Li Zhantian has been guarding the Hunyuan Sky Crystal Mine for so many years, and has long understood the situation inside.

There are some loopholes in the operation of the battle formation. Not only do they not take the initiative to report them so that Yue Yi Heavenly Kingdom can send people to repair them, on the contrary, they use them as a convenience for themselves to monitor and steal.

"Then let's do it even better!"

Mo Yanshan on the other side of the altar said via voice transmission.

"What does it mean to be... absolute?"

Li Zhantian's heart trembled. In fact, he already knew what Mo Yanshan meant.

"Of course, all the city guards formed by that kid were killed in the three Hunyuan Sky Crystal veins! This can also be regarded as a warning to the families in Tianxu City, letting them know who is the best in Tianxu City.

The final say!”

Mo Yanshan said.

"good!"

Li Zhantian is not a soft-hearted person.

He immediately agreed to the plan.

He thought for a while and said: "This boy practices the rules of destiny. He is now the controller of destiny. I am afraid that he will be able to deduce and calculate any clues in advance."

"It's simple! We just put on talismans to conceal the cause and effect of fate."

Mo Yanshan said.

Talismans that conceal destiny and cause and effect are not cheap.

Ling Tianfan is the controller of the fate of the Hunyuan Kongshen Realm, so they must at least buy the Hunyuan Kongshen Realm.

This is not small compared to the cost.

However, Mo Yanshan and Li Zhantian felt that all this was worth it in order to compete for control of the three major Hunyuan Kong Crystal veins in Tianxucheng.

...The city guard army formed by Ling Tianfan recruited people faster than he imagined.

The quota of 5,000 people was quickly filled.

He wanted to recruit more, but at this time, Zhu Bofei, the director in charge of finance, sent a message to Ling Tianfan, reminding: "City Lord, it is not appropriate to expand the number of members of the city guard.

Our Tianxucheng's finances cannot afford to support such a large army."

"Are there any financial problems?"

Ling Tianfan heard the hidden meaning behind the words.

"City Lord, let's take a moment to speak."

Zhu Bofei said.

"Then let's go into the palace and talk."

Ling Tianfan said.

The two of them walked into the City Lord's Palace.

Zhu Bofei took out a jade slip from his storage ring, which contained Tianxucheng's financial income and expenditures that were settled every ten thousand years.

The city lord's ten-thousand-year salary is three thousand low-grade Hunyuan Kongjing.

The deputy city lord and military lord are two thousand and five low-grade Hunyuan Kongjing.

The directors of each department and the general of the city guard are two thousand low-grade Hunyuan Kongjing.

Those whose cultivation realm reaches the Hunyuan Kongshen realm will be issued low-grade Hunyuan Kongjing crystals.

The realm of cultivation is that of the Hunyuan Realm, and the top-grade Hunyuan Realm crystals are distributed.

The annual maintenance of the city defense array, city construction, logistics supplies, performance bonuses, celebrations, entertainment expenses, travel expenses, etc. are all large and small expenses.

In general, every ten thousand years, the expenditure of Hunyuan Boundary Crystals is converted into Hunyuan Space Crystals, and Tianxucheng's financial expenditure is about 6 million low-grade Hunyuan Boundary Crystals.

If there is a large-scale purchase of materials and equipment, such as updating the magic weapons and equipment of the city guards, the financial expenditure will be doubled.

Let’s talk about Tianxucheng’s source of income.

The taxation of the city, the sale and lease of land, the sale and lease of caves and shops, as well as some industries invested and operated by the city lord.

This part of the income every ten thousand years can reach more than one million years of low-grade Hunyuan Kongjing.

Another part is the mining of the three major Hunyuan void crystal veins.

Every ten thousand years, approximately 50 billion low-grade Hunyuan Sky Crystals can be mined.

For every 100 million crystals mined, Xucheng could extract 10,000 low-grade Hunyuan Sky Crystals that day as fiscal revenue, so there would be about five million.

Added up, it's exactly six million.

Of course, these are numbers on the books.

Now, Ling Tianfan has newly formed a city guard army of 5,000 people, among which generals at the Hunyuan Sky Realm level account for one-tenth, and there are more than 500 people.

Each average annual salary of 10,000 yuan is one thousand low-grade Hunyuan Kongjing, which is more than half a million low-grade Hunyuan Kongjing.

Including the 10,000-year salary of an ordinary Hunyuan Realm soldier, it would be about two to three hundred thousand.

In terms of annual salary of 10,000 yuan alone, it would cost 70,000 to 800,000 yuan.

Moreover, raising an army requires providing elixir substances. In this regard, there must be a budget of at least 200,000 to 300,000 low-grade Hunyuan Sky Crystals every 10,000 years.

In other words, to raise a city guard army of 5,000 people, it would cost at least 1 million low-grade Hunyuan Sky Crystals every 10,000 years.

In the past, Tianxucheng's fiscal revenue and expenditure were exactly balanced, and there were still balances in some years.

Now that Ling Tianfan wants to form a city guard army of 5,000 people, the annual financial expenditure will exceed one million low-grade Hunyuan Kongjing.

"Put the military expenses of the city guards on Li Zhantian's side plus various performance bonuses, which is one million every ten thousand years. Stop theirs and use them for my side."

Ling Tianfan said calmly.

"The distribution of military pay must be reported to the military hall for record.

If we stop it, we will be exposed, and the military palace can directly sanction us.

Furthermore, when we set up a city guard, we must register it with the military palace and obtain authorization from the military palace, otherwise we will be in trouble and even be accused of recruiting private troops with the intention of rebelling."

Zhu Bofei reminded.

In his opinion, Ling Tianfan had a great background and had the support of Prince Soul, so he could naturally do whatever he wanted.

But there are some bottom lines. Once the line is crossed and someone gets caught, you will be punished. Even if the Soul Prince can keep Ling Tianfan, I am afraid that Ling Tianfan's measures such as forming a city guard army will be in vain.

After all, the Yue Yi Heavenly Kingdom is not only the paradise of the Yue Yi royal family, but also consists of 218 royal families and countless aristocratic families, large and small.

Not to mention that Ling Tianfan is just the disciple of Prince Yue Yihun, even Prince Yue Yihun himself cannot act too recklessly and touch some of the bottom lines of Yue Yihun Kingdom.

"I understand. I will tell my master about the formation of the city guard."

Ling Tianfan said calmly.

He changed his words and asked: "The financial accounts you showed me are just clear accounts, right?"

Zhu Bofei knew that Ling Tianfan was the one who controlled destiny and could not hide this kind of thing, so he said with a wry smile: "Yes.

There are also hidden accounts.

It’s just that this secret account was destroyed by the nine deputy city lords when City Lord Luo Ti died in the three Hunyuan Sky Crystal mine veins.”

"Destroyed?

You don’t have a backup, do you?”

Ling Tianfan said.

Zhu Bofei shook his head and said: "Li Zhantian is a disciple of Prince Yue Yizhu, and the nine deputy city lords are supported by various royal families. How can I dare to back up?"

"Then you have an idea, right?"

Ling Tianfan said.

Zhu Bofei carefully looked at Ling Tianfan's face and said: "It's just to make false accounts, to name part of Tianxucheng's financial income, and to reasonably incorporate it into the property under one's own name or under the family's name.
Chapter completed!