Chapter 19 Financial Reporting

Dawn breaks.

The Kingdom of Saint Martin, the Royal Palace!

Arthur sat on the throne.

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

"No gift!" Arthur waved his hand.

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

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

"Your Majesty, this year's financial report has come out!" Ishihara Qian Saburo took a step forward, walked out of the crowd, and bowed to report.

"Is another year almost over?" Arthur sighed inwardly. He ascended the throne in November, so now it's December, and it's normal for the end of the year to be approaching.

"Speak!" Arthur said solemnly.

When he was in court, Arthur was expressionless and cold most of the time, not because he liked it, but, as a king, when he was in court, he had to be like this!

"Yes! Your Majesty" Ishihara Qian Saburo nodded and said solemnly: "This year's total national income is 2.973 billion St. Martin! Compared with last year, it has increased by 20%!"

"Among them, military expenditures, including military wages, ordnance production, military logistics, military benefits, etc., add up to about 700 million St. Martin's coins!"

Arthur nodded. These are all normal. In his previous life, a developed county could even earn tens of billions of soft sister coins, and Bailey's value was similar to the Japanese yen in his previous life. The ratio of Japanese yen to soft sister coins was 100. The ratio is 6.3, the ratio is about fifteen to one, and the ratio of Bailey to St. Martin is ten to one!

After all, Saint Martin is a relatively closed country, and it is already very good to be able to achieve these incomes.

His army is also a professional army. Although there are only 10,000 soldiers, each of them is much stronger than the messy peasant soldiers of other countries. Not to mention a dozen or a hundred, but with bare hands, a dozen or 20 will definitely not be a problem!

After all, this is the world of One Piece. An adult who eats well, plus training, can easily hit ten or twenty. Of course, if there is a gun, it is another matter. The gun can narrow the gap between the two parties, but after Strict training must be much stronger than the average person!

"The expenditure of the Ministry of Industry, including infrastructure construction in various places, road repairs, and scientific research expenditures of the Academy of Sciences, etc., is about 500 million St. Martin's coins!"

"The royal family's income is 10% of the country's total income, which is 297.3 million Saint Martins!"

The income of the royal family and the income of the country are separate. In fact, they were not divided before, but after Arthur came to power, they were separated, because if the finances of the two sides were combined, the financial system of the whole country would be in chaos.

But other things, if put together, then if the state expenditure exceeds the expenditure, then the royal family is not out of money? Likewise, if the royal family spends too much money, then the country has no money? So it is better to separate the two sides.

"To sum up, this year's total expenditure is 2.33 billion St. Maarten, a surplus of 643 million St. Maarten, plus the previous surplus, the remaining money in the treasury is now 23 Thirty million Saint Martins, and three billion Baileys in reserve!"

After the report, Ishihara Qian Saburo returned.

"However, the remaining money is a bit too much!" Arthur frowned slightly.

For ordinary people, it is definitely good to have savings, but for a country, it is not necessarily!

It is good for a country to have surpluses or even reserves. However, the greater the fiscal surplus, the more wealth will be stored. If things go on like this, it will cause economic contraction, which will eventually lead to a decline in purchasing power and prices, resulting in deflation.

Therefore, these surpluses must be spent quickly to achieve the best balance of fiscal balance.

Arthur thought for a while and said, "Lelis!"

"Your Majesty!" Rilis stepped forward.

Now that the blood port town has been conquered, the navy has to make progress, so he asked Rilis to come back with him, while Rilis's men are still stationed in the blood port town, at the same time, Arthur also let several silver saints Fighters guard the town of Blood Harbor.

"Starting today, you and your regiment will break away from the First Army of the Army and form a navy based on your original regiment! You will be the commander of the First Navy Fleet in the future!" Arthur ordered.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Rilis was ecstatic.

Arthur waved his hand and motioned him to go down without saying anything.

Specific things will definitely be discussed later, and now we have to talk about other things.

"Brian!" Arthur called another name.

Brian is the foreign minister of the kingdom, and the youngest among the ministers. He is only twenty years old. He has long platinum blonde hair, blue eyes, and a handsome and smiling face. all the feelings.

It is Arthur's playmate since he was a child, and it can also be said that Arthur raised and grew up. After all, Arthur was already dozens of years old before crossing, how could it be possible to play with a group of little kids.

Brian's quick-witted mind, good at communication, coupled with his likable smile on his face, is all about diplomacy.

However, there was no chance for him to play before, and he just let him follow the kingdom's merchant ships to purchase supplies every year.

"Your Majesty!" Brian stepped forward.

"The navy has already received news two days ago that the kingdom's joining the world government has been approved. Years later, when the navy comes to deliver the gold in the sky, you should follow them to the world government to go through the formalities!" Arthur said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Brian nodded and stepped back.

Subsequently, Arthur and ministers discussed many orders.

"Okay, that's it for today, step back!" Arthur waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the ministers said respectfully.

study.

Arthur took out two newspapers with great interest.

Although the formalities have not yet been completed, the matter of joining the World Government has been confirmed.

Then came new benefits.

The first is newspapers.

Before, the only newspapers he could buy were St. Martin's Kingdom Daily, or the newspapers of previous years that he brought back when he went to sea every year.

But it's different now.

There is a special delivery bird to St. Maarten.

Not before.

No way, the birds that deliver the papers mainly fly on the main routes, and there are fixed kingdom places.

The Kingdom of St. Martin was not well-known before, nor was it on the main route, and there was no newspaper bird arriving here at all.

However, as soon as the Kingdom of St. Martin joined the World Government, the newspaper bird came, which is enough to show that the newspaper tycoon Morse has a certain source of intelligence in the World Government, and even has some close connection with the World Government.

However, this has nothing to do with him for the time being. Although he is very interested in the distribution and publicity capabilities of these newspapers, he has no chance to participate for the time being.

Arthur opened the western poster first.

I saw something about the Kingdom of Saint Martin in the corner of the first page.

"The smuggling town of Blood Harbor Town was tragically destroyed by the Kingdom of Saint Martin. The Chris family and the two big pirate groups managed to escape! 》

The thing is what happened in Blood Harbor Town, it was spread by the pirates and the mafia who were repelled by Aldiba, as well as some things about Chris, the ghost fire, and the news spread by the three of Aiden.

Open World News again.

Because of the large and wide air routes, the newspapers in this world, except for local ones, are all weekly newspapers, such as the newspapers delivered by the newspaper bird. The time for monthly reports is too long, and the time for daily newspapers is not enough. Only weekly newspapers are the most suitable!

With the existence of telephone bugs, not only can they make phone calls, but they can also transmit written materials, so Morse has special newspaper offices in various places. The time for the weekly newspaper is just right!

Also in the little corner of the first page.

"The Kingdom of St. Martin in the West Sea joins the world government! 》

The formalities have not been done yet, but the newspapers have already published the matter.

After reading two newspapers, Arthur opened the system panel.

【Reputation value: 212031】

This is the purpose of entry.

Reputation value is a comprehensive consideration of a person's awareness, popularity, familiarity, impression, convincing, and so on.

Although the Kingdom of St. Martin was covered by two major newspapers, they were all in the corner.

Moreover, the name of the king of the Kingdom of St. Martin was simply mentioned as Pendragon Arthur.

It's like you see a Mr. Chen in the corner in the newspaper. What happened at home, will you remember this Mr. Chen in a few days?

The answer is clear.

Therefore, the reputation value is only a little bit.

However, this can still draw a wave of rewards!

Thinking of this, Arthur is a little excited. The things drawn in the previous lottery are not bad, what can I win this time?

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