In terms of the harshness of the environment in the country, Alterac, whose core territory is located in the snow-capped mountains, is the first to be the first, followed by Stormgard, which has settled in the Arathi Highlands.

It's not that the Arathi Heights are incapable of producing food, and the harsh environment in Stormgard is different from that of Alterac, which is a bitter cold place, mainly due to human factors.

That's right, it's the Deadwood Trolls, the third largest clan of forest trolls still active throughout the Highlands.

Oh yes, and now add to the Stonefist ogre, who fled here after the Second World War.

Before the Troll War, the entire northern part of the Eastern Continent was a hunting ground for forest trolls, and in the early days of the founding of the country, Quel'Salas was once suppressed in the northern part of the Yongge Forest, and could only hide in the Bandi Norrell Enchantment.

The Soladin the Great led the Arathas Empire in an alliance with Quel'Salas to defeat the once-formidable forest trolls, drastically reducing their reach.

But even so, the three major clans of the forest trolls still retained a considerable degree of combat effectiveness.

The Suzerain's Clan, Amani, had been battling the High Elf Ranger in the southern part of the Eternal Song Forest until a few years ago when the newly created Morning Striker Legion unexpectedly broke through the capital city of Zu Aman, and has been in a state of collapse ever since.

The second largest clan, the Evil Branch, is at war with the Hammer Dwarves who inhabit the Eagle's Nest, but also shows no mercy to other minor clans who are also forest trolls.

But that's not bad news for Quel'Thalas.

The Evil Tooth Clan, who have been suppressed and bullied by the Evil Branch Clan for many years, have been moved by the High Elves and the Hammer Dwarves to open the port on the eastern coast of Sintra to Quel'Thalas, allowing the material from the Eternal Song Forest to flow down to Hinterland.

These high-quality supplies from the High Elves greatly enhance the fighting power of the Hammer Dwarves.

In the last two years, Furstad Hammer has ordered the Hammer Dwarves to switch from being forced to defend and attacking actively.

The Hammer Dwarves have set up a number of outposts along the northern and eastern lines of the Sintra Highlands to ensure that supplies by sea reach the front line.

Due to their outnumbered inferiority, the Hammer Dwarves are not yet able to pose enough of a threat to the Hinterland Trolls' capital, but they can at least stand up to them in the Hinterland Highlands.

The Hammer Dwarves who switched from defending to attacking drew a lot of attention from the Evil Branch Trolls, and the pressure on the small clan of Evil Teeth living by the sea was greatly reduced.

This beneficial change made the Badtooth Clan Patriarch affirm the correctness of his decision, and more firmly supported the Brutehammer Dwarves to charge the front line.

Unlike large clans like Evil Branch and Deadwood, who are determined to compete for the suzerainty of forest trolls, small clans like Evil Tooth don't think about the long term at all, and it is victory to lead their people to survive in the crisis-ridden Hinterland.

The last of the three clans is the Deadwood Clan.

While not as powerful as the Evil Branch Clan, who established their capital, the Deadwood Trolls also have their own territory in the Arathi Highlands, the Deadwood Village in the southeast corner of the Highlands.

During the heyday of the kingdom of Stormgard, most of the Arathi Heights were under their control, and the Deadwood Trolls were crushed in the Deadwood Village and could not go out.

But with the sudden death of the first lord Solas and the lack of ability of Garin, the Deadwood Troll sees hope for a resurgence.

They united with the Stonefist ogre, who had just arrived in Arashi, to press on the weakening Stormgard step by step, and even stormed Riptide Fort under Garin's inaction, and lured the wolf into the house to attract the syndicate thieves who saw the money.

However, with the death of the Syndicate leader, Duke Facurrest, the Syndicate was reorganized by the official Alterac and had already been evacuated from Fort Riptide.

After overthrowing Garin's rule, the Regency Council repelled the trolls and ogres who had stormed the capital, and finally recaptured Riptide Castle.

However, the predicament facing Stormgard has not been lifted, and the expanding Deadwood Trolls and Stonefist Ogres are encroaching on the territory that should belong to Stormgard.

Galia saw Stormgard's problem very clearly, and to put it bluntly, she was still short of money to make trouble.

The Arathi Highlands produced a lot of high-quality ores and herbs, but because Lordaeron, with the strongest purchasing power, cut off the trade routes with them, the Stormgard stockpiled goods that were not strong at sea were never able to sell in large quantities.

From time to time, Kurtilas risked offending Lordaeron by sending merchant ships to the port of Fadil Bay to purchase minerals and herbs at low prices.

But the wealthy Kul Tiras did not lack these resources, and they were limited in the amount they could eat when they were already at odds with the big seller Lordaeron, and they could not fundamentally solve the financial problems faced by Stormgard.

In fact, the solution to this problem is simple, as long as Lordaeron reopens trade with Stormgard, it will gradually ease their pressure.

