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The people who truly controlled this "turmoil" were not Lin Qi, but the two key figures: the Prime Minister and the Emperor.

Lin Qi had merely discovered some problems among these people and, in passing, ignited the dissatisfaction that the nobles held toward the Emperor's and ministers' policies—dissatisfaction that the Imperial Emperor and the ministers had kept suppressed all along.

Ultimately, the nobles had lost money in the war, yet lacked sufficient means to earn it back. Their resentment toward the war and the Imperial Family had found no outlet under the suppression of the ministers and the Emperor. Such contradictions would continue piling up until, sooner or later, they exploded.

In the eyes of Your Majesty the Emperor, as long as the Amelia Region developed, giving the nobles opportunities to make money, their resentment would disappear.

The ministers held roughly the same view. Although they had also invested considerable sums in the war and likewise failed to recover their capital, they did not harbor much resentment, because they were ministers.

They still held power in their hands. One could even say that their purpose in funding and promoting the war had been to consolidate the power they possessed.

It was just that the development of the Amelia Region was not proceeding as smoothly as people had imagined. Setting aside the sharp conflicts and armed resistance from before, even now, it was not easy for the nobles to find business opportunities in the Amelia Region.

A completely open and free market was simply unsuitable for merchants who were accustomed to relying on power to obtain wealth. They were used to resolving competition through the methods of the nobility.

Just like in the movies, several nobles would sit around a round table one afternoon. Some would be arrogant, some defiant, some