Book 13: Chapter 1
“Onii-sama, have you not been working too hard recently?”
I paused. I placed the document in my hand down and looked at Freya feeling somewhat surprised. I asked, “What are you talking about, Freya?”
Freya sighed: “I said, are you not working too hard now? I did feel that you were a bit slack after your children were born, but are you not too serious about work now? You have slept here for nearly a week now!”
I smiled and placed the stuff in my hand down.
After the coronation ceremony for my ascension, the North was basically on the right track. We successfully collected taxes for the first time in winter. At the same time, the small team put together to explain the laws and the foundation of our ruling system to the denizens, which was law, did their part. After that, mining commenced in various places and different factories were constructed for different minerals, which began operating, too.
The North evidently came to life in a matter of months. However, we ran into all sorts of problems right after that. The society of the North wasn’t what it currently was. The probability of conflict was high when we grouped people together. Freya and I couldn’t take everything into consideration, which revealed themselves as problems when we went to implement things. After completing our law system and sorting out the reports on current circumstances from various situations, we planned out the development for the year, the next five years and the next ten years. Dealing with the letters from the nobles virtually ate up all of my time.
I wouldn’t do something just because the laws couldn’t be enforced on everyone. It had been a few months since laws were promoted. We executed more than a thousand people for committing crimes incurring capital punishment. The most we executed at once was one hundred and twenty-six people. It was the punishment for a tribe attacking another tribe next to them, stealing their food for winter and killing the mediator I sent. As a consequence, I had my team exterminate them. Their corpses and village remains were left to remind everybody what the consequence of violating the law was. The laws were the foundation of building our nation, so I didn’t allow any sympathy or exceptions.
I don’t know how long I slept at my office for. I just feel that there’s no end to my work. Freya didn’t slack off. The two of us gave our absolute best, yet there was still a mountain of things waiting for us to handle. I signed countless documents, discussed many things and gave the messengers countless letters. It was as though there was a mountain of things to do daily.
It had been a long time since I went back to see my wives and kids. My moms would occasionally come over to help me deal with some things, but I honestly had no time to go out. I was apologetic to my wives and daughters, but I really didn’t want to leave; I didn’t want to leave this place owing to my excitement and sense of duty as a ruler.