บท 2325: Replacement Proposal

Rui understood the choices that his father had made when it came to the things that he was willing to make when it came to persuading the Shionel Guildmaster to their side.

"Port towns, ship yards, ships, harbors…" Rui winced. "These are all huge concessions. You're basically offering to give him a foundation in seafaring on a silver platter."

"It is the price that needs to be paid if we are to get him to abandon his foundation in land faring," his father replied, sifting through some other documents. "Or, at least, his foundation in land faring in East Panama. For example, this is a map featuring all the distribution and transportation routes that the Bradt Distribution Service will lose if he joins the Kandrian Empire and makes an enemy of the alliance."