Portrait of Queen Berta: I accidentally got pregnant with His Majesty’s child

― ― The move of the royal palace was a much more endless task than I had imagined beforehand.

One of the usual phrases describing posterity Australians is "light and shadow".

The vivid contrast found in each region's culture, customs, or ethnicity adds a vivid colour to the country's sunny glory and subsequent history of decline, which led to an excessive expansion of national power.

Until now, the capital of Austaria, Vauela, was precisely the capital that clearly reflected its contrast.

--City of Light and Shadow.

Why did the shadow of southern culture enter this city north of the Great River?

This is largely related to the domestic faction map at the time of the Vauela boom.

Of course, there is one reason why the empress of the dynasty at the time of the construction of the new capital was Berta Casha from the south.

Perhaps the most important cause, however, was simply the dynasty's financial difficulties.

At that time, Vauela was forced to accept a lot of capital and workers from the south, even after selling off her traditional northern culture.



In the early stages of the development of the city, they first met an absolute challenge.

"--------I don't have any money"

Of course, everyone expected to face it, but at the same time, it was an inevitable problem.

"Why is it so short...?"

"That's it. Last winter, there was a lot of cold damage in the north, so there was more security."

"I wouldn't be a fool to go to Prospero Church."

The construction of one of the new capitals must have been a major undertaking that oppressed the national treasury.Collection of taxes for this purpose, debt from domestic and international luxury merchants and banks.

Such means, of course, oppress and exhaust the national power itself.

The bureaucrats bothered me, but now there was no point in criticizing the national policy of transition itself.

Rather, it seems that after a hundred years of stepping foot on financial difficulties, a policy that cannot be said to be sane, such as the transition to the capital, will not be realized.The bureaucrat's job is to do something to realize the policy that the King thought it should be.

But that's fine.

"… additional taxes from the public are unrealistic.Even at present, there seems to be a famine on a scale that cannot be ignored in the cold villages in the north.Any further heavy taxes could trigger a popular uprising. "

"Nevertheless, I feel like I've even gone where I owe money from luxury merchants.If you borrow too much, just paying back the interest will squeeze the annual budget.What about debts that are unlikely to be repaid..... "

Together, they again looked at the messy spreading of documents and held their heads together to form opinions with them, but no effective solution was ever found.

"---then, as a practical measure....."

Their air was heavy because everyone hesitated to make the suggestion uniformly.

In other words, it is forbidden to buy or sell vested interests in urban areas.

"Sell a portion of the right of abundant southerners to live in the city of King's Landing.Instead of an influx of people from the south, the parcel into which they enter will be maintained as a city. "

"Above all, once the city is functioning at its source, we can, at a minimum, allay the concern that security and hygiene will deteriorate at once during the construction period."

The situation was already under duress.

Although the climate is still warm in the spring, the influx of people into the new capital, Vauela, has not stopped.

If the season progresses without the development of the city as it is, a significant number of people will emerge who cannot survive the winter.Ensure housing, basic amenities, and safe drinking water.Money was not enough, and the situation was rather a battle against time.

"But then, we will explicitly allow the wealthy merchants of the south to settle in King's Landing."

"The rebellion from the existing commercial union would be considerable."

"Are you in the mood of a merchant again....."

Merchants are ordinary people without class, but the economically thin bottom aristocracy often owes them money.Substantial power relationships are complex.

From the south, we accept population, capital, and even make a deal with existing northern merchants.

In this policy, the presence of Berta Casha, the queen from the south, was naturally important.

Without her help, this policy will never go smoothly.

Not only did His Majesty the King react, but the bureaucrats secretly gazed at Queen Berta's complexion and submitted proposals for this painful policy, nervously.

Her Highness's reaction, however, went through the diagonals of the bureaucrats' expectations.

She first questioned the Treasurer in the presence of a meeting of kings and ministers.

- Lord Ovand.

She named Treasurer Owando while sitting in the queen's seat next to the throne.

"... I don't really know how to keep good books either."

Ha.

She and some of the bureaucrats she knew could not imagine what Her Highness would say.

"But at least I know how to keep this book."

The sudden teardrop that began froze at least the faces that were there.

Only the sound of her pursuit echoes through the throne.

"It is difficult to see, and the estimate of the amount of national income and the total amount of payments are not comprehensively captured in the books.Now I don't see how much profit the country actually has, how much wealth it holds and how much debt it has at the same time. "

For most, her demands were too sophisticated and even felt arrogant.Obando responded without hiding his indifference as if he could not measure how he should react.

"... only God in heaven can understand them all."

"God? Is your God asking you for the right financial report?"

A peculiar queen without a particular faith did not allow any escape for an old man hidden in the shadow of faith.

"God does not intervene in such a modern reason.But God knows everything. "

"As you know, we who live in this world will not have transcendent abilities like that of God.Numerical control is essential if we are to understand the country's financial situation. "

She was tilting her neck as if it were merely a question.

However, Treasurer Owando also confronted Her Highness on the stage from the front.He had an excuse for himself.

"Everything comes to the inescapable truth that the right deeds will eventually be rewarded.--If you do the right politics and the people are rich, nature and tax revenues will increase. "

Rather, he had an atmosphere of preaching to an ignorant little girl.

"I can't keep my head away from all the contents of the safe, and I'm drowning in the pursuit of profit, and I'm finally blinded by greed.We need to be honorable treasurers so that we do not lay oppression on the people. "

"But if we don't have something ahead of us, we can't talk about that."

Their discussions were too different from each other's stand-up perspectives, and the sudden start of the tongue battle followed a completely parallel line.

"--Only by properly managing and managing the funds collected in the country can we think of concrete measures to increase the income of the royal family."

"--Count the contents of the vault, Your Highness says simply.But our national treasury extends throughout the vast territory of Australia and beyond.There is no such book keeping anywhere in the world that covers all of them. "

"- But it's probably the job of accounting professionals to think about it.Aren't you an expert in financial management? Which Treasurer? "

Her Royal Highness precisely incited Ovand.As is customary in this era, he was a lawyer and clergyman, as is the case with most people in key positions in finance.

"Our job is not to find gold in pursuit of profits like merchants.We cannot serve God and wealth at the same time! "

Her Royal Highness seemed to be listening carefully to Ovand, but it was not an interest in Ovand's words, but rather a reflection to defeat the opponent of the debate.

"What's inconvenient about serving wealth itself?Sir O'Vand, it sounds like you're saying that the treasury should be an invisible box. "

In addition, King Harold captured his own queen to deepen his pursuit of the elder minister, but did not say a word about the argument that day.He dealt with the matter with great caution.

"If you do the right politics, you will eventually have infinite wealth outside your human intelligence?"

"Until then, I'm sorry....."

The ignorant little girl looks great.

... yes, she was too intelligent to judge it as a stupid point.And the remark was backed by a firm conviction.

"In the first place, what makes you judge political correctness?"

Above the silent Obando, in a quiet meeting, only her voice echoes.

"--Isn 't that also a number?"

The reference was radical and sufficiently influential for the court ministers who lived side by side outside of Ovand.

No way. She wants to put all of the country into an order of numbers.