Even twenty gold coins could become a considerable burden for them, and shoving the bill in their faces at just the right moment would make it all the more effective. It would serve nicely as a way to strengthen Frendel's hand.
"The costs can be resolved by squeezing the Neunil family, but the problem is that there's no suitable port nearby. Trade on the Main River isn't a huge share of the whole, but losing it will still be a considerable blow."
"Minister, in that case, what about Vintenheim, right here?"
"Vintenheim? You mean that little fishing village in your territory?"
Vintenheim, the only fishing village in Rosenheim, sits across the river to the north of Breisach, and it isn't as far off as you'd think. It was the hometown of Baron Constance's retired handmaid, the woman who died at the queen's hands.
