Chapter 145: Watching His Royal Highness the Prince Die?
Her Royal Highness's paper, which appeared in the daily newspaper Bonta in only a small part, was now in front of Lampari XIII, and consisted of thirty-seven pages, stacked on top of each other to look extremely thick.
It took Lampari XIII more than three hours to read the text of more than 30,000 words and the dozen or so tables that accompanied it, and he read it so carefully that he didn't even take a sip of water.
After reading it, he closed his eyes and rested for a while, and then he often exhaled a breath and showed an unusually relieved smile.
Of his three children, he was most satisfied with and admired his youngest daughter, Sevigny.
Since she was a child, she has shown superior intelligence and self-control ability, not only studying seriously, but also having a strong comprehension ability, and she has a certain understanding of political affairs at a very young age.
By her age, she had been able to express her opinion on a number of political matters, and they were very pertinent, some of which were even greatly appreciated by Lampari XIII.
And when she was over 20 years old and began to really participate in some political affairs, it showed that she was far more capable than her two older brothers, and was able to handle everything very well, helping Lampari XIII solve many of his problems.
On the contrary, although her two elder brothers cannot be said to be stupid, they have been much worse than Sevigny in self-control since they were children, and they are not serious in their studies, and when they grow up, they are even worse than Sevigny in terms of ability, and they can never reassure Lampari XIII.
If Sevigny had not been a girl, or even if she had been the eldest daughter rather than the younger, Lampari XIII would have identified her as the sole heir to the throne long ago.
But Sevini is the youngest daughter. Because of that. This hindered Lampari XIII's idea of establishing her as heir to the throne. Even if she has always maintained her status as a royal daughter, it is extremely reluctant.
If it weren't for Lampari XIII's rare strong gesture over the years, I am afraid that the Royal Assembly would even reject her decision to become the crown prince.
Now seeing this detailed report on the magical industry from Sevigny, Lampari XIII once again confirmed his opinion.
If you had to choose one to ascend to the throne, the most suitable person would be Sevigny.
In this report, Severny provides a very detailed analysis of the impact and positive effects of the emergence of the magic industry on the city of Bonta City, accompanied by a variety of extremely detailed numbers and tables in the report. This makes her report look extremely clear, and she can see any changes that have taken place in Bonta City since the emergence of the magic industry.
In fact, in addition to Bonta City, many other cities in the Lampari Kingdom are also affected by the magic industry brought by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, but Sevini does not have a detailed number of those cities, so he only briefly mentions them in this report, and does not focus on them.
Lampari XIII admired Sevigny's pragmatic approach, as he was well aware that while there was a lot of ambiguity in government that needed to be ambiguous, there was nothing to be vague about. But there must be no ambiguity.
Through this report, it can be clearly understood. The current Bang Ta City has completely changed compared to the Bang Ta City when the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did not appear four years ago.
The most direct figure is that this year's tax revenue of Bangta City has exceeded an unusually considerable 6 million gold coins, which has increased more than tenfold compared to the tax revenue of only 500,000 gold coins four years ago.
In addition to this, the grain production of Bonta City has also maintained a significant increase.
Thanks to the dual effects of fertilizers and farm magic machinery, the total wheat production of Bangta City this year exceeded a staggering one million tons.
It can be said that the wheat production in one city of Bonta City alone is enough to cover the food consumption of one-fifth of the land in the kingdom of Lampari.
According to the report submitted by Sevini before, when the output of the fertilizer processing plant of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce increases, and the fertilizer can be used in every piece of farmland in the kingdom, then the Lampari kingdom will no longer have to worry about food.
If this is indeed achieved, it will be equivalent to solving the biggest problem that has plagued the kingdom of Lampari for hundreds of years.
Even if he ignored any other contributions made by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, Lampari XIII felt that it would not be too much to give any reward just for the two things it produced, such as farm magic machinery and fertilizer.
If it weren't for the fact that Xu Yishi was still too young and his time to become a nobleman was short, Lampari XIII would definitely have crowned him again.
In addition to the all-important tax revenues and food production, another obvious change in the city of Bonta is the massive increase in population.
Now, in addition to the original fixed population of less than 100,000 people in Bang Ta City, the number of people pouring into Bang Ta City from other urban areas in the Kingdom has exceeded 300,000, making Bang Ta City now almost the most populous city in the southern part of the Lampari Kingdom.
Coupled with the developed economy and prosperity of the city, the current city of Bang Ta has almost become the economic center of the southern part of the kingdom.
According to the table on the report, there are currently more than 5,000 horse-drawn freight wagons leaving Bonta City every day.
In the freight fleet, the proportion of freight magic locomotives produced by the new flying chamber of commerce is increasing, and it has even begun to catch up with the traditional freight carriages.
After the opening of the Sanglang Canal, it was easy to enter the northern waterway of the kingdom from Bang Ta City, making the shipping industry in Bang Ta City also enter a stage of rapid development.
