Territory Cash Flow (First Update)

The knights had already departed.

Flower Town had returned to the tranquility of its usual dawn, but the town administrative office was bustling. Officials from Port Town and Flower Town, along with the knights left behind, had all gathered there for a meeting chaired by Advisor Gortai.

"Isaiah, Blair, tell us about the financial situations of the two towns first, so we can properly arrange the gold coin subsidies the lord has provided."

Isaiah spoke first. "Flower Town's income is roughly as follows... Flower Town's expenditures are roughly as follows... All told, the town's cash flow is very high, but it has to bear the costs of the castle and Black Horse Island. It is losing more than five Gold Coins a day, and requires a subsidy of at least one hundred and fifty Gold Coins per month."

Flower Town's construction had already slowed somewhat, while most of its industries were steadily making money. Unfortunately, the major projects had either been mortgaged away or had limited production capacity; they could not be continuously tapped like cash cows. Combined with the castle's daily expenses and the construction supplies sent to support Black Horse Island, it was indeed difficult to keep things running.

Blair continued, "Port Town's current main income relies solely on rubber produced by the Rubber Tree and pottery and charcoal from the brickworks... Port Town's expenditures must cover the full construction of Black Horse Island. Every project lacks people, materials, and money... We are losing at least fifteen Gold Coins a day."

Rubber production was still low, and the brickworks had to meet the territory's own needs.

Meanwhile, Black Horse Island was developing every industry in tandem. Maintaining losses of only fifteen Gold Coins a day was already a very healthy fiscal state.

The two administrative officers had each