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"I should have thought of this earlier, this is exactly my eldest sister's style of doing things," Gaven laughed heartily, "Since that's the case, let me give you another idea. We should make the most out of our natural surroundings. Since Darama is backed by the Is River, we must utilize the full potential of this river."
"How have I not wanted to? But the previous city lord was a shortsighted fool, whose relations with the elves of the Mir Forest were extremely tense. They forbade the Darama People from cutting down any trees in the Mir Forest, which dealt a fatal blow to our shipbuilding industry.
The barons and nobles of Darama, responding to the call of other cities' major nobles, led their fleets away from Darama.
Now, I have only a handful of various ships at my disposal."
Saying this, Zalanda was somewhat gritting her teeth in frustration.
The current food crisis in Darama was not only related to its overly dense population.
