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"Will you authorize the Order there?" Lord Arias asked

"The Order’s best people are already there or on their way there," the prince said "But I expect you to use theel, understood? If our operations are exposed too early, the whole enterprise is doomed The fate of the revolution lies in your hands"

Lord Arias stroked his beard,the yellow beads click "I believe I should base reed"

"And I’ll need financing"

"Which, quite predictably, is where we run into probleive you ten thousand danars I know it’s a fraction of what you’ll need, but I have people who need to be fed Be creative"

"Fifteen thousand?" Lord Arias countered "Si Jasper…"

"Make do I’ll send more in three months if I can"

Most of the rest of the day was more mundane: orders for how the army was to ca and new shoes and new horses and new oxen, and n lords and bankers anted their loans repaid Others ca to be authorized to press the locals and the ca out fires, and rebuilding bridges

Alone out of the advisers, Liv was never asked to consult on anything The bursar was consulted antic corrective lenses and carried a s Or at least Liv thought she waswith the abacus After a while, as the woave a report about a dozen different ways the prince could structure his debts so as tofigures ceaselessly

Finally, the prince asked one of the advisers to tell hi, and deemed that it could all keep until tomorrow He dismissed the rest of his advisers and beckoned Liv to join hireat balcony from his room

"So, Aliviana Danavis, what did you see today?"

"My lord?" She shrugged "I saw that governing is a lot ined"

"I did more for Garriston today--and more for Tyrea--than the Chromeria has done in sixteen years Not that everyone will thank me for it Forced labor to clean up the city won’t be popular, but it’s better than letting the goods rot or be taken away by looters and gangs"

"Yes, arro of tobacco rolled inside a ratweed skin froer full of sub-red to light it and inhaled deeply