How is the 170,000 gold sol spent?

Lord Jomosen sat up straight and quietly pricked up his ears. If his income of 180,000 gold soles a year shocked him, the question of how to spend 170,000 gold soles a year aroused his curiosity, and he even couldn't contain his imagination of how he would distribute this amazing wealth, and he was faintly excited about it. Compared to the sense of accomplishment that comes from listening, supervising, questioning, and fighting for the distribution and use of the 170,000 gold soles, the little lord who runs it is not worth mentioning at all.

This is the charm of power! The power that is shared by a Royal Highness to a lord knight!

"The financial expenditure mainly includes three aspects: internal affairs construction, Yinyue Manor, and military investment. ”

"Let's start with the financial expenditure for the construction of internal affairs...... Randall's Cathedral has been under construction for almost three years, and its materials and part of the labor costs are borne by the family finances, which last year cost 20,000 gold soles, 17,000 gold soles for the construction of the town of Wanqu, the ring canal, the villages and tenant farms, roads, bridges, and guard posts, the annuities of the mayors, village heads, stewards, deacons, and general education teachers, and the total expenditure for the construction of the interior affairs amounted to about 42,600 gold soles. ”

Lilia seems to have been prepared, although Victor held an impromptu round table, she knows the family's financial income and expenditure situation well, and all kinds of data are reported casually, obviously not less chattering.

"The total expenditure of Silvermoon Manor last year was 68,000 gold soles, and the remaining more than 60,000 gold soles were all spent on army construction...... Let them explain for themselves, my lord. Lilia pursed her lips and said with a clear sense of anger.

Alice pursed her lips and smiled, and said in a coquettish voice:

"Silvermoon Manor persuaded Jin to adopt the children of nobles, and paid the persuasion to Jinshui City in two installments, 30,000 gold soles the year before last, 35,000 gold soles last year; last year, Silver Moon Manor spent 6,500 gold soles on cultivating indoor maids, and 3,600 gold soles for cultivating attendant maids; general education schools raised young children, and spent 4,600 gold soles for food and lodging; the manor hunting director cultivated and improved swift birds, war horses, war dogs, and camel antelopes, and spent 9,800 gold soles; the rest are the daily expenses of Silver Moon Manor...... That's about 10,000 gold soles. ”

Nelson smacked his lips and said, "Silvermoon Manor's daily expenditure of more than 10,000 gold soles, isn't it a bit too high?"

Nicole shook her head and said, "It's not tall at all...... Ritual exchanges between nobles, banquets and entertainment, meritorious awards and invention rewards for the people, as well as expenses such as remodeling of the body of family members, church donations, and relief from mutual aid societies are all in it...... For example, the lord's personal guard used the funds of His Highness's private treasury, and it was not counted in the daily expenses of the Silver Moon Manor at all. ”

"I haven't said that I'm going to cut the military budget, what are you worried about?"

Victor stared at Nelson and said in a loud voice: "You don't care how much other people spend, just say the 60,000 gold soles, how do you use it?"

was seen through the careful thinking, Nelson first smiled, and then said:

"The 1st and 2nd Corps of mercenaries have a full strength of 6,000 gold soles, and last year they paid commissions, service bounties, and disability pensions of about 30,000 gold soles, purchased armaments, combat potions, and body forging potions about 21,000 gold soles, and the wear and tear of combat and training plus daily expenses did not exceed 9,500 gold soles. Last year's total military expenditure was 61,780 gold soles...... The details of military expenses are all accounted for, and I brought them all and put them in the lounge next door, so I can ask the adults to take a look. ”

Victor pointed at Nelson and said, "You guy, you're very well prepared...... I don't want to look at your accounts, I just want to know, can this year's military budget be less?"

Nelson said solemnly: "My lord, the cost of armament procurement this year will definitely be reduced, but the budget for remuneration and daily training can only be more than less. Last year, we purchased 200 sets of mercenary equipment from the Two-Headed Lizard Chamber of Commerce for 40 gold soles each, for a total of 8,000 gold soles. Mercenary soldiers are now equipped, and this fee can be saved this year. ”

Victor looked sideways at Nicole, frowned, and asked, "Why do you want to purchase armaments from abroad?"

