This year's New Year, Bonta City is much more deserted than in the previous two years.

In the past two years, because of the economic development of Bang Ta City, many people from other cities have also come to Bang Ta City to look for work.

At its peak, the total number of registered people in Bangta City even exceeded 200,000, and the estimated number of unregistered people was estimated to be as low as 30,000, which is several times more than the previous population of about 50,000 in Bangta City.

Although many people take advantage of the holiday to rush back to their homes during the New Year, many people feel that the journey is too far away, so they simply do not go back, stay in Bonta City for the New Year, or continue to work in the New Year's Day, striving for a salary that is much higher than the usual in these days.

So in the first two years, the New Year in Bangta City was extremely lively, both in terms of people and materials, and the bustling prosperity scene even made Hainas, who came to Bangta City at that time, feel that Bangta City was not much worse than Anwemar City.

But this qiē came to an abrupt end with the arrival of Earl Stark.

Because of Earl Stark's policy of suppressing commerce and promoting agriculture, the chambers of commerce in Bunta City moved out one after another, and even the employees of various chambers of commerce also left Bunta City.

In addition to those who came from other cities to work here, many of the workers who were originally part of the city left the city because they did not want to give up their jobs.

Looking out through the window of the City Lord's Mansion and looking at the deserted city of Buntar City, where the lively atmosphere of the New Year was almost invisible, Earl Stark couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Turning back to his desk, picking up a copy and scanning it twice, Earl Stark's already frowning brow deepened a little.

This document is the annual financial statement of Bangta City for this year.

According to the statistics. This year, Bang Ta City's annual revenue is 1,170,000 gold coins. This is a slight decrease from last year.

Although it doesn't seem to have dropped much. However, it can be seen from a waveform chart made according to the monthly statistics that the fiscal revenue of Bangta City originally showed an upward trend from January to July, and the total fiscal revenue of these seven months alone has reached nearly one million gold coins.

However, after entering August, this figure suddenly dropped sharply, and continued to decrease in the following months, and even in the last two months there was a deficit, and the total fiscal revenue in the last five months was only less than 200,000 gold coins.

If this trend continues, I am afraid that Bang Ta City will have a fiscal deficit for the whole of next year.

If that's the case. Even if Count Stark is confident that he will be able to continue to produce a strong grain harvest next year, a city that is always running a deficit will still receive a negative rating in the Kingdom Council.

This result basically declared the complete failure of what he had done in the city of Bonta.

More importantly, his failure represents the defeat of the conservative faction led by the Stark family, which is something that Earl Stark cannot accept.

The question is...... Is there any solution to this dilemma?

Earl Stark looked at the financial income statement in his hand, and hesitated a little.

In fact, in the past few years, although the city of Bonta did not have too high revenues, it did not run a deficit. The reason for this year's deficit is entirely due to the fact that Earl Stark has invested a large amount of his financial revenue in the transformation of farmland and the cultivation of crops in Bonta City.

And for the autumn harvest to be able to achieve amazing results. His private dealings with the Duchy of Drake also cost a lot of gold.

Although of course he could not have taken the money directly from the financial revenues of the city itself, in order to make up for this loss, he inevitably took some money back to himself in other places as compensation.

In other words, if we continue to maintain the same grain harvest next year as we did this autumn, it is unlikely that the fiscal deficit situation in Bonta City will improve.

But the most feasible way for Earl Stark to solve this problem was to restore the previous policy of Count Satsuma as lord of the city, and vigorously support the development of commerce, so that the tax revenue of Bunta City could be restored to the level of the previous two years.

But not to mention that Count Stark was unwilling to do this, and even if he was willing, how could the chambers of commerce, which had been driven out of Bunta City by his policy of suppressing commerce and promoting agriculture, move back because of his words?

Thinking of this, Earl Stark couldn't help but smile bitterly.

In fact, when he knew that he was about to take over as the lord of Bangta City, he did some corresponding research on Bangta City, and he found that Bangta City could achieve rapid development in more than two years, and the reason was the vigorous development of the magic industry led by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

If you stand on an objective standpoint, if Count Stark is the lord of the city, then he will definitely choose to vigorously support and promote the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the magic industry, just like Count Satsuma, so as to accelerate the rapid development of Bonta City.

