All businesses must strive for sustainability.

Monopolies, too, require long-term strategies to ensure they remain profitable for generations. Naturally, having secured a monopoly on military food supplies, I must ensure that it remains intact, ideally until the empire itself collapses.

“Chris, what do you think I should do next?” I asked.

Chris, who was organizing documents beside me, put down her pen and responded, “You’ve secured profits comparable to gold and silver mines, and you’ve been pushing yourself non-stop since the battlefield. Don’t you think it’s time to rest?”

The odds of a major crisis happening if I took a break now were close to zero. The military supply contracts, if maintained at their current level, would guarantee that all food-related operations for the next ten years remain under the Rothschild family. The resulting enormous profits, after minimal taxes, would be safely stored in our family vault.@@novelbin@@

However, money—or more specifically, opportunities to make money—always comes with timing.

* 2,500 muskets

* 3,000 swords

* 400 usable garments

* 5,000 damaged garments

* 200 full sets of plate armor

* 400 helmets

* 300 breastplates

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