"We shouldn't bother them while they're working. I see that they have a significant stockpile already prepared for shipment, and is that a gantry crane?" Claudius asked.
"Indeed it is. We thought that it would help move the items in bulk, but it's also available to lift steam tractors that need large parts removed, or work on the underside.
A crane is just all around useful to have.
That pile there is enough for two carriages in a merchant caravan. In theory, they could buy many more of them from us, but even six hundred at a time is going to be an extremely expensive shipment, and it might not all go in one convoy.
The merchants are happy to buy what they can, but the Guild Members are still independent merchants, and not all of them can afford such luxury."
Claudius nodded. "Better than the non Guild members. I believe you were involved in an incident with one when you first arrived in Cygnia, were you not? The fellow whose convoy was lost to Goblins.
