Chapter 261: Ceremony (2/2)

Nobody wants a variable which could influence their position.

So, he didn't reveal anything about Sam or his involvement.

Now, it wouldn't be possible, because Sam's reward is something too eye-catching to give him without any notice or word.

”For all the outstanding contributions Sam has made, I am rewarding him with a city and that is the former imperial capital of Orion empire.

From now on that city will be called Sam's city.

By awarding the city, I don't mean to make him the city lord. The city is literally his.

Including all the lands and the properties. Everything with in the walls of the capital now belongs to Sam.”

His words completely silenced the uproar of the people. They were completely stunned.

Some ministers stood up from their seats and are about to say something, but one glare from the emperor they sat back down as if it was an instinct.

Sam took the scroll which is the deed for his city, while Arc slipped something into Sam's hands and went back to his seat.

This is his deal. This is the part of the transaction he made with Ark.

The whole imperial capital.

This city would be the base he is going to build and the same time, his new cash machine. He would be the highest tax payer of the empire based on this place.

The ceremony ended and everything was done. He came to his house and got ready to leave the capital, but before that he has to visit the professional towers to discuss about some construction project.

He has to redo the whole thing in the imperial capital for his purpose and also discuss some deals which they could possibly cooperate together.

But even before he could go and discuss someone came to his home and that guy is an attendant from the Artisan tower.

He didn't know what this is about, but he has to go no matter what.

That evening he visited the Artisan tower. The attendant who invited him was already waiting for him at the entrance and escorted him to a meeting room and he was surprised to see the line-up.

There are more than twenty people inside the room all sat and the thing is recognized more than half of them. Because they are from the Orion. The tower head of the imperial capital tower and some main staff are here, then head of the southern star tower and he even saw Chaya here.

He didn't know what is happening, but he sure as hell know that it is something big.

He sat at his designated seat and a middle-aged man who sat at one end of the long table stood up and said.

”Artisan Sam, I am the head of the tower head of Arian.

Since, the Orion empire was no more, there is a need to restructure the whole network and we are here to discuss things regarding that. Since, you are an artisan with same rank as us and also a neutral party, I hope you will be giving your opinion regarding this issue without any bias.”

When Sam heard this, he was surprised. He didn't think that he can have this much say in the Artisan tower's issues.

He thought for a moment and said.

”I wouldn't interfere in the opinion of the higher-level members of the imperial capital tower. As for the tower heads of the dukedoms of former Orion, I have some impressions on their workings.

If you show me the details of the person who is the current tower heads of the dukedoms and their counter parts who are vying for that seat, I can give you my opinion on the matter as third party.

Apart from that, I think it is not appropriate for me to be the deciding factor as the person who is not involved in the workings of the Artisan association.”

The Artisans went into a deep thought at these words and felt that it made more sense. They cannot just let an outsider decide their positions, but taking the opinion of the outsider into account while considering their positions is certainly a more acceptable alternative.

And soon the screening began. To his surprise, there are more artisans who are qualified to be tower heads of various levels in Arian that he imagined.

In contrast, Orion severely lacked these many artisans.

The screening seemed to be going to take forever. The data is just like a bunch of resumes, with their trades, character traits, personal information, their speciality, there is even a bunch of information on the amount of income they brought to the tower.

He unexpectedly stumbled on this now and he has to deal with this long meeting which go on for who knows how long.

But he has to do so, because he just thought of something after looking at the number of artisans that are going to be removed of some real authority within the association. They could still be within the tower, but they were stripped of their titles and are now just some normal elders or so in towers, if he can use them, his plan to gain wealth would be a great success and can also save him a lot of man power.