"A few days ago, when I was conducting a thorough investigation of the 24th community in the outer city, I specifically checked the financial records related to the total taxation and public expenditure of Morente City in the past three years, and then I found a difficult to let It is a fact that people believe. That is, the total amount of coins minted by the business alliance in the past three years is only 7.6 million gold Fords... "
Fatty Shi found a sky-blue folder from a large stack of folders on the table and opened it: "The evidence is all here, it's really unbelievable. When we were studying in Morente City, the business alliance was a year old. The total amount of minted coins is more than 30 million Gold Fords, and even reached 68 million at the highest point. But in the past three years, the total amount of minted coins is less than a fraction of the peak period.
The reason for this is that the fact is very simple. Although the current business alliance is in charge of various chambers of commerce, after the implementation of the lord system, they still inevitably follow the old path of the territorial nobles. Back then, the commercial alliance was based on commerce, and used commerce to expand its influence. As the standard currency, Jinford became the most popular currency in Galintia because of its exquisiteness and uniform standard weight, and it was even eliminated in the north. The old man's head gold coin minted by the former Krissen Empire.
However, after the commercial alliance adopted the policy of expanding by war, most of the commercial routes and business transactions in the south-central and southern parts of the mainland were cut off, which forced the commercial alliance to obtain benefits only by plundering and occupying the territories of other countries. But this is the traditional war custom of the kingdom nobles. At the same time, due to the existence of the chamber of commerce territory, the wealth looted by the armed corps of the chamber of commerce is more transported to the territory of the respective chamber of commerce for storage, rather than handed over to the business alliance for economic development and various productions.
It can be said that our family's armed forces were really lucky to capture four million Goldfords in the inner city. This fund was used by the business alliance to maintain the Armada and reserve for the acquisition of some key military supplies. Morale bonus funds. After interrogating several inner-city captives, we discovered something very ludicrous.
It is said that when the senior officials of the chamber of commerce and the nobles in the inner city were about to surrender the city, because our family promised not to infringe on the private property rights of the captives, and allowed those prisoners to take away more than 30 catties of personal belongings, several chamber of commerce executives hoped that those The captives in the inner city can give up their personal belongings, and break up the more than four million gold coins into pieces, so that the captives can take the gold coins out and return them after they are out of danger. It's just that this proposal was rejected by all the captives. They would rather bring more of their own belongings than keep the wealth for the business alliance.
It can be seen from this that Morente City is actually very rich, but most of the money is private property. Not only the more than 100,000 captives who surrendered in the inner city, but even the 1.3 million urban residents of the 24th community in the outer city have nearly 300,000 households. I'm sure that each household hides no less than forty or fifty Jinford pieces. Take Lord Er’s brother, Ledos’s community organization as an example, they have earned nearly 100,000 Goldfords in the past three years by smuggling and selling some high-priced meat to residents in the outer city...
The reason why the commercial alliance implemented the distribution system of food and living supplies in Morente City was mainly due to the interruption of foreign commercial trade, so that the commercial activities of Morente City were shrinking, and each chamber of commerce monopolized all industries. income, which led to Morente City becoming a big quagmire. Poor city dwellers of more than one million people in Morente City keep talking about independence, freedom and equality, but in reality they have become slaves controlled by various chambers of commerce. "
After mocking the residents of Morente City, Fatty Shi said sternly: "Reviving the commercial economy of Morente City is actually very simple, we only need a little capital and some goods to redirect the city's market economy environment Reactivation does not require the family to invest a large sum of money for this. The 4 million Jinford we have confiscated and the goods and goods accumulated in the family territory on Hilovas Island can make Morente City has regained its brilliance as the number one commercial city in the mainland... ”
Lorist knocked on the table with his fist and stood up, suppressing the noisy discussion in the conference room due to Fatty Shi's words: "Looting is the easiest way to obtain war wealth, but while harvesting property, you will also lose money." Harvest hatred and criticism. Our Norton family once destroyed the Kingdom of Haneyabada, beheaded 170,000 citizens of this slave kingdom and piled them into pyramids, and robbed the wealth accumulated by this evil country for nearly a hundred years, but this is This slave kingdom deserves what it deserves. It is the revenge of countless slaves who died unjustly through the hands of our Norton family in the past century. We have a clear conscience.
