After careful calculation, the franchise fee is much more cost-effective than the government's taxes.

It's just that the Flying Crane Army and military spending have changed a lot, but at present, it seems that they are within the range that the Brotherhood can afford.

At present, the fixed industry of a county of the Brotherhood, plus the income of the carriage and horse dealership and the supply and marketing department, is about six or seven hundred taels of silver per month.

It is about seven or eight thousand taels a year, and eleven counties are about seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver.

In addition to the annual fee of about 36,000 taels of the brothers, and then the franchise fee of 10,000 taels is removed.

There is still a surplus of 30,000 or 40,000 taels every year, which is just enough to be on par with other miscellaneous expenses and military expenses in the gang.

In addition, according to the past, the Flying Crane Army's attack on the Nanban is generally within five years, and then it will recuperate for five to ten years.

During the Flying Crane Army's attack on the Southern Barbarians, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the major forces in the Flying Crane Alliance were not allowed to fight with each other, and the Flying Crane Alliance would also strengthen the constraints on the major factions during this period.

This is in the Brotherhood's favor, and the Brotherhood is short of time right now.

As long as there is enough time for the Brotherhood to cultivate first-class or even grandmaster-level masters, the Brotherhood will be able to gain a firm foothold in the rivers and lakes of the Great Xia Kingdom.

For the current Brotherhood, the lack of high-end force is the only and most serious problem.

The news also mentioned that if you join the Feihe Army this time, you need to form a thousand-strong Southern Expeditionary Army within three months.

At the end of February, they will assemble at Yong'an City, south of Ning'an County, and will begin to use troops against Nanban in early June.

Apocalypse paid special attention to the issue of military expenses for the Flying Crane Army, and all the officers and soldiers in the Flying Crane Army were responsible for the salaries of their respective sects, and no salaries were issued in the army.

However, the Feihe Army suggested that the sergeant's salary could range from five to ten taels per month.

The army's grain, grass, ordnance, horses, clothing, camp tents and other logistical materials were uniformly deployed by the Feihe Army.

The strength of the Feihe Army is about 50,000 people, and if calculated according to the consumption of 100 wen per person per day, the annual military expenditure will be about 200,000 taels, and each faction will have to share more than 7,100 taels of military expenditure every year.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver is roughly two billion soft sister coins, and the war is really a money-burning job, Tianqi sighed.

If the salary of 1,000 people is calculated according to the maximum of one tael of silver per month, plus the military expenses of more than 7,000 taels, the brotherhood will probably increase its expenses by 20,000 taels a year.

Apocalypse silently calculated in his heart, although joining the Feihe Alliance would increase a certain economic burden on the Brotherhood, but judging from the current income of the Brotherhood, there should be a slight surplus.

In addition, in the past year, the Brotherhood has successively exterminated dozens of gangs of all sizes, such as Heiyunzhai, Luohezong, and Ruyi Sect, and has seized more than 200,000 taels of gold, silver and jewelry.

Even if Wen and Fang Xu and the others lose again, it will be enough for them to lose for a while.

After all, the Brotherhood is not the destination of the Apocalypse, and the Apocalypse cannot shelter the Brotherhood for a lifetime.

Now that these childhood friends have been brought to the road, the road behind them is always for them to walk on their own.

Tianqi wrote the words 'about my' on the letterhead in front of him, and asked Tian Yiming to send the news back to the helm, and then he didn't pay attention to the matter.

Whether it is a past life or a present life, the year has a vital meaning for all people.

Poor people who are hiding debts will also go home in every possible way during the Chinese New Year, and murderers who are on the run will also go home at the risk of being caught during the New Year.

Wanderers who are far away will start preparing a few months in advance, just so that they can celebrate the New Year with their families and celebrate the New Year together.

Although in this southern country, the New Year's Festival is not a traditional New Year.

However, in the cold winter season, everything is depressed, and the majority of farmers have entered the slack season, so that they will have more time to prepare for the New Year.

In the vast land of Great Xia, each region also has its own customs and habits for the Spring Festival of the new calendar.

Luodong County is a large county, and it is much more prosperous than Guanyuan County.

Luodong County attaches great importance to the Spring Festival of the new calendar, and various festival activities are also more abundant.

Towards the end of the year, the people here have already changed into new clothes and hats, and have begun to clean their houses to prepare for the New Year.

Various celebrations are also held on the streets, and the market in Guzhuang Town is also bustling with activity.

Xiaoxuan pestered Apocalypse to go to the street to see the excitement, but Apocalypse was not good and swept her up, so she had to follow her.

The New Year's Festival is a festival recognized by the government, so three days in advance is the period of the imperial court's 'rest'.

The monarch did not listen to the government, and some foreign officials also took leave to go back for the New Year, and on the day of the universal celebration, it is said that even most of the capitals allowed beggars to beg in the city, and the curfew was lifted.

Usually the ladies and ladies can also go out for a stroll, go to the temple to burn incense, go to the market to buy some rouge gouache, auspicious New Year's paintings, women like things.

The most lively in the New Year Festival of Luodong County is to play the dragon lantern and lion head dance, at that time, the people in the surrounding villages and towns will go to the county seat to join in the fun, buy New Year's goods, the whole street is noisy with gongs and drums, people come and go, and it is very lively.

It's just that the apocalypse and others came late, but they missed the dragon lantern and lion dance, but the lanterns in this ancient town are also famous.

The lantern of the ancient village is made by complex or simple, there are large and small, large to more than zhang, small is not an inch, can be played in the palm of the hand.

There are hundreds of kinds of palace lights, human-shaped lights, plant lights, bird and beast lights, wind lights, architectural lights, etc.

The brotherhood is busy, but the apocalypse is light and simple, enjoying the lanterns at night in this ancient village town.

On the evening of December 32, Tianqi and Xiaoxuan had dinner in the flower hall, changed into ordinary robes, and took Ling Wei and a few other guards, walked out of the mansion, and wandered around the streets of Guzhuang Town.

Guzhuang lanterns have July 15 Midyear Bon Festival 'River Lantern', and then the New Calendar Spring Festival, that is, the New Year Reed Shed 'Ice Lantern Conference', and the New Year Lantern Festival is held in the town at the same time.

Because the lantern festival here is famous, many wealthy gentry from other places come to watch.

So despite Apocalypse's fresh face, it's not surprising.

Apocalypse was wearing a green shirt, with long black and oily hair tied in a knot, tied with green silk, an agarwood headband and an expensive snow-white light fur on the outside.

The face is like a crown of jade, the eyes are like a star, and even a jade pendant on the waist swayed gently with the pace, all of which were elegant and graceful, and many girls and daughters-in-law in the town frequently turned back and cast their eyes with admiration and appreciation.

Several guards pretended to be tourists, scattered far and near, and only Xiao Xuan and Ling Wei were followed in front of the apocalypse.

Xiaoxuan wore a water-green pleated long skirt, covered with a light blue white silk jacket, a pair of deerskin boots under the long skirt, a cherry mouth, white teeth and red lips, a slender and slender figure, a slender waist that Ying Ying held in one hand, indescribably sweet and cute, happy and hateful, and a little beauty with a living color.

Ling Wei dressed up as a delicate and pretty maid, her black hair was pulled into an unmarried girl's bun, a pair of big black eyes, fresh skin and tender meat, small mouth cherries, picturesque eyebrows, pink face and peach cheeks, like a budding flower.

The three of them in this line have attractive capital, especially the style of the Guisuke family, which immediately attracted the attention of several pickpockets, and began to tiptoe around intentionally or unintentionally.