No matter what convictions had led the Lord of Bandu Port to grant Xu Nan such generous terms, after thinking for a moment, Xu Nan still wrote a polite reply. In it, he thanked Viscount Gai Liqi for his gentlemanly conduct. After all, before Anonymous City established its own channels, it would most likely need Bandu Port's formidable transportation capabilities.
Although their relationship was awkward, and the contract supposedly witnessed by the Treasure Dragon and the Ice and Snow Goddess had been voluntarily revoked by Gai Liqi, at the very least, their factions had no direct conflict of interest. In fact, regarding their various demands in the Northern Ice Plains, they shared very similar goals.
Ever since Xu Nan had raised Stephenson's banner, the Eastern Kingdom's attitude toward Anonymous City had become extremely subtle. On one hand, practically no one dared to cause trouble for it; on the other, no one dared to act overly familiar with it either.
Xu Nan understood this perfectly well. To him, the situation in the Eastern Kingdom was not difficult to interpret. Especially with Evelyn as his strategic adviser, he was not worried that he or Anonymous City would continue maintaining a semi-invisible presence among the Eastern Kingdom's many territories.
Not many people had come into contact with Xu Nan yet, most likely because they were constrained by entrenched ideas or existing factions.
However, beneath the undercurrents, who knew how many people had already become interested in the Stephenson name? Xu Nan was in no rush. He waited for those territories to come and test the waters.
Of course, not being in a hurry did not mean he would sit around and wait for death.
To a certain extent, he had to show goodwill, and this transaction with Viscount Gai Liqi was Xu Nan's