Xia Dynasty, year three.
The realm had finally settled down and, with the help of Spirit Valley, it had already shown signs of a prosperous era.
The Imperial Palace had also finally received basic repairs; the collapsed walls and palaces had been swept away, replaced by open grounds. In Jiang Fugui's view, most of the palaces were an unnecessary waste since their maintenance required a vast amount of silver tael each year.
The cost of rebuilding one palace could cover the construction of a road spanning hundreds of miles and dozens of water conservancy projects. Moreover, continual maintenance each year would necessitate tens of thousands of silver tael—in total, keeping the original size of the palace would require at least several million tael a year.
And that was just the basic cost; the actual total would be even more.
