Magic Industry Empire - 473. Chapter 473

The city of Dulecton is slightly souther than the city of Surwell, but the wind and snow from the north still covered the entire city of Dulecton this morning, dyeing the entire city white.

Count Michel put down the letter in his hand and looked out the window.

The snow shrouded outside the window, and icicles hung on the branches, which looked extraordinarily beautiful. It also indicated that the city of Dulecton is likely to usher in a bumper year next year.

But Count Michele didn’t feel the slightest joy in his heart at this moment, but fell into a trace of anxiety.

His Royal Highness Prince Eric clearly expressed his dissatisfaction with Earl Longley’s private contact with Xu Yi, and even inviting the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to invest in Basaru City. He even criticized Earl Longley in this reply to Earl Michel. A traitor, not only betrayed His Royal Highness Prince Eric, but also betrayed his dead father.

Perhaps because of the anger caused by Earl Longley, His Royal Highness Prince Eric was also very dissatisfied with Earl Michel’s previous letter as to whether he should cooperate with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. Every line in the line was full of doubts about Earl Michel, and even Questioning, just didn’t directly ask Earl Michel if he also wanted to be a traitor.

Earl Michele’s reaction to Prince Eric was not surprising, but he was very disappointed that Prince Eric could only express his anger in this situation.

Before he really understood why Earl Longley contacted Xu Yi, he directly judged Earl Longley as a traitor. In the eyes of Earl Michel, it was really a very stingy approach.

Even if Earl Longley had indeed contacted Xu Ye, he had indeed invited the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to invest in Batrou City, but this is not the same as his betrayal of His Royal Highness Prince Eric, and it does not mean that Batrou City and the Longley family are about to go from here. Transferred to the side of Her Royal Highness Severini.

At this time, Prince Eric’s correct approach should be to check the situation clearly and make judgments and decisions after clearly understanding Earl Longley’s thoughts, rather than directly pushing Earl Longley out from the beginning.

He has identified Earl Longley as a traitor, so even if Earl Longley did not really betray the idea of Prince Eric, in this case, I am afraid that he will be forced to leave.

The supporters of His Royal Highness Prince Eric in the northeastern provinces were not particularly large, only himself, Earl Longley and Earl Will of Lemart City.

Now he defines Earl Longli as a traitor, and still questioning himself in his heart. Is it because he intends to abandon the support of the entire northeastern province?

Although the city of Lemmard of Earl Will is the largest city in the Northeast Province, it still cannot represent the entire Northeast Province by relying on Lemmard City alone.

What’s more, compared to Count Summer, the staunch supporter of the Lady Severini in Sever City, Earl Will is probably not better than that.

Moreover, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has also entered the city of Severe for a large amount of investment. If the Earl of Summer and Severe are given a few years to make Severe city the same as Bonta, then the entire northeastern province may have to Look at the face of Count Summer.

Thinking of this, Earl Michel suddenly felt a strong sense of exhaustion.

His Royal Highness Prince Eric’s attitude towards him made him a little unhappy, and his Royal Highness Prince Eric’s way of handling things made him greatly disappointed.

He even felt that his original choice was a bit wrong.

“Perhaps… it would be better to choose to support Her Royal Highness Severine?”

This idea just came to Count Michelle’s mind, and he immediately threw it out with a flick of his head.

As a veteran aristocrat who is almost 60 years old and has experienced several changes in the political situation of the kingdom, he even has a truth.

That is, in the fiercest competition, there are winners and losers, but the most unpopular ones are always the vacillating ones.

Count Michelle sighed, squeezed his forehead, let his expression relax, picked up the bell on the table and shook it gently, calling his personal butler in.

“Let’s check it out. During the two days when Earl Longli and Xu Yi were together, what on earth did they do, and even what they said, try to find out as much as possible.” Count Michel first ordered. “Then send a gift to Earl Longley in my name and tell him a word.”

The butler stared at Count Michelle intently.

Count Michelle paused and thought for a while before continuing: “Just tell him that I hope he can inherit the legacy of the old Longli and be the lord of Batru.”

The butler looked a little weird, and this was the first time he had received such a vague order from Earl Michel.

But the butler did not have any thoughts of asking, and honestly wrote down these two commands.

“By the way, are the supplies delivered to Prince Eric ready?” Count Michel asked again.

“It’s ready, you can load the carriage and set off at any time.” The butler replied.

“Carriage?” Count Michel smiled, with sarcasm in his smile. “Well, arrange the loading and departure as soon as possible. Our prince is afraid we can’t wait.”

The butler responded, but stopped talking.

“Say.” Count Michele said solemnly.

The butler hurriedly said: “Master Earl, when collecting these materials, there were some unsophisticated people who tried to resist. As a result, the soldiers of the City Guard didn’t pay attention to it for a while, and they made too heavy a move. As a result…”

Seeing the butler’s embarrassed face, Count Michel sank his face: “How many died?”

The butler smiled bitterly and replied: “Thirteen people have died so far, and 56 people have been seriously injured. I am afraid that there are more than 20 people who can’t survive.”

“Then it will die close to forty people?” Count Michel’s face was gloomy as if dripping water. “I asked them to collect supplies, not to let them kill people!”

