Ye Li thought about it secretly.
The primary purpose for which he needed funds now was camp construction and the monthly expenditure of nearly a thousand people under his command.
The monthly gifts of these people are high and low, and they are all graded according to their strength.
A rough estimate shows that Ye Li needs to spend about three thousand high-grade spiritual stones on monthly gifts in a month.
Of course, the majority of these three thousand high-grade spiritual stones are given to spiritual warriors above the childbearing period.
A month's salary for spiritual warriors below the childbearing period is not that much.
Even for spiritual warriors below the spiritual elixir stage, the monthly tribute is calculated based on mid-grade spiritual stones, so in general, three thousand high-grade spiritual stones should be enough.
The construction of the camp, the purchase of materials and items, a month's food, and the expenditure on elixirs all require about 10,000 high-grade spiritual stones.
And now Ding Si has sent a secret message to Li Rushan, allowing Li Rushan to mobilize 3,000 elite soldiers and casters.
Once these people come, he will need to spend at least 50,000 more high-grade spiritual stones.
The 500,000 yuan of funds just now was lost by more than one-tenth in the blink of an eye.
Only then did Ye Li understand how much it would cost a country to maintain hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers every year.
If he couldn't find a way to earn enough spiritual stones, then the 10,000-strong army he had built would have to be financed by Li Rushan.
And Li Rushan's funds cannot be unlimited.
With his industry alone, he may not be able to support such an army at all.
Moreover, Ye Li still wanted to let this legion cast spirit-gathering cannons and snowman puppets.
The expenditure would definitely be a huge amount beyond his imagination.
"You can give me 100,000 high-grade spiritual stones first.
I guess this money won't be used for too long."
Ye Li said to Du Li.
Although Du Li was a little curious about how Ye Li wanted to use these 100,000 high-grade spiritual stones, he didn't ask any more questions.
He just nodded and ordered someone to collect them for Ye Li.
Soon, someone came up to Ye Li with a box.
The box was only the size of a human head, and it didn't look like it could hold many spiritual stones.
However, when Ye Li opened the box, he discovered that the box turned out to be a space prop.
The inside of the box has a structure similar to the Qiankun Bag, allowing it to hold a hundred thousand high-grade spiritual stones.
Putting the box in his arms, Ye Li said to Jin Baohao: "If I build a city in Dongfang County in the future, you should come and set up a shop."
Du Li nodded and said: "We should go there and set up a branch.
After all, even a new city is still a city.
As a border county, Dongfang County has little appeal to Tang natives, but it is very attractive to other transitional people on the border.
If Jinbao can be opened here, many businessmen doing border business will definitely come here to cooperate with us, so the benefits will be considerable. " Ye Li nodded and said: "As long as you come here, it will be much easier to do many things in the future with your presence."
After getting the spirit stone, even if Ye Li's mission to Gaoshan City was completed, he left the Jinbao without any further delay and rushed back to Dongfang County.
At this time, the camp was still under construction, and Li Rushan had not yet responded to the matter of sending troops, so after leaving part of the funds to Ding Si, Ye Li returned to the manor to practice.
He had just practiced for a short time when a servant knocked on the door.
"What's up"
Ye Li asked.
"Master, three mayors are here to see you.
Do you want to meet them?"
The servant outside the door called.
Ye Li was stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect that it was Wang Yue and the others who came.
It must be related to taxes, so he nodded and said: "Ask them to wait for me in the living room, I will be there right away."
After giving the instructions, Ye Li completely broke away from his cultivation state, then left the house and walked toward the living room.
Soon, he arrived at the living room, where the three mayors were already waiting.
Seeing Ye Li walking in, the three of them instantly showed extremely flattering smiles on their faces and said, "I have met the lord."
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"Why are you three here free today?
Are you planning to pay taxes to me?"
Ye Li asked with a half-smile.
When the three heard this, their smiles became even brighter and they said, "Lord, we are indeed here to pay taxes to you.
You are right, you are the owner of this land after all, it would be unwise for us to go against you.
Now we have figured it out, the tax itself is your thing, and you have to hand over part of it to the court.
If we don't pay the tax, you can't give an explanation to the court.
We are all your people, we can't make things difficult for you. " Wang Yue's words sounded very nice.
If Ye Li hadn't had many conflicts with them at the beginning and knew their faces, he might have believed them to be true.
However, Ye Li would not take the other party's words seriously now.
He knew that even if the other party chose to pay taxes, it would only be because his arms could not twist his thighs.
They knew they couldn't defeat Ye Li, so they had no choice but to compromise.
Because after compromising, they can still maintain their status in each town and continue their industry.
If they continue to fight Ye Li head-on and force Ye Li to take them down by force, it will be questionable whether he can protect himself, not to mention the property in his name.
But as the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person.
Since the three of them were singing praises to Ye Li, Ye Li would definitely not say anything bad to them.
“It’s great that the three mayors understand.
Although I am a lord and own the entire land, I still need your assistance and help.
You are the people who are most familiar with this place.
If you can be a good mayor with peace of mind, when Dongfang County develops in the future, the benefits you will get will not be less than now. " Ye Li said with a smile.
Wang Yue and the others heard this and hurriedly smiled and said: "That's right, the lord is so wise and powerful, it is absolutely no problem to manage a Dongfang County well.
With your leadership here, Dongfang County will develop ten times faster, and it will surely become a prosperous county in the near future
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After the two sides were polite, Wang Yue and the others handed over three boxes and three books.
He took the box and looked at it.
It was naturally a space prop, used to contain spiritual stones.
The three books recorded the income and expenditure of the three towns this year, which were used to calculate the ransom.
Putting the account book and box next to him, Ye Li chatted with the three of them for a while, and then the three of them said goodbye and left the manor.
Ye Li also called Ding Si in and asked him to check the number of spirit stones against the account book to see if the tax amount was correct
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