves immediately shouted and cheered loudly when they saw this. It seemed that they were also very agitated after discovering that there was no beer to drink.
"Ahem! You bastards! It's obviously the Brewfest soon, and you're still eyeing my pitiful stock?! "
Originally, Tang En wanted to take out the beer he had prepared to help, but after hearing what Elder Durum said, he sat back down and entered the mode of watching the show.
"That's right!"
Several dwarves held Elder Durum and threatened, "If you don't take out your stock today, we'll roast you on the fire!"
Another dwarf said with a compassionate look, "I believe the goddess will forgive our sins …"
"Damn it! Okay, okay! You bunch of bastards won! I know! Put me down! "
Elder Durum saw that no one was helping him and knew that he had indeed gone too far last time and had angered the crowd, so he had no choice but to agree.
Then he reluctantly took them to take out all the stock he had secretly hidden. The dwarves of Slag Village cheered, but only Elder Durum's heart was bleeding.
Fortunately, that bottle of Bartender was kept … As long as that bottle of beer was there, once it was sold, hmph …
Elder Durum pretended to wipe his tears and was about to say something, but found that the others had already rushed to grab the beer. He was furious. "Get out of my way! I should be the first to get my stock! "
However, no one cared about him at all. They pressed him to the ground and beat him up in minutes, and then continued to fight for the beer.
"Try it."
Brian grabbed a glass of beer for Tang En. "Paired with the dwarven barbecue, it has a different flavor."
"Oh, oh …"
Tang En looked pitifully at Elder Durum, who was covered in dirt, and asked, "Brian, is this a characteristic of you dwarves?"
"Him?"
Brian's face was full of disdain. "Ignore him. If he hadn't done so many evil deeds, how could he have become an elder?"
Brian's words suddenly made Tang En's brain freeze, and he couldn't think straight.
"What do you mean?"
"What do you mean?"
"Doing many evil deeds has nothing to do with being an elder."
Tang En asked with some difficulty, "Don't the dwarves have high prestige and prestige?"
"Who did you hear that from?"
Brian had a look of surprise on his face. "Elders are either idiots who can't do anything, or they have provoked the public's anger. That's why they were recommended as elders to serve everyone. Capable people are all busy. How could they have the time to care about such trivial matters?"
"So, don't be fooled by the fact that the word 'elder' sounds very powerful. In fact, they are mainly in charge of the matters between the neighbors. For example, whose hammer is missing, whose window is broken, and so on. At the same time, they also act as a mouthpiece.
"In addition, as I told you in the afternoon, there is a shortage of food in the village. If anyone runs out of food, they can go to the elder, and then he will be responsible for coordinating and borrowing some food from other families. That's the main thing he usually does."
Tang En was dumbfounded, but after hearing Brian's words, he was speechless.
Wasn't this the same as the neighborhood committee aunties on Earth?!
It completely subverted Tang En's understanding of the word 'elder'!
When the dwarves all drank beer, the atmosphere finally became really warm. Some dwarves sat there happily and chatted at the top of their voices. Others were so excited from drinking that they danced around the campfire. Even the female dwarves who looked strong and tough were no exception.
Brian winked at Tang En. "If you want to recruit them, now is the best opportunity."
Tang En understood and stood up and coughed softly.
However …
No one paid attention to him.
"Hahaha …"
Brian suddenly laughed wildly. Just when Tang En was about to fly into a rage out of humiliation, he jumped up and shouted, "Be quiet! My human brother has something to say! "
Brian's shout finally made the dwarves who were in the midst of revelry quiet down.
Tang En no longer hesitated and immediately told them about his idea of recruiting dwarves to work, then looked at the dwarves expectantly.
The dwarves looked at each other, but no one responded to him for a long time.
"Work for humans …"
"I'm not used to it …"
"Will he lie to us?"
"He shouldn't. After all, he's Brian's friend."
"But he's a human, and he wants to go to the human world …"
"Sure enough, forget it …"
"Yeah …"
Hearing their discussion, Tang En was disappointed. Sure enough, as Elder Durum expected, these dwarves had great doubts about working in the human world.
"Don't be disappointed, big brother. Don't forget there's still the Brewfest."
Brian comforted Tang En. "There will definitely be more —"
"Boom boom boom!"
Bursts of explosions suddenly resounded through the night sky!
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