Innovation should be the main characteristic of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs are not speculators, nor are they misers who only know how to make money and save money, but should be a creative talent who is bold and innovative, dares to take risks, and is good at pioneering.

– Joseph Schumpeter (Austrian political economist)

Fourteen troops formed a combined army in pairs to fight, killing a total of 16,500 orc warriors, and their own casualties were as high as a staggering 32,100, and the ratio of 2 to 1 casualties caused the army under Bai Feng's command to lose nearly one-tenth of its strength.

At this time, the garrison of the orc army in Mengdan Province had increased to 200,000, and its overall combat effectiveness was even higher than that of the army under Bai Feng's command.

Of the more than 40,000 wounded officers and men of each army, Hua Mu, a field doctor, was present, and it only took a few hours of treatment for them to recover and return to the army where they were organized; only the incomplete establishment caused by the fallen soldiers was not something that Bai Feng could solve at this stage.

The recruits in the military department in the hands of Duke Gna have long been used to supplement the establishment of the eight standing regiments newly formed, and even the seven thousand recruits that Bai Feng asked Duke Gna for last time were all from the Imperial Military Department that Duke Gna had the cheekiness to ask for.

In the face of the request of Duke Gna, the patriarch of the Gna family, the head of the five duke families of the empire, even though Duke Cullen is the Minister of War of the Empire who is trusted by Charlemagne, he still has to meet Duke Gna's request without exceeding the bottom line.

The so-called bottom line here means that as long as Duke Gurner does not have the idea of rebellion, no matter what Duke Gerner's request is, Duke Cullen must meet Duke Gerner's request as much as possible within his ability.

A mere 7,000 recruits was not an excessive request for the Imperial Army, which had been recruiting young and strong men in the various provinces of the Empire, so Duke Cullen sent 7,000 well-trained recruits to the province of Nice without the slightest hesitation.

This time, Bai Feng sent the request for 40,000 recruits to Duke Gna, and Duke Gna, who was really embarrassed to open up to the Imperial Military Department again, originally planned to directly refuse Bai Feng's request for recruits one after another.

However, the return that arrived with the request for help changed Duke Gna's mind, and the exchange ratio of 40,000 Imperial soldiers for the slaughter of 20,000 orc warriors was undoubtedly very advantageous for the Empire, which was depleting its war potential.

Because the Celestial Dragon Empire can increase its troops to two million on the Eastern Battlefield at any time, but can the Orc Empire have a million troops to consume? Therefore, as long as Bai Feng can maintain this casualty ratio, the Celestial Dragon Empire has the possibility of defeating the orc army and taking the Lower Sun Fortress!

As soon as he thought of this, Duke Gna, whose mood inevitably fluctuated, sent someone to send Bai Feng's request for help and good news back to the imperial capital, and Duke Gurner believed that Charlemagne and Duke Cullen would definitely make a wise decision.

Bai Feng's practice of falsely reporting the number of casualties of his own army at 6,000 and the number of orc army annihilated at 4,000 would not be discovered by anyone at all, and besides, this level of falsely reporting casualties and false reports of military results was normal in the Imperial army.

After learning of the casualties and results of Bai Feng's army, Charlemagne, who was worried about the delay in the end of the battle on the two fronts of the empire, agreed to Bai Feng's request for help with a stroke of the pen; 50,000 recruits trained by the imperial military headquarters were personally ordered to be transferred to Bai Feng.

The reason why it was 50,000 instead of the 40,000 requested by Bai Feng was mainly because Charlemagne felt that the battle between Bai Feng's army and the orc army had been continuing, and the casualties would definitely increase gradually, so Charlemagne, who was rarely generous, deliberately replenished 50,000 recruits to Bai Feng.

By the time 50,000 recruits arrived at the border of Mengdan Province from the imperial capital, there were less than two days left before the arrival of the new year, and in order to celebrate the upcoming New Year, Bai Feng, who had deep pockets, prepared a large red envelope for each soldier who was far away from his family.

The 50,000 recruits who have newly added to each legion will naturally not be without red envelopes, but their red envelopes have shrunk by about half compared to the red envelopes of other soldiers;

After the 32,100 soldiers who were missing from the full establishment of the various troops were replenished, the remaining nearly 18,000 soldiers were temporarily incorporated by Bai Feng into the pro-guard team without a fixed establishment and served as a supplement for the other legions.

