Great Again!
Faraway Harbor City Hall, Justice Hall.
After a short debate, the nobles quickly came to a consensus.
When they were faced with Kant's insatiable new request, their answer was that they would not obey the imperial edict.
It was within his expectations and also within reason.
They had submitted to Kant at first because of Kant's tyrannical power, because they were intimidated by the cannons parked outside the harbor, and because they were frightened by the three navies who had turned the distant harbor upside down last night.
After all, the former was a strategic deterrent, while the latter was a precise strike. It meant that Kant could not only smash the distant port into ruins with stones, but he could also release a pack of mad dogs into the city to bite people.