Morey and Shandy's negotiations could not last very long.
Once Shandy had laid out the elves' conditions clearly, Morey immediately took his leave.
Shandy was right. There was a limited window for applying fertilizer. If they missed the best time to fertilize during spring plowing, the Sark Kingdom would waste an entire spring planting season.
According to the information gathered from the Lampari Kingdom and the Stantin Duchy, using fertilizer on farmland brought considerable increases in yield.
If they could use fertilizer during this spring's plowing, the Sark Kingdom's grain output might soar again this year. They might even achieve complete self-sufficiency.
Of course, he did not immediately leave Bunta City, which had been specifically chosen for these negotiations with the Xinfei Merchant Guild. Instead, he sent word back to the Sark Kingdom through another channel.
While patiently awaiting His Majesty the King's decision and the Kingdom Parliament's final response, he needed to use this time to continue his investigations of Bunta City, striving to learn more from this astonishing place.
What Morey did not expect, however, was that barely a moment after he left, someone utterly unexpected entered the conference room where the negotiations had taken place.
At the sight of this person, Shandy abandoned her cold, unapproachable demeanor and rose to greet him with a beaming smile.
"President Xu, did my performance just now pass muster? Did I meet the standards you mentioned for negotiating?"
Xu Yi withdrew his gaze from Morey's retreating back as he strode away outside, then turned to Shandy with a faint smile. "What do you think?"
Shandy blinked, then shook her head dejectedly, looking thoroughly deflated. "I suppose not. President Xu, those human negotiating techniques you talked about are so difficult. I feel like I'll never learn them, no matter how hard I