Eric picked up a handful of silver pence and held it out in front of Dean Royce.
"And another thing. Where is the village chief of Sal Village? The land tax should be his responsibility. Even if Sal Village is part of your Parish, you are, at most, responsible for tithes. You're overstepping your authority.
Furthermore, if you're going to pay the land tax, you should present detailed ledgers for us to verify.
What do you think you're doing, just dropping the money here like this?"
Eric sounded quite aggressive.
"Sir Knight, it's like this. Sal Village doesn't grow wheat; we grow flax. Once the flax is harvested, we send it to Brittany and Normandy and give it to the linen merchants there. They process the flax into linen cloth.
