Matt stared out his window. Down below a noble got off his cart. He walked in even as another lined up behind him.
Maybe things were looking up?
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"More tea? These nobles pay out the nose for tea! Why in the world would they want more at that price?"
Toque looked confused. A passing servant commented "It's because of the drought sir. The crops have not gotten all that they need so a famine has taken much of the land. Fields normally reserved for tea leaves went to other foods."
"Hrmph." Toque went on with his duties. "If I had a quarter of their wealth..."
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