Magic Industry Empire - 684. Chapter 684

The breeze of autumn blew, and there was a hint of chill in the air, and it quietly flowed from the window into a hut in the backyard of King Lampari’s palace.

Sevigny felt a little groggy in his head, and was blown by this chilly breeze, but his body trembled slightly, but he was more energetic.

If it were before, she would definitely feel that this trend came just right, and it could inspire her to continue to handle government affairs efficiently.

However, this time she raised her head and glanced out of the window, staring at the leaves falling by the breeze outside the window for a rare moment, then hesitated for a while, got up and closed the window.

Returning to the table, Severini picked up a document that had just been put down, and after scanning it twice, a smile from the heart appeared on his face again.

This is a report on the financial statistics of the Lampari Kingdom last month.

From this report, it can be clearly seen that the revenue of the Lampari Kingdom has now made considerable progress.

In just one month’s time last month, the total fiscal revenue calculated from all parts of the Lampari Kingdom actually exceeded 500,000 gold coins.

You know, when Severini’s father, Lampari XIII, and his brother, King Eric, were reigning, the revenue of the Kingdom of Lampari for the entire year was only a mere one million gold coins, on average every month. If it is, it is only about 100,000 gold coins.

But less than two years after Servigny took the throne, the fiscal revenue of the entire kingdom has increased several times.

Following the current trend of growth, when the annual fiscal revenue statistics are conducted this year, it is likely to exceed the five million gold coin mark.

Severini knows that five million gold coins are actually not a big number for many large chambers of commerce and noble families.

But for the consistently 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 Lampari Kingdom’s finances much more generous than before, and will enable Severini to have money to do a lot of things.

The most obvious manifestation of this is military expenditure.

Before Servigny took the throne, the annual military expenditure of the Lampari Kingdom was at most 300,000 gold coins, and this was in response to the threat of the Sark Kingdom, and it was forced out of the small fiscal revenue. of.

But now with the increase in the financial income of the Lampari Kingdom, Severini immediately increased its military spending.

Last year, the Lampari Kingdom invested more than 800,000 gold coins in military spending.

Only less than ten months have passed since this year, and the Lampari Kingdom has invested more than 1.5 million gold coins in military expenditure.

If settled by the end of the year, this amount will most likely exceed a full two million gold coins.

This figure has even exceeded the previous year’s fiscal revenue of the Lampari Kingdom!

With such a generous military expenditure, the army of the Kingdom of Lampari quickly got a significant improvement.

Take the Zhenbei Army, which Servigny most values, as an example. Now the Zhenbei Army not only has a complete set of weapons and equipment, but also equipped with a large number of military magic machinery, which has made the combat effectiveness of the Zhenbei Army qualitatively improved. .

Beginning in the second half of last year, the Zhenbei Army began to counterattack the Kingdom of Sark under Severini’s instruction.

From the first action to the present one year, the Zhenbei Army has attacked the border between the two countries many times and fought several times with the wolf army guarding the border of the Kingdom of Sark, each time it was a complete victory. .

The Sac Kingdom’s Greedy Wolf Army originally had more than 50,000 elite soldiers, but in these several battles, the Zhenbei Army had killed more than 10,000 more than 10,000, and even defeated an elite brigade under the Greedy Wolf Army. It was abruptly beaten.

Since the establishment of the Kingdom of Lampari, the Kingdom of Thrall has always had an absolute advantage over the Kingdom of Lampari, and it has never been like this. In turn, it has been bullied by the Kingdom of Lampari so much that it can’t fight back.

Because of the achievements of the Zhenbei Army, newspapers from all over the Lampari Kingdom spread their reports this year.

For a while, all the people of the Lampari Kingdom were morale high, and some people even shouted out the slogan of directly marching into the Sark Kingdom, completely destroying the Sark Kingdom, and even occupying the Sark Kingdom.

However, Servigny knew very well that the reason why the Lampari Kingdom’s army was able to win consecutive battles was that the massive investment in military expenditures improved the combat effectiveness of the Zhenbei Army. At the same time, there is also a very important reason, that is, it is equipped with a large number of Military magic machinery has led to the absolute superiority of the Zhenbei Army in armaments and weapons.

Although this can make the Zhenbei Army invincible on the battlefield, the war is not only limited to the battle on the battlefield, but also affected by many other factors.

The most important thing that determines the final victory or defeat of the war between two countries is to compete for the national strength of both sides.

Although the Kingdom of Lampari relied on the promotion of the magic industry after Servigny ascended the throne, it gained a lot of benefits from it, and its national strength was greatly enhanced.

But the Kingdom of Lampari has been weak for too long after all, and it is impossible to completely overwhelm the Kingdom of Sark in less than two years.

Severini had never thought of completely destroying the Kingdom of Sark in such a simple way. She knew very well that for the Kingdom of Lampari, the most important thing was to continue to maintain the momentum of rapid development and continue to accumulate national power quickly.

When the Lampari Kingdom is really strong, then it is logical to want to defeat the Sac Kingdom.

However, to achieve this, another very important prerequisite is to be able to always obtain the full support of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

As Her Majesty, at the same time, as the person who has the deepest contact with the New Flying Business Association, it can even be said that he is the person who knows the New Flying Business Association best in the entire kingdom. Sevigny knows better than anyone, the New Flying Business Association, or Xu Yi. What a terrible power is hidden.

