THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 36: GOLD COINS
"Right, I don't have any precious objects other than gold coins for now. I was actually planning to give you more gold coins, but you know for yourself that to keep soldiers and fight then a lot of money is spent. Therefore, I can only give you 20 gold coins" said the 4th prince with a embarrassed face, however Myro had already helped him seize the Trock Fortress which was worth more than 20 gold coins, this certainly makes the 4th prince a little guilty.
Actually Myro was now completely shocked, he had never held this much money.
The currency in this world is 100 bronze coins equal to 1 silver coin, 10 silver coins equal to 1 gold coin, and 10 gold coins equal to 1 black gold coin.
Not all kingdoms in the world use such currency, but most of the existing kingdoms use the same currency. In addition to precious objects such as jewels or diamonds, this may be more valuable than dozens of black gold coins though.
The problem for a normal population of 4 people, 1 silver coin was enough for them to eat for a month. So the value of these 20 gold coins was enough for a family of 4 to live for decades without any problems. Even though they could only live without luxury, they even ate meat at most 3 times a week. As for the nobles who lived luxuriously, then 20 gold coins was indeed not enough for them to live for a week or several days.
Myro's mother who was behind was also quite surprised, after all during taking care of Myro then she never had that much money. Baron Aras only gave him as many as 40 bronze coins every month, 20 gold coins was not the amount of money Myro's mother could think of before.
Myro immediately closed the cloth bag again, smiling indifferently as if the money could not affect himself "Prince, the most important thing is not the number but your sincerity when giving this gift. I, Myro could see the prince's sincerity on this gift, so I decided to accept it".
The 4th Prince also smiled happily, at first he was afraid that Myro felt this money was too little, however the Myro followers made a strategy to seize Trock Fortress and kill General Ritke.
It turned out that Myro was not greedy for money, this made the prince appreciate Myro even more.
They talked for a while before Myro decided to leave, the 4th prince also did not stop him because it was already night so Myro and the others had to return to their camp to rest.
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Myro with his mother and Ren walking back with 20 gold coins in Myro's hands, he still felt like he had a dream because he had never had this much money before.
"Master, what are you planning to do with that kind of money?", Ren asked with a smile, he just tried to talk to Myro.
Hearing a question from Ren, Myro thought for a while before answering "I think it's better to keep it, after all we don't know when all this money will be useful. Not to mention that after this war was over, we had to take care of the weapons of the Mongol Cavalry and give them new arrows, all of which required money. Moreover, I might gain territory after this war is over, all this money must be needed".
Ren slightly nodded "Master is indeed wise, being a noble is not as easy as it looks! Nobles do get taxes from the residents, but on the other hand they have to keep their territory from enemy attacks. Therefore, a strong army is needed! Even though the lord was only given 1 territory though, 1000 troops was simply not enough to guard a city! After becoming a noble, the lord might need a lot of money to train new warrior members".
The best example is Baron Aras, he has more than 2000 troops in each region, every time there is a war then tens to hundreds of soldiers will die which makes him have to re-train new soldiers.
This reason that made Baron Aras never become rich, he spent almost all the taxes to strengthen his army and defend Aras City.
On the other hand, because of this too then Baron Aras could not send his troops to help Myro in this war, he still needed those troops to guard Aras City.
The 3 men returned to the camp where Falka and Ferbas were waiting, and after everyone had returned they went to their tents to rest. Tomorrow there is still another war so tonight they must rest as well as possible so as not to weaken.
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The Royal Palace of the Cavalry in the Royal Capital of the Cavalry, there was an old man with white hair sitting behind his desk.
This old man was wearing white cloth clothes with a face that looked very tired, but he was still trying to finish all the work that was on the table.
Beside the old man, there was a man who was about 40 years old.
This 40-year-old man looks like a smart man, he is reading what is written on the paper in his hand.
After a while, the old man put the working tool in his hand "You mean General Ritke has been defeated by the enemy? Even General Ritke died on the battlefield?".
Sensing the extremely powerful aura of the old man, this 40-year-old man immediately bowed "I'm sorry, Your Majesty! But this is indeed the case, the enemy has captured the Trock Fortress! If we don't prepare now, the enemy will definitely attack the Cavalry Kingdom tomorrow".
It turned out that this white-haired old man with a thin body was the current king of the Cavalry Kingdom, he stood up from his chair before gazing towards the window of the "Prime Minister, he stood up, do you know that I am too old yet no prince is wise enough to take my place! With the loss of Ritke, it seemed that the Cavalry Kingdom would have to accept this defeat".
"What did you say? The 1st Prince is still quite intelligent although a little weak, he can be the new king candidate!", the minister shouted.
The king shook his head "If there is no change, then the defeat of the Cavalry Kingdom is imminent! But I can't lose without fighting! Tell the entire elite army of the Cavalry Kingdom and the nobles around to bring their troops! I myself will lead the war last time, even though I am a little old but I am not that weak! I must have shown them, what happened to those who dared to go against our Cavalry Kingdom!".