Breeze Village is Commander Li Qianzong's camp, and everyone under him ultimately follows his command, though in reality, they are Xu Qing's people.
Indeed, maintaining an army is truly costly, but luckily Xu Qing has no middlemen to deal with, and comparatively speaking, the soldiers' treatment here is much better than in other places.
Of course, only about ten to twenty percent of the military salary granted by the Court actually reaches Commander Li Qianzong's hands, and that's out of consideration for Xu Qing's face. For the typical commander, it would be less than ten percent.
After all, with the state of national affairs being tough and everyone experiencing hardships, thirty percent of the salary is cut right off the top, and by the time it leaves the capital, another forty percent is gone, passing through countless hands layer by layer.
