"Today, we bought 570,000 dream tickets, 114,000 of which will be distributed among the Martial Saints and Demon Kings; then 30% goes to the Turtle King's breeding; another 20% for the Imperial Court to purchase cockscomb fruits for the Shen Clan's cultivation.
The remaining 30%, 171,000 taels, must cover the costs of hosting the River God Festival. Today, there are 3,000 Martial Hall Disciples, no labor costs, providing three meals a day, standard 230 wen per day each, with unlimited beef and lamb, costing 700 taels a day, and additional accommodation at other ports at 20 wen a day...
Two hundred and forty people cleaning toilets, street cleaning, crystal ships, Pingyang Prefecture Xu Li subsidies, construction..."
The abacus beads clattered.
"After deducting the imperial taxes, the actual profit is over 34,600 taels."
570,000 suddenly shrinks to 34,000.
Liang Qu always fears trouble, so he considers profit-sharing before profiting.
