Chapter 65: The Enterprising Moxies
Human limits are forced. The Moses, who decided to borrow money to save their country, soon exploded with unparalleled potential.
A number of domestic nobles, including the royal family, have come out to sell bonds for the principality. The first batch of people to be fooled were naturally relatives and friends abroad.
It is also a last resort to catch his own family. There is no way, the circle of the great nobles is so big.
The marriage of several major families in China alone can't be played at all, and transnational marriage has become inevitable.
The established goals are all their own people, and the sales target can only be their own people. On the issue of the impact of future troubles, let's keep the family foundation first!
In any case, the promised high interest, but the payment of real money, is not pure advantage.
The Principality of Moxi has no idea of defaulting on its debts now, and even the repayment plan has been prepared. After the end of the war, the principality imposed a "repayment tax", which was paid by all the people.
Although the specific rules have not been promulgated, this sincerity is still full. As long as the Duchy of Mossi survived the war, these bonds would be cashed.
In case of an accident and the principality is tossed away, that's another story.
High risk has high returns, and if you want to get excess returns, you must bear the risk of losing your money.
In a sense, Hudson also contributed to this special financing of the Moxies.
The just-concluded "Bethel Bear Clan's Royal Victory" has greatly increased the confidence of the market. Coupled with the strong power of the Terran Alliance, everyone is still very optimistic about the Duchy of Moxi.
What are the major international powers, Hudson does not know. Anyway, many of the nobles in the expeditionary force have already jumped into the pit.
Looking at Raquel, who was selling bonds to him, Hudson's face was dark. He gave all the ideas, and he actually wanted to pit him on his head.
However, this also proves from the side that the Moxi people are reliable this time, and they keep the strategy of borrowing money to save the country highly secret.
"Viscount Raquel, you know, I've been in office since I took office.
Although I received a lot of loot, my daily expenses have always been very large, and I have very little savings.
However, I am still willing to contribute to the fundraising of your country. Well, for the bonds issued by your country, I subscribe for 10,000 gold coins. ”
Hudson said with a blank face.
In the depths of his heart, he had already made up his mind to go back and get back what he had paid a hundred times more now.
If it weren't for political necessity, he wouldn't even want to give up the 10,000 gold coins. As for his men being trapped, Hudson chose not to see it.
There is no way, and the aristocratic officers with thousands of dollars in their pockets will inevitably decline in their sense of fighting for their lives on the battlefield.
This is a common annoyance of almost all bosses. On the one hand, he wants to use money to stimulate his younger brothers to work hard, and on the other hand, he is worried that his younger brothers are too rich and have lost their sense of enterprising.
In Aslant, there's a little more to worry about. The younger brothers have taiko drums in their pockets, and they will be transformed into military strength after returning to China.
It's definitely not a good thing for the boss. Especially for Hudson, who wanted to recover people's lives, it was a disaster.
People have everything, and they live a free life. Why do you have to work hard to work for him?
The Moxies were able to take the money out of the pockets of the younger brothers, and Hudson was happy to see it. This means that two troubles are eliminated at the same time.
There is no need to worry about the younger brothers becoming bigger after the war and getting out of the control of his boss; It also avoids the passivity of these guys.
Buying the bonds of the Mossi people with a lot of money means tying yourself to the fate of the Duchy of Moxi. In the ensuing battle, Hudson largely did not have the question of morale.
It can only be said that the interests are moving, and if he hadn't known in advance that there was a hole in it, Hudson would have been tempted to fall for it.
The annual interest rate of 30 per cent, as well as the government's creditworthiness endorsement, has long exceeded the normal borrowing among nobles.
It's all caused by the social environment. Most of the nobles were serfs, and the number of freedmen was extremely scarce. From the source, the vigorous development of usury was suppressed.
A small amount of interest is not worth the nobles to give up their glory and run to engage in such a shady business.
Even if you want to make money from the freemen, you sell the right to lend money to the merchants, not yourself.
Loans from the aristocratic world rarely defaulted. Almost risk-free trading, coupled with personal relationships, the interest rate on the loan is usually not too high.
This time, the Moxi people even designed the repayment plan clearly, and no matter how you look at it, it is full of sincerity. It is not surprising that the nobles who have not suffered a breach of contract have been recruited on this.
After all, they only knew that the Principality of Moxi was full of sincerity in repayment, but they didn't know how much money they had borrowed.
Perhaps the Moxies are still restrained and do not print bonds blindly, but Hudson is sure that once this kind of thing sets a precedent, it will not be controlled at all.
