Chapter 813: Prologue to Rebellion
The Bracada Thunder City Treasury has always had a fairly complete system, the most important of which are the wealth custody system and the wealth lending system.
The loan system is easy to understand. It means borrowing money and then recovering the principal and interest to make a profit.
The wealth custody system is about saving money, but the person who saves money needs to pay wealth custody fees according to the amount of money saved.
Unlike the real world, the Yasha world is full of wars and dangers, and no one can guarantee that they will not die suddenly.
After your death, your wealth will most likely be lost.
Even if the hero puts his wealth in a space backpack, it is not safe. When he dies, he will have nothing.
The big treasury can play a role in protecting wealth. Even if the hero dies, the big treasury can ensure that the hero's wealth will not be lost, but will be delivered to the hero's family as an inheritance.
To sum it up simply, if you deposit money into the Big Treasury, the Big Treasury will make money; if you borrow money from the Big Treasury, the Big Treasury will also make money.
Unlike the real world, when the big treasury borrows money, it must have corresponding collateral, whether it is assets, land, or treasures, etc., but its value must be greater than the loan amount.
Compared with the real banking and financial system, the funds in the Bracada Treasury are less flexible, but they are more stable and have no risk of bad debts. It can be said that they are almost impeccable.
The bad part is the word "almost".
If the rules are followed, the big treasury's lending system and wealth custody system are indeed impeccable, but there are always people who will find ways to circumvent the system for various interests.
For example, there is a lot that can be done with the collateral of a loan system.
When the big treasury collects collateral, a value assessment is required.
How much money a mansion or a factory can raise will be determined by the current value of the collateral.
This creates a problem: the value of the collateral will fluctuate and is not constant.
When the value of the collateral drops sharply, someone will maliciously default and fail to repay the loan, and the big treasury will suffer huge losses.
For example, someone mortgages a wizard tower valued at 10 million gold coins and takes out a loan of 8 million.
Later, the Mage Tower dropped in value for various reasons and was worth only three million. So the big treasury lost a full seven million and recorded a loss of seven million.
The Big Treasury did not make a mistake in its calculations here, because according to the Big Treasury's estimates, the lender had to repay 10 million yuan including principal and interest. Now that the money has not been repaid, the expected profit that should have been earned has not been earned, which means it is a loss.
Of course, the big treasury is no pushover. When faced with losses, they will use various methods to forcibly recover the losses.
This loss will be recorded on the lender and will be pursued through various means until it is recovered.
For example, auctioning off mortgaged property, forcibly requisitioning treasures, confiscating other non-mortgage assets, forcing people to serve in the military, etc.
But these methods are powerless when faced with a situation.
That means the lender is gone and the collateral is insolvent.
At this time, the big treasury could only accept the loss with a pinch of the nose.
Whether the value of the collateral will change and how it will change is a very random thing, and no one can predict future changes.
Therefore, the big treasury will not blame the mortgage salesperson for the losses caused by changes in the value of the mortgaged property.
This gives salesmen a lot of room for maneuver.
It is common for a treasure worth 10,000 Titan coins to be forcibly valued at a high price and loaned out for 50,000 Titan coins after some manipulation.
For Mixue Bingtang, this loophole in the system is as conspicuous as a young woman who deliberately does not wear underwear and squeezes into the crowd on a bus.
She would be sorry for her .
The Jenova Chamber of Commerce under her, through rounds of operations, has long become a powerful chamber of commerce that can compete with the Trosa Chamber of Commerce.
The assets under the Jenova Chamber of Commerce are countless.
Among them, there are a large number of empty shell mines whose reserves are about to expire and empty shell factories that are not in production at all.
These pieces of garbage have been carefully packaged by the Jenova Chamber of Commerce, and each one is a high-quality asset.
Mixue Bingtang used these inferior assets to borrow a large amount of Titan coins from the big treasury, and then used the Titan coins to purchase basic resources in major exchanges in Thunder City.
Basic resources are different from other commodities. Although they may seem insignificant, they are the core of the survival of a force and are necessities for all arms and heroes.
Just like rice, oil and salt in real life, they seem to be readily available and not expensive at ordinary times. However, anyone who dares to purchase and hoard them in large quantities, causing drastic fluctuations in the prices of basic resources, will definitely be investigated.
