Chapter 38 National Power
The autumn breeze blew, mixed with a hint of chill in the air, and it quietly flowed from the window into a small house in the backyard of the King of Lampari Palace. Point ○
Sewini felt a little dizzy in his head, but was blown by the chill breeze, but his body shook slightly, and he became much more energetic.
If it were the past, she would definitely feel that this trend came just right, which would make her excited and continue to handle government affairs efficiently.
However, this time she raised her head and looked out the window, staring at the fallen leaves hanging by the breeze outside the window, and was stunned for a while, after a moment of contemplation, she stood up and closed the window.
Back at the table, Sevini picked up a document he had just put down, glanced at it, and a heartfelt smile appeared on his face again.
This is a financial statistics report from the Kingdom of Lampari last month.
Through this statement, it is obvious that the fiscal revenue of the Kingdom of Lampari has made great progress.
In just one month last month, the total fiscal revenue calculated from various parts of the Kingdom of Lampari actually exceeded 500,000 gold coins.
You should know that when Sevini's father Lampari XIII and his brother King Eric were in power, the fiscal revenue of the Lampari Kingdom was only about one million gold coins throughout the year, and on average, it was only about one hundred thousand gold coins per month.
Less than two years after Sevini ascended the throne, the fiscal revenue of the entire kingdom has increased several times.
As the current trend continues, when the annual fiscal revenue statistics are conducted this year, it is very likely to exceed the five million gold mark.
Sevini knew that five million gold coins were actually not a big number for many large chambers of commerce and noble families.
But for the always poor Kingdom of Lampari, this is already a very remarkable achievement.
If the annual fiscal revenue can exceed five million gold coins, it will make the finances of the Kingdom of Lampari much more abundant than before, and will allow Sevini to have money to do a lot of things.
This is most obvious in terms of military spending.
Before Sevini ascended the throne, the military expenditure of King Lambari King **'s troops was at most 300,000 gold coins per year, and this was squeezed out from the already small fiscal revenue in order to cope with the threat of the Sach Kingdom.
But now with the increase in the fiscal revenue of the Kingdom of Lampari, Sevini immediately increased his military expenditure.
Last year, the Kingdom of Lampari invested more than 800,000 gold coins in military expenditure.
It has only been less than ten months since this year. The Kingdom of Lampari has invested more than one.5 million gold coins in military spending.
If settled by the end of the year, this amount will most likely exceed two million gold coins.
This number has even exceeded the previous fiscal revenue of the Lampari Kingdom for the whole year!
Having such ample military expenditures has quickly improved the army of the Lampari Kingdom.
Taking the Zhenbei Army, which Sevini valued the most, as an example, not only does each soldier of the Zhenbei Army now have a complete set of weapons and equipment, but also is equipped with a large number of military magic machinery, which has qualitatively improved the combat effectiveness of the Zhenbei Army.
Since the second half of last year, the Zhenbei Army has begun to fight back against the Sak Kingdom under the instruction of Sevini.
From the first action to the present year, the Zhenbei Army attacked many times on the borders of the two countries and fought several times with the Greedy Wolf Legion guarding the border of the Sak Kingdom. Each time it was a complete victory.
The Sak Kingdom's Greedy Wolf Legion originally had more than 50,000 elite soldiers, but in these several battles, they were killed by the Zhenbei Army for more than 10,000, and even the entire establishment of an elite brigade under the Greedy Wolf Legion was defeated.
Since the founding of the Kingdom of Lampari, the Kingdom of Sar has always had an absolute advantage over the Kingdom of Lampari, and has never been like this now. In turn, it has been bullied by the Kingdom of Lampari and has no power to fight back.
Because of the achievements of Zhenbei Army, newspapers from all over the Kingdom of Lampari have been widely reported on it this year.
For a time, all the people of the Lampari Kingdom were full of morale, and some even shouted the slogan of directly entering the Sak Kingdom, completely defeating the Sak Kingdom, and even occupying the Sak Kingdom.
However, Sevini knew very well that the reason why the army of the Kingdom of Lampari was able to win a victory in a row was that the large amount of military expenditure improved the combat effectiveness of the Zhenbei Army. At the same time, there was another very important reason, which was that it was equipped with a large number of military magic machinery, which led to the Zhenbei Army having an absolute advantage in military 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 is to determine the final outcome of a war between two countries, but the most important thing is to compete with the national strength of both sides.
Although the Kingdom of Lampari gained a lot of benefits from it by promoting the magic industry after Sevini ascended the throne, the national strength has been greatly enhanced.
But the Kingdom of Lampari has been weak for too long, and it is impossible for it to completely overwhelm the Kingdom of Sak in just less than two years.
Sevini never thought that it would completely defeat the Sak Kingdom so simply. She knew very well that for the Kingdom of Lampari, the most important thing is to continue to maintain the momentum of rapid development and continue to accumulate national strength quickly.
When the Kingdom of Lampari becomes really strong, it will be natural to defeat the Kingdom of Saks.
However, if you want to achieve this, another very important premise is to be able to always receive 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 one who knows the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce the most in the entire kingdom, Sevini knows more than anyone else how terrible power the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, or Xu Yi, contains.
