The hot afternoon was passing by, and before I knew it, it was already sunset, and the evening breeze was blowing, and the sweat of the sheriffs began to evaporate. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Then the entire outside of the vault door was filled with the smell of sweat. Of course, they stood from morning to night, and they had long been accustomed to their taste. Most of his lips were dry, and he had not eaten or drunk any water all day long, so he stood still, but the people in the vault drank happily with lunch and afternoon tea.

For the ordinary staff in the vault, it is relatively fresh to have afternoon tea. The economic capacity of Lou Baole has only just allowed the commoners to solve the problem of food and clothing, and how much luxury they want to enjoy is the business of the aristocracy. Although it is not so that they can't afford to buy a cup of afternoon tea, most civilians still feel that it is expensive, and they feel that it is not worth it to buy it, and then they are reluctant.

Nowadays, there is free tea provided, and everyone's enthusiasm is still relatively high. Some people even poured tea into their own cups and wanted to take it back to their families to drink. As for the unlimited refill, it can only be limited to drinking the tea in the bucket, and they themselves feel embarrassed if they want to go out and ask for it again.

But no matter how much they cooperate, they have to be allowed to go back in the evening. There are 40 people here, except for Kevin and the woman in the sunhat, who are military and will not go back no matter what, everyone else has families. There are elderly people or children at home, and they need to cook and cook and do housework and so on, and many employees are nearly 100 and a half years old, and their health is not very good, so it is not reasonable to detain these workers until midnight. They are not military men after all.

Seeing that it was already 5 o'clock, Kevin also proposed: "In this way, I will order a dinner in half an hour." You have been with me for a very hard day, and if there is something at home, then at 6 o'clock, I will release a batch of corpses, which I 'killed' at that time, and I will just throw them out. ”

Everyone nodded, in fact, everyone also expected it, and everyone knew that it was impossible to really close it until midnight. When discussing in private, someone also whispered: "If he is really so close, I will pretend to faint, can he still send me out?"

The governor of the treasury added: "Those who stay are counted as overtime and have overtime pay." ”

For a while, there was a discussion among the people, some people stayed, and some people wanted to leave. What surprised Kevin more was that there were as many as 30 people left, and only 8 people said that they would leave anyway and that they didn't want overtime pay.

Kevin was a little surprised, feeling that just relying on things like supper shouldn't be able to retain so many people, could it be that overtime pay is really so expensive?

In this regard, the president of the treasury explained with a smile: "Don't think that the staff of the treasury are ordinary employees, in the field of finance, we are also warriors." Overtime at night and the like are commonplace. ”

Kevin was slightly stunned: "Financial war?"

"You know that, too?" said the Vault Governor, curious.

"I see a little bit in the book," Kevin replied, "but since I've always been a poor ghost, I know a name at will." ”

"It's also cumbersome to explain the financial war, and to outsiders it probably just thinks it's a bargain between businessmen. But if it goes up to the national level, it's not such a simple thing," the Governor of the Treasury touched his beard and asked Kevin with interest, "What do you think the gold coins are?"

Kevin was stunned: "This ...... It's a bargaining chip, right?"

"You're right, but not entirely right," asked the governor of the vault, "and why are the chips different from country to country?"

"Because every country wants to have its own currency, right?

"Well," the Governor of the Treasury nodded, "and which currency should be used for transactions between countries?"

"Gold, or crystal coins?" said Kevin, a little unsure.

The head of the treasury smiled: "For the national level, crystal coins are much higher than gold in terms of value, ease of trading, circulation, etc. Because since hundreds of years ago, the technology of extracting gold has been greatly improved, which is called alchemy. Of course, alchemy is not as exaggerated as turning stones into gold, but it does make gold production triple or more in an instant. ”

"At that time, the countries that had mastered alchemy first had a large amount of gold coins in an instant, and then they frantically bought things from neighboring countries. And the end result is war. Why do you want so much gold? If you have too much gold, then gold doesn't make much sense. Nowadays, the gold reserves of large countries are far beyond your imagination, but even if all the gold in the treasury is released, what is the use? The result can only be a few hundred gold coins, and maybe you can't afford to buy a loaf of bread. The head of the vault explained briefly, and took out another crystal card in his hand.

