"100 items."
I don't know if it's just my imagination.
The people in the study felt that their city lord's eyes seemed to... light up?
Li Aili looked at Joanna, "Joanna, how many gold coins is the total bill for today?"
"Not counting the odd amounts, it's 21 million!"
"2100 a month."
"And income?"
Taxes are levied once a year.
However, in order to attract immigrants, Emerald City shouldn't expect to generate much tax revenue in the next three years.
This is why Li Aili's heart aches when she sees the bill.
She took a deep breath. "Conrad, what's the price of dragon materials on the black market right now?"
"12 pieces of Red Dragon Scales, 130,000 gold."
"12 Blue Dragon Scales, 115,000 Gold".
"Black Dragon Scales..."
Li Aili: "It's gone up, all of them."
Conrad smiled slightly, "After all, not just anyone dares to kill a dragon, but mages always need dragon materials for their potions."
Wendy quickly followed Li Aili's train of thought.
She muttered to herself, "More than 100 dragons... how many years of government spending would that take?"
The men present: "???"
Joanna had already started biting her nails. "You can sell more than just scales from dragons, right? Bones, horns, blood—you can sell everything!"
"An adult dragon would be at least 16 meters long."
The men: "………………"
Li Aili took a deep breath and made her final judgment, "They're not here to attack us."
She pulled out dozens of bottles of 'powerful advancement potions' in one go, and then said to the knights who looked bewildered, "Gentlemen, here, one bottle each."
The knights picked up the advancement potions in bewilderment.
Li Aili took the lead, holding up a bottle of 'Potential Advancement Potion', uncapping it, and said, "This is to bring us some warmth!"
"cheers!!"
The knights raised the potion bottles in their hands, touched them together, and then tilted their heads back and drank the advancement potions in a daze.
The medicine slid down his throat and into his stomach, and Ben Karsa was the first to feel his state of mind loosen.
His knight rank is about to be promoted!?
How is this possible?!
Before we knew it, all 10 Gold Knights in the room had been promoted to Platinum Knights.
Then came the Grand Knights of the Cold Jade Knights and the Blue Agate Knights.
He jumped directly from the Silver rank to the Gold Knight.
George was also promoted from Gold Knight to Platinum Knight.
Balk only broke through to the Platinum rank during the battle to conquer the royal city.
Now, after drinking a bottle of potent advancement potion, his cultivation level directly broke through to the Saint rank.
Balk was stunned, "..."
Li Aili smiled slightly as she looked at the knights who were stunned by the "pie" falling from the sky. "Knights, no matter how many dragons come, please try your best to keep them here!"
Knights: "!!!"
"Alright, let's begin our operational meeting now."
"Arthur, I'm begging you."
Each profession has its own expertise.
Problems related to warfare should be left to the experts in warfare to solve.
Arthur nodded, then said to Conrad, "Conrad, bring me a sand table."
"How is the cultivation of giant plants going?" Arthur asked.
Conrad brought over the sand table and placed it on the desk.
The men gathered around.
Joanna and Wendy started doing the math... calculating how many gold coins a 16-meter-long dragon could be worth.
"Now, giant plants have surrounded the outer perimeter of Emerald City."
"But so far, we have not cultivated a second 'extraordinary plant' like the giant pumpkin in the pumpkin patch."
"Ah!!!" A woman's scream interrupted the tactical meeting.
The men all looked over.
Wendy's eyes were red. "A red dragon costs at least 50 million gold coins!!!"
"That's two months' worth of government spending!!"
"Based on 100 items! That's 17 months of fiscal revenue!"
The men: "..."
Wendy slammed her hand on the table, pointed at Thomason, and said, "Pick up the red dragons to kill, understand? Pick up the expensive ones to kill!"
Thomason: "…………"
The operational meeting continued until dawn the next day.
At 8 o'clock, Conrad prepared breakfast and invited the officials who had stayed up all night to go to the restaurant for a meal.
Li Aili took a nap with dark circles under her eyes.
In her dream, she saw a huge line of dragons walking toward her.
Then, for each dragon she counted, it would turn into a large bag of gold coins.
As the gold coins piled up into a small mountain in front of her, Li Aili felt a tickling sensation on her face, and then she seemed to hear someone calling her from afar.
"Honey, wake up."
The man kissed her cheek gently until she let out an impatient groan, "Mmm..."
"Get up, eat something, and then go back to sleep, okay?"
Li Aili opened her eyes drowsily, "What time is it?"
It's 10:30.
Upon hearing this, Li Aili suddenly sat up, "Why didn't you wake me up sooner?"
She lifted the covers and got dressed.
Arthur said helplessly, "Let's go eat first."
Li Aili carried her clothes toward the bathroom, saying, "I'm running out of time, have Conrad bring me some sandwiches!"
"Where are we going?" Arthur asked, leaning against the wall outside the washroom.
"Go inspect the giant plants, and also check the completed defensive towers..."
After washing up and changing her clothes, Li Aili walked out of the bathroom, when suddenly, a strong arm appeared in front of her.
Arthur trapped the person between himself and the wall. "Darling, at this moment, could you... lean on me a little more?"
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