The money was what he got by borrowing using Horo as a collateral. The inn wasn't his to start with. And he got Horo back. So he's pretty much back where he started.
You could say he missed out on a big opportunity to have a shop and good amount of capital to stock it... But what he really lost is the opportunity to get killed by the local Church - assuming they come out on top after the rebellion. I mean, after messing with their scheme, he'd be opening a shop right in their center of power. He'd die.
And if they lost - well, the rest of the Church couldn't let it go, so they'd come and take the city back. A full scale invasion wouldn't make it a great place to do business in.
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