"How has trade been this year?" Kael'thas oversaw internal affairs, and only he could command the master craftsmen of the Sunfury Legion and the Eclipse Burning Legion.
The High Elves Kael'thas had taken to Outland back then were all staunch supporters of the Sunstrider family. Whether they would obey Patrick's orders was hard to say.
But in terms of influence alone, Patrick's influence in Quel'Thalas exceeded Kael'thas's imagination. The old Royalists who had remained in the kingdom largely approved of Patrick's way of doing things.
Sometimes, public opinion was a marvelous thing. If you forcibly drove people with a whip toward a direction you had set, it would have some effect, but sooner or later, it would provoke an even stronger backlash. And the results would never be as good as letting people find their own drive to move forward.
When it came to commerce, Kael'thas felt that even saying Quel'Thalas was raking in money every day was an understatement. Their people were practically earning money without leaving home. Life like this was simply too easy.
"This year, we produced 7,556 sets of enchanted armor and fewer than 600 sets of doubly enchanted armor and weapons. All fetched good prices in the Goblin and human markets. Accessories set with a single gem fetched astronomical prices. Because of these goods, countless people have been willing to exchange gold for Magic Coins, which has brought in another very respectable source of revenue."
Patrick's original plan had been to use Magic Coins to buy out the whole world and collect seigniorage from it.
"Keep the finest armor and weapons for military use. Those are important strategic supplies and must not be sold abroad."
"We only sell ordinary enchanted weapons and armor abroad. As for doubly enchanted equipment, only defective pieces made by apprentices