"Solomon, we have unanimously decided to invite you to be the governor of the central bank, and only you can gain our trust and trust that you will defend everyone's interests. ”

After coming out of Perth Palace, Solomon returned to the commodity exchange.

In a quiet little room at the exchange, Kindleberg and others surrounded Solomon and unanimously demanded that he be the governor of the central bank.

There is no better fit than Solomon, and although banks are popping up like leeks now, the earliest, best, and most successful is undoubtedly the Franklin Bank, of which Solomon is the main director.

Kindleberg and the others hoped that Solomon would help them lead the guard, and they could trust him to be the president of the bank.

Solomon did not shirk and agreed.

"I am willing to serve in this position for the benefit of everyone. But I have a plan, and it's only a subscription now, and in the next subscription, I hope to bring in the Franklin Bank in Liberty City, I don't know what you think?"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of more than a dozen people present suddenly changed.

The composition of the central bank, although superficially very loose, is very loose, every subscriber is a shareholder, and because of the large base, it is impossible for any businessman to control the market.

But in reality, organized and unorganized are not the same.

In it, in fact, the merchants of the commodity exchange can form enough power to control the management of the central bank after that, such as if they were to jointly launch Solomon as governor. No other retail investor could compete with them.

A single businessman cannot become a majority shareholder, except at a later date. Through various means, it slowly absorbs the equity in the hands of retail businessmen. This was Solomon's long-term plan.

But at present, if the Franklin Bank is introduced, it can be called a giant, because as soon as the Franklin Bank comes in, all the shareholders subscribe in its name, and naturally it will become a major shareholder. Although it is not as good as the merchants of the commodity exchange combined.

This, of course, made the merchants a little reluctant. However, it is important to think about the long term.

If the war continues, perhaps as Solomon said, the first installment of the loan is far from enough, and there will be a second installment. In the third phase, although the merchants of the commodity exchange are rich, they still have daily operations, and it is impossible for them to invest all their money in them, even if Solomon has helped them reduce their risks a lot.

Therefore, in the later subscription, new blood is also needed to join, and instead of letting uncontrollable forces infiltrate, it is better to introduce Franklin Bank, because at least there is a relationship with Solomon. And that Franklin City Lord has always had a better reputation, maybe easier to get along with.

Another important reason is that the new bank will definitely need professional personnel to help with operation and management at the beginning.

Although Wosley, who is still outside to help register the share subscription book, also belongs to the Franklin Bank, he only came to help based on Solomon's order, and it is unlikely to last long, even if the merchants spend a lot of money to dig him up, the number is too small.

"You can't finish the pie alone. Solomon gave meaningful advice to the merchants.

After thinking about it for a while, Kindleberg finally agreed, and once the Franklin Bank also became the majority shareholder of the central bank, it would be justified to send the right people to this side, which was what the businessmen lacked the most.

After convincing the merchants, Solomon ordered Worthley to "fax" the news to the Free City.

"Well, guys, that's all the central bank can do. I have something else to tell you below. ”

Kindleberger thought that Solomon wanted to bring up the business with the merchants again to support him in forming the legion, but Solomon said something else, Black Rock.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you should know that among the exploration rights granted to me by the royal family, the alien plane that I am responsible for opening up now has a kind of thing, which I call the Black Rock, and this plane is therefore called the Black Rock Plane. ”

"Sir Solomon, is this black rock so precious?" asked a merchant.

"No, there are a lot of them there, even on the ground. "Solomon said it a little more difficult, and did not tell the people that there were all the black rocks on the surface of the earth.

"Is that easy to mine?" the merchants quickly concluded.

"Yes, it's easy to mine, and it's abundant, except that there are some recalcitrant natives there. Solomon said helplessly.

"So you still hope that we can support you in raising a legion to help the kingdom in its wars and purge those hateful natives by the way?"

"Magic can be extracted from the black rock, so a large amount of black rock can be used to replace part of the magic crystal. Solomon said simply.

"Well, that's useful for magicians. The shrewd businessmen immediately grasped the key, the black rock contains magic power, and a large number of black rocks can replace the magic crystal, but the area required for storage and use is also correspondingly increased, unlike the magic crystal, which is efficient and portable.

"Sir Solomon, do you want us to invest in your Black Rock exploitation?" asked a merchant cautiously.

Although it sounds from Solomon's words that the cost of using Black Rock will be much lower than that of the magic crystal, but at the same time, the increase in the usable area and how to extract it, the merchants do not know whether this part of the cost will add up to be cheaper than the use of magic crystals, and the merchants need to make an assessment.

"No, Mr. Watson, you misunderstood. As I said earlier, although the black rock there is abundant, it is not easy to mine because there are very vicious indigenous people in the area, so the production is still limited, and the total distribution of the existing production has been obtained by the company I set up as a joint venture with others. Solomon replied that he didn't want anyone to intervene in the source of the Black Rock, and that even Cecilia and Borok had managed to fool them.

