Chapter 866 65. Storms in the Northland. Migration History of the Bronzebeard Clan
The time is just a blink of an eye, and more than half of the 18 years of the Dark Portal have passed, and the whole world has entered autumn, but because of the influence of the global magic tide, the temperature and various natural phenomena in this autumn are not as good as in previous years so normal.
There are frequent small earthquakes throughout Kalimdor and the eastern continent, and some dormant extinct volcanoes have also shown signs of reactivation. The most terrible thing is that there will also be some sudden earthquakes on the originally safe route of the endless sea. The violent storm once disturbed the commercial circulation of the whole world, which already had a complete trade order.
However, the discovery of Pandaria, a new continent, has greatly made up for the loss caused by the magic tide.
Take the South China Sea route as an example. In the past, merchant ships departing from Booty Bay could only resupply at a few islands when they arrived at the Steam Sand Port in Kalimdor. The relay point of the golden route, the controllers behind several islands are making a lot of money, and relying on their excellent terrain, they don't care about the few big consortiums on the route.
And now, the emergence of the Pandaria continent, which is located in the middle of the eastern continent and Kalimdor, completely knocked those arrogant forces down from the altar. One of the most developed regions, and the political and economic ties between the Eastern Continent and Kalimdor will become closer because of the appearance of Pandaria.
In the past half a month, the first batch of merchant ships approved by the Pandaren have completed the first round of trade. The unimaginably good quality raw silk, silk and jade brought back from Pandaria, no matter in Kalimdor The Eastern Continent caused a sensation. More importantly, due to the existence of the Vale of Blossoms, Pandaria has a lot of grain on this continent, and the price is so low that all grain merchants on the two continents will go bankrupt within a month. .
The king and members of parliament may not care about those extravagant enjoyments, but both elves and humans have to eat and food, which is a big problem. Therefore, with the tacit cooperation of the two parties, the second batch of merchant ships set off , There are many more experienced grain merchants... The official thinking is the same, and the practices of the high-level empire and the Federation are also the same.
It is necessary to negotiate with the Pandaren about the sale of grain before Pandaria's grain floods the market.
Another thing related to Pandaria, which has been talked about for more than a month, is the rumor that the Empire and the Federation were sacked in Pandaria at the same time. Some well-informed pirates came to life in the taverns of the two continents. Describes the story of the invincible Armada and the Black Ark fleet crashing in the Pandaria waters, as if they saw it with their own eyes.
And the story between Tandred, the sea prince of Kul Tiras, and Valentine, the rear admiral of the Federation, is full of men's fortitude and tenderness, which made many women with unique tastes cry.
Although the folks only regard this matter as a rumor, those who are really well-informed know that this matter is true. Although the Dark Blade Legion has begun to withdraw from Pandaria, this continent and the pandaren have become The object of the dark blade's shelter, which also frustrated the idea of the empire and the federation to seize land in Pandaria.
Obviously, the undead who were monitoring the world in the dark did not want to see the conflict between the two unfold in the New World. This outrageous intervention once again sounded the alarm for both sides.
However, the Federation is fine. Not much has happened recently, but the Empire is different. In addition to Kul Tiras planning to develop business in the New World, the human empire of Kalimdor has already begun to brew a new one. The storm is gone.
"Blood King" Varian Wrynn's reforms in the Stormwind Kingdom even alarmed the people in the Eastern Continent. Regarding the king's action of killing the nobles overnight, countless federal people applauded, which led to It was a strange phenomenon that not only the people of Kalimdor worshiped Varian, but also many young people in the Commonwealth began to regard Varian as their idol.
It is said that King Varian's reforms in the country have achieved initial results. In the second half of this month, the first batch of industrial semi-finished products produced by the Stormwind Kingdom have been delivered to the Steamwheedle Consortium, which means that the industrial reform of the Stormwind Kingdom is no longer possible. Stop it, it is said that the stubborn king plans to open four large factories at once in the past month next month.
The meaninglessness of Varian's reforms touched the fear of other nobles in the empire. According to some one-sided sources, the nobles of the other three countries have been connected together in private, forming a political encirclement of the Kingdom of Stormwind geographically, but other The three kings maintained an indescribable tacit understanding on this matter.
