However, the management of this wealth left by Grudinin was quite chaotic, on the one hand, Brando gave Antitina, who is now basically his deputy, the absolute right to dispose of this wealth, but later promised Roman that he could use it to complete the replanning of the business and local construction of the Toniguel area.

Later, even Shire, the three Grand Masters, and the master craftsman, Berlu, had a certain amount of access to a certain amount of time, and they did not have to use the resources they needed without the help of others.

Brando's initial arrangement was purely for temporary convenience, although he served as the Grand Master for a period of time in the past games, but that was done with the help of the game system, which systematically recorded the deposit and withdrawal of the guild warehouse and even assisted in the formulation of some simple budgets.

But here he didn't have that help, in fact, when it came to the end, he realized that he didn't have much experience managing the territory.

Soon, therefore, he found that his finances had become a mess, and after overlapping in many aspects, he led to considerable conflict for a while. In the end, it was little Roman who personally approached Antitina, and Tiyì stabilized the almost collapsed management system in a way that one person was responsible for management and one person was responsible for recording.

For the first time, Brando's fiscal system took shape.

He glanced at the accounts, of course, but did not understand them. Roman had his own method of recording, which, according to her, was taught by his aunt; But according to Charles, those symbols are likely to be code words between witches. But Brando doesn't care, if there is anyone around him who is the most reliable, then in addition to the summoned creatures, it is probably Roman and Freya.

After a brief glance, Brando looked up again, and the argument was coming from outside for quite some time. Juta was the loudest of these, with Clensia on the sidelines, and the master craftsman Beru occasionally interjected, "Antitina spoke the least." It was the persuasion of Medisa who was almost hoarse when she spoke, but it seemed that no one could convince anyone.

"What are they arguing about?" He asked.

Little Roman immediately shook his head happily, imitating Antitina's tone and prolonging his voice and said, "The master knows that firewood and rice are expensive, Lord Lord~"

Brando was stunned for a moment, and had already vaguely guessed the core of the problem at issue outside.

The dispute in the courtyard has been going on for quite some time、

Antitina frowned and looked at the few people in front of her, although this aristocratic girl maintained basic politeness on the surface, in fact, she was almost annoyed to death.

The lord wants to build an army of his own, and of course she supports it. She also knew that Brando had given Juta, Fern, Tiger Sparrow, and Clenthia a task to select some of the civilians in Fir City and prepare to set up the shelves for the future private army.

But that's not the problem.

There are nearly 15,000 people in the fir city, and the autumn harvest has passed, in fact, the city's food stock is just enough to eat until the thundering moon of the next year. That is, the extra rations for these mercenaries are not even guaranteed, and they have to rely on trade.

On the other hand, Tony Gel is afraid that he will face the war of the Great Coriander in the future, and the soldiers' rations in wartime will be "almost doubled, which is different from that of normal times." Not to mention the need to set aside grain for the next year's spring planting, and the men who work need a lot of food just as much as the women.

Taken together, these food shortages are quite significant.

Not to mention that the cavemen of the abundant forest also need food, this part of the food was previously provided by Grudin, but Grudin doesn't care how many people starve to death in his territory, they can't.

What's more, if you want to further control the entire fir barony, this food gap will be even more incredible. Antitina now knew that in the year of the huā and summer leaves, the crops in the south of Eruin were generally failing.

One is due to the climate, and the other is because of the invasion of Madara.

Therefore, the procurement of food has to face another problem, because for well-known reasons, the war in the south has only passed, and the war in the north is on the verge of breaking out, and the sky of Eruin can be said to be cloudy at the moment.

The collateral consequence of the war is that grain becomes more stable as an equivalent than precious metals, in other words, the price of grain will rise, and I am afraid that it is not even a little bit.

As the largest free trading port in Eruin, the merchants of Ampesel are not unaware of the current situation, and these profiteers will not slow down a little out of pity, they will only take advantage of the opportunity to drive up prices.

Therefore, the prospects for grain procurement are not bleak.

Antitina had rubbed her forehead many times for this matter, but she still hadn't come up with a good solution for a while. She had thought too far away about the silver mines in Shavlund, but in military matters she could only build yì as a deputy. If Brando vetoes this suggestion, then she will have to think about it from the perspective of the resources she has.

Besides, she knew that Mintai and Pallas's army were close at hand, and her lord might not be able to pull away for a while.

For the sake of this matter, "in fact, even Miss Roman, who has always done her own thing, obediently postponed her plan.

