Chapter 437 Military Expenditure

Obviously, the three generals were doing the accounting, some sighed, some frowned.

Hearing the noise, the three looked up and saw Ning Zhuo coming back, and they were all overjoyed.

"Military advisor, military advisor is here!" Liu Er immediately ran down and welcomed Ning Zhuo with open arms.

Zhang He laughed and pushed the account book to the center of the table: "Everything is done by the military advisor, my eyes are dazzled!"

Guan Hong was even more straightforward and stood up directly: "I'm going to train the troops."

Liu Er enthusiastically pulled Ning Zhuo and pressed him to the position of the main general.

Ning Zhuo hurriedly said modestly: "How can a boy sit in the position of the main general?"

Liu Er said: "These account books are all thanks to the military advisor. If the military advisor can complete it, it must be a great achievement. What's wrong with letting you become the main general?"

Although Liu Er only said nice words and polite words, he also revealed some of his true feelings.

Ning Zhuo sat on the chair and saluted reluctantly, indicating that he would do his best.

Liu and Zhang left Ning Zhuo in the big tent and followed Guan Hong.

Ning Zhuo was very good at accounting. In the past ten years in Huoshi Xiancheng, he was not welcomed, and he had to be very careful with his cultivation resources.

Even if he played the role of a young man, he made a lot of money by selling the upper and lower Ruyisuo to the outside world. He also spent a lot to buy mechanical objects. It can be said that he made a lot and spent a lot.

Moreover, he was the master of his own house since he was a child. Only when he became the master of the house did he know how expensive oil, salt, firewood and rice were.

Ning Zhuo was quite confident about this, but he felt a headache when he really buried his head in the account books of the three generals' camps.

He immediately understood the pain of the three generals Liu, Guan and Zhang before.

On the one hand, the various accounts were quite complicated; on the other hand, the expenses were too large, so large that Ning Zhuo was also frightened.

The bulk of military expenditures was salaries.

At present, there are more than 300 monks in the military camp, including about 50 to 60 foundation-building monks, and the remaining 200 are all Qi-refining monks.

For Qi-refining monks, the monthly salary ranges from 3,000 to 8,000 low-grade spirit stones, depending on their specific cultivation and combat power.

For foundation-building monks, the monthly salary is between 30,000 and 80,000 low-grade spirit stones.

This means that the monthly salary of Qi-refining monks alone must be paid at least 1.3 million low-grade spirit stones.

Although there are few foundation-building monks, their salary is as high as more than 3 million low-grade spirit stones.

The monthly salary expenditure alone is at least more than 4.3 million low-grade spirit stones.

And this salary standard is still low. The three generals camp distributed the largest share of the spoils to attract these monks.

Among all the current armies in Canglin Xiancheng, the salary of the three generals camp is the second to last, and the first is the Red Flower Camp.

Next, we need to purchase magic tools in a unified manner.

The cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages generally use magic tools.

According to the market price, the magic tools used for attack range from 1,000 to 100,000 low-grade spirit stones. The price of military magic tools for defense ranges from 200 to 4,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Ning Zhuo carefully studied the market in Canglin Immortal City. According to the two magic tools for attack and defense selected by the three generals, the total purchase cost is about 6 million spirit stones.

Next, there are talismans and pills (bigu pills) for daily use.

Talismans include commonly used talismans such as fast-moving talismans, protective talismans, sharp blade talismans, etc., which can be purchased from the military channels of the two countries. The price is about one and a half to three low-grade spirit stones per piece.

Ning Zhuo calculated according to the smallest plan. Each cultivator consumes about 20 talismans per month, and consumes various pills at an average of 100 to 200 low-grade spirit stones per person per month.

In this case, the expenditure of this part is also 57,000 low-grade spirit stones.

"It's better to purchase a medicine pool than to distribute pills."

"Calculate the cost. If the army can maintain for more than three months, it will be more cost-effective to purchase a medicine pool."

"Similarly, it's better to purchase a mana pool."

These two heavy military weapons, purchased according to the smallest specifications, each requires four million low-grade spirit stones, a total of eight million low-grade spirit stones.

Then, there are magic weapon maintenance, accidental wear and tear, military camp construction, sudden accidents, etc., and this part must be budgeted.

According to the standard of 10% of the normal total expenditure, it is nearly 500,000 low-grade spirit stones.

"But these are not enough."

"You have to configure a battle flag, and it's better to have a mount."

The battle flag is very important.

The battle flag is often the carrier of military spirit and the eye of the battle formation. It has a qualitative improvement on the combat of the entire army.

This aspect must be purchased, but it can't be rushed for the time being-it depends on what kind of battle formation Liu Er, Guan Hong and Zhang Hei can practice in training.

It is most appropriate to choose a battle flag through the battle formation.

Mounts don't seem to be a necessity, but they are not.

The cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage cannot fly with swords. Although the cultivators in the Foundation Building Stage can fly with swords, they can only fly for short distances, not long distances and for long periods of time.

On the battlefield, an army must consider the whole.

