Yet each country had items that the other needed. The Arridi had reserves of red gold and iron in their deserts that the Toscans required to finance and equip their large armies. Even more important, Toscans had become inordinately fond of kafay, the rich coffee grown by the Arridi.


The Emperor of Nihon-Ja: Book Ten (ed. Penguin, 2011) - ISBN: 9781101476468


Yet each country had items that the other needed. The Arridi had reserves of red gold and iron in their deserts that the Toscans required to finance...

Yet each country had items that the other needed. The Arridi had reserves of red gold and iron in their deserts that the Toscans required to finance...

Yet each country had items that the other needed. The Arridi had reserves of red gold and iron in their deserts that the Toscans required to finance...

Yet each country had items that the other needed. The Arridi had reserves of red gold and iron in their deserts that the Toscans required to finance...