But at this time, Wuta came to her to arrange the recruitment of private soldiers: but Zhengpong first needs huā money, especially at this time of year, maybe huā will go out to double the money, and secondly, the recruited soldiers also need rations, and if they still need to train, then the gap in rations will be even greater.

Antitina couldn't imagine the consequences.

And she finally persuaded the other party to let the female mercenary captain put aside the matter of recruiting private troops, at least until the people in the territory settled down. But it was at this time that the master craftsman Bailu also came, and he didn't mention anything else, just asking for money.

It turned out that Brando asked him to build a workshop as much as possible, but whether to build a workshop or not to make enchanted armor, it would first require a lot of manpower and material resources. Not to mention that Tonigel does not produce iron, even training blacksmith apprentices requires a lot of money.

As a master craftsman of the court, Beru never had to think about these things outside of his body, so the first thought that came to him when he lacked these things was, of course, to be!

There was a wave of peace here, and Clenthia came out of the middle of the road again, of course, he also asked for money. But he didn't come for conscription, but for mercenary money.

As we all know, there is attrition in war. And at this moment, the mercenary groups under the leaders of the mercenary groups in Fir City can be said to be attached to the big tree of Brando, "nominally in the name of mercenaries, but in fact it can be said to be an alternative kind of private soldiers."

Without the normal economic resources of mercenaries, the task of depleting and replenishing the equipment of his subordinates naturally falls to Brando, the lord; And Brando had tacitly maintained a special employment relationship with these mercenaries out of his own considerations, but everyone was now in the same boat, and Clenthia also understood that the group was short of money now, so he didn't mention any more hiring fees.

But the mercenaries are about to start a big battle one after another, and the matter of replenishing equipment seems to be urgent, so he can't stop coming. And to supplement the wear and tear including armor, arrows and weapons, of course, there is one word to mention first, money.

The aristocratic daughter was as big as a fight for a while, "The little money she has in her hand is not enough at all." But she hadn't figured out a proper way here, and a few people over there quarreled because of a few disagreements.

For a while, what do you need to put down, my things are more important, and lines like this are flying all over the sky, Antitina can barely persuade at first, but the more she gets to the back, she can't help but join the war group in a fit of anger. In the end, it turned out that it was Metisa, who was passing by, who ran over in a panic to persuade her.

Only the red-haired girl who came with this little princess of the silver elf didn't care about herself, so she just felt bored watching these people fight here from a distance.

The dispute between several people is at the most critical juncture at this moment.

Yuta had just listened to Berlu's cynicism, as a faction of the royal party, "The master craftsman Beru has been through the storm for a long time, and of course his verbal skills are also quite good, and he is really spicy and sarcastic, so the female mercenary captain was so angry that her teeth itched and wanted to refute."

But just as she was about to speak, her face changed, but she stopped.

"Your Lord."

The others were stunned for a moment, and they also turned their heads one after another: "Lord Lord! ”

Brando looked at these people with a blank face, and snorted from his nose: "It's quite lively, huh?" ”

Everyone bowed their heads, only Bai Lu, who was not in this system, had a look of indifference.

However, the old man thought for a while, but still lowered his head and said respectfully: "Lord Lord, according to what you said, we should have a common goal and enemy at this moment, and the old man is naturally not here to make trouble for you: but as we all know, "war is the consumption of financial resources, and now it seems that your situation is not optimistic."

Brando was speechless when he heard this, and of course he understood this; Grudin's legacy seems to be a huge amount of money, but it is only for an ordinary person, and it is actually scattered throughout the construction of the territory, which does not seem to be so useful.

For example, building a wall was a daily cost, and in fact in order to give the craftsmen and workers the confidence to work for him, Antitina had to pay double the price. This sounds a bit strange, because in fact, in this day and age, a true lord is completely free to use the labor of his own people.

However, Brando was well aware of the potential undercurrents in the realm, and before the battle with Count Jean Denel, "I am afraid that every inhabitant of this place will wonder how long he can stay here as a lord of bad name."

In order to appease the people, he had to resort to this contingency to survive the difficult early days: of course, Clenthia and Fern had suggested that he use forced conscription to grab labor, but this proposal drew unanimous opposition from Yuta and Antitina.

Moreover, as the acting Minister of Finance, Roman also disagreed with this plan, "but she did not do it out of moral but purely economic considerations, and in the long run" self-destructive things were not conducive to the development of the territory, especially the commerce of the territory.

After all, Brando didn't want to relegate himself to the likes of Grudin. But the problem cannot be just a problem, there must be a solution.