You declare you shall pay double if only the grain is provided for the granaries across the Kingdom.
That is more than enough of an incentive to have the merchants sell grain and to keep your people fed.
415 AEC, Mid-Autumn
News arrive from across the southeastern border; King Xon III has died in terrible pains, brought on by an infection that set into a wound he received during a training exercise. His only son, the twenty-five years old Afonso, became King Afonso V of the Kingdom of Satorias.
415 AEC, Late Autumn
You wife gives birth once again! And once again, your healers say, it is a girl.
You certainly don't mind having many children, but you long for another son. Oh well.
Abene has named your newest child 'Elea', a common name given for noble girls across Kastoria.
415 AEC, End of the Year
It's already the End of the Year! The year has came and went, and you didn't even noticed when. For you it feels as if the last time the Advisor brought you the Scrolls was merely yesterday.
He lays them down upon your desk and you look at the numbers inscribed therein.
Happiness: 4
Population: 3
Economy: 4
Army: 3
*Navy: 4
Those are very nice numbers.
"My liege, as our economical projections are very optimistic for the coming years, mayhaps we could invest the funds currently in our Treasury into something?"
A) "Yeah, we shall invest them into new soldiers for the Army!"
B) "Yeah, we shall invest them into construction of new Navy ships!"
C) "Nah, there's no need to."
D) "Yeah, we shall invest them into village grants and housing permits!"
E) "Yeah, we shall invest them into charities and festivals for the commoners!"