"Exalted Robert, what is the meaning of this?"
Hudson asked in confusion.
As the honorary marshal of the Moxi Duchy, he still had some standing. In Dapes City, the royal capital, Hudson even had an official marshal's residence.
Although he might not visit even once in several years, none of the proper pomp and circumstance was lacking.
The Moxi people handled such matters beautifully. This also proved from the side that the Moxi government's coffers remained quite full.
By comparison, the Alpha Kingdom government was far stingier. To save expenses, officials had to pay for the upkeep of their own residences.
Fortunately, the kingdom's upper echelon did not live off their salaries. Otherwise, the little money issued by the government would not even cover the daily maintenance costs of their estates.
Of course, this did not mean that Alpha Kingdom officials were poorly paid, nor that the government was corrupt and incompetent. It was simply because the kingdom's finances had been depleted after the war, leaving it temporarily unable to pay salaries or cover residence maintenance costs.
Low-ranking bureaucrats had families to support, so no one dared touch their salaries. The government could only owe the higher-ups instead. The kingdom's upper echelon, including King Caesar IV, were all creditors of the Treasury Department.
This debt had become a habit. Since becoming a kingdom marshal, Hudson had never received his full salary except during wartime.
Under normal circumstances, his annual salary, various allowances, and residence maintenance fees meant that the Kingdom government should have paid Hudson thirty thousand gold coins each year.
In reality, Hudson could only collect three hundred gold coins from the Kingdom government every year—exactly one percent of the amount due. He did not even know how to complain about it.
Without question, this was a standard figure