Chapter 012: The Little Blonde Girl

"As you can see, although I have taken possession of the Lonely Mountain, I don't have extra hands to mine it except for the people of Lake-town. So I hope to hire all dwarves to work for me. I wonder if you are willing."

Wang Bo's words left the dwarves exchanging glances. The leading dwarf said, "May I ask what Your Majesty wishes us to do?"

"Help me craft some exquisite jewelry and forge some weapons. That should be something you dwarves are good at, right?"

"That's true. Compared to humans, our dwarven craftsmanship is trustworthy."

Wang Bo snapped his fingers and said, "To be honest, that's exactly what I value about you."

"It is our honor to be valued by Your Majesty."

"So what do you think? Are you willing to work for me?" Wang Bo said slowly. "Of course, the price is negotiable. I won't treat you unfairly."

"Well, I need to go back and discuss it with our king."

"Of course." Wang Bo did not insist. He believed that some dwarves would be willing to accept his employment. After all, everyone needs to eat.

After several hours of negotiation, the diplomatic relations were finally established.

Next, when this group returned, they would convey Wang Bo's opinions to the ruler of the Iron Hills.

Afterwards, both sides would agree on a time to sign a contract and formally establish diplomatic relations.

After official business was concluded, Wang Bo, as the King of the Lonely Mountain, invited the dwarves to a banquet.

At this banquet, Wang Bo not only presented many delicious foods but also brought out what the dwarves could not resist—fine wines.

Whether it was Rémy Martin or vodka, Moutai or gin, Fenjiu, wine, rum, beer, sake—there were about a hundred kinds in total.

With so many fine wines, there was bound to be one that the dwarves loved.

At the banquet, when the dwarves from the Iron Hills saw that Wang Bo had so many wines, their eyes went wide, staring unblinkingly at the wines, unable to look away.

Wang Bo smiled slightly at this.

With these fine wines, Wang Bo was full of confidence in recruiting the dwarves.

The dwarves, who were a bit reserved at first, after tasting the various wines and getting drunk, revealed their true nature, banging on tables, singing and dancing. Though the singing was not pleasant, it was not unpleasant either; it had a unique charm and, damn it, was quite rhythmic.

Wang Bo did not stop them, letting them make as much noise as they pleased.

When everyone was drunk, he sent a few mechanical soldiers to escort the dwarves back to their rooms.

The next day, when the dwarves woke up from their drunken stupor and recalled the previous night's events, they exchanged glances. Of course, some dwarves were completely drunk and had blacked out.

They remembered nothing of what they had done last night. When they took their leave of Wang Bo, they became reserved again, afraid that their unrestrained behavior had displeased him.

Wang Bo was not so petty. When the dwarves left, he even gave them several cartloads of fine wine. He also told them that anyone willing to work at the Lonely Mountain could drink as much wine as they wanted, with no limit.

This made all the dwarves present tempted.

Not long after the dwarves left the Lonely Mountain, Yazi, Xiao Bai, and Xiao Qing returned from outside.

This time, they had visited a human kingdom—Rohan.

According to Wang Bo's memory, Rohan was located north of the allied kingdom Gondor and northwest of the enemy country Mordor. It was the homeland of the Rohirrim. Their horses and cavalry were very famous.

In the world of The Lord of the Rings, Rohan should be a major kingdom.

But what constituted a major kingdom depended on what it was compared to.

The world of The Lord of the Rings was still in a very primitive era, similar to the European Middle Ages. In this era, food was scarce, medical conditions were poor, and perhaps a common cold could take a person's life.

In this era, the survival rate of newborns was inevitably low.

Various conditions limited a country's development.

Even a kingdom like Rohan had a small population—at most a few tens of thousands, perhaps a hundred thousand. Wang Bo was not sure, but it could not exceed five hundred thousand.

It could not even compare to the population of a modern city.

In Wang Bo's view, in the medieval era, apart from the scenery, the culture was average, the accommodation average, and the food very average.

But for someone from modern times, every such scene was full of curiosity.

That was why Yazi could enjoy herself so much.

But Wang Bo was different; he had seen worlds like this before, such as the world of Aladdin, the fairy tale world, the world of Di Renjie, and so on.

He had seen Eastern, Western, fantastical, and realistic worlds.

Therefore, Wang Bo had little interest in the scenery of the world of The Lord of the Rings. Instead, he was full of interest in the dwarves' weapons and was determined to recruit a group of dwarves.

Of course, more importantly, with the portal, Wang Bo could return to this world anytime to enjoy the scenery.

So he decided to work first and relax later.

As for Yazi, she would soon return to Earth to continue working, so she planned to have a good time these few days.

But since playing alone was boring, she dragged Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing along.

The two girls also wanted to see the other world, so they hit it off.

Wang Bo had thought the three girls would play for a while before returning, but unexpectedly, they came back as soon as the dwarves left.

Wang Bo was a bit surprised. "Why didn't you stay out and play a bit longer?"

Yazi said, "We brought you a gift."

"A gift?" Wang Bo asked. "What gift?"

Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing smiled slightly and stepped aside, revealing a little girl of about a few years old. She wore a gorgeous dress, had light blonde hair, and big beautiful eyes.

Undoubtedly, she was a very pretty little girl, a classic beauty in the making.

Wang Bo believed that when she grew up, she would surely be a stunning beauty.

"This is the gift you brought me?" Wang Bo rubbed his temples. He didn't remember ever showing any tendency toward being a lolicon.

The little girl looked at Wang Bo timidly, her pitiful appearance arousing sympathy.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Xiao Bai said, "Don't you recognize her?"

Wang Bo shook his head.

Xiao Qing chuckled and said to the little girl, "Tell him, what's your name?"

The little blonde girl said, "My name is Elsa."

Elsa?

Wang Bo looked carefully at the little girl, suddenly thought of something, and asked with a stir in his heart, "Where do you live?"

"Arendelle," Elsa said slowly.