Chapter 457 Territory Cash Flow

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Flower Town has returned to the usual tranquility of dawn, but the town office is bustling with activity. Officials and remaining knights from Port Town and Flower Town are all gathered here, presided over by Advisor Gort.

"Isaiah, Blair, you first report the financial status of the two towns, so we can reasonably arrange the gold coin subsidies provided by the Lord."

Isaiah begins: "The income of Flower Town is roughly as follows... The expenditures of Flower Town are roughly as follows... Overall, the town's cash flow is very high, but to bear the consumption of the castle and Black Horse Island, we lose about five gold coins a day, requiring a subsidy of at least one hundred and fifty gold coins a month."

The construction of Flower Town has slightly stalled, and most industries are continuously making money. Unfortunately, the main projects are either mortgaged or have limited production capacity, unable to serve as cash cows for continuous extraction. Plus, the daily consumption of the castle and the construction materials supporting Black Horse Island, it's indeed hard to operate.

Blair then says: "The main income of Port Town currently relies only on the rubber produced by rubber trees and the pottery and charcoal from the brick factory... The expenditures of Port Town need to bear the comprehensive construction of Black Horse Island, with various projects lacking manpower, materials, and funds... losing at least fifteen gold coins a day."

The rubber production is not yet high, and the brick factory must meet the territory's needs.

Black Horse Island is advancing in various industries, and maintaining a daily loss of only fifteen gold coins is already a healthy financial status.

After the two officials reported the situation of their territories.

Gort clears his throat and says: "The Lord has allocated a total of two thousand three hundred gold coins for the territory's finances. I plan to take out a total of five hundred gold coins for food storage. According to the Lord's intention, we need to store enough food for ten thousand new serfs, plus the existing residents of the territory, requiring food for fifteen thousand people."

"Advisor, we are continuously hoarding food, which will surely lead to a significant price increase. I think one thousand gold coins can hoard enough food, even if we are lucky." Blair argues from another angle, refuting Gort's idea.

Isaiah also corroborates this: "I have talked with Captain Harpagon of the Flower Town caravan, and indeed, it's getting harder to purchase grain. We can't expect the lords from other places to sell grain to us at a fair price like the lords of Coral Island."

Being refuted by the two officials.

Gort feels a bit upset, but he still nods: "Then let's set the budget at one thousand gold coins for food storage. This topic ends, and we move on to the next topic, the allocation of funds for various industries."

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The town office is in session.

There is also a small meeting in the castle, besides Housekeeper Carter, Mrs. Mossen, Mrs. Abi, there are also Cris Truth, Harpagon, Charlotte and other caravan captains.

Carter speaks first: "Miss Cris is very busy with affairs, so let's briefly discuss the purchase of magic books first. The master has allocated one thousand gold coins for book purchases, with four hundred for knight novels and six hundred for magic books. Mainly trading with Mr. Elkson, it needs to be presided over by Miss Cris."

Cris's demeanor is out of place with the servants, she just sits aside, saying lightly: "Mr. Carter, the Viscount has told me, when Mr. Elkson comes to the town for trading, you just notify me, and I will complete the quotation for each magic book."

"That would be best."

"Then, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

On her way back, she seems a bit distracted.

Her thoughts are a bit chaotic: "I feel that I have recently touched on cognitive barriers, according to the 'Three-State Magic Array and Reality Interaction Theory' recorded, this is a sign of transition from static magic arrays to dynamic magic arrays, unfortunately, my accumulation is still weak, and I need more magical references."

She also thinks of yesterday when Liszt came to pick up the potion.

What he said to her: "Cris, I don't have the money to build a mage tower for you yet, but you can buy any magic books you want, and I will ask Elkson to find sufficient spell schemes for your reference. I hope you can advance to a great magician soon."

Thinking of this, she can't help but breathe heavily: "The value of magicians is too low, I can't let Liszt down, only by advancing to a great magician can I repay him for saving my life, and his usual smiles... I have already devoted my body and soul to the truth..."

Many images of Liszt's voice and smile flash through her mind.

She gradually shows a longing expression, her eyes also full of warmth: "But I still want to see him smile every day."

On the vast sea.

A giant white shell opened.

Acheronides held a small horn, blowing it softly with a somewhat listless expression. Nami, the red mangrove spirit bug, was munching on a peanut nougat, crunching away.

At Nami's feet, a dark green kelp worm swam in circles around her, its gills behind its neck opening and closing rhythmically, full of joy. The kelp worm's belly, with its fleshy, lump-like feet, was different from those of ordinary spirit bugs, being flatter, which allowed it to swim swiftly.

Soon.

Acheronides put away the small horn, patted Nami, and then the kelp worm, taking a deep breath: "Let's go, Nami, kelp worm, we'll catch more spirit bugs and give brother a big surprise when he returns!"

Liszt, of course, had no idea that the small mermaid was preparing a surprise for him.

He had already arrived at Coral City's port.

After counting the members of his knight order, he boarded the flagship of the Coral Island fleet, the Tulip. Once all the knights, squire knights, and supplies were aboard their respective ships, the grand fleet set off immediately towards the Blue Wave Sea, heading once again towards Iron Hoof Island.

Liszt was busy securing Hiddleston and the eight little ones in the ship's cabin to prevent them from wandering off; the land bird Loki was also kept in the cabin, enjoying its life there with wheat and soybeans.

Following the routine.

All the nobles gathered on the Tulip for a meeting presided over by the Earl, the agenda of which was the distribution of spoils.

The basic principle for military merits was distribution according to labor, more work more gain, less work less gain, no work no gain. The basic principle for materials was that whoever seized them would keep them, but one-third had to be set aside for the knight order's death benefits.

It was also stipulated that the mineral resources seized were prohibited from being sold to mercenary groups and must be handed over to the national treasury for unified distribution by the Duke—the primary goal of the annual expansion orders was to seize mineral resources.

With the spoils distribution clarified, the nobles dispersed and returned to their own ships.

Liszt suddenly thought of a question and asked the Earl: "Father, are those mercenary groups trustworthy?"

"From my years of campaigning experience, it's not a matter of trust or not, as long as they can assist us in trade, some losses are acceptable."

"If I were a lord of the Kingdom of the Eagle, I would never allow mercenary groups to develop."

"Haha." The Earl finally found a bit of superiority, "Liszt, you're still somewhat naive, whether it's the mercenary groups of the Kingdom of the Eagle or the pirates of the Sapphire Duchy, their existence has its reasons. In summary, it's all driven by interests."