Chapter 38 National Strength

The autumn breeze blew, with a hint of chill in the air, quietly flowing through the window into a small room in the backyard of King Lampari's palace. Point ○

Sevini originally felt a little dizzy in his head, but was blown by the chilly breeze, but his body shook slightly, but he became much more energetic.

If it was in the past, she would definitely feel that this wind came at the right time, which could cheer her up and continue to handle government affairs efficiently.

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

Returning to the desk, Seweini picked up a document that had just been put down, glanced at it twice, and a heartfelt smile appeared on his face again.

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

Through this report, it can be clearly seen that the financial revenue of the Lampari Kingdom has made great progress.

In just one month last month, the total financial revenue from all parts of the Lampari Kingdom has exceeded 500,000 gold coins.

You know, when Sevini's father, Lampari XIII, and his elder brother, King Eric, were in power, the annual financial revenue of the Lampari Kingdom was only a mere one million gold coins. If it is, it is only about 100,000 gold coins.

And Seweini has not been on the throne for less than two years now, and the fiscal revenue of the entire kingdom has increased several times.

According to the current trend of growth, when the annual fiscal revenue statistics are carried out in this year, it is very likely that it will exceed the five million gold coin mark.

Sevigny knew. Five million gold coins is actually for many large chambers of commerce and noble families. Not a huge number.

But for the always poor Lampari Kingdom. This is already a very remarkable achievement.

If the annual financial revenue can exceed five million gold coins, the Lampari Kingdom's finances will be much better than before, and Seweney will be able to do many things with money.

This is most evident in military spending.

Before Sevigne ascended the throne, the annual military expenditure of King Lampari's army was at most three hundred thousand gold coins, and this was to deal with the threat of the Sark Kingdom, out of the originally small financial revenue. Squeeze out.

But now, with the increase in financial revenue of the Lampari Kingdom, Sevini immediately increased military spending.

last year. The Lampari Kingdom has invested more than 800,000 gold coins in military expenditures.

Less than ten months have passed since this year, and the Lampari Kingdom has already invested more than 1.5 million gold coins in military expenditures.

If it is 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 entire year!

With such generous military expenditures, the army of the Lampari Kingdom has quickly improved significantly.

Take the Zhenbei Army, which Sevini values ​​most, as an example. Not only does each soldier of the Zhenbei Army have a complete set of weapons and equipment, but they are also equipped with a large number of military magic machines, which has qualitatively improved the combat effectiveness of the Zhenbei Army. .

Since the second half of last year, the Zhenbei Army has begun to counterattack the Kingdom of Sark under Seweni's instruction.

And from the first movement to the present within a year. The Zhenbei Army has attacked many times on the border between the two countries, and fought several times with the Greedy Wolf Legion guarding the border of the Kingdom of Sark. It's a big win every time.

The Greedy Wolf Legion of the Kingdom of Sark originally had more than 50,000 elite soldiers, but in these several battles, more than 10,000 were brutally killed by the Zhenbei Army, and even an elite brigade under the Greedy Wolf Legion was completely defeated. It was lost abruptly.

Since the founding of the Lampari Kingdom, the Thrall Kingdom has always had an absolute advantage over the Lampari Kingdom. It has never been like this, and it has been bullied by the Lampari Kingdom and has no power to fight back.

Because of the achievements of the Zhenbei Army, newspapers from all over the Lampari Kingdom have reported on it this year.

For a moment, all the people of the Kingdom of Lampari had high morale, and some people even shouted the slogan of directly marching into the Kingdom of Sark, completely defeating the Kingdom of Sark, and even occupying the Kingdom of Sark.

However, Sevini is very clear that the reason why the army of the Lampari Kingdom has been able to win successive battles is that a large amount of military expenditure has improved the combat effectiveness of the Zhenbei Army. The military magic machinery has led to the Zhenbei Army occupying an absolute advantage in armaments and weapons.

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

To determine the final outcome of a war between two countries, the most important thing is to compete with each other's national strength.

Although the Kingdom of Lampari gained a lot of benefits by vigorously promoting the magic industry after Servigny ascended the throne, and its national strength has been greatly enhanced.

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

Sevini never thought that it would be so easy to completely defeat the Sac Kingdom. She knew very well that the most important thing for the Lampari Kingdom now is to continue to maintain the momentum of rapid development and continue to rapidly accumulate national power.

