Mungo and Rouge led their men on a forced march, reaching Cuy Town at the foot of Sunhouse Castle's hill by noon on the third day.
Cuy Town was the only town in Sunhouse Castle's Earl's Territory. With a history stretching back a thousand years, it had a population of several tens of thousands. Though it was not especially prosperous, it had a full range of trades and businesses. Its favorable location also allowed the people of Sunhouse Castle to live comfortably.
The Sunset Sea lay southeast of Sunhouse Castle, and the Ocean's maritime climate kept the entire Sunhouse Castle Earl's Territory warm and humid throughout the year.
This allowed agriculture and livestock farming to flourish on Sunhouse Castle's already fertile land. And because it lay near House Redwyne's Arbor Island, House Cuy had established numerous grape Manors in the coastal hills, supplying House Redwyne with high-quality grapes for making golden wine.
This alone brought House Cuy at least two to three hundred thousand Gold Dragons in annual profits. Combined with income from other agricultural products, Sunhouse Castle took in at least four to five hundred thousand Gold Dragons each year.
House Cuy also had its own oceangoing fleet, with more than twenty three-masted sailing ships and Flat-bottomed Ships in total, as well as forty to fifty fishing boats working the nearby waters. These brought House Cuy even more income, placing its wealth in the upper-middle ranks among the Earl's Territories of the Seven Kingdoms.
House Cuy had wisely chosen to sail alongside the powerful Arbor Island Fleet of House Redwyne. Though it had to hand over a substantial share of its profits to House Redwyne each time, that protection meant it had suffered almost no mishaps.
It was this wealth that allowed House Cuy to support more than forty