As expected, the Jenova Chamber of Commerce was soon investigated by the personnel of the Grand Treasury.
Faced with this situation, Mixue Bingtang remained calm.
The investigators came and were picked up by pneumatic vehicles and taken to various pubs and red-light districts.
Half a month later, although the investigation team did not stay in the Jenova Chamber of Commerce for a total of less than half an hour, the results of the investigation came out.
When Avili encountered a chaos invasion, all the resources purchased by the Jenova Chamber of Commerce were sent to Avili for relief.
Of course, no matter how miserable Avili is, he still has some assets. These basic resources will be exchanged for luxury goods, treasures, spices and other materials with three to four times the value in Avili and then brought back.
The profit is tripled.
The Jenova Chamber of Commerce is fully capable of repaying the principal and interest, and it has legitimate reasons to acquire resources, so what are you hesitating about? Give it your full support!
Therefore, under the operation of the big treasury, the Jenova Chamber of Commerce was given the green light all the way and waved Titan coins to make acquisitions everywhere.
For a time, the prices of food and basic resources in major cities in Bracada tripled.
When cargo ships fully loaded with goods set sail from the port, no one could have imagined that the sound of the cargo ships' whistles would become the death knell of Bracada.
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In the dim room, a wealthy fairy merchant with a veil on her head stared at the conch carefully, nodded repeatedly, and trembled with excitement.
Finally, the last conch shell sounded a safety reminder, and the wealthy merchant fairy jumped up excitedly.
"Very good."
He ran to Michelle Bingtang and Ernie excitedly and said:
“Report to the Guild Master, report to the High Priest, the last 10,000-ton cargo ship has successfully arrived at the Great Whirlpool and the God’s Chosen City.
All resources have been transported.
The heart-breaking plan was a great success!
Our layout in Bracada is completely complete, perfect retreat! "
"good!"
Mixue Bingtang breathed a sigh of relief and laughed:
“Hahaha, this time, I have exceeded the task assigned to me by Qige.
We packed up and took away nearly half a year's output of food and basic resources of the entire Bracada and the total income of the big treasury in two years.
After two weeks, the big treasury will find something wrong and start checking our assets, and they will find that our assets are basically a pile of garbage.
Basic resources and food are very special things. They are consumed all the time, but it takes a lot of time to accumulate them.
Next, as long as the port city imposes a price blockade on basic resources and food, Bracada will be pushed into a state of collapse.
A large number of Bracada 's factories will shut down due to the lack of basic resources, and a large number of Bracada's people will starve due to lack of food.
A sharp increase in the price of basic resources will cause a sharp depreciation of Titan Coin.
When one hundred, one thousand, or ten thousand Titan coins cannot buy a mouthful of food, the Titan coins will completely become scrap metal.
The credit of Bracada that relies on Titan Coin will be completely bankrupt. "
Ernie smiled and said:
“The collapse of the economy will lead to the collapse of social order.
The wolves on the grassland eat sheep. If there are not enough sheep to eat, the wolves will eat wolves.
Wolves are wolves. They will not be eaten willingly and they will fight to the death.
Standing means death, kneeling down also means death, they will all choose to die standing.
By that time, Titan's military deterrence will become a joke.
Economic contradictions will evolve into class antagonisms, and one rebellion flag after another will fly over Bracada."
"Hehe." Mixue Bingtang proudly stretched out her finger and said:
“It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
People always feel a little bit about what they gain, but feel a lot about what they lose.
The mages of Bracada were used to a life of luxury, and they could not adapt to the sudden decline in living conditions.
But once they take action and demand everything they deserve from the higher-ups, it will not be a problem that can be solved by appeasement.
When they realize that they can also be superior and become human beings, they will no longer think about continuing to be cattle and horses.
Once the conditions are formed, even if the powerful people in the Bracada Grand Council start to distribute the wealth they possess, they will not be satisfied.
Half a month, I guarantee it, it will only take half a month for the first rebellious city to appear.
The opportunity that Qi Ge has been waiting for is coming soon! "
"What!!!"