When the Kingdom of Lampari becomes really strong, it will be a matter of course to defeat the Kingdom of Sark.

However, in order to achieve this, there is another very important prerequisite, that is, to be able to obtain the full support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

As Her Majesty, 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 best in the entire kingdom, Seweni knows better than anyone that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, or Xu Yi, What a terrifying power it contains.

Only with the full support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, can the Lampari Kingdom continue to develop the magic industry smoothly, and rely on the magic industry to drive the kingdom's overall economy and rapidly increase its national strength.

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

What makes Sevini feel relieved is that. If Xu Yi only considered the issue from the perspective of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. So there is actually no difference between the Kingdom of Sark and the Kingdom of Lampari to him. They are all objects of cooperation. Anyway, Xinfei Magic Machinery is equally popular everywhere.

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

So in Sevini's view, besides being his personal friend, Xu Yi can also be regarded as the most important ally of the Lampari Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Seweini touched his lower abdomen with his hand, and his expression became a little weird.

After staring blankly for a while, she slowly shook her head. With a sigh, he was about to continue to read the official documents, but there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Come in."

Seweney responded, and a moment later, a maid came in

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Festarin and the Earl of Summer have arrived."

Seeing the unfamiliar face of this maid, Seweini couldn't help but think of Betty and Carol who were given to Xu Yi by her, and couldn't help being stunned again.

After a pause, she showed a wry smile, and said to the maid, "Let them in."

The maid took orders and left.

soon. Two different frequencies sounded outside the door, but they were both extremely heavy and powerful footsteps.

The door is opened. The Duke of Festalin, known as the "Eagle of Lampari", who has a high prestige in the headquarters of King Lampari, walked in together with Earl Summer, who had just returned to the city of Anvimar from Seweney yesterday.

The two saluted Sevini respectfully, and Duke Festalin asked in a muffled voice: "Your Majesty, may I ask why you specially summoned us?"

Duke Festalin is already sixty-seven years old this year, but he has a strong body and a rosy face, and he seems to be still in peak condition both mentally and physically.

If it wasn't for his dazzling head, at a glance, people would mistakenly think that he is only in his forties this year.

Seweney stood up from the chair, walked around the table, asked Duke Festalin and Earl Summer to sit down on the sofa, and then sat down opposite them, pretending to be chatting, and asked: "Duke Festalin , you should be the person who knows the Sark Kingdom best in our Lampari Kingdom, 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 due to the equipment advantage created by military magic machinery. If we lose these absolute advantages in equipment, our kingdom's army can barely hold the border at best. .”

"Then what if we can maintain this advantage?" Seweney asked again.

Earl Summer's expression on the side moved, he glanced at Sevigny, and then quickly lowered his eyelids, as if he didn't pay attention to this problem.

"Have you always had this advantage?" Duke Festalin frowned and thought for a moment, then shook 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 if there are hundreds or even thousands of battles." The final outcome will be determined. And on the most crucial logistical issue to ensure 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 Festaling added: "Your Majesty, in fact, you have done a great job in the two years since you took the throne. I think as long as we continue like this, we will not have to worry about it for many years." Sark Kingdom."

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

Duke Festalin was stunned for a moment, pondered for a while, and immediately understood what Seweney 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 Festaling, then turned to look at Earl Summer.

"Earl Summer, do you have an accurate number in mind for all kinds of magical machines that have been smuggled into the Kingdom of Sark through the city of Seweney in the past few years?"

Earl Summer frowned, not understanding why Seweney 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 Sevigny had already been carried out, and this was Xu Yi’s approval from Lampari XIII himself. "Official smuggling" on the part of the kingdom of Lampari.

Regardless of whether King Eric and Seweigny have ascended the throne successively in recent years, this has not changed at all, and they seem to have tacitly acknowledged the existence of this fact.

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

Seweigny was well aware of this, and even privately hinted to Earl Summer that he could continue to expand the scale.

Now she suddenly asked this question, but why?

Count Summer pondered for a moment before replying, "It's hard to get an accurate figure. However, according to private estimates, the total amount involved in this smuggling has already exceeded two million gold coins within this year."

"Two million gold coins?" Seweini frowned and shook his head. "It's not that much."

Earl Summer and Duke Festalin were both taken aback.

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

Her Majesty the Queen...what on earth is she trying to do? (To be continued..)