Lisanna and Guchard discussed with the four major families for a long time and finally finalized all the matters for sending troops to Haiguo. Lisanna finally announced:

The navy dispatched 300,000 people and more than 800 warships of various types, including Shen's only battleship and naval commander-in-chief, Cameron Healy. The mission was to destroy Hai's coastal defenses and provide firepower for the army's landing.

Support and escort the logistics transport fleet.

The Air Force dispatched a total of 150,000 people, 360 Pegasus horses, and 1,000 Fire horses. The Shen Kingdom Air Force was originally directly controlled by the royal family. After Nange Feier left Hai Kingdom, Gu Charde took over the Shen Kingdom.

There is not much air force, and he appoints himself Air Force Marshal. The commander-in-chief of the air force sent to Hai Kingdom this time is Gu Chad's confidant and one of her concubines, Camilla. This time, the mission of Shen Kingdom Air Force is very simple.

As long as it can contain the Haiguo Air Force, it will be considered a success.

As for the army, a total of two million troops were dispatched, with Delon Boyard as the commander-in-chief. At the same time, Delon Boyard was also the commander-in-chief of all the troops sent to Hai. When the war was necessary, he could mobilize the air force.

He fights with the navy and the army. But now he can mobilize only 1.2 million troops, and the remaining 800,000 people still need to be recruited. Even the 1.2 million people decided on have not been finalized yet.

Drawn from those troops.

At this time, the Right Prime Minister Angel Taylor said: "Everyone, your strategic analysis and deployment are very clear. I only have one question. Have you considered the empire's finances?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent. Yes, in the final analysis, this war is a battle for legitimacy between Lisanna and Fang Nangefiel. For the four major families, if they can get enough from it

However, if there is no profit in this battle at the end, the four major families will only go through the motions with Lisanna and the others, and will definitely not try their best for her as the queen.

Guchard knew that everyone participating in the meeting had their own accounts to settle, and he couldn't tell a reason at the moment. He suggested that we continue the discussion after lunch.

At the meeting after lunch, the number of participants increased, and the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the navy, army and air force sent to Hai was also invited to participate.

Lisanna was the first to speak: "Each of your arms groups will submit a budget first. How much will it cost to completely capture the Kingdom of Hai?"

Delong Boyard wondered: "This is a full-scale war between the Shen Kingdom and the Hai Kingdom. No one knows how long it will take. This budget minister can't do anything."

Lisanna said angrily: "I just said this morning that I want you to occupy Hai Kingdom within a year. Do you think that my words are turning a deaf ear? Just make a budget for military expenses based on one year's time."

Angel Taylor stood up and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. General Delong has also come into contact with this kind of thing for the first time. After considering the military budgets of the navy, land and air force, he is a little confused. The old minister probably made an estimate at noon. The amount of troops needed for this dispatch is

Military spending should be more than 500 million gold."

Guchard and others knew that Angel Taylor's budget was already quite conservative. It was an estimate based on the premise that the war progressed smoothly. If the war did not progress smoothly and the military and civilian resistance of the country of Hai was fierce, the troops would be dispatched this time.

It is entirely possible that the cost will rise to 800 million or even 1 billion gold.

Lisanna once knew that war was so expensive. She exclaimed: "Five hundred million gold, my God, Shen's annual fiscal revenue is only a little over 200 million gold. In other words, we

It will take more than two years of fiscal revenue to barely support this war."

Prime Minister Zuo Bilia Brown stood up and reminded: "Your Majesty, this is not how the accounts are calculated. In normal years, ten to twenty percent of the fiscal revenue can be used for military expenditures. In war years, the proportion of military expenditures is also

It cannot exceed half of the national fiscal revenue, otherwise, the entire country will fall into chaos."

Lisanna was even more unhappy: "Prime Minister Zuo, you mean that we have to spend at least five or six years of fiscal revenue to support this war?"

Villa Brown said: "Your Majesty, 500 million gold is the most conservative estimate. Once the frontline attack does not go smoothly, the cost will increase. Therefore, a safer budget should be one billion gold. Generally speaking, a country wants to launch such a campaign.

A war of any size requires ten or even decades of preparation."

Lisanna snorted coldly: "You all know that the treasury of Shen State was released two years ago? The rebellious Nangefiel was emptied out, and there is no savings in the treasury at all. According to your wishes, we must at least prepare

It will take ten years to launch a war against Haiguo? Let me tell you, I can’t wait that long.”

Right Prime Minister Angel Taylor: "In extraordinary times, extraordinary methods are used. Since Your Majesty is determined to attack the country of Hai, military expenditures can also be dealt with in special cases."

