I looked at the gold for a while, then I received the pendant from the chamberlain, and I beca the master of the gold, or rather Forr Imperial Treasury.
The excellent thing about this secret place is that even if the territory is taken by another country, only I, with the pendant, can enter this space.
Even if I let the attendants move the gold and the location becos public, only I, with the pendant, will be able to enter the place where the gold is hidden.
I shouted with pleasure and had a tenth of the gold transported through the night.
The amount is about one billion Lunans.
When combined with the funds from the territory, it would amount to,
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[1,025,000,000 Lunans]
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If I grow my territory with this, the population will increase and I will be able to conscript more soldiers, which will eventually beco my military strength.
Originally, the Aquitania family was the royal family, though back then we were known by the imperial na Ceasar falling to using the provincial na after being ousted from power.
As such, they had military funds that had been prepared by their descendants for the reconstruction.
So the day after I got the gold, I announced a policy to win the hearts and minds of the people!
"My people have suffered at the hands of Baron Bord. I pretended to agree with him in order to get proof of his evil deeds and that evil has been caught. As an apology for everything I've done, I'm removing all taxes from the territory for three years! As my apology for the suffering you have had to go through to capture this Visigoth spy hiding in our midst!"
I put all the bla on Baron Bord and started to work on my reputation.
This is the kind of thing an evil lord would do, but it's okay.
As long as I can use what I have to raise public sentint.
I had enough money so I didn't have to be blinded by taxes.
For a while, the people didn't understand what I was saying, as they were terrified that I was going to enact another ridiculous policy.
It wasn't long, however, before they started cheering.
A year of tax exemption was a great boon that resonated with the people the most.
It ant that they could own 100% of everything they fard, whereas before, they had been deprived of at least 95% of their crops.
That should have been enough to change their impression of the villainous lords in an instant.
[People's Spirit has risen to 70]
And it was actually showing up in the numbers right before my eyes.
And all around the crowd was hastily chatting with their neighbours to discover if they'd misheard or even understand what not paying taxes really ant to them.
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King Tutanka of the Lunan Kingdom scratched his head in disbelief.
He looked completely frightened as all the nobles looked at him.
"Your Majesty, the Delan region and even the Luon territory is...."
Duke Ronen, the supre commander of the army, opened his mouth.
"The enemy army is almost here! How long are you going to keep getting beaten up?"
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