I was able to locate engine config again which is in a very different location. I have changed the cheat mode back to disable but the free troops and free items in the inventory screen still show up even after having changed the engine_config.txt and checking BannerlordConfig.txt
I actually don't have an engine_config.txt I have searched every folder in my game files and it isn't there. I remember enabling it when initially testing the cheats but the file itself doesn't show up in my file explorer anymore. I can't remember but I don't think in my previous save it showed that either