Ryan held the half-period tax statistics table in his hand, and his heart blossomed, because the grain is harvested twice a year, so the tax received by Kana is also divided into two periods.

It also includes the half-term financial statistics handed over by Hevian, and so far the income of the territory has been divided into several sections, the first of which is the grain paid by the people, which is reserved for storage and not for sale.

Then the lion's share was the green sugar trade with Chels and Brandon, who sold more than 200,000 pounds of green sugar in the first half of the year, with a total income of more than 10,000 Kindler, making Lane a lot of money.

The rest is the business tax and the income of the shops under his name, etc., which are small and not worth mentioning.

The income is very impressive, but the corresponding expenditure is also terrifying, whether it is the cement factory, the paper factory, or the newly built steel mill, so far all pure investment, not profitable.

The income from merchant taxes and shops is not enough to feed the three gold-swallowing beasts, and needs to be paid out of the income from the green sugar trade.

Even more expensive than them were Liman's laboratories and army, and the current number of active duty soldiers in Karna Collar had reached the size of three battalions, with more than 3,000 men.

Their training, salary, food and clothing are a large sum of money, accounting for a small one-third of the green sugar trade. The laboratory is also a bottomless pit, don't look at the crystal bomb that can be used at present, but it is noisy when it comes to money, accounting for more than one-third of the green sugar trade.

Coupled with some scattered and messy expenditures, the balance in the first half of the year was less than 3,000 Jindler except for food, which made Ryan's originally excited heart cool and cool.

If you add in the part of last year's expenses for war and pensions, good guys, Ryan himself almost had to be reversed.

Not to mention him, even Hervian and other government officials were also frightened by the expenditure in the first half of the year, and it is no exaggeration to say that the consumption of this half year is enough to be comparable to a viscountdom.

If there is no green sugar trade as support, Ryan can't support such consumption even if he sells himself chop and chop bar.

"It's not okay to go on like this, the expenditure in the second half of the year will definitely be higher, isn't it possible for me to stick it upside down if it goes on like this?" Ryan frowned, he knew why Lofitel, who was in charge of finance, was crying to him every day, and he couldn't help spending this money.

"We have to open up new sources of economy." Ryan rubbed his chin in deep thought, he already had some alternative answers in his mind.

First of all, cement and paper, as long as they are marketed well, not to mention reaching the height of green sugar, most of them should be fine.

Then it is to take advantage of his polytechnic dog to make perfume or liquor.

Because of Kerwill's vigorous planting, those magic flowers have achieved a good harvest, and the use of such flowers to make absolutely violent perfumes at the moment is sure to make a lot of money.

Even if liquor does not meet the taste of these people, it is a good choice to further distill and purify it into alcohol, which can be used to make perfumes or disinfect.

Thinking about it, he pulled out a piece of paper and began to plan, and as soon as he wrote an opening, there was a knock on his door, and Levi, who had been promoted to a junior knight and was also the captain of Lane's guard, hurried in with a letter.

Ryan looked at him strangely and said, "Is it news from the ironworks or the cement factory?" ”

Levi's slightly green face was a little solemn and said, "It's an urgent letter from Viscount Chels, three bird feathers." ”

Ordinary letters will not be pasted with bird feathers, this kind of letter that represents non-urgency, paste one for 200 miles of urgency, two for 400 miles of urgency, three for the highest level, change horses without changing people, day and night.

Ryan hurriedly took the letter and opened it, this was the first time he had received a letter of this level, and you can imagine how urgent the content was.

After a few hurried glances, Ryan's expression became more and more solemn, and he stood up and said, "Prepare your mount immediately and go to Horay City." ”

Levi looked surprised, looked at the sky outside that was close to dark, and said hesitantly, "Is it a little late?" ”

Ryan shook his head and handed him the letter, and Levi took it, only to see that it was written in large letters, "Extremely urgent, hurry to Horay City as soon as possible to attend the highest military council in the county!! ”

His pupils widened for a moment, and he immediately understood the seriousness of the matter, and immediately went down to prepare for his mount, and in less than half an hour, an elite cavalry squad was assembled.

