What surprised me is this princess, her rage is completely off the mark. Really shitty person.
p: "How are you progressing with your task?"
d: "Eeeeeeh, got me a tent"
p: "Where's the money you were given?"
d: "I'unno, got myself an axe to murder you with so get the fuck out of my tent"
During the ceremony Dias could have asked the king "I don't understand, what does 'Garrison', 'Construct' and 'Million gold' mean? Is a million some kind of fruit?" That would have raised red flags that Dias wasn't the "general" to lead this huge new military infrastructure project.