What is the essence of finance? Is it a large reserve of precious metals? Is it the sale of goods and goods? Is it a game of numbers?

No, it's the circulation of purchasing power!

No matter how much gold and silver are stored, they have no practical effect, they can neither eat nor wear, they can only be used as collateral for monetary credit, if not enough materials are produced, then the currency is worthless, and precious metals can only be regarded as wealth on paper, which can be seen and touched, but it is useless. And for the world of Entagre, gold? Silver? It's as common as wood in the woods, and the mages can dig you tons of high-purity gold from other worlds in a minute!

The trade of commodities and materials is a little bit related to finance, if it is in the real earth, maybe this answer is not wrong, but this is the world of Entagre, the world of magic, the world full of war and danger, and the goods and materials you have stored may be robbed by the kobolds, requisitioned by the aborigines, and burned by the invaders.

Therefore, the finance of the world of Entagri is, to put it bluntly, purchasing power, and it must be effective purchasing power, this purchasing power comes from soldiers, from professionals, from the needs and impetus of war, without this, no matter how much material you prepare, no matter how much gold you save, it is also a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron.

For merchant players, they don't have the strength and credibility to sell their goods to the natives, so they can only target other players. Therefore, lending gold coins and allowing players to circulate gold coins by purchasing weapons and equipment, potions and props can be called finance.

And behind every merchant player, there are more or less some institutions and organizations behind them, otherwise, do you think you can play the business system of the Entagri world by relying on your own strength? What do you take to value weapons and equipment? Where did you get the potions you need? What do you use to convince Indigenous traders that you don't threaten their position?

Not every game merchant can survive the early capital accumulation stage with the support of Bin like Garol Gold!

It is indeed a bit unexpected for the forces in reality to extend their tentacles to the world of Entagri so early, but it is also reasonable, at least until the world of Entagri is fully opened, the possibility of those big forces completely controlling the player group is still very small, and the existence of the ring not only gives them the means to control the player, but also limits the scale of their control over the player.

While Yu Bin was thinking about it, the auction finally ushered in the final climax, and when Garol showed the shield, even the sound of breathing in the venue was much more obvious.

"Kresh's Protective Barrier, Purple Legendary Shield, requires 65 points of strength when used with one hand, and 45 points of strength when used with both hands, and its special ability is a tough shield wall, which can block all damage below the hero level within 5 seconds after activation, and can be activated every 24 hours!" Garol read out the attributes and special skills of this shield in a trembling voice, he knows better than anyone how powerful this shield is, and it can even be said that no matter who it is, after having this shield, it will immediately become the most powerful tank class among players, and how much help such a powerful tank will bring to the whole team, everyone must know that there are many copies in those online games that stump the heroes of the world, and the final way to solve the problem is only to have a powerful tank," Maybe some people still don't know the characteristics of purple legendary-level equipment, I will only say one thing here, that is, each piece of purple legendary-level equipment is unique, and this shield has only this side in the entire Entagri world, and there is no semicolon! ”

What is pretending? Showing off a blue delicate heavy sword is called pretending? No! Holding this shield to fight monsters is called pretending! And no one can steal the limelight from themselves, because there is only one piece of this shield in the whole Entagri world!

"The starting price is 3,000 gold coins, and each increase must not be less than 200 gold coins!"

To be honest, the reserve price set by Garol is a bit too low, according to Yu Bin's estimate, the price of the most important equipment parts such as weapons, shields, and breastplates, the price of the red rare level should start at 5000 gold coins, and the price of the purple legendary level should be added to this price by another zero, which is why Alan said that he is a loser.

"4,000 gold!" As the most famous shield warrior among Terran players, Glass Radiant Wings was the first to stand up, and without even using the number plate in his hand, he directly quoted the price of 4,000 gold coins.

"Hmph, what a shame! The first person of the Terran race! Just this point of capital is embarrassed to come out and show off! Garland Ironstone, the captain of the famous Dwarven team Earth and Rock, said disdainfully, "6,000 gold! ”

The dwarves are best at mining and drinking, so this race can easily find various ore veins from the ground, and even ordinary dwarven players benefit from this, and gold is not difficult for them to obtain.

