"For example, the bricks of all different sizes used in the construction of Jianye City—we simply could not build facilities on that scale here. So we packaged a huge number of orders and handed them to the outside world, letting the United Chamber of Commerce and the nobles of various countries establish factories to produce them. Even though the orders were purchased at the lowest prices and labor costs, they still cost one billion ryo."
"Not to mention that you have been purchasing grain without limit. The caravans outside need money to operate, and the large-scale grain purchases and transportation across various countries have already caused grain shortages to emerge everywhere!"
"These grain purchases cost another twelve billion ryo. Then there was recruiting elite talent from various countries, reclaiming farmland for the people who came here, all kinds of tools, large quantities of clothing, and other miscellaneous expenses—another three hundred million ryo." Uchiha Sakurako counted on her fingers one by one. Before long, Uchiha Tenshu's expenditures had reached roughly thirteen billion three hundred million ryo.
Then, Uchiha Tenshu looked at Uchiha Tenshu and continued, "Finally, the biggest expense is your bureaucratic salary system. Even low-ranking officials receive a subsidy of one thousand ryo, while formal officials generally earn salaries of over three thousand ryo. Although there are not many formal officials at present, there are more than ten thousand low-ranking soldiers, village chiefs, and town chiefs combined. The monthly wages alone come to twenty million ryo. And this is only one undeveloped county. According to your plan, you intend to develop dozens of counties. That payroll will be enormous."
"The remaining gold, silver, and treasures will take a great deal of time to liquidate. Your actual cash reserves are down to only two billion ryo. Of that, one billion is