Nami's Apple (First Update)

After leaving the breeding of Fire Dragon Horses to One-Eyed Button, Liszt returned to the castle.

Before dinner, he found time to play the piano for a while. The urge to be the King of Piano had probably faded, but he still loved playing it.

Listening to music purified the soul.

At the banquet, the followers drank themselves senseless to celebrate his successful enfeoffment of Black Horse Island.

I really wish I could be as carefree as they are... Liszt envied them deeply. When they ate and drank, they could throw themselves into it wholeheartedly, without having to think about the future.

Yet he still felt somewhat depressed, because before the banquet began, the financial officer Blair had reported: "My lord, of the 4,260 Gold Coins you asked us to raise, even after diverting all commercial funds and tax revenue from Flower Town and Black Horse Island, we have only managed to scrape together 1,350 Gold Coins."

"If we use the future profits from Flower Brew as collateral for the remaining Gold Coins, how long would we need to mortgage them before we could withdraw enough Gold Coins from Tulip Castle?"

"I have calculated it. At Flower Brew's current production scale and market sales, it has only been partially launched on Coral Island and Red Crab Island, while negotiations with Golden Island are still underway. The monthly share comes to roughly 600 Gold Coins... We would need to mortgage it for about six months before we could withdraw enough Gold Coins."

"Then mortgage it."

"But, my lord, if Flower Brew's future profits are mortgaged away, construction across the territory will immediately fall into difficulties for the next half year... We do not have enough financial resources to support Black Horse Island's development. The revenue from Flower Soap, the carpentry workshop,