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The Grand Embassy had several functions, part of which was leaving behind ambassadors in a few more prominent states to deal with the locals. A house and a warehouse was procured and a few Bureaucrats and guards were left behind to run things with some supplies and a budget. The first of these was Norgensburg and the head of this operation was Lana Krigorova. The petite woman had worked in dealing with foreigners for the last eight years and had gotten good at it. She knew a few languages and was a shrewd negotiator. It was a prime job, even if did mean her and her new husband moving to a strange land. Norgensburg was at least a more pleasant place to live than old Borogskov even though she found out that a few of the old black port elites had made homes for themselves in this city and the nearly two years she spent here were nice enough, especially after a small steam generator was set up to keep the place warm and run some electrical equipment, even if they had been getting more busy.

The Committee was stepping up exports, both in manufactured goods as well as in foodstuffs and other agricultural goods, to provide capital for an increase in the importation of raw materials. The increase in shipbuilding was consuming tremendous amounts of coal and iron and mine development was not supplying the needs for both the work at The Yards and Industrial expansion. Fortunately she had found a a fair market for Coldland grain here, especially since Norgensburg's suburbs (the various districts outside the main city wall) were now growing as more people were moving in.

She found herself negotiating with Dwarves a lot. Dwarves typically owned the best mines and were the best miners and much to her annoyance were typically very good at negotiation, even if cutting out the middleman of traders did usually bring down. Lena was not easy to anger and she understood why they did it, but it could be frustrating when she had a dozen things going at once. However, she finally managed to get the little guy down to a respectable rate and soon got down the final version of the contract with a fellow named Kenon Blackpick on coal. There were four copies made using a printing press. Every sentence had been a hard fought compromise, but one which was reached. She then slipped one of the documents into an official cylinder and handed it over.

"My king will be pleased with this agreement." Kenon said convivially.

"As will the Central Committee." Lana replied. This was one step closer into getting her quota filled. She was glad that this was done now, because she knew that between the increase of people in the city, the Empire's new steam barges, foundries and factories and the committee's appetite for the stuff the price of coal would only go up.

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The Grand Embassy had several functions, part of which was leaving behind ambassadors in a few more prominent states to deal with the locals. A house and a warehouse was procured and a few Bureaucrats and guards were left behind to run things with some supplies and a budget. The first of these was Norgensburg and the head of this operation was Lana Krigorova. The petite woman had worked in dealing with foreigners for the last eight years and had gotten good at it. She knew a few languages and was a shrewd negotiator. It was a prime job, even if did mean her and her new husband moving to a strange land. Norgensburg was at least a more pleasant place to live than old Borogskov even though she found out that a few of the old black port elites had made homes for themselves in this city and the nearly two years she spent here were nice enough, especially after a small steam generator was set up to keep the place warm and run some electrical equipment, even if they had been getting more busy.

The Committee was stepping up exports, both in manufactured goods as well as in foodstuffs and other agricultural goods, to provide capital for an increase in the importation of raw materials. The increase in shipbuilding was consuming tremendous amounts of coal and iron and mine development was not supplying the needs for both the work at The Yards and Industrial expansion. Fortunately she had found a a fair market for Coldland grain here, especially since Norgensburg's suburbs (the various districts outside the main city wall) were now growing as more people were moving in.

She found herself negotiating with Dwarves a lot. Dwarves typically owned the best mines and were the best miners and much to her annoyance were typically very good at negotiation, even if cutting out the middleman of traders did usually bring down. Lena was not easy to anger and she understood why they did it, but it could be frustrating when she had a dozen things going at once. However, she finally managed to get the little guy down to a respectable rate and soon got down the final version of the contract with a fellow named Kenon Blackpick on coal. There were four copies made using a printing press. Every sentence had been a hard fought compromise, but one which was reached. She then slipped one of the documents into an official cylinder and handed it over.

"My king will be pleased with this agreement." Kenon said convivially.

"As will the Central Committee." Lana replied. This was one step closer into getting her quota filled. She was glad that this was done now, because she knew that between the increase of people in the city, the Empire's new steam barges, foundries and factories and the committee's appetite for the stuff the price of coal would only go up.

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