Vol 4 Chapter 89: The majesty of the king

Eric took a breath, closed his eyes and rested for about a minute, then opened his eyes again, picked up the towel soaked in the cold water in the basin, rubbed his face twice, and renewed his spirits. , continue to review the official documents.
Ever since the last time in response to the rebellion in Collebo, the hardship of the Duke of Stark’s garrison of the Second Army’s rebellion was stopped. Eric was suddenly aware of something, and always felt The various political affairs of the group have produced new insights, and now they are no longer unconceived as before.
Correspondingly, he has become less and less dependent on the Duke of Stark. When there is basically no important thing, he never voluntarily summons the Duke of Stark, but most of the time he is trying hard to make judgments.
Of course, in normal times, he will also pay attention to the various aristocratic ministers in the kingdom, and at the same time try to read various books to strengthen their own learning, and even go out of the palace regularly, posing and mixing into the civilians to closely observe the people.
In short, he is now more and more committed to his role as a king, and has been deeply proud and honored as a king.
Of course, I also feel the pressure deeply.
The deeper the understanding of government affairs, the more Eric regrets the decisions made before.
The data from various aspects shows that one of the most erroneous things he has done is that he has not left the new Feishang Association.
This year, more than half of the past has been seen. The current statistical income of the Kingdom of Lampari is actually less than one million gold coins.
According to the current trend, until the end of the year, the state's annual fiscal revenue may be barely more than one million gold coins. Never exceed 1.5 million gold coins.
There are at least two million gold coins per year compared to the previous years. Even the fiscal revenue of more than three million gold coins in the previous year. The current Kingdom of Lampari is a lot poorer at once.
Eric is now more familiar with government affairs and naturally understands why this is the cause.
When the New Flying Chamber of Commerce was in the past, two-thirds of the annual revenue of the Lampari Kingdom was related to the magic industry represented by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
In the meantime, Bangta City will pay a huge tax of more than one million gold coins to the kingdom's finances every year, which is almost equal to the annual revenue of the former Lampari Kingdom.
It must be said that the new Flyer Club played the most important role in it.
However, since the New Flying Chamber of Commerce left the Kingdom of Lampari, the vast majority of the magical machinery-related chambers headed by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in Bangta and the Kingdom of Lampari also left the Kingdom of Lampari, making the influence of the magic industry The force has plummeted within the Kingdom of Lampari, and the taxes received have naturally fallen sharply.
of course. This is also related to the magic industry industry controlled by the ten chambers of commerce designated by the Magic Industry Management Agency.
According to the statistical data, the ten chambers of commerce are now doing the loss-making business because of the industry downturn, so the tax paid is extremely poor.
However, Eric actually knows very well that although the magic industry in the Kingdom of Lampari has been greatly affected by the withdrawal of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and those chambers of commerce, if it is said that the industry will lose money, it is impossible to say anything. of.
According to the information obtained by Eric in private, in fact, the Rockefeller Chamber of Commerce earned more than 200,000 gold coins last month.
Last month, the Rockefeller Chamber of Commerce announced that the Financial Statements issued by the Commercial Department had lost more than 70,000 gold coins. Therefore, the Rockefeller Chamber of Commerce not only failed to pay more than 80,000 gold coins that should be turned over, but even received special 30,000 gold coins from the Commercial Department. Financial subsidy.
This is in and out. It is equal to the Rockefeller Chamber of Commerce out of the air more than 120,000 gold coins.
As for the extra one, which is close to the 120,000 gold coins...
Every time I think of the back of the Rockefeller Chamber of Commerce is the Stark family, Eric can't help but give birth to a anger.
"The locusts of this gang of kingdoms!" Eric groaned in his heart. Then there was some helpless smile.
Although Duke Stark was superficially obedient to him during this time, he would not object to any of his opinions, and almost every one of his orders was seriously implemented, but Eric knew very well that he is currently The control of the entire kingdom is still far from sufficient.
Eric can only be patient until the strength is not enough to cope with the large number of stubborn old-fashioned aristocrats represented by the Stark family.
Before that, the only thing he could do was to recapture the power that should have belonged to him from the Duke of Stark.
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The knock on the door sounded.
Eric looked up at the door and couldn't help but smile.
Now the Duke of Starr finally learned to knock on the door when entering his room.
"Please come in." Eric Young said.
The gate was gently pushed open and the Duke of Stark strode in.
"Your Majesty." Duke Stark gave a ceremony to Eric. "I have to summon me suddenly, is there anything I want to explain?"
"Well, I just prepared a purpose, look at it." Eric handed over the paper he hadn't done yet.
