The inns owned by the kingdom. The currency exchange stores owned by the kingdom.
The facilities they created when they fixed up the roads all belonged to the kingdom, with them giving the small merchant guilds that built their homes in the Molden Kingdom permission to run the operations as long as they gave the kingdom a cut of the profits.
That amount was said to be more than the toll these days.

Jopis started to speak.

�The nearby strong kingdoms would aim for the Molden Kingdom�s roads as soon as the palace crumbles. The entire kingdom might be ripped to pieces if things go wrong.�

The Roan Kingdom�s proposal did not end after blowing up the palace and giving Jopis her freedom.
She continued to speak in a graceful tone.

�The Roan Kingdom seems to also know about those Arm bastards whose f*cking heads we need to blow up. I guess it makes sense, and I suspected it since learning about your connection to the Molan patriarch.�

Jopis took a sip of tea before continuing to speak.

�The Roan Kingdom would become the Molden Kingdom�s ally, prevent the invasion from nearby kingdoms, handle arbitrations, and help me?�

It was fine to give a portion of a couple years worth of toll if the Roan Kingdom would do as it said.

�But is the Roan Kingdom able to do everything it says it will do? Especially when it is on a completely different continent?�

Jopis then saw Cale pointing at two people.
He had pointed at Bud and Ron.

The Mercenary King, the leader of the Mercenaries Guild, a large faction on the Eastern continent.
The other was the Molan patriarch whom the people of the past information and assassin households who had been living in hiding were slowly gathering around.

�Aha.�

Jopis who gasped put her chin on her hands as she looked around at the people in the room.

�Do the Mercenaries Guild and the assassin household work for the Roan Kingdom for free?�

Ron started to speak at that moment.

�Princess-nim, there was an aspect where you were significantly lacking in comparison to Elisneh during your fight for the throne.�

Cale crossed his arms and stepped back.
The information he had heard from Ron and Glenn on their way here� He had modified this offer to Jopis once using that information as background information.
The result was the current document in Jopis�s hand right now.

�And what would that be?�

Ron started to smile.

�Everything, but above everything else, money.�

Jopis elegantly nodded her head. JrNovels.com