Magic Industry Empire - 908. Chapter 908

The Candela Imperial Palace is located in the center of the capital Wimbledon, just north of the city, just standing on a hill far above the surrounding plains.

This hill was originally the only highland in a large flat-bottom nearby, and the palace was built so tall that all the citizens of Wimbledon could see the palace high above and brilliant gold coins as long as they looked up.

His Majesty, the great Emperor of the Candela Empire, will hold court meetings every morning in the most conspicuous building of the palace, which is also the core of the entire Candela Empire’s political affairs, to listen to the rewards of the empire’s ministers.

Generally speaking, this dynasty meeting is just a formality, and some important things are done and some brief reports are made to the emperor. As for the specific handling and implementation, it will be dealt with after the dynasty meeting.

So most of the time, His Majesty the Emperor would just sit on a tall chair, looking down at the ministers below, and just listening.

Today, however, the noble Emperor of the Candela Empire, His Majesty Debor XVII, has rarely stood up from a tall chair, and stared angrily at the middle standing in the middle wearing the costume of the Admiral of the Candela Empire. Young man.

“The dignified imperial navy can’t be solved by the fleet of a chamber of commerce. On the contrary, it was beaten up by the opponent, and its own battleship lost more than 70%! Duke Warner, this is the imperial navy under your command? This is the empire every year. An imperial navy that spends tens of millions of gold coins on it?”

The middle-aged man’s head was lowered and lowered, but he did not respond.

Seeing that he was speechless, De Boer XVII felt even more angry.

“Very well, since the empire spends tens of millions of gold every year and only raises a bunch of wastes that are inferior to waste, what do you need to do? From today on, the Imperial Navy will be removed! I don’t want to spend any more money on your waste. Body!”

Hearing the words of King De Boer XVII, the Duke of Warner raised his head abruptly, with a trace of surprise in his eyes.

Although there have been doubts and disputes within the empire about whether the navy needs to continue to exist, and even the military department’s budget for the imperial navy has been reduced year by year, the emperor has never made a statement, so the impact is not fatal.

But now, His Majesty the Emperor has been very angry because of the previous defeat of the Imperial Navy in the southern waters when facing the new Flying Merchants Association fleet, and even said the abolition of the Imperial Navy. If someone takes the opportunity to make some articles, then It is very likely to have a truly deadly impact on the Imperial Navy.

“Your Majesty, never!” It was not the Duke of Warner who shouted out these words, but the Marquis Hastri, the Minister of Finance of the Candela Empire, standing on the right hand of the Duke of Warner.

Seeing that he jumped out, not only the other ministers, but even King De Boer XVII was taken aback.

Because the Imperial Navy has always eaten a large amount of fiscal budget, it has made little contribution. As a result, the Imperial Treasury Department, which is responsible for the imperial fiscal budget, has always had great opinions on the Imperial Navy.

Now that His Majesty the Emperor claims to dismantle the imperial navy in anger, the most happy one should be the imperial treasury department.

Why did the Marquis of Hasserie jump out to oppose it?

De Boer XVII looked at him inexplicably: “Marquis Hasserie, why must it be absolutely necessary? If you can’t tell a convincing reason today, don’t blame me for being impolite.”

Listening to De Boer’s seventeenth’s obscure tone, all the ministers below were shocked.

It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is really angry this time.

If you still have to touch his mold at this time, I am afraid it will be really bad luck.

The Marquis of Hasterley wiped a cold sweat from his forehead, obviously the pressure in his heart was also great.

However, after he settled down, he still managed to remain calm and said: “Your Majesty. I don’t know anything about war, so I don’t comment on this aspect. But as the Minister of Finance, I hope to see it from the perspective of my concern. Prove the significance of the existence of the Imperial Navy.”

Everyone looked at him unexpectedly.

What is the significance of the imperial navy in terms of finances? Isn’t it meaningless except for the huge budget that eats up tens of millions of gold coins in the imperial finances every year?

“Oh? Tell me about it.” De Boer XVII was also aroused by curiosity.

“Your Majesty, it is true that the imperial navy swallows tens of millions of gold coins from the imperial budget every year, and in the previous few years, at least during the years when I was in office, there was basically no output and actual contribution. It can be called meaningless.”

Hearing this, the surrounding ministers couldn’t help nodding their heads.

This is in line with everyone’s impression and evaluation of the Imperial Navy.

“But…” The Marquis of Hasserie suddenly turned, and his voice slightly increased. “This situation has improved significantly in the last two years. Although I can’t give specific statistics, in the last two years, pirates in the southern waters of the empire have almost disappeared under the attack of the imperial navy. The industry has increased significantly. The three seaports in the southern part of the empire under the protection of the imperial navy alone have paid more than seven million gold coins in taxes so far this year.”

“Seven million gold coins?”

The ministers all around showed a surprised look.

Although for the huge Candela Empire, the tax of seven million gold coins is nothing at all.

