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Chapter 226 Where is Your Value
After listening to Zhao Shizhen's report, Zhang Wei found the civet cat as soon as possible. Because the vampire baron was watching it, even if the civet cat was not under house arrest, Zhang Wei could find the civet cat's location at any time.
"How have you been these days?" Zhang Wei looked at the wandering civet cat and thought that this guy must have been to every place he could go, and he was afraid that he had already memorized some very important information in his mind.
"It's okay. If I weren't so nervous, I would be very happy." The raccoon cat said, pointing at the vampire baron who was staring at her not far away and the dozen or so zombies behind her.
Whenever the Vampire Baron needed to rest, she would send the dozen or so ghouls to "protect" the raccoon cat closely. Whenever the raccoon cat looked at the faces of those low-level ghouls, she shuddered, fearing that she would become such a being.
Zhang Wei didn't say anything, just stood beside the civet cat and looked into the distance at the ships constantly coming in and out of the anchorage.
Five minutes later, the raccoon cat said, "What do you want to know from me?"
"How did the Principality of Hassan smuggle dwarves from the Grand Principality of Naima?" Zhang Wei did not pretend and directly asked his question.
"We have not smuggled any dwarves from the Grand Duchy of Naima. Not even a single one. The dwarves in our duchy were introduced through formal channels before. At that time, the ratio of men to women was one to one, so the population has been very stable over the years, and there is even a slight growth trend."
Zhang Wei was not satisfied with the answer from the raccoon cat. He did not say anything. Instead, he tilted his head and looked at the raccoon cat with an expression that meant "keep making up stories."
"I'm serious." The raccoon cat felt a little guilty when Zhang Wei stared at him.
"I forgot to tell you something. Go and call out a high-level zombie." Zhang Wei gave an order to the vampire baron in the distance.
As Zhang Wei's follower, this vampire baron also mastered the skill of flashing. She flashed away directly, and soon she came back with a high-level zombie.
"Your Majesty." The vampire baron saluted and returned to his previous position.
The high-level zombie knelt on one knee and bowed to Zhang Wei.
"This is a high-level ghoul. It has its own consciousness and all the memories before its transformation. If you don't mind, I don't mind continuing to chat with you in this way."
The raccoon glanced at the high-level ghoul, she swallowed, and then said: "Okay, I say..."
The Grand Duchy of Naima, Port Augustus in the northwest, is the actual control area of the Highland Dwarves. However, because the Highland Dwarves established a country without authorization, it was blockaded by the navy of the Grand Duchy of Naima.
When Zhang Wei and Liu Rengui arrived at the outskirts of Port Augustus with 12 privateers, they found that there were no warships of the Grand Duchy of Naima here.
Zhang Wei looked at the merchant ships coming in and out of Port Augustus and wondered what kind of maritime blockade this was.
A merchant ship leaving the port accidentally discovered Zhang Wei and Liu Rengui's fleet, and it immediately turned around and returned to the port.
Soon, several warships emerged from Port Augustus and headed towards Zhang Wei and others.
After the Highland Dwarf warships discovered that the flag on Zhang Wei's ship was not that of the Grand Duchy of Naima, they lined up and stopped in place, and sent a warship forward to make contact.
The flag bearer of the Highland Dwarf asked Zhang Wei and others about their purpose using unskilled flag language.
Zhang Wei asked his flag bearer to answer the other side that they were from Andaman Port and they brought goodwill and wealth.
Not long after, the other party replied: One ship from Zhang Wei's side is allowed to enter Port Augustus for negotiations, and other ships need to retreat and keep a safe distance from Port Augustus.
Zhang Wei agreed. He asked Liu Rengui to lead the other ships to retreat as backup, while he himself took a ship into Port Augustus under the escort and surveillance of the other side.
The Highland Dwarves expressed welcome to Zhang Wei's arrival.
Through the conversation, we learned that the reason why the fleet of the Grand Duchy of Naima no longer blockaded Port Augustus was because Zhang Wei's side had severely damaged the northern fleet of the Grand Duchy of Naima.
In addition, the voyage from Port Augustus to the southern port of the Principality of Hasa, Port Adam, was only about three days. Therefore, under pressure, the Northern Fleet of the Grand Principality of Naima had to give up the blockade of Port Augustus.
Although the Highland Dwarves were willing to trade with Zhang Wei, they were unwilling to provide Zhang Wei with mountain dwarves and highland dwarves as a technical level of trade.
This did not meet Zhang Wei's expectations, even though Zhang Wei directly told him the information about the smuggling of mountain dwarves and highland dwarves from Port Augustus to the Principality of Hasa.
The Highland Dwarves also refused to give in.
The negotiations between the two sides were at a stalemate for a while.
Just as Zhang Wei was about to leave Port Augustus and carry out his plan to hijack the smuggling boat again.
A highland dwarf suddenly stood up and pointed out that if Zhang Wei's side could give them enough military assistance, they could provide talent support to Zhang Wei's side in return.
"So what kind of assistance do you want?" Zhang Wei didn't waste any words. He wanted to make a one-time deal. But to make this deal, he still needed to overcome all the obstacles, break through the sea blockade of the Grand Duchy of Naima, and transport the dwarves back to Hatteras Port.
"We need ships, cannons, muskets, weapons and ammunition. I think you are also aware of the conflict between us and the mountain dwarves. We only came together temporarily because of the oppression of the Grand Duchy of Naima."
"We agreed to continue to provide them with talent support only if the Principality of Khasa is willing to give us these."
"Okay, a list of exchange rates." Zhang Wei directly asked for a list of transaction conditions.
"Don't want to talk?" The highland dwarf was a little surprised at Zhang Wei's frankness and couldn't help feeling suspicious.
"What is there to talk about? In the current situation, it's not about what you want, but what we can give in exchange. Who doesn't need the things you mentioned?"
After hearing this, the highland dwarf finally dispelled his original suspicion. After all, Zhang Wei was telling the truth. All parties were actively preparing for war. Which weapon didn't need time to produce? Which force had excess production to provide to others? It was a matter of trade-offs.
Just like the Highland Dwarves and Mountain Dwarves are sworn enemies, but they both want independence, so they choose to cooperate temporarily.
In order to gain independence, they even exchanged their own people as strategic resources with other countries. This is the reality.
After Zhang Wei got the exchange rate list, he shook his head the more he looked at it.
As expected, technical talents are always in high demand no matter what time.
Five pairs of dwarf couples in their prime are worth a medium-sized single-decker gunboat.
"It's not equipped with weapons." Seeing Zhang Wei staring at the exchange rate of the medium-sized single-decker gunboat, the mountain dwarf hurriedly explained.
He had learned from other dwarves that Zhang Wei brought as many as 12 ships this time.
This is a huge temptation for them, and they don't want to lose this business.