Devalin said, "It's better to catch a wood elf and force him to take us out of here!"

The other dwarves nodded.

Xu Feng waved his hand, "No need to be so troublesome. Even if you can catch the wood elf, it will be difficult for you to leave the main entrance, as there must be strict guards there."

"That's right, then what should we do?" Bahrain sighed.

Xu Feng smiled faintly: "In addition to walking around in the dark forest from here, there is also a faster road, that is, to go directly through Changhu Town."

"Changhu Town?" Solin was slightly stunned, "The city where humans live?"

Xu Feng smiled and said, "Yes."

Thorin couldn't help frowning and didn't say anything for a long time.

"What?" asked Bilbo, who was beside him, "Don't tell me that you dwarves don't like to walk on water! This is the quickest way!"

Thorin said helplessly: "It's not that we don't want to walk on the water, but... we Gushan dwarves have a bad relationship with the residents of Changhu Town."

Bilbo smiled coldly, "I can imagine it."

Who will have a better relationship with the Gushan Dwarf?

The answer is no one.

No one will have a good relationship with the Gushan Dwarf except the Gushan Dwarf himself.

Balin said helplessly: "You don't understand. When our Gushan dwarves were still in Gushan Palace... Changhu Town was flooded. At that time, the mayor of Changhu Town asked us for help. King Soul agreed, but asked Changhu Town to pay 50% of their taxes every year."

"50%?" Tie Hammer said angrily: "You guys are simply robbery!"

Bahrain sighed, "Ms....you should know that we are dwarves, and the residents of Changhu Town are all humans. The territory of Changhu Town originally belonged to our Gushan dwarves, but later there were more and more humans in that place, and it became the territory of humans. We did not ask humans for our territorial rights, but just asked them to pay taxes according to the rules, and they agreed, so... we are no wonder."

Tie Hammer frowned and said, "Your reasons are really good."

Balin said with an old face red, "Anyway, we rescued Changhu Town, and the residents of Changhu Town survived. However, when we sent tax officials to collect taxes, their mayor turned against his word."

Tie Hammer smiled and said, "Nonsense, your taxes are simply taxes that will be cut off! If it were me, I would have to rely on them!"

Bahrain said: "But we have a contract first, and everything should be done according to the contract."

Tiehai asked, "What happened later? Did Changhu Town give you taxes?"

Bahrain shook his head, "No, they spent a whole year and only gave us 10% taxes... Humans are so unfaithful! Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not targeting everyone present, I'm just talking about humans in Changhu Town."

Tie Hammer asked, "With your dwarfs of Gushan, you only receive a 10% tax. Can you be willing to do so?"

Balin's old face turned red, "Of course we cannot allow such a thing to happen. We sent an army to surround Changhu Town. The mayor of Changhu Town stood up at that time. He said that the agreement was signed by him and that he would bear the responsibility alone. He voluntarily gave up the position of Changhu Town mayor, so that his descendants could not inherit the position of town mayor, and then committed suicide in front of everyone."

Tie Hammer frowned and said, "The hereditary mayor is also a lord, and it can even be regarded as a king of a very small country. You have forced the lords to death and allowed the descendants to inherit the inheritance. This is already cruel enough, so you should give up the troops."

Balin scratched his head with a red face, "...Our strategic policy at that time was to completely take back the territory of Changhu Town and drive out the residents of Changhu Town, so... we did not retreat."

Tie Hammer frowned and said, "You are so cruel."

Bahrain sighed helplessly: "Humanity is not our tribe, and we have a contract first... So we may be wrong in this war, but not completely wrong."

Tie Hammer asked coldly: "What happened later? What made you give up attacking Changhu Town?"

Balin said with an old face red: "Just as we were about to attack Changhu Town, a scorching fire rushed towards the Gushan Palace..."

"Ahhh!" Tie Hammer said with some gloating pleasure: "Demon Dragon Smaug!"

Bahrain nodded and said, "Yes, the magic dragon Smaug... He attacked us without warning to the Gushan Palace. Our army besieged Changhu Town immediately retreated urgently, but it was still too late. However, we also saved the army because of this. This army played an extremely important role in the Battle of Blue Mountains."

Barring paused and continued, "Since Smaug occupied the palace of our hometown, we have no time to deal with Changhu Town. Over the years, Changhu Town has gradually become rich by doing water trade with wood elves, but we have changed from the richest race in the world to the most down-and-out race."

...You really deserve it!

Xu Feng secretly complained in his heart.

However, he did not show it, but said lightly: "So, Changhu Town does not welcome you."

Bahrain nodded, "I'm afraid this is the case. They think that their old mayor was forced to death by us. I heard that the descendants of the old mayor did not inherit the position of mayor who could have been hereditary. The current mayor is controlled by a despicable guy."

Xu Feng said: "No matter what, no matter what grudges you have with Changhu Town, as far as the current situation is concerned, we want to get rid of the pursuit of half-orcs and wood elves as soon as possible. The best way is to cross Changhu Town, land from the south bank of Changhu Town, and get ashore from the north bank of Changhu Town, so that your Gushan Palace will be near to you."

Thorin then said, "Everything is what you say, we will do whatever you want."

With the experience of the last Battle of the Mist Mountains, Thorin already believes in Xu Feng’s strategic vision very much.

Xu Feng nodded: "Very good, then let's go to the trade zone of Wood Elf City... Bilbo, you will lead us in front, and everyone else will try to lighten your pace and not disturb the sleeping Wood Elf."

"Yes!" the dwarf replied in a low voice.

Bilbo immediately led the way in front and led Xu Feng and the others to the trade zone on the upper floor.

At the end of the trade zone, there is a warehouse that is used to store materials transported from Changhu Town.

There is a long river at the bottom of the warehouse, and you can reach Changhu Town along this long river.

Bilbo, Xu Feng and others, quickly found the warehouse, with two elves guarding at the door of the warehouse.
Chapter completed!