This means that an army without mounts has very weak mobility and will often be beaten by the enemy, which will put it in an extremely passive and disadvantageous situation.

Many past battles have warned future generations that the mobility of the army is extremely important.

Sometimes, the army that arrives at the battlefield first, occupies a favorable terrain and forms a battle formation in advance often has a huge advantage.

Because of this, the magic of "Speed ​​is the Price of War" is always the first in the military tactics.

This is recognized by many military tactics.

"The monthly salary is more than 4.3 million."

"The total cost of equipping the entire army with offensive and defensive magic weapons is about 6 million."

"The consumption of talismans and elixirs is 57,000. This is the minimum standard, but in fact, it often exceeds a lot when training soldiers."

"It takes an investment of 8 million to purchase medicine pools and magic pools."

"Five hundred thousand should be reserved for the maintenance of magic weapons, accidental losses, etc."

All together, the military expenditure will reach 18.9 million low-grade spirit stones.

"It has not yet been calculated to purchase battle flags and mounts in the future."

At this point, Ning Zhuo was dry-mouthed and felt very unreal.

When he really calculated the accounts, the military expenditure was higher than he expected. But these were still purchased according to the minimum standard, adhering to the principle of saving as much as possible.

"If it was a war in the ancient times, how great it would be."

Ning Zhuo couldn't help but miss the past in history.

At that time, the cultivation of all arts was not yet developed, and it was far from being a hundred flowers blooming. There were wars in the cultivation world, and they were organized and carried out in the form of employment.

Each monk is self-sufficient, accepts military tasks, and receives rewards after completing them, either material or military merit.

Such battles emphasize the individual cultivation and combat power of the monks.

However, with the sophistication of the formation and the formulation of unified magic tools, the spiritual energy has become more and more rich, and the vigorous development of military and official skills has made more and more sophisticated use of luck and national strength.

The form of mercenaries in the past has become more and more backward and gradually swept into the corner of history.

Not to mention now, in the late period of the Blood Slaughter Dynasty, the war form of the monk army has already stepped onto the stage of history.

After the subsequent two dynasties, multiple dynasties, and countless dynasties, the battles between monks have become very professional and pay attention to all aspects.

There must be a unified offensive and defensive magic weapon to give full play to the advantage of numbers!

There must be a military strategy to better integrate forces and create a practical effect of leapfrogging!

If it is really an elite army, every monk in the army must practice the same skills! For example, the Golden Halberd Army is a good family searched by the two countries from all over the country, and they have been trained since the beginning of their practice. The weapons, armor, mounts, etc. equipped are all uniform and excellent.

Such an army will burst out with a terrifying force once the war begins. A fledgling army like the Three Generals Camp cannot withstand a round at all, and will inevitably collapse at the slightest touch!

"Spending money, forming an army means spending money all the time!"

After Ning Zhuo finished all the calculations, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his back.

At present, the spiritual stones on the account of the Three Generals Camp can only last for three months at most.

Ning Zhuo can't wait to send the army to the front line now. More than 300 people, the daily consumption makes it difficult to breathe.

But he knows very well in his heart: they must practice diligently, and the training must reach a certain standard before they can enter the battlefield.

Otherwise, they will be cannon fodder!

And to train diligently, the daily expenditure will increase again.

"If it doesn't work, I can only make up for it." Ning Zhuo left the big tent and watched the three generals Liu, Guan, and Zhang training from a distance.

Ning Zhuo's knowledge is limited. After all, he just went out to travel this year, but his knowledge is still solid, at least the basics are quite comprehensive.

He looked at it for a moment and recognized that this was a triangular arrow formation.

If you look down from a high altitude, this formation is an equilateral triangle.

Three Jindan-level generals are distributed at the three corners. Liu Er is at the front, Guan Hong is on the left, and Zhang Hei is on the right.

This triangular arrow formation is the most classic assault formation. The three corners are filled with the strongest cultivators in the army, the middle is filled with a large number of Qi Refining cultivators, and the two side lines in front are distributed with foundation-building cultivators.

The formation is divided into dynamic formation and static formation.

The history of static formation is much longer than that of dynamic formation. The most classic static formation is the spirit gathering formation. This formation allows cultivators to condense the surrounding spiritual energy for their own practice and increase the efficiency of cultivators absorbing spiritual energy.

The history of dynamic formation is probably less than half of that of static formation, but once it has developed, it is extremely prosperous, especially on the battlefield, and the speed of improvement is extremely fast.

The triangular arrow formation is a typical dynamic formation.

Ning Zhuo watched for a moment and couldn't help but worry secretly: "It's difficult to practice the dynamic array. How long will it take to reach the minimum standard of the array? It costs money every day!"

Every dynamic array practice requires a lot of time, material resources, and manpower.

Ning Zhuo felt more and more that forming an army was like a gamble.

The three generals Liu, Guan, and Zhang have already staked their entire fortunes!

And Ning Zhuo wanted to plot his mother's relics in the hands of the Liudong Sect, such as the mechanical carriage, etc., and borrowing the power of the two countries and the three generals of Liu, Guan, and Zhang was undoubtedly the most labor-saving approach.

