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The family minister who secretly protected Lin Qi had been exiled to an unknown time and space, but Lin Qi had no idea. wWw、QuANbEn-XiAoShUo、Com
He was just thinking about some of his own problems.
What kind of backing does Professor Cohen have? Lin Qi doesn’t know!
What kind of friends does Professor Cohen have? Lin Qi doesn’t know!
How powerful is Professor Cohen? Lin Qi doesn’t know!
How influential is Professor Cohen? Lin Qi still doesn’t know!
But this did not prevent Lin Qi from squatting next to the fountain in the middle of Golden Lily Square early the next morning, squinting at the bustle of the Iron Wall Bank.
God knows how many people Cohen mobilized, God knows how many connections he mobilized, God knows how long he has been plotting Iron Wall Bank. Anyway, Lin Qi definitely didn't believe that in just one night, just by taking Lin Qi to visit more than a dozen banks, he could do what he was doing!
This old fox with a mean awl face, a pair of sinister triangular eyes, and his greed for gold coins is several times more than Lin Qi. He must have been thinking about Iron Wall Bank for many years, but he used Lin Qi's hand suddenly triggered the incident.
Lin Qi didn't believe that Professor Kouen owed him such a few gold coins! The reason why Lin Qi accompanied Professor Kouen in and out of various banks last night was because he must have intended to give Lin Qi some pocket money, and then there were other intentions! But Lin Qi couldn't figure out the specific intention for a while.
Anyway, Lin Qi was squatting by the fountain, chewing on a piece of black bread filled with meat, and staring blankly at the long column of four-wheel carriages in front of the Iron Wall Bank. It is a special four-wheeled carriage that is completely black and made of thick steel plates. It has no windows and only a narrow door. There are twenty such carriages outside, lined up in front of the Iron Wall Bank.
An old man whose clothes were conservative, traditional, and low-key, but extremely luxurious in both material and cut, slowly walked into the gate of the Iron Wall Bank with stiff steps. Not long after, these carriages drove in from the side door of the Iron Wall Bank. Less than a quarter of an hour later, these carriages drove out, surrounded by a large group of guards.
Lin Qi squinted his eyes to listen to the movements of these carriages. They were relatively light when they went in, but when they came out, all the carriages had new heavy weights on them. It was obvious that they were loaded with a lot of goods. Besides gold coins, what other cargo could be loaded in a specially-made four-wheeled carriage from the bank
The motorcade circled most of the Golden Lily Square and rumbled out along a main street. Lin Qi took a look at these large cars. There was no sign on it, but the breeze rolled up a corner of the old man's clothes, revealing a bronze badge on his belt - it was the badge of a famous noble in the empire, which was worn at the beginning of the founding of the Gallic Empire. A wealthy and distinguished person with a hereditary dukedom.
Not a moment longer. Another carriage arrived in front of the Iron Wall Bank, and another old man whose clothes were extremely low-key and conservative, but whose materials and tailoring skills were extremely luxurious, slowly walked into the bank door. Then this team of carriages pulled the heavy things and left the Iron Wall Bank, and happily left the Golden Lily Square along another street.
Then, another, and another, and another!
At least thirty teams of four-wheeled carriages visited Iron Wall Bank before and after, and Lin Qi's mind went numb for a while. He was calculating what a fortune it would be to load all these wagons with gold coins. For God's sake, the gold coins he spent last night were probably less than one-fifth of the gold coins that these carriages could carry! …,
As expected, Cohen had a premeditated plan. He must have been preparing to attack Iron Wall Bank for a long time!
And there is no doubt that these carriages all belong to the real nobles of the imperial capital, except for them. No one can easily withdraw cash from the Iron Wall Bank - especially this outrageous, almost slap-in-the-face, situation where everyone is queuing up to withdraw huge amounts of cash!
Lin Qi stuffed the last bite of black bread into his mouth and prepared to go back to class. He wanted to hear Professor Cohen explain to him how he planned and attacked Iron Wall Bank this time, and by the way, he also wanted to ask for his share of gold coins! Kou En swept away so much cash from Iron Wall Bank, Lin Qi couldn't wait to see those cute golden babies!
Dust yourself off your butt. Lin Qi left Golden Lily Square accompanied by Barr.
Neither he nor Barr noticed that in a high-end restaurant in the corner of Golden Lily Plaza, there was a stunning girl holding a cute baby in her arms and looking at him through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Gerdas smiled softly. His delicate little hands were tapping the dining table gently, and he hummed in a low voice: "When my injury is a little better, with the help of the power of the God of Punishment, the heaven next to him will be nothing."
Looking up at Yin, Gerdas's smile became extremely ferocious: "I will let this boy spend his life in despair. After all, this is also my father's wish, what do you think?"
