What Alpheo had placed on the table was, in truth, was the promise of cutting his fingers for the future and in exchange possibly reiceve an hand back.
On one hand, his promises risked bleeding the treasury in the name of projects that would never match the profitability of the Magna Strata, which by the way ,was still incomplete.
That grand artery had been built with the purpose of funnelling the wealth of Romelian merchants directly toward Yarzat's beating heart by facilitating movement all years' round.
The other roads, however, would not serve the crown so directly. Their chief benefit would be for the nobles themselves, easing the flow of goods within their domains.
The crown's profit, in comparison, would be slimmer in exchange for a big cut of the treasury required for those roads. Yet, Alpheo knew better than most that even such "unprofitable" undertakings were far from useless.