"If the cost is not enough, I'm afraid I have to help out a little."

Ning Zhuo must hurry up and must follow closely.

When the war breaks out, his mother's mechanical carriage and other things are likely to disappear in the war. He needs to participate in person, be on the scene, and respond flexibly to seize the target items.

If he misses this war, it will be countless times more difficult for him to find these things again.

Ning Zhuo returned to the mechanical dragon and counted his assets.

He has a lot of spirit stones.

Last time in Wuyin Mountain, the mountain god gave him 10,000 middle-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to one million lower-grade spirit stones.

He also has many treasures.

For example, Wu Xiulan, Chonglei Beetle, Tianlu, Fuyun, Walnut Mountain Spirit, Misty Stone and Ghost Shadow Bamboo, etc.

If these are sold, there will be a lot of spirit stones.

Among the treasures, the most valuable one is undoubtedly the Nascent Soul-level treasure produced by the Stone Monster.

But these treasures all have hidden dangers.

Ning Zhuo had taken out a lot of them before, but now if he wanted to practice with the help of principles, he couldn't use these treasures at will.

It is worth mentioning that the starting price for each Wanli Wandering Dragon's journey through the void is 500,000 low-grade spiritual stones.

These assets are more than enough to satisfy Sun Lingtong and Ning Zhuo's cultivation.

But on the battlefield, it immediately becomes much thinner for maintaining an army.

Ning Zhuo came to the training cabin and knocked on the Tire Breath Lingge.

Sun Lingtong, who was practicing inside, opened his eyes and walked out of Lingge: "Xiao Zhuo, what's the matter?"

If nothing happened, Ning Zhuo would not interrupt his practice.

Ning Zhuo informed Sun Lingtong of the details: "I plan to increase revenue and reduce expenditure."

"On the one hand, contact Wanyao Sect and purchase basic elixirs such as Bigu Pill from them in bulk. Based on my relationship with them, I can get a low price."

"On the other hand, I can separate the Ning family and refine the jade-rich black steel. Boss, do you still remember the battle beside Wuyin Mountain?"

"At that time, the sergeant Meng Zizhong wore jade steel heavy armor and was quite effective in dealing with those demon cultivators and monsters."

"If I can sell these armors to the three generals' camp, I might be able to open up a new market for the family."

"Alas... the time is still too short."

"I really hope that the Poison Flame Chrysanthemum can be harvested now."

"I wonder if our ancestors have returned to Huoshu Mountain now."

Sun Lingtong thought for a while: "Even if we can do this, water from afar cannot quench our thirst, and the extent of quenching our thirst is also quite limited."

Ning Zhuo nodded: "So I want to think about that old monster in the stone again. If we steal him back, we will become rich overnight, and the current financial gap is completely worth mentioning!"

Speaking of this, Sun Lingtong's eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, yes, Xiao Zhuo, your idea is great."

"To tell you the truth, I've been thinking about this when I'm quiet these days!"

"We can deal with the injuries now, and that stone ball is a complete treasure."

"This needs to be done as soon as possible."

"Once others discover that the old monster in the stone is dead, it will be all over."

Ning Zhuo muttered: "To enter Thousand Peaks Forest again, we must first repair the Wanli Wandering Dragon, resolve the blood shadow on the dragon's body, and at the same time have more fire essence reserves."

Because I have been there before, there are precise landmarks in the dragon dragon, so I can travel directly to the destination in one go.

Very convenient.

Sun Lingtong frowned and felt embarrassed: "The master of the Blood Shadow Cave is at the Nascent Soul level. It is very difficult for us to eliminate the methods he planted."

"It would be great if there was water, which could wash these things away."

"It's difficult for us to do this alone. We have to rely on external help."

Ning Zhuo: "How about Zhang Chongyi?"

Sun Lingtong thought for a moment and said: "His medical skills are very strong and he can even heal Dao injuries. After all, he was once a monk at the Nascent Soul level, so the Blood Shadow Spell probably won't be a problem for him."

"But, in this case, we will expose the existence of Wanliyoulong."

"Is this appropriate?"

"In other words, can Zhang Chongyi be trusted?"

Ning Zhuo thought for a while: "Zhang Chongyi upholds the right path and has the same heart as me."

"Whether he was convicted before or whether he joined the army and helped General Mulan this time, it can be seen that he has a life philosophy of repaying kindness."

"It was thanks to his intervention that we were able to cure the disease this time. It wouldn't have been possible without him."

"I still trust him."

"Alas..." Ning Zhuo said this and sighed deeply, "I didn't want to treat a good man like this, but for our safety, I decided to use the thread of life and my Buddha's heart demon seal against him! "

Sun Lingtong patted Ning Zhuo's forearm: "Xiao Zhuo, I know you are kind-hearted, but don't be burdened."

"We are not trying to kill him."

"It's just that you have to be on guard against others."

"Just talk to him!"

Ning Zhuo hummed. He didn't know yet that Zhang Chongyi also wanted to talk to him.