"The birth of the crystal card further changed the old currency trading system, and the card was nothing more than a permutation and combination of magical elements, and different permutations became different numbers representing how much money was in it. At this time, the money is virtual, strictly speaking, it is difficult for our vault to instantly point out a bunch of gold coins to represent the money in the crystal card, let alone the crystal card, even if it is a general check, it is difficult for us to do it. Because our coffers also use the money you have saved to invest, otherwise wouldn't it be wasted if we save it?

"This ......" Kevin didn't think about similar questions, and couldn't help but be in a trance, "Aren't you afraid of losing your investment?"

"So at this time, what is money? Money is the credit of the state!" concluded the governor of the treasury, "We actually have a lot of gold coins in our treasury, and if we need to, we can produce a lot of funny coins in an instant." But for international transactions, we still have to use crystal coins. What we consume is really only the credit of the empire. ”

Kevin was surprised: "Then if the empire produces crystal coins casually, won't we give them a lot of resources for nothing?"

"Theoretically, it is," replied the Governor of the Treasury, "and they have done so, and our countermeasures are somewhat of a minimum, but they will certainly be affected." Currently, both sides have forbidden spell weapons, and there is usually no direct confrontation. Finance will be a very intense field. ”

Kevin shook his head helplessly: "Although I have heard a lot, I feel that it is too profound, and I still don't set foot in this field." ”

The president of the treasury sighed: "At the end of the year, the economy will inevitably be greatly affected by the network circulation, and foreign countries will definitely take action." We've been very busy lately, and we've been preparing for it. ”

"I've been listening to it for a long time, and it seems that the key question is because the international currency is settled in crystal coins?" Kevin wondered.

"From an economic point of view, that's it," replied the Governor of the Treasury.

"If one day, all the world's currencies are settled in funny coins, will that be the real ...... What about the world's ridiculousness?" Kevin asked.

Vault Governor: "......"

"So can you finish it sooner this time?" said the Vault Governor back to the subject, "for the sake of the fact that we're about to slip the hell out of the world." ”

Kevin smiled, "To be honest, I'm not an inflexible person. I brought it up a long time ago, and I followed the general's orders. If the general speaks, then I will immediately release the man and end it. If the general doesn't move, I, as his subordinate, can't move, unless there is an accident in the military exercise, such as someone suddenly getting sick or injured, then follow the accident process. Everything is done according to the rules, and the soldiers are so rigid. ”

The president of the vault was silent, and Kevin's words were actually another hint. It means that unless these people all pretend to be sick, pretend to have a stomachache, and pretend to have convulsions, then Kevin can justify the end on the grounds of an emergency. It's just that so many people are pretending to be sick together, it's a bit ......

At half-past five, the sheriffs were again preparing dinner for the people in the library. Some people also suggested that they should also prepare some for the ordinary magistrates, but the chief captain flatly refused, and scolded bitterly: "What do you eat? Don't look at what you're doing now? You can't die if you don't eat for a day." ”

The crowd was helpless, and continued to surround the vault despite fatigue. Kevin's mom has stepped aside, she hasn't been able to make a difference, and of course no more nonsense. At the end of the day, Mom is on her son's side, and Kevin clearly doesn't plan to come out. Even if Irina is allowed to say it again, it will only be a mother-son double reed, a family comedy.

It is even more unlikely that the sheriff will kidnap Irina and then threaten Kevin to release the hostages, otherwise he will kill your mother?

At the same time, Kevin also said again: "Around 6 o'clock, I will kill 8 people." When the time comes, the 'corpses' will be thrown out, don't ask me why, I'm annoyed. ”

Everyone outside the door was stunned, finally there were ordinary people who couldn't stand it anymore? But will there be any chance in the middle? The captain pondered, finally nodded after a while, and then whispered a few words to his subordinates, who hurriedly ran to handle it.

Here, the 8 people who were about to leave also said goodbye to Kevin, although they had only met for a day, they felt quite pleasant. Someone also asked Kevin curiously: "If it's a real robber, then what should we do?"

"If you don't have any training, it's better to follow the robbers' requests, trusting the sheriff to rescue you. Kevin replied.

"Huh?" everyone laughed, "can the sheriff still believe it?"

