Book 4: Chapter 18
I didn’t see a mountain of copper coins in the warehouse like I imagined…… Well I guess it’s impossible. Nobody would just casually make a mountain out of money like that. Inside were neatly placed money chests. Every single chest had seals on them. The money chests were very familiar because not everybody can create them. The empire determines the dimensions of the chests and distributes them, so regardless of locations and regions, they’re all the same.
“Your majesty, please feel free.”
If this massive collection of chests were filled with gold coins, then how would the church have financial issues? I was fine after I saw so many chests. Inside of them are definitely copper coins, otherwise, there’d be no reason for there to be so many chests.
“Now, your majesty, please start…… Your majesty! Your majesty!”
Just as the archbishop was about to compare the books I had already walked up to a chest and crouched down. I tore off the seal and then said: “Open this chest.”
“But… comparing the books…….”
“There won’t be a need for that. Open the chest.”
I turned my head around and looked at him. The archbishop’s expression showed a hint of suspicion and anxiety. I smiled taciturnly to myself. Could it be that he doesn’t know what I want to do? Did he really think I came here to check the books? Did you people think that I wouldn’t notice that there was a problem with the copper coins if you forged the records? But if I didn’t purchase things, I wouldn’t understand this either. I don’t think finance as a subject is advanced as I know it in this era.
The archbishop passed me the key. I nodded. Nier walked up to my side, looked at the chest and asked: “Do you want to open it, your majesty?”