"What do you mean, my lord?" Gray frowned, looking at Joseph quizzically. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"It's very simple, as the county guard of Sadland, the work of leading the army and garrisoning is naturally left to you, but I must at least know the total number of troops and the monthly salary and military expenses!

I haven't taken over the finances of the local county yet, but presumably the Northwest Army is within the valley corridor, and the military expenditure is naturally quite a lot. But fortunately, as the lord of the county town of Sadland, I am also under my jurisdiction over taxes and finances. ”

When Gray heard this, his face showed a little solemnity, although he had two flag regiments in the garrison in Sadland, but military spending has always been a problem. Although the county town of Sadrand experienced a major war, it was after all a relatively rich grain producing area in the northwest, and there was a tax income from business travel along the way, and most of the tax revenue naturally went into the military budget.

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Joseph was not surprised, but said lightly: "Although I am not very good at things like financial accounting, I can also see a little strange. The budget for the spring quarter of this year was increased by almost 50 percent, but the finances of the city of Sadland could not be maintained even by the most basic buildings. I'm afraid there is something wrong with such a financial report, right?"

José's journey through the valley corridor is vivid in his sights, where most of the displaced people and refugees were forced to flee by the heavy taxes. Especially in a county like Sadrand, and the northwest is different from the rest of the empire, the population is relatively sparse, if the flow from the outside to the Guannai, then the situation in the valley corridor will be even more troublesome, not to mention the inability to ensure the supply of soldiers, and even the basic farmers and food may be difficult to sustain.

So seeing that Gray was silent, he was not in a hurry, but said to Gould: "Gould, you go and bring the tax file in my study and show it to Commander Gray." ”

"No, I know these things. Gray raised his head and glanced at Jose with a complicated expression: "The financial expenditure is allocated to support the military budget, and the garrison of Sadrand County and the standing army have a total of more than 8,500 people, and these people need money for food and drink and military salaries, so they can't even support the army, right?"

"The army naturally needs to be raised, but such a thing as embezzlement of taxes to supplement military expenditures is probably not in line with the laws of the empire, right?"

Imperial law?

Gray's eyelids couldn't help but tremble fiercely when he heard him say this: Where can the empire still manage the big and small matters in the river valley corridor now?

The Northwest Army was short of money and food, so it directly raised taxes on the four counties outside the Guanwai, and even the armaments of each county were in the hands of the Northwest Army. Not to mention anything else, even if the people's lives are hard, there is no way, you can't abandon tens of thousands of troops, right?

You must know that the army outside the gate is the foundation of the Northwest Army's life, and it is also the capital that the Northwest Army uses to compete with the central government of the empire.

But when this Joseph said this, he was obviously asking himself for sin!

Thinking of this, Gray couldn't help but have a faint anger in his eyes, and one of his subordinate generals even slapped the table directly and stood up, sneering directly at Jose: "Lord County Guard, the entire city of Sadland County is full of people from the Northwest Army, and you dare to talk to my family like this?! Not to mention that you are a small county guard, even if he is a Sistine, he will be polite to my Northwest Army!"

"Bastard, what are you! Lord Jose is talking, where is there a place for you guy to talk!" Gould on the side glared sideways, and scolded the guy unceremoniously: "When Lao Tzu led the army in Sadland, you didn't know where it was! Hmph, now any cat or dog can bark in front of people!"

The adjutant was scolded by Gould like this, and his face immediately turned red with anger, he was also a battalion officer in the Northwest Army, and he was Gray's deputy, and he was usually a high-flying and domineering man in the city of Sadland, where had he ever been so angry? This guy immediately stood up in anger and shouted directly at Gould: "Bold, do you know our ......?"

"That's enough, Andrew, shut up!" Gray, who was speechless, finally couldn't help but let out a low sigh before he drank the lieutenant back. But the Andrew glared at Gould with a very unkind expression, and then stepped aside with a gloomy face.

"Hehe, I heard a long time ago that the Northwest Army has always been strict in governing the army, and today I see that it really deserves its reputation. Joseph looked at him coldly, shook his head deliberately, and said, "Don't say it's Lord Gray, even one of your lieutenants has such a great military might." Hmph, it really lives up to its name!"

"Lord Jose, none of my subordinates have seen the world, they don't understand these rules, and they have no intention of colliding with the adults, and I will naturally punish him after I go, so I won't bother you, my lord. Gray didn't seem to care about Andrew's unreasonableness just now, but put on a clear appearance of wanting to protect his shortcomings.

Although Jose was very unhappy in his heart, his eyes fell on the face of the adjutant on the side, and he saw that although Andrew's face was dissatisfied, there was no fear. It seems that although this Gray said that he would be punished, he was afraid that it was only perfunctory.

Thinking of this, José's heart moved, and he turned back to Gould and shook his head secretly, and then the fat man snorted coldly and said nothing more.

However, when they made such a fuss, the atmosphere in the council hall inevitably smelled of gunpowder, and Gray finally turned pale and said coldly: "The garrison in the county of Sadrand has an important position, which is the foundation of the stability of the county, and the military expenditure cannot be broken. As for other matters, please take care of it yourself, otherwise...... Hmph, if the adults refuse to pay the military funds, if the nearly 10,000 soldiers in the city make trouble, I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress it! If they have a grudge against you, my lord, and do something out of the ordinary, I'm afraid it won't be good for you? Lord Jose, are you right?"

When Jose heard what he said, he couldn't help but squint his eyes and glared at him: Damn, this guy is clearly threatening himself, if he doesn't allocate military funds according to his wishes, he will deliberately instigate his Northwest Army to make trouble!