Seveni put down the quill in her hand and pinched the bridge of her nose. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
When she opened her eyes again, she looked around. After confirming that there was no one else in the City Lord's office, she spread her arms and stretched out.
Because of the comfort from stretching her body, Seveni felt a bit better, but she couldn't help sticking out her tongue and revealing an embarrassed smile.
She had been strictly educated in the royal family since she was young, so she had to maintain a perfect image in front of others. Even stretching that normal people could do, she could only do it secretly when there was no one around.
Even so, it still made her feel as if she had done something bad, and she felt a little apologetic.
But there was no other way, she was just too tired.
It was already the end of the year and as the City Lord, there were many things that Seveni had to do personally.
With all kinds of things added together, she hadn't had a good night's sleep for close to a week, so she was feeling incomparably tired.
But this was her first year as the City Lord and she had her royal father's expectations for her, so naturally she couldn't relax at all.
For her, the best consolation was that during these days of work, through the various reports, she had personally seen the shocking and delightful changes in Banta City.
According to Banta City's annual financial report, up to this point, Banta City's total tax revenue was over five million seven hundred and thirty thousand gold coins.
Because this year wasn't over yet, if the tax revenue of the last month was included, Banta City's total tax revenue for this year would definitely be over six million gold coins!
Moreover, if it wasn't for Count Stark's agricultural promotion policy in the first half of this year, causing Banta City's tax revenue to drop in the first half of the year.
According to the trend of the second half of the year, Banta City's tax revenue for this year might even break ten million gold coins!
Thinking of this number, Seveni felt like there was a large amount of golden light in front of her eyes, making her almost unable to believe this fact.
It had to be known, the entire Lampari Kingdom's tax revenue last year was only two million gold coins.
But now in just a single city like Banta City, there was a possibility that the taxes collected would exceed ten million gold coins.
Although according to the rules of the Royal Parliament, each city only paid a small portion of their taxes to the kingdom's treasury, if each city in the Lampari Kingdom could be like Banta City, earning over ten million in taxes each year, the Lampari Kingdom's finances would become completely different.
If the annual revenue of the Lampari Kingdom could exceed ten million gold coins instead of the pitiful one or two million in the past, then the Lampari Kingdom's national strength would definitely increase greatly.
After all, whether it was an individual or a country, having money was a very important thing.
Of course, although Banta City had a high tax income, they also spent quite a bit of money.
Since Seveni took over as the City Lord, the Banta City renovation project Count Stark had stopped started again. In just half a year, the entire Banta City had become a giant construction site, with roads, buildings, and all kinds of new facilities being built all over.
The renovation of the city cost a lot of money. In just half a year, they had invested over one and a half million gold coins.
According to estimates, in the next two to three years, they would need to invest at least four million gold coins to complete the initial stages.
Because Banta City's finances had been improved, there were many things that they didn't have the money to implement before or that they didn't even think about, but after Xu Yi's suggestion, the various welfare policies for the citizens of Banta City were implemented.
These welfare policies naturally cost a lot of money, but Seveni insisted on implementing them. So even if Banta City's tax revenue was high, at the end of the year, after paying the taxes to the kingdom's treasury, Banta City would only be able to keep one million and two hundred thousand gold coins.
Seeing that it was almost the new year, even if Seveni wasn't willing, she had to spend some money on social activities.
When it came to next year, Seveni might not even have five hundred thousand gold coins left.
Thinking of this, Seveni shook her head with a bitter smile.
"This really is the problem of not having money and the problem of having money after having money."
Looking over the tax report, Seveni thought about it before closing it. She turned to look out the window and found that it was already noon. Today was a rare good day in winter and the sun was shining brightly, lighting up the outside.
After hesitating a bit, Seveni stood up to change into casual clothes in the lounge of the office and decided to go out for a walk.
As soon as the office door was pushed open, several of the City Lord's Mansion's assistant officers were all stunned.
Seeing Seveni in her casual clothes, the officers looked at each other, but they just smiled and didn't say anything.
Her highness had been in the office for the past few days, so she was indeed tired. She should go out for a walk.
