Chapter 0528 Priceless Gem
(For the grandmaster [send the son of the imam] to add more, 5000 words]
Petyrberry the Littlefinger relied on the game of 'counting copper plates' to go from being a worthless sheep earl who was despised by the nobles to a high-ranking imperial minister.
After the Magic Mountain had a legion, it also began to play the game of counting copper plates.
Doing business, making a fortune, farming and developing the economy have to be after the fists are hardened. This is the rule that the Magic Mountain pursues.
It's just that the copper plate game he plays has never appeared in this world.
The Iron Vault, though also played with lending, and made a fortune by lending to kings, governors, dukes, dukes, or great slave owners, was not a bank in the true sense of the word. They only accept loans to earn expensive interest, but they don't know that there is such a way as depositing money to absorb capital. They also do not have a complete set of game methods of 'banking, monopoly, investment, shareholding, and dividends' to revitalize the 'copper plate'.
Iron vault is the only one in the world.
Bank, the new way to play the real 'Copper Plate' game, is the first of its kind brought to the world by Magic Mountain.
The bank and Baylor were tied together so that they didn't have to spend a lot of time building up the hardest thing: credibility.
The credibility of the Great Sanctuary of Baylor is the highest on the continent, and no king, duke, or any great knight can compare to the credibility of the Great Sanctuary of Baylor.
However, the first Baylor Bank in King's Landing is not the first official bank in this world, and the first official bank in this world is in the West.
The Creganian Bank is located in Lannishabour, on the western border.
The bank had two very important partners, one was the acting lord of Lannithport, Bachelor Bancrof, who represented the family of Earl of Ord of Lanniport, and the other was Countess Sheryl Debbie, Lady of Charlotte of Silver Hall, who represented the family of Sallotte. But the real boss is Jane Westerling, Duchess of Clegane.
University Scholar Bancrov stood in the corridor on the second floor of the bank, looking at the bank hall on the first floor.
Outside the bank counter came a timid little girl, about six or seven years old, with her little hands clutching a few very beautiful little stones.
Some of the stones are pale red, some are pure white like jade, some are black and white stripes, and some are goose yellow. Each stone is smooth and round, which is the most beautiful work of nature that has been polished by the goose warm stones and washed by thousands of years of water.
The little girl carefully placed the stone on the counter and stood on tiptoe: "...... Madame...... "The little girl stammered, her tone full of timidity," ...... I think...... To borrow money...... This is my collateral, a priceless gem ......"
The receptionist inside the bank was Mrs. Eddie: the wife of Master Tobmot.
Soon after the bank opened, Mrs. Jane, as the owner of the bank, was also in charge here. She was in the recreation area on the first floor, with Brienne and Zeligerda standing behind her. Zeli: Wife of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Bernick Rigan.
"Kid, why are you borrowing money?" asked Mrs. Eddie, flicking her fingers at the multicolored pebbles.
Pebbles are indeed beautiful. The tentacles are smooth and have a faint reflection on the surface.
"My mother is sick and very serious, ma'am, we need money. The little girl spoke much more fluently. Her cowardice was slipping away.
"Call your father, son. ”
"I have never met my father, ma'am. ”
"And where is your mother?"
"She's at home. ”
"I can't lend you money, kid. Your collateral cannot be borrowed. They are just stones in a creek. “
"No, ma'am, they are not ordinary stones, they are very expensive gemstones, which can be exchanged for a lot of money. They are my most precious things, and I have nothing more precious to pledge than this. ”
"Child, I can't lend you money, they're not gems, they're just ordinary stones. ”
The little girl pouted, and her eyes turned red.
Bancrov glanced at the calm Mrs. Jenny, who came downstairs and came over: "Son, do you have a house with your mother?"
"Yes, we have a house. ”
"Is the house your own, or is it rented? or is it an abandoned house?"
"Our own. ”
"Son, go home, bring the deed, and we'll lend you money. Bancrov said.
"What is a title deed?" the little girl is actually very clever.
"Go home and tell your mom that she knows. Bancrov said softly, "If you don't have a deed, you can ask your uncle and brother next door to vouch for it, and we will lend you money, but if you borrow a silver deer, we will only give you six bronze stars." If you don't pay back the money within the stipulated time, we will sell the house you live in. If someone guarantees it, we go to the person who sponsors it. ”
In this world, one golden deer is exchanged for thirty silver deer, and one silver deer is exchanged for seven bronze stars.
"My lord, my pebbles are all precious stones, they are very valuable, I don't lie. My mother once said that every pebble in me is a rare gemstone. ”
"No, they're not gemstones, they're just stones, very ordinary stones. There are many such small stones in the goose warm stones by the river. “
"No, my lord, I assure you, you'd be hard-pressed to find a colored gemstone like mine. Hard. ”
Bancrof's face was displeased: "Child, go home quickly, either find someone who has a property to vouch for it, or, get the deed of your own house here, and you can borrow money to see a doctor for your mother." ”
"My lord, all my gems will be given to you, and I only need two silver deer. "The little girl is going to cry," the doctor said, adding that all it takes is a silver deer to save her mother's illness. The remaining silver deer, I'm going to buy some delicious things for my mother. “
Doctors, monks, nuns, shamans, and scholars are all professionals in this world who can help people see patients. Among them, monks and scholars were the most famous, doctors, and most of them served the poor and commoners. The great nobles all use bachelors, some incurable diseases, involving gods and ghosts, everyone wants to invite monks or wizards.
