Lin Yi didn't know what kind of trick the Pixiu Inspector was playing, but he still took over the account book and carefully checked the totals.
It turned out that the problem lay in the total amount; the expenses from the previous days had increased by 150 taels.
Upon closer inspection, this increase of 150 taels was mainly attributed to the expenses of the 5000 soldiers that General Meng had taken to station in Lingnan State.
150 taels of silver for feeding 5000 soldiers was already quite frugal.
No need to guess, it was this Pixiu Inspector who was being stingy.
Lin Yi remembered that the average income of the common people at the bottom of You Country was around 100 coins per day, and a slightly better income would be around 300 coins.
For soldiers in You Country, the standard daily allowance for food was 40 coins. Thus, for 5000 people, the standard would be 200 taels per day.
