After Dereck, Samantha Miller, William's aunt, and Anastasia's younger sister, was formally appointed as the minister of finance. The responsibility of overseeing the empire's treasury, taxation, trade routes, commercial policies, and economic stability was now entirely under her control.
According to Anastasia, Samantha had spent years managing the Miller family's business affairs and merchant networks. Among everyone currently available to them, she was undoubtedly the most qualified person for the position.
William did not disagree with that assessment.
Earlier, before the ceremony, he had genuinely been concerned about the empire's financial situation. Rebuilding an empire required absurd amounts of wealth.
Armies needed salaries, cities needed reconstruction, roads had to be repaired, and the administrative system itself would consume resources endlessly. Without proper economic management, the empire could collapse before it even truly stood.
