The hall instantly fell silent.
In the ears of Charles IV and the others, only the wild pounding of their own hearts remained.
It truly wasn't because they "lacked composure"—after all, Spain was still a first-rate European power, and they'd seen their fair share of grand scenes.
But three hundred million escudo gold coins was something they really had never seen before.
Never mind seeing it—even in their dreams, they'd never dared let the number in front of the gold coins grow that large.
Last year, Joseph helped the Spanish government wring a few million escudos out of the Church, and that alone made this group of Spanish ministers as giddy as if their childhood crush had suddenly agreed to marry them.
But what the Crown Prince of France just mentioned was "three hundred million"!
That's like suddenly having over a hundred goddesses appear all at once…
After several seconds, Campos finally ventured a cautious question:
"R-really…?"
