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December Financial Report (December 918 AH)

Agriculture: income 3,600 gold, expenditure 0

Mining: income 350 gold, expenditure 0

Trade: 315,000 gold in income and 85,000 gold in expenditure

Taxes: 80,500 gold in income, 57,600 gold in expenses (100 gold each per month for prosecutors, tax collectors, civil protection officers, and patrol guards)

Fortune: 2,500 gold (100 gold per month for each general)

Army Maintenance Cost: Spend 0 gold

Recruitment: Spend 64,500 gold (temple summoning generals are also included in the recruitment and special training costs)

Construction: Spend 0

Entertainment: 0 payouts

Diplomacy: 0 income, 0 expenditure

Corruption: 0 income, 1250 gold

Last month's total: income 399,450 gold, expenditure 210,850 gold

Last month's surplus: income 188,600 gold

Total amount of the treasury at the beginning of the month: 4,203,500 gold

Rome City (City)

Governor: White Peak

Income: 399,450 gold/month

Population: 1066493 (the temple adds 2000 people per month)

Social security: +215%

Population growth: +7%/month

Tax Rate: Low tax rate

Treasury: 4,392,100 gold

Barbarian region: 45 towns (4887651)

Yamato area: Nine castles (3248625)

Vassals: Esini Kingdom (1017846) Lucy Kingdom (991365)

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 Buildings: Consul's Residence

Shogunate Hall Attribute Table

Shogunate area: Mutsu Province (1,410,000 stone)

Shogunate assets: 29,400 stones

Shogunate income: 14,100 koku (1% of the ruling stone high)

Shogunate Figures (1751): Priest (1st level, 600), Spy (1st level, 650), Secret Envoy (1st level, 75), Ninja (2nd level, 300), Geisha (4th level, 30), Battlefield Ninja (4th level, 4th team)

Shogunate Army (78,000): Notai Sword Samurai (3rd Rank, 100 teams), Monk Soldiers (4th Rank, 30 teams), Infant Sword Samurai (3rd Rank, 20 teams), Spear Samurai (2nd Rank, 200 teams), Spear Ashigaru (1st Rank, 200 teams), Iron Gun Spearmen (3rd Rank, 100 teams)

Shogunate Generals: Goto Kiji (Junior Heavenly Samurai), Yubu Nobu (High Special Samurai), Anto Ietada (High Special Samurai)

Nanbu Shinnao, who is not only the lord of Sanhe Castle and the commander of the southern standing army, but also the second of the five generals of the Yanhuang family and the head of the seven elders of Yanhuang; the only one among the five generals of Yanhuang who can overwhelm Nanbu Shinzhi is Sanada Masayuki, the commander of the Sanada Standing Army.

As the top general of the famous Yamato Empire, Sanada Masayuki's ability to command troops is needless to say; what is even more commendable is that Sanada Masayuki's eldest son, Sanada Nobuyuki, and his second son, Sanada Nobuyoshi, are also great generals, and this is a real family of generals!

The three generals of the Yanhuang family after Sanada Masayuki and Nanbu Nobunao were Izumiyama Koyasu, the commander of the Izumiyama Standing Army, Kunohe Yasuma, the commander of the Kudo Standing Army, and Iwashimazu Yoshikyo, the commander of the Iwashimazu Standing Army.

Among the five generals of the Yanhuang family, except for the loyalty of the Iwashimizu Yijiao, which was still slightly low, the other four were all followers who were loyal to Bai Feng, so Bai Feng's heart was still very relieved to have them in charge of the various armies of the Yanhuang family.

To a certain extent, the brothers Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobuyoshi, who commanded the 20,000 elite soldiers of the Yanhuang Standing Army, were also the commanders of the Yanhuang family, but it was normal for their father, Sanada Masayuki, to be the first of the five Yanhuang generals, and they were not included in the list of Yanhuang generals.

Because Sanada Masayuki, Sanada Nobuyuki, Iwashimizu Yoshiyoshi, Kunohe Yasuma, Izumiyama Koyasu and other commanders of the army either led their troops to engage the enemy on the front line or led their troops to stay in their own defense areas, and only Nanbu Nobunao, who was the lord of Sanhe Castle, remained in the hinterland of Mutsu Province;

In fact, among all the retainers of the Yanhuang family, the Yanhuang Five Generals were more valued and trusted by Bai Feng than the Yanhuang Seven Elders, and the Yanhuang Family Elders group, which was composed of the subordinates of the Sibo family and the Tsugaru family, were not as loyal to the Yanhuang family as the Yanhuang Five Generals.

