The combined wealth of the three major families and Desmond's assets in Fire Stone City alone amounts to 8.2 billion taels of silver and 400 million taels of gold!
This is an enormous sum, and even someone as experienced as Basil Jaak could not help but be stunned when he learned of this figure.
A small Fire Stone City, yet the three major families possess such immense wealth, and Basil Jaak is certain that these families have at least twice as much in other places.
Basil Jaak has no intention of keeping the wealth, totaling over one billion taels of silver, for himself.
He set aside one billion taels of silver for himself, distributing ten thousand taels of silver to each of his remaining four thousand soldiers, and providing the same amount as a consolation to the families of the fallen soldiers. This act of generosity led these soldiers to become even more loyal and determined to follow Basil Jaak.
