Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 3025: Chapter 78: Wang Fugui! Never Did Small Things Since Childhood_2

”Two to thirty thousand profit every millennium?” Cangping God Emperor’s breathing suddenly grew heavy. ”Rich, are you serious?”

No wonder Cangping God Emperor was excited—because the Dongxia Divine Dynasty’s court-level national tax revenue every millennium was only around 28,000 Chaos Spirit Stones, which converted came to merely 28 Chaos Spirit Stones per year.

”Your Majesty.” Wang Fugui spoke calmly. ”This communication wristwatch industry has already been running in our Divine Martial World for several hundred years. It has gone through multiple rounds of technological iteration, as well as operational-plan iteration. I’ve also brought the operating ledgers with me. If everyone is interested, you can slowly read through them and examine them in detail.”

The Wang Industry Group’s operating accounts were extremely complex, but at the same time there wasn’t the slightest fabrication.

This was also Wang Shouzhe’s consistent philosophy: run things in a way that is reasonable, legitimate, and in accordance with the rules.

The Wang family was a pioneer of the era, a leader of civilization, rather than some simple financial clique or warlord faction. Anyone who dared falsify data or cheat in any project’s operation, the clan would teach him what it meant to be a proper person.

This was also the point Wang clan juniors were most proud of: our industries are clean and aboveboard, able to withstand any scrutiny.

”And taxation?” Cangping God Emperor immediately asked the question he cared about most. ”Rich, how much tax revenue can this project bring in?”

”As for tax revenue, our Wang Communications General Office pays unified national tax to the Sacred Alliance, amounting to about ten percent of total revenue.” Wang Fugui had long anticipated this question. He flipped the PPT forward a page, on which detailed data was presented. ”According to our estimates, if our Dongxia Divine Dynasty’s project can be implemented, then in the future it will generate about 2,000 to 3,000 Chaos Spirit Stones in national tax every millennium.”

In an instant.

Cangping God Emperor’s eyes turned slightly moist.

All along, the Dongxia Divine Dynasty’s national tax side had never been particularly abundant. Of course, that wasn’t to say the national tax was low, but that the expenditures were simply too enormous.

Leaving other things aside, the military expenses of the Void Sea Battlefield alone were an extremely massive expenditure.

Taking just the Void Sea Battlefield as an example, the military pay, pensions, armament iteration, military-use Dan medicine, logistical supplies, and so on every millennium reached 10,000 Chaos Spirit Stones—converted, that meant burning through 10 Chaos Spirit Stones every year.

Besides that, there were other armies under the Dongxia court, such as the border defense forces and the central army, which together consumed another 5,000 Chaos Spirit Stones every millennium.

Calculating it out, at present the Dongxia Divine Dynasty’s court-level military expenditure alone was 15,000 Chaos Spirit Stones every millennium.

And that was already the result of cutting costs endlessly—otherwise it would require even more.

And after stripping out military spending, the remaining national tax still had to be used to maintain the entire court’s operation, development, and expansion, and so on.

But what could that little bit of money accomplish?

This was the reason the Dongxia Divine Dynasty’s development had been bogged down by the Demonic Clan; after so many years, its overall strength had not increased but rather weakened.

The military expenditure was simply too huge!

So huge that Cangping God Emperor was almost unable to breathe.

Ji Taichang’s habit of delaying payment of some Barbarian Tribe units’ military pay on the front lines was in fact also related to the tightness of military funds, and he hadn’t only been in arrears with the Giant clan; many units had been subjected to such delays—it was just that the arrears to the Barbarian Tribe were particularly vicious.

An extra two to three thousand Chaos Spirit Stones every millennium was equivalent to raising national tax by about ten percent, which could greatly relieve the Dongxia court’s economic pressure.

Cangping God Emperor found it really hard to refuse such temptation.

While Wang Fugui was fielding questions from the big shots around him, explaining the details in the data for them, he was also observing Cangping God Emperor’s reaction.

Seeing that expression, Wang Fugui knew that the matter was basically settled.

In fact, before implementing this plan, the Wang family had already investigated Dongxia Divine Dynasty’s tax and expenditure situation in great detail. Summed up in two words: short of money!

In truth, it wasn’t only the Dongxia Divine Dynasty; the other three Great God Continents weren’t doing much better. The main reason was still that the Demonic Clan’s four armies were continually gnawing away at and consuming the Four Great Divine Continents.

At the same time, the interior of the Four Great Divine Continents wasn’t united enough. Frictions often broke out along their borders, which was one of the major reasons accelerating internal attrition.

”Hold on!”

At this moment, Jade River Saint Emperor Yun Wanli suddenly spoke up with an objection. ”Rich, this deal sounds quite good. But if we develop it in our Jade River Sacred Dynasty, what benefits do we get? You can’t treat all the money as national tax of the Divine Dynasty, can you? At the very least you have to divert a portion of the tax revenue to our Sacred Dynasty! Otherwise, who would be willing to play along with you?”

”Yun Wanli!” Cangping God Emperor had already taken that two to three thousand Chaos Spirit Stones in national tax as a lifesaving straw. At those words, he immediately slammed the table in fury. ”With the great enemy bearing down on us, you don’t think hard about putting up more money and grain to resist the enemy, and instead you want to divert national tax?”

With his words, a domineering Taoist Master–level pressure surged out, enveloping Yun Wanli.

Even though Yun Wanli was at Mid Stage Great Luo Realm, he was still forced to bend slightly under that terrifying might, his face turning pale as he struggled a little to catch his breath.

”Please calm your anger, Your Majesty.” Wang Fugui hurriedly soothed Cangping God Emperor. ”In fact, what His Majesty Jade River Saint Emperor has said represents the attitude of the various local powers. At the very beginning, we within the Shenwu Sacred Alliance had the same debate.”

As he spoke, he turned to Jade River Saint Emperor. ”Your Majesty Jade River, don’t be anxious yet—please look at my PPT first.”

Unhurriedly, he flipped open a new page and pointed at the contents, explaining to everyone, ”Building a large number of base stations and communications branch offices in the localities will, in itself, bring a large influx of capital into the regions, which has the effect of stimulating local economic activity. In addition, the head tax generated by the construction and maintenance of base stations, as well as hiring staff and so on, will naturally be paid to the local authorities.”