Chapter 1317 (1/2)
The content of the letter should not be much. It will be read in a few seconds. But after reading, he held the letter tightly in his hand, as if to crush someone's heart.
At that moment, the side hall, which should have been full of laughter, was immediately repressed by a very heavy atmosphere. Ministers, look at me and I look at you. Everyone didn't speak, but everyone guessed in their hearts what kind of letter it was.
After such silence lasted for almost a full minute, the emperor finally recovered slowly, unfolded and folded the letter in his hand, stuffed it into the envelope and his pocket.
”You guys, all of you here are my confidants. I need you to give me advice on some things. Some of my decisions now need someone to help me judge and negotiate. ”
After this narration, the emperor's face smiled again, as if the episode of the letter just now did not exist at all——
”Speaking of, it is now a new round of funding year. At the end of August, the last tax year ended, and then the settlement began. Up to now, almost the taxes of the whole empire have been collected. ”
”Well, of course I said that the party here today should be just chatting. Let's relax and talk about the governance of our empire in the way of chatting. Carlton, how is the tax report you compiled for the previous year? ”
When people turned their eyes, they saw a young minister about 30 with a cautious smile on his face and said slowly: ”if you avoid it, the tax collection in the empire is generally good. Except for a few areas suffering from disaster years and the disturbance of refugees, the current data can not be counted, But overall, this year's tax revenue is still about five percentage points higher than last year. ”
The fierce wave patted his thigh and said with a smile, ”does it look good? Our budget seems to have a better surplus this year! By the way, everyone, what do you think should be the main investment in this year's tax? ”
For a moment, the ministers were confused about the emperor's real thoughts. For a moment, no one spoke. They all looked left and right, waiting for who came first.
At this time, a count sitting in the corner now said, ”Your Majesty, since this year's surplus is good, I think maybe we should make more efforts to build weapons and armor. It coincides with the fact that our confrontation with the hunter Empire has entered a stalemate stage. Once there is a war, we must need a lot of armor. ”
Hearing this proposal, Prince Jinguo smiled, but did not speak.
”Although armor is very important, I think war horses are more important.”
It was another general who said this. The general looked at the majike elder with a smile on his face and said slowly——
”After entering the battlefield, although armor can play a certain role, the decisive factor must be mobility. Therefore, cultivating more war horses can undoubtedly directly enhance the overall strength of our empire. ”
At this time, another minister opened his mouth and said with a smile: ”Alas, the reason why the hunter Empire has always been against us now is, in my opinion, because of their barbarism, rudeness and backwardness. Therefore, as a higher-level country and a more civilized country, we should fully educate them. Therefore, we should allocate more funds to the Holy See of light, and then let the Holy See of light go to the hunter Empire to preach. As long as the enemy's soldiers believe in the God of light, we can even get each other's soldiers, territories and armor without using a knife or a gun. It's not much cheaper and more effective than any battle? ”
Priestly also glanced at the high priest Majik, who looked angry next to him, with a triumphant smile in his eyes.
It's just
”Your Majesty, I think it's better to invest all the money in the element machine.”
As soon as he said this, the others had nothing, but the elder majick of the magic association and the priestly priest of the Holy See of light shook their eyebrows and all looked at the direction of the voice.
No one else was talking. It was the Connor conservative teacher.
The dean of the old tengshu department did not show the slightest fear because there were two people staring at him, but said: ”I think since the element machine can play such an efficient force in the border cities in the past year, it can certainly develop a more powerful effect by transferring it to our Hanhai city. Now is not the time to hesitate. It should be to increase efforts to make a new round of investment in the element machine. As long as the element machine can flourish, it will certainly create more resources. In this way, our people can enjoy better and cheaper materials, everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, and can pay more taxes. As long as the empire is richer, things such as armaments will naturally be brought up stably. ”
Hearing these words in Ariel's ears, she was really moved.
She looked at her teacher gratefully and threw a grateful smile on his side face.
Although this gratitude is only for the teacher's praise, it does not represent her interest in the proposal.
”Element machine...”
Obviously, the emperor had been waiting for this concept.
He touched his chin, thought about it, smiled, nodded and said——
”Caton, what's the growth rate of Pelican city's wealth?”
The economic minister was a little stunned. After a little thought, he said: ”I dare not deceive your majesty, but now I just remember the fiscal revenue of each province. The data of specific towns may not be very clear. All I know is that in the whole year of last year, the tax revenue of the entire marginal province directly increased by almost 300%. ”
As soon as this number came out, everyone in the whole side hall immediately made a noise! Everyone looked at Ariel sitting there with shocked and unbelievable eyes. It was also at this time that even those who would no longer be at the helm immediately understood the real idea of the new emperor.
It doesn't matter whether the emperor covets the beauty of his brother's mistress, or really appreciates her talents, or whether the Emperor just uses such a woman as a white glove to manipulate (harmony) behind his back. The only important thing is that the emperor's goal seems to be this emerging thing - element machine!
”Your majesty! That's a demon prop! A bad word -- ”
Of course, elder majike was aware of the problem and immediately wanted to speak, but the fierce wave quickly raised his hand to block him and said to the economic minister: ”the effect of the element machine is indeed remarkable! If we let the element machine enter the capital and then arrange the land and construction, we should need a lot of money. But the money is sure to come back soon. HMM... well, starting tomorrow, I will set up a new element department. I will appoint someone as the minister, and then take charge of the element machines in the whole empire, so as to spread the machines made with element machines as soon as possible! ”
The elder of the magic association was really anxious now. He even got up directly from his sofa and said, ”your majesty! Element opportunity explosion can happen anyway! Even if there is no explosion in the past year, no one can guarantee that there will be no explosion in the next time! Those things haven't gone through strict safety inspection at all! Unlike magic, every magic created needs to be reviewed and investigated by many other magicians to ensure that there is no unknown danger. But that demon machine is not like this! ”
Elder Majik's voice seemed sharp and noisy. Such noise made fierce waves frown a little.
Seeing this, the priestly priest beside him quickly stretched out his hand and pulled him back to his seat, shaking his head gently at him.
Seeing the Holy See, Meng Lang smiled and said, ”besides, the magic association, ah. As for you, you should have made a lot of money last year? Of course, I don't object to you making money. Making money is right for anyone. Besides, your method of making money is so fast that I feel itchy. In addition to the element machine, you can also teach our economic ministers to see what policies can be made to use your method to make money. Ah, I'm serious! I'm not kidding. ”
Majick's mouth twitched slightly and could only nod.