"Don't think I don't know. I used to be in this business too, and if you want to make money in this line of work, it's all about squeezing the weavers dry. A single weaver can do the work of two hundred rolls of fabric, and you only need to pay them for fifty or sixty rolls."
"So instead of asking me for a tax reduction, why not just cut more water? Lower the wages to forty rolls; they won't starve. If you can push it down to thirty rolls, that's more effective than reducing taxes twice!"
"That's true, but on the weavers' side, I'm afraid…"
"Then just drive out the troublemakers. Do I need to teach them this?"
After crumpling the tax reduction application letter from the weaving industry into a ball and tossing it into the trash can, Leonard said with impatience in his eyes,