War is the biggest gold-swallowing beast, and no one knows how much money it will cost next. When there is no money in their pockets, everyone tries to save and spend their budgets.
If there is money in the treasury, then a lot of unnecessary expenses can no longer be suppressed.
Not to mention other things, the cost of purchasing weapons and equipment alone will increase by several times or even more than ten times.
Lack of food and grass, buy!
Armor is insufficient, buy!
There are not enough war horses, buy!
The magic scroll is easy to use, buy it!
The magic crossbow is powerful, buy it!
The magic crystal cannon is suitable for defending the city, buy!
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It's all about winning the war, and spending a little money is nothing.
The ultimate outcome of "buying, buying, buying......" must be a rapid increase in fiscal spending.
If you run out of budget, go ahead and borrow. The question of repayment, that's a matter for the future.
Perhaps by the time the pressure of repayment is realized, the Principality of Moxi has embarked on the road of no return to borrow the new to repay the old.
The final outcome will not be determined by everyone's willpower, but by how long the war will last.
The war lasted for a short time, and with the wealth of the Duchy of Moxie, it was not difficult to pay off the debt in the future.
But if it drags on for three or five years, it is not a question of repaying the money, but when the debt hole will burst.
It hadn't happened yet, and Hudson wouldn't have said anything about it.
As a member of the vested interests, not only can you not debunk it, but you also have to cooperate with the Mossi people to sell the bonds.
It is too risky to get off the platform in person, so it is enough to buy a small sum of money to make a show. In case of a debt explosion, he is also a "victim".
Watching Hudson perform, Viscount Raquel's heart was broken. A person who can even sell his military exploits is embarrassed to say that his sleeves are clean.
Although I don't know how much money Hudson made, the hundreds of thousands of gold coins that were distributed among the spoils of war were on the bright side.
The "large expenses" made him speechless, and all the expenses of the expeditionary force were paid by the Principality of Moxi.
As the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, all Hudson's expenses were taken from the public account, and he had no chance to spend money if he wanted to.
"Your Excellency, if you don't have it at hand, you can actually buy it in other ways.
The bounty from the last war was not paid out as scheduled due to the war.
If His Excellency the Earl wishes, we can convert it directly into a war bond. ”
Lacker stubbornly suggested.
Selling bonds to Hudson was not essentially about taking money out of his pocket, but more about political propaganda.
It is no secret that the wealth that the bear people painstakingly robbed fell into the hands of the expeditionary force.
As long as Hudson is willing to take the lead in buying bonds, the sales below will be much smoother, far easier than when they come to the door.
Raising military spending is secondary, and the key is to deeply bind the expeditionary force. If the entire expeditionary force had bought their war bonds, would they not have been able to relieve the siege of Dapest?
In order to achieve strategic goals, it is necessary to get Hudson done. If the flickering is not successful, then the real money will be thrown at him.
"No problem, I will use all the bounties to subscribe to your country's war bonds and do my part for this just war.
I hope that your country will purchase a batch of war horses and ordnance as soon as possible to replenish the front-line troops after obtaining sufficient war funds. ”
Hudson said arrogantly.
The bounty was not paid as scheduled, and in addition to the war, the greater reason was the lack of money in the Duchy of Moxi.
If the financial problem is not solved, the bounty will never be cashed out. Now converted into war bonds, it is nothing more than a dead asset becoming a high-risk asset.
There is still a possibility of cashing out high-risk assets, and if the Moxies perform well, they may be able to find a wronged boss to take over halfway.
Rather than these ethereal riches, Hudson valued weapons and equipment that could make an immediate difference and enhance the strength of his troops.
Since the "Bethel Bear Terran Royal Victory", Hudson has successively gathered another 3,000 defeated troops.
It is estimated that after these guys ran away, they found that the wandering days were not easy, and after seeing the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, they chose to return to the camp of the expeditionary force.
There is no shame in hugging your thighs, they are all adults, and Hudson naturally does not take these issues seriously.
Relying on the gathered rout, plus the officers drawn from several other regiments, and the three thousand young men drawn from the city defense regiment, the Fourth Army was quickly set up.
The composition of the rout is complicated, and the proper four-nation coalition army naturally has no hope of fighting for a while.
If you can't be the main force, then be an auxiliary. Lord Hudson, who is used to seeing big scenes, is not afraid of many soldiers now.
Compared to the Orc royal family, the physical strength of the Terran soldiers is much inferior. Even if the main force is against the main force, when the strength of the two sides is equal, the Terran army will still suffer a big loss.
