Chapter 971: A much deeper relationship
Chapter 971: A much deeper relationship
When she put it like that, it wasn’t hard to understand what she meant by this.
However, it wasn’t as if I could just agree to this without hearing her terms first.
Even if it was beneficial to our kingdom to accept this deal, that didn’t mean that we could just accept everything that was presented to us. There were other things that had to be considered since there was only so much that we could undertake.
After looking at her with this serious look for a bit, I asked, “How much more do you want?”
The Merman Queen didn’t answer this question right away as she revealed a look as if she was considering this.
After silently thinking for a bit, she suddenly turned to the Merman King instead of answering my question to say, “Honey, the budget that we already agreed on before setting off…”
The Merman King had a surprised look on his face even though her voice trailed off.
That look of surprise only grew when he heard what she said next.
“I want you to double it.” The Merman Queen suddenly said.
The Merman King didn’t say anything as he just looked at her as if he was confirming that she had indeed said this.
Only when he had confirmed this did he say, “Are you sure about that?”
It wasn’t that he was doubting her, it was just that he really couldn’t believe that his wife had said this.
Before they had come, they had already discussed what they were going to do.
The Merman Queen had been very clear just how much she wanted to spend and she wasn’t willing to spend a single copper more. The Merman King knew this and had been planning on firmly following this.
Only now she was breaking her own determination by telling him the new budget that she was willing to spend.
There was a trace of bitterness that filled the Merman King as he thought to himself, “Why aren’t you keeping your own word?”
But there wasn’t the courage to actually say this thought out loud.
Even if he had ten times the courage that he currently had, he still wouldn’t have dared to say this out loud.
So the only thing that he could say was, “Yes, yes.”
In a sense, he really was a perfect example of a man who was whipped by his wife.
The Merman Queen gave a satisfied nod before turning back to me.
The Merman King also turned to look at me before stating the price that he was prepared to offer.
I was certainly taken aback by how much they were willing to buy since it was much more than
I had expected, but that didn’t mean that I wasn’t capable of supplying that much.
The only problem was that it would take some time before we were able to get the materials for that much.
It wasn’t just the Glowing Seaweed that was needed, there were other ingredients that were also needed.
This time, I was able to rely on Haley’s connections, but the next time…
Unless we could find steady suppliers, then it would be a problem trying to get enough materials to craft everything that they wanted.
I was thinking about rejecting them or getting them to decrease their order, but Haley suddenly said, “That’s not a problem at all.”
I looked at her with a surprised look when I heard this, but she looked at me with a confident smile on her face.
I didn’t know where this confidence of hers came from, but since she was confident enough to make this statement, I guess that I shouldn’t doubt her. Since she had the confidence to take this deal, then I was sure that she must have a way to handle this order.
It was only later that I found out that she had already found suppliers for the materials needed.
After that incident of me suddenly asking her to find these supplies, she had already guessed that something like this would happen and had quickly found suppliers for the materials that I needed.
So even if we were to accept an order that was twice as big as the one that they offered, we would have no problem fulfilling it.
As such, it was actually a very good deal for our kingdom since the profit on this lube was quite good.
But the most important thing was that this created a relationship with the Merman Empire. There was no telling what would happen in the future, but a relationship with the Merman Empire would without a doubt help our kingdom. Whether it was on the surface or under the surface, the influence of the Merman Empire couldn’t be underestimated.
It was what had allowed the Tide Empire to reach their current position.
The Merman King and Queen were surprised to hear Haley say this before looking at me as if they were waiting for a confirmation from me.
Even if they had come all this way, it wasn’t as if they knew everything about our kingdom.
I just gave a simple nod and introduced Haley to the Merman King and Queen. Even though I had introduced Haley earlier, I had left out a few things about her that I didn’t feel was necessary to tell them. But now that she was taking the initiative to participate in this matter, I told them everything about Haley.
Once they knew that she was from our kingdom’s financial department and was in charge of trade, they treated her completely differently.
They saw her as the one to solidify this deal with and treated me as nothing more than a
figurehead.
There was a trace of bitterness that filled me when I saw them like this, but it wasn’t as if they
were wrong.
At the same time, it seemed like the Merman Queen was the one that stepped up for the other side as she started listing off different things.
It seemed that the Merman King was the same, though he was a bit better than me since he had his moments.
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