After eating the second round of instant noodles, the white-robed knights patted their stomachs with satisfaction and sat on the ground to rest.

Arsson wiped his mouth with a red face, stood up and walked in front of Thorin, bowed slightly and said: "Hello Prince Thorin, I was so sloppy just now, I didn't have time to greet you, I am the prince of the Kingdom of Arno, Arson, I am very happy to meet you here." ”

Thorin hurriedly nodded in salute and bowed slightly, "His Royal Highness Prince Arsson is too polite, this is originally your territory, we are just passing by temporarily, and I hope Prince Arsson you don't mind." ”

Arsson hurriedly said: "How can you mind, in fact, thanks to your passage from here, if you hadn't asked Gandalf and Diedy to go to the rescue of Bray Town, Bray Town would have waited for me to come to help, I'm afraid the plague would have already rushed out of Bray Town and infected most of the country." ”

Thorin had a slight look of shame on his face.

After all, he didn't support Gandalf and "Diedy" in the first place to save Bray Town, he didn't care too much about the life or death of the Terrans, and his only goal in his heart was to restore his Lonely Mountain Dynasty.

However, having said that, Thorin could not say it in front of Prince Arsson, who did not actually support Gandalf and Diedi.

He smiled a little embarrassedly, "Actually, we didn't help too much, if you need anything else, Prince Arson, please just ask." ”

Anyway, now that the plague matter has been resolved, everything else is negotiable.

Arsson seemed to be waiting for Sorrin's words.

He grinned, "Well, I really have something to ask Prince Thorin for help." ”

Thorin hurriedly said, "Please speak." ”

Arsson smiled, "If what I said is correct, Diedi must have been hired by you, right?" ”

Thorin nodded, "Yes, so to speak. ”

Arsson smiled: "I don't know how much you paid for hiring him?" ”

"This ......" Thorin weighed it for a moment, and finally said in a deep voice: "I can't tell you Your Royal Highness Prince Arsun, we are going to go to the Lonely Mountain Palace through the Misty Mountains, you should know that the Lonely Mountain Palace is the property of our Oak Shield family, since the evil dragon Smaug occupied it, the dwarves of our Oak Shield tribe have been displaced and miserable, if we don't go back, according to the timeliness, the Lonely Mountain Palace will become a borderless land, when the time comes, Any other force has already participated in the battle for the wealth of the Lonely Mountain Palace. ”

Arsson nodded and said: "Yes, I know about this matter, you also sent an envoy to my father to ask him to send troops to support, but unfortunately, our Arno Kingdom is not in a good situation now, and we can't help His Highness Thorin in this regard." ”

Thorin smiled faintly, "This is something I expected, after all, even the seven kingdoms of the dwarves have not helped us, and we can't force the help of the human race." As I said, we've organized an expedition of our own, and most of the members of this expedition are members of my trusty Oakshield clan, as well as the trusty Grey-robed Archmage of the White Council, Gandalf, and the not-so-reliable Hobbit Bilbo, as well as the swordsman Diedi and the Hammer Lady, who is of sixty-quarter dwarven blood. ”

"......," Arsson's eyes widened in astonishment.

Sixty-quarter dwarven blood...... How did this work out?

Thorin continued: "Except for Gandalf, there are sixteen people in our team, and if we succeed in this operation and recapture our Lonely Mountain Palace, then each of these sixteen members will receive one-sixteenth of the wealth. Therefore, the swordsman Diedi's employment gold is one-sixteenth of the wealth of my Gushan Palace. ”51

Arsson frowned slightly, "I have heard that the Lonely Mountain Dynasty is the richest dynasty in the history of Middle-earth, and the Oak Shield Dwarves have not only obtained a large amount of precious metals by digging the Lonely Mountain, but also obtained a mountain heart, which is a priceless treasure. ”

Thorin smiled: "That's right, but the Heart of the Mountains is not included in the calculation of commissions, which only count the wealth in circulation. ”

Arsson breathed a sigh of relief.

If the Heart of the Mountains was included in the commission, he couldn't afford to pay it anyway.

But if it's just circulating wealth...... The wealth of the Gushan Palace is roughly only 350 million gold coins, even if it is 50 million gold coins, then divide it by one-sixteenth, that is, no one can get 3.125 million gold coins.

This commission is really high.

However, the price is higher for good talent! It's definitely not something that tens of millions of gold coins can measure!

Arsson turned his heart and said resolutely: "Your Highness Thorin, I have a request, can you give me Diedi, and I can compensate you in installments for 3 million gold coins." ”

Thorin was taken aback, "What? Did I hear me right? ”

Alsson hurriedly said: "I know this is not good enough, but the royal family of Arno does not have much money, 3 million is already my greatest sincerity, of course, this expedition of yours, we will provide all feasible conveniences, including opening the border of Rivendell, including supplying you with supplies and medicines along the way, etc." ”

Thorin hurriedly said: "No, no, His Royal Highness Prince Arson, you are afraid that you have misunderstood me, you know, we may not be able to enter the Lonely Mountain alive, even if we can really enter the Lonely Mountain alive, we may not be able to share the wealth alive, and you give me 3 million now, it is really too surprising to me." ”

Alsson smiled: "To be honest, I admire Diedi too much, I think that a talent like him is too wronged to be a mercenary, it's a pity." If you're willing to cut your love, I'd appreciate it. ”

Thorin hesitated.

After all, Arsson is the heir of the royal family of Arno, and he will marry the Kingdom of Gondor in the future, so the three kingdoms of the human race, the two largest will be unified, and the one sandwiched in the middle will also be unified.

Establishing a good relationship with Alsson now, although it is not too obvious to help this lonely mountain expedition, but it is beneficial and harmless for future development.

It's just that......

Thorin couldn't help but glance in the direction of Xu Feng.

At this time, Xu Feng was giggling with Iron Hammer, completely unaware that the two princes were fighting for his ownership.

Thorin pursed his lips slightly, "I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness Prince Arson, I'm afraid this matter is not something I can say alone, so let's go and ask the swordsman what he means, if he is willing to go with you, I can not count him as betraying our expedition, and you don't need to compensate me for anything, just open the door to our expedition." ”

Arson's eyes were delighted, "Your Highness Thorin, you are really too angry!" I sincerely salute you! I'm going to talk to Diedi! ”

With that, Arsson hurriedly bowed, and then ran towards Xu Feng.