Chapter 316.1

Chapter 316.1

Upon opening the Empire Sandbox, he was greeted by extremely impressive statistics.

Empire Sandbox (Super Level)

Territorial Area: 24.5 million square li (Arable land 14.1 million square li)

Domestic Resources: 4.49 billion taels (12 gold mines, 20 silver mines, 31 copper mines, 50 iron mines)

Population: 250 million (Wealthy people 1%, Common people 50%, Poor people 49%)

Military Strength: 6.22 million (7 Grandmasters, 99 Innates, 37,200 martial artists)

Comprehensive National Power: 36,500 (Quasi-Celestial Empire level)

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It has been three months since the comprehensive national power broke through the 30,000 mark.

During these three months, pleasant changes have occurred.

The Territorial Area, Domestic Resources, and Population havent changed much. However, the population structure has significantly improved, with Common people now making up 50%.

Its worth noting that the population of Great Xia has already reached 250 million.

A 50% proportion of Common people means that 125 million people have been lifted out of poverty and are now living a life free from the worries of food and clothing.

Even the four top-tier Empires cant achieve such a feat.

Their total population might be more than that of Great Xia, but they definitely cant surpass Xia in the number of Common people.

There are still over a hundred million Poor people left. I aim to reduce that number by half next year, enabling over 75% of the population to rise out of poverty! Lin Beifan nodded, setting a modest goal for himself.

In terms of Military Strength, while the total number hasnt changed much, the quality has significantly improved.

With the addition of three more Grandmasters, the number of Grandmasters has now exceeded five.

This was the result of Great Xias development and changes over the past year, which had conquered them!

Therefore, they sent representatives to offer congratulations during the festive season.

The civil and military officials of Great Xia watched this scene with pride.

Their nation has truly risen to power, and it might echo across the seas and lands, which is why countless states come to pay homage and many nations come to celebrate!

Lin Beifan, beaming with joy, said, Esteemed envoys, please dispense with the formalities! I have accepted your gifts! Tonight, we are hosting the Banquet of Ultimate Bliss, where we shall treat all of you. We hope you return home content!

Thank you, Great Xia Emperor! the envoys exclaimed in unison.

Then came the much-anticipated Banquet of Ultimate Bliss.

To host this unprecedented Banquet of Ultimate Bliss, the imperial court spent nearly three million taels of silver, an amount greater than the annual revenue of many small kingdoms national treasuries.

Even the top-tier empires would hesitate to spend such a colossal amount of money on a lavish yet superficial banquet.

Such expenditure is not only financially draining but could drown the Emperor in the scorn of common people and scholars, who would condemn it as an omen of national disaster, something utterly unacceptable.

However, Lin Beifan enjoyed hosting exactly such events.

Each Banquet of Ultimate Bliss he hosted was more extravagant and wasteful than the last, yet instead of declining, the nation continued to prosper, breaking many peoples preconceptionsor perhaps, Lin Beifans very existence itself shattered their notions.

After the Banquet of Ultimate Bliss, naturally, it was time for a holiday.

As Emperor, Lin Beifan was no exception to tradition and took a break to spend quality time with his consorts, comfortably celebrating the New Year.

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