Lampari XIII sat quietly in the small garden in the backyard of the palace, with a blanket on his lap, facing the warm sun that rarely appeared in early winter, slowly flipping through a report in his hand.

This report was submitted by the Kingdom Military Department two days ago, and he has read it for the third time today, but he still reads it very seriously.

Because this report is a summary of the battle of the Murto Mountains, the current king, Lampari XIII, who ascended to the throne in the turmoil of more than a decade ago, and then quelled the turmoil in the most difficult situation and sat on the throne, the current king, Lampari XIII, knows more about military affairs than his predecessors, His Majesty.

After reigning for more than ten years, he knows very well that the conflict between the Lampari Kingdom and the Northern Sark Kingdom has greatly implicated the entire Lampari Kingdom.

Because of the suppression of the Sark Kingdom, the Lampari Kingdom was forced to spend a huge amount of gold on the Zhenbei Army every year, and the military department spent almost half of the annual military expenditure on the Zhenbei Army, which could be regarded as barely blocking the offensive of the Sark Kingdom.

However, the kingdom of Lampari is also mired in this quagmire, and it has to spend a lot of military money every year, and it is impossible to get out of it.

In fact, Lampari XIII is also well aware of the strategy of the Sark Kingdom, and the reason why the Sark Kingdom does not launch a real all-out war to fight the Lampari Kingdom is that he wants to rely on his own national strength that is far stronger than the Lampari Kingdom to drag the Lampari Kingdom to death, and then take the Lampari Kingdom without blood.

On the contrary, if it is really desperate to start a full-scale war, it may provoke an all-out rebellion of the Lampari Kingdom, and it will be able to win in the end. The Kingdom of Sark is also suffering from a major injury. I don't think it will be profited by other countries.

But what you know is what you know. However, the Lampari Kingdom has no way to solve this problem, because the Sark Kingdom is stronger than the Lampari Kingdom and occupies the absolute initiative, so it would be good if the Lampari Kingdom could barely hold on, so how could it be possible to find another way to counterattack.

This time in the Battle of the Murto Mountains, although the Kingdom of Sark put on a fierce appearance at the beginning and seemed to want to launch it in an all-round way, in fact, it only snatched the control of the Murto Mountains into its hands. And it didn't go any further.

This move, in fact, is clearly intended to further put pressure on the two countries, forcing the Lampari Kingdom to increase its investment in the Zhenbei Army, which makes the already overburdened kingdom finances of the Lampari Kingdom even worse.

However, the Kingdom of Sark never imagined that the Zhenbei Army of the Lampari Kingdom would suddenly be replaced with new equipment and weapons, and also equipped with the terrifying magic machinery of the magic trebuchet, coupled with the pure steel arrows that were almost free of money, and snatched back the Muerto Mountains from their hands.

As a result, in the end, the Zhenbei Army now has full control of the Murto Mountains, and the Kingdom of Sark is under great pressure to increase its investment in the Greedy Wolf Legion and the Tiger Legion. Prevent the counterattack of the Zhenbei Army.

As for the counteroffensive in the Murto Mountains...... With the support of the powerful armaments of the Zhenbei Army, it is simply unthinkable in the short term.

But in this report handed in by the military headquarters of the Kingdom of Lampari. But what is uncharacteristic is not to show merit to His Majesty the King, but to ask for help.

According to the statistics of the military department, in the battle of the Murto Mountains, although the Zhenbei Army was heroic and regained control of the vital Murto Mountains, the price paid by the military headquarters was a one-time investment of 170,000 gold coins, and almost all the military expenses of the military headquarters this year were emptied.

In order to maintain control of the Murto Mountains, the Zhenbei Army currently spends more than 40,000 gold coins per month.

Not to mention anything else, the cost of transporting supplies alone exceeded 10,000 gold coins.

And this is still the number that the military department has saved by racking its brains.

In this report, the military department clearly listed all the numbers, and then made it clear that the military department was now out of money, and if the kingdom's treasury did not allocate additional funds, the military department would not be able to support it at all, and correspondingly, the Murto Mountains would definitely change hands again.

At first glance, the report looked like a threat to force His Majesty to give money, but Lampari XIII was well aware that what the military ministry said was the truth.

For he knows better than anyone else in the kingdom about the finances of the kingdom.

The kingdom has no money in the treasury, and the military department naturally has no money.

But this is another problem that must be solved, otherwise, all the efforts made by the Zhenbei Army before will be in vain, and the Lampari Kingdom will be even more passive.

However, if they find another way to increase military spending for the military department, the result is that the two countries will go further into this quagmire, worsening the kingdom's finances and forming a bad circle.

How to break this loop?

Lampari XIII thought for a moment and picked up another report on the table beside him.

This report is the summary report of the autumn harvest of the kingdom submitted by the Royal Agricultural Administration some time ago.

In this report, the city of Bonta is placed in a very prominent position.

The reason for this is simple, because in this year's autumn harvest, the city of Bangta achieved so well that it far exceeded the performance of other cities in the kingdom.

