Between Gains and Losses

In the temple of Anowien, Haimuxi and the seven major speakers Silvermoon Council signed a peace treaty. This peace treaty was written in two texts: Thalassian and Common. The main content was agreed upon by Zul'ra and Silver Moon Councilor Dar'Khan. It was divided into the following three articles:

The first one is about the issue of boundary agreement. The boundaries between Quel'Thalas and Amani will be divided from the date of signing of the peace treaty. The boundary line will be divided south of Lake Alendal and east of Forest Road.💥😺 ♧☮

In the woods southeast of Sunscar Peak, a quarter of Darkwood belongs to Amani, and the remaining three-quarters of Darkwood belongs to Quel'Thalas, and as compensation, Quel'Thalas will pay five million Arathor Gold Coin. One-fifth of these gold coins will be paid in the first batch, and the remaining gold coins will be settled over ten years and can be exchanged for goods of the same price.

The second one is about the issue of mutual non-aggression. Quel'Thalas and Amani must restrain their respective tribesmen and must not cross the border to attack and kill civilians on both sides. Quel'Thalas is in The number of troops stationed in Deatholme shall not exceed five thousand. The number of troops stationed in Tranquillien and Sunscar Peak's newly built Antalas in the southeast canyon shall not exceed two thousand.

Amani cannot garrison more than five thousand troops in Darkwood's Anowien. At the same time, he wants to establish a new settlement in the valley to the south of Sunscar Peak to facilitate official exchanges between the two sides. There also cannot be more than two thousand troops garrisoned there.

Corresponding to Amani giving up a large number of territorial claims, Quel'Thalas cannot stop Trolls from going to Amani Tombs to the north of Sunscar Peak. At the same time, they will also let go of Thalassian Pass under their control, which is a road leading to North Valley and Tyr's Hand.

The third issue is about the disposal of prisoners. Quel'Thalas redeemed each prisoner at a price of 105 gold coins. The total of 4327 prisoners was 450,000 gold coins. Moreover, this money cannot be called ransom to the outside world, but is called prisoner food compensation. At the same time, the previous 5 million gold coins can only be called land purchase money.

After the agreement was signed, Quel'Thalas immediately paid 1.45 million gold coins, because Zul'ra required Quel'Thalas to pay the prisoners' food compensation and the first batch of land purchase money before Amani would release the prisoners of war. Quel'Thalas chose to meet this requirement after gaining a series of strategic advantages.

This contract signed by Amani and Quel'Thalas ended the two-week war between High Elves and Forest Trolls, as well as the hostility that lasted for thousands of years. Although I don't know how long the peace can be maintained, it finally stopped a little.

In this treaty, Zul'ra gave Amani a generous reward and a chance to breathe. At the same time, it also successfully broke through the blockade of Battleaxe Ridge, allowing Forest Trolls to obtain To return to Darkwood to settle, but Amani also paid a lot, such as the claim to the northern forest and Quel'Thalas territory, as well as the strategic advantage in Darkwood.

During the negotiation, Quel'Thalas successfully obtained the strategic point of Antalas with huge economic efforts. This point was that the Lor'themar department defeated Sunscar Peak in the melee. The refuge valley found in the southeast is also a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. With Tranquillien, Antalas and Deatholme, they will effectively contain Zul'Aman.

Not only in terms of blockade, Quel'Thalas also released Thalassian Pass, which made some Elves executives believe that this might allow Forest Trolls to enter the human kingdom in the north, thus Triggering a dispute between Amani and Lordaeron, and even the entire Alliance, High Elves was able to sit on the sidelines and destroy Forest Trolls by human hands.

In short, this contract was a matter of gains and losses for both parties who signed it. Zul'ra could not care about these. After confirming that Quel'Thalas had indeed withdrawn, he also disbanded his three armies, leaving only 3,600 men and women Warrior, including the original Tooth-Soldiers, stationed at Anowien and Sath Valley respectively, responsible for soil protection and development.

Amani has been suppressed by High Elves for thousands of years, and just suffered a severe beating from the Alliance. It is not as developed as Quel'Thalas's economy and population, this time, if Darkwood's territory did not need to be defended and developed, and High Elves received a large amount of funds, Zul'ra would not even want to keep 3,600 people.

With more than 10,000 people left, including the wounded, Zul'ra returned to Zul'Aman and received a grand welcome. Although he gave up a lot of things in the peace treaty with Quel'Thalas, compared to the miserable situation after the defeat, Amani gained a lot, and at least he could return to Darkwood to settle down.

After going through the celebrations and appeasing the families of the dead and injured, Zul'ra began to arrange the things at hand and send the family members of Trolls who were guarding Darkwood first. This not only took into account the personal emotions of the Trolls guards, but also moved some of the densely populated Zul'Aman out.

After releasing some of the dense population of Zul'Aman, Zul'ra did some things, such as taking advantage of the victory to publish the previously written <Medieval History>, and then contacted Goblins to purchase some needed machine items.

Now Amani's population is seriously insufficient, and the current demand for wood and ore is very large. Quel'Thalas may restart the war at any time, so Zul'ra needs to improve Amani's work efficiency.

Under the influence of Cancan's gold coins, Goblins readily agreed to help. They provided cheap lumberjacks and mining teams. In fact, Zul'ra wanted to buy the machine directly, but considering the particularity of Goblins's technology, he gave up the idea and let Goblins make it on their own!

In addition to the machine resources purchased due to needs, Zul'ra also asked Goblins about the economic development of High Elves. Those guys were so proud this time. They gave 1.4 million gold coins right away. How long did it take for them to earn that money? Did they just rely on selling magic products?

Goblins's answer was not as expected by Zul'ra. In addition to magic products, Elves's main businesses are silk and jewelry. Both human nobles and Goblins are willing to spend big money on those two things. Elves collects hundreds of thousands of gold coins every year from these two aspects.

Elves turned out to be a silk-producing country. Zul'ra was a little surprised when he heard Goblins's answer, and then felt a little sad because silk reminded him of the earth. On Earth, his hometown is an ancient silk and porcelain country, famous for its vast territory and abundant resources, but now this Trolls and Amani are so poor that they don't have any special products that can be sold.

Putting aside the slight dislike for Amani, Zul'ra arranged the development of Darkwood with Haimuxi, asking the Goblins logging team to cut down the lush trees in the southeast Darkwood of Sunscar Peak and thin out the woods there, and use the freed land to grow other crops.

After all the affairs were arranged, the time gradually entered the autumn harvest season. Trolls had adapted to the farming life and began to harvest crops naturally. Zul'ra also sent his followers to various places to take charge of affairs due to post-war development adjustments, so it was rare for them to have some leisure time.

Thanks to "I am a big bomb" for the reward and support.