If you want to make up for this gap, you can only rely on weapons and equipment. As the hegemon of the continent, in terms of the degree of civilization development, the human race is now definitely the proper boss.
It is rare that the countries on the mainland are willing to relax their restrictions, and if they do not take the opportunity to buy a batch of high-end goods and want to obtain them after the war, it will not only be a matter of money.
For the sake of more and more advanced equipment, and for the sake of being more hardened after the war, it is imperative to continue to expand the army.
As for the soldiers, Hudson had already sent an official letter to the kingdom. He has just won the battle, and the country has to consider the opinion of him, a front-line general.
Even if no additional reinforcements are sent, the battle damage replenishment will still be given.
It is only a matter of time before the country replenishes a part, and then finds an opportunity to obtain a part from the Principality of Moxi, and the expeditionary force is restored.
With military achievements and an army of more than 100,000, it is an important force no matter where it is.
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Ruttia, Charles III, who successfully presided over the meetings of the Terran Alliance, has been in the limelight lately.
It's just that as time goes by, he finally gets tired of the endless ruffling within the alliance.
They all decided to use orcs to make an example of the monkeys, but they were stuck again on the issue of the distribution of troops in various countries.
In his heart, he looked down on those parliamentarians who were bound to fight. They all only know how to stare at their own small interests, and they don't have the overall situation at all.
As the overlord of the continent, the territory occupied by the human race is actually only one-third of the continent.
It can suppress a group of alien races, because the land area occupied by the human race is more fertile, and most of the areas occupied by the alien race are mountains, grasslands, deserts, deserts, and ice and snow worlds......
This advantage is based on the fact that the alien races are fighting their own battles, and once the various races are united, it is the human race that should be worried.
The best way to eliminate the danger once and for all is to suppress the strongest races among the alien races.
In particular, several races that have been world hegemons are the targets of key attacks.
After solving these hidden dangers, the remaining small races are nothing.
After settling the interior, the next 100,000 years of calamity can hope to pass smoothly.
"Your Majesty, the Mossi have been very active lately, constantly peddling war bonds to the nobles.
With the ultra-high interest rate, there are already many nobles in the kingdom who have subscribed in large amounts.
The exact number is unknown, but there are various indications that they peddled millions of war bonds in the kingdom.
With this money, they are constantly scanning the market. The prices of all war-related materials have risen in varying degrees. ”
Prime Minister Bergson said with a smile.
It can be seen that in the "selling, selling, selling" and "buying, buying, buying" of the Moxi people, he has not made any less profits.
To be precise, as long as the war bonds can be paid normally, all the great nobles will be the ones who will benefit.
If you collect money, you have to do things. A huge purchase order is not only a simple purchase, but also an invisible public relations.
Now the matter is brought up, it is because Bergson knows that his own king wants the countries to send troops as soon as possible.
As for sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, taking the opportunity to weaken the strength of the three northern powers, Charles III did not bother to do it.
Everything comes from strength, and as the number one power on the mainland, the Frankish kingdom has enough advantages over those who follow behind.
Demographically, politically, economically, militarily, culturally, it is an all-round transcendence.
The strength of a single family is stronger than the three northern powers combined.
In contrast, the Alpha Kingdom is a partial student, and only its military strength has been trained by the orcs, and it can rank among the top three kingdoms.
The strength of other aspects, then I can't look at it. Every once in a while, the country that fights with the orcs has no time to be distracted.
"Haha......"
"I have heard of the generosity of the Moses in the royal palace. Their war bonds were also sold to the royal family, but the royal family did not buy much due to the political implications.
The orcs really forced them to be anxious this time, and they even thought of the repayment tax, and even the nobles in their country did not object.
That's a good thing, and since the Moses are so positive, we're going to make it easier for them.
If you want to buy anything, let them buy it! ”
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A similar scene is constantly being played out in many ethnic countries. The magnates of various countries who have received the benefits have strongly supported the Mossi people's moves.
Even when the Terran Alliance provided material assistance to the major belligerents in the north, the Principality of Moxi was in the first place.
It's definitely the spontaneous actions of the parliamentarians. As soon as the issue appeared at the meeting of the Terran Alliance, it was approved by a high number of votes, leaving no time for public relations at all.
The apparent reason is that the situation in the Principality of Moxi is the most dangerous, and it urgently needs the help of the Terran Alliance. As for the real reason behind it, there is no need to go into details.
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(End of chapter)