Chapter 138

Donne thought about what to say for a long time before he opened his mouth.

"In fact, the so-called black swamp is a complex substance called asphalt."

"Oh! I see!"

Brian suddenly realized: "big brother, you are an alchemist, so you want to refine some substance in it? Is it very precious!?"

"Don't interrupt if you don't understand!"

Brian muttered, "I didn't interrupt..."

Did this guy do it on purpose?

Donne's brain jumped and he finally calmed down: "although the black swamp looks dangerous, the asphalt constituting the black swamp is actually very useful in some way -"

Brian exclaimed, "Oh! I see!"

What do you know!?

"Big brother, do you want to use that... Er, asphalt on the battlefield!? well, asphalt, its smell should be toxic and useful. Big brother, you are a genius!"

"Shut up!"

Donne, durandon and Abram couldn't bear it. They all drank violently. Brian shrunk his neck and wilted

Durandon motioned, "ignore him and continue."

Donne nodded: "although the asphalt doesn't look good, after it is burned in a large pot, it will become molten. At this time, it can be mixed with some stones and slag to pave the road."

"Paving the road?"

Durandon and Abram looked at each other. Didn't they all use broken stones or slate to pave the road?

In fact, it's not just the dwarves here, but all the countries in prandal, paving roads is like this. Ordinary stones are used, and stone slabs are used where there is money. Those poor places simply don't pave roads. Once it rains, the whole town is muddy roads

"Yes, asphalt is high temperature resistant, friction resistant, not easy to deform, and it is very flat after pressing. It is a good paving material."

"Frankly, I saw a black swamp... No, when I saw such a large asphalt lake, I thought of paving the road," Donne said

"I see."

Duranden waved, "the black swamp is yours."

"I... what?"

Donne was stunned.

"I said, it's yours. You can develop it as you want."

Durandon said carelessly, "anyway, we don't know what the thing is for. It looks like it's inconvenient and takes up space. If you can dig it out, we still have more land to use."

"This..."

Dunn was embarrassed. Durandon was so generous that he disrupted Dunn's plan. He thought it would be easier to cooperate with the dwarves. As a result, he sent him the black swamp directly

"What's the matter?"

"In fact, your majesty duranden, I want to cooperate with you to develop the black swamp. The benefits can be shared. I provide technology and you provide manpower. As a human, even if I can attract employees, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for a large number of humans to enter the dwarf country? So it's most appropriate for you to provide dwarf labor."

Dunn simply told durandon all his thoughts in one breath. After a moment of meditation, durandon said, "if you want to develop that place, I can give it to you. But if so, I'm afraid I can't promise you immediately. I need to discuss it with the king's parliament. After all, it's related to the labor of dwarves."

Donne smiled, "if they feel embarrassed, they can change another way of cooperation. I hire dwarves from the dwarf country to work at home and pay them. They mine black swamps for me and transport them to Ellington. How about it?"

Durandon clapped his hands: "it's simple and straightforward. I think it's OK. Let's do it. The mining right is given to you, and I don't care about the income. You can pay the dwarf employees directly. We'll let them clean up the black swamp!"

Abram stroked his beard and said, "I also think it's simpler and simpler..."

Donne couldn't laugh or cry. Obviously, the benefits of cooperation and sharing are greater, but I didn't expect that durandon and Abram prefer the way of employment. Obviously, the black swamp is their property in the dwarf country

"In that case, there's another thing I'll just tell you."

After Donne entered the forge hammer castle, he had this idea and said with a smile: "you people of the earth dig minerals every day. I don't know if you have copper here?"

"Copper mine? Yes, quite a lot. Do you need it?"

Duranden scratched his head: "in the past, there were many copper mines, but since the large-scale use of iron ore and magic metal, the copper mine was useless. Basically, it would only be used to make some living utensils. The consumption was very small, and most of them were stacked there."

Donne was overjoyed: "it's just right that my territory Ellington is being rebuilt, and it is estimated that a large amount of metal copper is needed. Therefore, I want to trade metal copper with the dwarf country. If I can, it's best to open up trade routes. We can also provide all kinds of living goods for hammer forge and dwarf villages along the way."

"Well..."

Duranden hesitated to trade with mankind? The last time there was cooperation was during the chaos invasion war. Since the end of the war, the dwarf country has no large-scale trade with the external human countries, so he is very worried about whether it will cause any bad impact.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "I see. I will discuss this matter with the king's parliament later and give you an answer after the wine festival. What do you think?"

