After the banquet ended, Charlotte returned to Cold Spring Palace and received "materials" sent by more than a dozen major Lionheart Dynasty families.
—Lionheart Gold Coins counted by the crate!
Lionheart Gold Coins were worth roughly the same as écus and Gold Pounds. Gold Pounds had a slightly higher exchange rate than écus, with purchasing power equivalent to around 21,000 yuan. One écu had purchasing power of more than 18,000 yuan. A Lionheart Gold Coin was also worth slightly more than an écu but slightly less than a Gold Pound, with purchasing power between 19,000 and 20,000 yuan.
Charlotte naturally went along with it, carefully noting down the nobles who had sent the "materials" and giving each of them a highly literary compliment in return.
Well, that was on the night of the banquet.
The next morning, Charlotte received twenty times as much "material" as he had that night.
Even Anne could not help saying when she saw crate after crate of Lionheart Gold Coins, "How are we supposed to move all this?"
The problem was solved before noon.
Baldwin Asa sent people to Cold Spring Palace and granted Charlotte a residence in the heart of Asahburg. It had originally belonged to a Count, but that Count had struggled to produce heirs...
Not the kind of struggle where he could not produce sons, but the kind where he produced a pile of wastrels. For several generations, no Transcendence talent had emerged from the family, while every one of them knew how to spend money. In the end, they squandered the Count's entire estate and even sold off the title.
The laws of the major empires on the Old Continent did not support the sale of titles.
But the Count's final heir was a genius at squandering money. He took the