By early January of year 102 of the Conquest Era, Oldtown's reconstruction was finally complete. The city now looked entirely different. Its grander New Harbor, broad bronze-colored Dragonstone Avenue (the dragonstone forged by Amoros and Antheros was bronze), and the dragons that took to the skies from time to time made it far more captivating than before.
After Danyla took over Oldtown the previous year, the introduction of high-yield crops and the establishment of breweries and papermaking workshops had more than doubled the domain's revenue, bringing it to over 8.6 million gold dragons.
However, two rounds of post-disaster reconstruction, relief payments, the expansion of basic education, and the expenses of the Oldtown Garrison had consumed more than eight million gold coins, leaving little surplus.
Danyla had Rouge put all that surplus into taking in refugees, clearing land for new manors, and investing in the Citadel. The Riverlands had now descended into utter chaos, and large numbers of displaced people were flooding into the relatively peaceful and prosperous Reach.
The Citadel was now under Danyla's control, so naturally, she needed to give it more support and encourage its scholars to research useful things.
The manors, papermaking workshops, and breweries that Danyla privately owned in Oldtown had turned quite a handsome profit, earning more than five million gold dragons.
Danyla had poured all those profits into developing Cisland. It was still a barren land, and until it could sustain itself, it would remain a bottomless pit for money.
Even though the Holy Flame Fleet earned some income from trading along the way whenever it delivered supplies to Cisland, that money barely made a dent in the cost of developing the new territory.
Sunhouse Castle had a healthy surplus this year. After taking over House Cuy's fleet, Danyla had expanded it directly into