Soon, unbeknownst to most people, the procession vanished into the approaching night.

The next day, when he got up early and came to report to Ryan, Hevian looked at the empty office with a confused face, and asked people everywhere to find no trace of Ryan, and finally the officer at the city gate reported that the lord had left with people overnight last night and did not know where to go.

Hevian looked up to the sky and sighed, this lord is really a restless lord, and he has only been stable for a few days and he can't find anyone......

Ryan and the others traveled day and night, and the distance of several hundred miles was finally completed in the afternoon of the next day, and as soon as they entered the city, they were greeted by the knights of the Marton family, and after a brief introduction, they were led to the other side.

In the kingdom of Tistan, the rough division of the administrative region is the five realms, also known as the five states, the territory is divided into provinces and counties, except for the central part of the five states is the direct territory of the royal family, the remaining four realms have a grand duke to guard the town.

Each province will choose a noble or powerful nobleman as the governor of the province, and each county will choose a nobleman as the governor of the county.

The governors of these districts have no rights in peacetime, and they are not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of other territories.

If it comes to a special period, such as during the war, the power of the regional governor will be greater, because their status will be transformed into the supreme military commander of the region, and at that time, how many people and how many materials can be distributed in which territory.

In wartime, whoever plays the striker and who escorts the grain and grass can also be distributed with one hand, don't underestimate these, the doorway inside is big.

Of course, even if there is a grudge, you can't make it too obvious, otherwise he won't be able to please the noble court, but the other party will be very uncomfortable if he secretly makes you a little stumbling.

The knight took them all the way to the Admiral's Palace, please don't wonder why they are here, because Chels is the Admiral of Linton County, so he has the right to build the Admiral's Palace, but there is usually no one here, so the sense of existence is not strong.

Because for Chels, living in such a house is far less secure than living in a castle.

Ryan is a border lord, so he is almost the last to come, and many nobles have been waiting here for a long time, they have already communicated, and they have their own guesses about the next information.

Outside the hall, the knight guarding the door stopped Levi and the others outside, and then respectfully invited Ryan in, and as soon as he appeared, Baron David Bella, who was collared by the Maple Leaf, stood up and waved warmly, signaling to sit down at the vacant seat next to him.

Ryan responded with a smile, and after taking his seat, he looked around and saw that there were still four empty seats, and the rest of the seats were already occupied, all with official titles.

In Lintonshire, there are many people with official titles, but only a dozen or so people have lands, and almost the rest are here.

David Bella said with a solemn expression: "These four people who didn't come, except for the viscount, the remaining three are all nobles who were recruited last time, and it is said that one of them has already served the kingdom. ”

"Is the battle so fierce?" Ryan was surprised to hear Davy Bella's words, considering that it had only been a few months since the last call-up.

"It's very intense, you may not know it yet, Jinsui City was almost captured by the rebels, but fortunately, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke was wise and saw through the enemy's tricks, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable, and we wouldn't still be sitting here."

I just don't know how many people the Grand Duke will recruit this time, and my meager family background can't withstand the toss. ”

David Bella nodded helplessly, his family has been rooted here for many years, and the intelligence network has already been spread, so he is also very well-informed, and he has already obtained first-hand information.

Although Chels's letter did not clearly state it, everyone present understood that there was going to be a war, otherwise Chels would not have convened a supreme military council, and Ryan also had some guesses.

But he still couldn't help but get nervous in his heart, participating in such a war, the risk is no less than that of an expedition, maybe he will go to see the Lord of Light at any time.

"It's too dangerous on the battlefield, and when the time comes, you and I will have to take care of each other." David Bellamy's face is sincere, and finding a reliable teammate is too important.

Although he didn't know much about Ryan, it was enough to see a lot of information based on his last border confrontation with Blaise, so he was willing to take a gamble.

Ryan was about to answer, but Chels finally sat down on the first place, his expression a little more tired than the last time they had met.

He glanced around, and finally stopped on Ryan's body for a few seconds and said, "Guys, you've probably guessed a few things, so I won't sell it."

