Cheng Yan travels through time, only to end up becoming an honorable prince in the Middle Ages of Europe. Yet this world was not quite as simple as he thought. Witches with magical powers abound, and fearsome wars between churches and kingdoms rage throughout the land. Roland, a prince regarded as hopeless by his own father and assigned to the worst fief, spends his time developing a poor and backward town into a strong and modern city, while fighting against his siblings for the throne and absolute control over the kingdom. Join Roland as he befriends and allies with witches and, through fighting and even farming, pushes back invaders from the realm of evil.
After visiting the steam engine, Roland and Margaret returned to the office in the castle and continued to discuss the details of the business contract. If such a discussion involved bargaining, it could commonly take one or two days. To save effort, the lord would usually entrust its treasurer to do the negotiation, while revealing the number and bottom line to him. But this time Margaret insisted that the price was non-negotiable, which saved Roland a lot of effort.
"I guess I'll be here again after one month, with three sloops full of saltpeter," the businesswoman said as she hastily took notes on a parchment, "Calculated by 90% of the market price, it is worth about 315 gold royals."
"By then the little town would have manufactured two steam engines." Roland lowered the number deliberately. "They're worth 1000 gold royals. You can pay the price difference with gold royals or with other goods."
"What kind of goods?"