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The atmosphere quieted down for a short while. Cai Qian and several other pirate factions each won a battle, but with the Qianjun Biao included, the Red Flag Gang had already won three battles. This caused some subtle changes in the expressions of certain people.
"Tianbao Dragon Head, winning three battles means paying out six hundred thousand taels. It seems that the wages calculated for your Red Flag men might not be enough,"
one of the accountants from Cai's Tianbo Division said, adjusting his glasses as he spoke.
Without hesitation, Li Yan replied, "Lantau Island will provide ten eighty-meter twin-masted wide ships, each equipped with fifteen cannons, one hundred firearms, and fifty crossbows. Let's convert that to silver and put it in the pot first, then we'll talk if more is needed."
The group of accountants clicked away on their abacuses, their pens flying across the paper. They wrote down the figure "one million two hundred thousand taels."