The butler looked at the anger hidden in Count Michel’s eyebrows, and was scared in his heart, but still had to explain: “Earl, now it’s the end of the year. There is not much that can be left in the homes of the civilians, and they have been forcibly taken away. , Of course they will desperately. The soldiers of the City Guard can’t help but fight back, and then…”

The butler did not dare to speak any more, looking at the look on Count Michel’s face, he suspected that if he continued to speak, maybe even he would be unlucky.

Count Michel was silent for a long time with a sullen face, and then took a deep breath, waved his hand and said: “Since you have been killed, then forget it. The soldiers who killed the people were fined 100 gold coins each. , If you can’t hand it over, all will be sent to prison.”

The butler was surprised: “My Lord Earl, I’m afraid there will be questions like this…”

Count Michelle glanced at him, and the butler immediately swallowed the following words back into his stomach.

“Okay, go and arrange for the supplies to be quickly loaded into the car and shipped out.” Count Michel waved his hand and signaled the housekeeper to go out.

Seeing Count Michele’s expression full of exhaustion, the butler did not dare to say more, so he quietly withdrew after the salute.

After standing there for a while, Earl Michelle suddenly let out a long sigh, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face.

“It turns out that our huge city of Dulecton is actually struggling to collect 300,000 gold coins?”

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“My lord, this is the account that will be handed over to the Kingdom Finance. Please check it.” The Financial Affairs Officer of the City Lord’s Mansion of Bangta City respectfully held an account in both hands and handed it over to the opposite Sevigny.

Sevigny took it and just flipped through it, then nodded and put it down.

“I have already cleared this account, so I don’t need to check it too much.” Severini smiled. “This year, in Bangta City, we were able to pay more than 700,000 gold coins to the kingdom’s finances for taxation. It is inseparable from your hard work. You have worked hard, and I am here to express my gratitude to you on behalf of your father.”

The various officials of the City Lord’s Mansion in the room quickly got up and bowed to Severine with fear.

“His Royal Highness, this is our job, but I can’t afford to thank you.”

Saying that, everyone was happy, and the whole room was full of joy.

The financial income of Bangta City this year is much higher than that of last year. The lives of all people in Bangta City have greatly improved. After they leave the city government office, they are respected no matter where they are.

“It is precisely because of your excellent work that our Bangta City can be used for such a good development. It is also right to thank you.” Servigny said. “Okay, everyone sit down. Let’s discuss the development plan of Bangta City next year. Baron Fumar, tell me that after the Kingdom’s finances have been handed in, and after the various expenditures for this year have been settled, we, Bangta How much money does the city finance have left?”

Baron Fumar did not need to look at any records, and directly replied: “There are still 1,276,346 gold coins left.”

“That’s close to 1,280,000 gold coins.” Servigny nodded. “Do you have any good suggestions on how to spend this money?”

Everyone looked at each other, and they all hesitated.

“Don’t be afraid, just express your opinions, I just want to ask you what feasible suggestions are.” Severini encouraged.

“Then… Lord City Lord, let me make a suggestion first.” Baron Fumar raised his hand.

Servigny nodded to him, showing an encouraging smile.

Baron Fumar hurriedly sat upright and said with a serious face: “His Royal Highness, I propose to spend a sum of money to repair the old town of our Bangta City. Now our Bangta City is gradually developing into the most prosperous city in the south of the kingdom. But. The old city is still the same as it used to be. I think it’s a bit inconsistent with the current status of Bangta City.”

“Yes, compared with the clean, beautiful and tidy new city outside, the old city is simply another world.” Another secretary also agreed. “Now people in the old city want to move to the new city. If I didn’t want to save some money to buy a villa built by the Amli Chamber of Commerce, I would have moved out a long time ago.”

“Yes, the old town is small and crowded. It’s not convenient to do anything. It’s not bad to repair it to make it more beautiful.”

“Well, I think so too…”

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Hearing everyone agreeing, Servigny thought for a while and nodded: “This is a good proposal. Then, Baron Fumar, since you made this proposal, have you ever thought about how much this proposal will cost?”

Obviously Baron Fumar had already thought about it, and replied with a well-informed look: “My Lord, we obviously cannot really make radical changes to the old city, so my proposal is only for some particularly shabby and unusable ones. Part of it is repaired. So just build some public facilities, repair some worn-out parts, and make some improvements to some places. According to my preliminary estimation, about 50,000 gold coins are enough.”

“Is it only fifty thousand gold coins?” Severini was a little surprised. “You are really saving. Okay, remove these 50,000 gold coins. We still have more than 1.2 million gold coins in our fiscal balance. Do you have any better suggestions?”

Baron Fumar was a little strange: “My Lord, do you want to spend all these more than 1.2 million gold coins?”

“Of course it’s not enough to spend all of it. But it’s no use keeping so much money in your hands, isn’t it? The money comes from taxes paid by the people of Bangta City, so of course it should be spent on improving their lives. Come on, Think about the new proposal again.”

Everyone looked at each other and couldn’t think of any good ideas for a while.

Seeing the embarrassment of everyone, Severini sighed, thinking that if Xu was here, there would be a lot of novel ideas.

This guy makes a lot of money, and he also spends money very well.

But then Servigny felt a little funny again.

When almost all cities in the kingdom are having a headache for financial settlement at the end of the year, I am worrying about how to spend money next year. This is really an extravagant worry.