Here were various high-quality materials and religious art pieces imported through French merchants.
Plus jewels and various treasures offered by natives.
It was full of donations pouring in from all over America.
Through the warehouse windows, natives, English people, and Africans were moving about, setting up pillars and frames.
...It seems there was some progress after all.
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Henri de Bourbon.
Henri IV of France and Navarre.
The great founder of the Bourbon dynasty and hero who ended the long religious civil war...
"Chief Minister! Duke of Sully! Maximilien! Da, damn it...! The treasury is on the verge of collapse again! Do we really need to build that canal?"
"Your Majesty, you know, don't you? To collect taxes from that place..."
"Urggghh."
... was currently strapped for cash.
Today again, after several meetings with his most trusted advisor, Chief Minister and Finance Minister Duke of Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, he collapsed into a chair.
