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    After being excited for a while, Ivan thought of Naxi's request again, which was just a set of rules without substantive content. It was useless to think about it now. The key was the monthly expenditure of 100,000 gold coins, which was a lot of money.  Big expenditures.  Although Aiwen's net worth is no longer as embarrassing as when he first arrived at the Demon Castle, such continuous bloodletting is still a bit too much.  "One hundred thousand gold coins is just a vague number. Ke Wen's real intention is to let me pay the salary of the 20,000 troops on my behalf. If most of the warriors are only at the first level and only a small number of backbones are high-level warriors, then ten  Ten thousand gold coins should be enough to pay, but if you want to continue to increase the proportion of high-level warriors, I am afraid the expenses will continue to increase," Ai Wen thought to himself.  Ivan just thought about it briefly and felt that he was covered in cold sweat. Just by raising the average strength of the army to about the second level, the monthly salary that needs to be paid has reached as much as half a million. As expected, such a luxury thing as the army is  Not something the poor can afford.  Kewen invited Aiwen to become the deputy of the new legion. In addition to providing a high-level representative for the volunteers in the legion who came from afar, it also had a practical purpose, which was to find the enemy to help him share the huge expenses of the army.  Of course, Kewen promised that during non-war times, these troops would be deployed by Ivan and would only be under his unified arrangement during wartime. However, from Kewen's perspective, during non-wartime, Kewen had 40,000 troops.  The army is already sufficient for him. Holding on to the 80,000-strong army will have no other effect except that it will cost twice as much money.  As for during wartime.  You can instantly double the number of troops without spending any money yourself.  No matter how you think about it, it's a good deal.  This truth is not difficult to understand, but Ai Wen still admires Ke Wen for being able to have such great courage and disperse the military power in his hands.  After thinking about it, Ivan was suddenly curious. It seemed that the average strength of the Lion Heart Leader's garrison had reached the second level, and the total number of soldiers had exceeded five thousand.  Could it be that the monthly salary spent by Lion Heart Leader on military affairs has exceeded 100,000 gold coins?  After Ivan returned to the city hall, he quickly ordered the clerk to retrieve the relevant information. After careful inspection, he found that the facts were exactly as he expected, including the naval force, territorial patrol force, urban security force, local guard force, etc., the lion  The total number of Xinling's armed forces at this moment has exceeded the five thousand mark.  Originally, the number of troops would have expanded even more.  Just because all the troops followed Ivan's instructions and resolutely adhered to the principle of elitism. As the troops expanded, a large number of low-level soldiers who were not suitable to stay in the troops retired and became the citizens of the Lionheart Territory. Therefore, compared with  Before going to sea, the total number of troops did not increase significantly.  But the mainstream strength of army soldiers.  It has quietly transitioned from the first level to the second level.  However, judging from the financial expenditure of the territory, the total monthly salary of these five thousand warriors is only 50,000 gold coins. Compared with the 120,000 gold coins estimated by Ivan, the number has shrunk by more than half.  "This data is wrong!" Ivan looked at the financial statement in his hand.  His brows were wrinkled into a knot, even though he had been away from the Lion Heart Territory for half a year.  But this does not mean that he is out of touch with the demon society. If those demon warriors are willing to take the initiative to reduce their salary by more than half within the past six months, then he will write his name upside down from now on.  But it is even more impossible to say that these data are fishy. Even if the officials in charge of salary payment in the city hall want to falsify, they will also want to increase the total salary expenditure to a higher level. What is the point of lowering it?  "It seems there is some special reason." Ai Wen thought to himself. Just looking at these summarized financial statements, he couldn't tell anything, so he asked the clerk to move all the relevant documents to the office.  , start viewing them one by one.  After spot-checking hundreds of salary payment reports for Lionheart warriors, Ivan discovered the problem. In fact, the salaries of most of the warriors were as Ivan expected, with little fluctuation. However, there were still some warriors whose salaries were extremely high.  Low, it is the low salary of this part of the soldiers that brings down the total salary of the entire Lion Heart Army.  After carefully checking the information for a while, Aiwen roughly understood the reason.  These low-paid warriors can be roughly divided into three categories. The first category is the territorial patrol force. Under the leadership of Ollie and Wu Gu, this troop's combat effectiveness can be said to be the highest among all troops in the territory. It is used in various battles.  There are also a lot of seized items. Although the most valuable part of the seizure is often turned over, selling the remaining part of the seizure is still a generous income.  Therefore, these fighters do not care about low wages.  