Adam was a bastard
That's about all you can say about him, he was a bastard for all his supposing to be so holy and good and righteous, bastard through and through, it's amazing Cal ever wanted love from that thing. If it had been me I would've left home and never returned, not that he would notice anyway.
And the whole thing about the money, Cal is not making a profit off anybody's misfortune, the war is on, nothing's going to stop that, and he's not making a profit off the soldiers dying, he's making a profit off of keeping the soldiers fed, that's something that simply HAS to be done whether they like the war or not.