But before that, the Imperial Treasury Department had never made any report on the taxation of the southern seaport, which is equivalent to no report.

But now this year is only one year, and this close to zero data suddenly soared to 7 million gold coins, which is really surprising.

“Is it just a tax from shipping?” asked De Boer XVII.

“Yes.” Marquis Hastri nodded. “The tax revenue of these seven million gold coins is entirely from the tax revenue of the three shipping ports. And the impact of this is far more than that. Because of the development of shipping, commercial activities on the southern coast of the empire have obviously been greatly improved. Therefore, This year, the taxes paid by the cities along the southern coast of the empire have also increased significantly. Compared to last year, the largest increase in the city even exceeded 300%!”

“Three hundred percent? Marquis Hastri, are you kidding me?” a minister couldn’t help but asked in a loud voice.

De Boer XVII also frowned slightly: “Marquis Hastri, this data is not a joke, are you sure?”

“Yes. Your Majesty, the Ministry of Finance now has detailed statistics, which you can review at any time. Regarding the empire’s finances, I absolutely dare not make any jokes.” Marquis Hastri said boldly.

De Boer XVII nodded slightly.

Of course he believed that the Marquis of Hasserie would lie about this kind of thing, because it did no good, and it was very easy to expose. It was impossible for him to take such a big risk to deceive the noble Emperor in public.

“That is to say…because of the existence of the navy, the pirates in the southern waters of the empire have been eliminated, and shipping has flourished, which has led to a substantial improvement in the financial situation of the southern coast of the empire, and the extent of this improvement is still very exaggerated. Marquis Hastri , That’s what you mean, right?” De Boer asked the seventeenth.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Marquis Hasstery said sternly. “If the existence of the Imperial Navy in the past did not show any specific significance, then I can be sure that because of the existence of the Imperial Navy, the maritime industry has ensured the vigorous development of the maritime industry. If we can increase investment in this area, I believe it will It is a very big boost to the growth of the empire’s finances.”

“Really?” De Boer XVII glanced at the silent Duke of Warner, and suddenly asked: “Then Duke of Warner, tell me why the Imperial Navy has not been able to clear the rampant southern waters for so many years. Pirates, have you suddenly been able to do it in the past two years?”

“Yes……”

Everyone reacted enough and looked at the Duke of Warner together.

However, everyone found that the expression on Duke Warner’s face was a little embarrassing after being asked this question by His Majesty.

Everyone was suddenly surprised.

The prestige and status of the Duke of Warner in the Candela Empire are so high, what else can embarrass him?

“Say!” De Boer XVII urged in a deep voice.

The Duke of Warner gave a wry smile, saluted De Boer XVII, and sighed slightly: “Your Majesty, in fact, the Navy can clean up all the pirates in the southern waters of the empire and even the surrounding waters within these two years, mainly because The help of the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce…”

“Huh?” Hearing this answer, the surrounding ministers and King De Boer were all dumbfounded.

How is it related to this new flying business association?

De Boer XVII frowned slightly.

He suddenly discovered that because he had always thought that the Imperial Navy had too little meaning, he didn’t care much about it at all, so that he didn’t know what the Imperial Navy did.

Judging from the answers given by the Duke of Warner, the changes made in the Imperial Navy in the past two years have a strong connection with this new flying business association, and the Duke of Warner even said that the “main” is because of the help of the new flying business association’s escort fleet. The imperial navy can purge the pirates in the southern waters.

Judging from this point, we can know that the capabilities of the new flying chamber of commerce escort fleet obviously far exceed the Imperial Navy. Otherwise, why the Imperial Navy can’t clean up those pirates for so many years. It can be done with the help of the new flying chamber of commerce escort fleet. arrive.

Contacting the previous report that the Imperial Navy was defeated by the fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce further proved this inference.

Thinking of this, De Boer XVII slowly sat back on his chair, recovered his calm, and said to Duke Warner: “Duke Warner, come, introduce this new flying chamber of commerce escort fleet. Why is there a chamber of commerce fleet in this district? Will it be stronger than our dignified Candela Imperial Navy?”

Just as the Duke of Warner was about to speak, the Marquis Hasserie on the side suddenly interjected: “Your Majesty, can you let me introduce this new flying business association to you first? I think as long as you listen to my introduction, you should understand this one. Why is the escort fleet under the New Flying Chamber of Commerce back so strong?”

De Boer XVII frowned slightly, feeling a little unhappy because his question was snatched by the Marquis Hastrey, but his curiosity about the New Flying Chamber of Commerce made him ignore this unhappiness.

“Okay, then you can introduce this new flying chamber of commerce. I want to see what is so peculiar about this chamber of commerce that can actually make the two most important ministers in our empire talk about it. ”

The Marquis of Hasserie bowed respectfully to King De Boer, pondered for a moment, and said: “Your Majesty, in fact…I have been looking for a good time to introduce you to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, because I think, The Empire must pay enough attention to this Chamber of Commerce…”