Returning to the Borderdale Town trading market, while Bubuyaweisi and Oudley Kevin were fighting fiercely on their way back to the Abyssinian Empire.
A Negmurt caravan had only just slowly entered Borderdale Town, and Lawens, the border defense company commander stationed there, warmly greeted them.
Lawens: "Mr. Yaan Reed, you came really early today!"
Yaan Reed: "Hahaha, you flatter me, Mr. Lawens. The weather is good today. I think it foretells that our cooperation can rise to a new level."
Unlike the other caravans that had rushed to Borderdale Town early to "snap up" goods, Yaan Reed's caravan had arrived much later. Yet East Africa's attitude toward Yaan Reed's caravan was plainly different—even the border troops took the initiative to greet them.
Lawens: "Mr. Yaan Reed, as far as I know, a new batch of firearms arrived today. Some merchants from your capital, Tigray, and the Amhara region already bought a batch this morning. But don't worry—we always save the good stuff."
Hearing the exclusive information Lawens provided, Yaan Reed hastily thanked him. "Thank you for the intelligence, my friend. Those northerners' ambitions are far too great. They already monopolize the Empire's arms trade in the east, yet they still want to stick a hand into the south. What insatiably greedy bastards."
Yaan Reed condemned his peers' immoral conduct. Before East Africa opened its markets, trade within the Abyssinian Empire had been concentrated along the Red Sea coast. Inland southern cities such as Negmurt naturally could not enjoy those benefits. There had also been trade routes in the north, but Egypt and the Abyssinian Empire had an extremely poor relationship, and trade between them was minimal.
Lawens: "Mr. Yaan Reed, don't be angry. Business can never be exhausted. Besides, East Africa stands on Negmurt's side. With East Africa's support, sooner