A day and a half after the meeting where they had decided on the currency, Eloise was walking down a corridor in the Palace while in deep thought.
Daneel's grand plans had, of course, placed a lot on her plate, and as always, she took it upon herself to deliver the best work possible.
For instance, she had just had to solve an issue in the newly created 'Jobs For All' department where the first flood of those who wanted to make use of the King's offer had arrived.
These were mostly from Lanthanor, as those who sought after jobs like these would typically not be capable of teleporting over quickly from other kingdoms.
Eloise, herself, had been pretty surprised that there were so many people with capable skills that didn't have jobs.
On asking around, she had found that there were various reasons for this, chief of which was that they had offended their employer in some way, which had caused them to be blacklisted pletely from all jobs in that domain. Other reasons included that they were severely underpaid as there were too many people in a specific job, which was the case in jobs that could be performed by almost anyone such as mining and woodcutting, and that they had not been able to find a job where they were happy with the pay.
The department set up in the Kingdom had taken a good, long look at all the typical salaries that were given in Lanthanor and other kingdoms, and had e up with a minimum salary amount that was needed for sustaining a family. This actually turned out to be a bit higher than what was there out in the world, which brought to light that the reported salaries were higher than those that were being given out in reality, which meant that the rest went into the employers pocket. After all, by quoting more expenses, they could pay less tax on what was left.
Everyone had always known that such a problem existed in all kingdoms, but just the scale at which it was happening, where almost every employer was engaging in it, had shocked Eloise and made her decide that she would be approaching the king in order to see whether there was some way to stop this tax evasion which took place in multiple ways, with this one just being one of them.
The king had dropped off the face of the continent for the past one and a half day, and if it weren't for the fact that they knew that he was prone to suddenly going away like this, they would have been worried.
Still, when Eloise saw Daneel casually strolling down the corridor right in front of her with a broad smile on his face, she couldn't help but feel startled.
The King of Lanthanor even looked like he was humming a merry tune to himself, and when he saw her in front of him at the end of the corridor, he immediately teleported over.
Taking her hands in his, he spoke while looking into her eyes.
"Busy?
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