HBWnovel Chapter 955: Sharing Wealth with the People
Chapter 955: Sharing Wealth with the People
Lyon is still resting after the New Year.
In the Duke's Palace.
Lyon finished his breakfast leisurely, but the next second, Hans, who was still on annual leave, broke into the room.
"Leader! Something big has happened!"
Leon looked at the flustered Hans, then touched Yunli beside him and spoke calmly.
"What else could happen?"
"The Xifa Empire has declared war on Dayan! And the Xifa Empire and the New Xifa Empire have reached a truce!"
"what?!"
Leon jumped up from his chair.
"The Western French Empire has declared war on us? Have they lost their minds? Don't they know their own weight?"
After Lyon finished speaking, he fell into deep thought.
Logically speaking, it is impossible for the Western French Empire to start a war at this critical juncture.
Hans then spoke up.
"It must be the gods who intervened. The emperor of the Xifa Empire suddenly fell ill, and now the ministers are in control of the government..."
Listening to Hans' words, Leon immediately understood the dirty dealings of the Western French Empire and the tricks of the gods.
They said the emperor was ill, but in fact it was the gods who did it. It was very likely that they were behind the scenes in order to support a puppet regime...
Now the Western French Empire and the New Western French Empire have ceased hostilities.
The combined armies of the two exceeded 150 million.
Even an army from the early Cold War was enough to threaten those 50,000 mercenary soldiers...
There is even a high possibility that the mercenary group will be destroyed...
Lyon already knew about the steel production in Ironstone City.
So Lyon was not willing to give up Ironstone City.
Leon paced back and forth in the living room, while Hans waited silently beside him.
At this time, Cadis and Carl also rushed over.
As a result, I saw Hans standing by and Leon thinking.
The two learned from Hans that Leon already knew the whole story.
The two of them then followed Hans' lead, waiting silently for Leon to think.
“How much money is left in the treasury?”
Lyon asked his own question.
"Except for the 1000 million gold coins reserved for disaster relief, the national treasury still has about 500 million gold coins that can be mobilized..."
Hans spoke up.
In fact, there are still hundreds of millions of gold coins in the treasury.
But the budget for these gold coins has already been prepared. The military will take a part, the Ministry of Education will take a part, and infrastructure will also need a part...
In the end, some of it has to be left for disaster relief...
After hearing that there were still 500 million gold coins to be mobilized, Leon's brows were almost twisted into knots.
500 million gold coins is roughly equivalent to 5000 billion yen.
What can 500 million gold coins do? For a large-scale war, it can only support two or three months.
Once the war starts, at least 20,000 gold coins will be consumed every day.
This is just the ammunition consumption of all units.
This does not include the maintenance costs of various aircraft and tanks, as well as the costs of deploying aircraft carrier formations.
And there is another point to consider, and that is the pension for soldiers killed in action.
500 million gold coins are simply not enough.
Unless the fighting can be ended within 100 days.
But one thing must be understood, the strategic depth of the Western French Empire and the New Western French Empire is very broad.
The National Defense Force originally took the elite route.
It is almost impossible to achieve a quick victory in a war of this magnitude.
Once dragged into the quagmire of war, the Second Five-Year Plan will be completely ruined...
If you want to take down the Western French Empire, with the current military strength, you will need a budget of at least 2000 million gold coins.
Plus 60 troops.
And at least three annihilation battles must be fought to annihilate more than 20 enemies.
Only then will it be possible to end the war within half a year.
Why is it so hard?
150 million to fill the line baby, what can you use to compete with others?
How much is a fill-in baby worth? How much is a soldier here?
After much thought, Lyon was unwilling to escalate the war, nor was he willing to give up Ironstone City.
The final decision was to order the mercenary corps to defend Ironstone City to the death.
At the same time, keep North Wind Port.
Directly fight a war of attrition with the enemy...
The 50,000 people in North Wind Port plus Iron Stone City.
We can still afford a war of attrition involving 100,000 people.
It can be postponed for another half a year at most.
After the Qingchi Kingdom conquers the Orc Empire, the Qingchi Kingdom and the Elf Empire can send troops to provide assistance.
At that time, Da Yan’s pressure will be relieved.
Lyon finally understood why many countries wanted to win quickly.
Because you can't afford a big war...
Lyon finally compromised with reality.
Caddis and Carl had no objection to this.
Because Lyon's strategy is indeed the best solution.
Either develop or fight.
But the problem is that it takes too much money to digest the Holy Empire.
The gods obviously understood this, so they took advantage of the opportunity.
At this point in time, start a war.
Trying to drag Da Yan into the water and interrupt Da Yan's development.
But what no one expected was that for some reason, this news leaked out.
Almost all the citizens of Dayan received this news.
Then a scene that shocked Leon appeared.
That is, the citizens directly blocked the entrance of the temporary Capitol.
Petition the Cabinet to allow them to donate money to the Exchequer.
According to conservative statistics from the Ministry of Finance, Dayan currently has a population of 2300 million.
The total national wealth is worth more than 1.6 million gold coins.
You might think this includes real estate.
But in fact, almost all the houses in Dayan are allocated by the government.
Of the 1.6 million gold coins, 2000 million may have been used to purchase vehicles and other supplies.
But conservatively estimated, there are at least 100 million gold coins in the hands of the people...
You may ask why do people have so much money?
Let’s go back to three years ago, when Dayan was just established.
Even when it was first founded, Lyon did not impose excessive taxation.
It relies entirely on foreign trade and industrial products to feed the army and build Da Yan.
The average monthly salary of workers in Dayan can reach 6 to 15 silver coins.
If you can spend one or two silver coins, that means you have spent a lot this month...
There are no excessive entertainment facilities and no gambling.
Free education, free medical care.
Tell me, how do you spend your money?
If you can't spend it, you can only save it in your hands.
Since most people are afraid of being poor, most of them keep the money for themselves after they get it.
Didn't put the money in the bank.
Even if the bank offers interest, they are unwilling to put the money in.
Because they would rather count the wealth they have saved every day.
A worker could save about one gold coin a year.
They are just workers, not to mention that there are many businessmen in Dayan.
After three years, the wealth in the hands of the people has accumulated to a terrifying figure...
Especially when they heard that Lyon was worried about having no money, they went crazy instantly.
Lyon has done enough for them, it's time for them to do something for Lyon!
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