Train to Another World.

Chapter 84 Plan
Hearing Li Zhuoguang's words, Gandalf frowned deeply: "Ah! Can't we discuss it? What do you want to find? I will try to find it for you. If it doesn't work, I can ask my friends for help."

Li Zhuoguang shook his head: "It's not that I don't trust your character, but there is a difference between looking for yourself and looking for others.

Even if you have friends all over the world and they agree to help, it's just a favor. I want them to act for their own interests, so that they will be willing to help."

Gandalf tried to persuade him again: "You can also choose to help Thorin. If he becomes the king of the Lonely Mountain, he can also mobilize the dwarves to help you find things."

Li Zhuoguang stared at Gandalf in amazement: "I remember you knew Thranduil of Mirkwood? My goodness, that guy ordered a necklace for his wife. His wife has been dead for many years, and the necklace is still in Lonely Mountain today.

They are all dragon sick, all crazy, and their promises are as worthless as orcs' loincloths."

When Gandalf heard Li Zhuoguang mention the long-standing story between the elves and the dwarves, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face: "Thorin is different from his grandfather."

Li Zhuoguang still shook his head: "Perhaps the Durin dwarves can be relied upon at ordinary times, but when they see enough wealth... Agan, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but sometimes you can't think too highly of others. Appropriate suspicion can prevent many bad things from happening."

If Gandalf didn't trust Bilbo so much, there would be no Fellowship of the Ring sixty years later. The Battle of Five Armies had just ended, so we took advantage of the momentum.

Gandalf, Thranduil, Galadriel, King Elrond, Ironfoot, five tough guys with their troops escorting Baggins on the road, isn't this much more reliable than the Fellowship of the Ring?

Gandalf smiled, but still said, "Although dwarves may sometimes be covered in dirt like minerals in the ground, if you polish them a little, you will see their hearts of gold."

Li Zhuoguang shrugged: "Maybe. By the way, if Thorin and I fight, you won't help them, right?"

"I will try to stop you from starting a war."

"Okay, I understand. I will try not to kill anyone then. At most I will humiliate them in public."

As he said this, he called for everyone to walk towards the Shire before Gandalf.

As soon as we entered the Shire, we saw a hobbit leisurely smoking his pipe outside a cave on the left side of the road.

"Good afternoon, Bilbo." Li Zhuoguang waved and greeted the Hobbit.

"Hello sir, have we met before?" Bilbo Baggins looked at Li Zhuoguang and his group with some doubt. In his impression, he had no human friends. Oh my God, there was an elf among them.

"No, this is the first time we've met, but I know the other hobbits from the Took family, so I know you."

"Which Took?"

"Uh...Hildiphons."

"Oh, that's my distant uncle, my mother is his sister."

Li Zhuoguang rummaged in his pocket, pulled out a gold bar, and threw it to Bilbo: "Take it."

"Hey!" Bilbo saw something thrown at him, and he caught his pipe in a panic.

He took the thing in front of him and looked at it: "Is this, gold?"

"Yes, maybe later today, a group of dwarves will come to your house for dinner, and this will be considered as the meal fee. They have made a long trip in vain, so I will treat them to the meal." With that, Li Zhuoguang walked towards the depths of the Shire.

"Wait, I don't run a restaurant!" Bilbo yelled behind Li Zhuoguang.

"What did you say? I can't hear you."

“I said I don’t run a restaurant!”

"Oh, you own a restaurant? That's great! I wish your business prospers!"

"I said I'm not... Never mind." Looking at Li Zhuoguang's receding back, Bilbo gave up and sat back on the bench in front of the door, looking at the gold bar in his hand.

Later, dwarves?

The Shire, located in the west of Middle-earth, far from Mordor, is a major settlement of the Hobbits, and its business is quite prosperous. Not to mention the rich products, even maps of Middle-earth can be bought here. Li Zhuoguang originally wanted to buy a few horses for transportation, but unfortunately they only sold ponies for the Hobbits to ride.

Although this kind of horse is docile and hardy, it is smaller than the pony ridden by dwarves and is about the size of a large dog.

In the Shire, Li Zhuoguang bought some bread, cold chicken, ham, cheese and fruit wine made by the Hobbits themselves, and found a patch of grass to sit on.

While eating, he explained his ideas to everyone.

Li Zhuoguang stuffed ham slices, fruits and cheese into his mouth, unfolded the map of Middle-earth, and said to everyone: "Look, this is where we are, Shire. We will go east along the East-West Avenue, pass through the Windy Hills and the Troll Forest, and we will reach Rivendell.

There is an elf settlement there and the elves there are quite friendly. We can ask them about how to pass through the Misty Mountains and if possible, we can make a deal with them.

Beyond the Misty Mountains is Mirkwood, where another tribe of elves live. Of course, there are also a lot of disgusting big spiders.

The Elf King in Mirkwood is Thranduil, and his tribe has many soldiers and generals. We can go meet him and discuss some cooperation."

Then Li Zhuoguang poked his finger heavily on a spot on the map: "This place next to the Mirkwood is our destination, Lonely Mountain.

That was the former capital of Durin’s dwarves. The hall at the bottom of the castle is filled with countless gold and silver treasures. Its value is comparable to that of McDuck’s collection.”

Ariana, her mouth full of fruit, asked incoherently, "Who is McDuck?"

"It doesn't matter. What matters is that we need to get these treasures."

Xiong Facai frowned and said, "Since there are so many treasures here, why didn't anyone take them before?"

"That's the point. There's a giant dragon living in the castle on Lonely Mountain. If you want to get the treasure, you have to slay the dragon first."

Everyone was shocked: "Giant dragon?!"

Wei Changfeng was somewhat embarrassed: "If I want to slay the dragon, will the Dragon God agree?"

Li Zhuoguang explained: "It's called a dragon, but it's actually just a big lizard with wings."

Hearing this, everyone was relieved.

Aliana swallowed the fruit in her mouth and asked, "I've read literature about dragons. Don't all dragons look like that? And dragons are not easy to deal with."

Li Zhuoguang asked, "What do your dragons look like?"

"They look similar to what you said, but their magical attainments are not low, and they have strong bodies. Even when our elves were at their strongest, we still needed to mobilize an army to subdue an adult dragon."

Li Zhuoguang waved his hand: "That dragon doesn't know magic, it can only breathe fire."

"That's a Wurm. This kind of beast with low intelligence and can't even speak is quite easy to deal with."

"Well, it can talk, but its strength is a little weaker."

"I understand. A useless dragon with a missing heritage."

“…That’s not wrong.”

Li Zhuoguang took a sip of fruit wine and concluded: "In short, our initial goal is to slay the dragon and obtain the treasure inside. The gold inside can be used to drive humans, the Arken gem can be used to trade with dwarves, and there is also a white gem necklace that can be traded with Thranduil.

Let these three parties send people to find what we want.

After all, Middle-earth is so big, it would take a long time for us to find the quest item."

After saying that, Li Zhuoguang looked at Wang Shuyun: "This is our arrangement. What are your plans?"

(End of this chapter)