However, Earl Stark couldn't stand on an objective standpoint, so even if he wasn't very willing, he had to put on an attitude towards Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as soon as he came to Bangta City, and even simply promulgated a series of policies to suppress commerce and promote agriculture to ensure that the conservative ideas of the kingdom he represented were correct.

Now, the bitter fruit of this idea was the first bite of Earl Stark, so much so that he himself doubted it.

Will simply having enough food satisfy the people of the kingdom and live in peace?

Looking at the new flying brand magic air conditioner hanging from this private office, Earl Stark showed a wry smile and fell into deep thought.

However, this thought did not last long, and there was a sudden knock on the office door.

Count Stark cleaned up his mood, sat back in his chair, and said in a deep voice, "Come in." ”

The door opened, and the clerk of Count Stark pushed the door in, and reported in a low voice, "Lord City, President Xu of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has asked to see you. ”

Earl Stark was stunned, why did Xu Yi choose to meet him today?

After a moment's consideration, Earl Stark nodded, "Let him in." ”

The clerk glanced at Count Stark with some surprise, answered, and withdrew.

After a while, the door opened again, and Xu Yi walked into the office under the guidance of the clerk.

After Xu Yi and Count Stark greeted him, the clerk brought him to the door and left Xu Yi to meet with Count Stark alone.

"Sit down. Perhaps because of the thoughts that were spinning in his mind just now, Earl Stark pointed to the chair across from his desk, and took the initiative to be polite to Xu Yi for the first time.

Xu Yi smiled slightly, and was not polite, sat down after thanking him, and said to Earl Stark: "City Lord, I thought that you should return to Anweimar City for the New Year, but I didn't expect to stay in the City Lord's Mansion, I can really call it a conscientious city lord." ”

Earl Stark snorted coldly: "When this comes out of someone else's mouth, I only think he is clumsy and sycophant, but when it comes out of your mouth, I will only feel sarcasm." You're going to think I'm a good castle lord?

Xu Yi shook his head: "Although I don't agree with your governance philosophy, Lord City, this has nothing to do with your conscientiousness, and my praise comes from the bottom of my heart." ”

"Alright, don't talk to me about nonsense you wouldn't believe yourself. Earl Stark waved his hand, glanced at Xu Yi, and asked, "You suddenly came to me today, what is the matter?" ”

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point. Xu Yi pondered for a moment and continued: "Lord City Lord, I have come this time to discuss with you about the agricultural development of Bangta City next year. ”

"You and I are discussing agricultural development?" Count Stark looked at Xu Yi in amazement, as if he had heard a big joke. "President Xu, isn't it enough for your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to just produce magic machinery, and you still want to meddle in food production?"

Facing Count Stark's slightly mocking tone, Xu Yi's face remained unchanged, and he still smiled: "If I have a way to increase the grain production of Bunta City, do you think I have the qualifications, Lord of the City?"

Count Stark frowned and sneered: "You have this method? What are you kidding, our Stark family has a history of hundreds of years in agricultural production, isn't it as good as you, a young man who is not yet thirty years old?"

"City Lord, I don't think even you can deny the tremendous role that the farmland magic machine I developed has played in improving food production, right?" Xu Yi asked rhetorically.

Count Stark was stunned.

This point is indeed something he can't refute, because no matter how much he targets Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, at the critical moment of the autumn harvest, he still has to rely on the power of the farmland magic machinery developed by Xu Yi and produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

It can even be said that without the magic machinery of the farmland, the grain harvest in Bonta City would only plummet.

Thinking of this, Count Stark's face softened slightly, and he asked Xu Yi, "What's the matter? What new type of farmland magic machinery have you developed in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?"

"Nope. Xu Yi shook his head and replied.

Earl Stark was furious: "Then you are here to deliberately entertain me?"

"No, how dare I do that. Xu Yi hurriedly waved his hand. "Lord Castle, the Farmland Mana Machine can only assist in the reclamation of farmland, but it does not help much in increasing the yield of the farmland itself. And I came to you this time to tell you that I have a way to increase the grain yield per unit of farmland. ”

"How is that possible!" snorted in disbelief from Earl Stark. "We Earl Stark have hundreds of years of experience in food production, how can there be a method that we don't know and you know. ”

Xu Yi smiled: "City Lord, I admit that the Stark family behind you has a history of hundreds of years in producing food, but compared to the history of the elf clan for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, does it seem insignificant?"

"Elven Clan?" Count Stark was stunned, and his gaze at Xu Yi instantly became solemn. (To be continued......)