The metropolitan of Patras, needing tax receipts, had written to the nephew who handled such matters for him; but he heard nothing, and complained. The nephew had Tzetzes compose his reply. He said that the receipts of the year before had to come from the imperial campaign around Cilicia and Antioch, and Adrianos Komnenos had just brought them. This year's receipts were suffering from the lack of letter-carriers and incomplete payments