Just as the people of Great Zhou received the news that the second football league would officially begin in a month, the total profits from the first football league had also been calculated.
After deducting all costs, paying out the teams' bonuses, and redeeming the lottery prizes, the first football league had earned them a full 5.37 million silver coins—even after trimming off the odd change!
When Song Jinyu confirmed that figure, his mouth nearly split into a grin. He was also utterly impressed by His Majesty.
One had to know that Great Zhou's total fiscal revenue last year had only been a little over 52 million silver coins.
That sum was absolutely crucial to Great Zhou's financial budget.
This football league had probably drained the people's savings accumulated over all these years.
At the same time, it proved that before the football league was held, Great Zhou had indeed lacked suitable consumer outlets to stimulate this sector of the economy.
Afterward, the people from the various departments and project teams swarmed over like sharks that had caught the scent of blood.
Looking at the documents piled across his desk, Zhou Xu could not help rolling his eyes.
Those people of course did not know exactly how much they had earned, but just by looking at the crazed spectacle during the football league, they could tell that the profits had definitely been substantial.
This money naturally had to be used for development, but every department and project team looked as though they were starving to death and crying out to be fed. It truly made things rather difficult.
That was because Zhou Xu had already made arrangements for this money.
He planned to continue laying railway lines while increasing the number of Steam Trains.
In Great Zhou's early days, one