The emperor handed him a small piece of paper. It wasn’t a map or a check to replace the gold coins. It wasn’t even a letter for someone.

“What is this, Your Majesty?” Hyeonu wondered, cocking his head.

“Can’t you tell by looking? It is my reward to you. It is an imperial decree giving Earl Gang Hyeonu a territory,” the emperor answered.

“!!!” Hyeonu was truly amazed.

A territory...

He didn’t know how many imperial contributions were needed to obtain one, but a territory was just given to him.

“You can give me a territory at will?” Hyeonu queried.

“On the contrary, people will like this. No one will have any complaints.” The emperor seemed to understand Hyeonu’s words.

Complaints? Who would be dissatisfied when a lord appeared to take charge of such a territory?

“Can I ask one more thing?” Hyeonu said.

The emperor nodded.

“I know that contributions to the imperial family are necessary to obtain a title or territory. I got a pretty big amount of contributions this time. Can you tell me why?” Hyeonu continued to ask questions.

57,439—it was a ridiculous amount of imperial contri...