However, both Terenus and Arthas were determined to put maximum pressure on Stormgard, preferably to force them to surrender to Lordaeron in order to annex Stormgard.

But the Stormgards, who have been at war with trolls all year round and are full of martial virtues, may lack other things, but they will not lack backbone.

To this day, the Stormgard Regency Council still stiffens its head and does not bow to Lordaeron, and when it asks for compensation, it also straightens its waist and stretches out its hand to ask for it, without the slightest hint of groveling.

Galia is not Terenus, and she does not intend to annex other human kingdoms in a forceful manner.

Moreover, the impact of such economic sanctions is mutual, injuring 1,000 enemies and 800 self-inflicted.

Without the high-quality minerals and herbs from the Arathi Highlands, Lordaeron had to pinch his nose and buy from Quel'Salas, who was still friendly on the surface, but it was obviously not cost-effective.

Quel'Salas did not deliberately raise prices, as the cost of population is relatively high, and the basic materials sold by Quel'Salas are more expensive than those of other countries.

Kael'thas actually didn't want to engage in this kind of relatively low-end basic material trade, and with the technology of high-level elf craftsmen, the profits would be higher if the materials were refined and sold directly to the finished product.

Later in his reign, Terenus was willing to compromise some of his country's interests in order to realize his increasingly unrealistic dreams.

Galia would not do this, and she intended to resume trade with the nations of Gilneis, Stormgard, Alterac, Dalaran, and Kurtilas, and avoid the additional expenses incurred by the Kingdom of Lordaeron in procuring materials.

The matter of rebuilding the alliance is more involved, and these representatives who are the microphones alone cannot be the mastermind, and the kings of various countries do not want to come to Lordaeron to discuss the matter with Galia for the time being.

Just like what Galia herself said, they want to observe and confirm Garia's governing style before making a decision.

But for a major event like this, which can revitalize their own economy, the delegates will definitely send the news back to their home countries as soon as possible, and their countries will send a professional diplomatic team to discuss it slowly with Lordaeron.

Salian played soy sauce almost all the way in this congress, and he had already negotiated with Jialia privately about what should be discussed, and the next thing was nothing more than a formality.

With the reopening of Lordaeron, which had been self-contained for many years, economic and trade exchanges between the northern part of the Eastern Kingdom are sure to become more frequent.

Without Lordaeron's naval blockade, Quel'Salas' merchant ships would be able to sail down the west coast and safely transport their goods to Gilneis, Stormgard, and further afield to Kazmodan and the kingdom of Stormwind.

Galia's decision to open up trade clearly outweighed the disadvantages for Quel'Thalas, and of course Salaen, who was happy to see it, would not jump out and make trouble.

Not only Stormgard and Gilneth were enthusiastic about Jialia's proposal to reopen bilateral trade, but Luo Ning of Dalaran also rubbed his hands and reached a preliminary cooperation intention with Jialia on the spot.

After Dalaran lifted off, due to geographical factors, the only people who could maintain direct trade with them were Quel'Salas, who had just returned to the country for a few years.

Quel'Salas is a magical realm in its own right, and there is no shortage of Dalaran's specialty.

And as we all know, the ruined Alterac is still relatively poor at this stage, and Dalaran does not make much money from them.

Again, economic sanctions will have an impact on both sides.

Knowing that Galia plans to reopen the Lordaeron market, Ronin, who has stockpiled a lot of goods, can't wait to make a fortune from Lordaeron.

The unconcerned Eagle's Nest, Kazmodan, and Nomorigen had little interest in the commercial issues discussed between the nations of humanity, and the three delegates were now gathering to exchange words.

Seeing that Galia's side was still fighting with several other human countries for a while, Salaan simply left Valera to stay where he was, and went to the dwarves and gnomes alone.

As a non-human race, Quel'Salas did not have a good relationship with the dwarves and gnomes, but there was no conflict either, and they had always maintained normal trade with each other.

This time, Salian came to find them, mainly for the representatives of the Brute Hammer and the Copperbeard Dwarves.

"Excuse me, two delegates, for taking the liberty of reaching you out, that I have been entrusted with transmitting a proposal to your respective kings."

Today, the name of Salian Deep Shadow has long been very resounding at the top of various countries.

Seeing that the legendary Duke of Deep Shadow took the initiative to discuss the matter, the three representatives hurriedly stopped talking to each other and put on a posture of listening to each other.

Due to the good cooperation in Hinterland in recent years, the representatives of the Brute Hammer Clan are the closest to the High Elves.

He took the brown slate with a deep dwarven style that Salam had placed on the table, looked through it, and asked curiously, "Duke Deep Shadow, can I ask who this proposal is from?" ”

"Absolutely."

Salian smiled meaningfully, "It's your distant relative, the Black Iron Dwarf. ”

"What?!" X2