i was reincarnated lets teach these brats some colonialism

chapter 3

the sound of the carriage's wheels on the rocky road filled Petro's head, as there was nothing else to think about, on his front Cosimo was sitting and looking outside, after the exchange they had moments ago non of them were ready to strike a conversation.

Petro was at a loss as he could not stop the engagement from taking place, after a while, he signalled Cosimo with a whistle.

hey, soo I know that at this point I can't stop anything so at least could you explain this whole situation at least tell me what aunt Marietta is brokering a deal with Floares.

you're not mature enough to know, as dad would have said but I'm not dad cleary, why do you think Floares should be interested in us

I thought about it myself, but I couldn't find any conclusion, we aren't particularly influential

now add aunt Marietta and Lanchester into the equation

aunt Marietta is no longer a part of the Medici family.

this is why you're still a kid, age has nothing to do with being an adult

what do you mean

well, you don't know much about internal politics of the nobility so this was expected, Lancasters and Floares were at war with each other, of course, I don't mean warfare.

intrigue

bingo, so much blood has been shed by both sides, of course not from the nobles themselves it is usually the average joe who is cut up in the middle of the war between nobles

Petro then recited a famous saying from an antiquity philosopher, blood of the common men is water blood of the nobles melted gold water is everywhere in this city but gold is hard to come by

so you're saying nobles were murdering each other's subjects and plotting behind one another what else is new

the fact that Lancasters have won

what, what do you mean by that

Floares have lost much of their influence, their outer city properties are all in the mercy of Lanchester debt collector, they're thought as a joke among high nobles, of course, they can't take their role as an elector of the throne, yet

how did this happen?

common sense, Lanchester family controls gold mines outside the city, while the Floares revenue primary comes from farmlands, of course with how little gold there is to mine it wouldn't have given Lancasters an advantage if the war had happened 20 years ago, but after aunt took over the Lancaster house, she did some hefty investment in trade hubs and businesses in the city, you can't find any business which is not partially owned by her or any trader not paying a toll to the Lancasters.

which means they manage to outspend Floares

while the Floares house revenue remained the same Lancasters experienced a boom in revenue, bribes, buying up land better protection for the businesses, and most importantly an embargo.

so you mean they couldn't sell anything inside the city

the city experienced a shortage of grain as Floares are the main supplier, but

she had stored grain and other storable farm products before the war started and released them into the market to stabilize the market price.

sometimes her foresight scares me.

I'm really glad that she is on our side

technically she is a Lancaster now

she won't ever do anything to hurt her adorable nephews and Giuliano, anyway what has this do anything with me getting married to the Floares house youngest daughter.