"The nobles who fled Stormwind City must be gathering their remaining soldiers and the refugees in exile to form an army to reclaim their kingdom. They'll definitely pick the young, strong refugees, leaving only the elderly and children."
Sylvanas frowned. "If you take them in, not only will they be unable to grow more food, they'll consume more of it.
"If the war takes a heavy toll, they may come to the Hinterlands later to recruit young, strong refugees for their legions. You need to be prepared for that."
"Right! You have a point. I really hadn't thought of that. If they come in a year or two and take all the young people, leaving me with the old, weak, sick, and disabled, who'll help me farm?"
Yu Lin Bloodhawk said, "Looks like I need to hurry up and plant more fruit trees. Those big projects, like the waterways, will have to wait. Could you find a way to trick some more treants in Quel'Thalas into coming here to tend the fruit trees?"
"I'll find a way to bring you as many treants as I can."
After thinking for a moment, Sylvanas added, "Perhaps there's another way that wouldn't require you to stop those major projects.
"Send someone to the Witherbark trolls and discuss replacing the grain loans with work. Have them supply labor for your major projects, and pay them in grain. Aren't they borrowing grain to feed themselves anyway?
"You could also persuade the dwarves to use Witherbark trolls as laborers. If the Wildhammer Dwarves don't recruit tens of thousands of young, strong refugee laborers from among the human refugees, Lothar and the others might have enough people for their army and won't need to come recruiting in the Hinterlands.
"But that would mean you wouldn't get a