Chapter 14 Her Majesty Asked Me to Tell You
However, compared with the anger and dissatisfaction with the negligence of the Zhenxi Army, Xu Yi was more concerned about the reason for the action of the Sark Kingdom.
The slaughter of the five orc tribes naturally had a huge impact on the orc tribes in the Black Rice Wasteland, but for the Sark Kingdom, Xu Yi couldn't see the meaning.
It is impossible for the Sark Kingdom to have enough to eat and have nothing to do, so it will risk a head-on battle with the Zhenxi Army, and also force the risk of breaking through the fortifications, entering the Black Rice Wasteland and slaughtering five orc tribes that have no impact on the Sark Kingdom.
However, the significance of the Sark Kingdom's operation, Xu Yi has never been able to understand.
If you analyze it purely from the results, you think that the one who suffered the most losses in this operation, except for the orc tribe, is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Because of this incident, the mood of the more than 10,000 orc workers employed in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has become very unstable, and the strict zhòng has affected their work efficiency, which has caused a certain decline in the production capacity of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the past few days.
However, Xu Yi didn't think that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could deserve such attention from the Shack Kingdom, and he would be willing to take such a big risk in order to hit the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, there is another more reasonable explanation, that is, the Kingdom of Sark tried to use this operation to assess the strength and strength of the defense of the Zhenxi army in the Black Rice Wasteland.
Maybe in the future, the Kingdom of Sark will have the opportunity to invade from the direction of the Black Rice Wasteland, and then attack the Kingdom of Lampari from the west.
It's just that if the Shack Kingdom thinks like this, it seems a little too whimsical to Xu Yi.
Since Sevigny's accession to the throne, it has been less than two years since the Lampari Kingdom and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have been working closely together. This has given a new look to the two countries.
According to statistics. Just last year. The grain production in the kingdom of Lampari has increased to 6.8 million tons, surpassing the previous record of 5.9 million tons in one fell swoop, and even jumping to become the highest grain production among the surrounding countries.
The current grain production in the Lampari Kingdom can not only easily meet the daily needs of everyone in the kingdom, but also have the spare capacity to export a large amount of grain while stockpiling a large amount of grain.
Last year, the Lampari Kingdom earned more than 600,000 gold coins from the export of grain alone.
And compared with the export of all kinds of magic machinery, the income from grain exports is not enough.
According to statistics, within a year of last year. The various magic machine factories jointly built by the Lam Pari Kingdom and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce have produced more than 7 million magic machines for domestic use.
In addition to the 2.6 million units that were digested within the kingdom, the remaining nearly 5 million units of various household magic machines were all exported to other countries except the Kingdom of Ruerson, the Duchy of Draco and the Duchy of Mirando through various channels, bringing more than six million gold coins to the Lampari Kingdom.
From these two revenues, the Lampari Kingdom Treasury collected a staggering amount of more than two million gold coins in tax revenue.
In addition, among the various taxes levied within the kingdom, the kingdom's treasury also received more than three million gold coins.
So last year, just the first year of Seviny's ascension to the throne, the finances of the kingdoms of Lampa and the two countries have received a terrifying boost, with a total tax revenue of more than six million gold coins.
This is the first time in the hundreds of years since the establishment of the Kingdom of Lampari that such an astonishing financial revenue has been made.
As the saying goes, it's easy to do things with money.
In the past, the Lampari kingdom's finances were always stretched thin. As a result, there was no way to put too much money into the most critical military affairs, so the Lampari Kingdom was suppressed by the Sark Kingdom everywhere. Unable to resist.
And now the financial revenue of the Lampari Kingdom has improved significantly, and the wealthy Lampari Kingdom has invested heavily in the army.
Last year, the military fee was increased from a pitiful 300,000 gold coins to 1.3 million gold coins, a full 1 million gold coins!
The consequence of such increased investment is that the main legions directly under the royal family of the Lampari Kingdom are now all equipped with brand new equipment, and they are all equipped with a large number of military magic machines purchased from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
And in the Zhenbei Army, this is even more obvious.
The heavily armed Zhenbei Army fought several battles with the Greedy Wolf Legion of the Sark Kingdom on the northern border between the two countries, and each time won a resounding victory.
Now that the Zhenbei Army is guarding the Murto Mountains, the army of the Sark Kingdom will not dare to cross the thunder pool for half a step, let alone invade the territory of the Lampari Kingdom as before.
And it was precisely because the military strength of the two sides had reversed that Xu Yi was confused by the sudden action of the Sark Kingdom against the orc race in the Black Rice Wasteland.
It's good that the Kingdom of Sark can hold on to its territory now, and still want to invade the Kingdom of Lampari like before?
Xu Yi was immersed in thinking about the actions of the Sark Kingdom, and Count Revere was also a little embarrassed by Xu Yi's questioning just now, and the car fell silent for a while.
