author needs to learn math.
According to him 1 fisherman can harvest 50 units of fish a day. it cost 2 units of fish for 1 unit of dried fish.
meaning can make 25 units a day. 25 units * 15 = 375 copper a day.
he stated it was 355 copper a day which is 23.67 units. so let's round that and say 24 units sold a day. the other unit we say is the fisherman food for the day.
but the main problem is he never takes into account the costs. and cost add up.
salt alone, it takes .48 units to make the 24units of dried fish a day. that's 9.60 copper a day per fisherman in salt. then you have the 20% tax for the market.
so let's say you have 24 units of dried fish. they sell at 15 copper a unit. that is 360 copper. then deduct 20% which is 72 copper. which makes the profit from the sale 288 copper. then need to subtract the cost of salt. that's 9.6 copper.
meaning the profit per day if you aren't paying workers and only have to pay for salt and tax is 278.4 copper a day. that's that's cost of 81.4 copper a day that he does not account for. meaning it will take him more time to save the amount he wanted because he never accounted for the cost. thus destroying any plans.
I'm an accountant. numbers matter to me.
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