In addition to criticizing Varian's behavior in a routine manner, the three young kings, Arthas, Garin, and Liam, all expressed a tacit approval and even anticipation for the reform of the Stormwind Kingdom.
This has also made the political struggles within the Three Kingdoms more intense. It is foreseeable that after a few years, as long as the Stormwind Kingdom submits a not-so-bad "answer sheet", the blazing fire of reform will inevitably sweep across The entire ancient human empire.
And at this moment, when countless people who eat melons are looking forward to it, an ordinary Kalimdor merchant ship, in the extreme north, in the Northwind tundra of Northrend, which is almost forgotten by the civilized world, the draenei In the port, slowly docked.
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"hiss..."
Lorewalker Zhou Zhuo, who walked out of the cabin with his luggage, couldn't help shaking his body after taking the first breath of the cold wind from the Northrend continent. The chubby pandaren wrapped his hood tightly again, Then he said to himself:
"It's so cold!"
"I told you in advance, let you wear this!"
A sharp voice sounded behind Zhou Zhuo. It was a dwarf in black leather armor with a strange ghost face. From her dyed pink hair, it could be seen that this was a cute female dwarf.
She hid in the shadows and threw a heavy downy cloak to Zhou Zhuo. The latter didn't speak, and put the cloak on his body. Pandaren originally had black and white hair. After putting on this gray downy cloak, Zhou Zhuo looked like a fat panda in three colors, filled with a strange sense of joy.
"Go, I will follow you."
The soft-spoken dwarf said to Zhou Zhuo:
"You don't need to worry that I will hurt you or other people. We have ethics and rules of conduct in our business, so you just need to do your own thing, and don't say anything else that shouldn't be said, understand? ?”
"How do I know what you guys want to do..."
The pandaren lorewalker complained silently, but a few days ago, the encounter in the Mogu'shan treasure house taught him not to argue with these undead. He brought up his wooden box full of various archaeological tools, and pointed at the dwarf behind him. nodded:
"Then Miss Ella, I'll go first."
"Go, go, Fat Panda, and...thank you for the wine."
Ella Moxian, a special non-level agent of the Dark Blade Intelligence Agency, waved Zhou Zhuo indifferently. As one of the veterans who joined the Dark Blade Legion at the beginning, Ella Moxian has not done much in recent years. She has been active, but her life is indeed very happy. She did not belong to the Dark Blade Intelligence Bureau, but opened a magic supply store in Stormwind City with her younger sister, the dwarf mage Julie. The Dark Temple helps the Mother of Blood to take care of the children.
Although Ella likes this kind of salted fish life very much, as a blood clan with relatively pure blood, the blood lords of Salein will definitely not let her stay idle like this, and occasionally assign her a few tasks, such as this time, dark When the Blade Intelligence Agency asked the Blood Lord to cooperate with the mission, Ella was "honored" to be selected and sent to protect and monitor Zhou Zhuo until he found the location of Ulduar, the city of titans.
Of course, on the surface Zhou Zhuo's identity was a master of archeology and exploration specially invited by the Barov family, a great nobleman of the human empire, for the Bronzebeard dwarves.
The Explorers' Association has been entrusting the Human Empire to help them find excellent explorers for the past few years, so Zhou Zhuo's identity will not attract attention, because besides him, there are two tauren expeditions on this ship. , an orc explorer, and a high elf archaeologist.
The ingredients are very complicated... And these archaeological masters, who are well-known throughout the civilized world, were all invited to participate in the "Ulduar Survey" operation of the copperbeard dwarves.
Since the Whispering Harbor War a few years ago, the human empire has migrated to Kalimdor, but the Bronzebeard dwarves who have always been friends with humans did not migrate with their human friends this time. Under the leadership of Prince Xu, most of the Bronzebeard dwarves, with the help of the Kul Tiras fleet, came to Northrend, the extreme north, and lived next to the friendly Draenei in the Borean tundra.
And the Ulduar survey operation started at that time... This large-scale project hosted by the Explorers' Association has been going on for several years, and the discoveries of the dwarves are also extremely amazing. Every time there is new news, there will be Directly shake the archaeological world of the whole world.
