Joul Burticker rested his chin on his knuckles as he looked out to the road outside.
He was a young and promising Collector of the Royal Treasurer but was unfortunately assigned to a not so favoured area of the kingdom to collect.
Scalize was a golden egg but the Baron there worked directly with the Royal Treasurer so Joul couldn't take any cut in it.
The rest of the town surrounding Scalize was pitiful. Mucktown, Rugtown, Slanktown. Even the names of these towns sounded poor.
The best they could do was pay around sixty to seventy silver coins each quarter. 60-70 silver coins weren't cheap. It actually could fix a few families of commoners for years.
But for noble, and high nobles, 70 silver coins were simply the equivalent of a few premium purchases.
Around Joul's cart was a group of armored knights on horses. He alone got twenty knights going with him as body guard. Their mission was to protect the Collector and the cart of coins behind him.