However, it didn't take long for the body of the magic car to suddenly shake violently, waking Xu Yi up from his contemplation.
Feeling the pain caused by the buttocks falling back into the seat, as well as the intermittent bumps in the body now, Xu Yi frowned and looked back, and found that there were many large and small potholes on the rainy road he had just walked, no wonder it was so difficult to drive.
"Lord City Lord, the last time I came, the road condition on the Rainy Highway was still very good, why has it become like this in less than a few months now?" Xu Yi couldn't help but ask.
Count Revere also glanced back, his expression even more embarrassed.
"This ...... During this time, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's freight magic locomotive for transporting ore always traveled from this road, which crushed the rainy road. ”
"The minecart of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce?" Xu Yi thought about it and understood. "It's destined for the Falcao steel mill north of the city, right?"
"Hmm. President Xu, this steelmaking plant was built by the Falcao Chamber of Commerce and your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, you should not forget it. Earl Revere said.
"Of course I remember. This is the first steel mill built by other chambers of commerce in addition to our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and it is a bit similar to the nature of the magic air conditioning production line I sent this time. Xu Yi glanced at the road again, frowned, and said, "But it's not okay if the mine-truck crushes the rainy road like this." Lord Castle, haven't you thought about repairing the road?"
"It's being studied. Earl Revere nodded. "And this time I don't just plan to repair the rainy road, but also take the opportunity to widen it to at least eight lanes. Because the Falling Rain Highway carries the heaviest transportation responsibilities in Bangta City, the previous road surface was too narrow to meet the demand. ”
Xu Yihaha smiled: "No way, when our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was building this rainy road in the past, we didn't have much money, so we couldn't build it too wide." However, Lord Castle, you are now aware of this problem, which is really commendable. ”
"This is my duty as the lord of the city. Earl Revere smiled. "Speaking of building roads, do you know the will recently issued by Her Majesty the Queen?"
"Is it a proposal to strengthen road traffic in the Lampari Kingdom?" Xu also asked rhetorically.
"Yes. Her Majesty plans to build a total of 13 new roads in the kingdom next year as the main roads connecting the country. In addition, preparations were made to repair or expand the remaining 39 roads and strengthen the kingdom's road transportation network. This plan has already received preliminary approval in the Kingdom Parliament, and it is believed that it will be officially approved soon. ”
"That's a good thing. Xu Yi shrugged. "After all, now that the Lampari Kingdom is rich, Her Majesty the Queen can do a lot of things. ”
"But there is another very important problem with this plan that has not been resolved. Count Reeves looked at Xu Yi with blazing eyes.
Seeing Count Reeves' eyes, Xu Yi smiled dumbly.
"I said, Lord of the City, you shouldn't have been sent by Her Majesty the Queen to find out about me, right?
Count Reeves showed a somewhat strange smile, then coughed lightly, and said: "The problem with this plan is that the construction and repair and expansion of roads require a large amount of cement and steel and other materials. The steel bar is easy to solve, because the steel mill of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce is now able to provide finished steel, although the quality is not high, but it is enough to build roads. It's just cement ......"
"No problem. I'm thinking it's too much trouble to ship cement from the Duchy of Stantin, and I'm planning to build a few cement processing plants in the Kingdom of Lampari. Xu Yidao.
Count Reeves was stunned, and then rejoiced.
He did follow the explanation of Her Majesty the Queen to probe Xu Yi's tone, but he didn't expect Xu Yi to agree!
"Don't look at me like that. Xu Yi glanced at Count Reeves, then his eyes drifted to the direction of Anweimar City, shook his head and said: "Sue Her Majesty Queen for me, my original intention of helping the Lampari Kingdom establish a magical industrial system will not change, so she doesn't have to have too many scruples in her heart." ”
Count Reeves glanced at Xu Yi deeply, with a somewhat strange expression.
"President Xu, I don't need to convey these words to Her Majesty the Queen, it's better for you to tell her personally. ”
"Tell her in person?" Xu was also a little strange.
"Yes. Count Reeves's expression suddenly became stern, and he took out a pink envelope from his arms and handed it to Xu Yi. "President Xu, this is a personal letter that Her Majesty has entrusted me to you. Her Majesty asked me to tell you that if you have free time, I hope you can go to the city of Anwemar, and Her Majesty wants to ...... with you. Cough...... Drink tea and have a chat......"
Looking at the slightly weird smile that Count Reeves finally couldn't help but show, Xu Yi was stunned, looked down at the letter in his hand that seemed to have a trace of fragrance, and thought of Sevigny's delicate face that although it was not decided to be beautiful, but it made people feel very relieved when they looked at it, and they only felt that their mood instantly became extremely complicated. (To be continued......)