So at this time, Tieye and they became "vicious natives" and became the best shield.

"Then what do you want to sue us?" said the merchants, puzzled.

"I want to tell you about the use of black rock. It's not just the ones mentioned above that have a huge effect on magicians. Because I can tell you all of you a secret, but you must keep it a secret. Division Cecilia is studying the use of black rock to increase the protection of the teleportation array. In order to lower the threshold for teleportation, the hope of success is very high, it may only take a little time, and once the research is successful, you will no longer need to endure the pain of riding in the shuttle. Solomon laughed.

The merchants almost cheered, they had all suffered from the shuttle. If Solomon's words are true. Not only can the pain of shuttle compartments be avoided, but it also means that the efficiency of transmission may be further improved in the future.

Solomon motioned for silence and said, "This matter must be kept secret. At least don't reveal the news until Cecilia** is successful in her research, so as not to disturb her, and the kingdom is now very much looking forward to her success, because once successful, the kingdom will realize a large-scale increase in troops against the ongoing Heterotopic War. ”

This is undoubtedly good news, with a massive increase in troops, the kingdom will turn from inferior to superior in war, which means that the merchants' borrowing and future commercial activities are more secure.

"We are willing to sponsor Cecilia's research on this matter. Kindleberg immediately said.

"Wait, you'll grow. No, future Baron, I haven't finished my words yet. Solomon cleared his throat and smiled, "Do you think I'm just here to sponsor Cecilia **Shila? Actually, I have more important things to say to you, that is, the use of Black Rock is far more than that, because I just mentioned that the company that has contracted the general distribution of Black Rock's existing production has a total of three shareholders, one is me, one is Cecilia, and the other is the three dwarves in the far west. ”

The merchants felt a cloud when they landed, Black Rock and Cecilia were involved, they already understood that it was because they needed her to study the development and use of Black Rock, but how could they also be related to the dwarves?

Fortunately, Solomon immediately explained, "The mechanical technology of the dwarven race can form a complementary relationship with the use of black rock, and their mechanical drive needs black rock, as long as they are transformed in it, they can extract the magic power in black rock while driving the dwarven machine, this mode, Cecilia ** master called it magic." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Magi is not only useful to dwarves and mages, but if your production and management are combined with the Dwarven machinery, you can expand your scale. For example, bakeries, Mr. Searle, I remember you had some bakeries where flour was milled by water and manpower, right?"

One merchant hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, I have several bakeries, which are usually built on both sides of the river, because they can borrow water power, and in dry seasons they can only use human and animal power." ”

"Mr. Serge, then I can tell you that if you are willing to use the dwarven machinery, you will be able to grind all day from morning till night, and at the same time reduce the number of workers you employ and the purchase of livestock. ”

"Really?" said Serge, surprised.

"What I say will soon be verified by you, for His Majesty has agreed to sell a small piece of territory to the Dwarves, graciously allowing them to move from the terrible Ice Realm to our territory and become part of the kingdom. The dwarves agreed to the relocation on the condition that I had promised the company I had just mentioned to sell them fixed black rocks, so that their machinery could be set in motion. And why don't you consider using dwarven machinery to get richer?"

The merchants whispered that although they trusted Solomon, it was still necessary to see what was believing.

Solomon let them discuss for a while, and then the representative of Kindleberg asked, and he asked sternly, "Although we trust you very much, it is still necessary to witness the effect of what you say, for example, you mentioned earlier that Mr. Searle would improve the efficiency of his bakery if he used the machines of the dwarves?"

"No problem. Solomon said with a smile, until Cecilia did not completely succeed in lowering the teleportation threshold, it was not enough for the dwarves to migrate on a large scale, but if only a few master craftsmen like Bojok came over, they would have set up some small machines to help improve the bakery and textile industry, and the effect could be easily seen.

Although the dwarves' machinery in this world is destined to be impossible to reach the height of the monopolistic century civilization before Solomon's crossing, because it is inhibited by the magical civilization, and compared with the two civilizations, the mechanical civilization is not necessarily superior to the magical civilization, and even the more high-end, the more obviously inferior, for example, in terms of teleportation, it is completely dependent on the principle of the magical civilization, and the mechanical civilization can't do it at all, even if it is the world before Solomon crosses, the level of science and technology represented by the mechanical civilization has not been able to fly out of the solar system, let alone shuttle between two different planes。

But at the level of ordinary life and the lower end, the mechanical civilization has certain advantages, and the most fortunate thing is that the technology and talents of the dwarves can now be obtained.

The two civilizations are like two wheels, and if you find a suitable shaft to connect them, the carriage may be able to move forward in unimaginable degrees.

And once the merchants realize the benefits, they will definitely have to expand the scale, and the expansion will require more black rock.

So is it still far from helping Solomon form a legion to wipe out the "vicious natives" of the Black Rock Plane?

Not far off. (To be continued.) (。 ))

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