"I believe that in the entire northern territories, he has the biggest supplies. As such, I'd like to nominate him so that he could bring his merchandise to the entire northern territory."
"Any objections?"
"This guy might be the biggest, but I don't have a good experience with him. He is increasing the price by more than half in my territory. During the last famine, he increased it to three times, which caused not only me but my people to suffer."
"That's true. I also had a bad experience with this guy. In fact, I think that the merchant Count Elzein suggests earlier is much better. While he is not as big, he only needs time to grow."
The arguments continued as they were debating every single merchant brought up in this conference.
But with Noel observing the entire conference, they didn't raise their conflict. They maintained the conducive atmosphere, allowing them to finally decide which merchants should receive the right to use the train.