An Unexpected Find
As soon as Alexander was made aware of the dire economic straits Lady Miranda was in, he had to fight the urge to rudely shout out,
'How the hell do you make a loss on white sugar and glass? They should be more valuable than gold. Even pigs would be able to profit by just selling a few bits and pieces of them.'
The number sounded so low in fact that Alexander even had the urge to go check the Margraves family's treasury for himself to verify Lady Miranda's claim.
The lady however was incessant on her claim, saying, "I'm afraid expenses have been that high, my lord." but then added something that finally brought some logic to her assertion,
"Also, a lot of our gold coins were used to pay your last year's dues. We thought that we could earn them back by shipping all the products. But that clearly did not happen."
It was only then that it somewhat started to make sense to Alexander.