Reign had to admit that he was incredibly tempted to choose the third option right away, but honestly, he didn't feel right about choosing it without at least mentioning it to the people of the territory.
After all, even though he was the lord of the territory and the undisputed ruler that could do as he wished, it was the players that were the territory itself, without them, not only would Reign and the others not have funds to purchase and build all the buildings they had built so far, but they also would have no need for them since nobody was there to use them except for them.
Reign didn't feel as if he was a goody two shoes that would constantly think of the players, he was a selfish person at times, just like previously when he had decided to sacrifice some of them in order to deal with the enemy once and for all.