The people of the valley living in the Lonely Mountain are quite happy these days. Except for the underground hall where the property is stored, Li Zhuoguang did not restrict their space for activities. So they cleaned the inside and outside of the Lonely Mountain. The corpses of the dwarves in the city were also transported out of the city and buried according to the customs of the dwarves. Although the Lonely Mountain is next to the river, the people of the valley can go out fishing to be self-sufficient. But after getting rid of the exaggerated taxation of Changhu Town, the people of the valley are not only satisfied with food and clothing. What was the valley city back then? Middle-earth Xiao Yiwu! Although it was burned down by Smaug, some old people survived. So these old people, with some women and children, started to make small toys. They are still very business-minded and know how to use the current popularity to make toys sell well. And what is the hottest topic nowadays? Of course, it is to strip... the rare items offered by the lord. The people of the valley sent representatives to seek Li Zhuoguang's consent. Li Zhuoguang also believed that this kind of small toy would help the outside world to understand the shape of the carriage more clearly, so he agreed to the request of the people of the valley and explained many structural points to them in detail. Seeing the hope of life, the hardworking people of the valley worked day and night and soon made a batch of finished products. And set up a simple stall outside the lonely mountain city to sell the carriage model. The mercenaries and rangers passing by the lonely mountain felt that this kind of gadget was indeed more vivid than the sketch replica that flowed out from the hands of the big forces.
So the first batch of finished products was quickly purchased out, and some people bought more than a dozen at a time. One was kept for himself, and the rest could be taken to other places to sell at a high price. Li Zhuoguang once went to see the people of the valley processing toys when he was bored. What he didn't expect was that the processing workshop that looked like a small family workshop actually used assembly line processing. No wonder so many finished products could be produced in a short time. It seems that although the valley city was destroyed, some of its heritage was still preserved. Li Zhuoguang was inspired and briefly mentioned the concept of collectible toys such as Warhammer 40K and the basic rules of DND board games. Thus, a door to the blue ocean market opened in front of the people of the valley. On the other side, an elf messenger found Li Zhuoguang again, but this time the elf was a third party he had never met before, the Noldor elves from Lorien. Their leader was none other than Elrond's mother-in-law, the princess of the Noldor - Galadriel. This elven queen was the most powerful of the three elven kings, but she also had the most dark sides in her heart. To Li Zhuoguang's surprise, the message brought by the elf was not from Galadriel, but from Saruman. In the Third Age, Galadriel had formed the "White Council" to fight against Sauron. She wanted to nominate Gandalf as the leader, but was rejected by Gandalf. So the position of leader finally fell into Saruman's hands, and now Saruman has no subordinates, so it is normal for him to send the elves to deliver the letter. The content of the letter is very simple: The Lord's things are dangerous, I'm afraid you can't control them, kid, there are deep waters here... Li Zhuoguang counted with his fingers, and it was probably about this time. Sauron had just recovered and his strength was still relatively weak. Saruman thought he was ready, so he volunteered to chase Sauron alone, and then he turned into Sauron's shape. His behavior was in sharp contrast to Gandalf, who decided to cut off the rear without hesitation when facing the Balrog later, so it was normal for Ilúvatar to look down on him. Those who retreat and hesitate when encountering major events cannot be the messenger of the fire...god, nor can they bear the important mission of sealing...perfecting the Great Music. So even if Gandalf died at the hands of the Balrog, Ilúvatar would unseal more of the Maiar power and send it back to Middle-earth. And what about Saruman? A clown stabbed him in the back, and then he died. Ilúvatar's attitude towards the two of them can be seen from this.
So Li Zhuoguang smiled disdainfully: "Go back and tell Tuan...bah, tell Shen...bah, tell Saruman that if you want the Supreme Ring, come to me and get it yourself. If you can't even do this, I still think it's safer to put the Supreme Ring in my hands. Also, the water here is really deep, please tell Saruman for me, he really can't control it." The elf scout was not annoyed, but just smiled apologetically and left. Whether it was fighting against Sauron or forming the Holy White Council, it was obviously the Queen who took the lead. Gandalf and Saruman, they couldn't catch up with the Queen's finger. "Wait!" Li Zhuoguang remembered something and stopped the elf scout. Galadriel had the Ring of Water, one of the three rings of the elves, in her hand. She had a water mirror, and the flowing water in it could be injected with the light of the Silmaril by Galadriel, which was an extremely powerful purifying power. Li Zhuoguang wanted to see if the "good medicine" of Middle-earth could cure the "stubborn disease" of Ariana's hometown, so he asked Galadriel for this kind of treasure through the elf messenger of Lórien. Galadriel had also heard about some of Li Zhuoguang's deeds, so she wrote a letter back to Li Zhuoguang. At the beginning of the letter, she listed Li Zhuoguang's achievements along the way, especially the deeds of finding the Supreme Lord of the Rings in the Orc Kingdom of the Misty Mountains. At the end of the letter, she wrote: Zhuoguang, I have something to ask for, but it is difficult for me to speak out. Li Zhuoguang remembered something. Many years ago, Galadriel's daughter, Elrond's wife, Celebrían, was captured by orcs at Redhorn Peak while crossing the Misty Mountains to Lórien. Before her sons Elladan and Elrohir rescued her, she suffered terrible torture and injury. Celebrían was deeply troubled by the horrible memory, and she decided to leave Middle-earth and travel overseas a year later. Li Zhuoguang understood. A few days later, Li Zhuoguang and Ariana returned to the Misty Mountains. Since it was to solve the problem for Ariana's hometown, Li Zhuoguang took Ariana with him. And with Xiong Facai and Qin Daniu in charge of the Lonely Mountain, he was more relieved. Li Zhuoguang flipped through the map in his hand: "Cloud Peak, Redhorn Peak, it seems to be here. Huang Shiren, you smell it." Huang Shiren stood on Li Zhuoguang's shoulder, twitching his nose, and stretched out his little paw, pointing in only one direction. Li Zhuoguang went forward in the direction pointed by Huang Shiren, and indeed found a relatively large orc tribe in a canyon. Li Zhuoguang put on his iron armor and flew above the canyon, confirming that there were no traps or ambushes in the canyon. He returned to Ariana and said to her: "This tribe is built in the canyon, it is long and has only two exits, one in front and one in the back. You go through the front door, I'll go through the back door, and we'll go together." Ariana nodded, indicating that she understood. When Li Zhuoguang was about to fly to the back door, he thought of something and turned back to say to her: "Just use a dagger, don't use a bow and arrow, I'm afraid you will shoot me to death."