"7500 gold! You three-inch nails don't look at your height and use this thing! ”

"We can at least pick it up, I'm afraid you long ears won't even be able to hold it!" For Olafi Chenguang's troubles, Garand unceremoniously pushed back, "10,000 gold coins!" We dwarves don't have much else, but they have a lot of money! ”

"Hehe, I'll join in the fun with the old man! 12,000 gold! An old man in a robe stood up from his seat, and the staff in his hand was clearly not an ordinary product.

Generally speaking, when the player enters the world of Entagre, the age of the character will match the actual age in reality, so this old man should be at least sixty years old in reality, but this age is really not old for the world of Entagre, even if it is the lizardman with the lowest average age of the individual, once the individual strength enters the hero level, the upper limit of the original life span of more than thirty years will be immediately extended to at least a hundred years.

"Ronnie Westgen, what are you doing with archaeology! Is it possible that you still want to go into battle and kill the enemy yourself! Glass Radiant Wings revealed the old man's identity.

"Then don't worry about Lord Lawgrass, I really can't fight, old man, but the guards I hired still need this equipment."

"Humph! 15,000 gold! Don't think I'm scared of you! ”

When Glass quoted this amount, Yu Bin saw that several teammates of the Terran shield warrior had obvious distressed expressions on their faces, obviously this price had reached their psychological bottom line, however, Yu Bin could assert that this price, which seemed to be a huge amount of money in the eyes of ordinary players, could not scare off those contenders at all.

Sure enough, after Garand turned around and discussed with a few companions next to him, he did not hesitate to quote the price of 20,000 gold coins, and with a look of "Brother is rich, you have the ability to smash me to death with gold coins".

Yu Bin also saw that there were actually only a few people or groups in the entire venue who were qualified to compete for this shield, and the Radiant Watch team led by Glas Radiant Wings obviously had a lot of prestige among Terran players, and on the other hand, although other dwarven players were not very friendly to the earth and rock team, they obviously couldn't compare with them in terms of money and capital, as for the elves, perhaps as Garand said, the requirements for strength of this shield obviously did not match the physique of the elves. Unless they are willing to buy this piece of equipment and put it in the warehouse for two or three years to eat ashes.

In addition to Radiance Watch and Earth and Rock, there are several other small groups that are eligible to participate in this contest, such as Ronnie Westgen, who, as an archaeologist, is clearly funded by the Archaeological Society, which qualifies him to covet the shield.

Archaeology is also a kind of life skill, but it is more like an academic skill, he has a very high demand for knowledge, and some senior archaeologists in reality are often favored by the archaeological association because of their achievements in this area, although there is a big gap between the relevant historical knowledge and reality of the world of Entagre, but as long as you master the know-how, for a real archaeologist, the two worlds are not much different.

As the bidding price continues to increase, more and more teams have to withdraw from the battle, and even if someone tries to inflate a price to stir up the situation, in the presence of the temple priest of the god of wealth and trade, any false claim that exceeds their ability to pay will be punished, a punishment that is enough to make those who dare to break the law regret for life, which was warned to everyone before the auction began, so no one dared to do it.

In the end, only three teams are left to compete for this shield: the Terrans' Radiant Watch, the Dwarvens' Earth and Rocks, and the Elven Sons of the Forest. Glass temporarily obtained enough capital by borrowing from other Terran players present, and Garand had obviously been prepared for this for a long time, and did not waste too much gold on the previous auction items, so he still had enough funds, as for the children of the forest led by Olafi Chenguang, Yu Bin said that he couldn't understand it, because he found that the elf players who followed Olafi to participate in the auction didn't care about Olafi's offer at all, as if it was not his team's funds.

