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- Gorky (proletarian writer of the former Soviet Union, founder of socialist realist literature)

After Marcus, Bronno, and Nanbu Xinli left, only the three generals Lucurus, Nardoba, and Wiled were left in the huge assessment room; after thinking for a while, Bai Feng ordered them: "After you go back, you should all be ready to go on the expedition." ”

"No!" Although there was no clear task, the third general accepted the order without complaint.

In the empty assessment room, Bai Feng, who didn't know what he was thinking, just unconsciously put his eyes on the map, and he didn't know how long it was, Bai Feng suddenly spoke: "How is Quanshan Gukang, did he do anything?"

"After receiving your letter of appointment, Quanshan Gukang did not install cronies in the Quanshan Standing Army, but transferred all the cronies belonging to his family among the generals. Naoki Yoshikawa, dressed in a black tights, appeared out of thin air in the assessment room.

"Those who know the times are handsome, and Quanshan Gukang is also a handsome man for a while. Bai Feng nodded and continued to ask, "What has happened to the Uesugi family recently, and has there been any movement in Ito Yuhiro's Sado Navy?"

"My lord, since the Sado pirates were exterminated by Commander Nams, the newly established Sado Naval Army, under the command of its commander Ito Yuhiro, launched several raids on the Uesugi family in the name of pirates, causing considerable losses to the Uesugi family's Echigo, Vietnam, and China. ”

After learning of the destruction of his family's two ports and seven coastal towns, Uesugi Kenshin, the governor of the Uesugi family, immediately issued a mobilization order for coastal defense, and recruited shipwrights and sailors on a large scale in his family's territory, as if to form a naval army to conquer Sado Island. ”

"How can it be a matter of one day to form a powerful naval army? Uesugi Kenshin is also too whimsical. After smiling disdainfully, Hakumine ordered Naoki Yoshikawa: "After finding out the Uesugi family's shipbuilding port, let Ito Yuhiro take the Sado Navy to destroy the port." ”

"Hey!"

"The incident in front of the Yanhuang Ninja Army reported before, how is your investigation going?"

"My lord, the Uesugi family is very strict about the affairs of Hazen, except for Uesugi Kenshin and his confidants, the other members of the Uesugi family do not know about this matter at all, but the Tozawa family and the Onodera family of Hazen have indeed increased their military strength recently. ”

"Hmph, just with the Uesugi family's little background, Uesugi Kenshin still wants to expand around, it's just greedy and not enough to swallow elephants!" Bai Feng, whose eyes flashed with contempt, continued to ask: "What about the Daihoji family and the Andong family of the Yuhou, what are they doing?"

"Because the Uesugi family has always had a close relationship with the Tozawa family and the Onodera family, the Daihoji family and the Ando family have no expectations for the Uesugi family, and eight days ago, the two families had secretly formed an alliance and sent an emissary to our Yanhuang family. ”

"Oh?" Bai Feng, who was a little surprised, didn't expect that the traditional overlord forces of the Yuhou, the Dabaoji family and the Andong family, would jointly ask his own family for help;

"Send additional men to the Tsuruoka Castle of the Dahoji family and Hiyama Castle of the Andong family, I don't care what means you use, I only hope that before the envoys of these two families arrive at Sanhe Castle, the bottom line of their family's negotiation will appear in front of my eyes. ”

"Hey!"

"Yoshikawa-kun, in the next period of time, with the initiative of our Yanhuang family's army, the situation in the three provinces of Dongshan, Donghai, and Hokuriku is bound to undergo earth-shaking changes; ”

"Please rest assured, more than half of our spy army has secretly infiltrated the Oda family and the Maori family, and if something happens to these two families, our Yanhuang family can get accurate information within three days. ”

"You should be cautious and meticulous in everything, and don't be careless because you are well prepared. After a gentle and serious instruction, Bai Feng waved his hand to Yoshikawa Naoki and said, "There's nothing for you here, let's go down first." ”

"Hey!"

After Bai Feng was once again the only one left in the assessment room, he finally had a little free time and began to check the current situation of the city of Rome.

February Financial Report (February 919 AH)

Agriculture: income 3,600 gold, expenditure 0

Mining: income 350 gold, expenditure 0

Trade: income 374,000 gold, expenditures

Taxes: 96,600 gold in income, 66,800 gold in expenses (100 gold each for the prosecutor, tax officer, civil protection officer, and patrol guard)

Fortune: 2,700 gold (100 gold per month for each general)

Army Maintenance Cost: 0

Recruitment: Spend 53,850 gold (temple summoning generals also belong to recruitment, special training expenses are included in it)

Construction: Spend 0

Entertainment: 0 payouts

Diplomacy: 0 income, 0 expenditure

Corruption: 0 income, 2000 gold expenditure

Last month's total: income 474,550 gold, expenditure 125,350 gold

Last month's surplus: income 349,200 gold

Total amount of state treasury at the beginning of the month: 4767630 gold

I don't know why, in the financial report of the city of Rome last month, the expenditure on corruption increased from 900 gold to 2,000 gold, you must know that the corruption expenditure in the city of Rome has been decreasing month by month;

Because the city of Rome had eliminated the Eastern Alliance and the Luxi tribe in the north of the eastern part of the desolate land, the newly formed towns were after all some distance away from the city of Rome itself; in Bai Feng's view, even if there were prosecutors, tax collectors, civil guards, and patrol guards sent by the city of Rome in each town, it would not be able to change the corruption that would inevitably arise in the development of these towns.

Thankfully, the problem of corruption in Rome has not been very serious, and the proportion of monthly corruption expenditure to financial income is also very low, otherwise, the corruption problem in Rome alone would be enough to make Bai Feng, who has limited energy, anxious.

Rome City (City)

Governor: White Peak

Income: 474,550 gold/month

Population: 1225459 (the temple adds 2000 per month)

Social security: +215%

Population growth: +7%/month

Tax Rate: Low tax rate

Treasury: 5116830 gold

Barbarian Regions: Forty-five towns (4912486)

Yamato area: 57 counties in two states, six countries (3559472)

Vassals: Esine Kingdom (1021837) Lucy Kingdom (1001542)

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

Under construction: Shipyard

Buildable buildings: large city walls, legion barracks, hippodromes, catapult ranges, large markets, elevated aqueducts, irrigation, libraries, amphitheaters

After the construction of the Apollo Giant Temple, Bai Feng finally chose to continue to build the shipyard, because compared to other useful buildings, the shipyard that could build the five columns of warships was undoubtedly the most beneficial to the expansion of the Yanhuang family in the Yamato Empire.