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- Giovanni Boccaccio (a prominent representative of the Italian Renaissance movement, a humanist)

By the time the army returned to the camp where Upton's headquarters were stationed, the time had already entered December, which meant that before he knew it, Bai Feng had been in this other world for a whole year.

From the initial eating, drinking and having fun in the Bai family, to the hard struggle of coming to the wild land, and then to the current prosperity of the city of Rome, Bai Feng, who was quite emotional, just used a faint smile to express his inner emotions, and Bai Feng was full of thoughts at this moment.

He missed his parents on earth, and he also missed the brothers and sisters of the Bai family, but unfortunately, the thousands of thoughts in his heart could only be silently left in his heart, because as the governor of Rome, he could not show his tender side in front of any of his subordinates.

Bai Feng, who had buried his thoughts deep in his heart, had been busy with various affairs of the army, and when the army set out on the way back to Rome City, Bai Feng, who had relaxed a little, had time to deal with his own affairs, such as checking last month's financial report.

November Financial Report (November 916 AH)

Agriculture: Income 2,400 gold, expenditure 2,000 gold (purchase of grain)

Mining: income 350 gold, expenditure 0

Trade: income 8270 gold, expenditure 0

Taxes: 6,850 gold in income, 2,400 gold in expenses (100 gold each for the tax officer, civil protection officer, and patrol guard)

Fortune: 400 gold (100 gold per month for each general)

Army Maintenance Cost: Expenditure 0

Recruitment: Spend 0 (Temple summoning generals are also recruiting)

Construction: Spend 0

Entertainment: 0 payouts

Diplomacy: 0 income, 0 expenditure

Corruption: 0 income, 620 gold

Last month's total: income 17,870 gold, expenditure 5,420 gold

Last month's surplus: income 12,450 gold

Total amount of the treasury at the beginning of the month: 13,880 gold

Current Treasury: 26,330 gold

For a whole November, Bai Feng was not in Rome City, and the Yue'er who stayed in Rome City did not spend any more funds in the treasury except for spending 2,000 gold to buy food, but the monthly expenditure of Rome City was still as high as 5,320 gold.

The five direct towns and the population of Rome were necessary for the tax collectors and tribunes, patrol guards, and four system generals, and the expenses for these two alone were now as high as 2,800 gold per month, in addition to the corruption expenses that Bai Feng couldn't understand.

The amount of this corruption expenditure is rising every month, and inadvertently it has risen to 620 gold per month, 620 gold, which is the recruitment fund of nearly two battlefield ghosts, and this unconventional waste of funds makes Bai Feng very angry.

However, there is one thing that Bai Feng is very satisfied with, that is, the progress of the tuntian fields in the city of Rome, if nothing else, this November should be the last month of the city of Rome to spend precious treasury funds to buy grain, and then the city of Rome can finally achieve self-sufficiency in food.

Food self-sufficiency was of vital importance to the developing city of Rome, which not only meant that Rome got rid of the food crisis that plagued its own development, but also laid the material foundation for the future promotion of the process of barbarian civilization.

After reading the financial report of Rome City last month, Bai Feng naturally had to look at the urban attributes of Rome City, which was the key to whether Rome City could successfully advance to the city stage.

Rome City (Large Town)

Governor: White Peak

Income: 17,870 gold/month

Population: 36,267 (the temple adds 1,000 people per month)

Social Security: +175%

Population growth: +5%/month

Tax rate: Medium tax rate

Treasury: 26,430 gold

Towns: Tasia (95,231 people, normal), Greno town (85,429 people, poor), Rai town (95,299 people, poor), Hobulo town (99,012 people, poor), Vasco town (76,976 people, poor)

Existing buildings: Doge's Palace, Wooden Wall, Temple of Apollo, Town Barracks, Bazaar, Public Farm, Cavern Mine, Stables, Blacksmith's Shop, Stone Paving, Training Ground, Sewer, Harbor

Under Construction: None

Buildable: None

With the current population of the city of Rome, the total population of Rome could be increased to 50,000 by making two more sacrifices, and the increase in population would also lead to an increase in income and the number of troops that could be recruited, which would increase the overall strength of the city.

Of the four requirements that must be met for the city to advance to the city stage, the total population and the total army Bai Feng will soon be able to make the city meet the standard, and with the submission of the Essini Kingdom, the total power population will definitely meet the standard.

The only thing that still gives Bai Feng a headache is the total income of Rome City, the current monthly income of Rome City is still in the stage of less than 20,000 yuan, even if this month's income is rising slightly every month, but it is almost impossible to rise to 30,000 in a short period of time.

Waiting for the monthly income of Rome to slowly rise to 30,000 is not Bai Feng's personality, after he returns to Rome, he will start to open up the trade route between Rome and the hinterland of the Acenian Kingdom; only in this way can it be possible to greatly increase the monthly income of Rome City.

Of course, Bai Feng, who returned to Rome City, was not only busy with these things, but also how to adjust the new army of Rome City, form the Second Legion of Antio, and a series of other things waiting for Bai Feng to deal with; Bai Feng, who returned to Rome City, was destined to be busy for a long time.

Compared to the internal affairs of the city of Rome itself, Bai Feng is more concerned about the affairs of the Acenian Kingdom, and Queen Boudicca is about to become the queen of the reunited Aceni Kingdom, which means that the entire Aceni Kingdom will become a vassal state of the Roman City.

The two veterans, Nabazani and Assam, will definitely lead their army to continue their allegiance to the Essini Kingdom, and Joshuel and his Essini Legion will also return to the command of Queen Boudicca.

Even if Nabazani and Assam had been persuaded by Queen Boudicca, they would never have been able to control more than 20,000 troops in the future, and Joshuaer, who had obeyed the orders of the city of Rome, would have to be strengthened under his command.

In addition, all aspects of the Esceni Kingdom need to be planned by Bai Feng in order to facilitate the control of the Essini Kingdom by the Roman City, and only by firmly controlling the Essini Kingdom in the hands of the Roman City, the Roman City is one of the new overlords of the real eastern region!

In short, there are many, many things that Bai Feng needs to worry about next, for the development of Roman City and his ability to return to the Heavenly Dragon Empire as planned, Bai Feng has to do his best to do these things well in the coming year.

When Bai Feng led the army to the hinterland of the Aceni Kingdom before, he had always seized the time to cultivate during the march, but on the way back to Rome this time, he still maintained his diligent cultivation posture, and his own realm was finally raised to the Intermediate Sword Master Great Perfection!