"Of course."

Donne promised very readily. Of course, it would be best if he could achieve three goals this trip.

Even if he couldn't reach a deal in metal and copper, he could still trade with the nobles who owned copper mines in the ilrus Empire, but it was obviously not comfortable to deal with those nobles and straightforward dwarves.

However, looking at the current situation, at least the recruitment of dwarf employees and the development of asphalt lake should not be a problem.

After these two things were settled, durandon looked at the wronged Brian again and said coldly, "for Mr. Donne's sake, forgive you this time. If you dare to humiliate our people again, you'll wait to be locked up!"

In the face of such a strong and talented son, Brian is unreasonable and can't fight again. What else can he say? I have no choice but to accept my fate.

It makes Abram happy.

At least, now in the hammer family, it's durandon's decision, not the flat Brian. I don't think he will suffer any crime after his daughter is married.

Several people returned to the outside to celebrate like those who had nothing to do. Brian looked wronged and deliberately kept winking at his wife Selma and her future second daughter-in-law Tess. Unfortunately, they were all useless. Selma knew what he was. Selma ignored him at all, and Tess only had durandon in her eyes now. Where did she care about Brian?

So Brian had to hide and drink.

The dinner didn't last long, because tomorrow was the wine festival, which was the real event to celebrate, so everyone felt that it would end almost later, and Donne was arranged to rest at the hammer house.

"Hoo..."

After returning to the room, Donne closed the door and a teleportation returned to Lord Ellington's house, which was a long relief.

Because of his thrilling experience in cinder village, he dared not sleep there again. When Wan got up together, he found another dwarf woman on the bed, and he would be scared to death.

"These guys can really drink..."

Donne rubbed his temples with a tangled face. Although they didn't drink much ale, they would get drunk if they drank too much, especially Donne's drinking capacity was actually very average.

After looking at the sky, Donne estimated that Fiona might not be asleep, so he went to the study to find her. As a result, Fiona was not in the study. After giving out magic induction, Donne found that she had returned to the bedroom, but didn't sleep.

Donne came to Fiona's bedroom and just wanted to push the door in, but he stopped and knocked on the door.

"Tina? You're here. Didn't I tell you to come straight in and knock on the door?"

Fiona opened the door and walked inside without looking at it.

Donne was embarrassed when he saw Fiona. Unexpectedly, he was so careful, but he still encountered an embarrassing scene.

Fiona is wearing a very simple one-piece nightdress at the moment. It's summer, so the style of the nightdress is very... Saving cloth, which makes Donne basically see everything he should and shouldn't see. Those two big white legs are dazzling under the irradiation of the magic crystal lamp, which makes Donne, who is used to seeing dwarf women these days, very uneasy.

"Tina?"

Fiona waited for a while but didn't hear Tina's voice. She turned her head and found that there was no one at the door.

"Strange..."

Donne, who was hiding outside, had a cold sweat. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough. At this time, he had an idea. He deliberately walked quickly from a distance and shouted, "Fiona? Fiona, did you sleep?"

"Lord? I haven't - wait! Don't come in yet!"

Fiona screamed, rushed over and closed the doors.

"Fiona?"

Donne asked deliberately, "what are you doing? I have good news for you!"

"Wait a minute!"

Fiona hurriedly put on a dress to cover her exposed skin. Then she opened the door and let Donne in. If she looked carefully, she would find that her head was down, her face was red and her nose was sweating.

"Is there anything you have to say at this time?"

Fiona closes the door, subconsciously pulls her clothes, and deliberately asks Donne, "can't we talk about it tomorrow?"

"I have to go back tomorrow. The wine festival will be held tomorrow, and the dwarf king durandon will be tomorrow... By the way, guess what the relationship between the dwarf king durandon and Brian is?"

Fiona was stunned: "is there a relationship between them? Wait, let me guess... Is Brian the dwarf prince?"

Fiona looked incredible: "we won't be so lucky, will we?"

"Sorry, you guessed wrong."

Donne pulled the corners of his mouth and showed a strange smile: "dwarf king durandon... Is Brian's son, and Brian... Was the last dwarf king."

Not surprisingly, Fiona was silly there. A moment later, she suddenly exclaimed, "he? Brian? Former king? Son? How is this possible?"