I really wanted to like this. I like the premise of a hero reforming a kingdom through statecraft and economic reform. Unfortunately the author knows nothing about these subjects and it shows. The hero has only the simplest understanding of the concepts he is trying to apply and if you actually understand the subject it is painful to watch. The protagonist isnt clever in the least the stuff he gets right is rudimentary but hes treated as a genius for it which he is only by comparison as almost everyone in the entire kingdom and beyond are unfathomably stupid. Still he makes many outrageously stupid decisions which would realistically virtually guarantee the destabilization of the entire kingdom.