However, in this report, Sevigny mentions that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce is working on the development of the Magic Steamer, and when the Magic Ship is successfully developed, it is expected that the shipping of Bonta City will be greatly prosperous.
When he saw that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce was developing a magic steamer, Lampari XIII suddenly thought of the base that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce had invested and built in the Principality of Stantin, and it seemed that a dock was being built by the sea.
Could it be that Xu Yi had already thought about developing a magic ship at that time, and had the idea of using a magic ship to go to sea to open up the sea?
If this is the case, then Lampari XIII will have to reassess Xu Yi.
This guy is probably more far-sighted than he imagined.
When I was thinking about the impact of Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Delmar walked in from the outside.
"陛xià. Viscount Leslie asks to see you. ”
Lampari XIII put down the report: "Let him in." ”
A moment later. Viscount Leslie, led by Del Mar, entered the reception room that had been set aside by Lampari XIII for this reception.
After Viscount Leslie saluted, Lampari XIII looked him up and down, nodded, smiled and said: "Yes, after going to the Zhenbei Army to train for a while, now the whole person really looks much more pleasing to the eye than before." ”
Viscount Leslie smiled slightly: "I think what you said is pleasing to the eye, and what those noble ladies and ladies in Anweimar City said are probably not the same thing, right?"
Lampari XIII burst out laughing.
Viscount Leslie was born in the Stark family and has been close to the royal family since he was a child. Viscount Leslie has been playing with the two princes and the princess of Sevigny, and he is also very familiar with Lampari XIII, so naturally he is not as reserved as others in Lampari XIII.
"Actually, although your skin is a little rougher now, those noble ladies and ladies may prefer rough men, and your white and tender appearance in the past may not be more popular than now. Lampari XIII quipped. "So, let you go to serve in the Zhenbei Army, in fact, you still earn it. ”
Viscount Leslie couldn't help but laugh out loud.
I have long heard that Lampari XIII was also unruly when he was young, and a hint can be seen from the current passage.
"If you want to say it's earned...... I do think it's earned. However, it does not refer to the image aspect, but to the service of the Tongguò. I got to meet a lot of different people and got to know a lot of ...... Not the same thing. Viscount Leslie said.
"Something different?" Lampari XIII gave Viscount Leslie a deep look and waved his hand at Delmar, who immediately bent down and retreated. "Come, tell me, what different things have happened to you that you can't forget this kid?"
Viscount Leslie thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I think what impresses me the most should be the counterattack against the Sark Kingdom at the beginning of the year. I don't think you should forget jì either. ”
"Of course. Lampari XIII nodded. "This is the first time that our Lampari Kingdom has launched a counterattack against the Sark Kingdom in so many years, but the results have been brilliant, and we have even regained control of the entire Muerto Mountains. This is the greatest victory since the founding of our kingdom, how can I forget it. ”
"Yes, this victory is extremely exciting. At that time, I was in the Zhenbei Army, and I could feel that the morale of the entire Zhenbei Army was high, and everyone was full of energy, and I was eager to take this opportunity to capture the entire Sark Kingdom in one sentence. Viscount Leslie recalled with a hint of emotion.
"It's really too much to conquer the entire Sark Kingdom, and we don't have the strength to do so now. Lampari XIII shook his head.
"I understand. But what do you think...... Why did the Zhenbei Army suddenly have the ability to counterattack the Sark Kingdom and snatch back the entire Muerto Mountains from the Sark Kingdom?"
Lampari XIII narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you want to say, just say it, now it's just the two of us here, I won't hold you responsible, give you a chance to talk casually." ”
"Good. Viscount Leslie nodded, his expression serious. "Your Majesty, I think you should actually know better than me that the reason why the Zhenbei Army suddenly had such a strong combat power at the beginning of the year was entirely because the armament of the Zhenbei Army had been greatly improved. Whether it is the weapons and equipment on the body, or the magic repeater equipped with it, and the magic trebuchet that plays the greatest role when attacking the position, it can be said that after having these new armaments, the Zhenbei Army has the ability to counterattack the Sark Kingdom and occupy the Muerto Mountains, and at the same time, it can still hold on in the face of the crazy counterattack of the Sark Kingdom for more than half a year. ”
Lampari XIII was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Of course I understand this. But Leslie, what do you mean by talking about this now?"
Viscount Leslie straightened his face and said with an extremely stern expression: "Your Majesty, since you know this, then I may ask you a question." The current Zhenbei Army has not continued to purchase these armaments, which are mainly produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, because of His Royal Highness Prince Eric, so do you think they have the ability to attack the Sark Kingdom itself?"
Lampari XIII was silent.
Viscount Leslie didn't wait for him to answer this question, but continued in a very heavy tone: "No, Your Majesty, you must not think that they have this ability. But you know this, but you don't give the order to stop His Royal Highness Prince Eric's actions. Do you do this...... Do you want to watch His Royal Highness the prince go down to his death?" (To be continued......)