Mixue Bingtang was talking , when suddenly, the wealthy merchant fairy who was catching the conch howled, which scared her.
"What's wrong? Are you so startled?"
"President Bingtang, something bad has happened!"
The Merchant Fairy said nervously:
"The Lighthouse City located near the Chaos Border has declared rebellion!"
"ha?!"
"ah?"
Mixue Bingtang and Ernie stood up together, both of them were a little surprised.
"How come it's so fast?"
“That shouldn’t be the case. Although the prices of basic resources and food are rising now, there should be a consumption period.
Only when food and basic resources are completely insufficient will people be forced to take desperate measures.”
"Bingtang, let's ask together, maybe it was our allies who did it."
Ernie suddenly had an idea and spoke quickly.
Mixue Bingtang suddenly realized and immediately took out the conch.
She and Ernie kept calling Hela, and kept confirming. They called all the conches, but the responses they got were all the same:
"It wasn't us who did it. Go ask someone else."
Mixue Bingtang and Ernie looked at each other. They both realized that in Bracada, there was a third-party force that was beyond their control and was causing trouble!
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Lighthouse City.
One after another, the armed fortresses flew high into the sky, forming a huge queue in the air, and headed towards the inland of Bracada.
Inside the armed fortress, a group of mages wearing green flags are taking an oath.
"Lord of the New Life, we will serve you with our lives, and fight for you to the end.
The old master hangs high above the thunderclouds, cruel and merciless, humiliating all living beings, and the new master should take his place. "
Among the rebellious wizards, an exceptionally young wizard slowly opened his eyes. On the azure cloak behind him was embroidered a huge eyeball.
The eyeballs were clearly embroidered, yet they kept rolling as if they were alive.
The young wizard took a deep breath and let out a strange, inhuman scream.
Around the armed fortress, a large group of strange gargoyles suddenly flapped their wings and flew into the sky, circling around the armed fortress.
"Hehe. Elzeus! I, Picklejeme, am back again!
Everything you took from me, I will make you pay double!"
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Delga sat on a crimson chair, shaking his bright red wine glass, and stared at Escher opposite him.
On the screen in front of him, a picture of a large group of airships flying was playing.
"Slurp."
Delga drank a mouthful of blood from the wine glass and said dissatisfiedly:
"You just played the Picklejack card?
He is a rare legendary hero.
I put a lot of effort into helping you transform him into a vampire and revive him."
“The cards, when you get them, are meant to be played.
Only a fool would hold on to his trump card and not play it until he dies."
Escher said leisurely:
"It's time. We need to weaken that person's strength first, and also find an excuse to obtain more resources.
The counterinsurgency war is the best excuse.”
Degar was somewhat puzzled:
"With so many demigods like us, isn't it enough if we gather so many resources?"
“If Elago was a demigod, that would be enough, but he’s just a legend, that’s not enough.
He doesn't have the ice attainment that Edric has, nor does he have the blessing of the Ice Fairy to directly activate the Ice Sword."
Degar shook his wine glass and laughed:
“Hey, never mind. I won’t question your decision. Over the years, countless arguments have taught me that you are always right.
I will be responsible for helping you solve some problems and be a mindless thug."
Escher raised his head and looked at Degal with a smile.
"That won't do. I'll have to trouble you to keep a closer eye on Selron.
Although I have some control over him, it is definitely not as strong as the suppression of the Abyss Incarnation.
Once he sees the incarnation of the abyss, he will definitely turn against us on the spot.
Speaking of which, this has always been a thorn in my heart.
Where did this Abyss Incarnation hide after the battle with El Zeus? Even with my intelligence network, I can't find it. "
"Don't think too much, old man." Degal shrugged.
"Look at it in a positive way, maybe she is dead?
The fact that we were able to get Selron out of Orver doesn't that mean she no longer has any control over Orver?
Our plan is going well so far, isn't it? Except for Tanan.
As long as we get rid of Tanan, there will be no obstacles in front of us."
"That's true." Escher smiled, put down the book in his hand, raised a glass, and said to Degar:
"Cheers to our plan."
"Cheers!" Degal clinked his transparent wine glass with Escher's in mid-air. Red blood slowly slid down the corner of his mouth, cruel and evil.
