Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5824038-20140928191343/@comment-5824038-20141006175421

'Here's the money,' Sofia said simply, holding out a slip with various banking details on it. 'Your idea sounds solid. If we all go to Daggerfall, then we can check out the Dwemer ruins later. Or you can go to Daggerfall and the rest of us can look at the ruins. Or some combination, whatever you fancy.'

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The chief got up from his chair. 'I see you've arrived. Your... unique talents have not gone unnoticed. The Emperor himself asked me to tell you this - there is a shipment coming in, a very important one, and he's not sure if the security he has assigned to it is really up for the job. He has asked if you would be available to make sure it gets where it has to. The payment will be tremendous, of course.' The officer smiled at him, and waited for an answer.

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The princess looked to Louis. 'You clearly aren't one for small talk. Good. I'm glad we can get to business without all of the pleasantries they do tend to get tedious.

'If I had 1000 years, then I would obviously have the time to make sure that long term plans go accordingly. I would proabably try to get business running better, and get more money into innovation, so that we can finally make some more progress. Also, I would oversee more industrialisation, as the rural areas of the Empire are still as backward as the fourth era.

'Governing the people would involve a lot of order and discipline. That's the only way to progress properly. If people step ot of line, they must be dealt with. Money must be carefully handled, so as to avoid inflation and debt.

'Obviously, governing all of those people would be difficult for just one person, so I would have to arrange the courts to manage individual areas. I would probably bring back the old provinces, and have a court governing each one, with smaller governers looking after the regions within the courts. To make sure none of them start up a coup, or try to take money for themselves, I would have to go around each of the courts regularly for inspection. If anything is going wrong, then the governer will simply be replaced. The armies would all be under my control, but would have to be spread around the entire Empire. That might get tricky, but as long as there are good enough officers to keep them in line, things shouldn't turn out too badly.'

She smiled sweetly at Louis. 'Do I pass your test?'