The autumn breeze blew, mixed with a hint of chill in the air, and flowed quietly through the window into a small house in the backyard of King Lampali's palace. Dot ○
Sevigny originally felt a little dizzy, but when he was blown by the chilly breeze, his body trembled slightly and he became much more energetic.
If it were in the past, she would definitely feel that this wind came at the right time to cheer her up and continue to handle government affairs efficiently.
However, this time she raised her head and glanced out the window. She stared at the fallen leaves falling in the breeze for a rare moment. After thinking for a while, she stood up and closed the window.
Returning to the table, Sevigny picked up a document that he had just put down. After glancing at it twice, a heartfelt smile appeared on his face again.
This is a financial statistical statement of the Lampali Kingdom last month.
From this report, it can be clearly seen that the financial revenue of the Lampali Kingdom has made great progress.
In just one month last month, the total fiscal revenue from various places in the Lampali Kingdom exceeded half a million gold coins.
You know, when Sevini's father, King Lampali XIII, and his brother, King Eric, were on the throne, the Lampali Kingdom's financial income for the entire year was only a mere million gold coins, averaging to a monthly If so, it would only be about 100,000 gold coins.
Less than two years after Sevigny ascended the throne, the entire kingdom's financial revenue has increased several times.
If the current growth trend continues, when the annual fiscal revenue statistics are conducted this year, it will very likely exceed the five million gold coin mark.
Sevigny knew. Five million gold coins is actually worth a lot to many big chambers of commerce and big aristocratic families. It's not a big number.
But for the always poor Lampali Kingdom. This is already a very remarkable achievement.
If the annual fiscal revenue can exceed five million gold coins, the finances of the Lampali Kingdom will be much better than before, allowing Sevini to have money to do many things.
This is most evident in military spending.
Before Sevigny ascended the throne, the annual military expenditure of King Lampali's Ministry was only about 300,000 gold coins at most, and this was in order to deal with the threat of the Sark Kingdom, and was financed from the originally small financial revenue. squeezed out.
But now as the financial revenue of the Lampali Kingdom increases, Sevini immediately increases its military investment.
Last year. The Lampali Kingdom invested more than 800,000 gold coins in military expenditures.
Less than ten months have passed this year, and the Lampali Kingdom has already invested more than 1.5 million gold coins in military expenditures.
If settled by the end of the year, this amount will most likely exceed a full two million gold coins.
This number has even exceeded the previous fiscal revenue of the Lampali Kingdom for the entire year!
With such ample military expenditure, the army of the Lampali Kingdom quickly improved significantly.
Take the Zhenbei Army, which Sevini values most, as an example. Now every soldier of the Zhenbei Army not only has a complete set of weapons and equipment, but is also equipped with a large number of military magic machines, which has qualitatively improved the combat effectiveness of the Zhenbei Army. .
Starting from the second half of last year, the Zhenbei Army began to counterattack against the Sac Kingdom under the instruction of Sevini.
And from the first action to now within one year. The Zhenbei Army made many attacks on the border between the two countries, and fought several times with the Greedy Wolf Army of the Sak Kingdom guarding the border. It was a huge win every time.
The Greedy Wolf Legion of the Sack Kingdom originally had more than 50,000 elite soldiers, but in these several battles, the Zhenbei Army killed more than 10,000 of them, and even defeated the entire elite brigade of the Greedy Wolf Legion. Killed by force.
Since the founding of the Kingdom of Lampali, the Kingdom of Sal has always had an absolute advantage over the Kingdom of Lampali, and it has never been like this before. In turn, it was bullied by the Kingdom of Lampali and was unable to fight back.
Because of the achievements of the Zhenbei Army, newspapers all over the Lampali Kingdom publicized and reported on it within this year.
For a time, the morale of all the people in the Lampali Kingdom was high, and some people even shouted slogans to march directly to the Sak Kingdom, completely defeat the Sak Kingdom, and even occupy the Sak Kingdom.
However, Sevini knew very well that the reason why the army of the Lampali Kingdom was able to win consecutive battles was because the large investment in military expenditures improved the combat effectiveness of the Zhenbei Army. At the same time, there was also a very important reason, which was that it was equipped with a large number of troops. Military magic machines gave the Zhenbei Army an absolute advantage in armaments and weapons.
Although this can make the Zhenbei Army invincible on the battlefield, war is not limited to battles on the battlefield, but will also be affected by many other factors.
The most important thing that determines the final outcome of the war between two countries is the competition of national strength between the two countries.
Although the Kingdom of Lampali relied on its vigorous promotion of the magic industry after Sevini ascended the throne, it gained a lot of benefits from it and its national strength increased a lot.
But after all, the Lampali Kingdom has been weak for too long, and it is impossible to completely overwhelm the Sak Kingdom in less than two years.
Sevini had never thought of completely defeating the Sak Kingdom so easily. She knew very well that the most important thing for the Lampali Kingdom now was to continue to maintain the momentum of rapid development and continue to rapidly accumulate national power.
When the Lampali Kingdom becomes really powerful, it will be a matter of course to defeat the Sak Kingdom.
However, in order to achieve this, there is another very important prerequisite, which is to always have the full support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
As Her Majesty the Queen, and as the person who has the deepest contact with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and can even be said to be the person who knows the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce the best in the entire kingdom, Sevini knows better than anyone else that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, or Xu Yi, is What a terrifying power it contains.
