Volume 5 Chapter 38 - Nation’s strength (1/2)

As the breeze of fall blew, there was a slight chill in it. It entered the window of the small building in the back gardens of the Lampuri Kingdom’s royal palace.

Seveni was feeling a little tired, but when the cold breeze hit her, she shuddered a bit and came back to her senses.

If this was before, she would think the breeze came at just the right time and she could focus on work again.

But this time she looked out the window, staring at the leaves that were falling outside in a daze for a bit. After being in thought for a bit, she closed the window.

She came back to the desk and picked up the document she had put down. Looking over, there was a heartfelt faint smile that appeared on her face.

This was the Lampuri Kingdom’s financial report from last month.

According to this report, it was clear that the current Lampuri Kingdom’s financial revenue was already greatly growing.

Just from last month alone, the Lampuri Kingdom’s total revenue had already surpassed five hundred thousand gold coins.

It had to be known, when Seveni’s father Lampuri Thirteenth and big brother Eric ruled the throne, the Lampuri Kingdom’s yearly revenue was only a million gold coins. As an average for the months, it would be less than a hundred thousand gold coins.

Seveni had taken the throne for less than two years and the kingdom’s financial revenue had increased by several times.

Based on the current trend, by the end of the year, the yearly revenue might even break five million gold coins.

Seveni knew that this five million to many of the large companies and nobles wasn’t not a large number.

But for a poor kingdom like the Lampuri Kingdom, this was an incredible achievement.

If the yearly revenue could break five million, this would mean the Lampuri Kingdom would be much richer and Seveni could do many things with this money.

The most obvious demonstration of this was military expenses.

Before Seveni took the throne, the yearly military expense was only three hundred thousand gold coins. And in order to deal with the threat of the Sack Kingdom, they kept drawing from the pitiful kingdom finances.

But now that the Lampuri Kingdom’s finances had increased, Seveni could invest more into the military.

Last year, the Lampuri Kingdom had invested over eight hundred thousand gold coins in military expenses.

Before it was even October of this year, the Lampuri Kingdom had already invested over one and half million in military expenses.

When the end of the year came, this might even surpass two million.

This number even surpassed the previous Lampuri Kingdom’s yearly revenue!

With this ample military expenses, the Lampuri Kingdom’s army was able to quickly change.

Take the northern army that was the most important to Seveni. Not only did each soldier have a complete set of weapons, they also had a large number of military magic machines which had greatly increased their battle strength.

Starting from the second half of the year, the northern army had started fighting back against the Sack Kingdom on Seveni’s orders.

And from the first engagement, during this year, the northern army had attacked the border many times. They had fought with the Hungry Wolf Regiment that guarded the border many times, winning each time.

The Sack Kingdom’s Hungry Wolf Regiment had fifty thousand elite troops, but there had been over ten thousand of those that had been killed by the northern army during these engagements. They even completely destroyed one of the elite units under the Hungry Wolf Regiment.

Since the founding of the Lampuri Kingdom, the Sack Kingdom had always had an overwhelming advantage. A situation like this had never occurred where they couldn’t even fight back against the Lampuri Kingdom.

Because of the northern army’s victory, the Lampuri Kingdom’s newspapers had been propagandizing this the entire year.

The people of the Lampuri Kingdom were filled with morale. There were even people who shouted for marching directly into the Sack Kingdom and attacking them, occupying their land.

But Seveni was clear that the Lampuri Kingdom could obtain these continuous victories because of the massive investments that had been made. At the same time, there was another important reason which was that they had large amounts of military magic machines, allowing the northern army to have an absolute advantage in terms of equipment.

Although this allowed the northern army to sweep across the battlefield, war was not only limited to the battlefield and was affected by many other factors.

The most important thing that decided the final victory of the war between the two countries was the national strength of both sides.

Even if the Lampuri Kingdom had gained many benefits from investing in the magic machine industry after Seveni took the throne, causing their national strength to increase by quite a bit.

The Lampuri Kingdom had been weak for too long, it was impossible for them to crush the Sack Kingdom in just two years.

Seveni never thought that they would defeat the Sack Kingdom this easily. She was very clear that to the Lampuri Kingdom, the most important thing was to maintain their fast development, quickly improving their national strength.

When the Lampuri Kingdom truly became strong, it was a natural thing for them to defeat the Sack Kingdom.

But to achieve this, there was another important premise, which was to earn the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s full support the entire time.

As the queen, she had a deep relationship with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. It could even be said that she was the person who understood the Frestech Chamber of Commerce the best in the entire kingdom. Seveni knew better than anyone how much power the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, or rather Xu Yi had hidden.

As long as they had the full support of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, the Lampuri Kingdom could keep developing their magic machine industry, improving the economy of their kingdom and their national strength.