Chapter 33 - Sneaking into the city (3)

"I'm not great at physical labour, but I'm fantastic in math and accounting." For example, I counted over a hundred carts here, with the majority of them carrying at least five people. All of those carts were drawn by horses. You also have some other animals, such as those utilised in agriculture. "

Ali stopped for a second and acted like he was calculating something. He then acted like he was finally done calculating and continued his conversation.

"If my calculations are correct, you have a hundred carts with at least five men in them. Adding the other animals, it's five hundred men and two hundred and ten horses. Two hundred horses mean it requests at least fifty gold coins to manage them on a daily basis. If we reduce the food cost since we are travelling through the jungle, it still costs ten gold coins a day."

Ali suddenly stopped, gave a meaningful gaze to Carlo, and continued.

"Those men seemed to be combat-trained. You need at least 500 gold coins every day to transport 500 s
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