When Joseph saw the supply train list below, and the cost of deploying troops, he immediately felt a headache coming on.
Just the deployment costs for this first batch of 10,000 men and horses exceeded 500,000 livres. And that was only the expense of moving the troops from France to Tunisia; a continuous supply of food, fodder and various consumables would require at least another 400,000 livres per month.
If a battle occurred, the costs would become incalculable—1,000,000 livres a month might not even be sufficient.
Joseph furrowed his brow, if this were coupled with the second batch of 10,000 soldiers and Murat's Corps, these forces would just by sitting in Tunisia consume over 10 million livres a year!
He slammed the documents down on the table forcefully—the British had a damn disgusting way of doing things!
He himself had gone through great lengths to take down Tunisia, and now they had to pay extra to stabilize it.