Only with the full support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can the Lampali Kingdom continue to develop its magic industry smoothly, and can it rely on the magic industry to drive the kingdom's overall economy and rapidly increase its national strength.
However, it is not that easy to obtain the full support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, or to be more precise, to obtain the full support of Xu Yi.
And to Sevigny's relief. Xu Yiruo considered the issue simply from the perspective of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. So there is actually no difference between the Sark Kingdom and the Lampali Kingdom to him. They are all partners who can cooperate. Anyway, Xinfei brand magic machines are equally popular wherever they are.
However, Xu Yi has always supported Sevini unswervingly and has never considered any possibility of cooperation with the Sark Kingdom.
Therefore, in Sevini's view, in addition to being his personal friend, Xu Yi can also be regarded as the most important ally of the Lampali Kingdom.
Thinking of this, Sevini touched his lower abdomen with his hand and his expression became a little strange.
After being in a daze for a while, she slowly shook her head. He sighed softly and was about to continue reading the official documents when there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Come in."
Sevigny responded, and a moment later, a maid came in.
"Your Majesty, Duke Festalin and Count Satsuma are already here."
Looking at the not-so-familiar face of this maid, Sevini couldn't help but think of Betty and Carol who were given to Xu Yi by her, and couldn't help but be stunned again.
After a pause, she showed a wry smile and ordered the maid: "Let them in."
The maid took the order and left.
soon. Two footsteps with different frequencies, but both extremely heavy and powerful, sounded outside the door.
The door is opened. Duke Festalin, who has a high prestige in King Lampali's headquarters and is known as the "Eagle of Lampali", walked in together with Earl Satsuma, who had just returned to Anvilmar from Sevigny City yesterday.
The two of them bowed respectfully to Sevigny, and Duke Festalin asked in a muffled voice: "Your Majesty, why did you summon us specifically?"
Duke Festalin is sixty-seven years old this year, but he has a strong figure and a rosy face. He seems to be still in peak condition both mentally and physically.
If it weren't for the dazzling look on his head, at first glance, people would always mistakenly think that he is only in his forties.
Sevigny stood up from his chair, walked around the table, asked Duke Festaline and Earl Satsuma to sit on the sofa, then sat opposite them, pretending to be chatting, and asked: "Duke Festaline "You should be the person who knows the Sak Kingdom best in our Lampali Kingdom. Can you tell me, with the current strength of our Lampali Kingdom, is it possible to completely defeat the Sak Kingdom?"
"Impossible." Duke Festalin shook his head without hesitation. "Your Majesty, although we have a certain advantage on the battlefield, it is all due to the equipment advantage created by using military magic machinery. If we lose the absolute advantage of these equipment, our kingdom's army can only barely hold the border at best. ”
"What if we can maintain this advantage?" Sevigny asked again.
The Earl of Satsuma on the side suddenly moved, glanced at Sevigny, and then quickly lowered his eyelids, seemingly not paying attention to this issue.
"Have you always had this advantage?" Duke Festalin frowned and thought for a moment before shaking his head again. "It's still impossible. Your Majesty, the war between the two countries cannot be decided by the outcome of one or two or even a dozen battles. In many cases, it is only possible after hundreds or even thousands of battles. The final outcome will be determined. And in terms of the most crucial logistical issues that ensure the victory of these hundreds or even thousands of battles, our Lampali Kingdom is currently far behind the Sark Kingdom."
After a pause, Duke Festalin added: "Your Majesty, in fact, you have done a great job in the two years since you ascended the throne. I think as long as we continue like this, it won't take many years before we don't have to worry at all. The Kingdom of Sark.”
Seeing the sincere expression on Duke Festaline's face, Sevigny smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Great, Duke Festaline, since you have this idea, then I'm relieved. I hope you can come forward and say Do you think it’s OK for the public to express this view?”
Duke Festalin was startled for a moment, pondered for a moment, and immediately understood what Sevigny meant, and laughed loudly: "Okay! This old bone of mine belongs to the entire kingdom forever. As long as it is for the kingdom, I can do anything!"
Sevini showed a sweet smile to Duke Festalin and turned to look at Earl Summer.
"Count Satsuma, do you have an accurate number on the various magical machines that have been smuggled into the Kingdom of Sark through Sevigny City in the past few years?"
Count Satsuma frowned, wondering why Sevigny suddenly asked this question.
In fact, as early as when Lampali XIII was still alive, the smuggling of a large number of magic machines to the Kingdom of Sark through Sevini City was already underway, and this was approved by Xu Yi personally from Lampali XIII. "Official smuggling" on the part of the Lampali Kingdom.
In the past few years, no matter whether King Eric and Sevini ascended the throne successively, this has not changed, and they all seem to have acquiesced in this fact.
After all, through smuggling in this area, the Lampali Kingdom has gained a lot of profits from the Sark Kingdom, and no one will deliberately stop it with nothing to do.
Sevigny knew this very well, and even privately hinted to Count Satsuma that he could continue to increase the scale.
Now she suddenly asked this question, but why
Earl Satsuma pondered for a moment before replying: "Accurate figures are difficult to obtain. However, according to private estimates, the total amount involved in smuggling in this area has exceeded two million gold coins this year alone."
"Two million gold coins?" Sevini frowned and shook his head. "It's not that much."
Count Satsuma and Duke Festalin were both startled.
It's just smuggling, and the amount involved exceeds two million gold coins. Isn't that a lot
Her Majesty the Queen, what on earth do you want to do? (To be continued...)