In this report, the Department of Agriculture praised the current lord of Bonta City, Earl Stark, saying that the first person who has made such a good achievement in this autumn harvest should be given the highest commendation, and said that if every city in the kingdom can have such a strong grain production, then the kingdom of Lampari will be completely free from food problems in the next few years, so that all its people will no longer suffer from famine.

After reading this report carefully, Lampari XIII suddenly spewed out a cloud of air from his nostrils, snorted softly, a cold smile passed over his face, and then picked up another report, and after reading it for a while, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and the smile on his face turned to relief.

This report, however, was a secret report, thick enough to be made up of dozens of sheets of paper.

If Xu Yi was here, he would be surprised.

Because on this thick report, everything written is about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Lampari XIII looked at this report more carefully than the previous reports from the Ministry of War and the Department of Agriculture, and many times stopped to think for a while. will continue to watch.

It took nearly an hour to read the entire report. Lampari XIII put down the report. Leaning back in his chair and closing his eyes in the warm sunlight, it looked like he was going to take a nap, but judging by his frowning brow and the corners of his mouth that squirmed from time to time, it was clear that he was actually lost in thought.

After a while, a slight sound of footsteps stepped into the garden, awakening Lampari XIII from his musings.

He doesn't have to open his eyes to know. It must be his favorite little daughter, Sevigny, who has arrived.

"Father, can you actually take time to rest today?" the footsteps stopped in front of him, and then Sevigny's voice sounded with a hint of surprise.

Lampari XIII opened his eyes, gave him a gentle smile, and gestured to a chair diagonally across from him, motioning for him to sit down.

"Say it. "When Sevini sat down, Lampari XIII said briefly.

Severny knew that his father did not like to waste time, so he nodded and handed a copy of the document in his hand to Lampari XIII.

"About Xu Yi again?" Lampari XIII asked Sevigny with a hint of a playful smile instead of reaching for it.

Hear the hint of banter in his tone. Sevigny's face flushed slightly, and he handed the text in his hand to Lampari XIII a little more.

"Just look at it. ”

Lampari XIII smiled. After taking the text and sweeping his eyes, his expression immediately became solemn, and he sat up straight.

After he carefully flipped through the entire report, pondered for a moment, and then asked Sevigny, "How sure are you?"

Sevini thought for a moment and replied, "From what I know about Xu Yi, since he said so and solemnly proposed this proposal to you, I think I am at least half more sure. ”

"Well, it's worth it to be half sure. ”

Lampari XIII glanced down at the report in his hand again and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Hey, I can't imagine that the things I've been worrying about for more than ten years have fallen into the hands of this kid, but they have been solved so easily. Although I also knew that the land of the Principality of Stantin was fertile and could produce a lot of food, I really didn't have the strength to fight it, so I had to give up this idea. ”

Sevini smiled slightly: "Father, Xu also said that in fact, many things in this world can be solved with money, without the use of force. In addition, he also said that things that can be solved with money are not a big deal. ”

Lampari XIII couldn't help but stare at him: "This kid is speaking lightly. Their Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has made a lot of money, of course he can say such big things, but where will our kingdom's finances be as rich as their Chamber of Commerce. He has the ability to make the whole Lampari kingdom make the same money?"

Sevini narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled, "Father, what if Xu Yi really has a way to make the entire kingdom rich?"

Lampari XIII was stunned and frowned at Sevigny: "Sevigny, I know that you have always admired Xu Yi very much, and I also agree that the magic industry led by their Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has indeed changed the face of the entire Bonta City. But a country, a chamber of commerce, and a city are different after all, and it is not that simple. ”

"How do you know if you don't try it. Sevigny shook his head. "Father, our kingdom of Lampari has been on the same path for hundreds of years, but it has not improved in any way. Now that there's a chance of change, why don't you make up your mind to try?"

Lampari XIII stared at Sevigny for a long moment and sighed: "How could I not understand this. But Sevigny, there are many things in the kingdom, even I can't decide lightly. ”

"I understand. Sevigny nodded slightly. "I don't want you to make a huge change, I just want you to help you make a little more change. ”

Lampari XIII smiled: "I knew that you came to ask for favors from that kid this time." If it weren't for the fact that he was married, I doubt you would have planned to marry him. ”

Sevigny's face flushed, but he didn't refute anything, just stared at Lampari XIII: "Father, I'm serious. Xu Yi is still thinking about our entire kingdom even though he is treated like this by Earl Stark, and if we don't give him some support, it will definitely discourage him. I don't think we can afford to lose him and the new flying chamber of commerce under any circumstances. ”

"It's not that I disagree, it's just that you didn't say what you were going to do for him this time, and how could I agree?" laughed Lampari XIII. "If you still ask for territory, then don't talk about it, I can't agree to it. The last time I gave that kid a piece of territory, the council of nobles was going to make a big noise. If I give it to him again, I'll have to be annoyed to death. ”

Sevini paused for a moment, and replied, "I hope you can give the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce the right to trade freely." ”

Lampari XIII was stunned, then exclaimed: "This is impossible!" (to be continued......