Chapter 414: Rewards based on merit [Please subscribe and vote]

Heaven Dou Empire!

After recapturing the five major provinces, the empire's territory had fully doubled, with a population of hundreds of millions, countless goods, and its national power became unprecedentedly strong.

As the master of this great empire, the being known as the Xuan Emperor is currently lying in the treasury, counting money in a very ungraceful manner.

"One million, two million, five million, ten million, fifty million, one hundred million, three hundred million...one billion!"

Fang Xuan's eyes were bright as he looked at the piles of gold soul coins. He was extremely happy. He used his mental power to count the money quickly. It took him a full hour to count all the reserves in the treasury.

A full billion gold soul coins!

Fang Xuan was a little excited. This was the first time he saw so much money. At this moment, he finally deeply realized the benefits of being an emperor. There was endless money to spend.

However, with so much money, how to spend it and what to buy is a question worth thinking about.

"Train soul masters? Purchase soul bones? Plant elixirs in large quantities? Or build a few palaces, live the addiction of being a faint king, and be comfortable..."

Fang Xuan sat cross-legged among a pile of gold soul coins, touching his chin and thinking quietly.

"Report to Your Majesty!"

At this time, the Minister of Finance walked into the treasury and came to Fang Xuan's side. With a serious face, he said categorically: "You can't touch even a penny of the money in the treasury!"

"What? What are you talking about, old boy? You actually dare to talk to me like this. Do you deserve a beating?!"

Fang Xuan was startled for a moment, then suddenly became furious and shouted at the Minister of Finance: "I am the Emperor of Tiandou, the treasury is mine, and the money is mine, why can't I touch it?" ! "

The finance minister calmly defended: "All this money has been used, please let me calculate it carefully for your majesty!"

"The Aslan area was hit by a disaster this year, with numerous casualties and deaths. Three hundred million gold soul coins need to be allocated for disaster relief."

"It is necessary to allocate 200 million gold soul coins to strengthen cities, build bridges, pave roads, etc. in various places."

"Three hundred million gold soul coins need to be allocated for the salaries of officials from all walks of life and the military pay."

"Your Majesty was wise and mighty and led troops to annihilate the four kingdoms. However, no less than 50,000 soldiers were killed or injured, and countless houses and cities were destroyed. Five hundred million gold soul coins are needed to support the families of the fallen soldiers and to build cities."

Three hundred million, two hundred million, three hundred million, five hundred million... The total is 1.3 billion!

But the reserves of the national treasury seem to be only one billion!

Listening to the Minister of Finance laying out the terms, Fang Xuan clapped his fingers and calculated them one by one. At the end of the calculation, he was a little confused and looked at the Minister of Finance with doubts: "Your calculation is wrong. Why does it seem that your income is so far away?" Well below expenses?”

The finance minister nodded heavily and said: "Exactly! The current empire's fiscal deficit and the national treasury have suffered a huge deficit, which has not yet been filled."

Fang Xuan: "..."

Marde, who was the bastard who told me that being an emperor would have endless money? Come on, see if I don't beat you to death.

But having said that, Fang Xuan now indeed has money that he can't spend all his money.

But I also carried an unpaid debt!

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It turns out that this is really the case. The richer a person is, the more money they owe. This is what is called pain and happiness!

Fang Xuan felt depressed for a while. After arguing with the Finance Minister for a long time, he felt like a bucket of cold water was poured down on him, and he was in a terrible mood.

"So, who will pay for the insufficient money?" He suddenly asked again.

The finance minister said nothing and just stared at Fang Xuan quietly.

"You won't let me pay back the money, will you?" Fang Xuan's mouth twitched violently.

"Your Majesty, you are the lord of the empire!" the finance minister said solemnly.

"So what you're saying is, if I don't pay it back, who will it be?" Fang Xuan rolled his eyes.

"Exactly!" said the Finance Minister.

Who are you talking about when you have one billion gold soul coins in front of you and you can't spend a penny, but you still have to find a way to repay another three hundred million to make up for the shortfall in the national treasury? !

Damn it, I am quite a fool!

Fang Xuan became angry and said angrily: "Damn it, I have to find a way to pay back the money when I am an emperor. I shouldn't do it, I shouldn't do it!"

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was anxious, the Minister of Finance quickly comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't be impatient. Under your wise leadership, the empire's territory has doubled and the population has increased, so the tax revenue will naturally skyrocket. I made a rough estimate and estimated that it will take two or three years." , the empire will be able to pay off its debts everywhere, and in two or three years, Your Majesty will be the richest person in Douluo Continent!"

"Douluo Continent...the richest man!"

Fang Xuan's eyes lit up, and he felt like he had found a new hope, but he was just complaining. Some things really had to be done. Those soldiers who followed him in the war and died unfortunately needed money to compensate them. Those cities and cities that were torn apart after the war. The building needs restoration.

There are also refugees who have been forced to leave their homes due to the fighting in the past few months and need care and supplies.

These things all require money!

"Duke Arnos, what should we do with the insufficient money? Do you have any ideas?!" Fang Xuan looked at the respected Minister of Finance and asked him how to solve the empire's financial crisis.

"Of course, for today's plan, we have only one way, and that is..."

The finance minister took a deep look at Fang Xuan and said solemnly: "Borrow!"

"borrow……"

The corner of Fang Xuan's mouth twitched violently. It turns out that he still needs to borrow money after becoming an emperor!

…

The empire's budget was in deficit. With no other option, Fang Xuan had no choice but to go to the Qibao Glazed Sect to borrow a sum, then to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to borrow a sum, and then to the Balak Kingdom to borrow a sum from Ilia. The pen finally emptied all the treasuries of the four kingdoms, and finally barely made up for the shortfall in the treasury.

Although he had survived the empire's financial crisis, Fang Xuan was not happy at all and had been depressed. As the supreme emperor of the empire, he was inexplicably saddled with a lot of debt. Who could he reason with?

At this moment, he missed Qian Renxue from the bottom of his heart. If he had this smart and capable wife, he wouldn't have to worry about such trivial matters at all. The goddess would probably solve such trivial matters with just a flick of her little finger. .

well……

Fang Xuan misses the days when he was a hands-off shopkeeper.

After solving the economic problems of the empire and stabilizing the political situation, Fang Xuan felt that it was time to reward the meritorious soldiers in this expedition.

Ning Fengzhi made suggestions for the army and made outstanding achievements. He was given a first-class title, made a national advisor, and presided over the government!

Yu Tianheng defeated the Persian Kingdom, defeated the entire army, was given a rank, worshiped as a general, and commanded the army!

Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Feng, Shi Mo and others were all awarded the title of Duke and served in the Tiandou Empire. The rest of the meritorious officers and soldiers were all rewarded one by one based on their merits.

The Tiandou Empire held a huge celebration banquet to celebrate the recapture of the four major provinces and this great victory. The whole country was enveloped in joy.

However, amidst the laughter and laughter, a mysterious undercurrent gradually surged...