Even though Kunohe Yasuma and Iwashimizu Yoshikyo were both commanders from the Spo family, their grievances and hatreds with the Spo family, and the role they played in the fall of the Spo family, were enough for Hakumine to regard them as trustworthy retainers.

Of course, this does not mean that Bai Feng, all of the Yan and Huang Seven Elders, does not trust; aside from the Nanbu Xin, the head of the Yan and Huang Seven Elders, Hattori Kangcheng, who is known as an incomparably good minister, is also a retainer of the Yan and Huang family that Bai Feng trusts.

If it weren't for the fact that Tsugaru, the head of the Tsugaru family, was too incompetent, Hattori Yasujo, Oura Sanlao and Heizuna, Ogasawara Nobuki, and Moritsuna, who were known as incomparably good ministers, would not have been defeated and captured before and after, and finally returned to the Yanhuang family after the destruction of the Tsugaru family.

They are all subordinates of the Tsugaru family, the three elders of Oura and the former military advisor of the Tsugaru family, Numata Yumitsu, are worthy talents in the eyes of Bai Feng, but Hattori Yasuki is a minister of the humerus worth cultivating in Bai Feng's eyes, otherwise, Bai Feng would not have kept Hattori Yasushi's son by his side.

Sanada Masayuki's two sons, Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobuyoshi, were reused and promoted by Bai Feng, which was obvious to all; it is no exaggeration to say that nearly half of the 80,000 standing troops of the Yanhuang family were directly controlled by the Sanada family.

This kind of trust is not something that ordinary people or ordinary families can obtain, let alone ordinary family governors, and in all fairness, if Bai Feng didn't have the Roman system's power loyalty attribute table as a basis, he wouldn't have dared to do it himself.

In addition to the reuse of Sanada Masayuki's two sons, Nanbu Nobunao's son Nanbu Toshinao, Izumiyama Koyasu's son Izumiyama Masayoshi, and Hattori Yasuki's son Hattori Heiji, these three young samurai were also left by Bai Feng's side to teach by word and deed.

In time, as the Yanhuang family's sphere of influence grows larger and larger, and the scale of the army formed increases, the southern Rinao, Quanshan Masayoshi, and Hattori Heiji, who have been staying by Bai Feng's side, will definitely be reused.

Being able to be selected by Bai Feng to stay by his side shows that their own abilities and strength are good, and they have strong plasticity and development potential;

When it comes to Hattori Yasujo and his second son Hattori Heiji, we have to mention another person, he is not only the eldest son of Hattori Yasushi, but also the best of the Iga-ryu ninjas, and also the leader of the ninja force of the Yanhuang family, he is - Hattori Hanzo!

Samurai, ninjas, monks, and geisha, these are the four special beings with the most characteristics of the Yamato Empire, especially the ninjas and geisha, their assassination ability is not much inferior to the shadow killers of Rome, and in some respects they can even be better.

If it weren't for the Roman city system, which later opened a parallel shogunate hall system, which could recruit shogunate figures such as spies, secret envoys, ninjas, geisha, and sword masters without limit, then the ninjas and geisha of the Yamato Empire would inevitably become the key training objects of the Yanhuang family.

Because the Yanhuang family, as a branch of Rome City, has the obligation to make up for the lack of ghosts and shadow killers on the battlefield of Rome City by cultivating a large number of ninjas and geisha, and help Rome City build an efficient intelligence organization integrating intelligence and assassination.

Hattori Hanzo and the ninja army under his command, which should have been paid attention to by Hakumine, were completely ignored by Hakumine because of the opening of the shogunate hall system, and it was only when Yoshikawa Naoki led the spies and ninjas to rush to the Yamato Empire that they were 'remembered' by Hakumine.

After two or three years of development, Hattori Hanzo, with the abundant financial support provided by Bai Feng, has successfully established a large-scale ninja army team for the Yanhuang family;

Before Hakumine led his army to Mutsu Province, he was not very clear about the exact size of this ninja army, because Hattori Hanzo, who actually formed and commanded this ninja army, never revealed the number and strength of the ninjas under his command to Naoki Yoshikawa.

Maintaining the proper independence of the Hattori Hanzo Shinobi and the Yoshikawa Naoki Ninja is not a bad thing for the Yanhuang family, which is on the rise, because Bai Feng believes that controllable and healthy competition can always play a role in promoting development.

