In a caravan departing from the Grand Duchy of Greg, Tony sat in the carriage, looking at the [Conquest] Forum with bright eyes, his hands trembling slightly with excitement.
His father was a noble baron and had three sons and one daughter.
After the collapse of the Kaman Empire, the great nobles fought a war of words to seize the "inheritance rights" of the empire, causing the "primogeniture system" of the Kaman Empire to collapse long ago.
Nowadays, in order to ensure the inheritance of the family, the succession of noble titles is almost always based on merit.
He, a noble son with a congenitally weakened soul, was naturally destined to miss the opportunity to inherit the title.
Generally, children of nobles cannot inherit the title, so most of them will choose to join the church and become a priest or priest.
If you can climb to a high position in the future, you can still live in Hedong for thirty years and Hexi for thirty years.
Unfortunately, Tony still can't take this road.
The decline of his innate soul power not only made it difficult for him to achieve great achievements in magic, but was even rejected by the church.
If he was born more noble, he might be able to enter the royal family and become a court noble.
Although there is no hereditary right, if you do well, it is not impossible to become a feudal noble again.
It's a pity that his background is neither high nor low.
All of this prompted Tony to become the humblest existence among the nobility - a businessman.
Under his father's arrangement, he had to learn business and became attached to the family's power.
This kind of life seems good, but it is limited to his generation.
When the direct descendants grow up, these distant blood relatives are destined to be lonely.
He has seen too many cases!
He is not willing to give in!
But there was nothing he could do to save it.
It wasn't until he came into contact with the Internet, its libraries, and even online classes that he discovered a glimmer of light.
Although this glimmer of dawn is very weak, it is the light of hope after all, isn't it
Now this glimmer of hope has grown even stronger!
—The God of the Internet actually allows users to redeem the essence! ! !
If he uses his wealth to secretly establish a player guild and recruit a group of mercenaries to help him obtain gold in exchange for source material, will his magic talent change
As long as he can change, then he has the possibility of making a comeback!
The more he thought about it, the more Tony trembled all over.
Father, I practice hard every day, learn tactics, and even follow your advice and learn to do business, but you just don’t look at me seriously;
You always give the best magic props to your younger brothers and sisters, never giving me any of them. Do you know that those magic props are very likely to change my life
Church, you poor and humble believers want to convert to the goddess and serve you devoutly, but you don’t look down on her
Don’t you stand out as just and merciful
Why is it that your justice and kindness are not reflected in me
My contribution of 10,000 gold coins was exchanged for the promise that a younger brother would take over and not kill me
OK OK!
OK!
You all look down on me!
But the God of the Internet likes me and gives me a chance, so... don't blame me for betrayal!
Tony took a deep breath and finished convincing himself deep in his heart.
"Sir, Viais is almost here!" The cavalry reported from outside the carriage.
Tony calmed down, opened the car window, and looked outside.
At this time, the convoy happened to reach the high point of the basin. Looking down from above, they saw a huge city entrenched in the basin.
The magic tower that dominates the center of the city stands tall!
As the convoy got closer, we could still see patrolling guards everywhere outside the city wall.
Different from the quiet and mysterious scenery as imagined, at this time, caravans were lined up outside the gate of Viais City.
Looking at the caravan flags, some are from Kver and some are from Kaman.
Tony, who carried the flags of almost all the major caravans in the southeastern part of the Azea continent, even saw a caravan from the Bayer Empire.
"so many people?"
Tony frowned... It seemed that the rumors that the Kvir Empire was selling off its fire guns should be true.
After being inspected by the city guard, Tony's caravan was immediately released.
When he entered the city, Tony was stunned.
The hustle and bustle that hit me was like stepping into a vegetable market.
The street he expected did not appear.
Entering from the city gate, there is a huge ring-shaped building complex that looks like half an arena.
The building complex is like a honeycomb, densely packed with shops.
Some already have main openings;
Some are still idle.
Overall, half and half.
