Chapter 8
Duchy of Aragoni
Marco
THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, I attended a council meeting that was almost as short as the previous week’s meeting had been long. We didn’t have a great deal of new business to discuss and were still waiting for many of the reports and/or proposals that had been requested at the initial meeting. Of particular interest to me were the reports of family business activities in various parts of the world, which were working to increase agricultural production, particularly in places normally considered unsuitable for profitable farming.
My proposal was due to be presented at the next meeting, and a week later when the time came, I was ready. In fact, my proposal was the second item on the agenda under ‘old business’.
Father said, “Marco, do you have a report for us