When the ordinary soldiers were in full swing preparing for the New Year's celebration party, Bai Feng, who was thinking about his relatives every New Year, returned to the military tent in advance after drinking a few glasses of wine with the generals under his command;

December Financial Report (December 918 AH)

Agriculture: income 3,600 gold, expenditure 0

Mining: income 350 gold, expenditure 0

Trade: income 154,000 gold, expenditure 0

Taxes: 49,800 gold in income, 18,900 gold in expenses (100 gold each for the tax officer, civil protection officer, and patrol guard)

Fortune: 1,700 gold (100 gold per month for each general)

Army Maintenance Cost: Spend 0 gold

Recruitment: Spend 10,500 gold (temple summoning generals also belong to recruitment, special training costs are included in it)

Construction: Spend 0

Entertainment: 0 payouts

Diplomacy: 0 income, 0 expenditure

Corruption: 0 income, 6200 gold

Last month's total: income 207,750 gold, expenditure 373,000 gold

Last month's surplus: income 170,450 gold

Total Treasury at the beginning of the month: 1367550 gold

After three months of accumulation, the monthly treasury of Rome has exceeded the 200,000 gold mark, and the monthly expenditure, except for the tax expenditure, which has increased with the growth of the population, has maintained the original level of expenditure in all aspects.

However, it was the last month of the year 918 in the continental calendar, and the expenses of the city of Rome for the next month would include the maintenance of all the existing Roman soldiers in the city, which would be a very high expense.

Bai Feng, who had not calmed down for several months to browse the list of various attributes of the city of Rome, after checking the financial report of the previous month, then clicked on the city attribute table of the city of Rome to check the basic information of the city of Rome.

Rome City (City)

Governor: White Peak

Income: 207,750 gold/month

Population: 456479 (the temple adds 2000 per month)

Social security: +215%

Population growth: +7%/month

Tax Rate: Low tax rate

Treasury: 1,538,000 gold

Barbarian region: 18 towns (2287648)

Yamato area: Nine castles (3436497)

Existing buildings: Governor's Residence, Stone Wall, Temple of Apollo, Urban Barracks, Market, Crop Rotation, Deep Cave Mine, Cavalry Stables, Armor Shop, Square Avenue, Shooting Range, Sewer, Public Bath, Shipbuilding Workshop, Arena, University, Shogunate Hall

Under Construction: None

Buildable: None

The city of Rome, with a population of more than 450,000, is only one step away from the first hard condition required to advance to a large city, and it will take a maximum of two months for the city of Rome to meet the first condition for promotion to a large city, with a population of more than 500,000.

If we add to this the increasing number of systematic armies and the amount of monthly income, then the real obstacle to the promotion of Rome to a big city is the total population of the power, and the condition of a total population of 10 million is indeed difficult for the current city of Rome to complete.

The population of the forces directly under the rule of the city of Rome is less than 2.3 million, and the total population of the eastern part of the vast land where the power of the city of Rome is located does not seem to be 10 million.

Vassal: Essini Kingdom (Normal)

Region: Eastern Region of the Savage Lands

Faction Leader: Queen Boudicca (Upper Intermediate Swordsman)

Population: 561528

Strength of forces: 90,227 warriors (including apprentice swordsmen and above)

Forces: 65,000 soldiers (Joshuaer, Nardoba, Assam)

Force Loyalty: 98 (up to 100)

The Acenian kingdom, under the enlightened rule of Queen Boudicca, brought the city of Rome an unusually prosperous trade income and provided an excellent opportunity for its own rapid development, as evidenced by the slow growth of its population and warriors, as well as its loyalty.

As the only ally of the city of Rome, the status of the Aceni Kingdom is still very important, especially under the premise that Bai Feng has not been in Rome for a long time, the Aceni Kingdom, which guards the eastern part of the Roman city's power, has an important role that cannot be ignored in the prosperity and development of the city of Rome.

After browsing these basic attributes of the Roman City system, Bai Feng first recruited thirty shadow killers (500 gold) in the Roman City system, and then recruited sixteen captains in the Shogunate Hall system Spearhead (200 stones) and the twelfth team of iron gunners (350 stones).

Shogunate Hall Attribute Table

Shogunate area: Mutsu Province (1,730,000 stone)

Shogunate assets: 42,100 stones

Shogunate income: 17,300 koku (1% of the ruling stone high)

Shogunate Figures (793): Priest (1st level, 486), Spy (1st level, 175), Secret Envoy (1st level, 75), Ninja (2nd level, 65), Geisha (4th level, 30), Battlefield Ninja (4th level, 4th team)

Shogunate Army (35040): Notai Sword Samurai (3rd Rank, 40th Team), Monk Soldier (4th Rank, 20th Team), Infant Sword Samurai (3rd Rank, 10th Team), Spear Samurai (2nd Rank, 60th Team), Spear Ashigaru (1st Rank, 80th Team), Iron Gun Spearmen (1st Rank, 70th Team), Iron Gun Spearmen (3rd Rank, 12th Team)

Shogunate: Goto Kiji (High Special Samurai)

After recruiting 28 new shogunate troops, the size of the shogunate army under Bai Feng has reached 292 teams, with a total of more than 35,000 troops.