But as the governor of the Yanhuang family, if he didn't know the specific strength of the Hattori Hanzo Shinobi Army, it would be a bit too much to say, so as early as two days before the landing, Bai Feng, who was still sailing on the sea, had already sent someone to convey the latest orders to Hattori Hanzo.

The ninjas of Naoki Yoshikawa's department had close cooperation with Hattori Hanzo's ninja army more than once when they were in activities in Hitachi, Shimono, Ueno, Dewa, Echigo, etc., and even Naoki Yoshikawa and Hattori Hanzo met several times.

Bai Feng, who didn't know how to contact Hattori Hanzo, handed over his latest order to Hattori Hanzo to Yoshikawa Naoki and asked him to pass it on to Hattori Hanzo.

Looking at the ninja in front of him who was wearing a tight black suit with only his eyes exposed, a short rib inserted in his waist, and two katana swords staggered behind his back, Bai Feng said with a smile: "Hattori Hanzo, listen to Naoki Yoshikawa, your ninja army is developing very well?"

In this regard, Hattori Hanzo said in a low tone: "If it weren't for the financial support of your lord, how could our ninja army have the scale it is today? Everything is determined by your wise decision, and I am just the executor of your wise decision, which is not worth mentioning." ”

"Hattori-kun, do you know?" Bai Feng said with a slightly strange expression: "I always thought that ninjas would not be able to make sycophants. ”

"......" Hattori Hanzo, who showed a look of shock, restrained the shock in his eyes in an instant, and respectfully pleaded with Bai Feng: "Pure ninjas shouldn't be like this, I lost myself, please take the initiative to punish you!"

"Punishment, why should I punish you?" Bai Feng smiled: "Hattori-kun, it is true that a pure ninja should not understand the world too well, but you are different; you are not a pure ninja, you are the leader of our Yanhuang family's ninja army, you need to understand this." ”

Hattori Hanzo, who couldn't understand the deep meaning of Bai Feng's words, said with confused eyes: "Lord, I don't understand. ”

"Hattori-kun, if you are a very pure ninja, then you will definitely become the most powerful ninja in the Yamato Empire, there is no one! His eyes burned and he looked at Hakuho of Hattori Hanzo, and asked him quietly, "But what's the point? No matter how powerful a ninja is, can he compete with a small ninja school?"

"It's impossible!" Hattori Hanzo replied bluntly, "No ninja can be an enemy of a ninja school, no matter how powerful this ninja is, no matter how small the size of this ninja school is, it is impossible!"

"In the same way, what I and my Yanhuang family need is not a powerful ninja, but a ninja army that is stronger than any ninja school!" Bai Feng said domineeringly: "Only in this way can our Yanhuang family truly become the most powerful family!"

"Lord!" Listening to Bai Feng's domineering declaration, Hattori Hanzo, whose eyes were full of essence, forcibly endured his somewhat excited emotions, and promised on the spot: "As long as I have your full support, within five years, I am confident that our Yanhuang family's ninja army will surpass any ninja school in the empire and become the truly most powerful ninja force in the empire!"

"As long as you have confidence, I will naturally give you the fullest support!" Bai Feng said with a smile: "But before that, I have to know what kind of strength our Yanhuang Clan's ninja army has now, isn't it?"

"Lord Qiqi, our Yanhuang family's ninja army currently recruits four upper ninjas, seventy-five middle ninjas, one hundred and thirty-nine lower ninjas, and nine upper ninjas, one hundred and forty-eight middle ninjas, and three hundred and fifty-three lower ninjas recruited from other schools. ”

"Hattori-kun, I don't know much about the specific strength of the various ninja schools in the empire, with what you know about them, what kind of level is the current strength of our Yanhuang family's ninja army compared to these ninja schools?"

"The ninja schools in the empire are mainly distributed in Musashi, Kai, Echigo, Shinano, Iga, Koga, Kii and other countries, among them, the three most powerful ninja schools are Iga-ryu, Koga-ryu, and Xuanyuan-ri. ”

"Although I have poached more than 200 ninjas from Iga-ryu more or less, the number of remaining ninjas in Iga-ryu is still no less than a thousand, and this is only the strength of one school of Iga-ryu, and there are more ninjas in Kaga-ryu and Xuanyuan, which are stronger than Iga-ryu!"

"With the current strength of our Yanhuang Family Ninja Army, if it is compared with the ninja schools in Musashi, Kai and other places, it may not be bad, but compared with the really powerful schools, the difference in strength is still quite large, and it will take at least two or three years of full development to catch up!"