Chapter 3094: Nobles and Merchants (17)

Zhao Chi fell into deep thought.

Of course he trusted Yao Feng's words.

Perhaps the information Yao Feng had come into contact with was very one-sided, but it should all be true.

This really is strange.

Logically speaking, if they had money, their combat strength certainly wouldn't be lacking.

The Abandoned World Alliance's combat strength couldn't possibly be this weak.

Yet there are very few examples of them having conflicts or even wars with other factions; from the few existing examples alone, one can only deduce the conclusion that their combat strength is lacking.

But this doesn't follow logic.

Either they aren't as rich as they appear.

Or their enormous sums of money are being spent elsewhere.

But that's also strange.

If they really didn't have much money, how could they still bear to spend like this? Giving Zhao Chi 400 tokens without batting an eye, and giving Yao Feng a box of top-grade spiritual technique scrolls just like that.

Could it really be that they spent all their money this way?

Why?

He couldn't figure it out.

If their enormous sums of money are being spent elsewhere, where are they being spent?

The most expensive thing is military expenses.

Soldiers, food, weapons and equipment, medicine, fashion items, props—every single item requires massive amounts of money to consume, and it's a continuous drain.

If they're not spending their money on military strength, then where are they spending it?

Eating, drinking, and making merry? Eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling?

If they were nouveau riche or second-generation rich, that might be possible, but the Abandoned World Alliance wouldn't be like this, would they?

Zhao Chi was even more puzzled.

Yao Feng said gently, "Alright, Zhao Chi, don't waste your energy on this kind of thing. Let's talk about something else?"

"Okay."

"We still have a few minutes. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Zhao Chi thought for a moment and asked, "The question from earlier isn't finished yet. Does a national-level lord normally have around 30 to 50 tokens?"

"Mm, roughly speaking, about that."

"What about state-level?"

"State-level lords have about 5 to 10 or so. Commandery-level have 1 to 5. Occasionally, county-level lords might have some too. But none of these are certain; this data is very rough, and in reality the deviation is still quite large. Especially now that we've been in a constant state of war, the lords' tokens have mostly been used up. Most lords probably can't keep even a single token."

"Understood."

"So, the tokens you've given are enough to distribute to all the lords of our entire Breaking World Army. However, I won't distribute that many. I'll give each of a few regiment commanders 10, each deputy regiment commander 3, each brigade commander 2, and each deputy brigade commander 1. That's enough to give them an advantage when fighting lords of the same level. I'll keep the remaining 100 at the White Tiger Regiment for now and adjust as needed later. Do you have any objections or suggestions?"

"None. You're more professional. I trust your decision."

"Hehe, good!"

"Li Ruanyu and Tingting should get more."

Yao Feng laughed and said, "Don't worry. They were originally my sisters, and now that we're even closer, of course I'll give them more."

When the topic came to this, Zhao Chi relaxed a little.

He joked, "If we go by order of arrival, you're the one who should be calling them older sister."

Yao Feng clearly hadn't expected Zhao Chi to say something like that.

Her expression was visibly surprised.

"Huh? On your side, is that the rule?"