The Duke of Visconti greeted me warmly.

"You've had a long journey. How was the financial situation of the Visconti Estate?"

The Duke said this with a slight smirk, as if he was mocking me.

He probably thinks that I’ve caught a lot of the corrupt officials using the most advanced cleaning tools, like a super vacuum cleaner.

If he wasn’t mentally preparing for the huge shock he was about to face... he wouldn’t act like that.@@novelbin@@

But, as they say, good medicine tastes bitter, and cruel facts are always hard to hear.

The job I have to do now is to tell the truth, no matter how unpleasant it might be.

"According to the accountants, about 20% of the collected taxes have been embezzled. Furthermore, they created various absurd taxes to satisfy their personal greed and didn’t record the newly created taxes in the books, continuing to deceive Your Grace."

When the Duke heard that about 20% of the taxes had been embezzled, he maintained a calm expression.

It seemed like he had expected something like this.

In fact, he probably suspected that his subordinates were embezzling exactly this much.

'The salaries of the officials and administrators are unreasonably low.'

You didn't buy this chapter

Buy Now (3 coupons)