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Jonas accepted the compliment graciously, just dipping his head in response, but privately determined to set things in order. His attention drifted a little as he considered some of the things that he needed to do.
Copperhand though needed to consider his answer for just a moment before proceeding, "well yer honour," he replied, not beleiving for a moment that the Thane didn't know exactly what the Exchequer did. "Here in Primus, the administration of the city is split between the Aediles and Exchequers offices, though we work very closely together on many things. To put it very simply, the Exchequer handles all of the finances for the city, setting and controlling the budgets for the government offices and collecting the taxes where they are due. For myself, the Copperhands have always worked closely with the government, yer might call it something of a family tradition."
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