>>5223725>Spending most of your time in the church. There you learnt a rare set of skills – reading and writing. You devoured every book you could get your hands on from philosophy to engineering, and bookkeeping. The local priest thought you well, and many began to have expectations that you too one day shall become one. This had given some rest to both you and your mother. With a mind for academics like yours, you are certain you will be able to comprehend even the most difficult of theories.Brawn and a Silver Tongue are stop gap measures if we are supposed to preserve and revitalise this empire, as I suspect we are. Conquering the land only to overextend ourselves or building up the treasury for it to be squandered by the next one in charge is no way to run an empire. Also I really want us to have a pic related moment.
>>5223729>had increased the silver amount in silver coins, ensuring that they were no longer worthless pieces of metal, wherein people had simply preferred to barter before his reign, now most trade is done via the coinage.Either this or the general in command of the army. Having a basic coinage system ensures we have a basic economy going, which is always good for stability, and having a loyal army commanded by a skilled general prevents any civil wars which are perhaps the most devastating things that could happen to the empire outside of wars with another power.
Also, you're really interested in empire's collapsing aren't you QM?
