Amidst the tsunami of "Long Live the Lord", Dane and his knights walked into the government affairs hall of Ghost Knife Port.
Sitting in the government affairs hall that was completely different from the humble lobby at the beginning, Dane spent an hour listening to Tommy's brief report on the development of Ghost Knife Port during this period, and at the same time Also heard a report on the development of Hull's Chamber of Commerce.
Dane still feels very satisfied with the work of these two people.
The development of Ghost Knife Port was even somewhat beyond Dane's expectations. The same situation also happened to the Comilla Chamber of Commerce.
The most concentrated manifestation is that the tax revenue, output of the port, and the profits of the chamber of commerce have increased significantly.
Just a year ago, the entire island of Comilla, counting Orenadu, Ghost Knife Port, and the Comilla Chamber of Commerce together, the income brought in a month was almost the same as that of a Rotten Wolf Town, Bisha Bay Hong Kong is far away. But now, just one Ghost Knife Port can already compete with Shahaiwan Port—although the current Shahaiwan Port is still under reconstruction.
Besides the Ghost Knife Port, the profits of the Comilla Chamber of Commerce are already very high. After the population surge of Auriana, Faro also mentioned in the estimate given to Dane that he is confident in doubling the production of Auriana within three months in the future.
If all of this can be achieved, Dane's monthly income from Comilla Island will exceed 30,000 gold coins!
Opening the empire panel of the "Dynasty Heart" system, Dane saw the latest data.
"Empire Index: 127"
"Empire monthly income: 72400"
"Empire Monthly Expenditure: 60000"
"Net Income: 12400"
The empire index has increased six times compared to the beginning of last year. The main reason is that he has now unified the entire territory of Schindler in name, and has more than 20,000 military forces in his hands. The blood castle legion is 10,000, and his own main army has 10,000 people, and the rest is just waiting for the newly trained soldiers to fill the organization in the training bases of Auriel Nadu and White Wolf Castle.
In terms of income, it also tripled compared with last year. Moreover, this figure has room for further improvement. For example, after the reconstruction of Shahai Bay Port is completed, the monthly income will increase a lot; Ghost Knife Port, Comilla Chamber of Commerce, and Orienado are still developing at a high speed.
At the same time, it must not be forgotten that now, at least in name, the entire territory of Schindler must provide taxes to Dane.
This is a project with the greatest potential for improvement!
Now, according to Chapple's estimate, the tax revenue he can reap from other areas of Schindler next month is only 20,000 gold coins, which is not as good as a sandy bay port. This is due to war factors, construction and production have not yet resumed, and the tax money provided is relatively small. Another point is that, except for the southern border, although other places in Schindler are his territory in name, they are actually his territory. He can't control it completely, and there is no way to receive all the taxes.
Not counting Cinderella and Lost City, which have become the territory of demons, as long as Dane can subdue those evil-minded people in Beast Blood Castle and Lost City, as well as the small warlords entrenched in various places, the tax figure will immediately increase. It will increase three to five times! And once the entire territory of Schindler returns to its peak state, Dane will be able to earn 200,000 to 300,000 gold coins a month just from the taxation of the territory!
This will be a very large number, thinking about the prospect, Dane feels very excited. Only then can he truly be called the King of Schindler, unlike now, even the money for rebuilding the two cities is only three to four hundred thousand gold coins, and it needs to be paid to Sequoia and Shire. Such a chamber of commerce will borrow.
Borrowing money is always a bad thing. If, based on the current situation, even if Dane does not continue to invest in gold coins to expand the territory and expand the army, it will take several years for him to pay off the balance of the money he owes each month.
Dane, however, would not be so honest.
He planned to wait until the reconstruction of the Southern Territory was almost done, and then he would take action. He has already planned the timeline. Before the middle of the year, he will get rid of the warlords first, and then subdue the Beast Blood Fort and Ice Cave City, so that those restless guys will be obedient, and try to free up their hands by the middle of this year. Come, get rid of the demons in Lost City and Cinderella.
He even had an idea in his mind on how to deal with those demons—he still remembered that in his "Dynasty Heart" system, there was still an abyss base!
However, what Dane didn't expect was that before he started his big move, Freya and her group of priests who were sent to the underground world by him would bring him an unexpected surprise.
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"Lord Dane, please go and save Knight Freya!"
Before the pier of Ghost Knife Port, Dane, who was inspecting the pier, was stopped by a young knight who was in a panic and even had blood on his body.
Dane vaguely remembered who this person was—it seemed to be a member of Freya's order of priests, a tenth-level Templar.
"What happened?" Tommy, who was with Dane, asked beside him. He was a little displeased, he was planning to introduce the extremely prosperous pier to his lord, but in the end, someone got in the way.
The young templar said: "We stayed in the underground world for a week, and we found a huge dungeon! There are a lot of faceless people!"
Before they set off, Dane didn't tell them about the dungeon, only that there were a lot of Faceless Men. However, in the image of the priests, the remnants of the belief in the old gods, even if the word is used to describe it, there are at most hundreds of them.
But who would have thought that after in-depth investigation, an entire dungeon could be discovered!
Freya and her fellow priests didn't intend to act rashly at first. No matter how arrogant they are, they don't think that sixty people can wipe out an entire dungeon.
However, things always need to be investigated more clearly.
In the group of priests, there are Templar knights, priests and priests who are proficient in divine arts, and there are even mages with a high level of spellcasting.
The daring Freya decided to enter this dungeon of the Faceless Man and investigate further.
Using the power of spells and magic, they sneaked into the dungeon.
At first, nothing went wrong. The Faceless Ones' ability to detect the power of magic is relatively low, and they are incapable of discovering this group of people.
Until, they discovered something amazing.