If one probes too deep, there would be no partners left. A genuinely honest partner is hard to survive on the Continent of Aslante.
Decent people, who would deal in arms trade!
The situation has come to this point. It is obviously that a group of merchants have been forced into a corner and have ended up with such a rotten idea.
Perhaps not just him, some other influential nobles in the province might also play the role of intermediaries.
From another perspective, it's almost time to draw in the net.
Once the truth is revealed, not only the two county nobles whose interests are at stake, but also the native nobles from other regions will take swift action.
I just wonder if those northern nobles had grabbed enough food to pass the winter. If not, they stand to lose greatly in this situation.
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In the Governor's Mansion, several magic memory stones appear in front of Earl Piers as evidence.