"Reporting to Your Highness, the number of refugees entering Tieshi City each day has now increased to over two thousand, primarily young adults and wounded soldiers from Jinzhou in the Zhao State. As of yesterday, we have settled a total of over 110,000 refugees in Tieshi City, with daily expenditures reaching over 6,000 taels of silver," Wang Yuan replied truthfully.
"Is there enough food? How much silver remains in the Ministry of Revenue?" Hua Tianxiong asked with concern. The only way to keep refugees from leaving is to ensure they are spared the hardships of sleeping in the open and to guarantee their safety.
"Thanks to Captains Gao Cheng'ang and Zhao Yanyue leading the soldiers to purchase over 100,000 dan of grain, and the more than two thousand Demonic Beasts hunted by Lord Zhuge Zhan and his men, our grain reserves in Tieshi City are not a problem for the time being. Even if another 100,000 refugees arrive, we can hold out until next January. However, our treasury is running low. Fortunately, with the 2,000,000 taels of silver provided by Your Highness and the 120,000 taels from the sale of the Demonic Beasts hunted by Lord Zhuge Zhan, the Ministry of Revenue currently has 580,000 taels left. According to our current status, this should be enough to sustain us for another two months," Wang Yuan continued his analysis.
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