The autumn breeze blew and there was a bit of coldness in the air. It entered the small room in the backyard of the Lampari Kingdom's royal palace through the window.
Seveni was feeling a bit dizzy, but when this cold breeze hit her, her body trembled and she became much more spirited.
If it was before, she would have felt that this breeze came at the right time, allowing her to be spirited and efficiently take care of government affairs.
But this time she looked out the window and stared at the leaves falling in the breeze. After being in a daze for a bit, she thought for a bit before getting up to close the window.
Coming back to the table, Seveni picked up a document that she had just put down. After looking over it, she revealed a heartfelt smile again.
This was the Lampari Kingdom's financial report from last month.
Through this report, it was clear that the Lampari Kingdom's financial income had increased by quite a bit.
In just a single month, the Lampari Kingdom's financial income had already surpassed five hundred thousand gold coins.
It had to be known, when Seveni's father Lampuri Thirteenth and big brother Eric were on the throne, the Lampari Kingdom's financial income was only a million gold coins a year. On average, it was only a hundred thousand gold coins a month.
Seveni had taken the throne for less than two years and the kingdom's financial income had increased by several times.
With the current trend, when the financial income of this year was calculated, it was very likely that it would break five million gold coins.
Seveni knew that five million gold coins wasn't a large number for many large companies and large noble families.
But for the Lampari Kingdom that had always been poor, this was already a very great achievement.
If the financial income of this year could surpass five million gold coins, the Lampari Kingdom's finances would be much better than before and Seveni would have money to do many things.
The most obvious thing about this was the military budget.
Before Seveni took the throne, the Lampari Kingdom's annual military expenditure was at most three hundred thousand gold coins. This was to deal with the threat of the Sack Kingdom, so they had to squeeze out this much from their limited revenue.
But now that the Lampari Kingdom's revenue had increased, Seveni had increased her military spending.
Last year, the Lampari Kingdom had invested more than 800,000 gold coins in the military.
Less than ten months had passed this year and the Lampuri Kingdom had already invested over one and a half million gold coins in military expenditure.
By the end of the year, this amount would most likely exceed two million gold coins.
This figure had even exceeded the annual revenue of the Lampari Kingdom!
With such a generous military budget, the Lampari Kingdom's army quickly changed.
Take Seveni's most important northern army as an example. Not only did each soldier have a complete set of weapons, they were also equipped with large amounts of military magic machines, allowing the northern army's battle strength to have a qualitative increase.
Starting in the second half of last year, the northern army had been fighting back against the Sack Kingdom under Seveni's orders.
Since the first move, in the past year, the northern army had attacked the border many times. They had fought the Hungry Wolf Regiment that guarded the border several times and had won each time.
The Sack Kingdom's Hungry Wolf Regiment had over fifty thousand elite soldiers, but in these battles, over ten thousand of them had been killed by the northern army. There was even a large group of elite soldiers under the Hungry Wolf Regiment that had been wiped out.
Since the Lampari Kingdom was founded, the Sa Er Kingdom had always had the advantage over the Lampari Kingdom. They had never been like this, being bullied by the Lampari Kingdom without being able to fight back at all.
Because of the northern army's achievements, all the newspapers of the Lampari Kingdom had reported on them.
For a while, the morale of the Lampari Kingdom's citizens was high. There were even people who shouted that they would march into the Sack Kingdom and defeat them, or even occupy the Sack Kingdom.
But Seveni was very clear that the Lampari Kingdom's army could keep winning was because of the large amount of military spending that increased the battle strength of the northern army. At the same time, there was another important reason, which was that they were equipped with large amounts of military magic machines, allowing the northern army to have an absolute advantage in terms of weapons.
Although this made the northern army invincible on the battlefield, war wasn't limited to battles on the battlefield, there were many other factors that affected it.
The most important thing that decided the final outcome of a war between two countries was the strength of both countries.
Although the Lampari Kingdom had greatly increased the magic machine industry after Seveni took the throne, gaining large amounts of benefits and increasing their national strength, the Lampari Kingdom had been weak for too long.
But the Lampuri Kingdom had been weak for too long, it was impossible for them to suppress the Sack Kingdom in less than two years.
Seveni never thought that it would be this easy to defeat the Sack Kingdom. She was very clear that for the Lampari Kingdom, the most important thing was to maintain their rapid development and quickly accumulate their national strength.
When the Lampari Kingdom became strong, it would be natural for them to defeat the Sack Kingdom.
But to achieve this, there was a very important prerequisite, which was to have the full support of the New Flyer.
As the queen, as well as being the one who had the deepest contact with the New Flyer, it could even be said that she was the person who understood the New Flyer the most in the kingdom. Seveni was more clear than anyone that the New Flyer, or rather Xu Yi, was hiding a terrifying power.
As long as they had the full support of the New Flyer, the Lampari Kingdom could smoothly develop their magic machine industry. They could use the magic machine industry to drive the kingdom's economy and quickly increase their national strength.
But to obtain the New Flyer, or more accurately, to obtain the full support of Xu Yi, it wasn't that easy.
