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But Waterman's territory is on the mainland of the principality.

Of course, this count has his own interests in shipping, but he naturally cannot be compared with those nobles near the sea in the principality.

But fortunately, his fiefdom was a large granary of the Duchy of Florence. The terrain is flat, the land is fertile, and the large farms are fertile for thousands of miles, and a large amount of grain can be harvested every harvest season.

It can be said that food is the sharpest weapon in Waterman's hands. Because of the food, he could afford to draw a large army at any time; Because of the food, he had a strong say in the Duchy of Florence; Because of the food, he could trade and make a lot of money in the inhospitable region of Hindlaire.

In fact, in the past years, the commercial trade between Waterman and Schindlaire was based on the fact that he sold grain to Schindlaire, a place where food was scarce, at a high price, and bought rare products such as minerals and magical materials at low land trade.

In this trade process, Waterman is, of course, the one who makes a lot of money. And it is because of this interest that he is very interested in meddling in the affairs of the Sindelare.

This is how Imu, and the Wasteland Pass of Imu, was born. Im's presence allows him to import large quantities of high-value minerals and magical materials.

Only now, Dane is determined to unify Schindlaire and create a truly central government. Of course, he could not allow this trade to continue, which was tantamount to a predatory trade for Hindlaire.

After this war, this trade situation was completely ended. Dane, who took the wasteland pass back into his hands, has enough strength to establish new trade rules with Waterman and even with the Duchy of Florence.

Today's Dane is also a big man who can participate in the formulation of rules.

Of course, the current Earl Waterman is still 'throwing his temper'. The Bull Earl, who could not continue to occupy huge interests, and had lost face once, naturally had no way to be happy.

But Dane believes that this stubborn cow will eventually choose to give in.

The reason is simple, the grain of the Earldom of Waterman, Dane can do without. The two sides fell out, and Dane was nothing more than spending a little more money to buy food from the Shire, or food from further afield, and he didn't have to hang himself from a tree.

But can Waterman's grain not be sold to Dane? Of course, you can, after all, food is hard currency, and it is popular everywhere. However, let's not forget that it is wishful thinking that Waterman wants to sell grain at a high price elsewhere except for Hindlaire.

There's no way he's going to transport grain to the depths of the Eastern Wasteland and sell it to orc tribes who may still be bartering, and don't even have money, right?

And apart from Hindlaire, where can he import large quantities of metal minerals that can arm the army and develop the territory?

For Dane, there are advantages to cooperating with Waterman, after all, the two sides are close to each other, and the wasteland pass has been opened, and the trade volume between the two sides has increased, and they can communicate with each other. It's not a big deal if he doesn't cooperate, he still does business with others.

But for Waterman, without Sindlaire, the overall economic vitality of his territory may have dropped by more than one notch.

Waterman's stubbornness lasted for three months. For the past three months, Waterman has been looking forward to the arrival of Dane's envoys.

But he didn't wait.

Dane's mind is also very simple, everything is good to say before the war starts, and Waterman will let him make trouble if he loses his temper. If you don't get through it and tame this bull, even if it is cooperation, it will be uneasy in the future.

In the three months since the end of the war, Waterman watched his income go from his previous level to a limit dive.

He carried it for three months, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

Unable to wait for Dane to send an envoy, he still chose to bow his head in the midst of his inner struggle and the torment of reality, and took the initiative to send a messenger to Dane, wanting to talk about the reopening of border trade.

In this matter, Dane has always been prepared, and if Waterman wants to talk, Dane plans to talk to him.

During the three-month trade freeze, the Wasteland Pass was not abandoned. Major General Palan, whose position had just been consolidated, was directly assigned by Dane to the Wasteland Pass to be responsible for the defense of this desert city. At the same time, Dane also instructed Paran to use the supply depots established during the war from Shawan Harbor to the Wasteland Pass, and turn these temporary military supply depots into permanent strongholds.

In this way, there are supply points along the way from Shawan Harbor to the Wasteland Pass, which can be described as great good news for caravans and travelers. At the same time, if the trade deal with Waterman is negotiated, Dane also plans to work with the Earl to build a passage from the Wasteland Pass to the Bull City, and also build some supply points along the way to facilitate the passage of caravans.

In fact, in every way, Dane was ready to reopen the border trade, just waiting for Waterman to lower his stubborn head.

And now, these preparations can finally be restarted.

It is believed that the resumption of border trade, coupled with the fact that the two sides are already in an equal position, can work together to create better conditions for the trade activities of the two sides, and the border trade will definitely be more prosperous than in the past, and will also bring more benefits to both sides.

In this matter, Dane actually attaches great importance to it. After the opening of the large granary of the Bull Count, his territory had an important source of food, and he no longer had to rely on maritime trade as much as before, especially not so much on the Charites.

Although he and the Shire are still in their honeymoon period, and the relationship between the two sides is not bad, who knows if the situation will change in the future? A mature politician needs to consider many aspects, make multiple preparations, and put all his eggs in one basket, which is irresponsible.

In this sense, Dane even wanted to talk to Count Waterman in person. It's just that he has another very important matter to deal with now, and he really doesn't have this time, so he can only leave the negotiation matter to Verina to deal with.