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August Financial Report (August 917 in the Continental Calendar)

Agriculture: income 3,600 gold, expenditure 0

Mining: income 350 gold, expenditure 0

Trade: income 52,000 gold, expenditure 0

Taxes: 10,500 gold in income and 5,100 gold in expenses (100 gold each 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: Spend 14,000 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, 1400 gold

Last month's total: income 66,450 gold, expenditure 21,000 gold

Last month's surplus: income 45,450 gold

Total amount of the treasury at the beginning of the month: 84,700 gold

Current Treasury Total: 130,150 gold

The day the landing fleet arrived on the coast of the Werther tribe, it was actually the last day of August, and the official landing the next day made the busy Bai Feng forget to check the previous month's financial report, and he didn't remember it until he was about to fall asleep at night.

As soon as he thought of this important event, Bai Feng, who was still groggy and drowsy, immediately opened his eyes without sleep, and he clicked on last month's financial report in his mind and began to browse through it carefully.

The income from trade and taxation, which had been on the rise, brought the total income of the city of Rome in August to a staggering 66,000 gold, and in addition to the modest expenditure in August, the accumulated treasury of Rome also reached a record high!

The reserve of 130,000 gold in the treasury seems to be shocking, but it is not used as much as imagined, and the rest is not as much as imagined, even the 10,000 cavalry under Nelson's command, the cost of their special training is as high as 100,000 gold.

In addition, in the process of conquering the Werther tribes, all the legions of the Roman city that participated in the war suffered losses of varying degrees, and these losses had to be replenished after the battle, and the new soldiers had to undergo special training, which was a considerable expense.

More importantly, the first defeat of the Lion Legion gave Bai Feng a perfect opportunity to completely solve Upton, and Bai Feng, who originally planned to deal with Upton in a low-key manner through a flat adjustment, can now clear Upton from the Roman army in a bright way.

As soon as the war to conquer the Vitus tribe is over, Upton, who is a low-eyed man, will take full responsibility for the crushing defeat of the Lion Legion, and no matter how severely Bai Feng punishes Upton, there will be no voice of discontent among the Roman army.

As the first general in the history of Rome to be defeated and flee on the battlefield, the infamous Upton has become a disgrace to the Roman military community, and even if Bai Feng does not want to punish Upton severely, I am afraid that the generals of Rome City will not be able to accept it.

What's more, almost all of the soldiers of the Lion Legion who are truly loyal to Upton have already died on the battlefield to protect Upton;

In fact, the matter of dealing with Upton was no longer on Bai Feng's mind at this time, and what he needed to think about was another matter, that is, the reconstruction of the Lion Army, which was a major problem that he needed to spend time and energy to solve after the war.

The Lion Legion, which was composed mainly of Upton's army, had been crippled by the army of the Werther tribe, and even with the timely rescue of Bazel's army, the heavily damaged Lion Legion was reduced to less than 5,000 soldiers.

This also means that after the end of the war, Bai Feng must replenish at least 10,000 soldiers for the new Lion Legion, which is no longer under the command of Upton, and will truly become one of the four major field legions in Rome.

The legion of lions whose status has been improved will inevitably need to be strengthened through special training, which is a large expense, and in general, after the end of this war with the Vitus tribe, there are many places where the city of Rome needs to spend money on the treasury!

The mere 130,000 treasury funds were far from enough for the needs of the Roman city, and it was not even possible to complete the replenishment and special training of all the field armies in the Roman city, so in the following time, Bai Feng also needed to accumulate more treasury funds for use after the war ended.

Rome City (City)

Governor: White Peak

Income: 66,450 gold/month

Population: 111551 (2000 per month for the temple)

Social security: +215%

Population growth: +7%/month

Tax Rate: Low tax rate

Treasury: 130,150 gold

Directly affiliated towns: Tasia Town (101987 people, rich), Greno Town (90,453 people, rich), Rai Town (101292 people, rich), Hobulo Town (125003 people, rich), Vasco Town (83,332 people, rich), Esini Town (149931 people, rich)

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 Baths, Shipbuilding Workshop, Arena, University

Under Construction: None

Buildable: None

With a total population of more than 100,000, the basic population growth rate and the increase in the attributes of the Great Temple of Apollo can bring nearly 10,000 new people to the city every month, and this number has been steadily rising.

The increasing number of new populations has not only brought prosperity and income to the city of Rome, but also brought more places to recruit the system army, which has reached a staggering 16,000 people so far.

However, the actual number of recruits in Rome City is only about 12,000, and the number of vacant recruits has reached more than 4,000 people.

The city of Rome could recruit only thirty troops per month, and the missing troops of the First and Second Legions were four standard wings, that is, sixteen teams each of the Roman light infantry, Roman youth army, and Roman heavy infantry, and four teams each of the Roman light cavalry and Roman auxiliary cavalry.

The recruitment time for these fifty-six units alone would take at least two months, and with the current vacancies in the city of Rome, plus the recruitment quota generated by the new population in September, it would be almost enough to recruit the number of systematic troops required for the replenishment of the establishment.

In addition to the need to continue to strengthen the strength of the army, the emergence of the Yamato Empire officially expanded the power of the city of Rome from the barbaric land to the island of the sea, and with it, the demand for the number of naval warships in the city of Rome further increased.

As a result, the recruitment plan for September was set by Bai Feng as sixteen teams of Roman heavy infantry, four teams of Roman light cavalry, and ten three-column warships.