Two weeks later...
While Tenur began production of a revolutionary new type of plow in the capital of Noskain, the accomplishments of Mero and that slave had already reached the ears of the Touma family leadership.
The following tax collection was still several moon cycles away. Still, the family administration was already expecting to collect many gold coins from Mero.
As such, the staff in the sector responsible for tax collection among the nobles was already discussing among themselves the good resources the family would get through Mero and how quickly his position would rise.
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At this noble family's headquarters, the patriarch stood next to the leading elders, for the first time hearing Mero's name after things like the plaster, Shement Viejo and Black Shine had reached his ear.
From what he had recently heard, one of Noskain's finest wines had been sold by his family by a young man of low rank.