Returning to Shattering Snow City, in order to prevent his bad mood from irritating others, Reggie locked himself in the castle, holding Shirley and degenerating for three whole days. In addition to the indescribable depravity, Reggie also did some serious things,
He wrote down a complete account of his battle experience with the mud demon, and combined it with the ancient scrolls he collected from various places to formulate a set of methods to deal with the mud demon.
From the first fight in the Lost Mountain, Reggie encountered the Rock Demon, the Freeze Demon, the Sand Demon, the Wind Demon and the Mud Demon. From the initial victory, to the narrow victory, to the subsequent tie, and finally to the final complete defeat.
, Reggie felt more and more powerless in front of the devil.
The ability to defeat the Rock Demon was due to Dio's help, and it must be admitted that the Rock Demon did not use its full strength in that battle.
The victory over the Freezing Demon was hearty, and the thermal weapons had a strong restraint on the Freezing Demon.
The sand demons put Reggie into a tough battle, and the shocking number made Reggie unable to deal with them. In the end, he won a narrow victory with the help of the Werewolf.
The Wind Demon and the Sand Demon joined forces to make the war extremely difficult. If the Lord of the Wind Demon hadn't sued for peace, I don't know what the outcome of the subsequent battle would have been.
The Mud Demon completely exploded Reggie, leaving him completely covered in wounds. I am afraid that many years later, this war will still leave an indelible shadow.
In these battles, Reggie concluded a rule. As long as there were help from the natives, victory would be relatively easy. In the battle on Camel Island, if Saga had been present, the defeat would not have been a complete mess.
In the final analysis, what Reggie lacks is experience. Writing down these valuable experiences will one day become the key to life or death.
Three days later, Reggie had to deal with government affairs. He fought in Benlang Country, then in Lion Country, and then went to Camel Island to fight. Reggie was used to being wild outside, and the continuous wars were hollowing out the Snow Breaking Country.
financial resources.
"Sir, we have a serious shortage of steel," Nipoli piled the ledgers in front of Reggie. "The rate of steel smelting is far lower than the rate of consumption."
Reggie nodded and said, "It seems that we need to build a few more smelters."
Nipoli looked at Reggie disappointedly: "Sir, you can't always be absent-minded about government affairs. This is not a problem of smelting at all. Our iron ore is seriously insufficient!"
After the conflict with the White Tower Kingdom, Reggie lost the source of iron stone imports. All iron stones could only be transported from Golden Light City, but the transportation capacity of livestock was very limited.
"We can build the smelting plant in Jinguang City," Reggie slapped his head and made an irresponsible suggestion, "send the smelted steel back."
"But where does the coke come from? The coal for coking comes from Black Rock Island. Do we have to send the coal to Golden Light City again?"
This is really embarrassing. Where there is iron, there is no coal, and where there is coal, there is no iron. It would be great if a railway could be built between Golden Light City and Broken Snow City. But building a railway requires a lot of steel, and the problem is
Infinite loop.
This is not the only problem with the endless cycle. Nipoli opened another account: "Sir, you must reduce the workers' income. Our treasury is almost empty."
In Suixue City, an excellent worker can earn ten gold coins every year, and there are no less than ten thousand such workers, which means that the annual salary paid to the workers requires one hundred thousand gold coins.
Reggie didn't think that 100,000 gold coins was a large amount, but when he opened the account book, he found that there were only more than 40,000 gold coins left in his treasury.
Isn't this a joke? When did Broken Snow Country become so poor? Even a country as poor as Bayer Country has at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins in its treasury.
But then I thought about it, it is not Suixue Country that is poor. The citizens of Suixue Country are richer than the people of White Tower, especially the people of Suixue City. If you name any of them, they are all rich men. The real poor one is him, the king.
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"If you want to fill your coffers, you have to make a choice, either lower your people's incomes or raise taxes."
"Are there no other ways to make money?" Reggie didn't like to squeeze wealth from his people. He was more interested in earning the wealth of other countries.
"Sir, we sell nearly 60% of our goods to the White Tower Kingdom. Now this financial path has been cut off. The remaining business is concentrated in the Golden Eagle Kingdom and the Dongsang Kingdom. Although we earn tens of thousands of gold coins every month, we can still
All this money has been used in the war between Lane Country and Bayer Country. Sir, you have given them too much support, requiring millions of gold coins every year. This support should not be free."
"That's because you haven't seen the glorious results of the war." Reggie looked down upon Nipoli. The businessman could only see the immediate benefits. "How many territories have I conquered through war? Do you know how much wealth this means?"
"This account can be settled!"
Counting money is a very interesting thing, especially with a master like Nipoli, who calculates every account very clearly.
He divided Reggie's territory into three categories. The first category was profitable.
Let’s start with the calculations from Benlang Country. The situation here is relatively complicated. Selling sheep in Benlang Country is expected to earn 40,000 gold coins a year, and long-distance trade can earn 30,000 gold coins. The wolf kings in various places pay almost 30,000 gold coins as offerings.
That adds up to 100,000 gold coins.
However, a long and narrow trade channel requires a large number of soldiers to be stationed, a large amount of weapons, and a lot of officials and managers. They all need to spend money, especially the army and weapons. The number is very staggering, and the total annual expenses are close to
Fifty thousand gold coins, so the actual income brought by Running Wolf Kingdom is 50,000 gold coins per year.
Let’s take a look at Zhilin City again. The situation here is very simple, with 30% of the offerings being made every year. Affected by the war, the girls’ business is a little tight. This year’s income is slightly less than in previous years, and it is expected that they can pay 20,000 gold coins.
Looking at Drawing City again, the cotton business is pretty good, and agriculture has basically recovered, barely reaching a balance of payments.
The situation on Spiked Island is similar. After deducting the consumption of the Fifth Army (Grace's navy), there is a surplus of nearly two thousand gold coins.
The second category is difficult to evaluate.
Blackstone Island provides a large amount of coal to Xuecheng and consumes a lot of human resources. Coal is an important wealth of Xuecheng, but there is no real money in the ledger.
The situation in Golden Light City is generally similar. Reggie does not allow the export of ores and metals, so Golden Light City cannot bring gold coins.
The third category is those who lose money.
Hanfeng Fortress can only be accessed but not entered. The army and weapons alone require an annual expenditure of 30,000 gold coins.
There is a large amount of timber in Silver Pine City, but Reggie does not allow the export of timber. He prohibits the export of all raw materials. However, the city's agriculture has not fully recovered. After the New Year, it was also attacked by evil spirits, which requires a large amount of material relief. Every year
The cost is also about 30,000 gold coins.
There is also the Lost Mountain. The trolls occasionally send Reggie some mountain goods, but Reggie sends them millions of pounds of food every year as the cost of renting the road.
The most distressing one is Tuodao. Because of its special geographical location, Tuodao's overall income has always been more stable than that of Zhilin City. Under Bachelo's management, at least 30,000 gold coins are donated every year. Now, this place is managed by
Blood gain has become blood loss, and it is expected to cost 50,000 gold coins in reconstruction costs this year.
With an income of more than 70,000 yuan and an expense of 110,000 yuan, Reggie looked at Nipoli in embarrassment, and Nipoli looked at Reggie helplessly.
"The war is eating away at our income, your territory is eating away at our income, and we won't be able to get through this crisis without increasing taxes."
"Taxes cannot be added," Reggie said, taking the account book. "Han Maple Fortress is in trouble, but Silver Pine City still has a way. I want them to learn to make money."