Chapter 64 The next step of strategic direction follow-up
Chapter 64 The next step of strategic direction (please vote for further reading!!!)
Author: Ke Xue’s Caitou
Chapter 64 The next step of strategic direction (please vote for further reading!!!)
“Proactively bear the cost of house repairs for believers?”
In the kitchen, Levin, who had worked hard to froth the egg whites, took a moment to rest. When Ma Wei poured sugar and milk into the basin, he said: "Boss, this is indeed a propaganda church.
It’s a good idea, but does our church have such strong financial resources?”
The Truth Church, which has been established for three years, only owns a church under their feet. Other than that, it has no territory at all.
Land represents wealth and is the means of production. A church that owns a large amount of territory must have strong financial resources. In their eyes, the small cost of repairing a house is not worth mentioning. But the Church of Truth is different.
"The church currently has 2,300 pounds left."
Mawei handed Levin the steel basin with sugar and milk and motioned for him to continue stirring: "This money was all accumulated by me on the privateer ship. If the expenses of the cats' food are ignored, the Truth Church not only achieved revenue
We can balance our expenses and still have an income of 25 gold pounds every month.”
"How much food do cats eat every day?"
"About eight gold pounds."
"so much?!"
Levine was shocked when he heard this figure. You must know that when Circus Sunshine is full of guests every day, its income is only 10 gold pounds. This does not include the loss of props, food, wages and other costs!
After some mental arithmetic, Levin came up with a rough figure: "Doesn't the daily expenditure of 8 gold pounds mean that the church has a net loss of 215 gold pounds per month?!"
"You haven't counted the daily expenses of the church. From today on, I will pay you a salary of 11 shillings and 6 pence every day, which is 17 pounds and 5 shillings a month. In other respects, I also have to send food to the orphanage regularly.
Adding up all kinds of expenses, the monthly expenditure of the church is at least 250 gold pounds."
"Did I get too much salary?" Levin swallowed: "Actually, it doesn't matter if it's less."
"It's just a drop in the bucket. Even if you don't want a salary, the church's monthly expenses will still be an astronomical amount."
In the Kingdom of Windsor in 1859, the annual income of most of the middle class was about 300-800 gold pounds, while the annual income of land-owning small country squires, doctors, lawyers and businessmen was 1,000-2,000 gold pounds.
The average working class person's annual income is only a pitiful 20-100 gold pounds.
In comparison, the Church of Truth, which requires an annual expenditure of 3,000 gold pounds, has a consumption level that has surpassed that of the vast majority of the population.
In other words, Ma Wei was able to bring back 5,000 gold pounds from the privateer in just 5 years, and his income level had already surpassed more than 90% of the people.
but.
The situation of the Truth Church is not optimistic.
With the arrival of the Cat Legion, the Church of Truth, whose expenditures have skyrocketed, is facing an unprecedented crisis.
If Ma Wei hadn't been rich before, he really wouldn't have been able to feed so many cats.
"This is not the way to go!"
Levin licked his dry lips and suggested, "How about I go to the vaults of those nobles and see if they have anything they don't want?"
"no."
Ma Wei shook his head: "In the past, those nobles had nothing to do with you because the Rose Phantom Thief's whereabouts were erratic and he committed crimes on the move. No one knew which city he was going to and which noble he was targeting."
"New Ross City is a small city, incomparable to big cities like the Royal Capital, York, and Edinburgh. If you commit crimes here for a long time, you will suddenly attract the attention of other interested people."
"What if I use the magic of disguise to turn into some gold bricks and sell them?" Levin asked again: "I can transform into someone else and go to different cities. That's okay, right?"
"The disguise magic can only last for three days, and it will be exposed in the blink of an eye." Ma Wei immediately denied: "This can only make us a windfall, how big can the amount be? Besides, the gold bricks purchased with a lot of money suddenly changed
It has become a pile of waste, and those pawn shop owners will definitely not be able to swallow this breath. They are all backed by nobles. If the news spreads and other big churches know about it, it will only be more detrimental to us."
"Tsk."
Levin smacked his mouth and stirred his arms faster and faster: "Isn't this just sitting on your hands and destroying yourself!"
"There is still time. No matter what happens, the remaining funds can last for half a year. I have already begun to look for ways to make money."
"What method? You are not raising one or two cats, but a city of stray cats, an army!"
“Isn’t it enough to just let them be self-sufficient?”
While preparing the soft bread dough, Ma Wei said: "A while ago, a plague occurred in New Ross City. It was actually a curse, and the source is unknown, but the residents in the city believed that it was caused by rats, causing everyone to
Keep away from rats, and everyone shouts to beat them."
"The news of the plague has spread out of New Ross City in the past few days, and has slowly spread to several surrounding cities. This way."
“Isn’t this an opportunity for cats to make money?”
"you mean"
Levin's eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to ask: "Let the cats catch mice?"
"In the name of the Church of Truth."
Ma Wei revealed his next plan: "It is not enough to gain the friendship of Baron Bill. The Church of Truth needs to be favored by more nobles. Originally, as long as the Rose Phantom Thief could be captured, the nobles would definitely celebrate and invite people to join them.
Having solved my serious problem, I attended various banquets, and through this, I could easily get into their sights and take the opportunity to promote the church. Unfortunately, my plans always failed to keep up with the changes."
Shrinking his neck, Levin suddenly fell silent, lowered his head, and stirred the cream obediently.
"But I don't regret my decision at all, Levine."
Seeing that he looked a little guilty, Ma Wei said seriously: "I lost a great opportunity to contact the nobles, but I got a powerful talent. Your arrival made me immediately change my original plan and develop a new one.
direction of development.”
"Can you tell me what direction it is in?"
"certainly."
Ma Wei stopped kneading the dough, dipped his fingers in some flour, and drew a cat's head on the brown-red table: "Next, there are two development directions for the Truth Church."
"The first is the Cat Legion. I plan to publish the news of rat hunting in the newspaper. For ordinary civilians, the church will clean up rat infestations in their homes for free. For the large estates of the gentry and nobles, we will charge a certain amount of remuneration.
While expanding its reputation, it can also gather funds and ease the pressure on the church."
"Secondly, those noble men, more or less, have their own land. The plague scares everyone, and they are no exception. As long as we really get rid of the rat plague, they will definitely contact the Church of Truth.
Isn’t this consistent with my previous development policy?”