The beginning is the emperor

Chapter 84

"Large Project Name: Urban Expansion
Cost: 300 gold, takes a month, requires 500 artisans
Effect: Expand the scale of the city, so that the scale of the city will be upgraded from a small county to an intermediate county; unlock more urban buildings; increase the upper limit of urban building levels; increase the population that can accommodate from 10 to 20; increase the city's popularity and prosperity; Attractiveness of all kinds of field talents and life-related talents; increase cultural points. "

Seeing this project, Ren Tianzhen was both surprised and delighted. The improvement of the city level has brought too many benefits, but the cost is really amazing, a full 300 gold!
Ren Tian took a look at his treasury, and it was only 410 gold at present, and after upgrading Nan County, there would be very little left.

He was a little hesitant. Upgrading a city was a must, because the upgrade of the country level, from a medium-sized marquis to a large marquis, included the requirement for a city, which required a medium-sized county.

It can be said that the increase in city size is the prerequisite for the increase in the country's level. Ren Tian is only worried about the income and expenditure of the entire new country. After upgrading the country, the treasury is only 110 gold, which is really a waste of money.

Another reason why it cannot be built now is that there are not enough free craftsmen at present. There are currently several large-scale projects in progress in Xinguo. The road renovation project in Chuan County, and the construction of Qinglong Mountain pass and mine.

These three projects basically took up most of the craftsmen in the new country, and the remaining idle craftsmen can only help build some urban buildings.

Ren Tian checked the current revenue and expenditure of the treasury and found that overall, there was still some loss.

【Treasury funds】:
Total funds: 410 gold

Monthly income: 41 gold

Monthly payout: 60.4 gold

Balance: -19.4 gold

With the unification of the entire Linchuan County, the new country supported three legions, plus the salaries of officials in the court and county, as well as the maintenance costs of the buildings. Adding up to the expenses, it was a full 60 gold.

In terms of income, there is not much at present, and there are 30 gold in taxes. This tax is mainly provided by Nan County. At present, Nan County alone provides 20 gold in tax revenue, and the remaining 51 gold is provided by Ping County and Mi County. Several counties in the newly conquered Tuan County have not yet paid taxes.

If several counties in Tuan County are developed and the prosperity is sufficient, the tax provided is still very considerable.

After looking at the attribute information for a while, Ren Tian pondered for a moment, and asked, "Dear dears, the treasury of Xinguo is in urgent need, is there a way to open up avenues of income?"

Yuan Lang stood up immediately: "Your Majesty, why don't you form a few more caravans? My Xinguo Tavern has produced a new drink called Jimo Laojiu. I went to the tavern to taste it. This kind of drink is very special. At present, it is only me. Only in Xinguo, I believe that if this kind of wine is sold as a special product of our Xinguo, and sold to other states, there must be huge profits."

Ren Tianrao asked with interest: "How much profit?"

It was beyond Ren Tian's expectation that this Jimo Old Wine was produced so quickly, but it was a good thing.

"Your Majesty, transport a cart full of old Jimo wine and sell it to other states. If you don't encounter bandits or other bandits, and the goods are not lost, the profit should be at least 20 gold. If you buy some more goods there, sell them along the way. For each city or country, profits should still rise.”

Ren Tian's eyes lit up instantly.

"What about the time it takes?"

"According to the distance, our Xinguo caravan is only a small-scale caravan at present, so a journey, calculated in terms of time, is about two months at most."

Ren Tianfei quickly calculated, it was basically 10 gold a month, and he had seven cities, so he could form seven caravans, so it would be [-] gold a month!

Damn it, seventy gold!

Ren Tian's eyes lit up, and without any hesitation, he directly issued an order: "Decree, Ping County, Mi County and the other four counties, all build markets and form caravans."

"Yes!"

Yuan Lang received the imperial edict.

Ren Tian thought for a while, and ordered again: "The other six counties will build taverns together."

"Yes!"

After these two orders, Ren Tian was already extremely happy in his heart. The arrival of such special products was really timely. Once the caravan was formed, plus taxes, there should be enough money.

But at this time, Situ Zhang Guangzhi suddenly stood up.

"Your Majesty, the profits of caravans are not as high as Yuan Lang said. Caravans need to hire bodyguards to defend them. They also need to pay taxes when they go to the other city. They also need to collect taxes for transactions. Among them, the consumption of horses and hired people is deducted, basically The pure profit will be cut by another third, or even cut in half.”

Ren Tian did some calculations, he would get 5 gold if he cut half the caravan, and if there were seven caravans, it would be 35 gold a month, which is enough and a lot of money.

"Even if it is cut in half, there is still profit. Needless to say, I have made up my mind."

The construction of the tavern and the market caused the treasury to deduct 78 gold, 410 gold, and only 332 gold in an instant.

After there is a market, it will take some time to form a caravan. During this period, there will be no profit for the time being, so Ren Tian's eyes are on the rest of the courtiers.

"My dear friends, is there any other way to make money?"

Sikong Duhong hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty, how about raising taxes?"

"Ok?"

Ren Tian frowned, quite displeased, raising taxes would lower the hearts of the people of the new country, and raising taxes is tantamount to quenching thirst with poison, there is no need for this.

"Aside from raising taxes, are there other ways?"

The expansion of Nanxian city requires 300 gold, and the country definitely needs a spare reserve fund. Ren Tian couldn't afford to go bankrupt directly after encountering some unexpected event and bring about a series of negative effects.

Another one, Nintendo must also hurry up to build the city, otherwise, if it drags on, it may fall behind other players.

From here we can also see how good or bad the different choices of this game are. If the player does not have many cities, such as the player who started with two cities on the forum before, he has already upgraded the size of the city. One city has enough craftsmen and funds. Enough, no matter what kind of project it is, the speed is very fast, and the technology tree can be released early, and even if it can't be done in the middle of the game, it can directly pull out an S-level army and sweep the world.

The disadvantage of having many cities in the country is also obvious. The treasury funds are obviously insufficient. Only when the rest of the cities develop and prosper will the taxes increase, but this will also take a lot of time.

Different development methods have different consequences. Ren Tian didn't intend to occupy a county so soon at the beginning, but since it has become a reality, he can only continue on this road.

Xie Dang stood up: "Your Majesty, I have an idea."

(End of this chapter)