Seveni nodded at them with a faint smile. She took a scarf and wrapped it around her neck and the lower half of her face before walking out of the City Lord's Manor's back door.
She could already hear the noise outside the City Lord's Manor and when she came out onto the street, there were even more people moving around, making it very lively.
The current resident population of Banta City was already over three hundred thousand. Adding in the floating population that wasn't counted, there were over four hundred thousand people in and out of the city.
This number was a very terrifying number for the Lampuri Kingdom because even the most prosperous and most populous capital city, Anvilmar, only had a population of two hundred thousand.
Of course, having this many people meant that this place had corresponding prosperity.
The current Banta City was filled with people whether it was large streets or small alleys. As long as it was a street, it would be transformed into all kinds of stores. Looking at it, there were all kinds of dazzling products, dazzling people's eyes.
Among these shops, there were many luxuries that most Banta City citizens couldn't touch that cost several dozen gold coins or even over a hundred gold coins for a single item.
But although these luxuries were expensive, their sales in Banta City were very good.
Because according to the City Lord's Manor's statistics, the average annual income of Banta City's citizens was over three hundred gold coins.
With several people in a family added together, their annual income was over a thousand gold coins.
With this good income as a foundation, the luxuries that could only be bought by large nobles and merchants for a single item had become normal items that many families in Banta City could touch.
Seveni looked around the street and found that many young girls were wearing clothes and accessories that weren't worse than those in Anvilmar City.
Although many girls were limited by their tastes and their clothes and accessories weren't that good in Seveni's eyes, this meant that they had considerable economic power.
As the City Lord of Banta City, Seveni was naturally very happy to see this.
After strolling along the street, Seveni stopped at a sign that said "City Lord's Manor" and patiently waited for the next public transport Magic Car.
"Hey, Ronnie, you're also waiting for a bus?"
A fat middle aged man walked past Seveni and greeted a thin man around the same age standing to her right.
The thin man revealed a smile, "That's right, I'm going to the Falling Rain Valley. What about you, Shaq?"
The middle aged man called Shaq laughed, "I'm not going that far, I'm just going to the hospital outside the city."
"What?
Are you sick? "The thin man Ronnie asked in a surprised voice.
"How could that be? Look at me, how could I be sick?"
"Then why did you go to the hospital?" Ronnie wondered.
Ronnie was a bit confused, "You still don't know?
The « Banta Times » reported a while ago that the City Lord's Manor is implementing a health care system for Banta City's citizens. As long as one is a registered citizen of Banta City, each person only needs to pay five gold coins a year to enjoy this health care system.
Yesterday's « Banta Times » said that this system has been implemented and I need to go to the hospital outside the city to take care of the procedures, so I took some time to prepare to go. "
"Medical security system?" Ronnie frowned.
Ronnie knit his brows, "What is this thing for?
We still have to pay? "
"What?
You're afraid of losing out?
Let me tell you, this thing is very good.
As long as you pay five gold coins this year, you can enjoy a discount for the entire year next year.
For example, if you have an illness and you spend ten gold coins at the hospital, with this health care system, it can give you a 70% discount, so you only need to spend three gold coins.
How about it?
Isn't it worth it? "
"Really?" Ronnie was pleasantly surprised.
Ronnie was surprised, "There's actually such a good thing?
What if I don't get sick for a year? "
"If you don't get sick, of course it's a waste, you still want to return it."
"A waste?"
The joy on Ronnie's face faded and he said with a bit of heartache, "Then if you don't get sick for a year next year, wouldn't you have lost five gold coins for nothing?"
"I say, you're still worried about this?"
Shaq curled his lips, "Isn't it just five gold coins, could it be that you're lacking in money right now?
You can enjoy such a high discount if you pay it, but if you really need it if you don't pay it, that would be a big loss. "
"That's true …" Ronnie nodded.
Ronnie nodded, "Let me consider it ….. Right, there's a time limit for applying for this thing, right? When is it?"
"It's at the end of the year, so hurry up if you want to consider it, don't miss it." Shaq warned.
"Alright, I'll properly consider it."