Chapter 19: Financial Report

　　 The dawn is breaking.
　　 Saint Martin's Kingdom, the palace hall!
　　 Arthur sat on the throne.
　　 "See Your Majesty the King!" The ministers knelt on one knee.
　　 "Free gift!" Arthur waved his hand.
　　 "Thank you!" The ministers got up.
　　 "What's the matter today?" Arthur said lightly.
　　 "Your Majesty, this year's financial report is out!" Ishihara Ken Saburo took a step forward, stepped out of the crowd, and bowed to report.
　　 "Is another year going by?" Arthur sighed inwardly. He became the throne in November, so it is December now, and it is normal for the end of the year.
　　 "Say it!" Arthur said solemnly.
　　 When he was in Shang Dynasty, Arthur was mostly expressionless and cold. It was not that he liked it, but as a king, he had to be like this when he was in Shang Dynasty!
　　 "Yes! Your Majesty" Ishihara Senzaburo nodded, and said sternly: "This year's total national income is 2.973 billion Saint Martins! Compared with last year, it has increased by 20%!"
　　 "Among them, military expenditures, including army salaries, ordnance production, army logistics, army welfare, etc., add up to about 700 million Saint Martins!"
Arthur nodded. These are all normal. A developed county in his previous life could even earn tens of billions of soft sister coins, and Bailey’s value was about the same as the previous life’s yen, and the ratio of yen to soft sister coins was 100. Compared to 6.3, the ratio is about fifteen to one, and the ratio of Bailey to Saint Martin is ten to one!
　　 Saint Martin is, after all, 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, 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, one dozen or twenty is definitely not a problem!
After all, this is the world of One Piece. Adults who eat well, plus training, can easily shoot ten or twenty. Of course, if you have a gun, it’s another matter. The gun can narrow the gap between the two sides. Strictly trained people are definitely 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 500 million Saint Martins!"
　　 "The royal family's income is 10% of the country's total income, which is 297.3 million Saint Martins!"
　　 The royal family’s income is separate from the country’s income. In the past, there was no separation, but after Arthur took office, they were separated, because if the two parties’ finances were combined, the entire country’s fiscal system would be messed up.
　　 But other things, if put together, then the state spending overspend, then the royal family has no money? Similarly, if the royal family spends too much money, then the country has no money? Therefore, it is better for the two parties to be open.
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"To sum up, the total expenditure this year is 2,330 million St. Martins, with a surplus of 643 million St. Martins. Together with the previous surplus, the remaining money in the Treasury is now 23. Thirty million Saint Martins, and three billion Pele reserves!"
　　 After finishing the report, Ishihara Kensaburo returned it.
　　 "However, the remaining money is a bit too much!" Arthur frowned slightly.
　　 For ordinary people, having a deposit is definitely good, but for a country, it is not necessarily!
　　 It is good for a country to have a surplus or even some reserves. However, the more fiscal surplus, the more wealth will be stored. If this happens, it will cause economic deflation, which will eventually lead to a decline in purchasing power, lower prices, and deflation.
　　 So, these surpluses must be spent quickly to achieve fiscal balance. This is the best.
　　 Arthur pondered for a while and said, "Lelis!"
　　 "Your Majesty!" Rilis took a step forward.
Now that the town of Bloodport has been laid down, the navy has to make progress, so he asked Lylis to come back with him, and Lylis's men are still stationed in Bloodport Town. At the same time, Arthur also ordered several silver saints The fighter guards the town of Bloodport.
　　 "From today, you and your regiment have separated from the First Army of the Army, and formed a navy based on your original regiment! From now on, you will be the commander of the Navy's First Fleet!" Arthur ordered.
　　 "Yes! Your Majesty!" Lylis was a little ecstatic.
　　 Arthur waved his hand, did not say anything, motioned him to go down.
　　 Specific things must be discussed later, and now there are other things to be discussed.
　　 "Brian!" Arthur called another name.
