Chapter 40 Public Debt
For the demons, "borrow" is a word that is not commonly used in the dictionary, especially for other disadvantaged races, at this time use "take", in fact, it is more appropriate to use "rob".
Because of this, Said thinks it's too much.
Shouldn't the money of the weak be at the disposal of the strong? Needless to say, take some gold, that is, their lives should be the property of their masters.
To borrow money is to admit that you have the power to control yourself and even your own property over people, which is extremely stupid in the eyes of most demons.
Vincent's own brother was not as rude as his big brother Shule, but in order to maintain his majesty, such actions should be more of a tax than a loan in Said's eyes.
In order not to worry the people, the lord Vincent also gave the people a "white strip" for the first time.
The lord can obviously grab it directly, and he also gave the people an IOU!
"This is an opportunity to prove the credibility of the rulers of the territory, and we should use this opportunity to explore and build a stable financing method." Vincent taught his younger brother, "The development of the territory cannot be accomplished with a little money, and if we want to make the gold coins of the people flow and use them for my use, we must let them find a just and advantageous way."
"But there's no need to be so troublesome, the tax collector can do this kind of thing." Puzzled, Sade asked, "And isn't it more cost-effective to tax?" You're promising to give them 5% of the year."
"In the long run, the construction of the territory will also require a lot of gold coins, and it is worth paying this interest for the time being in order to promote the policy." Vincent still believed in his choice, "When the lord's credit is established, it can be used to endorse the issuance of public bonds in the territory."
"What is a public debt?"
"Public bonds are a debt certificate in which the territorial government raises funds from the public and promises to repay the principal and interest when due. If the people are not profitable, there is no guarantee of credit, it is a way to make the lord and the lord win-win, it is only a small attempt now, and it will continue to be promoted in the future."
"Brother, do you really plan to give it honestly?" Said asked in surprise, "As long as this kind of thing is delayed, it can be given less or even stopped in the end."
"The Terrans are not a race that can rule entirely by violence and authoritarianism, and without trust, the next rebellion is only a matter of time." Vincent said solemnly, "I'm not going to fish like that Porco Rosso, and the Herodes are still staring at me from the border, waiting for me to dig my own grave if I make a mistake."
"But will they really be grateful for the benefits?" Said still doesn't fully agree, "We are not the same race after all, the Terrans are greedy and fickle, and morality is a complete luxury for them."
"Yes, morality is the upper limit of ordinary people, but for real rulers, most of the time morality is just the bottom line they should have, and no one really likes to obey tyrants." Vincent patiently explained to his brother, "I now often put myself in the shoes of a human being, and I will find a way for my race to coexist with other races."
"I think you're more like the Chosen of Light than that woman, it's not normal, it's really not normal," Said said a little worriedly, "It's that woman who has gotten too much chaos power, is it really okay?"
"I don't know...... But time will tell." Vincent replied indifferently, "As a shadow of me, she is still qualified, and the two forces of light and chaos in a person's body have been symbiotic and transformed for a long time, aren't you curious about what will happen in the end?"
"No interest, as long as she's loyal to you, I won't care about her." Said pouted, "But this kind of mess is always unsettling."
"Lonely yin does not grow, lonely yang does not grow, yin and yang are blended, and life is endless, it's a good thing......" Vincent began to mutter incomprehensible words again, and said to himself, "Let's slow down her growth and look forward to it."
By noon the next day, Vincent had flown to the vicinity of the harbor, where the merchants were richer than the villagers, and they were all warmly welcomed to see the lord return again.
Surprisingly, the lord did not talk about business, but about borrowing.
No matter what kind of merchant it is, now that he has seen the change in his territory, as well as those hot goods, he is not worried that the lord will not be able to repay, as long as he
If you are willing to pay it back, you don't have to pay the bills at all.
At that time, the barbarians of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce said that they did not need interest, and they paid the money directly.
This is not the childcare invited by Vincent, but since the cooperation between the god of war and the lord of the plateau, the people on the plateau have been praising the deeds of the demon lord helping people to ask for wages.
Many mercenaries switched careers to do business in the Primorsky Territory, earning more than fighting as soldiers, so they supported Vincent from the bottom of their hearts.
Even the barbarians are so good, there are people who are in front of the lord to curry favor with the lord, and other merchants, especially the merchants of the demon clan, are not to be outdone, and they have expressed their willingness to take over all the loans, so as not to underestimate their own clan.
Syd has been in the Demon Domain for so long, and it is the first time he has seen a real person arguing over borrowing money from a nobleman, and he does not want interest.
"This time I'm just raising a few gold coins for the time being, and I'll be returning them soon," Vincent said to the merchants, "but the public debt is a win-win situation, everyone in the territory has a share, and there will be more opportunities in the future."
After a friendly and bitter dispute, and after a large public debt with the merchants, one of the two griffons could no longer be used for sitting, but only for carrying heavy gold.
In the villages along the way when the rest of the gold came, Vincent hastily calculated that this time he had raised three hundred pounds of gold, which was a lot of income for any territory.
Although there are a lot of white stripes, but this is not a problem, as long as everyone is willing to go to Silver Dragon Castle this month, his venerable housekeeper Kant will pay the principal and interest one by one when he sees the special magic fluctuations on the white strips.
The griffon's payload is indeed a little worse, but if you trouble Seider to make two more trips, you will be able to get the gold together.
There is still one day, and with his current strength, it is more than enough to make a statue for the silver dragon.
"It's time to go back, my dear brother, and let's go to the mountains and give gifts to the silver dragon." Vincent looked at the gold that was richer than when he arrived in the territory, and said with satisfaction, "Be punctual and don't let the dragon wait too long."
There was no emergency signal from the other side of the mountain, and it seems that the silver dragon also kept his promise, and waited patiently for the past few days, and did not make a move against his own army.
Anyway, for the immortal dragon, the rhythm of the biological clock is completely different from that of other races, and hundreds of years are a matter of closing their eyes and opening their eyes, and these few days it will pass after a nap.
Along the way, the promised gold coins were collected, and the griffons carried heavy amounts of gold, and their flight speed was a few points slower.
After collecting the gold and silver coins stored at the foot of the mountain, Vincent activated the system again.