Above the Pirate King

"Let's have dinner together next time!"

After a simple farewell, the two chatted happily because of the delicious food, exchanged contact information, and agreed to taste the delicious food together next time!

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sunset.

Arthur, who returned to the palace, looked at LeBlanc and said with a smile, "Today's food is really good!"

Upon hearing this, LeBlanc looked at Arthur with resentment on his face, and kept complaining, "You bastard, you eat well, but when my mother led a group of people to take pictures, she was so greedy that she was drooling." ! Moreover, you bastard is still so happy chatting with that vixen named Emma in front of me!"

Hearing her complaints, Arthur smiled, walked to her, hugged her, and whispered in her ear, "Stop complaining, I'll let you eat enough tonight... no matter which one!"

Hearing this, LeBlanc's face turned completely red with a "swish"!

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Dawn breaks.

Kingdom of St. Martin, the palace hall!

Arthur sat on the throne.

"See His Majesty the King!" All the ministers knelt on one knee.

"Excuse me!" Arthur waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers stood up.

"What's the matter today?" Arthur said lightly.

"Report to Your Majesty, this year's financial report is out!" Ishihara Qiansaburo took a step forward, walked out of the crowd, and bowed to report.

"Say it!" Arthur said in a deep voice.

"Yes! Your Majesty." Ishihara Qiansaburo nodded, and said seriously: "Because the newly established territory of the Kingdom is too large, the branches are scattered, and the internal accounts of each kingdom are relatively chaotic, and the Ministry of Finance is somewhat insufficient, so we are still temporarily closed. The following financial reports are all from St. Maarten this year!"

At this point, he paused before continuing, "This year's total national revenue is [-] billion St. Martin coins! Compared with last year, it has increased by [-]%!"

As St. Maarten develops better and better, although the income has been increasing, the proportion of the increase is getting smaller and smaller. Compared with last year, this year's [-]% growth has decreased by about [-]%!

However, looking at this income, Arthur is still very happy. Although the growth rate is low, the base itself is large!

[-] billion increase by [-]%, how can it be better than [-] billion increase by [-]%

"Among them, military expenditures include military wages, ordnance production, military logistics, military welfare, etc., which add up to about [-] billion St. Martin coins!"

The military expenditure has increased by nearly four times compared to last year. The main reason is that this year's army is fighting non-stop, and as soon as the war wears off, the death in battle, the consumption of ordnance, etc. will come up, causing the expenditure to skyrocket!

Of course, this sharp increase in expenditure is relative to the fact that more territory of the kingdom has entered the pocket of Saint Martin, so Arthur is still willing to pay for this expenditure!

"The expenditures of the Ministry of Industry, including infrastructure construction in various places, road repairs, and scientific research expenditures of the Academy of Sciences, etc., are about [-] billion St. Martin coins!"

Although the expenditure in this area is also very large, it is just normal. It is about [-]% more than last year, and it has not skyrocketed to the point of exaggeration!

However, next year will be different!

With the skyrocketing growth of the kingdom's territory, next year these expenditures, especially infrastructure construction, road repairs, etc., will definitely skyrocket to a terrifying place!

"The royal family's income is [-]% of the country's total income, which is [-] billion St. Martin coins!"

This aspect is fixed, so there is nothing to say!

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"To sum up, this year's total expenditure is [-] billion St. Maarten coins, and the surplus is negative [-] billion St. The money is [-] billion St. Martin coins, and there are [-] billion Bailey reserves!"

After decades of hard work, I will return to before liberation!

With various expenditures this year, especially the surge in military expenditures, not only is there no money left this year, but even [-]% of the surplus from previous years has been spit out. As a result, there are only more than three billion St. Martin coins, and more than [-] billion Baileys!

Well, that still seems like a lot!

If it were changed to a normal kingdom, then the money, even if a kingdom does not eat, drink or spend for more than ten years, it is possible to save it, but it is really nothing in St. Martin!

As long as some more infrastructure is built this year, it will basically be over!

"Okay!" Arthur said with satisfaction, and then said, "Is there anything else?"

"Report to Your Majesty!" Lelis stood up and said, "As for the remaining troops of the kingdom, we have completely incorporated them. Willingness to be arranged to go home to farm and outside various grassroots!"

"Others we selected again and again, and selected those who were stronger, obeyed orders, or had special abilities, and reorganized them into the navy and army!"

"Currently, the navy has added ten fleets, and the army has added six legions, adding more than [-] soldiers in total!"

The army of more than thirty kingdoms is far more than these people!

However, most of them were temporarily recruited before the kingdom's demise, so in the process of reorganization, there was a big shrinkage, shrinking the original hundreds of thousands of troops to more than [-] now!

And these [-] are the elite of the remaining armies of those kingdoms. As long as they train more, it is only a matter of time before they catch up with the St. Martin's army!

Speaking of this, Leilis said hesitantly, "But... in terms of ordnance, there is a big gap!"

This is also normal!

The army of [-] is about [-] to [-]% more than all the troops of St. Maarten before. It is impossible for a normal kingdom, even St. Maarten, to have so many ordnance reserves!

What's more, there were wars before?