But just now, someone heard Baron Shredder say that the wealth of Morente City is in the hands of more than one million city residents, so he shouted the slogan of robbing them all. Tiger Ross, you seem very excited, don't you? Is that you the one who screamed the loudest? And Director Speer, you don't seem to object to this proposal, do you want me to give you a sword and let you personally rob the property of the million residents of Morente City? Gentlemen, I hope you will keep this in mind. Our Norton family is not a robber, but a noble family that has been passed down for more than three hundred years. Do you understand
I am very sorry that Baron Shredder has clearly given the best plan on how to obtain wealth from the millions of Morante city residents, but you have chosen the most untechnical, most hated, most simple and crude method. Way, this really blew me away. Tiger Ross, and those who called out the loudest just now, I won’t call names. After I go back this time, I will ask you to memorize the noble etiquette and write it out silently. Genorio, you are responsible for checking this matter. The result told me that if anyone can't do it, I don't mind supervising it myself. "
After Lorist made a fuss, the meeting room was suddenly silent, not even breathing. Thinking about it carefully, it is no wonder that Lorist would be angry. More than 1.3 million urban residents live in Morente City, not a small city with a population of only 200,000 to 300,000 people, but a commercial giant well-known in the Galintia continent. Even if they succeed in robbing the city, the reputation of the Norton family will plummet and they will become a family of robbers that everyone despises.
What's more, Lorist also personally stated that the Norton family came to stop this war, to reach a peace agreement between the Commercial Alliance and the Antinac Kingdom, and promised not to infringe on the private property rights of all people and prisoners, and to dress themselves as A nobleman and swordsman of great character, moral selflessness. Now as soon as they heard that the residents of Morente City had private money, they turned around and robbed them like robbers. Where would the old faces of Lorist and the Norton family be put...
"Money has value only when it circulates in the market. When it becomes living money, it will roll bigger and bigger like a small snowball. It will be buried deep in the ground or stored, but it is just a pile of dead things. Forget it, with you These brainless guys talk about it like playing the piano with a cow." Lorist smiled wryly and shook his head: "The Baron Shredder's plan has already been discussed with me, just because of the consideration of whether the business alliance will immediately respond to our proposal for peace talks , so we can't act too hastily at the moment, so as not to stimulate the business alliance and affect the peace negotiations between us.
But waiting for a reply from the Business Alliance doesn't mean we can just sit around and do nothing. I decided to take the following measures for the current city of Morente in order to solve the livelihood problems of more than one million urban residents.
First, sort out the redundant medium-sized fast armed warships captured by the North Sea Fleet and hand them over to the shipbuilding workshops around Zangjin Bay, recruit skilled workers to convert these warships into fishing boats for public sale, and encourage people in Morente City Residents buy fishing boats and organize their own fishing fleets to go fishing. At the same time, they also issue fishing licenses to allow these fishing boats to operate in the sunny sea and obtain the protection of the North Sea Fleet.
If no residents of Morente City are willing to buy fishing boats, then we will recruit crew members to organize a fishing fleet to go out to sea. I believe that some residents will be willing to take the risk to buy fishing boats after gaining experience. In addition, all the hemp raw materials in the confiscated material warehouse can be used to build fishing net weaving workshops, which is also a good way to solve the livelihood problems of some urban residents in Morente.
Second, recruit capable personnel from the captive soldiers of Morente City who surrendered to form two city defense corps, and let them be responsible for patrolling and security issues in the twenty-fourth district of the outer city. The formation and training of these two city defense corps were in charge of Bodfinger and El. Their equipment was selected from the equipment of the Firebird Legion that surrendered in the Kingdom of Chigda. If the results of these two city defense corps are satisfactory, we will continue to form several corps to replace our family's armed defense of the six fortress cities on the Mana Hill Plain.
Thirdly, we will resume field cultivation around the two fortress cities of Thomas and Gipsies, build farm districts, recruit hired workers in Morente City who are willing to go to the construction, and after the construction of the farm district is completed, all The farm is sold to the residents of Morente City, and at the same time, a farmer's association is formed to sell agricultural products to the outside world after the farm has a good harvest to protect the interests of the farm owner.
