FerriticMatrix

Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery.
A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him.
He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself.
But how can such things not attract jealous eyes?
The naval superpower- Cantagena,
The unstoppable army of- Exolas, 
The superpower of the east- Adhania,
The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, 
The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, 
And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest,
All want something from each other.
In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all.

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Herald of Steel

Lady Miranda chose to be very clear in retelling the difficulties Alexander would face when trying to negotiate some sort of settlement with the Heeat family- which was that they wanted an abnormally high percentage of the trade

"The family wants nine tenths of the profits in exchange for giving such access to the safe routes. However if Quentin is made the family's next head, then they promised they will drop it to one-tenth!" Lady Miranda complained bitterly.

While Alexander almost had a heart attack at the sheer greed on display.

He was beginning to see why most of the Margraves had switched sides because there was almost no benefit to sticking with Lady Miranda.

So Alexander then asked, "...Are none of them afraid I will refuse to sell them my goods if they oust you and tear up my free trade agreement? Surely they will give me some face right?"

Alexander's Trade Routes