What made Seveni happy was that if Xu Yi considered this problem from the perspective of the New Flyer, there was no difference between the Sack Kingdom and the Lampari Kingdom, they were all partners that could be cooperated with. Anyway, the Xinfei brand magic machines were welcomed everywhere.
But Xu Yi had always supported Seveni, he never considered cooperating with the Sack Kingdom.
So to Seveni, other than being her personal friend, Xu Yi could be considered the Lampari Kingdom's most important ally.
Thinking of this, Seveni rubbed her stomach and her expression became a bit strange.
After being in a daze for a bit, she slowly shook her head and gave a sigh. When she was about to continue reading, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Seveni replied and after a while, a maid came in.
"Your majesty, Lord Duke Festalin and Lord Count Samo are here."
Seeing the familiar face of this maid, Seveni couldn't help thinking of Betty and Carol who she had given to Xu Yi, so she couldn't help being stunned.
After pausing, she revealed a bitter smile and said to the maid, "Let them come in."
The maid left with this order.
Very soon, there were two different frequencies that came from outside the door, but they were both very powerful footsteps.
When the door was opened, Duke Festalin who had a high prestige in the Lampari Kingdom's army headquarters, known as the "Lampari Eagle", and Samo Count who had just returned to Anvilmar City from Seveni City yesterday came in together.
The two respectfully gave a bow to Seveni before Duke Festalin asked in a deep voice, "Your majesty, may I ask why you specially summoned us?"
Duke Festalin was already sixty seven this year, but he had a strong body and a red face. Whether it was his mind or his body, they were all at their peak.
If it wasn't for his dazzling hair, people would have thought that he was around forty this year.
Seveni stood up from her chair and walked around the table, inviting Duke Festalin and Samo Count to sit down on the sofa. Then she sat down in front of them and asked in a chatting manner, "Duke Festalin, you should be the one who understands the Lampari Kingdom the most in our Lampari Kingdom. Can you tell me, with our Lampari Kingdom's current strength, is it possible to defeat the Sack Kingdom?"
"Impossible." Duke Festalin shook his head without hesitation.
Duke Festalin shook his head without any hesitation, "Your majesty, although we have a certain advantage on the battlefield, that is because of the military magic machines.
If we lose this absolute advantage in equipment, our kingdom's army can only barely defend the border. "
"Then what if we can keep this advantage?" Seveni asked.
Samo Count on the side looked at Seveni before quickly looking down, as if he didn't care about this problem.
"Keep this advantage?" Duke Festalin knit his brows to think before shaking his head again.
"It's still impossible.
Your majesty, the war between two countries can't be decided with just one or two battles.
There are many times when there are over a hundred or even over a thousand battles before the final victory can be decided.
And when it comes to the most important logistical problem of ensuring victory over a hundred or even over a thousand battles, our Lampari Kingdom is far from being able to compare to the Sack Kingdom. "
After pausing, Duke Festalin added, "Your majesty, actually in the two years since you took the throne, you've already done very well.
I think that as long as we keep going like this, we won't need to worry about the Sack Kingdom in a few years. "
Seeing the sincere expression on Duke Festalin's face, Seveni revealed a faint smile and said with a nod, "That's great. Duke Festalin, since you also have this idea, then I can be assured.
I hope that you can express this view to the public, what do you think? "
Duke Festalin was surprised. After thinking for a bit, he immediately understood Seveni's meaning and said with a loud laugh, "Alright!
My old bones will always belong to the kingdom.
As long as it's for the kingdom, I can do anything! "
Seveni revealed a sweet smile to Duke Festalin before turning to Count Samo.
"Samo Count Samo, do you have an accurate number of the magic machines that have been smuggled into the Sack Kingdom through Seveni City in the past few years?"
Samo Count Samo knit his brows, not understanding why Seveni would suddenly ask this question.
Actually when Lampuri Thirteenth was still alive, large amounts of magic machines had already been smuggled into the Sack Kingdom through Seveni City. Moreover, this was something that Xu Yi had personally obtained from Lampuri Thirteenth, so it could be considered an "official smuggling" for the Lampari Kingdom.
Whether it was King Eric or Seveni taking the throne, this didn't change at all, as if they had tacitly agreed to this fact.
After all, through this kind of smuggling, the Lampari Kingdom had obtained large amounts of profit from the Sack Kingdom, so no one would be idle enough to ban it.
Seveni was well aware of this, so she had even hinted to Count Samo in private that he could increase the scale.
Now that she was suddenly asking this question, why was it?
Samo Count Samo thought for a bit before replying, "It's hard to obtain an accurate number.
But according to private estimates, in just this year, the total amount of money involved in this kind of smuggling has already surpassed two million gold coins. "
"Two million gold coins?" Seveni knit her brows and shook her head.
"That isn't considered much."
Samo Count Samo and Duke Festalin were stunned.
It was just smuggling and the amount involved was over two million gold coins, this wasn't considered much?
Her majesty ….. Just what did she want to do?