Sevigny put down the quill in his hand, pinched the bridge of his nose gently, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. |Entertainment|Reading|Novel.[2][3][][x].
When she opened her eyes again, she looked around to make sure there was no one else in the city lord's office. She opened her arms and stretched hard.
Because of the comfort brought by the physical stretch after stretching, Sevini felt a little better, but she couldn't help but stick out her tongue and show an embarrassed smile.
The strict education she received from growing up in the royal family made her always maintain a near-perfect image in front of other people. Even stretching that ordinary people can do casually, she can only do it secretly in private when no one is around. Once done.
Even so, it still made her feel as if she had done something bad, and she felt a little guilty.
But there's nothing I can do about it, I'm just too tired.
Seeing that it is already the end of the year, as the city lord of Bangta City, there are many tasks that Sevini must complete personally.
The accumulation of all kinds of miscellaneous things made her unable to sleep well for nearly a week, so that she now felt extremely tired.
But after all, this was her first time in Bangta City as the city lord, and she was still burdened with her father's expectations for her, so naturally she couldn't relax even a little bit.
For her, the best comfort is probably that during these days of work, she has witnessed with her own eyes the amazing and pleasant changes that have occurred in Bangta City through various detailed report data.
According to Bangta City's annual financial statistics report, so far this year, Bangta City's total tax revenue has exceeded a full 5.73 million gold coins.
And because this year is not quite over yet. If you include the last month's taxes. Then the total tax revenue of Bangta City for the whole year. It will definitely exceed one million gold coins!
And if it weren't for the fact that Earl Stark still adopted the policy of suppressing business and promoting agriculture when he was the city lord in the first half of this year, the commercial tax revenue of Bonta City dropped in the first half of the year.
So according to the trend in the second half of the year, Bangta City's annual tax revenue may even exceed the 10 million gold coin mark!
Thinking of this number, Sevini felt that there was a large amount of golden light in front of her eyes, making her almost unable to believe this fact.
You know, the tax revenue of the entire Lampali Kingdom last year was only about two million gold coins.
And now, just for the city of Bangta City, the taxes collected may actually exceed 10 million gold coins.
Although in accordance with the regulations of the Kingdom Parliament. Each city in the kingdom only pays a small proportion of taxes to the kingdom's finances, but if every city in the Lampali Kingdom can be like Bonta City, with an annual tax revenue of more than 10 million gold coins, then the Lampali Kingdom Finances will definitely look completely different.
If the annual fiscal revenue of the Lampali Kingdom can exceed 10 million gold coins, instead of the pitiful one or two million gold coins in previous years, then the national power of the Lampali Kingdom will definitely be greatly improved.
After all, having money is a very important thing for both an individual and a country.
Of course, although Bangta City's tax revenue is extremely high, it also spends a lot of money accordingly.
Since Sevigny took over as the city lord. The renovation project of Bonta City that had been stopped by Count Stark was started again. In the past six months, almost the entire Bonta City has been turned into a huge construction site. Roads, buildings and all kinds of new facilities are being built everywhere.
The overall city renovation project was extremely expensive. In just half a year, more than 1.5 million gold coins were invested.
According to estimates, in the next two to three years, a minimum of four million gold coins must be continuously invested to initially complete the project.
As Bangta City's finances have now improved, many of the welfare policies implemented for the residents of Bangta City have been implemented one after another but were thought of but did not have the money to implement, or did not think about it at all. However, they were later approved after Xu Yi proposed it.
These welfare policies are naturally extremely expensive, but Sevigny has carried them out unswervingly, so that even though Bangta City’s annual tax revenue is extremely high, in fact, at the end of the year, the corresponding taxes are paid to the kingdom’s finance In the end, the money that Bangta City could keep was only 1.2 million gold coins.
And the New Year is approaching, no matter how reluctant Sevigny is, some necessary expenses for socializing have to be spent.
By the beginning of next year, Sevigny may not even have half a million gold coins.
Thinking of this, Sevini smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly.
"It's true that there are worries about not having money, and there are worries after having money."
Looking over the tax report, Sevigny thought for a while, then simply closed the report, turned around and glanced out the window, and found that it was already noon, and today was still a rare good weather in winter. At this time, the sun was extremely bright, and the outside It shines brightly.
After a slight hesitation, Sevigny got up and went to the lounge attached to the office to change into casual clothes and decided to go out for a walk.
As soon as the door of the office was pushed open, several coordination officers of the City Lord's Mansion outside were all stunned.