The salaries of all the above-mentioned conscripts are paid with half of cash and half of food. The cash comes from the 4 million Jinford captured by our family's armed forces and the income from the expenses of more than 100,000 prisoners in the inner city in the prisoner-of-war camp. The money we are investing in these ongoing projects is not free, but will be recouped in the form of taxes when the market economy in Morente City is active.
In addition, I have ordered the North Sea Fleet to transport all the goods and goods accumulated on Shilovas Island to Morente City. Last time, after the more than 300 private transport ships in the southern part of the mainland delivered all the food to Hilovas Island, they purchased a large number of goods produced in our family territory on the island and returned. At the same time, they also complained that Hilovas Island is too far away, and the wind and waves in the northern seas are too strong, and their transport ships sailing in the northern seas is like taking risks...
So I decided to use Hilovas Island as a transfer point, and all the commodities and goods produced in the family territory will be transferred to Morente City for sale in the future. In the past, we were subject to the trade monopoly of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, and we were unable to open the sea channel to the south of the mainland for a long time. After defeating the Armada this time, the golden coastline in the Sunshine Sea will become a smooth path for our family fleet. We also happened to take this opportunity to market the production from our family territory to the southern part of the mainland.
Using Morente City as a commodity trading center, on the one hand, can resume the foreign commodity trading of Morente City, and activate the market economy; Several large chambers of commerce control and monopolize trade in the southern part of the mainland. At the same time, the North Sea Fleet also patrols the southern waters from time to time to prevent the ships of private sea merchants who trade with us from being attacked by the Chicod chamber of commerce and pirates.
Last but not least, I have entrusted Baron Shredder to negotiate on my behalf with the social organizations of Morente City, as well as the Temple District and the Academy District, and assist them in the establishment of the Morente City Autonomous Committee, making this committee a member of the Faliqiu Plain and Morente City. The highest authority in the city will be responsible for managing Morente City and the Mana Hill Plain in the future. Even if we can reach a truce agreement with the Commercial Alliance to restore peace soon, I have no objection to adding some chaos to the Commercial Alliance... "
Seven days later, Lorist disguised himself, accompanied by Reddy and Genorio, and secretly inspected the bustling business district. The business area that was originally occupied by the major chambers of commerce in the business alliance has become the busiest area in Morente City after being cleaned up and rebuilt by the Norton family. Lorist ordered the sale of food and various daily commodities and goods produced in the family territory brought here, which quickly revived the commercial area.
Take flour as an example. The flour sold at three times the price of the Northland is considered cheap by the residents of Morente City. The price is so low that it is overcrowded every day during the sale period. for storage. It was not until more and more flour was shipped that it was confirmed that there was no shortage of food, and the residents of Morente City stopped their panic buying. Lorist estimated that this should all be the result of the food shortage in the Fali Hill Plain a few years ago.
But the investigation report submitted by Tagle made Lorist laugh and cry. He dared to make a big mistake. The reason why the residents of Morente City snapped up a large amount of flour was not because of the lack of food, but because the price of the flour sold by the Norton family this time was really too low. The price is about half lower, and the quality is better and the taste is better. No wonder residents who know the goods have bought a lot of bags.
When the business alliance was in a food shortage, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce bought a batch of grain from the Norton family at a price that was 50% higher than the market price. Of course, the price was only the market price of the Antinac Kingdom. But after transporting it back to Morente City, it was sold at ten times the price, and the residents of Morente City praised it as benevolence after earning a lot of money. One can imagine how big the price difference between the two places is. It's just that these business routes at that time were controlled by various chambers of commerce, and no one else could do anything even if they saw such business opportunities.
With the confidence of the food transaction, and the fact that the Norton family distributed all the hired labor in real money and never defaulted, the business atmosphere in Morente City finally began to warm up. However, most of the main customers of the transaction now are housewives living in Morente City, and most of the commodities they buy are living materials and daily commodities. However, Lorist believes that the commercial market in Morente City will truly be on the right track after those private sea merchants from the south of the mainland come to Morente City again by boat to make large purchases of goods.
A guard sneaked up to Genorio's side and whispered a few words, Genorio nodded and approached Lorist, and said softly: "Your Highness, Viscount Penelope is back, the one who can't pass He was the only one who came back, and none of the nobles who accompanied him came back. But he brought back an envoy from the Business Alliance, who seems to know you, and is said to be a vice president of the Petersen Chamber of Commerce. Now they have arrived in the interior city."
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