Above the Pirate King

Chapter 19 Financial Reporting
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.

"Is another year almost over?" Arthur sighed inwardly. He was enthroned in November, so now it's December, and it's normal that it's almost the end of the year.

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

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

"Yes! Your Majesty." Ishihara Qiansaburo nodded, and said seriously: "This year's total national income is 29 billion St. Martin coins! Compared with last year, it has increased by 300%!"

"Among them, military expenditures, including military wages, ordnance production, military logistics, military benefits, etc. add up to about [-] million St. Martin coins!"

Arthur nodded. These are all normal. In his previous life, a well-developed county could even earn tens of billions of soft sister coins, and Bailey's value was about the same as the Japanese yen in his previous life. The ratio of Japanese yen to soft sister coins was one hundred The ratio is [-], the ratio is about [-] to [-], and the ratio of Bailey and St. Martin is [-] to [-]!

After all, St. Maarten 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 [-] soldiers, each of them is much stronger than the messy peasant soldiers in other countries. Not to mention a dozen or a hundred, but with bare hands, a dozen or twenty soldiers will definitely not be a problem!

After all, this is the world of One Piece. Adults who eat well, plus training, can easily fight ten or twenty. Of course, if you have a gun, it’s another matter. The gun can narrow the gap between the two sides, but after Strictly trained people must be much better than ordinary people!

"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 [-] million St. Martin coins!"

"The royal family's income is 730% of the country's total income, which is [-] million St. Martin coins!"

The income of the royal family is separate from that of the country. In the past, they were not divided, but after Arthur came to power, they were separated, because if the finances of the two parties were combined, the financial system of the entire country would be in chaos.

But other things, if put together, if the national expenditure exceeds the budget, then the royal family has no money?Likewise, the royal family spends too much money, so the country has no money?So it is better to separate the two parties.

"To sum up, the total expenditure this year is 23 billion St. Maarten coins, with a surplus of 3000 million St. Maarten coins. Adding the previous surplus, the remaining money in the treasury is 300 billion St. Maarten coins , and there are 23 billion Bailey reserves!"

After reporting, Ishihara Qiansaburo returned.

"However, there is a lot of money left!" Arthur frowned slightly.

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

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

Therefore, some of these surpluses must be spent as soon as possible to achieve a balance between fiscal revenue and expenditure.

Arthur pondered for a while and said, "Leris!"

"Your Majesty!" Lelis stepped forward.

Now that the town of Blood Harbor has been laid down, the navy has to make progress, so he asked Riris to come back together, and Riris' men are still stationed in Blood Harbor Town. At the same time, Arthur also asked several Silver St. Fighters guard the town of Bloodport.

"Starting today, you and your regiment will separate from the First Army of the Army and form the Navy based on your original regiment! From now on, you will be the commander of the First Fleet of the Navy!" Arthur ordered.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Leiris was a little ecstatic.

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

Specific things must 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, the youngest among the ministers, only 20 years old, with long platinum-blond hair, blue eyes, and a handsome and smiling face. favor.

It was Arthur's playmate since he was a child, and it can also be said that he was brought up by Arthur. After all, Arthur was already dozens of years old before time travel. How could he play with a group of little kids.

Brian's quick-witted and sociable mind, coupled with his pleasing smiling face, is no disadvantage in diplomacy.

However, there was no opportunity for him to perform before, but he was only asked to purchase supplies with the kingdom's merchant ships every year.

"Your Majesty!" Brian stepped forward.

"Two days ago, the navy sent the news that the kingdom's joining the world government has been approved. After the year, when the navy comes to deliver the gold from the sky, you will follow them to the world government to go through the formalities!" Arthur said.

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

Subsequently, Arthur discussed many orders with the ministers.

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

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

study.

Arthur excitedly took out two newspapers.

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

Then came the new benefits.

The first is the newspaper.

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

But it is different now.

There is a special delivery bird to St. Maarten.

Not before.

No way, the newspaper delivery bird mainly flies on the main routes, and there are fixed places in the kingdom.

However, the Kingdom of St. Maarten was not well-known before, nor was it on the main route, and no newspaper delivery bird arrived here at all.

However, as soon as the kingdom of St. Martin joined the world government, the newspaper delivery bird came, which is enough to show that the newspaper tycoon Morse has a certain source of information in the world government, and even has a close relationship 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 in it 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 Bloodport was brutally destroyed by the Kingdom of St. Martin. The Chris family and the two major pirate groups managed to escape! "

The thing is what happened in Bloodport Town, which was spread by the pirates and mafia who were repelled by Alrudiba, and there were also some news about Chris and the will-o'-the-wisp, and the three of Aiden.

Open the Le Monde again.

Because the air routes are large and wide, the newspapers in this world, except for local newspapers, are all weekly newspapers. The monthly newspapers take too long and the daily newspapers are not enough. Only the weekly newspaper is the most suitable!
With the existence of the phone bug, not only can you make calls, but you can also send text materials, so Morse has special newspaper offices in various places, and the newspaper offices produce newspapers, which are delivered by the newspaper delivery bird, plus the time needed to collect news, The time for the weekly report is just right!
Also in the little corner of the first page.

"The Kingdom of Saint Martin of the West Sea joins the World Government! "

The formalities have not been completed yet, but the newspaper has published this matter.

After reading two newspapers, Arthur opened the system panel.

[Reputation Point: 212031]

The purpose of entry is this.

The prestige value is a comprehensive consideration of the person's recognition, popularity, familiarity, impression and conviction of the person, etc.

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

Moreover, there is only a brief mention of the name of the king of St. Martin Kingdom called Pendragon Arthur.

Just like when you saw a Mr. Chen in the corner in the newspaper and something happened at home, will you still remember this Mr. Chen in a few days?

The answer is clear.

Therefore, the prestige value is only a little bit.

But, this can still draw a wave of rewards!

Thinking of this, Arthur became a little excited. The things he got in the previous lottery draws were pretty good. What could he get this time?

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