You order execution of the most corrupt engineers and alchemists, while others are thrown into dungeon, degraded in ranks or heavily fined. Eleven are killed, seventy other punished.
More loyal and moral, albeit less experienced youths are put in their place.
1135 AD, Mid-Autumn
News arrive from Cydwyl frontier; many skirmishes culminated in a big battle where over sixteen thousand Cydwyl, Methiantese and Dahnian soldiers fought against ten thousand Agaresians, most of them mounted on their fearsome war lizards. The battle was won. and less than thousand Agaresians left the battlefield alive.
There are bad news about the battle, too; allied Army lost a third of their soldiers. Furthermore, your son Houlandin has been wounded in the face, and healers are racing to save his left eye.
A new messenger arrives five days later; Houlandin is now
one-eyed, and while he says he is fine, many believe will never be as good and skilled maceman as before.
1135 AD, Late Autumn
Another report comes from Cydwyl; three more battles were fought against Agaresians, each time about a thousand of those easterners were slain.
There is a letter from governor of Ceodwell; he reports that many Parsian Alldivinists have arrived in past months in his province. Local Cloisters are taking care of them, while his administration is attempting to settle them down or help them move further westwards.
1135 AD, Winter
Gold and silver arrive at your capital, are then repackaged and sent to Cydwyl per your agreement with Cidric last year.
2to5, 5to6
Metals mined in the east provide profits, but glassware outdoes it; the demand for it is higher than last year and thus the price climbed up. That didn't bother the buyers amongst your nobility and local merchants, who praised both quality of the wares and you for supplying them with it.
You receive doubly joyful news; Abis gave birth to another child; it's a girl she named Ela. And the same evening, a messenger brought a letter from King Cidric; his dynastic line has been ensured because your daughter, Eirika, gave birth to twin boys, whom she named Erik and Estjald.
Meanwhile however, not all is well in recently conquered land of Eval; there is lots of insability there. Administrators report that many Evalians in the cities are grumbling aloud about being conquered peoples.
A) They will grumble for a while and then get used to it, no big deal.
B) Maybe if I throw some money their way, they will calm down?
C) Ungrateful scum. I gotta send some troops there to remind them of their place!