Bancrov glanced at Lady Jenny and said, "Squire, take the little girl out." ”
On each side of the bank's gates, there were two guards, two Cregan soldiers, and two Lanniport garrison soldiers. They're all heavily armed, and people don't dare to approach here.
The little girl dared to come in here to borrow money, but she actually had a lot of courage.
A lot of adults are afraid to come near here. They were looking this way down the street opposite.
The banks, although there were acting lords who advertised them in the form of government decrees, were hardly patronized.
Next, Jenny has her own jaw-dropping plans to run the bank.
Banks, first, need to lend money, and second, they need to deposit money.
A Cregan soldier strode in to bring the little girl out.
Janine shook her head slightly, and the soldier stopped, then bowed, and turned to go out to continue standing. Jenny felt that the soldiers standing guard outside the door were not soft enough, and she considered that tomorrow there would be no soldiers on either side of the bank gate, and that the soldiers would be on the opposite side or nearby, or that they might all be in the store, or in the cubicles, so that no one could see them.
There are many mercenaries in Lannisport, from all over the world, these people are murderous bandits, and Jenny must take precautions. They don't dare to move during the day, but at night, it's not necessarily. As long as someone agitates that a large number of gold dragons, silver deer and bronze stars are put in the bank, some people will have crooked thoughts.
"Kid, how did you know there was a bank to borrow money from?"
"I went to my uncle to borrow money, and he told me that I could borrow money when I came here, and my uncle said that my wife and the lord of the city had opened a bank to lend money to the poor for medical treatment, business, and cattle, and to lend money to the nobles for hiring knights, building large ships, and doing seafaring trade. ”
The little girl's speech is so clear and clever.
Jenny fell in love with the little girl.
It seems that the intensity of propaganda in the past few days is still effective, but everyone is waiting, there are almost no borrowers, and none of the people who save money come to the door.
Magic Mountain's letter to Jenny asked her to promote it in the first month, and if she could have five customers in the second month, it would be successful, and in the third month, she would have ten customers. Beginning in the fourth month, banks were used as channels to tie up various businesses with banks, and began to monopolize the unique commodities of the western frontier and start trading with foreign countries.
The main focus of the Magic Mountain is to develop the banking business in King's Landing first. Lanniport Westside is a small division.
But Jennifer didn't want that.
She is ambitious, and plans to have at least 100,000 gold dragon deposits in the first month, and more loans. She did a few days of publicity through the acting city lord Bancrof to see everyone's reaction, everyone was polite, but the response was not enthusiastic, however, Jenny has her own way.
"Child, your gems are too precious for us to ask for. Janie said, tears rolling in the child's eyes, "However, I will lend you two silver deer, but I don't worry about giving you the money, you will be robbed not far from the bank gate." “
The little girl's eyes glistened with tears, and she looked at Lady Jeanne in a daze.
Jenny walked out, took the little girl's hand, and pointed outside: "Child, do you see those people on the other side?"
The little girl nodded vigorously.
"They all come to see the novelty, and in Lannisport there has never been a bank, and when they hear about it, they come here to see the new ones when they have nothing to do. There are knights, mercenaries, thieves, poor people, and free people, and if they see you with two silver deer in your hand, the bad ones among them will follow you and take your silver deer away. ”
The little girl stared at Jenny with wide eyes, stunned and speechless.
Lady Jenny is so beautiful and makes sense, but what to do?
"The bank will lend you two silver deer and escort you home, do you agree?"
The little girl was stunned for a moment, then nodded sharply.
Bancrof, Lady Eddy, and the two female generals who protect the Duchess: Brienne of Tars and Grezelda the Bull all look at each other.
Two silver deer is a lot of money for a poor family.
Moreover, Bancrov did not agree to lend money to the poor, but for the sake of Lady Jane's face, he could not say 'no'. It was to open this bank, and both Bancrof and Mrs. Charlotte in the silver hall were 'had to', forced, not willing. They are reluctant.
A few days after the bank opened, there were many onlookers, and there were almost no people saving or borrowing money.
This little girl was obviously tricked into borrowing money, behind her, I don't know how many people are waiting to see the joke, the child is completely ignorant, Mrs. Jenny can't do such charity, there are many poor people in the world, and the money in the bank is common to the three families, not unique to the Clegane family.
If they can't make a profit after a year, both Bancrov and Mrs. Charlotte will have to protect their capital and withdraw their investments, and if there is a loss, the Legane family will bear it alone.
These were all agreed upon beforehand, and everyone took a solemn oath in the name of the seven gods in the church.