According to Mr. Brian Bronzebeard, the honorary president of the Explorers' Association, the Ulduar survey operation will undoubtedly directly change the entire Azeroth civilization and history view, but to be honest, in such a high-sounding statement Underneath, the copperbeard dwarves also hide their own selfishness, or in other words, their determination to save their own group.
"Excuse me...are you... Master Zhou Zhuo?"
Just when the chubby Zhou Zhuo was struggling to carry the box to the beautiful pier repaired by the draenei, a female dwarf waiting on the pier stepped forward and said in a very awkward Pandaria language :
"I am... I am the director of the Explorers' Association...I will pick you up and go to...Go to Mithril Fort..."
The pronunciation of Pandaria's speech is somewhat different from that of other civilization languages in Azeroth. It can be seen that the female dwarf with two braids in front of me spoke very hard, stammering, and some words It was wrong, but it was no fault of hers.
Zhou Zhuo smiled and said to the female dwarf in front of him in fluent common language:
"No need to be like this, I can understand your words, yes, I am Zhou Zhuo, this is my invitation letter."
The pandaren handed a scroll with several stamps to the female dwarf in front of her. The latter unfolded the scroll and saw the official seal of the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the seal of the Barov family. After confirming that it was correct, this The talkative female dwarf returned the scroll to Zhou Zhuo, then pointed to the weird black iron drilling machine beside her, and said to Zhou Zhuo:
"My name is Dashir Panjiao, and I am Master Brian's assistant. Earl Barov highly respects your archaeological skills and exploration experience, so I was ordered to welcome you. Of course, it is also out of my personal curiosity. I've heard stories about the Pandaria continent, but we've been busy with Ulduar for the past few years, and there's no way to explore the new continent...You're also the first pandaren I've ever seen."
While talking, the young female dwarf curiously pulled the black and white mane on Zhou Zhuo's face, and said with a smile:
"Sure enough, it is different from what I imagined. I thought you were as clumsy as a bear man, but now it seems that you are quite similar to humans."
"Well, I've had enough stares along the way."
Zhou Zhuo patted his belly, laughed and said:
"My compatriots are indeed reluctant to leave their beautiful hometown, but how should I put it, as a traveler, I hope to see new stories, new adventures, and new experiences... In other words, we are going directly to the storm Cliffs? Seriously, I can't wait to know the stories about the mysterious and majestic Titans."
"No, let's go to Mithril Fort first."
Dashiel invited Zhou Zhuo to sit in the modified black iron drilling machine. While skillfully activating this complex engineering instrument, she said to the curious Zhou Zhuo who was looking left and right:
"This is your first time in Northrend. The climate on this continent is beyond your imagination. Let's go to Mithril Castle to prepare some necessary cold-proof materials, and attend the banquet by the way. When everything is ready, we will take the Draenei's friend's airship, headed to the Storm Peaks, a towering mountainous area that cannot be reached by land, where the temperature is maintained at around minus 40-50 degrees all year round."
"Oh? Is it that cold?"
Zhou Zhuo shivered subconsciously. The coldest place in Pandaria is deep in Kun-Lai Mountains, but even in the coldest place in Kun-Lai Mountains, the temperature has not reached such a terrifying level. To be honest, pandaren living in the tropics Although they have very warm manes, they are also very cold...
"It's that exaggerated."
Daher started the drilling machine, and amidst the rumbling sound, the drilling machine slowly sank into the ground, along the already opened underground tunnel, and galloped all the way in the direction of Mithril Fort.
"That damn place can't stand even the hardiest yak people in the area...Last month one unlucky guy got lost while going out at night, and when we got him back, he was frozen into an ice sculpture, what a pity It's..."
The two chatted like this. During the somewhat boring journey, Zhou Zhuo suddenly asked:
"You just said Mithril Castle, is that the hometown of the dwarves?"
"No, that's not..."
The voice of Dashiell, who likes to chat very much, became a little sad and dazed at this moment. She seemed to have lost interest in speaking. Holding the joystick, she replied in a low voice:
"Ironforge is our home... Unfortunately, we have lost it forever."
"Fort Mithril, there...it's just where we live..."
"It's not home..."