At the moment, Ragnar was standing in the middle of the Great Hall of Leicester; after a well-calculated siege, the enemy had conceded and was kneeling before him.
With the collapse in the market confidence of the city the night prior, it did not take long for the pragmatic Mayor within to surrender the Guild Hall and the City to Ragnar. A few whistle blasts from the locomotive, and he quickly waved the white flag, scurrying for Ragnar's investment.
With Leicester and Northampton audited, all that remained in Project: Iron Horse was the integration of the Thames Valley, and news of the successful "Lunch Break Maneuver" in that area would soon follow.
As such, Ragnar was smiling at the defeated Mayor, who happened to be one of the cousins of the Earl who ruled over this area.
Though the man was trusted with the region's fiscal policy by his elder cousin, he had utterly failed to diversify his portfolio.
