Chapter 782 Chapter 782: Small Treasury

Agguevin's proposal was immediately rejected by Thompson.

The reason is very simple. The preparation of the army means the need to mobilize the army, and a large amount of materials need to be used every time it comes and goes. All of these require money.

Now the country is asking for money everywhere, and his Population Committee is running around in a hurry, almost driving him to death.

"Princess Altria is still sitting on the border of the Ottoman Kingdom. With her, even if the Nakajima Alliance conquers the Ottoman Kingdom, it will not even think about stepping into the empire." Thompson said firmly.

"Once the Nakajima Alliance has a firm foothold, it will be difficult to drive them away in the future." Agguiwen shouted not to be outdone.

Aslan knocked impatiently on the table.

"The Ottoman Kingdom has Queen Artoria and Mrs. Sharon in charge, so there can be no chaos. The real trouble is the sea. The Central Island Alliance is an alliance composed of countless islands. Their shipbuilding industry is very developed. Once they become the northern continent's Although the pirates cannot capture the Northern Continent, they can become the most powerful pirate group in the Sino Continent, and the coastal areas of the empire will suffer." Wilson said sharply.

"navy?"

The naval force that Aslan had mentioned many times immediately came to Essien's mind.

"Whoever controls the ocean controls the world."

Wilson and Essien looked at each other and smiled wryly at the same time.

It was a headache for them to prepare for war, but now Aslan is more ruthless and directly creates a naval force.

The navy must have ships. Doesn't it cost money to build ships?

The more money you lack, the more you need to spend money.

"How much does Your Majesty need to build a naval force?" Wilson asked directly.

Aslan was immediately stunned by the question, not knowing how to answer.

"I'm not too sure about this, I need to calculate it carefully."

Finally, under Aslan's strong opposition, the navy's proposal was passed, but the funds needed in the initial stage made Wilson want to cry without tears.

150 million new Merlot coins.

Although it can be divided into more than ten installments and delivered to the navy, he just heard that His Majesty bought a few billion 'high-precision machine tools' in one breath, which almost made him spit out his old blood.

As soon as the meeting ended, Wilson and Essien led Hilkin straight to Aslan's office.

The matter of Dong Yapu Company can't be delayed any longer, otherwise what will they have to pay the debt.

The Imperial Central Bank sounds awesome, but the money on the books now is only a few hundred thousand gold coins, plus tens of millions of new Merlot coins.

What can this little money do?

"Your Majesty, this is the plan of the Dongyapu Company. It must be listed as nationalized. Otherwise, with the current economy of the empire, it will not be able to spread out such a large stall."

After seeing Aslan finished the plan, Wilson couldn't wait to say.

Aslan tapped his fingers on the table and fell into a brief thought.

"Just Dongyapu Company is not enough, don't you understand?"

"We are already trying our best to restore the economy, and it will not be effective until next year at the earliest." Essien said embarrassingly.

"Resuming agricultural production is still not enough, we need to vigorously develop industry, that is the fundamental." Aslan said earnestly.

As soon as they heard about the development of industry, Essien and Wilson turned bitter again.

"Your Majesty, that's easier said than done! Industry needs to purchase equipment, build factories, purchase raw materials, etc. With the current empire's economy, apart from your small coffers, the Ministry of Industry has no money at all." Essien cried out hastily. .

Obviously, this was the idea of ​​using Aslan's small coffers.

The richest person in the empire today is actually the emperor, although the Merlot Charter has stipulated that the empire's property will no longer belong to the emperor alone, but to the collective property of the empire.

The main sources of taxation in the empire were land tax and poll tax. This was because the nobles were severely punished and they were forced to hand over their land. Otherwise, the tax collected from the nobles in the past would be reduced by a zero.

The land tax that can be collected this year is about two million gold coins, and the head tax is also two million. It is mainly based on the original old land, and the taxes in other provinces will not be collected until next year.

There are also quite a few commercial taxes, but they are still much less than land tax and poll tax, less than two million in total.

After all, the commercial tax has only been collected for a few years. In the past, commercial trade did not need to pay taxes. The local chamber of commerce only needs to pay the protection fee to the regional lord on schedule, as long as the lord is satisfied.

Naturally, the largest commercial taxpayer in the empire is the Tianping Chamber of Commerce. The Tianping Chamber of Commerce is still Aslan’s private property and contributes millions of gold coins in commercial taxes every year. In the past two years, the Tianping Chamber of Commerce has been changed into the Tianping Group, covering all walks of life under its name. He also cooperated with the empire to establish many companies and factories, laying a solid foundation for the empire's state-owned enterprises.

"Build an industrial zone in the Naris area, build roads and power grids, and encourage nobles everywhere to build factories." Aslan gave a plan.

Hirkin was the first to react and nodded to Essien.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Essien understood and asked.

"The business atmosphere in the empire is so strong now, it's not like the nobles didn't feel it. It's just that they have been landlords all their lives and don't know how to do business. They just follow the trend blindly. There are countless hotels and restaurants in the main city, but There are very few who can really make money, and many of them lose everything. What we have to do is very simple, which is to train these nobles to do business." Aslan said earnestly.

Wilson and Essien widened their eyes.

Can you still play like this?

"Your Majesty, isn't it good for the empire to earn money? Why give it to those moths."

Wilson's attitude towards the old nobles of the Kingdom of Cleveland has always been so bad. In his opinion, the kingdom of Cleveland has fallen so quickly, and these nobles have contributed a lot.

"Imperial enterprises are responsible for high-end, high-tech, high-tech industries, and heavy industries. Those low-end manufacturing industries are handed over to those private companies. Not only the nobles, but we also encourage the people to start businesses." Aslan said.

"These low-end manufacturing industries can solve most of the needs of people's livelihood commodities. The raw materials they need need to be purchased from the empire, the equipment for production needs to be purchased from the empire, and the money they earn has to be taxed. Will the empire earn less when they come and go? ?The most important thing is a win-win situation. The empire has increased its fiscal revenue, and the old nobles have also made money, and created countless jobs at the same time. Isn’t this a multi-purpose move!” Aslan continued.

Wilson and Essien's eyes lit up, and they nodded in unison.

They already understood what Aslan meant, and as for mass entrepreneurship, they simply ignored it.

Ordinary people who can only earn meager wages have no funds to start a business.

"Understood, Your Majesty, I will draw up a plan when I go back." Essien said with a blushing face.

Wilson continued: "The development of the industrial zone still takes time. Your Majesty's matter about Dong Yapu Company still needs you to come forward."