It was as if this confrontation was over before it had even begun.
Reinhardt didn't waste any time and got straight to the point. "You already know the exact figures. I won't have you contributing funds and manpower for nothing. After this meeting, I will personally petition the Grand Governor to reward you for this act of Loyalty.
As for how much each of you will be responsible for, you can decide that amongst yourselves, according to your means."
The many Lords and Knight Warlords in the audience gritted their teeth in hatred at the thought that this meeting had been a trap set for them by Reinhardt, the Master of Vengeful, from the very beginning.
'They wished they could skin the bastard alive and eat his flesh raw!'
And now, with nothing more than a verbal promise and a worthless piece of paper from the Civil Affairs Department, he was demanding they cover military expenses of thirty million Radiant Gold Coins and a deficit of fifty million troops.