Seeing that Sevini was dressed in casual clothes, several affairs officers looked at each other, but they all just smiled and said nothing.
Her Royal Highness has been staying in the office these days, and she is indeed too tired. It’s time to go out for a walk.
Sevini smiled at them and gestured, took a scarf, wrapped it around his neck and the lower half of his face, and walked out from the back door of the City Lord's Mansion.
The hustle and bustle outside can already be heard in the city lord's palace, and as soon as they come to the street outside, there are even more crowds of people everywhere and it is very lively.
The current permanent population of Bangta City has exceeded an astonishing 300,000 people. Adding in some floating population that are not included in the statistics, the total number of people in and outside the city may have exceeded 400,000.
This number is a very scary number for the Lampali Kingdom, because even Anvilmar, the capital city known as the most prosperous and populated in the kingdom, has a population of only about 200,000.
Of course, having such a large population must be due to the matching prosperity here.
Nowadays, every street and alley in Bangta City is crowded with people, and as long as it is along the street, everything has been transformed into a variety of shops. At a glance, there is a dazzling array of various products, which is almost overwhelming. Dazzled.
In these shops, there are many luxury goods that were previously regarded as completely untouchable by most Bangta City residents and can easily cost tens of gold coins or even hundreds of gold coins each.
But although these luxury goods are very expensive, the sales volume in Bangta City is very good.
Because according to statistics compiled by the City Lord's Mansion, the per capita annual income of Bangta City residents has even exceeded three hundred gold coins.
The combined income of several people in a family can even exceed one thousand gold coins a year.
With such a good income as a foundation, tens or hundreds of gold coins each, which before could only be bought by the big nobles and big businessmen to show off, have become common items within the reach of many families in Bangta City. .
Sevigny glanced at the street and could see that the clothes and accessories worn by many young girls on the street were no worse than those in Anvilmar City.
Although many girls are limited by taste, and the clothes and accessories they match do not look very good to Sevigny, but this means that they already have considerable financial strength.
As the lord of Bangta City, Sevini was naturally very pleased to see such a situation.
After strolling on the street for a while, Sevini stood under a sign that read "Chengzhufu Station" and waited patiently for the arrival of the next bus, the Magic Locomotive.
"Hey, Ronnie, are you waiting for the bus too?" A fat young man walked past Sevigny and said hello to a thin man of about the same age standing on the right side behind her.
The thin man smiled: "Yes, I'm going to Fallen Rain Valley. Where are you, Shaq?"
The fat young man known as Shaq chuckled: "I'm not going that far, I'm just going to the hospital outside the city."
"What? Are you sick?" Ronnie, a thin man, asked in surprise.
"How is that possible? Look at me, I'm fine. Is there anything wrong with me?"
"Then why did you go to the hospital?" Ronnie was a little confused.
"Don't you know yet? "Bangta Daily" reported some time ago that the city government will implement a medical security system for Bangta City residents. As long as they are registered residents of Bangta City, each person only needs to pay five gold coins per year. You can enjoy this medical insurance. Yesterday's "Bangta Daily" said that this system has been officially implemented, and you have to go through the procedures at a hospital outside the city, so I won't take the time to prepare. "
"Medical security system?" Ronnie frowned. "What is this thing for? Do you still want us to pay?"
"What? Are you still afraid of losing money? Let me tell you, this thing is very good. As long as you pay five gold coins this year, you can enjoy the unexpected discounts and exemptions for the whole year next year. For example, if you have any disease and you spend a lot of money after going to the hospital, Ten gold coins, right? With this medical insurance, it can give you a 70% discount, so you only have to spend three gold coins. Isn’t that a good deal?”
"Really?" Ronnie was surprised and happy. "Is there such a good thing? What if I don't get sick for a year?"
"Of course it's in vain if you're not sick. You still want to give it back."
"Wait for nothing?" The joy on Ronnie's face faded, and he said with some distress: "Then if I don't get sick next year, wouldn't I have lost five gold coins in vain?"
"I said you are still worried about this?" Shaq curled his lips. "Isn't it just five gold coins? Do you still lack the money to study? If you pay it, you can enjoy such a high discount. If you don't pay it, if you really need it, it will be a big loss."
"That's right..." Ronnie read from the beginning. "Let me think about it... By the way, there is a time limit for applying for this thing. When is it?"
"It ends at the end of the year. If you want to consider it, read it quickly. Don't catch up by then." Shaq warned.
"Okay, I will think about it carefully." (To be continued...)