After a while, the little girl took up a pen on a note she could not read, and wrote her name in a small circle for the first time in her life, and then, her priceless colored gems, were put into her pocket, and two silver deer with the warmth of Lady Eddy's hand were placed in the little girl's palm.
Although the people watching the excitement on the opposite side couldn't see the details clearly, they could guess the general situation, and everyone talked about it. Two knights simply came to the gate to watch the excitement, and under the reputation of the Klegan army, the actions of the two knights made many people on the opposite side sweat.
Madame Jeanne took the little girl into the carriage, and the curtain was hung up, so that people would see it. Brienne and Griselda mounted their horses to escort the lady's carriage, and a group of twelve Clegane cavalry escorted the little girl home.
In fact, it is not to escort the little girl, the soldiers have to protect Lady Jane.
When nobles travel, they are all guarded, and people in this world will not be surprised or strange because of this.
But because there was a little girl from a poor family in the carriage, this matter attracted special attention and discussion. If it is placed in the civilized world before the Magic Mountain crosses, it may become a headline for a show and be spurned.
The little girl's home is in the West Side.
There is a place where the poor live in Xicheng, and most of the poor here work at the port wharf. The port is the third largest in the Seven Kingdoms and requires a lot of handymen to do handling and other chores at the docks.
Janie is a blood witch, and although she doesn't wear wizard robes, she can't change her secret identity. She simply did it to the end, to treat the little girl's mother, and it was idle to sit in the bank anyway.
Please use a blood witch to cure the disease, which is a difficult thing for the great nobles to do.
This matter is just a gesture for Jenny.
Idle is idle anyway.
Along the way, the crowd of onlookers gathered. When we arrived at the Poor Street in Xicheng, the poor people of the whole street came to watch.
Trist's daughter, who was seriously ill, went to the bank to borrow money, and the Duchess herself sent her back. Poor Streets are densely populated, and many people hear a new word for the first time through this incident: banks. Through this incident, the people of the Poor Street also learned what a bank is, a place where they can borrow and save money.
Janie got out of the car and took the little girl by the hand and entered Triste's little dark room...... The Blood Witch from the Witch Queen's lineage personally treats Triste, and in the future, when people on this street know about it, they will talk about it and talk about it......
In a few days, the whole West Side learned that Madame Jeanne had cured a woman named Trister in Poor Street, and that Triste's daughter went to the Duchess's 'bank' and borrowed two silver deer.
The publicity effect this time is actually surprisingly good!
It is undeniable that the captains, mercenaries, knights, garrison soldiers, poor people, servants, handymen, wealthy merchants, and people from all walks of life knew the word 'bank' from the fact that Jane lent the little girl two silver deer and personally escorted the little girl home and treated Triste.
But Jenny doesn't intend to rely on this kind of propaganda to make people know the word 'bank', she has her own set of tough plans.
With the sound of horses' hooves, a banner of the Red Smoke Beast's Ice Sword fluttered, followed by the banner of Count Ode of Lannisham: the sword and the harbor on a blue background.
At the head of the three women, in the center is Jane West Sterling. She has no armor or weapons, she is dressed as a noble lady, riding on a horse, and her beauty is unparalleled. To the left and right, are Brienne of Tars, who are heavily armed, and Grezelda, the bull. Behind him, there are two centurians. These two hundred-man teams are the most elite warriors of the big-headed Chiswick, and they are both bandit hooligans who were born and raised in Lannisport. After two years of fighting with blood and fire, they transformed into the most elite warriors in the Crega.
In addition, there was another team next to Jane, led by the acting city lord Bancrof, the captain of the left and right guards, and two garrison groups of hundreds.
The detachment appeared in the harbor of the West Side and attracted the attention of everyone on board and on shore.
The team stopped, right on the high pier.
The herald's voice rang out: "All the captains of the trading ships, local and from all over the world, are invited ashore to meet in the castle hall of Count Odeh. ”
Madame Jeanne's first step, the 'Business Operations Plan', was launched. She didn't know that this plan was in line with 'business operations', she only knew that doing so was the fastest way to move the banking industry forward.
Maester Bancroft was actually full of doubts, but with the assurance of Lady Jenny, and under the coercion of the invisible military power of the Clegane, he decided to try a new business. If successful, it will bring a new way to make money to Lannishaven City, and if it doesn't, it will be Lady Jeanne who loses money.
Jenny must bring in Bancrof, who is full of doubts, precisely to promote the banking business through the government decree.
Have the power in your hands, but are you worried that the business is not good?
Absolutely nothing.
Magic Mountain asked Jenny to slow down, don't worry, after all, there are no advantages like the 'Baylor Grand Sanctuary' in the West, and Jenny needs to be patient and wait for the 'explosive' banking business growth, but Jenny doesn't have the right to listen.
It's hard to get started and people to accept something new, but with the 'government decree', Jenny thinks that her Westside Bank will easily surpass the Magic Mountain's Baylor Bank in King's Landing.
Jenny knew that getting people to accept the bank was just a small start in the Magic Mountain plan. Since it is a small start, of course, the faster the better, and act vigorously.
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