Only with the full support of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, can the Kingdom of Lampari continue to develop the magic industry smoothly, and be able to drive the kingdom’s overall economy and rapidly increase its national strength by virtue of the magic industry.

However, it is not so easy to obtain the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, or to be more precise, to obtain the full support of Xu Yi.

And what makes Servigny feel gratified is that if Xu Yi considers the problem from the perspective of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, then there is no difference between the Kingdom of Sark and the Kingdom of Lampari to him, and they are both objects of cooperation. Anyway, Xinfei Magic Machinery is equally popular everywhere.

But Xu Yi has always supported Servigny unwaveringly, and has never considered any possibility of cooperating with the Kingdom of Sark.

So in Sevigny’s view, in addition to being his personal friend, Xu Yi can also be regarded as the most important ally of the Lampari Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Servigny touched her lower abdomen with her hand, her expression turned a little weird.

After a while, she shook her head slowly and sighed slightly. As she was about to read the official documents, the door was suddenly knocked.

“Come in.”

Sevigny responded, and a moment later, a maid walked in

“Your Majesty, Lord Festalin and Lord Summer have arrived.”

Seeing this maid’s not so familiar face, Severini couldn’t help but think of Betty and Kahlo who had been given to Xu Yi by her, and couldn’t help but be stunned again.

After a pause, she smiled bitterly and told the maid: “Let them in.”

The maid took the order and left.

Soon, two different frequencies sounded outside the door, but both were extremely heavy and powerful footsteps.

The door was opened, and Duke Festalin, known as the “Eagle of Lampari”, with high prestige in the military headquarters of the Kingdom of Lampari, walked in with the Earl of Summer who had returned to Anvimar from Servigny only yesterday. .

The two paid a respectful salute to Severine, and Duke Festalin asked in a low voice, “Your Majesty, may I ask you why you specifically summoned us?”

Duke Festalin is sixty-seven years old this year, but he has a strong body and a red face, as if he is still at its peak both mentally and physically.

If it weren’t for the dazzling trigger, one glance would make people mistakenly think that he is only in his forties this year.

Severini got up from his chair, walked around the table, and invited Duke Festalin and Count Summer to sit down on the sofa beside them, and then sat down opposite them, posing as if chatting, and asked: “Duke Festalin , You should be the person in our Lampari Kingdom who knows the Sark Kingdom best. Can you tell me, with the current strength of our Lampari Kingdom, is it possible to completely defeat the Sark Kingdom?”

“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 use of military magic machinery. If we lose the absolute advantage of these equipment, our kingdom’s army can barely hold the border at best. .”

“Then what if we can always maintain this advantage?” Servigny asked again.

The Count Summer on the side moved a look, glanced at Severini, and then quickly lowered his eyelids, as if he hadn’t paid attention to the problem.

“Always have this advantage?” Duke Festalin frowned for a moment and shook his head again. “It’s still impossible. Your Majesty, the war between the two countries cannot be determined by the outcome of one or two or even a dozen battles. In many cases, it is possible only if there have been hundreds or even thousands of battles. Decide the final victory or defeat. In terms of the most crucial logistical issue that guarantees the victory of hundreds or even thousands of battles, our Kingdom of Lampari is currently far behind the Kingdom of Sark.”

After a pause, Duke Festalin added: “Your Majesty, in fact, you have done a very good job in the two years since you were on the throne. I think as long as we continue to do this, it won’t take many years to worry about it. Kingdom of Sark.”

Seeing the sincere expression on Duke Festalin’s face, Servigny smiled slightly and nodded and said: “Great, Duke Festalin, since you have the same idea, then I’m relieved. I hope you can face it. Do you think it’s okay for the public to express this point of view?”

Duke Festalin was taken aback, and he pondered for a moment. He immediately understood what Severini meant and laughed loudly: “Okay! This old bone of mine will always belong to the entire kingdom. As long as it is for the kingdom, let me do anything!”

Servigny smiled sweetly at Duke Festalin and turned to look at Earl Summer.

“Earl Summer, the various magic machines smuggled into the Kingdom of Sark through the city of Servigny in the past few years, do you have an accurate figure in your heart?”

Count Summer frowned, wondering how Severini suddenly asked this question.

In fact, as early as when Lampari XIII was still alive, the smuggling of a large number of magic machines to the Kingdom of Sark through the city of Severni was already in progress, and this was the approval Xu Yi personally obtained from Lampari XIII. “Official smuggling” on the side of the Lampari Kingdom.

Whether it was King Eric and Servigny ascending the throne successively in the past few years, this has not changed, and it seems that they have acquiesced to this fact.

After all, through smuggling in this area, the Lampari Kingdom gained a lot of profits from the Sark Kingdom, and no one would have nothing to do to deliberately ban it.

Servigny knew this very well, and even privately hinted to Earl Summers that he could continue to increase the scale.

Now she suddenly asked this question, but why?

Count Summer pondered for a moment before he replied: “Accurate numbers are difficult to obtain. However, according to private estimates, the total amount involved in smuggling in this year has exceeded two million gold coins.”

“Two million gold coins?” Servigny frowned and shook his head. “It’s not too much.”

Both the Earl of Summer and the Duke of Festalin were taken aback.

It’s just smuggling, and the amount involved exceeds a full two million gold coins. Isn’t that much?

Her Majesty, what does she want to do?