Looking at the people with different looks and postures in front of me, I silently thought about it in my heart......

Among the 762 people, 189 are those who have opened 10 or more veins (elite level), 53 are those who have opened 20 or 30 veins or more (small boss level), 28 are those who have opened 40 or 50 veins or more (big boss level), and 6 are those who have opened 60 or 70 veins or more (helm master level) (it does not mean that if you have reached a certain level of martial arts cultivation, you must have a corresponding position, but at least there is corresponding respect and remuneration).

As the saying goes, 'a skinny camel is bigger than a horse', although the Eagle Claw Gate is only left with this bit of family foundation, it is still much stronger than the average small gang outside.

However, the ability of people is strong, and at the same time, it brings another problem - the remuneration is also high.

The standard salary (per month) of the Eagle Claw Gate is five taels for ordinary gangs, ten taels for elite gangs, fifty taels for small leaders, one hundred taels for big leaders, and five hundred taels for helmsmen.

The hall master and the door master, the salary is three thousand taels!

In this way, even if you don't count me, Yang Yu, and Lian Huanyu (the hall master and the door master are just the three of us), the amount of salaries to be spent every month is still as high as more than 12,000 taels.

That's not a small amount.

In the play performed in front of the Eagle Claw Hall yesterday, the total weight of the golden gold ingots in the box added up to about 300 catties, which is 300,000 taels of silver.

It looked like a lot, but it was the last cash in the Eagle Claw Gate treasury.

The actual gold sand (the rest are hidden gold ingots) that were actually sent out were worth about 30,000 taels, which was regarded as a double salary for everyone and boosted morale.

The morale has been boosted, but the salary will have to be paid a month later.

In addition, in the eagle's claw gate, there is food and shelter, daily food expenses (including cook's expenses), handymen, lamp oil, fire wax, cloth consumption, and weapon wear......

The mess adds up, and you get five or six hundred taels of silver a day.

After a month, it was more than 10,000 taels.

But don't forget, in addition to the Eagle Claw Gang, there are also various industries under the Eagle Claw Gate, such as the shopkeeper, steward, guard, junior, and errand runner in the industry...... And so on, it all costs money.

There are more than 30,000 taels here.

There is also - in terms of the government, from the scribe to the prefect, all kinds of ice and fire filial piety, and the silver of the four seasons cannot be broken, otherwise there will be endless troubles - according to the usual rules, at least 50,000 taels of silver.

But that's just the most basic expense – the salary goes to the salary, and everyone has their own allowance when it comes to carrying out tasks; Depending on the degree of danger of the task, the allowance ranges from a few taels, tens of taels to hundreds of taels; If you are injured or killed in the line of duty, you will have to pay a lot of money for medicine and settling-in expenses.

This kind of expenditure is about 7 or 8,000 taels a month in peacetime, but once the gangs are in full swing, the amount will soar to 7, 80,000, or even more than 100,000 taels.

What period is it?

So far, it is still peacetime, but I estimate that in less than half a month, the most tragic and bloody gang war will begin.

These are just the outward spending.

Secretly, the Eagle Claw Gate also has a large number of shadows, eyeliners, and secret nests (equivalent to safe houses and secret bases), and the amount of money has reached a staggering 100,000 taels.

This comes and goes, and when next month's payday arrives, at least more than 318,000 taels of silver will be paid.

It can be said that the 300,000 taels of silver in this inventory are no longer Eagle Claw's own money, and there is still a big gap.

If you can't pay, hehe......

It's not that the gang will defect immediately, but this is a serious morale blow.

Morale is low and self-defeating without a fight.

Therefore, the top priority of Eagle Claw Gate is not to fight everywhere and regain territory, but to ...... Make hay!

"Lian Sect Master, how many industries can make money in our door?" I said happily to Lian.

Lian Huanyue was wearing a black power suit, a deerskin long-shouldered armor, and a bun wrapped around his head, which looked a little childish and a little more mature.

She spread out a thick account book, pointed to the numbers on it, and said: "At present, the industries that are still under the control of the sect have a total of eighty-three shops, twenty-five casinos and brothels, seventeen farms, and more than 1,600 acres of fields and forests. ”

"Oh? That's a lot. I said in surprise.

"It's a lot." Lian Huanyu said, "These are serious industries with official contracts, and they can generate profits of 300,000 or 500,000 taels of silver every month. ”

"So much?" My heart moved, "Isn't there more than enough money in that door?" ”

"That was before." Lian Huanyu frowned and said, "Now, except for farms and fields, the rest of the industries can't open normally." ”

I didn't ask her why.

The answer can be explained in front of us - the profits generated by these industries are like a stream of fresh blood, which is continuously injected into the declining Eagle Claw Gate, and if time passes, maybe the Eagle Claw Gate will be reborn and reborn after a catastrophe!

Neither a separate gang, nor an external rival gang, would want to see that.

But as an industry with an official contract, they can't take it brutally, so they naturally have to use all means to cut off the vitality of the Eagle Claw Gate.

"That'...... What about the output of farms and forests? I asked again.

"There is only expenditure, no output." Lian Huanyue said.

Again, I didn't ask why.

The season is not right!

Industries such as farms and forests pay attention to long-term investment, and it can only be harvested once in half a year, or a year, or even many years.

Far water can't save the near fire.

"That'...... What other projects are there to make money in the door? I asked repeatedly.

At this time, I didn't really have much hope in my heart.

"Yes." Lian Huanyue said, "We have a long-distance caravan in the southwest and northwest, and if we calculate the time, they should be able to return by the end of the month—according to the practice of previous years, each caravan can earn seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver." ”

"It's so easy to earn, why don't you organize a few more caravans?" When I heard this, my heart blossomed.

"On behalf of the master, who doesn't want to earn money? Bitter in the absence of manpower, wow. The answer to this question was an elder behind Lian Huanyu.

"It's hard for me to say the current situation, but in the past, there were 100,000 people in the Eagle Claw Gate, is there still a shortage of people?" I wondered.

"People are different." Another veteran said, "There are a lot of talents in our sect who fight and kill, and charge into battle, but when it comes to talents who do business from afar, they are rarer than gold - in fact, they have formed several caravans before, either because they were too unlucky and lost, and they lost money because they were not able to do so, or they were poached by people who made too good money, or they left to work alone." ”

"I see......" I sighed.

Gangs are gangs, and they can't be expected to be as proficient in making money as big businessmen.

But......

A flash of light flashed before my eyes.

There are no people in the Eagle Claw Gate who know how to make money, I have.