Luo Jin led Landen toward the Salt and Iron Department warehouse, but just as they were about to leave the Tower of Purity, they ran into Teferi Klein. The old Archmage was waiting midway with several others, and his expression did not look pleasant.
"Count Landen, rumors have been spreading throughout the Imperial Capital School that you intend to have the children of a group of Archmages share the Tower of Purity's classes?"
Teferi asked with considerable resentment, "When you came last time, you lavishly praised the history of the Tower of Purity and the Gallop Family. Don't you know that what the Tower of Purity values most is that even commoners can receive an education? Are you planning to have our teachers instruct those spoiled children of noble families?"
Landen looked at the Archmage before him. Having just finished discussing business with Sherman, he was still in a fairly good mood, so he snapped back, "The Gallop Family brought nearly three million Gold Coins to the Imperial Capital back then. If Master Teferi can help me recover that money, I'd be willing to invest every last coin of it in commoner education!"
"Uh..." Teferi was instantly struck speechless.
Landen knew there was no chance of getting these lordly Mages to collect debts, so he continued, "If that won't work, my two Knight Orders total three hundred men, my Barbarian Cavalry has over a thousand, and I also have three thousand infantry and Auxiliary Army troops. We're expected to spend seven hundred thousand Gold Coins resisting the Beastmen invasion. Can you help me dig that sum out of the Gallop Fund?"
Teferi fell silent. Of course that was impossible. They spent countless sums every year, all of it on magical research. How could they hand over money they had managed