"Tell me, how does a gardener feel, when he looks at flowers blooming in a garden that he's grown in an arid d

"Tell me, how does a gardener feel, when he looks at flowers blooming in a garden that he's grown in an arid desert? How does an alchemist feel when the gray lead in his vial turns into shining gold? You received this land as a wild, uninhabited swamp – and now the richest merchants in the land vie for the right to do business here! I can only be proud of being a humble part of this miracle you've made happen."