Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 228 Douluo Federation Finances

After Dean Huo Tianchen of the Ministry of Education finished speaking, only the Ministry of Construction, the courts, the research and development departments, the prisons, and the Ministry of Finance remained.

As for the courts, they are currently quite powerful, with over 3000 Soul Masters, and courts of various levels have been established throughout the country. After all, some minor crimes don't need to be tried at the Supreme Court of the Douluo Federation.

Yang Wudi from the R&D department spoke directly: "Recently, the R&D department has been carrying out various R&D work, including the development of martial spirits, spirit beasts, spirit rings, and spirit tools, but there has not been much progress yet."

After hearing this, everyone understood. After all, research and development is a relatively long process, and many people don't develop anything in their entire lives.

Wang Xiaofei seemed to have thought of something: "Senior Yang Wudi, please organize a group of people who are proficient in forging or have a deep understanding of soul tool research. I will make other arrangements for them."

After hearing these words, Yang Wudi nodded.

As for prisons, there's even less to say. Many prisons in the Douluo Federation are still under construction and haven't even begun managing criminals.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Construction is busy with various construction projects across the country, participating in everything from court construction and Soul Master academies to prison construction. Fortunately, it has a large number of Soul Masters under its jurisdiction, and it is estimated that the first batch of construction will take another two months to complete.

Only after these tasks are completed can nationwide large-scale projects begin, including water conservancy facilities and road construction. Wang Xiaofei even considered whether to enclose the entire Star Dou Great Forest, completely isolating it from the human world of the Douluo Federation. This would provide some protection for both soul beasts and humans, especially preventing small beast tides. However, the cost would be too high; at least some funding would need to be requested from the Silver Dragon King, the master of soul beasts, as the Lake of Life contains many treasures.

Finally, and most importantly, is the Ministry of Finance. For any organization or power, finance is the foundation for its operation. Even an empire is no exception. Only a relatively healthy treasury can maintain the basic operation of an empire. If an empire's finances are chronically in deficit, the empire will be in danger of collapse.

Minister Liu Yan spoke directly: "In the past two months, our main financial expenditures have been expenditures, including subsidies for all Soul Masters, salaries for government staff, the exchange of treasures for government staff, and some subsidies paid when Soul Master academies were brought under state control."

"Based on the above expenditures, the government's budget can cover the next five years, but it will be completely depleted after that."

"Currently, our income mainly comes from three aspects. First, it comes from the confiscation of the property of some nobles after they were wiped out. The assets of the nobles are extremely large. The amount collected at this stage is enough to cover the Douluo Federation's finances for a year. At present, no nobles dare to oppose our Douluo Federation. This income will gradually decrease in the future."

"The second source of income comes from renting out some shops in Tiandou City, Xingluo City, and Phoenix City. This income is also considerable, but at this stage, due to the war, the overall income is still relatively low, especially in Phoenix City, where the entire city has just been completed and the proportion of shops rented out is still relatively small. However, the number of shops rented out has been increasing recently, and fiscal revenue is expected to increase significantly."

"Finally, there are some industries that have been nationalized, including the Soul Arena that are spread throughout the Douluo Federation, as well as some large-scale auctions. According to the actual income of the Soul Arena, as long as there is no large-scale war, the income from the Douluo Arena alone can meet one-third of the Douluo Federation's fiscal expenditures, which is also the largest source of income at this stage."

"Based on the current situation, fiscal revenue and expenditure should reach a balance in about a year."

Everyone was stunned after hearing this. They never expected that a single Soul Arena could generate so much revenue for the Douluo Federation.

Bibi Dong and Dai Yutian, who were present, turned pale. The Douluo Federation now possessed so much wealth that it had essentially plundered the original Star Luo Empire and Martial Soul Empire's treasuries, giving the impression that they were using their own money to raise someone else's child.

Wang Xiaofei seemed to suddenly remember something: "I remember that the former Emperor Xue Beng of the Heavenly Dou Empire is currently in our prison. How is he doing?"

"Avalanche has now joined our Douluo Federation and become an ordinary staff member."

Hearing this, Wang Xiaofei felt a little regretful: "The Heaven Dou Empire has accumulated wealth for thousands of years, so it should still have a lot of secret treasures. But now that Xue Beng has joined our Douluo Federation, we can't force him to reveal them anymore. It's a bit of a pity."

After hearing these words, everyone couldn't help but secretly look at Bibi Dong and Dai Yutian. Both of them were emperors of the empire, and both had long histories and probably had a lot of secret wealth accumulated. Did His Majesty's words just now have any hint?

Of course, everyone present was a Title Douluo, and their wealth was quite substantial. After surrendering, they were not asked to hand over their assets. Did His Majesty the Emperor's words have a hidden meaning?

Those who knew Wang Xiaofei were speechless. This guy probably wanted to make another quick buck, and now that his hopes had been dashed, he was just making this sigh.

"Senior Golden Crocodile Douluo, how is the Han Hai City area doing now? Are there any problems?"

To attend this meeting, Golden Crocodile Douluo specially returned from Hanhai City.

"Your Majesty, everything is normal in Hanhai City and Haicheng Island. All pirates have been wiped out, and some have surrendered. There are no abnormalities in the management of Haishen Island and Hanhai City for the time being."

"That's good. I've always been worried that something might happen on Poseidon Island and in the Vast Ocean City, since it would be quite troublesome to suppress them."

"Now that there are no pirates, the lives of fishermen should improve. We can organize caravans to sell the sea spirit beasts or treasures they catch in Phoenix City or other cities, which will also boost Phoenix City's economy. In particular, some of the higher-end sea spirit beasts are very popular among the people in the mainland."

Golden Crocodile Douluo nodded in agreement.

Finally, Wang Xiaofei summarized: "Everyone, after two months of hard work, the Douluo Federation has basically stabilized. Moreover, based on the current development trend, the entire Douluo Federation will become better and stronger in the future."

"You are all powerful Title Douluo, so you can rest assured that I will not covet your wealth or opportunities. On the contrary, as long as you make sufficient contributions to the Douluo Federation, I will give you some opportunities, some opportunities that you could not have imagined before."

"Senior Yang Wudi, could you please explain the formation and advantages of Soul Cores to everyone present in the near future? I will be staying in Phoenix City for the next few days. If you need help condensing Soul Cores, you can ask me for assistance. This is a small perk for you at this stage. There will be more perks and opportunities in the future, and even becoming a god is possible."

"I hope everyone will work hard for the Douluo Federation in the future. The Douluo Federation will not let down anyone who makes a contribution."

(End of this chapter)