The Duke of Stark took a look and immediately frowned.
This purpose is for the Magic Industry Management Agency.
The above summary is that Eric wants to reform the Magic Industry Management Agency and re-examine every Magic Industry Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom under the jurisdiction of the Magic Industry Management Agency.
The first thing to do is to conduct a qualification review for each chamber of commerce.
If a magical machinery business would not be effective, then the Magic Industry Management Agency should first find a way to help the chamber turn around.
If the Magic Industry Management Agency can't do it, then it is the dereliction of duty of the Administration.
If the Chamber of Commerce is not capable enough to make a profit, then in order to promote the healthy and orderly development of the magic industry in the Kingdom of Lampari, the Magic Industry Management Agency is qualified to ban the business qualification of the Chamber of Commerce and order it to change its business.
On the surface, this purpose is not wrong.
But think about it carefully. Because the current principal of the Magic Industry Management Agency is a member of the Stark family. The ten chambers of commerce designated by the Magic Industry Management Agency now have almost complete control over the magic industry in the Kingdom of Lampari. This purpose is undoubtedly directed at them.
However, these chambers of commerce represent the interests of the stubborn conservative aristocrats headed by the Stark family. Eric did this, but he made it clear that he wanted to target them.
The Duke of Starr raised his head and narrowed his eyes and looked at Eric.
"Your Majesty, I am afraid this is not appropriate."
"Oh? What's wrong?"
"Even if some chambers are not capable enough to make a profit, they are still contributing to the development of the magic industry in the entire kingdom. If you cancel their business qualifications directly, it will be too damaging to their enthusiasm. You are not saying the most. Can we make every city in the kingdom become like Bangta City? In this case, we should give them more encouragement."
Eric sneered in his heart.
The so-called encouragement of the Duke of Stark is to fund those chambers of commerce from the kingdom's finances.
Now that the kingdom's finances have fallen sharply, and then part of it is so-called "encourage", the kingdom's finances are even more stretched.
Sitting in this king's position for a long time, Eric is very aware of the important role of money.
There are many places in the Kingdom of Lampari that need improvement, but every place requires a lot of money.
Eric tried to recapture some of the money that should have belonged to the kingdom's finances from the ten chambers of commerce designated by the Magic Industry Management Agency, precisely from the stubborn conservative aristocracy, for the development of the entire kingdom.
"The mall is like a battlefield. If a chamber of commerce can't make a profit, then it proves that it is not suitable for this battlefield. Instead of wasting precious kingdom finances to help him survive, it is better to follow the rules of the mall. Let it die naturally. Duke Stark, you Is that correct?
Eric asked.
The Duke of Stark silently watched Eric for a moment. When Eric’s heart was filled with uneasiness, he suddenly showed a smile and slowly nodded:
Your Majesty said that it should be done.

Upon hearing this answer, Eric almost couldn't believe his ears.
His purpose is to show that the aristocrats represented by the Stark family, Eric had already prepared himself, and the Duke of Stark would strongly oppose it, and thought about the words in advance, even at the expense of some tough. To really implement this purpose, but did not expect the Duke of Starr actually agreed!
Eric stared at the Duke of Stadt, and all questions raised in his heart.
"Your Majesty, is there any other important thing?" Duke Stark suddenly asked.
"Ah? Ah... No... I haven't been there for a while..." Eric shook his head, a little stunned.
"Since there are no other things to be told, then I will leave."
Until the Duke of Starr went out and the door closed again, Eric was still a little responsive.
Why did the Duke of Starr not object? Could it be that he really accepted it?
Eric was shocked and happy.
Does it mean that this has finally established the majesty of the king, so that the Duke of Stark does not face it?
There was no excitement on the face of the Duke of Stark out of the room, still maintaining an extremely calm face.
But when he saw a little boy sprinting from the other side of the corridor, he showed a gentle smile.
"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty is working, you should not bother him now." Duke Stark smiled and picked up the little boy and shouted.
This little boy is the eldest son of Eric, Prince William, who is only five years old this year, but he has been born with a clever ambition, and many people are hailed as the next king.
"How is the father king working again..." Prince William smirked his mouth and was very wronged. "I know work every day, is the king so busy?"
The Duke of Stark smiled and said: "Yeah, when the king is so busy. His Royal Highness, do you want your Majesty to rest?"
"Of course I want him to rest. So he has time to play with me." Prince William down.
"Then let us have a good rest, okay?" The smile on the face of Duke Stark was still gentle, but the twinkling eyes flashed a glimpse of coldness. (To be continued, please search for astronomical literature, the novel is better updated faster!
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