But compared to the anger and dissatisfaction of the western army, what Xu Yi cared more about was the reason for the Sack Kingdom's actions this time.
Slaughtering five beastmen tribes had a large effect on the beastmen of the Black Rice Wasteland, but for the Sack Kingdom, Xu Yi couldn't see any meaning in this.
It was impossible for the Sack Kingdom to have nothing to do, so they would risk fighting the western army and forcefully breaking through the defenses, entering the Black Rice Wasteland to slaughter five beastmen tribes that didn't affect the Sack Kingdom at all.
However, Xu Yi couldn't understand the meaning of the Sack Kingdom's actions this time.
If he analyzed it purely based on the results, the one who suffered the greatest loss other than the beastmen tribes was the New Flyer.
Because of this matter, the ten thousand beastmen workers employed by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had become very unstable. It had seriously affected their work efficiency, causing the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's production to drop over the past few days.
But Xu Yi didn't think that the New Flyer was worthy of the Sack Kingdom's attention, actually taking such a large risk to attack the New Flyer.
So there was another reasonable explanation, which was that the Sack Kingdom wanted to use this to evaluate the western army's defenses on the Black Rice Wasteland.
Perhaps the Sack Kingdom would invade from the Black Rice Wasteland before attacking the Lampari Kingdom from the west.
But if the Sack Kingdom was thinking like this, Xu Yi felt that it was too much of a fantasy.
Since Seveni took the throne, the Lampari Kingdom and the New Flyer had a close cooperation. In less than two years, the Lampari Kingdom and the New Flyer had completely changed.
According to the statistics, just last year, the Lampari Kingdom's grain output had reached six million and eight hundred thousand tons, surpassing the previous record of five million and nine hundred thousand tons. It even became the highest grain output among the surrounding countries.
The current grain output of the Lampari Kingdom could not only satisfy the daily needs of everyone in the kingdom, they could even store large amounts of grain and export large amounts of grain.
Just in terms of grain exports last year, the Lampari Kingdom had earned over six hundred thousand gold coins.
But compared to the various magic machines, the grain exports weren't enough.
According to the statistics, last year, the various magic machine factories that the Lampari Kingdom and the New Flyer had produced over seven million household magic machines.
Other than the two million and six hundred thousand that were digested in the kingdom, the remaining close to five million household magic machines were exported to other countries other than the Kingdom of Ruhr, the Drake Duchy, and the Mirando Duchy. This brought the Lampari Kingdom a terrifying profit of over six million gold coins.
From these two sources of income, the Lampuri Kingdom's treasury received a shocking tax income of over two million gold coins.
Other than that, the kingdom's tax revenue was also over three million gold coins.
So last year, in the first year that Seveni took the throne, the finances of the two kingdoms had increased by a terrifying amount. The total tax revenue was over six million gold coins.
This kind of shocking revenue was a first for the Lampari Kingdom in the several hundred years it had been established.
As the saying goes, money makes things easier.
The Lampari Kingdom's finances were always stretched, so they couldn't invest that much money in the most important military. So the Lampari Kingdom was suppressed by the Sack Kingdom and couldn't resist at all.
But now that the Lampari Kingdom's finances had greatly improved, the Lampari Kingdom had invested a large amount of money into the military.
Last year, the military budget went from a pitiful three hundred thousand gold coins to a million and three hundred thousand gold coins, an increase of over a million gold coins!
The result of this large investment was that the main armies of the Lampari Kingdom's royal family had all been replaced with new equipment, as well as being equipped with large amounts of military magic machines bought from the New Flyer.
In the northern army, this was even more obvious.
The fully armed northern army had fought the Sack Kingdom's Hungry Wolf Regiment several times on the northern border of the two countries, winning each time.
Now that the northern army was guarding the Muerto Mountains, the Sack Kingdom's army didn't dare take a single step forward, not to mention invading the Lampari Kingdom's territory like before.
It was because the military strength of both sides had reversed that Xu Yi was confused by the Sack Kingdom's actions against the beastmen on the Black Rice Wasteland.
It was already good that the Sack Kingdom could defend their territory, but they wanted to invade the Lampari Kingdom like before?
How brainless were they?
Xu Yi was immersed in thinking about the Sack Kingdom's actions and Count Revel was also a bit embarrassed by Xu Yi's question, so the car fell silent.
But not long after, the Magic Sedan suddenly shook and Xu Yi was awakened from his thoughts.
