Watching his nephew run back and forth, Balai was speechless.
Did this look anything like the King's Son? Anyone who didn't know better would think he was just a lackey running errands!
Still, considering what had happened before, and with Wojin mediating between them, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Balai felt that Shi Lei's latest speculation was most likely correct.
If the greenskins were planning a night raid, then it was basically confirmed—they were targeting the Great Zhou troops, who lacked night vision.
Following this line of thought, the greenskins would inevitably launch a fierce assault on them. Shi Lei's insight could be said to have been truly prescient.
After learning from Wojin what Shi Lei was requesting, Balai's first reaction was to wonder whether he could use this opportunity to discuss gunpowder with the other side.
However, the moment this thought arose, Balai himself dismissed it.
Although dwarves had explosive tempers, they still cared about their dignity.
Morally speaking, the Great Zhou had come to reinforce Copper Furnace Fortress.
The Great Zhou troops were defending Copper Furnace Fortress's lines. There was no reason for the Great Zhou troops to provide the men, effort, and money for this kind of thing. It simply made no sense anywhere!
Under normal circumstances, let alone defensive supplies, it would have been perfectly reasonable for the Great Zhou troops to ask Copper Furnace Fortress to solve the problem of food and fodder for their soldiers.
The other side hadn't asked them to solve the food problem, yet if he now tried to bargain with Great Zhou over defensive supplies, that would be shameless to say the least.
It would be a minor matter if the negotiations failed. What he feared was angering Great Zhou and causing them to withdraw their troops outright.
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