Although the ten major families of the Yamato Empire had far more troops than the shogunate army, the shogunate army recruited in the shogunate hall system was a real elite army, and their qualitative superiority was enough to make up for their lack of numbers.

List of attributes of the Saint-level powerhouse

Roman Holy Rank: Licinius (1st Rank Juggernaut)

Shogunate Holy Rank: None

Temple Saint Level: White One (Level 5 Fire Juggernaut), White II (Level 5 Fire Juggernaut), White Three (Level 5 Fire Juggernaut), White Four (Level 5 Fire Juggernaut), White Five (Level 5 Fire Juggernaut)

External Saint Level: Douglas (Beast Juggernaut, Rank 8 Juggernaut)

Bai Feng, who casually clicked on the attribute table of the saint-level powerhouse, really didn't expect that Licinius, who had been leading the army to be stationed on the south bank of the Cangluo River, would become the first general among the Roman legions to be promoted to the holy level, which should be the best New Year's gift Bai Feng received.

Military power of the city of Rome (total army 399332 (including Allied 464332)

Total Recruitable Troops: 68471 (Total Population 456479)

Total Actual Recruitment: 49,352 (19,119 can also be recruited)

Immediate Troops (14980): Templar Warrior (500, Commander of Cold Gundam, Commander of Cold Goofy), Governor's Guard (10000, Commander of Wendell), Guard Battalion (4480, Commander of Luculus)

Guards Battalion (4480): Roman Youth Army (640, 3rd Rank, 4th Squadron), Cretan Archers (480, 3rd Rank, 3rd Squadron), Parthian Archers (108, 3rd Rank, 1st Squadron), Germanic Berserker (144, 5th Rank, 3rd Squadron), Spartan Heavy Infantry (1280, 4th Rank, 8th Squadron), Macedonian Royal Spearmen (964, 3rd Rank, 4th Squadron), Macedonian Royal Cavalry (432, 3rd Rank, 4th Quad)

Special Personnel (340): Spellcaster (70, level 3, leader Webster), Battlefield Ghost (150, level 4, leader Adrian), Shadow Killer (120, level 4, leader Ivan)

Roman Legion (79352): 1st Legion (15640, Captain of the Licinian Legion), 2nd Legion (15640, Commander of the Verminia), 3rd Legion (15640, Commander of the Barnes), 4th Legion (15640, Captain of the Hartmann Legion), 5th Legion (15640, Commander of the Lucquian Legion), Ballista (24th Legion)

Barbarian Legion (103500): Cheetah Legion (10500, Captain of Gartus), Legion of the Tigers (14500, Captain of Bazel), Legion of the Eagle (14500, Captain of Eggers), Legion of the Dragons (14500, Captain of Blono), Legion of the Lions (14500, Captain Perris), Legion of the Spear of Rome (10000, Captain Nelson), Legion of the Flying Leopards (10500, Captain of the Simpson), Spartan Legion (10500, Captain of Leonidas), Legion of the Heavy Hammer (4000, Commander of Antio)

Yamato Army (77,000): Yanhuang Standing Army (20,000, Sanada Nobuyuki, Sanada Nobuyo), Sanada Standing Army (15,000, Sanada Masayuki), Southern Standing Army (12,000, Southern Nobunao), Izumiyama Standing Army (10,000, Izumiyama Koyasu), Kunohe Standing Army (10,000, Kunohe Yasuma), Iwashimizu Standing Army (10,000, Iwashimizu Yoshikyo)

Tuntian Command (110000, Commander Gamilios): 1st Tuntian Military Region (18000, Commander Palmer), 2nd Tuntian Military Region (18000, Commander Isisto), 3rd Tuntian Military Region (18000, Commander Auston), 4th Tuntian Military Region (18000, Commander Gardler), 5th Tuntian Military Region (18000, Commander Harold), 6th Tuntian Military Region (18000, Commander Daniel), Commander's Guard (2000)

Garrison Command (20000, Commander Ward): Eighteen Town Guards (1000), Commander's Guard (2000)

Naval forces (12,500): twenty two-lined battleships (2,000), seventy three-lined battleships (10,500)

Allies (65,000): Guards (25,000, Queen Boudicca), 1st Legion (10,000, Commander of Nardoba), 2nd Legion (10000, Commander of Assam), 3rd Legion (20000, Captain Joshuel)