Chapter 60: The Night's Watch Bond (Part II)

Egger was a newcomer, so he naturally didn't know the way, but fortunately, Tyrion had lived in King's Landing for a while, not to mention that he knew the city well, so there was no problem in finding a shop, and the two chatted while walking, and soon found the door of King's Landing, the only professional stamp-making shop in the whole of Westeros.

In this era, Westeros is much more backward than the world before Egger traveled, but with the unification and development of the Seven Kingdoms, people have begun to gradually have some concepts of the importance of law and order, just like opening a seal shop in the Celestial Empire, you need to file a record, in this world, seals also have certain specifications and format requirements, rather than just finding a stone to engrave and use at a moment. In King's Landing, only the seal made in this shop will be recognized by all the nobles and wealthy people in the Seven Kingdoms.

Generally speaking, the seal shop only serves people with status or certain fixed assets, and it is useless for ordinary people to ask for seals. Iger didn't meet the requirements, but luckily he had two pretty good papers.

After showing the signed and stamped certificates of Eddard Stark and Jao Mormont, the shopkeeper took over his business. Iger made himself a "Night's Watch Chief Logistics Officer" - the Great Wall Defenders didn't have this position, and naturally they didn't have any Chief Logistics Officers, but as long as the plan went well, he could quickly get the Legion to create this department and position.

Iger ordered two seals, one for personal status and one for the seal of credit. After discussing the style and content of the seal with the master of the seal, he turned his head and asked Tyrion, "Do you have a seal?"

"Nope. The dwarf replied honestly that it was rare for a member of a large family of his stature to have no seal, but his congenital disability was a bit peculiar: because of his obvious characteristics and the reputation of the Lannister family for debts, he did not need a seal to prove his identity or make a guarantee when he interacted with ordinary people or went to a tavern brothel on credit, and a nobleman of comparable status would only talk to his son, Duke Tywin, and his brothers and sisters. "Then make one for me too. ”

The famous little devil naturally didn't need identification, and another seal order was quickly negotiated...... The price of a regular seal is expensive, of course, compared to what the two of them are going to do, it can only be regarded as a small amount of money.

When one thing was done, the two went out and got on their horses, and continued to discuss the remaining details as they rode to the next place.

Tyrion struggled to climb onto his horse: "And then?"

"Paper, ink, fire paint, and other things have been bought by your attendants, now let's go to the signboard workshop......"

"Signboard Workshop, okay, but I'm not asking where to go, I'm trying to ask, since you're saying you need my help with this project, what the hell am I going to do?"

"Much, your involvement, my whole program has skipped the most difficult start and gone straight to the primary stage. If I were alone, I would have to be forced to inflate the rate of return to attract attention, and then fight for every gold dragon at any cost, starting with the common people, every initial loan...... After you join, I can not only directly start to develop borrowers from the middle and high-end population, but also set a reasonable rate of return and a certain amount of subscription threshold. In this way, the number of creditors will be reduced, but the quality will be improved, and the capital chain will be more stable. The extent to which this reduces the workload of fundraising operations can be measured in multiples. ”

Iger thought for a moment: "The first thing you have to do is to convince some of your friends to buy my bonds, not more, just a few, and everything will work." ”

", let me pit my own people?"

"How can you say that, in this game, the most unlikely to be cheated is the first batch of joiners, okay!" Iger emphasized: "Only the entry of this first batch of creditors needs your persuasion, after this step is taken, the existence of the previous joiners will become a source of confidence for the next batch of joiners, as long as the total amount of funds is controlled, the cycle can continue to continue...... Somebody has to start, and if you're not willing to convince someone you know, then we'll have to go to the street to find passers-by or go door-to-door to sell. ”

"Okay, I'll do it. Tyrion is ready to post his own money, so naturally he will not dwell on this non-principled issue, anyway, it is a big deal to fill in the hole himself: "How do you do it?"

"It's very simple, just introduce me to your friends and give me a guarantee, with the proof of the commander-in-chief and the hand of the king, it shouldn't take too much trouble. ”

"Okay, you said you want to set a subscription threshold, how much?"

"One hundred golden dragons. ”

"So much!?" Tyrion was taken aback: "Egg, King's Landing is indeed the place where the wealth of the Seven Kingdoms is concentrated, and it is not difficult for someone I know to come out with a hundred gold dragons, but this money is not lent to me, but to the Night's Watch legion, many of them have probably seen you a Night's Watch for most of their lives, and it is a bit difficult for them to throw so much money into a pit that they don't know at all." ”

"I'm going to issue a fixed-rate, simple-interest, registered bond, remember when I made a list of things for Maurice and Jack to buy? Every bond, with the best parchment, I personally carry out a series of anti-counterfeiting processing, and finally we and the creditor three jointly signed and stamped according to the fingerprint, a toss, each cost more than a silver deer, if not set a high amount of threshold, we may have to make hundreds of thousands of bonds, not only not easy to manage, but also seriously raise the cost and man-hours, affecting the stability of the capital chain. Iger explained: "Of course, a hundred is just a casual remark of mine, and on this one we can discuss. ”

"Fixed income, simple interest, nominal name, what do you mean?"

"Fixed interest is a fixed interest, simple interest is the interest generated will not calculate the interest separately, the name of the borrower will be on each bond, the first two points are for the convenience of accounting and management, and the third point is to prevent counterfeiting and protect the holder's ownership of the bond, in case of theft, loss and other situations...... You'll know that when the time comes. ”

"It's complicated. ”

"More complications are yet to come, but for now, let's talk about the basics, like what to write on the sign in my night watchman's office, and what to use. ”

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The signboard workshop arrived, and unlike the engraving shop and the night watchman's office, which only needed a small shop on the street, it needed a large area for processing, and in order to save rent, it could only be selected in a slightly remote place. The two of them turned around for a while to find this place, and the sun was already setting in the west.

More than a dozen carpenters and workers are working in the semi-open field. Although there is an undercurrent of contests and battles going on in the power hierarchy of the Seven Kingdoms, ordinary people do not know thisβ€”on the surface, Westeroco is in a period of unprecedented peace and prosperity, and industry and commerce are developing at an unprecedented rate. Iger was extremely suspicious that if the War of the Five Kings did not take place and winter did not come, it would be time for big cities such as King's Landing to start to sprout capitalism.

The boss quickly greeted him with enthusiasm, making signboards and not as troublesome as carving seals and unlocking, as long as you give money, you can make any content and any size. After half an hour of discussion and deliberation, they finalized the size and content of the signboard, paid a deposit, and when the busy day was over, the two returned to the hotel, and it was already dark.

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