Nicole shook her head lightly and said, "The size of the mercenary army has grown, and now it is the time of the Fish-Man War, and the mercenaries have lost a lot of arrows and equipment. Without your warrant, the Hill Fortress will not accept anyone's dispatch, and will still produce all kinds of armaments according to the original plan. We had to buy arrows and leather armor from the two-headed lizard, and as for the worn weapons, we could repair them, but if we couldn't, we had to buy them...... But, as you know, blacksmiths who have the ability to craft and repair equipment are very welcome, and they have long been taken over by the other lords. The Randall family of 180,000 people could not pick out a few decent blacksmiths. ”

Victor nodded and said, "This was my mistake, I will find a way to fix this." As soon as the voice changed, he smiled at Lilia again: "This year, the cost of Yinyue Manor's persuasion to adopt the children of the nobles can be saved, but the investment in education and training and invention research can only be more, not less...... What piece of the family's budget this year are you going to cut?"

Lilia glanced at Nelson and sure enough, she said, "Cut military spending." ”

"Why don't you cut the cost of the interior construction?" asked Nelson, with a dark face and an angry voice.

Lilia raised her willow eyebrows and sneered: "In addition to building the cathedral, the family's investment in internal affairs has paid off. Do you dare to cut the budget for the construction of the cathedral? And the mercenary corps only spend money and don't make money, and if you don't cut your budget, whose budget will you cut?"

Nelson stammered, speechless for a moment.

Lord Jomoson, who sat next to him, said to himself in a small voice:

"The Second Mercenary Regiment was formed to train excellent soldiers. ”

"Haha. Nelson laughed out loud and said triumphantly, "Lady Lilia, the adults just said that the investment in education and training can only be more, not less...... Our formation of the Second Legion is also to train soldiers for the family, how can we cut the budget of the mercenary legion?"

Lilia's eyes widened, and she was about to argue, but Victor raised his hand to interrupt her, and asked with a smile, "Lilia, are you going to reduce the budget of the mercenary army?"

"Reduction of commissions for mercenary soldiers. Lilia turned her anger into joy, and said quickly: "Last year, an average mercenary soldier was given 5 gold soles, the cost of potions was 1.5 gold soles, and the cost of food was about 2 gold and 25 silver ......."

"Hey, hey...... How can the food of mercenary soldiers be regarded as military expenses? They serve the adults, defend the family against foreign enemies, and open up territories, and they should eat for free! Moreover, the food standards of the mercenaries are agreed by the adults......" Nelson was angry, and his voice was much higher, but the famous Northland bear was really fierce to his precious sister, and his tone was full of panic and distress, and finally, he looked at Victor as if asking for help.

Lilia sighed and said in a softened tone:

"I know that mercenary soldiers should enjoy the food provided by their families, but you can't deny that if you sell all the food, fruits, vegetables and meat consumed by mercenaries for a year, it is 16,200 gold soles...... My stewards and deacons also have pensions and a free lunch, but they use their salaries to buy groceries and breakfast and lunch. But mercenary soldiers don't spend money on food, they don't spend money on daily necessities, and they get a commission of 4 or 5 gold soles a year, all of which are saved. Their annual commission of 30,000 gold soles can't come out, which is a net expense for us!"

"I mean, this net expenditure is going to be cut in half, maintaining the original commission budget of 12,000 gold soles. After a pause, Lilia emphasized again: "Anyway, they don't spend money, why give them so much commission?"

Is the mercenary soldier's commission of 5 gold soles a year too much?

Not much. 5 gold soles are equal to 180 silver soles, and for sixteen months a year, they merce soldiers to go into battle to kill the enemy, engage in baggage transportation, build fortifications, patrol the territory, and receive a monthly salary of 11 silver and 9 bronze, which is not much at all.

Can mercenary soldiers' salaries be deducted?

Of course not. Withholding military salaries will only break the morale of the mercenaries, and will also seriously damage the prestige of the Randall family, and no one will want to join the Randall family's mercenary army.

Mercenaries are neither paid much nor deductible. Lilia will not fail to understand this truth, she deliberately became a villain, and she must be paving the way for another person.

Nicole had a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, and her temperament was quiet and calm, as if the scene of the confrontation between brother and sister had nothing to do with her.

Nelson is famous and powerful, cultivating the secret method of the soul and bloodline, and pioneering the fighting skills of the Violent Bear and the Wild Ape, and now, among the Silver Knights of the Centaur Hills, no one can win against him except the Raging Wave Knight Trisley. As the commander of the Southern Fortress and the military head of the Randall family, no one can ignore the influence of the Bear of the Northland, regardless of his personal wishes.

In the two and a half years that Victor has been away, Nicole and Nelson have not felt easy working together.

