714.Gaia's helplessness·a sigh
714.Gaia's helplessness·A sigh (page 1/2)
“It's paid, it's paid！”
On the ground floor of the Brass Fortress closest to the ground, the shouts of the throne room guards rang out from the large military camp that had just experienced a bloody battle. This made the brass dwarf soldiers who were resting with their weapons stand up immediately..
They stood on a battlefield filled with the burnt corpses of kobolds. Looking back amid the disgusting smell, they saw a four-wheeled vehicle filled with boxes being pushed over..
The guards of the Supreme Lord in golden armor were holding halberds and carrying muskets to protect the vehicle. It walked on the uneven ground that had been bombed, constantly colliding and making tinkling sounds..
Just like the most wonderful sound of coin collision, every tired brass dwarf felt a joy from the bottom of his heart..
Because that car contains exactly the wealth they desire.
“Bang”
At the entrance to the military camp that had been fought over by dwarves and jackals an hour ago, boxes one after another were lifted down and dropped on the ground..
The royal accountant holding the account book wore a luxurious monocle, bent down to unlock the box, and then opened it under the gaze of the gathered soldiers. The next moment, the yellow light illuminated the eyes of these soldiers. Eye.
A sufficient amount of dwarf gold coins are piled in the box, and there are also a few gems that are very valuable at first sight..
That unpolished and beautiful shape makes every dwarf warrior's heart intoxicated..
Such a gem can buy many things in the Brass Fortress, including shops in the trade area, luxurious and practical weapons, or taking a share in a mineral company that makes a lot of money to get a steady stream of profits, or simply more directly！
Buy enough wine to make a dwarf drunk to death, or several slave girls to enjoy themselves..
In the Brass Fortress, as long as you have money, you can buy everything you want.
The brass dwarves of the past were not like this..
They are stubborn, fierce and honor-oriented. Every alien warrior who fought alongside the dwarves during several black disasters would praise their courage and strength. However, I don’t know when the brass dwarves changed..
While they liked good weapons, they also began to pursue the pursuit of decorating their armor with expensive things. While they were warlike, they learned to use all the beautiful things to satisfy their desires between battles. Under the stubborn tradition, they began to enjoy the use of their own weapons. Huge wealth created by hands.
This is actually not a bad thing. The prevalence of consumerism can indeed drive individual enthusiasm to a certain extent, but everything has a degree. Once it is exceeded, no matter how good things are, they will turn bad..
In the past, the dwarves in this fortress could still be decorated in the name of the Earth Mother..
But now, every Brass Dwarf knows that Gaia has given up on them, otherwise the Skaven would not have been able to dig through the ground so easily and rush into their fortress to carry out the massacre..
This cruel reality once caused many dwarves to collapse, but life must continue after the collapse..
What's more, without the strict constraints of Mother Gaia, many things that could only be done in secret before can now finally be done on the table..
Well, many dwarves suddenly discovered during the battles in the past few days that actually the absence of rules and commandments is not necessarily a bad thing..
Look, those drinks with magic mushrooms in the new tavern in the trade area are really exciting..
Those romantic venues that were once not allowed to appear in dwarf cities can finally be opened for business. As long as you have money in your pocket, those female slaves or male slaves tamed by the shadow elves can always let you enjoy ascending to heaven after a tiring battle. of happiness.
The Temple of Gaia occupies the best location in the Brass Fortress. In the past, there were religious restrictions that prevented merchants from trying to go there. But now that Mother Gaia has abandoned them, there is no need to retain the prime location..
So last night, while the battle on the front line was going on, the Temple of Gaia was demolished by the mineral company that had seized the land and transformed into a full-featured casino for soldiers and hard-core warriors to have fun in their leisure time..
Now the links that have the greatest impact on the war are also full of a kind of "pragmatism" stripped of faith.”.
In the past, the supreme lord asked the soldiers to fight and still used their faith to prostitute them for free, but that's no longer possible! The man said straightforwardly, fighting is not impossible! Anyway, when you become a soldier, you have to fight, but before starting the fight, you need to negotiate the price with the supreme lord..
This is fighting at the risk of death. If the price is cheaper, wouldn't it mean that this man's life is too cheap?？
“117Squadron, come forward！”
Lord Hadran's best royal accountant was flipping through the battlefield records, holding a special calculation orb in his hand to calculate the price, and said to the dwarf commando captain who came forward holding a battle helmet.：
“You took back the military camp as promised. As we agreed before, the basic price for winning the battle is 50,000 gold coins and a box of gems. Each kobold will get 1 gold coin, and each gnoll will get 3 gold coins, plus your losses..
An additional 1,000 gold will be paid for the casualty of a brother..
The total calculated in this way is 85471 gold coins. Come and see if the calculation is correct.？”
“no problem.”
The dwarf captain waved his hand generously and said：
“Before you came, the smartest member of our team had already calculated it. It’s pretty much the same..”
“Okay, then this deal is settled.”
The royal accountant is also very satisfied with the current settlement model..
In the past, during wars, priests were always asked to hold a mourning ceremony, which was troublesome, required extra money, and took up time and manpower costs. What a good model for soldiers to go to war and have the lord pay them..
This is how dwarves who value efficiency should work..
The captain of the big-headed soldier laughed and grabbed a handful of gold coins from the box at his feet and threw them behind him. His brothers who fought bloody battles also laughed. It seemed that the pain of the death of his companions was washed away by this visible benefit. a lot.
Look at these wonderful gadgets, they are so comforting.
The accountant saw the scene of the dwarf warriors of the 117th Commando dividing gold coins. He didn't know why, but he felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart..
Wealth should be used effectively like this！
Only money that is transferred is money. Those things that were piled in the vault and gathering dust in the past are just a bunch of numbers..
Well, look at the sincere smiles on the faces of these brave men, it’s as if the entire Brass Fortress has come to life. The life before was so hypocritical, but now this is the truly wonderful reality..
Money is priceless and can buy everything in the world！
Those invisible and intangible beliefs will be gone if they are gone. Anyway, when they worshiped Mother Earth, it was not obvious how much Gaia loved them..
Day after day, they found the most wonderful gems and wealth under the earth, and regarded them as the most perfect tributes to the Mother Goddess. They used the most luxurious treasures in the world to create statues for the Mother Goddess, and they spent large sums of money on them. The white money is invested in the cause of maintaining faith, but it is extremely difficult to obtain abundance..
This is obviously a deal！
When we give you money, you should send us blessings！
A god who doesn't even abide by the spirit of the contract, a god who abandons an entire tribe because of a trivial matter, a god who favors the other two races but becomes increasingly alienated from himself..
whispering sound.
Perhaps Gaia completely gave up on the brass dwarves a few days ago, but the long-standing trend of more and more members of the tribe choosing to become faithless iron-hearted warriors represents another meaning..
The dissatisfaction of the Mother Goddess with the Brass Dwarves and the dissatisfaction of the Brass Dwarfs with the Mother Goddess fermented at the same time..
Since both parties are tired of looking at each other, what else can we do?.
You, Gaia, are sitting back and watching the rat men raid our city. This relationship that we have managed to maintain is over. That's it. From now on, we will go to the sky, each side.！
The brass dwarves who control the wealth can live well without faith. In the words of some halfling scholars, the market economy always has wonderful power, and the invisible hand will never make businessmen who dare to fight lose money. And back.
This great power to create wealth with both hands is much more trustworthy than any willful gods..
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