490. The Proposal of the Goddess of Wealth
In the Temple of Wealth, Rand finally understood the purpose of the Goddess of Wealth: since the magic furnace is the basis of gold coins, Rand can build the magic furnace himself, and he can justifiably distribute currency.
In order to ensure the financial stability of the world, the goddess of wealth, as the role of the central bank, found herself in order to coordinate the rhythm of the construction of the magic furnace and the rhythm of currency issuance.
Now the Goddess of Wealth and the Rand have come to an agreement, and the Goddess recognizes that the Rand can build the Magic Furnace, that is, the Rand is qualified to issue money, and the Rand also recognizes his regulatory power over money.
"So, I want to negotiate a deal with you," the goddess saw that the fire was almost over, and began the real topic: "First of all, I will order 6 magic furnaces from you, to the 6 small and medium-sized city-states of Hindukir, and then there will be a legend to assist in the installation, and Honglongyan will order furnace bodies from the Salt and Iron Division, and the unit price of each is 250,000 gold coins, and you can get 900,000 gold coins for 6 magic furnaces." ”
The goddess of commerce is very familiar with the market price of the magic furnace and the distribution of benefits in it, and even understands Rand's careful thoughts: "After the magic furnace is installed, your statues will be enshrined in the local temple of wealth, and you can appoint the descendants of the local galloping horse family as priests."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Rand was very pleased with the deal, but the Goddess's focus was still to come.
"In addition to ordering the Demon Furnace, I also have a transaction, I know that the Night Qicheng Finance Department is completely bound to the Galloping Horse Fund, not only can you not finance and issue debts in the name of the Finance Department, but even the income of the Demon Furnace can be stolen by outsiders."
Rand knows this, and he wants to hear the central bank's high-level argument: "Do you have any suggestions? ”
"If you are willing to use the new 6 magic furnaces in your territory as collateral, the Temple of Fortune can raise 15 million gold coins for you. Thou shalt set up a bank in your realm and use the money as a security deposit to issue your own currency, such as the voucher."
Seeing that Rand maintained a listening posture, the goddess continued: "This is not without additional conditions, first, the work vouchers issued by you cannot flow out of the Galloping Horse Plain, and the financing of 15 million gold coins can only be used for transactions with the Temple of Fortune for 50 years, and in the future, if you build a new magic furnace in the territory, you can refinance; Second, new magic furnace businesses outside the Human Empire must be approved by me. ”
Rand understood what he meant, and the Goddess of Fortune gave a mortgage of 6 magic furnaces to finance 15 million gold coins, which means that each magic furnace Rand can be financed with 2.5 million gold coins, which is the benchmark judgment of the Temple of Fortune for a magic furnace to create and maintain wealth within 50 years.
Obviously, the newly built magic furnace cannot produce such magic power and wealth, so the magic furnace can only be used as financing collateral to "lend" to the rand, and after 50 years, the magic power generated by the magic furnace is enough to solidify the wealth of 2.5 million gold coins, and the rand will naturally use the ownership of all the gold coins.
The goddess prescribes such financing conditions, which shows that she is fully aware of the possible impact of the magic furnace on the flow of money, so she has to negotiate in person, on the one hand, to provide funds so that Rand will not be poor enough to build magic furnaces in batches, and on the other hand, let his liquidity not overflow to unexpected places in the territory.
Here she can talk to Rand personally, and she can also talk to the Empire, Elves, and Orcs in person, so that Rand is solely responsible for the new Demon Furnace, and the monetary function behind the Demon Furnace is still in the hands of Commerce and the Church of Wealth.
For Rand, his own construction of the magic furnace is also restricted by the Salt and Iron Division, and if there is no backing from the goddess of wealth, the gold coins he built the magic furnace may also directly enter the common account of the Galloping Horse Fund, which is not as secure as the Church of Wealth.
Knowing the key to this, Rand hurriedly said to the goddess: "Can I understand what you mean by that, first of all, you are willing to finance me and save my territory from financial difficulties and forge a magic furnace. Secondly, you want my self-printed currency not to flow out of the Galloping Plain and affect other regions. Third, the installation of the magic furnace outside the Galloping Horse Plain needs to be coordinated with you or the Empire? ”
"Yes." The goddess of fortune nodded with satisfaction.
Rand was very satisfied with this financing deal, he didn't believe that the Imperial Finance Department could give him 15 million gold coins at one time but only needed 6 magic furnaces, and hurriedly asked: "Do you need me to sign a contract with you for financing?" ”
"Thou art the Willy's favor, and our transaction is about the wealth of the world, and there will be no written contract," the goddess of fortune had already gained Rand's support, so she put down her sentence and left, leaving the rest to the priest Rudolf Schulz.
After returning to normal, the Dragonborn took a few deep breaths, invited Rand to the side of the lounge, and drank a large bottle of golden potion before his face returned to blood.
"Lord Rand understands righteousness, and is really a model of the nobility of the Empire," Rudolph praised Rand with a smile, "There will be legends to contact you when the magic furnaces are installed in the next few cities." ”
Rudolph was glad that the negotiations had gone so smoothly, and he believed that if the Tower of Purity or the Imperial Capital had the authority to build the Demon Furnace, perhaps the Human Empire would have stepped into the old path of goblin civilization.
And Rand, who has seen the financial bubble, does not want to turn the magic furnace manufacturing into a financial game.
Rudolph happily said to Rand: "Lord Rand, Your Majesty has specially instructed that from today onwards, your status will be like a high-ranking priest of the Church of Wealth, and you will be free to enter and leave the business and wealth institutions of various places, and we will help you and your territory as much as you need." ”
"Priest, I still have a question, why don't you install a magic furnace in Abaidi or Tikal?" Rand wondered why the first six magic furnaces were all in the six small and medium-sized cities of Hindukir.
"Tikal, Abaidi, and Siem Yuan, the capital of plenty, have their own magic furnaces," Rudolph told the truth, "and they are in the largest temple of the three cities, which is why the three cities can become the three capitals of the Hindukr." ”
On a table in the lounge, there was a small demon sealing box, and when Rudolph opened the lid, it was a piece of dragon scales, and the luster and lines on it were extraordinary at a glance.
"This is the mark given to you by my lord, and you can use this dragon scale to enter and exit any temple of wealth at will." After Rudolph finished speaking, he took out a contract for the Temple of Fortune of 6 cities to order the magic furnace from Rand.
When Rudolph signed the contract with Rand, he didn't mean to end it, but asked Rand: "Lord Rand, since you already know the relationship between wealth and the magic furnace, then you must be able to guess what the final collateral of your family's Galloping Horse Fund is, right?" ”
(End of chapter)