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On the day he returned to Rome, Bai Feng convened a supreme military council again on the turbulent situation within the Aceni Kingdom, at which all the generals, including Eggers, agreed that Rome would intervene in the Essini Kingdom by force.

Bai Feng, who had this intention, first listened to the opinions of the generals, then considered the current situation of the city of Rome, and finally had to give up the idea of directly sending troops to suppress Nabazani and Assam in his heart under the persuasion of Vipsani.

Bai Feng, who originally did not plan to meet Nabazani and Assam, was angry after being surrounded and intercepted for several days, and the clay people had three tempers, not to mention Bai Feng, the governor of Rome, who was in a high position.

It is a pity that the large amount of grain and grass harvested in the fields at the end of last year has reached the point where it is almost stretched after half a year of self-consumption and assistance to the Acenian kingdom, in short, the city of Rome lacks the food reserves to start a war.

Undoubtedly, this was the worst news Bai Feng had heard in half a year, and the legion commanders who were clamoring to send troops to the Aceni Kingdom just now also died down after Vipsani's words.

Of course, the news brought by Vipsani is not all bad news, and there is also good news about grain; according to the report of the Tuntian Army, there will be at most half a month to go, and the grain in the first half of the Tuntian will be harvested today.

The value of this good news lies in the fact that in just half a month, the city of Rome will have more food than it did last year, and at that time, the city will be able to unleash the beast of war without any scruples!

Bai Feng, who had to give up his intention to start a war for the time being, decided to relieve the pressure on Queen Boudicca's side through some false threats of war, and if it went well, the city of Rome might not be able to resolve the turmoil within the Acenian Kingdom in a peaceful way.

Before the specific implementation of the war threat plan, Bai Feng had other things to arrange, because today was the last day of May, and tomorrow was a new month, and every time like this, Bai Feng was the busiest time.

The next morning, before dawn, Bai Feng had already gotten up early, and before the official start of a busy day, Bai Feng also read the financial report of the city of Rome for the previous month.

May Financial Report (May 917 AH)

Agriculture: income 2400 gold, expenditure 0

Mining: income 350 gold, expenditure 0

Trade: income 40,150 gold, expenditure 0

Taxes: 7,900 gold in income and 4,200 gold in expenses (100 gold each per month for the tax officer, civil protection officer, and patrol guard)

Fortune: 500 gold (100 gold per month for each general)

Army Maintenance Cost: Expenditure 0

Recruitment: 32,816 gold (temple summoning generals also belong to recruitment, special training fees are included in it)

Construction: Spend 1600 gold

Entertainment: 0 payouts

Diplomacy: 0 income, 0 expenditure

Corruption: 0 income, 914 gold

Last month's total: income 50,800 gold, expenditure 40,030 gold

Last month's surplus: income 10,770 gold

Total amount of the treasury at the beginning of the month: 56,430 gold

Current total treasury: 67,200 gold

In May, the income from trade, which had been on the rise, finally exceeded the 40,000 gold mark, and the normal monthly income of the city of Rome also exceeded 50,000 gold in May.

With the development of the special training function, the amount of money that the city of Rome needs to invest in the special training of the army every month has reached a rather staggering level, and this is still the expenditure on the premise of special training of cavalry, and if special training of cavalry is carried out, the expenditure on special training will increase further.

Using treasury funds in exchange for the improvement of the army's combat effectiveness is in itself an extremely convertible transaction, and the only thing that makes Bai Feng feel helpless is that the cost of cavalry special training is too high!

If it was only a non-war expenditure, then the city of Rome could afford it, but if there was a real war, a large number of casualties among the specially trained soldiers would bring an even more serious financial crisis to the already scarce treasury of Rome.

Because the establishment of each regiment is fixed, the number of soldiers killed and wounded on the battlefield requires the number of additional soldiers in the rear, and these additional soldiers are ordinary soldiers who have not undergone special training, and they must undergo special training to keep up with the combat rhythm of the regiment.

Otherwise, these new additions will not only fail to strengthen the damaged legion, but will further reduce the overall combat effectiveness of the legion, so it will also invisibly increase the pressure on the treasury of Rome.

In the absence of special training, the army of Rome had to prepare sufficient weapons and equipment, food and grass supplies, and reserve soldiers if they wanted to fight a war with all their might.

Bai Feng, who is well aware of the pros and cons of special training, understands that the sudden strength of the army of Rome City is based on the overall special training, and in order for the army of Rome City to maintain this strength in the war, it is very important to reserve sufficient treasury funds!

Rome City (City)

Governor: White Peak

Income: 50,800 gold/month

Population: 85,542 (the temple adds 2,000 people per month)

Social Security: +210%

Population growth: +7%/month

Tax Rate: Low tax rate

Treasury: 67,200 gold

Directly affiliated towns: Tasia Town (99,958 people, rich), Greno Town (87,433 people, rich), Rai Town (97,985 people, normal), Hobulo Town (120945 people, normal), Vasco Town (80,023 people, normal), Esini Town (145114 people, rich)

Existing buildings: Governor's Residence, Stone Wall, Temple of Apollo, Urban Barracks, Market, Public Farm, Cavern Mine, Cavalry Stables, Armor Shop, Square Avenue, Shooting Range, Sewer, Public Baths, Shipbuilding Workshop

Under Construction: Arena

Buildable buildings: crop rotation, university

The population base of Rome is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of people that can grow every month is also increasing, and at a population base of 80,000, a population growth rate of 7 percent is enough to add 5,600 people to the city every month.

In fact, the city of Rome has added more people every month than this number, and the value of the existence of the Temple of Apollo has long exceeded Bai Feng's imagination, and the new population of 2,000 people per month is also one of the values of the Temple of Apollo.

At this rate of growth, it would take only two or three months at most, and the city would add more than 10,000 people a month, and the direct benefit of the increase in the population of 10,000 would be the number of recruits for an additional 1,500 army units.

Only a larger number of system elites can ensure that the military strength of Rome City becomes stronger and stronger, which is the principle of the development of Rome City that Bai Feng is sure of; no matter how many barbarian troops there are, they are only auxiliary to the system army after all.