Nicole must forbear, but it is never advisable to blindly back down...... The Mercenary Legion originally consisted of only 3,800 men, and the Fishmen had more than 400 casualties at the beginning of the war, leaving only 3,300 men, but Lilia said that the First Legion was 4,100 men, and apparently Nelson had recruited another 800 recruits...... He has a pure personality and a firm will, otherwise it would be impossible to reach the level of the silver high-level, and he will never be corrupt and degenerate, but he has been in the army for too long, and his colleagues and subordinates know his temper and character very well, so it is inevitable that they will go up and down the camp and recruit some affectionate people to join the mercenary army...... Obviously, the First Legion, with Nelson at its core, formed a political force...... Nelson is loyal to me, and I will intervene in the expansion of the First Legion, let alone Nicole?

Nicole first asked Jomoson to encourage Nelson to form a second legion, first, the southern fortress really needs enough soldiers to resist the next wave of ants, and second, the mercenaries can expand the second legion, which can disrupt the internal structure of the first legion, and before they reach a balance and form a group, the two legions can be reshuffled, so that the two legions can balance each other...... Nelson asked Nicole to approve the expansion of the army, and Nicole decisively signed and agreed. But she didn't come forward herself, so she asked Nelson to ask Lilia directly for money...... Lilia, a little money fan, eats her brother to death, is it so easy for Nelson to ask her for money?

Nelson couldn't get the money and went back to Nicole...... Lilia has always liked to hug Nicole's thighs, and Nicole can make her pay obediently with a word, but Nicole obviously won't do this, otherwise, she would have come forward to find Lilia in person in the first place...... The money was squeezed out little by little, Nelson was elated, but Lilia became more and more distressed, and the financial problems she saw were getting more and more serious, and her thinking was becoming clearer and clearer...... Under Nik's deliberate guidance, Lilia and Nelson are not brother and sister confrontations, but the Randall family's internal and military systems are holding each other down...... It's wonderful.

How arrogant is Trisley's temperament, Nelson is not in her eyes, she is willing to reshape Lilia's body, it is all Nike's face...... Oops, I said, how could Nike's big vinegar jar give me up to Lilia?

My Nike baby grows up...... Victor's mood is quite complicated, he is proud of Nik and Lilia's growth, and he is also emotional about his past, remembering what Sylvia said to him on the eve of leaving the Rose Manor:

If you shine too brightly, you will only overshadow your subordinates and stay asleep, and the Guardian should stay behind the scenes and control the overall situation, so that others can shine and grow.

Isn't that how I grew up...... Nicole's bureau has been in place for two years, so let me help her...... Victor looked sideways at Nicole and smiled, "Honey, what is your opinion?"

Nicole's eyes lit up, and she said solemnly:

"Although the mercenary soldiers came from humble backgrounds, they were willing to fight for their family, and I consider them to be part of the family. A mercenary soldier who has served for 25 years is a vassal soldier of the family, and if he dies in battle, his merits will not be reduced, and he will protect his wife, children, parents, and brothers...... We must not break our promises! I believe that the commission and reward of mercenary soldiers can only be increased, not decreased!"

Nelson got up, saluted solemnly, and raised his voice, "Madame, wise!...... I have to ask Lord Randall to call the shots. ”

"But ......"

"Sister Lilia, don't worry. ”

Nicole smiled slightly, stroked the back of Lilia's hand, turned her eyes to Nelson, and said in a soft voice: "Lord Nelson, the mercenary army costs the family 4 or 50,000 gold soles every year, which is indeed a heavy financial burden for the family. I believe that the expansion of the mercenary corps should be adjusted accordingly according to the family's financial situation. I suggest that, henceforth, no one should expand the size of the mercenary corps without an order or commission from Lord Randall. ”

Nicole turned her head and smiled at Victor and said, "My lord, Lilia said that the mercenary corps consumes food every year, which is worth more than 10,000 gold soles. This is also true, but we cannot withhold food supplies from our soldiers. However, the family's swift birds eat better than soldiers, eating four times as much as ordinary people, and they currently have more than 3,600 birds, and the number will be even larger in the future...... If you want to cut fiscal expenditures, just cut this one...... I suggest that the birds be given to other families to raise and cultivate, or charge a certain fee to raise them on their behalf. If you can save Xunniao's feed, selling it is also a large amount of financial income. ”

Victor touched his nose and said helplessly: "Chop and chop, chop on my head......"

"Well, Lady Nicole's suggestion, I agreed to it!"