A month earlier, His Royal Highness had launched a general assault on the rebels in the Gothic province, and although he had successfully recovered the important hub of Tey, the Golden Spike was almost attacked by the rebels, but fortunately, the Hurricane Knights arrived in time to hold the city.

However, Golden Harvest City also suffered heavy losses, and the supply of supplies to the front line was also cut off, and in order to deal with the possible chaos in the future, His Royal Highness issued a conscription order to us. ”

Everyone was mentally prepared, and it was not surprising that they were all solemn, waiting for Chels to follow.

Chels cleared his throat and said, "This time, in addition to having an integrated corps in Linton County, we also need to requisition a batch of supplies, mainly food and medicine.

Of course, these will not let everyone contribute in vain, whether it is sending troops or materials, they will be converted into military merits, you or your ancestors all started by relying on military merits, and the role of this military merit naturally does not need me to repeat it.

At the same time, in order to ensure the defense of the county, we will divide it into two parts this time, and the part will remain in the county to consolidate the defense and prevent the rebels from flowing in. But supplies need to be requisitioned.

The other part does not levy supplies, and needs to be sent to participate in the war, for the sake of fairness, we use the lottery to decide, what do you think? ”

His words made everyone look at each other, to be honest, no one wants to go to the battlefield if they can provide materials to solve the problem, because there is no shortage of food here.

But going to the battlefield is different, going to the battlefield may get a military feat, but it is more likely to never return, or there may be heavy losses, that is all the foundation, it is the capital of their own status!

For a while, the atmosphere was a little delicate, and a competition without gunpowder began.

Seeing that no one objected, Chels nodded with satisfaction, took out a box that had been prepared a long time ago, and said: "There are two kinds of beads here, green and red, how about drawing red troops and green supplies?" ”

If Ryan and the others have any opinions, they naturally nodded yes.

According to the order, everyone went up to get a ball, and for a while a few families were happy and a few were sad, and the green beads were naturally smiling, and the red beads were gloomy.

Ryan sat back in his seat expressionlessly, he held a red bead in his hand, it seemed that he couldn't run away this time, this kind of fair and open distribution, he couldn't pick out the thorns at all, so he had to consider himself unlucky.

After a while, David Bella also sat back with a sad face, and there was also a red bead on his hand, he looked at Ryan and said, "Baron Ryan, it seems that this time we really have to share weal and woe." ”

The corners of Ryan's mouth twitched, revealing a reluctant smile, and he didn't answer, Kanna Ling is currently on the cusp of rapid development, and he really doesn't want to wade into this troubled water.

Unfortunately, he couldn't say no to the call-up order, so he had to consider himself unlucky.

Soon the results came out, and in addition to Chels himself, half of the eight nobles present were red balls.

Chels had already seen the results, and when he saw this, he said: "Okay, everyone has seen the results. Now let's start assigning tasks, the four of you nobles who need to send troops, each need at least a thousand soldiers, and I, the Marton family, have three thousand.

The rest of the people, before the departure of the army, must prepare at least a month's worth of food and grass for the army. In addition, two million pounds of grain and five thousand pounds of medicinal materials need to be requisitioned, and I will give you the list of medicinal materials at that time, and you will distribute it equally, and the follow-up levy will depend on the situation.

Do you have any questions? ”

Ryan and the others are the most simple and clear, just send a thousand troops each, and there are naturally people preparing food and grass, so the most opinions are those who draw the green ball, and they start to complain and sell miserably.

When everything was clear, it was already late at night, and the time of the army's assembly and departure was announced near the end of the field, which was not very urgent, and it would have to wait until the winter, until next spring.

Because although the counterinsurgency is important, it still needs to face the invasion of orcs in winter, and each territory must go all out.

It's just that the few provinces where the rebellion occurred will be sad this winter, although the border legions in the south have not moved, but after all, there is a fire in the rear, and there will naturally be more loopholes, and I don't know how many border territories will suffer again.

After the meeting, it was already late at night, and the breeze was blowing, and it was already a little cool.

Ryan sighed deeply and said abruptly, "What an eventful season." ”

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(End of chapter)