Chapter 18: White Dukedom
Mr. Wren and Aurora went to one of the study room and took a seat.
The other servants were already evacuated.
The content of the study between the two of them might involve some secret matters in White Dukedom and the servants were not qualified to hear about it.
"What do you know about White Dukedom, Miss Aurora?"
"In which aspect, Mr. Wren?" Aurora asked back. There were various aspect about White Dukedom that Aurora knew and if she were to say everything, even a day would not be enough for her to finish.
It was impossible for them to discuss everything either.
"Let's start with the most important thing," Mr. Wren said slowly, "Economy."
Is it the most important thing?
But thinking about the situation in White Dukedom, Aurora was not surprised for Mr. Wren's answer.
"The economy in White Dukedom is dominated by farming. Being the best arable land in the entire Yellow Kingdom, White Dukedom produced more than 60% of the grain for the entire kingdom," Aurora started slowly.
The Yellow Kingdom has two extreme type of lands, half of them were grasslands, forest, and the likes. The other half was desert and dry lands.
Because of this, the grain supplies were all concentrated on the east where White Dukedom was located. Moreover, the water source from the large lake could be said to be the largest water source for White Dukedom.
Without it, they wouldn't be able to survive.
"But farming is very dependent on the weather and season. In good seasons, the produce of the grain can completely cover the needs for the entire kingdom and even had excess. But in bad season, it would not be enough," Aurora said calmly.
Mr. Wren nodded. "How about the other businesses in White Dukedom?"
"There are some other merchants and market in White Dukedom, but the amount was very small. There are …"
Aurora remembered each and every single businesses in White Dukedom. Even though she didn't think it was necessary to mention them all, but she still said it to Mr. Wren.
White Dukedom itself had a vast territory and several lords. So these small businesses would not be managed by Mr. Wren personally and instead handed over to many other lords who were appointed by Duke White.
They all have their own roles.
When Aurora finished, Mr. Wren looked at Aurora in a new light. If he didn't know better, he would not think that he was talking with a mere 10 years old kid.
Interesting.
He didn't expect to see a very capable younger generation and she was also the one he had to teach.
"As you have said, the development in White Dukedom will be dependent on the water source. What do you think should we do to be able to earn more water?" Mr. Wren asked.
"I believe that my grandfather had already made some rainwater reservoir," Aurora said slowly. "When it's raining, the excess rainwater can be collected and will help in case the situation is difficult. Increasing the rainwater reservoir can be done, but the location had to be selected in advance….
Aside from that, if the Yellow Kingdom wanted to win more water, we could try by pulling more beneficial trade from Duke Sun's territory. In exchange, he could also get more preferential agreement for the crops' price."
Duke Sun's territory was precisely the area that was filled with sand. In the recent years, they have been able to copy the glass making from Sand Kingdom. But the produce was not that much.
It could be said that Duke Sun was the poorest out of all nobles in the Yellow Kingdom even though he has vast territory.
For this matter, Duke Sun was also helpless.
The king granted him a large territory, but there was barely anything in his territory. Thankfully, there was still some mines that could help him earn some income, but it was not much and to keep the lives of his people, he had to buy a large amount of food from Duke White's territory.
Because Duke Sun was dependent on Duke White, it could be said that the relationship between them was not very good.
They were both dukes, but Duke Sun could only rely on the other party.
He was not happy.
Aurora had seen their arguments when Duke Sun come to Duke White's Residence some time ago. She asked her father and he told her about the agreement between the two territories.
Knowing that Duke Sun needed them, Aurora felt that it would be better for them to make a good use of this to earn a good amount of money and resources.
"It would be good if you can negotiate this with Duke Sun," Mr. Wren said helplessly.
Duke White and Duke Sun would only clash with each other when they met, so the negotiation was handled by the lords under them. Thanks to that, the negotiation was not going very well.
"This is just an idea," Aurora said slowly. "You can also step forward and try to propose this…."
Taking a piece of paper, Aurora made the list of agreement that was needed for them. In addition, the resource that Duke Sun's traded, which was actually not that much, could be used for the negotiation with other kingdoms too.
This was Aurora's goal.
She had watched her mother in the negotiation some time ago and understood that for them to get more benefit, they would need other territory's help.
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