Feeling the pain from his butt from falling back into the seat, as well as the bumps from the car, Xu Yi looked back with knit brows. He found that there were many large and small potholes on the Falling Rain Road, no wonder it was so hard to drive.
"Lord City Lord, when I came last time, the Falling Rain Road was still very good. Why did it become like this in just a few months?" Xu Yi couldn't help asking.
Count Revel also looked back and his expression became even more awkward.
"This ….. During this time, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's transport Magic Cars have been using this road, so the Falling Rain Road has been crushed."
"The Falcao Chamber of Commerce's transport cars?" Xu Yi thought about it before understanding.
"They're transporting to the Falcao Steel Mill in the north, right?"
"Un.
Chairman Xu, this steel mill was built by the Falcao Chamber of Commerce and your New Flyer, you shouldn't have forgotten, right? "Count Revel said.
"Of course I remember.
Other than our New Flyer, this is the first steel mill built by another company. It's a bit similar to the Magic Air Conditioner production line I sent this time. "
Xu Yi looked at the road again and said with a frown, "But it's no good for the transport cars to crush the Falling Rain Road like this.
Lord City Lord, have you considered repairing the road? "
"I'm currently researching it." Count Revel said with a nod.
"Moreover, I'm not just planning on repairing the Falling Rain Road, I'm also planning on widening it to at least eight lanes.
Because the Falling Rain Road is the most important transport road in our Banta City, the road before was too narrow and couldn't satisfy our needs. "
Xu Yi laughed, "There's no other way. When our New Flyer built the Falling Rain Road before, we didn't have much money, so we couldn't make it too wide.
But for the Lord City Lord to realize this problem now, it really is praiseworthy. "
"This is my duty as the City Lord." Count Revel said with a faint smile.
"Speaking of building roads, Chairman Xu, do you know about her majesty's recent decree?"
"Is it related to strengthening the Lampari Kingdom's roads?" Xu Yi asked back.
"Yes.
Her majesty is planning on building thirteen new roads in the kingdom next year, which will become the main roads of the kingdom.
Other than this, she is also planning on repairing or expanding the other thirty nine roads, strengthening the kingdom's road network.
This plan has already been approved by the kingdom's parliament and I believe it will be officially approved soon. "
"This is a good thing." Xu Yi gave a shrug.
Revel gave a shrug, "In the end, now that the Lampari Kingdom has money, her majesty can do many things."
"But there is still a very important problem with this plan that hasn't been solved yet." Count Reeves looked at Xu Yi with sparkling eyes.
Seeing Count Reeves' eyes, Xu Yi couldn't help smiling.
"I say, Lord City Lord, it can't be that you were sent by her majesty to inquire about my intentions, right?
With my relationship with her majesty, is there anything that can't be said? "
A strange smile appeared on Count Reeves' face before he coughed lightly and sternly said, "The problem with this plan is that the construction, repair, and expansion of roads requires a large amount of cement, steel bars, and other materials.
The steel bars are easy to solve because the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's steel mill can already provide finished steel. Although the quality isn't high, it's enough to build roads.
But cement … … "
"No problem.
I was just thinking that it was too troublesome to transport cement from the Principality of Constantine, so I was planning to build a few cement processing plants in the Lampari Kingdom. "Xu Yi said.
Count Reeves stared blankly before being overjoyed.
He had indeed followed her majesty's orders to inquire about Xu Yi's intentions, but he hadn't thought that Xu Yi would actually agree!
"Don't look at me like that."
Xu Yi shot a glance at Count Reeves before looking in the direction of Anvilmar City. He shook his head and said, "Tell her majesty for me that my original intention of helping the Lampari Kingdom establish a magic machine industry won't change, so she doesn't need to have too many misgivings."
Count Reeves looked deeply at Xu Yi with a strange expression.
"Chairman Xu, I don't need to pass these words to her majesty. It's best if you tell her yourself."
"Tell her myself?" Xu Yi was a bit baffled.
"That's right."
Count Reeves' expression suddenly became serious. He took out a pink envelope from his chest and placed it in Xu Yi's hands.
"Chairman Xu, this is a private letter her majesty asked me to give to you.
Her majesty wants me to tell you that if you have time, she hopes that you can take a trip to Anvilmar City. Her majesty wants to ….. ke ….. drink some tea and chat with you ….. "
Seeing Count Reeves finally couldn't help revealing a strange smile, Xu Yi was stunned. He lowered his head to look at the letter that still had a trace of fragrance. Although Seveni wasn't that beautiful, her delicate face that made people feel at ease appeared in his mind, making him feel incomparably complicated.