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Retired - Chapter Ten – Wedding
Date: 11/15/2014, Categories: Science-Fiction, Author: Brootforce, Rating: 89.7, Source: sexstories.com
out. The taxes seemed entirely over-burdensome to me. I saw any profits made by a person were automatically taxed at fifty percent. I knew they needed to be adjusted downward but I had no way of knowing what they should be. I knew the grand duchy of Spinward was set up on a ten/ten split. The world government took ten percent and ten percent of that was forwarded up the chain. That was probably a good place to start, but what if I made a mistake? If I set it too low initially and had to raise it afterward… Lizell came into the room and saw the look of worry on my face. “What’s wrong, babe?” “I am going over the finances for the Eastmarch. They are a mess. Daria had all but raped the financials of her duchy.” She came over and sat in my lap. She started to look over the paperwork and reports. Within seconds she was shaking her head. “You are going to need help with these. I have no idea how her duchy is even staying functional. The cost of living there must be outrageous. Look at her expenditures vs. income statements. She has almost a thousand times as much coming in as going out. No wonder she could afford a private army.” ********* I brooded over the financial problems for several days. I was on the verge of making a command decision and hope I was right. Today I had other worries. “Supreme Marshal, the imperial liner’s shuttle is on approach. It will be landing in thirty minutes,” a voice said in my ear. “I will be there for the landing,” I answered over my bob. Then I ...