Lisanna: "If there is any way, please be specific."

Angel Taylor said: "According to the practice in the elixir industry, when the country's finances are tight, there are usually two ways to raise military expenses. One is to use the royal private treasury, and the other is to raise funds from major aristocratic families."

Lisanna asked in confusion: "Royal private treasury? What is this? Why have I never heard of it?"

Angel Taylor: "The private property of all the emperors of our country is hidden in the royal private treasury. It is for emergency use when the country is in danger. It cannot be used by anyone other than the emperor himself."

Lisanna said in a somewhat unkind tone: "I am the Queen of Shen now. How come I didn't know that such a royal treasury existed? If we hadn't talked about military expenditures today, how long would you have planned to hide it?"

Angel Taylor said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. You don't know about this private treasury because the key to the private treasury is not in your hand."

Lisanna was angry: "Which of you has taken the key to my royal private treasury, what do you want to do, are you going to rebel?"

Guchard stood up at the right time and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The key to the royal treasury should have been kept by the emperor himself, but when our father passed away, we did not find the key to the royal treasury on his body.

I guess this key was given away a few years ago? The rebellious Nangefiel deceived it."

Lisanna: "How do you ask me to open the royal private treasury without the key?"

Guchard: "There are a total of seven primary keys and eight keys in the royal private treasury. The emperor holds one primary key, and seven elders elected by the royal family each hold one secondary key. There are two conditions for opening the royal private treasury.

The first condition is one main, two pairs and three keys, in order to prevent the emperor from using the royal treasury for his own selfish desires; the other condition is that all seven deputy keys are in place, this is to prevent the emperor from having an accident and the country being in trouble.

When you need money urgently, you can open the royal private treasury."

Lisanna snorted coldly: "Then let's invite those seven lovely old people to open the royal private treasury. I want to see what good things my father has left for me."

Guchard said with an ugly face: "Except for the late emperor and themselves, no one knows which royal elders hold these seven keys, so we have nothing to do about this private treasury for the time being. Moreover, you have only been on the throne a few years ago.

God, if you use the royal private treasury, it will have a serious impact on your reputation."

Lisanna said angrily: "You have been telling me about this royal private treasury for a long time, and you have successfully aroused my interest. Now you tell me that this royal private treasury can only be looked at, not touched. What do you mean, you are teasing me.

It’s fun, isn’t it!”

Lisanna's words caused everyone present to kneel down in fear (at least on the surface) and apologize: "Your Majesty, calm down, I will die!"

Lisanna said angrily: "Okay, everyone, get up. I can't hold you accountable for such a trivial matter. Now let's talk about another way to raise funds."

Angel Taylor said: "I have just mentioned that the imperial court can raise funds from major aristocratic families. The so-called fundraising, to put it bluntly, means borrowing money. Although a single aristocratic family has limited strength and limited money that can be provided, if the entire Shen Kingdom

If all the aristocratic families contribute, we can still raise a considerable amount of money. Coupled with the money in the treasury, I think it should be enough to meet the current war needs."

Lisanna is not too stupid. She knows that there is no free lunch in the world. She asked: "I'm afraid this money is not so easy to borrow. Let me tell you directly, or what kind of price does the court need to pay to borrow this money?"

money.”

Angel Taylor said: "According to common practice, the court has two ways to obtain this loan. The first method is for the court to use the government revenue in the next few years to decades as collateral and pay the principal of the loan to the major families in installments.

Money and interest. The second method is that the court promises to hand over the acquired land to the major families for management for a period of time. During this period, the court will not collect taxes from these places."

After Lisanna quickly discussed with Guchard, she said: "If I mortgage the imperial finances for the next few years to major aristocratic families, even if I am reassured, the people in the world will not be reassured either. I decided to use the second method to mortgage Hai.

The territory of the country will be left to your various aristocratic families to take care of."

Angel Taylor asked: "There are a total of eight states in the country of Hai. Your Majesty plans to give out the income of several states in exchange. This determines how much money the court can borrow from the aristocratic families."

Gu Chad said: "I have just discussed with your Majesty. The main purpose of the imperial court is to wipe out the rebellious Nan Gefei. For this reason, Her Majesty the Queen can make more concessions. Her Majesty the Queen agrees that after the war, the entire

The Kingdom of Hai will be managed by your four major families, on the condition that you must raise enough for this war, and the Kingdom of Hai must also pay taxes to the court in full after the war."

Angel Taylor frowned and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Is this equivalent to our major families spending all their money to fight this war, and the court doesn't have to pay anything and just sit back and enjoy the benefits?"
Chapter completed!