Among the stores that have opened, almost every store has a virtual screen erected outside, with information such as "Bicycle Specialty", "Wheel Axle Specialty", "Chain Specialty", "Metal Purchase"... etc. written on it.
The expected scene of the broker coming to the door did not appear.
The huge trading place was bustling with activity, but no one paid any attention to him.
Tony frowned. After ordering the caravan to make repairs on the spot, he immediately led a close guard to visit and investigate.
It would be okay if he didn't check it, but if he checked it, he couldn't sit still.
Almost all of the bicycle parts delivered by Kerver were sold out, with only a few samples remaining.
If you want the goods, you have to make a reservation and wait here for a few days.
On the other hand, there are still some complete bicycles in stock, but the prices are extremely high.
What surprised him the most was that all merchants in Keville did not accept cash transactions, only Internet bank transfers!
In their words, the value of each other's currencies is not consistent, and it is too troublesome to exchange them.
Moreover, the cost of transporting currency back is also high.
Instead of using a box to hold currency, it is better to bring more iron ingots back.
Tony was dumbfounded!
—This was the first time he had seen a business transaction that did not require cash, even though he already knew about the existence of Internet Banking.
Well, since we can’t buy the goods for the time being, let’s sell the goods, right
Although he is here to buy bicycle parts and even magic props.
But it also brought a lot of goods, including a small amount of mithril and a large amount of refined iron ingots.
The merchants in Kver are quite honest, and although they are picky, their prices are quite fair.
But when it was time to pay, another scene happened that made Tony collapse.
It’s just that the Kver merchants themselves don’t accept cash, let alone give cash, it’s still the same thing – bank transfer.
If you want cash, go to the branch to withdraw it!
Helpless, Tony could only accept the transfer, and then dragged the trader to withdraw cash at an Internet bank branch.
As a result, when he passed by, the place was packed with people.
Some people were withdrawing money, some were depositing money, and it was very lively.
It looked like it might not even be his turn even if it got dark.
Fortunately, Internet banking outlets probably know that merchants’ time is valuable, and they claim to handle business around the clock.
Tony simply asked the servants to line up, and he took advantage of the grand gathering of caravans in the southeastern part of Azea to inquire about news and develop contacts.
"Internet Bank only recognizes the gold content, not the gold coins. Damn it, I can only exchange 10,000 gold coins for more than 9,300 Kvir gold coins. It's a huge loss!"
"What's the loss? After the transaction, can't we just exchange it back to the domestic currency?"
"Hey, that's right!"
"If you ask me, just deposit your money in an Internet bank, it's convenient and you can get interest!"
"Yeah, it's mainly for convenience. I'm really afraid of being robbed by bandits when I transport these tens of thousands of gold coins back!"
"That's right. If this is deposited in the bank, at most one batch of goods will be lost, and the trip will not be in vain."
"The key is interest. It's much more profitable than shepherding sheep! I've heard that in the Kver Empire, from nobles to untouchables, almost everyone deposits money in banks. They don't even use currency transactions, they open it directly. Internet settlement.”
"Hey, this Internet bank also pays interest, how does it make money?"
"You don't know about this, do you? They loaned money to Julong Factory. Do you know about Julong Factory? It's a factory opened by Ajeev, the founder of bicycles and a follower of the God of the Internet. It specializes in producing bicycle production lines. Any production line has several One hundred thousand or one million gold coins!”
"What I'm more concerned about is, is it safe to deposit money in an Internet bank?"
"I think it's quite safe. Internet Banking was opened by the God of the Internet. Would he be greedy for gold coins? I heard that he even exchanged the source of gold for it!"
"Yes, the Kvir Empire can even withstand Saint Todd's attack. Even if Spada is destroyed, it will not be defeated for a while."
"It's a pity that there are no outlets in our country. If I deposit this money, what should I do if I need the money urgently?"
"Yes, it would be great if Internet Bank opened branches in our kingdom."
Businessmen gathered together to discuss bicycles or Internet banking.
They didn't know that the topic of their discussion had been secretly guided.
A communication chain with interests as its shield and Internet banking as its spear is about to unfold!