"You mean, let me pay for my own financial problems to solve Sadland's financial problems?" José was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but touch his nose, and looked at Sophia with a strange expression. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The biggest problem in the county town of Sadland at the moment is finances, if Sadland's finances can be solved, I naturally have a way to win administrative and military power for you. This may be a tricky problem now, but I can promise that in as little as three months or as long as half a year, I will be able to get the Northwest Army obediently withdrawn from the county town of Sadland!"

Sophia thought for a moment, as if she was worried that Jose would not agree, and added: "According to my estimates, as long as the financial problems of the spring and summer quarters of Sadland are solved, and the normal level of spring plowing and taxation is guaranteed, it will naturally stabilize the towns below."

In the final analysis, the Northwest Army is because of military spending restrictions, and Gray's seven or eight thousand troops need money for food and drink every day. Especially now that Sadland has just experienced war, the economy has been seriously damaged, but the Northwest Army has increased taxes at this time, which naturally caused a serious problem of internal displacement.

So the first step is to stabilize the civil administration first, so that the economy of the county is independent of the province, and my opinion is to reduce the tax in the county of Sadeland, preferably by one year. In this way, the displaced people can be attracted to return to Sadrand to cultivate, and then the higher towns will distribute grain, farming tools, cattle and horses, etc., and restore agriculture throughout Sadrand in time. When the displaced people returned, the population naturally came, and with the population, the source of soldiers naturally also landed.

From what I know in Sadrandshire, the population of Sadrand is probably at least half as much now as it was before the fighting. In addition to heavy taxes, a large part of this is due to war and poverty, and the population of the whole of Sadrand is now about 200,000, and it is still decreasing, which is why I say that fiscal stability is the first step. ”

Speaking of this, Sophia looked at Joseph's still deep thinking, and couldn't help but sigh and continued: "Of course, this is the algorithm of money, if you really can't get the money, my suggestion is to contact the province and kick the matter to the governor's palace."

After all, the situation in the city of Sadrand is not a special case, and behind you, my lord, is such a huge force in the center of the empire, which is far more rich than the military in the northwest. As long as the province agrees with the budget, the problems of Sadland can be solved, but in this way, your power in Sadland will need to be completely supported by the province. I'm afraid that's not what you want to see......"

Sophia said this, and only then did she give José a meaningful look.

Jose frowned, unable to hear what the girl meant. At present, he is in the city of Sadrand, although he has a monopoly on the surface, but he has the Northwest Army to contend with. And if he didn't want to rely on the power of the empire, it would be difficult to level the power of the Northwest Army.

But as soon as he talked about his own difficulties and provinces, he would be handing over the decision-making power to Sistine and to Mondvia IV, and in this way, he would become a little brother working for the empire from the lord of Sadlandshire, which was not what Jose wanted to see.

However, this Sophia has a lot of scheming, and she has already seen this mind of Joseph.

"Then according to your budget, how much money do I need to come up with to temporarily stabilize the civil affairs of Sadrandshire? I am afraid that it will take a lot of money to support the taxation of such a large county, let me tell you, although I am a magician, but I am not a rich man, if I need too much money, I can't do it!"

Sophia thought for a while, and what Jose said was the same, so she thought for a moment before she said slowly: "The garrison in the county of Sadland plus the Northwest Army is roughly 12,000 people, plus the garrisons of the various towns under the county, the standing army of the entire Sadland is about 15,000 people. Military spending, materiel, consumption of these people...... In the past six months, it has been 70,000 or 80,000 gold coins, plus the tax reductions and the cost of grain to appease the displaced people, and in half a year, it is almost around 200,000 gold coins.

Of course, these are just my rough budgets, and if they are really implemented, I am afraid they will have to be in 250,000 gold coins. I also know that this is a lot of money, and as far as I know, the tax revenue of the entire Moxi Province in a year is probably only this amount.

Take out such a sum of money at once, if you can't solve it, I think you can only report it to the province, if you miss the two months of spring ploughing, I'm afraid it will be useless to take out more than 200,000 gold coins. ”

"How much do you say, two hundred and fifty thousand gold coins?" Qiao Se looked at Sophia in disbelief: "Sophia, you are not mistaken, are you, is it really two hundred and fifty thousand gold coins?"

Sophia nodded, and said a little helplessly: "It should be like this, the military expenditure in the northwest is two gold coins per person per year, and the military expenditure of 15,000 people is more than 10,000 gold coins for half a year, and this is only on the surface." Not counting those moths who eat empty salaries and pull relationships in the army, so the military expenditure alone is roughly twice as much, that is, 20,000 or 30,000 gold coins.

This is just one of them, the army's food, drink, supplies, clothing, and even armor and weapons, the replacement of tents and tents, etc., this is the big head. An army of more than 10,000 people, no matter how you say it, you have to have 70,000 or 80,000 gold coins to solve it, right?

As for the rest, it is for the resettlement of the poor and the homeless, and for the expenditure of civil affairs, the resettlement of the 200,000 people in Sadrand County is always indispensable for more than 100,000 gold coins in half a year. I, Sophia, have also been in the northwest for more than two years, and I have never learned such financial calculations from teachers before, and I still have a good idea of how much money to spend on these small expenses. So, I can assure you, my lord, that these numbers are infallible!"

"250,000 gold coins? Haha, you said it earlier, I thought it was how much it was? Hehe, do I have more magicians, and I can barely make up more than 200,000 gold coins. Jose smiled a little, and couldn't help but laugh proudly.

"My lord, you're not wrong, are you? You really have so much money? That's more than 200,000 gold coins, and the annual finances of the county town of Sadland are only tens of thousands of gold coins, which is worth three or four years of Sadland's taxes!" Alok on the side couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Haha, I'm not wrong. Yaroke, I still have more than 200,000 gold coins! Damn, it turns out that Lao Tzu is already so rich?!"

Joseph couldn't help but mutter, then touched his nose, and suddenly felt in a good mood.