However, this is also because the patrol troops, led by Ollie or Wu Gu, have never suffered too many casualties. If the patrol troops have casualties every time they go out, even if they bring back a large number of seizures every time?The salary expenses of this army will definitely be brought back to normal levels.  The second category is the naval force. Needless to say, the reason is that the naval force is not taken seriously in the demon world. In the early operations, each naval soldier held a certain proportion of shares in the voyage fleet, and even  They are allowed to carry goods privately, and it is conceivable that wages will be depressed for various reasons.  As for the third category, they are the group of demons from the small world. They have long been brainwashed to become Alvin's fans. Therefore, when Ollie discovered that the territory's finances were booming, she did not hesitate to deduct their salaries.  , euphemistically called paying training fees, these demons were aggrieved, but under the power of the identity of Lord Olly's wife, they did not raise any objections.  Fortunately, these demons from the small world are generally better educated than other demons. They are naturally the core figures of various small groups. In addition to the basic salary, there is no shortage of various extra income and contributions from their subordinates.  Otherwise, Ivan would really worry that they would turn from pink to black under Ollie's long-term oppression.  No, maybe they already have this trend!  "The Lionheart Territory has gradually opened up. The patrol troops can seize less and less things. Their salaries should return to normal. As for the navy, it should continue to remain unchanged. In the future, maritime trade in the territory will only gradually increase. No.  It will decrease. As for the demons from the small world" Ivan pondered: "It is appropriate to restore their treatment, but in the small world, they also have to go back again. It is best if no one turns from a fan to a black person.  If you say that, then just wash it off and become a fan again." "But in this case" Ivan calculated the expenditure in his mind and couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, the real expenditure of these more than 5,000 troops is still.  It has reached a huge amount of 100,000 gold coins! " "The border war has ended, and there is no profit from the weapons trade. Although the profit of the Lion Heart's trip is large, if it is spent in units of 100,000 gold coins, it will not last long.  Ke Wen may not ask me for military expenses before the new legion is officially formed, but the new cross-sea trade fleet must be organized as soon as possible," Ai Wen thought.  There are exactly ten ships in Odelia Port, enough to organize a huge fleet.  Although Emma once said that excluding the Lionheart, there are only three ships belonging to the Lionheart Territory, but as long as no one tells it, who knows that the other six ships have been built, and you can find any excuse, such as the Human Navy  A surprise attack on Odelia Port can smoothly delay the delivery date of the six ships to half a year!  Perhaps if you do this, the reputation of the Lionheart Territory will suddenly plummet, and it will be difficult to obtain ship orders in the future, but who cares about those things, for Ivan, the special alloys used to make the keels are not given to outsiders in large quantities at a low price.  Maybe it's more in line with his wishes.  After making the decision, Ivan quickly arranged the matter. Anyway, under Ollie's wanton behavior, he already had a 'killer' hat on his head. Even if the fleet's affairs were exposed, it would only be  Just one more title of 'profit-seeking'. Although such a reputation may not sound good among nobles, in the eyes of demons, it may not be a virtue.  ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ A week later, the newly organized fleet was fully loaded with cargo and officially set off from Odelia Port.  There are a total of ten new sea-going ships in the fleet. Each sea-going ship has a rated capacity of 300 people and is equipped with various naval warfare weapons. However, except for the ships used for combat, those specially modified cargo ships are not aboard.  There are too many crew members, so the total number of people in the entire fleet is only about 1,800. After full strength, most of the population of Odelia Port will be taken away.  This time, neither Ivan nor Sika, nor even Lance, continued to take the boat out to sea. The ones who took over Sika's detection mission were seven or eight second-level mages. Although their detection range was not as good as that of Sika,  The death larvae under Ka's men, but with a fleet of this size, even if a human ship notices it in advance, they may not take the initiative after thinking twice.  Another day passed, and the castle design redeemed from the Demon Castle finally arrived at the Lion Heart Leader. Along with the escort team, hundreds of little demons arrived. This team was led by Wolf Er and Xiong Er.  After not seeing each other for more than half a year, much of Wolf Er's gray fur turned white, and he looked obviously much older. This made Alvin feel sad. In fact, he was still in his prime. It can be imagined that in the past six months,  How much pressure does he feel in Demon Castle?  Compared with Wolf Er, Xiong Da still has smooth fur and a heartless look, but this is obviously not the case, because he is not here just to see Ivan, but to tell Ivan good news.  , a project that he was responsible for and that perhaps Alvin had long forgotten about, was shut down not long ago.??The demon Zassad's research was successful.  ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ Thank you xiaotang246 and Yijiafis for the reward.
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