Only by obtaining the full support of the New Air Chamber of Commerce can the Kingdom of Lampari continue to develop the magic industry smoothly, and can rely on the magic industry to drive the overall economy of the Kingdom and quickly improve its national strength.
However, it is not that easy to get the New Air Chamber of Commerce, or to be more precise, it is not that easy to get the full support of Xu Yi.
What made Sevini feel relieved was that if Xu Yi simply considered the issue from the perspective of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, then there was no difference between the Sack Kingdom and the Lampari Kingdom. They were both partners who could cooperate. Anyway, the New Flying Magic Machinery was the same as popular everywhere.
However, Xu Yi has always been unswervingly supporting Sevini and has never considered any possibility of cooperation with the Kingdom of Sachs.
So in Sevini's view, in addition to being his own personal friend, Xu Yi can also be regarded as the most important ally of the Kingdom of Lampari.
Thinking of this, Sevini touched his lower abdomen with his hands, and his expression became a little strange.
After a while of being stunned, she slowly shook her head and sighed softly, and was about to continue reading the official documents, but the door was suddenly knocked.
"Come in."
Sewini responded, and a moment later a maid walked in
"Your Majesty, Lord Festalin and Lord Sammo are here."
Looking at the maid's face that was not so familiar, 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 pausing, she smiled bitterly and ordered the maid: "Let them come in."
The maid took the order and left.
Soon, two different frequencies sounded outside the door, but they were extremely heavy and powerful footsteps.
The door was opened. The Duke of Festalin, who had a high prestige in King Lampari's tribe and was known as the "Eagle of Lampari", walked in with Earl Samo, who had just returned from Sevini to Anweimar yesterday.
The two respectfully saluted Sevini, and the Duke of Festalin asked in a muffled voice: "Your Majesty, what did you summon us specifically?"
The Duke of Festalin is sixty-seven years old this year, but he is strong and has a red face. He seems to be at his peak in both spirit and body.
If it weren't for the dazzling trigger, at first glance, people would always mistakenly think that he was only in his forties this year.
Sevini stood up from the chair, walked around the table, asked the Duke of Festalin and Earl Samore to sit down on the sofa, then sat opposite them, posed for chatting, and asked, "Duke of Festalin, you should be the one who knows the Kingdom of Sakh best in our Kingdom of Lampari. Can you tell me that with the current strength of our Kingdom of Lampari, is it possible to completely defeat the Kingdom of Sakh?"
"Impossible." Duke Festalin shook his head without hesitation. "Your Majesty, although we have a certain advantage on the battlefield, it is all caused by the equipment advantages caused by military magic machinery. If we lose the absolute advantage in these equipment, the army of our kingdom can only barely defend the border at most."
"What if we can keep this advantage forever?" Sewini asked again.
Earl Samo, who was beside him, glanced at Sevini, and then quickly lowered his eyelids, as if he had not paid attention to this issue.
"Have you always had this advantage?" Duke Festalin frowned and shook his head again. "It's still impossible. Your Majesty, the war between the two countries cannot be decided by the victory or defeat of one or two or even a dozen battles. Many times, only if hundreds or even more than a thousand battles can the final victory or defeat be determined. In the most important logistics issue that ensures the victory or defeat of these hundreds or even thousands of battles, our Lambari Kingdom is still far from the Sach Kingdom."
After a pause, the Duke of 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 persist in this, we will not have to worry about the Kingdom of Sachs in a long time."
Seeing the sincere expression on Duke Festalin's face, Sevini smiled slightly and nodded, "That's great, Duke Festalin, since even you have this idea, I'm relieved. I hope you can express this view to the public. Do you think it's good?"
Duke Festalin was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, and immediately understood what Sewini meant, laughed loudly, "Okay! My old bone will always belong to the entire kingdom. 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 Count Samo.
"Earl Samo, do you have an accurate number in your mind that various magical machinery smuggled into the Sac through the city of Sevini in the past few years?"
Earl Samo frowned, not understanding why Sevini suddenly asked this question.
In fact, as early as when Lampari XIII was still alive, smuggling a large number of magical machinery to the Kingdom of Sak through the city of Sevini was already underway. This was approved by Xu Yi personally from Lampari XIII, and it was considered an "official smuggling" in the Kingdom of Lampari.
In recent years, whether King Eric and Sevini ascended the throne one after another, this has not changed at all. It seems that they have agreed that this fact exists.
After all, through this smuggling, the Kingdom of Lampari has made a lot of profits from the Kingdom of Saks, and no one will do anything to deliberately ban it.
Sewini knew this and even privately hinted to Count Samore that he could continue to increase the scale.
Now she suddenly asked this question, but why?
Earl Samore pondered for a moment before answering: "Accurate numbers are difficult to obtain. However, according to private estimates, the total amount involved in smuggling in this regard has exceeded two million gold coins this year."
"Two million gold coins?" Sewini frowned and shook his head. "It's not too much."
Earl of Sammo and Duke of Festalin were both stunned.
It's just smuggling, with the amount involved exceeding two million gold coins. Not much?
What exactly does Her Majesty the Queen want to do? (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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