Chapter 111

Chapter 111 Busy

“I want to learn more about the contents of this report . Please help me summon whoever was responsible for it . ”

I pointed at the mountain of files on my desk .

“The ones over here are already decided . Return them to the various departments . ”

And now it was time for the mountain next to me…the thought that there would still be more after I finished this load was almost enough to make me cry .

“That’s the part that needs editing . There’s too much needless waste proposed . If that section is necessary, please note your reasons for retaining it . ”

And then there were more files next to me . I could already imagine the folks at this department hanging their heads in disappointment…those in the finance department should be of the same opinion as me .

“The bridge there is quite old…compared to our equipment over here, perhaps it would be better to fix the bridge first . ”

…and it was only the second day back .

I had been surrounded by several mountains of paperwork since morning when I arrived in the study, and had been taking care of them slowly .

At this moment all I hoped for was that I could have a clone, but at the same time–“If you have time for those thoughts, why not spend more time working?”–that’s how I encouraged myself .

Even if I managed to somehow lessen the load of files just a bit, Sebastian kept bringing more and more in . The total amount wasn’t lessening at all .

If in the very beginning I put all the files to be dealt with together, they might not even fit in a soccer stadium .

Even someone like me would feel my motivation and energy draining away . I should be thankful for my aides, who brought me the files in groups .

Although Sebastian made an apologetic face when he brought them over, the situation was unavoidable because of my long absence .

Thanks to the riot this time, all the plans I had originally made had to be delayed significantly, so I had to work harder now .

In the mansion, some people had stopped coming to work because of the rumors spreading about me . But even after I was determined to be innocent, they still didn’t come back .

If you asked me what I wanted to say…well, it was just that we didn’t have enough people on hand . It was a very serious issue . I owed a lot to the officials of the territory who somehow kept working under these circumstances . More importantly, I don’t want those who are laboring on the frontline with full commitment to fall ill due to overexertion .

“It’s around that time of the year when the regions are supposed to hand in their tax reports . Before then, we need to handle everything that must be handled . ”

As I said this, Sebastian’s expression changed .

Of course, this didn’t mean anything good . Quite the contrary, actually, it signified trouble ahead .

…I understood . With the amount of people we had right now, we couldn’t get any more work done .

Even so, tax reports were very important, so that we could understand the profits and income of each department and region . Those numbers were essential in measuring the future economic trends in the territory .

If profits were high, we could expect corresponding expenditure . If personal income grew, we could anticipate that people would relax when it came to spending; if the merchants’ guild’s income grew, we could look forward to them using those funds as capital when it came to opening up more businesses .

Because of this, I wanted to thoroughly read the tax reports so I could make use of them in the future .