Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 799 - 28 Royal Statistical Bureau

The news of Perfikot's plan to build a Floating City brought back by Kallen shocked the cabinet, and after the news spread, it plunged the entire upper social circle of Beloburg into astonishment as well.

Everyone found Perfikot's vision unbelievable, making many feel that she might be mad.

After all, it wasn't about making something else fly, but a city!

If Perfikot had lifted a ship, a house, or even a mountain into the sky, everyone would have considered it normal.

Because she is Perfikot, the most talented alchemist in the Empire's history, she even broke the principle of equivalent exchange to create Imaginary Alchemy!

No achievement she makes would surprise them!

But this is a city! Even imagining a small city flying is difficult for people.

Even the smallest city is heavier than the heaviest warship, as common knowledge dictates.

No one dared to believe Perfikot could really make a city fly, and even after hearing Kallen's detailed explanation and seeing the model she brought back, Empress Annie still refused to believe a city could fly.

It was simply too incredible.

"I absolutely cannot believe that a city would fly! Even if it's made by Perfikot, but..." Empress Annie found it hard to articulate her feelings; she knew it was true but just couldn't convince herself to believe it: "This really is beyond my comprehension!"

She shook her head slightly but eventually turned to Kallen, asking her, "Does Lord Brandelis have any requirements?"

"The Regent indicates there needs to be an adjustment to the industrial structure of the Northern Territory, enhancing industrial capacity to meet the needs of constructing the Floating City," Kallen handed a document to Empress Annie and explained: "This is the specific requirement put forth by the Regent, who attached a related industrial restructuring plan with it.

According to the Regent's statement, as long as this plan is followed, the overall industrial capacity of the Northern Territory will increase by 50%, and the output value of the New Continent will at least double based on the existing scale."

"Output and capacity are two different concepts. When Lord Brandelis speaks this way, there must be different planning and arrangements for both, right?" Empress Annie asked Kallen while opening the document to read its contents.

Kallen nodded in response to this question and said: "The Northern Territory mainly controls all industrial capacity within the Lord's domain, whether it's various mineral resources or various factories; the Regent is the largest industrialist in the Northern Territory.

Even the big merchants who seemingly control the industries are but vassals or agents of the Lord of the North.

So, when the Regent plans the industrial development of the Northern Territory, only the production capacity of coal, steel, and machinery is usually calculated.

But the New Continent has relatively more autonomy. Even though there is deep cooperation between the Northern Territory and the New Continent, trade exchanges between the two are still settled in gold pounds, so when calculating the industrial strength of the New Continent, the Regent uses output value."

"Why make it so complicated? Wouldn't it be better to use a unified standard or calculate both standards?" Empress Annie frowned; she really didn't like such a method of using two standards for one task; it seemed very troublesome.

Assessing either one on its own raises no issues, but when both are combined, it becomes cumbersome, because both units need to be converted.

"The Regent suggests that this question should be asked to the New Continent side; the data they provide her with is in terms of output value," Kallen did not provide much explanation but simply relayed Perfikot's reply truthfully.

Empress Annie was more dissatisfied with this; she set down the document and looked at Kallen, asking her, "Using two different statistical methods for two regions is really foolish. Can we unify and use the same standard?

I want to know the most authentic data of the Empire, rather than having someone play word games with me." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

"Your Majesty, this is probably not a word game, but a practical need," Kallen's face showed a trace of helplessness, but she still explained: "The products produced by the industrial sectors of the Northern Territory are often put to use directly without monetary settlement, so calculating output value often creates discrepancies.

After all, market fluctuations occur; sometimes, the price is much higher than the real value.

For example, the same ton of raw coal might be valued at 10 gold pounds in the Northern Territory but sell for 12-15 gold pounds in the New Continent; besides factors like transportation costs and merchants' profits, there are many other complex influencing factors, leading to statistical difficulties.

Yet we must conduct such complex statistics, because the calculation of output value is meaningful, as every circulation stage from mining to market sales and then to practical use could generate tax revenue for the Empire.

Calculating output value can provide good reference for the fiscal department."

"So if we only calculate output value, we cannot see the coal and steel in the Northern Territory that doesn't participate in market circulation, and just calculating capacity will ignore the profit generated by circulation? Isn't there a solution that can satisfy both?" Empress Annie didn't like this answer; she wanted a simpler and more intuitive statistical result: "For instance, could we simultaneously calculate both sets of data or use a general average price to calculate output value?"

"Of course, that's possible, but the cost is more manpower and investment, as data statistics is a troublesome affair. The Northern Territory has detailed data thanks to the Regent's construction over the years, while the New Continent only has statistical data in the tax sector," Kallen's answer visibly furrowed Empress Annie's brow.

Yet Empress Annie still said with a frown: "I require a clear statistical result that allows me to know how much coal and steel the Empire can produce, and what value they create!

As for how much investment is needed in the process, that's the purpose of your cabinet's existence! Lord Kafka, I assign this matter to you, and I want you to take the lead in establishing a new statistical department.

This department will be directly under the Royal Family, with the necessary funds and related expenses provided by the Royal Family. Do you have the confidence to accomplish this task?"

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my utmost to establish the new statistical department," Kallen nodded affirmatively at Empress Annie's directive.

"Very well, this new department will be called the Royal Statistical Bureau, and you will serve as its first director. I hope to see the results of your work soon," Empress Annie looked at Kallen, her tone filled with expectation.