"This ......" Halfa was a little hesitant for a moment when he saw that Shalama seemed to agree with the idea of expanding the army, but he still spoke, "The Crimea is now registered with a population of 5,230,000 people, and the annual fee is collected according to the standard of poll tax, with an average of only ten silver coins per person per year, and 500,000 gold coins per year from the poll tax. ”

Ten silver coins, the purchasing power is about equivalent to a thousand soft sister coins, and these taxes are nothing on the earth every year, but don't forget that in the Roland continent, their per capita salary is ...... Moreover, this method of taxation is open to all members of a family, whether it is a newborn baby, an adult, or an elderly person. There is no doubt that this is an extremely unscientific way of collecting taxes, but due to the limitations of the times, it can only be so, and the tax of Crimea can be regarded as extremely low compared to other places on the Roland continent that have governments.

However, the poll tax is not the main source of tax revenue for the Crimea, and the bulk of the Crimean tax revenue is still commercial.

Every year, merchants who came to the Rus' empire from the Crimean region to trade with orc tribes, or from the southern seas, paid a tax on the value of the goods they carried, and the services provided by the merchants were also a major source of taxes.

Every year, the value of the zào that the merchants were able to create for the Crimean government was as high as more than one million gold coins!

It's not too late, the Shalama family has been running their own chamber of commerce on the Roland Continent, earning more than half a million gold coins every year.

Taken together, the annual income of the Crimean government can reach more than 2 million gold coins, that is, more than 20 billion soft sister coins! This is not comparable to the prosperous metropolis of later generations. The value of an area of 100,000 square kilometers can be considered the highest in this era. Not to mention, the big companies in later generations will generate much more profits a year than in the Crimean region!

It's no wonder that the surrounding lords covet the Crimea. But strictly speaking, it's really nothing. The Crimean Land was vast and sparsely populated, and was a barren land before the arrival of the Salama family. Coupled with the continuous war, almost no one wants to come here. Therefore, although the area of Crimea is 100,000 square kilometers, no one cares about it. It's not that no one cares, it's just that people don't want to be involved in this area bordering nomads and the Rus' Empire.

But now it's different, and people are eyeing this land of bounty. Who wouldn't want to pick up ready-made results?

"Every year we receive almost two million gold coins, and last year it was two million gold coins, two million six thousand two hundred and ninety-eight. That's 30,000 more than the year before. "Khalfa knows everything about the Crimea.

Many people in the hall didn't know that the original Crimean region could create so many gold coins in a year, and their faces showed shock, they knew that the area they were in was rich and good, and they also imagined how much value the Crimean could create in a year. But I never thought that the Crimean would be so rich.

But on the other hand, Shalama is much calmer, because he knows that Khalfa has something to say later.

"Since we have so much money, we can't just expand our army! My young men are not some gold-swallowing giants. Falong spoke.

Halfa gave Falong a blank look, and secretly cursed this guy's shamelessness in his heart.

"Falong, don't pretend to be confused, although these two million gold coins are a lot, but every year we have to build water conservancy and agricultural projects, and we also have to help some poor civilians, and in addition to maintaining the income of officials. It would cost 800,000 a year to build a project for 5 million people, and there were now about 20,000 officials in the realm, each of whom had to pay about 10 gold coins a year. That's 200,000. ”

The sheer size of the Crimean region has made it expensive to build foundations, such as a network of roads covering the entire Crimea. Connecting scattered settlements is easy to say, but built on such a large territory. It took nearly 20 years to complete, and with the increasing population and the emergence of settlements, the road network was bound to continue to improve.

"These two add up to a million. A million!" said a million, and when Halfa said a million, his face was full of pain. In fact, the money spent on this foundation project is completely unnecessary, and there are really not many lords on the Roland Continent who will do so much for their territory. In their opinion, as long as they can live well, there is no need to care about how the people are doing.

But the Crimea is different. The Crimean region was a wild land when it was first handed over to the Shalama family, and even the people living in the Crimean region at that time were uncivilized barbarians who did not have their own written language, and it was only after the Shalama family came that it took a lot of time to popularize the original use of writing and language and culture.

In addition, the Salama family also knows how dangerous the situation they are in, so they have not relaxed their sense of urgency, and have been stepping up the construction of the entire Crimea, relying on the operation of the bureaucracy, the Salama family can be said to be dedicated to the construction of the place, and several generations have persevered in the construction.

It is precisely because of this that Crimea has today's prosperity.

"It's not over yet. "Anyway, it's also an old guy who has been his partner for decades, and Halfa is not polite to Falong at all, and he began to count down Falong.

"In order to ensure their high morale and combat effectiveness, each of our soldiers and officials has to pay ten gold coins every year! Ten gold coins! What about 50,000 people! Do you understand what a huge number? 500,000 gold coins, my God, I have never seen any country in the surrounding area, or even in the entire Roland Continent, that is as crazy as us!"

It's really crazy, the treatment of soldiers in other countries on the Roland Continent......

Don't mention it.

"In addition to the breeding of horses, although the entire Crimea is a racecourse, we still need to pay the cost of breeding, plus the annual food per person, as well as the wear and tear of equipment," Halfa closed his eyes in pain, "Let me put it bluntly, last year we earned more than two million gold coins from the second generation, and in the end, in fact, there were only 200,000 ...... left."

Halfa had already said this, and Falong was embarrassed to continue to speak. He was also aware of the fact that the soldiers in the Crimean region, although extremely combative, were also extremely expensive. (To be continued......)