"35,000 gold coins!" Glass was sweating profusely and shouted out a number that made his own heart tremble, he was now completely holding on, in fact, the most funds that Radiance Watch could take out were only 16,000 gold coins, a large part of which was still from the loans of a few Terran merchant players, and now, in order to grab the shield, he and his team borrowed another 20,000 gold from other players, and he was not even sure if this equipment would bring corresponding benefits after snatching the shield.

"Poor ghost, 36,000 gold coins!" Garland knocked Glass down to the mortal dust without changing his face, but Yu Bin realized from his offer that the earth and rock's funds were probably also at their limit, otherwise the dwarf would not have only increased the price by 1,000 gold coins.

Glass sat down dejectedly, and several of his teammates couldn't help but sigh, it was clear that in the face of the local tyrant dwarf Garand, Glass and his Radiant Watch had to bow down.

Just when everyone thought that this purple legendary-level shield had finally been spent, Olafi Chenguang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly raised the number plate in his hand: "40,000 gold coins!" ”

"Impossible! You can't have so much money! Priest, I ask the temple priest to conduct a property review of this long ear, he is lying, he is cheating! Garland jumped up and shouted with a flushed face, he couldn't accept this result, seeing that the shield was about to be owned by himself, at this time, even if the god stood in front of him, he dared to roar!

A priest from the Temple of the God of Wealth and Trade quickly walked up to Olafi and, after confirming Olafi's offer, placed his hand on his head, and divine power from the goddess of wealth and trade, Waukin, poured out of the priest's palm, glowing with a pale golden light, just like the color of the gold coin.

After more than ten seconds, the priest withdrew his hand: "The goddess of wealth and trade has confirmed that this offer is valid, please proceed with the auction!" Lord Garand, next time you want to question the impartiality of the goddess, then please go to the temple and pay the notary fee! ”

Garand, whose face was flushed by the priest's words, glared at Olafi hatefully, and quoted a new price in a reluctant tone: "40,500 gold coins!" ”

"42,000 gold!" Olafi mercilessly shattered Garland's illusions.

"Looks like the dust has settled!" Standing next to Yu Bin, Ailan clasped his hands to his chest, watching with relish, this good show opened his eyes, "This guy is really rich, more than 40,000 gold coins say there is, I remember that these elves have bought some auction items before, right?" ”

"That's right, a recurve bow, a thin chain mail leggings, a pair of soft leather spike boots, two sets of potions, four wild talismans and a string of totem necklaces, it cost about 8,000 gold coins in total!" Keldila reminisced for a moment and gave Alan a number.

"Good boy, that is, these elves have at least 50,000 gold coins on hand? Is this possible? I thought it was impossible for a player other than us to have that much money! ”

Yu Bin shook his head: "I don't think so, judging from that guy's previous offers, the amount of gold coins they have on hand is probably not as large as that of Radiant Wings." ”

"Then why ......"

"Don't forget, this guy is a world-class rich second generation!" Yu Bin never thinks that the factors that determine victory and defeat will only appear in this venue, and many times, factors from outside the field are the key to determining victory or defeat.

"You're saying that he's been buying a lot of gold from other players in such a short period of time?" Lei Guang finally reacted, "Is this too late?" ”

"Just find a game merchant!" Yu Bin was not surprised by this, "However, it is not in line with my plan to make this guy's wish come true!" ”

Ailan and the three of them all looked at Yu Bin: "You want to make trouble again?" ”

"Trouble, trouble! What's the point of not making trouble! The meaning of life is to do things! If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Lei Guang would have wanted to jump up and shout cheers, for him, who likes to watch the excitement the most, a life without trouble is incomplete.

"Thassarian, you should be able to contact that goblin of Garol Gold without being detected, right?" Yu Bin asked Sassarian, who was watching with them.

The undead knight nodded: "Yes, you can contact that goblin for a short time through soul fluctuations, but it can only last for a few seconds, otherwise it will be discovered by those two priests!" ”

"Then tell him that there is no limit to the amount of money to be borrowed from the Radiant Wings, and I have only one request, and that is that this shield must fall into the hands of the Radiant Wings!"