"Go and summon all the people listed in these files. I want to interview them one by one. Have the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Executive come here as I wish to see them. Additionally, notify the knights guarding the city that Brilliant City will remain in a state of war for the time being. They must not lower their guard, and everyone entering or leaving the city gates must be strictly questioned."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Nara left to carry out the order.
The battlefield was likely still in the cleanup phase.
Wars fought with cold weapons were time-consuming.
This included provisions, marching, formations, combat, and the final sweep.
Even a single battle took a long time to conclude.
Since they had won against overwhelming odds this time, the cleanup might take even longer.
It would likely last at least two or three days.
Hilda could provide personal protection, but she still had her own duties.
I couldn't put all my eggs in one basket.
Besides Cain, I needed to find another expert without subordinates to follow my orders directly.
This person had to have no ties to any nobility, a clean background, and no other entanglements.
"Who should I choose?"
A non-human existence vaguely emerged in my mind.
"Sake?"
That tauren had become a warden based on his own strength.
Human nobles had a trait of being very arrogant and rarely close to other races.
Therefore... Sake the tauren was an excellent candidate.
However, most beastmen were also very proud, so I didn't know if I could win Sake over.
Military and political powers had to be completely separated. The Heavenly Punishment Knight, Kevin Cromwell, was currently the strongest combatant in the Kingdom of the Moon.
If this person got involved in politics, he could easily marginalize me with just a few moves.
After thinking for a long while, my head began to feel heavy and my thoughts grew stiff.
I knew this was caused by mental exhaustion.
Thinking further wouldn't yield better results. I would take it one step at a time and deal with the Cabinet once it was formed.
Because the current system was feudal, while the Kingdom of the Moon was nominally under my command, other regions were actually the fiefs of various nobles.
They were like many small kingdoms carving up the Kingdom of the Moon completely.
Only Brilliant City was under my direct jurisdiction.
So, within this range, no matter how I changed things, even if the other nobles were unwilling, they wouldn't offer too much resistance.
But trying to issue policies for other regions to implement would be exceptionally difficult.
To break all of this, I would likely have to rely on Lord Fulong's methods. For now... I just needed to watch the show unfold quietly.
Lord Fulong... please do not disappoint me.
...
On the other side.
Fulong returned to his residence.
Facing the 'cake' the Saintess had offered, he had already begun calculating on the way back just how much money he could make once he started moving.
Making ten million gold coins a year would be child's play!
With a bit more daring, tens of millions of gold coins would be within reach!
Once there is an appropriate profit, capital becomes bold.
With a 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere.
With a 20% profit, it becomes lively.
With a 50% profit, it dares to take risks.
With a 100% profit, it dares to trample all human laws.
With a 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of the gallows!
And this... was far more than 300%.
The annual profit of the entire Cavendish family in the Kingdom of the Moon was only about two million gold coins. This opportunity wouldn't just tenfold that.
Twenty times, thirty times!
Even fifty times!
It was no longer an untouchable dream!
The vastness of the Kingdom of the Moon was not something ordinary people could imagine.
As the lord of the Cavendish family, Fulong had a deep understanding of this.
Just from Brilliant City alone, the annual profit was over a hundred thousand gold coins.
In the entire Kingdom of the Moon, there were ten prosperous metropolises similar to Brilliant City!
Although they didn't reach a million people, each had its own local great families.
The primary source of income for the Cavendish family mostly came from slave trading with the nobles of these ten metropolises.
However... he was merely a supplier, not a retailer.
In other words, once the slaves were delivered into the hands of local slave owners, it had nothing more to do with the Cavendish family.
But this part of the cake... was now being placed before his eyes. To eat it or not... was there even a choice?
"Emergency summons for all elders currently in the clan. Everyone must be here within twenty minutes. I have an important announcement!"
"Lord... is there an emergency?"
"Is that for you to ask? Go, now!"
Faced with the servant's question, Fulong was burning with impatience, desperate to discuss this matter with everyone.
Though he called it a 'discussion', Fulong was already certain that the elders would have absolutely no objections.
Faced with a sea of gold coins, who could refuse?
Under the lord order, the five elders of the family who were still in Brilliant City arrived quickly.
He sent all the servants away, and even the elders' confidants were kicked out. Only Fulong and the five elders remained in the room.
Fulong remained silent for a long time while the Grand Elder watched him with a furrowed brow.
"Lord, what is so urgent that you gathered us like this? You even kicked out my son?"
The other four elders were also confused.
Fulong stayed silent for a moment before looking up at the group.
"Everyone... if we can seize this opportunity, our Cavendish family will become a super family in Brilliant City... no! In the Kingdom of the Moon, and even on the continent!"
"What is it exactly?!"
The Grand Elder froze for a moment and quickly pressed for an answer. The Grand Elder was Fulong's biological uncle and knew Fulong's personality all too well. For him to say such a thing proved that this matter was anything but simple!
There had to be a massive profit behind it!
"It's like this. This morning... I met with the Saintess. She expressed her pity for the slaves."
"Fulong, get to the point."
The Grand Elder was already losing his patience.
"Fine, then I will explain it. Everyone, consider this carefully. It goes like this..."
Fulong recounted the conversation from that morning.
When they heard the words 'official authorization', the five elders in the hall couldn't help but gasp!
Fulong's gaze swept over the five elders, his face expressionless.
He knew that no noble would refuse the Saintess's conditions.
The question the Grand Elder raised was the same doubt currently in the minds of the other four elders.
"The Saintess... what exactly is she trying to do?"
"It doesn't matter what Her Highness wants to do. What matters is... elders, do you think this opportunity is enough for our Cavendish family to reach the pinnacle of the continent?"
Fulong, his head spinning from the prospect of future wealth, was beyond impatient.
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