Chapter 140: Your Majesty, No Money!

In this way, after two days of continuous rotation, Edward finally finished the general content of the central government and judicial reform, and the next specific results will depend on the practice.

Exhaling softly, Edward's heart was tired at this time.

He is not worried about the reform of the Privy Council, mainly judicial reform, which is the real key.

But don't worry too much, the judicial power has always been in the hands of the king, and nothing can go wrong!

All in all, Edward just had to wait now.

After thinking about it, Edward closed his eyes comfortably, and his body relaxed on the chaise longue, enjoying the rare sunshine.

Who knows, Edward, who had just squinted for a while, felt that the sun was gone, and the warm smell on his body left again.

Opening a slit slightly, he felt a person in front of him, then he closed his eyes again and began his journey of rest.

"Your Majesty, get up! Your Majesty—" Luna's gentle voice sounded in his ears, and he smelled a girl's fragrance in his nose, which was particularly pleasant, and Edward couldn't help but sniff it lightly with his nose again.

The girl's voice was gentle, and so was her movements, and she gently shook Edward's shoulders, her blonde hair scattered in a patch, and a few strands of hair dangled around Edward's nose from time to time.

Edward couldn't help it anymore, this itchy taste was the most uncomfortable.

"Ahh

"Poof—Your Majesty, I knew you were pretending to be asleep, come, get up quickly!"

The girl could not hold back any longer, and laughed out loud, but she endured it afterwards, for she knew not to embarrass His Majesty.

Edward was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't see anything other than a little rosy on his face.

"Ahem, Luna, what's the matter with me?" Edward's tone was calm, trying to ignore what had just happened.

Since Edward's accession to the throne, Luna can be said to be the great steward of the court, and she is usually busy and has to manage Edward's account books, which is difficult for her.

Luna stroked the long blonde hair that floated to her forehead, and her body straightened slightly, but the bulge in front of her became more pronounced.

Looking at the little maid with a somewhat sublimated temperament, Edward was very emotional, she grew up, and she took more and more responsibilities for herself, and the European pie in front of her became more and more large-scale, and the girl really developed fast.

Edward didn't know what he was thinking, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, but Luna looked at how she felt something, yes, lewd.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to pay attention to the income of the royal family!"

Although Lucy felt that something was wrong, she still said out loud that it was her duty.

"Oh! Yes, yes, so what about the royal family? Edward's gaze finally crossed over the girl's body and shifted to her face.

Luna suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and her beautiful eyebrows relaxed slightly.

Then he seemed to remember the report in his hand again, and his eyebrows furrowed again.

"Your Majesty, the royal family has recently increased a lot of expenditures due to the expansion of the Guards and the reform of the government, and the Minister of Royal Affairs has already communicated with him, and he has no money there!"

"But the monthly income from the Blaze Wine and the Tavern to the royal family has become more and more stable, only about 10,000 pounds!"

"And there are still 3,000 troops in Scotland, and the cost is close to 5,000 pounds a month!"

"The salaries of government personnel, as well as the salaries of the Guards, if you add the salaries of the extra personnel after your reforms, in three months, the royal family will face a situation where there is no money available!"

Luna said earnestly, as if fantasizing about the embarrassment of running out of money after three months, and her lovely blue eyes lost their former wateriness.

"Really? Money is spent so fast! It's so sad! ”

Edward put his right hand on his forehead, his face was very surprised, and he couldn't afford to hurt it.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you don't know how diligent you are in spending money!"

Luna looked at Edward with a hurt expression, and instead of comforting him, she raised her fingers and counted them one by one.

"A few months ago you cut off a thousand pounds and said it was going to make paper, and you said it would be of great use!"

"And then you spent a few hundred pounds on the theatre, and with your usual bounty, that's a lot of money!"

"And we're going to have a blood transfusion for the Darkblade, which is about a thousand pounds a month!"

………………

So, under Luna's explanations one by one, Edward finally found that the money he had saved in the previous years was almost exhausted, especially the army, which consumed 10,000 pounds per month in salary alone, plus food and drink, firearms and ammunition, and clothing, this was a bottomless pit.

It is no wonder that few kings have established standing armies before, and the parliament and the nobility are one and the same, and I am afraid that the lack of money is the most important thing.

This was also due to Edward's frugality, and during the lifetime of his father, Henry VIII, he spent more than a thousand pounds a month on clothing alone, and there were non-stop hunting parties, and the royal family was almost in deficit every month.

"Alright, got it!" Just as Luna's mouth was dry, Edward finally interrupted her.

Edward stopped Luna's financial report, and he felt that his ears were a little unbearable, like dozens of sparrows chirping.

Luna is good at everything, but she is verbose, and if you don't stop her, she can talk about it for an entire afternoon.

"It's okay, I know, someone will send money over after a while!"

Edward stopped Luna's impending question in an affirmative tone.

He patted the chair and motioned for Luna to sit down, so that the anxious girl could only blink her pretty eyes and wait for Edward's next words.

Edward is bewildered by Luna, making him look like a liar.

"Didn't I last meet a Hanseatic merchant?"

Seeing Luna nodding, Edward continued.

"He said he would buy 500,000 pounds of sea salt from us in the future, and each pound would be calculated at six shillings!"

"We'll have £250,000 in that, and I think we'll have enough for a while!"

There was a hint of smugness on Edward's somewhat pale face, this was indeed a food that had been delivered.

"I suppose no one dares to deceive the King of England!"

"Oh! This is very good, then your Majesty, I will inform Sir John first, and tell him to go down, and it is time for the manors everywhere to start preparing! ”

Luna bowed to Edward with joy on her face, and walked away with a light step.

"It's-" It's been a long time since I've seen Luna in detail, Edward is ready to communicate feelings, who knew this girl could run so fast.

Edward sighed helplessly.