"Who else can you trust but believe in the sheriff?" Kevin said, "A real veteran robber will inevitably have a lot of preliminary preparations, how many people are here, who is more powerful, and so on." It is still difficult to confront it with the strength of ordinary people in the face of a temporary counterattack with a prepared attitude. Of course, novice robbers are not excluded, and it is possible for you to be witty and slap you in the face, and scare away with a throat. In the final analysis, it still depends on the specific situation, and those who have the courage and ability to go up, if they feel that they can't do it, then take it obediently. ”

"And the guards," Kevin also pointed to the guards who had long since died, "you still need to exercise more, your main task is to stall for time." For a sheriff or a soldier, the best tactic is not to kill the opponent with one hit, it is personal heroism. What you have to do is to stall for time, and then wait for your comrades to come and rush up, which is the safest and collectivist. ”

The guard nodded, remembering the battle with Kevin with a slight abruptness.

"In fact, if you really kept wandering around and fighting me, or immediately shouted and let the plainclothes sheriff who had just exited rush in, then I couldn't have delayed for so long," Kevin replied calmly, "Remember, you were in this position, with the bow facing me, and I was hiding behind a chair, with no hostages in my hands and no magic circle on the ground." It's a pity that you are probably quite a hero at this time, and you want to kill me independently. ”

"I knew it was a big flaw, so I had to knock down the chandelier right away, hoping to cause some kind of chaos. The result is better than expected, you are actually stunned for a moment, and this stunned will basically kill you. Kevin gave him an analysis of the whole process, and everyone was convinced.

"As for the Governor, you can disguise yourself as a civilian and hide outside, but you're still very successful, if you don't meet me. Kevin teased the president at the end, and everyone laughed.

Looking at the time, 6 o'clock arrived, and Kevin did as promised, hanging up the eight "dead people" with the "Dead" sign. Then there are signs for untying a few people and replacing them with "feet tied".

"It's impossible for a corpse to 'walk' out on its own," Kevin explains, "and if I get the 'corpse' out myself, I'll probably be sniped at the door." So a few people do a favor, just hold hands and go out. ”

Of course, everyone had no objections, and when they opened the door, the magic elements gathered again, and the two living staff pulled the eight "dead" staff members out of the door one by one.

Outside the door, of course, the sheriff was still on standby. Seeing that two of them were pulling one person out, the captain immediately protested: "Wait! It's all 'corpses', can you still walk like this? Just pull your hand?"

Kevin immediately retorted: "It's okay if you want to be so serious, let's close the door, and you send me two carts in." Ten minutes later I pushed the 'corpses' out. ”

The captain was helpless, but if he couldn't make a plan, he immediately changed another plan and gave his subordinates a look. The subordinates hurriedly gave a gesture to the sheriffs who had been lying in ambush for a long time, and everyone acted nervously.

The two staff members who were originally responsible for "carrying" the corpse were at the door when they suddenly felt something flashing in front of them, and when they looked up, they found that the sheriff was using something to reflect the light on them. The sheriff was gesturing frantically, motioning for them to look at the ground below.

At this time, Kevin was behind the counter in the back, holding the spar to activate the magic circle at any time, and he didn't notice these small movements. When the two staff members looked down, they saw a shallow circle at the door of the ground, which seemed to be a rope noose, but it was difficult to see if they didn't pay attention.

In the distance, the sheriff desperately pulled the rope from his feet, and then motioned for the two clerks to come in. The meaning is very simple, while Kevin is still behind the counter, the two staff can run by themselves. Although their legs are tied, they can at least jump with both feet and jump into the rope noose, so that the sheriff outside can directly pull people with their own strength, and they can drag people away.

To put it simply, how many can be saved is a few.

But in the end, the two staff members still laughed and shook their heads, and then went back to continue "dragging the body". Everyone watched as they walked out of the vault one after another with the 8 staff members they had "killed" this time, plus the 4 staff members who had been "killed" the previous times, plus the guards and the woman in the sunhat.

Then there was a creak, and the door closed again. Outside the door, the "corpses" stood in a row, with "corpse" signs on their chests, and everyone turned their heads to look around: "Do we need any questions?" But this was particularly dazzling for the captain and the others.

"There's no way," the captain sighed, "I'll go to the city lord and borrow the protection of the water spirit from him, you wait." ”