The rain tarp covering the rear bed of the Large Cargo Magic Locomotive was pulled back, revealing white packages packed tightly inside.
Marquis Southgate took a deep breath, catching the distinctive scent coming from the white packages. His eyes lit up as he asked excitedly, "Is all of this fertilizer?"
Xu Yi nodded with a smile. "Yes. Marquis, these ten vehicles are carrying a total of two hundred tons of fertilizer, all from the Moon Shadow Tribe. Elder Lysania of the Moon Shadow Tribe asked me to give you her regards when I saw you."
"That elf elder?" The corner of Marquis Southgate's mouth twitched, and his expression turned strange.
During his earlier visit to the Lampari Kingdom and the Stantin Duchy, Marquis Southgate had learned that the Xinfei Merchant Guild actually had ties with the elves and had even partnered with them to establish a merchant guild. He had been utterly astonished.
Doing business with elves?
That truly was an extraordinarily novel experience.
Yet when he later formally met the elven representatives sent by the Moon Shadow Tribe to negotiate the purchase of fertilizer, he found that, apart from their appearance, their way of doing business was almost indistinguishable from that of human merchants.
If anything, those elves from the Moon Shadow Tribe were even more meticulous about the details than human merchants, leaving Marquis Southgate scarcely able to find a single error or omission.
Marquis Southgate had never met Elder Lysania of the Moon Shadow Tribe, yet because of this transaction between them, she had specifically asked Xu Yi to bring him her regards. This was a perfectly conventional human social gesture, completely at odds with the proud elves' usual behavior.
Could President Xu have simply made that up on the spot...? Marquis Southgate shook his head, dismissing