Now it was the last month of winter.
Roman's visit to the camp this time served two purposes: first, to inspect the quality of the troops and second, to establish a more comprehensive military system.
Over the past few months, military salaries had been the main financial burden on Origin City.
Roman did not have the right to mint coins, and the gold that was currently mined could not be circulated, as the Black Iron King must not find out; it needed to be kept secret for the time being.
He now had about four thousand soldiers.
This meant that military salaries were nearly three hundred gold coins a month.
Compared to this, the salaries of the civil servants were mere trifles.
The salary of all major departments combined might just match the expenditure on military pay.
Thus, Roman had always partially used salt to offset the military salaries.
Soldiers and their families could take 10 kilograms of salt to the market each month and trade it with merchants.