Yin gently stroked Gerdas' thick red hair, squinted his eyes and smiled softly.
Just as cash was being withdrawn from the Iron Wall Bank, a fat man with sweat dripping from his forehead was riding a black horse, driving madly out of the gate of the imperial capital, and running towards a small forest in the suburbs in embarrassment. go.
Deep in the grove, on the bank of the Lanxin River, in a wooden building surrounded by several ancient large banyan trees, the man, led by several guards, finally saw Thuram, who was packing his bags and preparing to leave. The fat man fell to his knees and howled at the top of his lungs: "Your Highness, I finally found you!"
Thuram's eyes twitched. This fat man Gregor was one of his confidants and the person in charge of managing Iron Wall Bank for him. Every year he could get generous profits from Iron Wall Bank. Profits, this huge amount of profits, supported Thuram in secretly raising an elite private mercenary army with equipment comparable to the Imperial Forbidden Army!
That mercenary army even controlled a small principality on the western continent, and Thuram was the supreme emperor of that principality. The small principality named Green Shade is located right on the border between the Gallic Empire and the Caesar Empire. The elite army of 200,000 people can break into the Gallic Empire at any time, and can also threaten the most important grain-producing areas of the Caesar Empire at any time. .
Seeing Gregor's panicked look, Thuram's heart suddenly sank.
Throwing away his luggage, Thuram ordered him to set off again in a quarter of an hour. Then he sat back on the throne and looked at Gregor with a frown: "What happened? What made you so panicked? In this place, you Shouldn’t have come!”
Gregor gasped violently, and he tremblingly announced the names of a lot of wealthy nobles in the empire.
Thuram looked at him in surprise: "What's wrong? Although these nobles are ancient and honorable, they are not close to the core of power of the empire now. They are just... just decorations of the empire. Although they are the face of the empire, That's just a face, they don't have any real power in their hands, have they caused us trouble?"
Gregor looked at Thuram tremblingly: "But they, just now, they withdrew 150 million gold coins in cash from our treasury! There are still people coming to withdraw money, and you know Yes, our Iron Wall Bank usually only has a maximum of 50 million gold coins stored in it. The 300 million gold coins in cash that have just been put into the warehouse in the past two months are, yes, yes..."...,
Gregor knelt on the ground, and not only sweat was flowing from his forehead, but also white oil stars could be seen.
Thuram's heart suddenly twitched, he covered his heart and leaned back heavily.
He knew what was going on, 300 million gold coins. These 300 million gold coins were the deposit that Iron Wall Bank had just kept for a secret transaction between two huge forces. This deal was a shady deal, the kind of deal that would make one of the forces his life-or-death enemy if even a hint of news leaked.
Not only that, if people on the mainland know that he is guaranteeing this transaction, he is finished, he is definitely finished, even his powerful and domineering father cannot save him, he will definitely be burned at the stake shelf!
The deposit for this transaction had just been sent to him two months ago, but there was still one year and ten months before the transaction was completed!
"Grego, I don't understand these messy things, tell me what should be done!" Thuram's eyes were on fire.
Gregor looked at Thuram in fear, he muttered something in a low voice, and then cautiously put forward his suggestion.
"Although those ancient nobles have no real power now, their influence in the empire is extremely terrifying. If their withdrawal requirements cannot be met - they all gave reasonable reasons for having to use cash. They want to make deals with foreign races. But you know, those dwarves, goblins and elves, they don’t trust our golden tickets, they only trust the gold coins!”
"If we cannot meet their demands, and if their deal with the foreign race fails, then your highness will be in big trouble!"
Taking a deep breath, Thuram nodded and said: "Meet their withdrawal requirements! Then what?"
Gregor wiped the oily sweat from his forehead. He knelt down and pressed his forehead tightly to the ground. He didn't dare to look at Thuram, who had countless blood vessels on his face: "Maybe someone is attacking us. The bank has launched a sniper attack, and you must prepare more gold coins to cope with the run. Forget about the run by ordinary people, we always have a way... But for the run on the big banks, if we don't have enough gold coins to cope with the run, we will be finished."
"Over the years, our Iron Wall Bank has issued eight billion gold tickets of various denominations. As long as half, no, as long as a quarter of the gold ticket owners ask for gold coins, we will be completely finished! So, you, you need to find strong cash support! Even, in order to prevent the most unpredictable and worst consequences, you need a strong credit guarantee!"
Thuram smashed the armrest of the throne to pieces, and shouted arrogantly: "What if I insist on not redeeming it?"
Gregor raised his head and said something that he instantly regretted: "Then, you are bankrupt! You are finished!"
Then Gregor was kicked by the furious Thuram until he vomited blood and flew up. . )