Anything involving spending money needs the Chancellor's authorisation - if he agrees, he may ask you to place the towers/forts. I won't do it this turn - a 20k balance is too small to spend on towers/forts - but you can raise it with AG for next turn.
BTW, I've been waiting for Stuperman to pick up the save for the Innsbruck battle, but will start work on it tomorrow.
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