Brian is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom. He is the youngest among the ministers. He is also twenty years old. He has long platinum blonde hair, blue eyes, and a handsome and smiling face. All the favors.
　　 was Arthur’s playmate since he was a child, and it can also be said that Arthur was brought up by himself. After all, Arthur was already a few dozen years old before crossing, so how could he play with a group of little kids.
　　 Brian's flexible mind and good at communication, coupled with his smiling face that makes people feel good, is no disadvantage in diplomacy.
　　 However, there was no chance for him to play before, just let him follow the Kingdom’s merchant ships to purchase supplies every year.
　　 "Your Majesty!" Brian took a step forward.
　　 "The navy has sent news two days ago that the kingdom has been approved to join the world government. After the next year, when the navy comes to transport the heavenly gold, you will follow them to the world government to go through the formalities!" Arthur said.
　　 "Yes, Your Majesty!" Brian nodded, then stepped back.
　　 Afterwards, Arthur discussed many orders with the ministers.
　　 "Okay, I'm here today, get out!" Arthur waved his hand.
　　 "Thanks, Your Majesty!" the ministers said respectfully.
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　　 study room.
　　 Arthur took out two newspapers excitedly.
　　 Although the formalities have not yet been completed, the matter of joining the world government has been confirmed.
　　 What follows is new benefits.
　　 The first type is newspapers.
　　 The only newspaper he could buy before was the St. Martin’s Kingdom Daily, or the newspapers from previous years he brought back when he went to sea every year.
　　 But it's different now.
　　 There is a special delivery bird to St. Martin.
　　 Not before.
　　 There is no way, the delivery birds 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 bird to arrive here at all.
　　 However, as soon as the Kingdom of Saint 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 intelligence in the world government, and even has any close ties with the world government.
　　 However, it doesn't matter to him for the time being. Although he is very interested in the distribution and propaganda capabilities of these newspapers, he has no chance to participate.
　　 Arthur opened the Western poster first.
　　 I saw things about the Kingdom of Saint Martin in the corner of the first page.
　　 "The smuggling town of Blood Harbor, which was tragically destroyed by the Kingdom of Saint Martin, the Chris family and the two large pirates escaped! 》
The thing is what happened in Blood Harbor Town, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com was spread out by the Pirates and Mafia who were repelled by Arudiba, and there are some things Chris and ghost fire, Aiden San News from people.
　　 Open Le Monde again.
　　Because the air routes are large and wide, the newspapers in this world, except for the local area, are all weekly newspapers like the newspaper delivery bird. If the monthly report is too long, the daily newspaper time is not enough. Only the weekly newspaper is the most suitable!
With the existence of the telephone worm, not only can make calls, but can also transmit textual materials. Therefore, Morse has special newspaper offices in various places. The newspaper offices make newspapers, and they are sent by the newspaper delivery birds, plus the time required to collect news. The time of the weekly report is just right!
　　 is also in the small corner of the first page.
　　 "The Kingdom of Saint Martin in the West Sea joins the world government! 》
　　 The procedure has not been completed, but the newspaper has already published the matter.
　　 After reading the two newspapers, Arthur opened the system panel.
　　【Reputation value: 212031】
　　 This is the purpose of entering.
　　 Prestige value is a comprehensive consideration of a person’s cognition, popularity, familiarity, impression, credibility and so on.
　　 Although St. Martin’s Kingdom has been reported in two major newspapers, they are all in the corner.
　　 Moreover, it simply mentioned that the king of the Kingdom of Saint Martin was named Pendragon Arthur.
　　 It's like when you saw in the newspaper that there was a Mr. Chen in the corner. What happened to the accident at home, will you remember this Mr. Chen in a few days?
　　 The answer is clear.
　　 Therefore, the prestige value is so little.
　　 But, this is still a wave of rewards!
　　Thinking of this, Arthur was a little excited. The things that were drawn in the previous draws were pretty good. What can I draw this time?