How do you sustain a blood econemy?

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Well, it doesn't seem like many other people have read that guide. Lately, every time I see a discussion about blood I also see people talking about patrolling. Clearly from the reasons I've stated above I think that tax control is a much better method.

As for the guide you directed me to, it does talk about tax control and about converting gold to slaves, but it doesn't really discuss the pros and cons of tax control over patrolling. In fact, the guide only mentions patrolling once as a thing you might be doing. Clearly Baalz favors tax control, but he doesn't say why.