In Stormwind City, the [Jenova Chamber of Commerce] has purchased a twelve-story magic tower as its headquarters.
Qi Ge stood under the magic tower of the Jenova Chamber of Commerce headquarters, feeling very emotional.
Even he had to admit that Mixue Bingtang's ability was outstanding.
In just a dozen days, the size of the [Jenova Chamber of Commerce] expanded exponentially into a behemoth.
Just as he was sighing, a familiar voice came from behind him.
“Dear guest, you are the person the president is waiting for, right?
I am the president's secretary. Please follow me to the top floor."
Qi Ge turned around and saw an elf in a butler's uniform standing behind him with his hands clasped, smiling at him faintly.
Although the other party used disguise, Qi Ge still easily recognized the other party's true identity.
Wow! Pope Hof, are you having fun?
"Yes, it's me. Thank you for your help."
Qi Ge raised his eyebrows and greeted Hoff with a smile.
"This way please!"
Qi Ge followed Hoff and entered the magic tower through the back door of the Chamber of Commerce.
Here are the hidden stairs in the magic tower.
The blue stone steps were covered with dust, and the handrails were covered with uncleaned spider webs.
The sunlight poured in through the window, and through it one could see random white dots flying around.
There was no one around and the place was completely silent.
Hoff, who was climbing the stairs, slowed down her pace, fell back, and stuck to Qi Ge.
She whispered in a hoarse voice:
“Qi Ge, Ernie and Moril have returned to Black Dragon City, I’m here to help Mixue Bingtang.
The cleansing of the Jenova Chamber of Commerce has also been completed, and the top leaders are now all from our Church of Fortune."
Qi Ge asked in a low voice:
"What about Jenova? Have you said hello?"
“Don’t worry, Jenova has come to our Fortune Territory to temporarily take over my position.
We are already a completely regular army, no one would think we are fakes."
"Excellent."
Qi Ge smiled at first, then asked doubtfully:
"By the way, why do we have to keep our voices down like this? Isn't there a protective barrier in the magic tower?"
"That must be because it makes more sense to speak this way!
After all, we are now an extremely evil organization."
Seven Pigeons categorically denied:
"Nonsense, we are heroes who uphold justice.
Bracada's money is evil money.
Ours is justice incarnate.
When evil money comes into our hands, it becomes good money."
Qi Ge and Hof smiled at each other, revealing an expression of collusion.
Qi Ge followed Hoff out of the secret passage in Mixue Bingtang's office and immediately saw a desk piled with various documents.
Mixue Bingtang poked her head out from the sea of ​​documents, glanced at the two of them, and immediately buried her head back again.
She said loudly:
"Qige, you are here.
Please sit down for a while and I will come over to entertain you when I finish what I am doing."
"good."
Qi Ge and Hof sat opposite each other, and Hof skillfully made tea for Qi Ge.
Qi Ge looked at the pile of documents in front of Mixue Bingtang and asked Hoff in confusion:
"Didn't they say they were going to close the net soon? Why does Mixue Bingtang still have so many documents to process?"
Hoff smiled and replied:
“It’s just the first phase of closing the net.
The whole plan is still a long way from being completed.”
"Huh?" Qi Ge was even more confused.
“I don’t know much about finance, so I let Bingtang take charge of the entire plan.
I remember Bingtang said that before.
After gathering a wave of funds, they will withdraw and leave.
Have things changed?"
Hoff looked at Qi Ge with appreciation and said:
“Yes! The first phase of the plan went more smoothly than we thought, and we successfully raised a lot of funds.
We were ready to run away, but suddenly a surprise came.
The story begins with the invasion of the will of the abyss.
The Will of the Abyss fought all the way from Lava City to Thunder City.
All the cities along the way from Lava City to Thunder City have been attacked to varying degrees.
Many heroes and arms that have invested in us have died in battle.
Unlike the family-oriented Erathia, most of the mages and djinn in Bracada do not marry.
This led to the development of the prostitution industry in Bracada and a large number of bachelors in Bracada.
Once they die, all their investments and bonds become ours.
Especially the financial sponsors in Thunder City, all of them are extremely wealthy and generous.
Lord Elmo alone gave us one million Titan coins, which is ten million gold coins.
This even changed my impression of those mages.
Although they oppress and exploit people and commit all kinds of evil, they are all kind and good people. "
Seven Pigeons: ...
The seven pigeons were startled.
"There is such a thing?"
Hoff smiled complacently and said:
“We now have a large asset out of thin air.
The amount of [Headless Titan Coins] that can be confirmed now alone is close to 20 million.
There will be more once we have counted them all.”
Qi Ge had mixed feelings.
Black swan events can bring both unexpected shocks and magical surprises.
It seems that the feathers of Ur, the black swan, are made of gold, a black gold that is so red that it turns black.
"With such huge assets and the official endorsement of the [Jenova Chamber of Commerce], it would be foolish to just run away."
Just then, Mixue Bingtang came over.
She said enthusiastically:
"We can use this money as a lever to make a big move!"
Faced with the huge surprise, Qi Ge was not overwhelmed.
He asked calmly:
"Bingtang, tell me specifically, what do you want to do?"
Mixue Bingtang slammed the table hard and said in a shocking voice:
"I want to borrow money from the [Braccada National Treasury]!"
"National treasury?"
Qi Ge was stunned for a moment and asked:
"We are so rich now, why are we still borrowing? How big of a deal do you want to make?"
“It’s easier to borrow money if you have money! Banks only lend large sums of money to rich people.
The richer you are, the easier it is to borrow money. On the contrary, those who are short of money cannot borrow money.
Her Majesty Ernie and I have studied the financial system of Bracada together.
In fact, Bracada overdrew a lot of future money to spend on construction, which allowed Bracada to maintain its superficial prosperity.
And the source of everything is the [Bracada National Treasury].
[Bracada National Treasury] can be simply regarded as the central bank of Bracada.
In the early days, the [Bracada National Treasury] carried out economic activities with high interest and high returns.
For example, lending money to pseudo-legends who are expanding the wasteland, helping them build cities, and then slowly extracting interest and principal from the income after the city is built.
For example, during a war, merchants’ assets were used as collateral to lend money to overseas merchants to purchase goods. When the merchants returned from their trades, the interest and principal would be repaid in one lump sum.
Most of those who borrowed money from the [Braccada National Treasury] in the early days had a high social status, and if they were not careful, they would easily default on their debts.
In order to maintain their own development environment, the [Bracada National Treasury] and the [Thunder Church] cooperate with each other.
The [Bracada National Treasury] provides the [Thunder Church] with high tax revenues, and the [Thunder Church] protects the [Bracada National Treasury] in carrying out businesses that can generate high profits.
Therefore, in the early days, the [Bracada National Treasury] became a subsidiary economic institution of the [Thunder Church], and in turn, the [Thunder Church] also became a favorable support for covering up the [Bracada National Treasury] .
By the way, the [Thunder Church] is a powerful organization that controls the highest divine power, highest political power, and highest military power in Bracada.
Therefore, the cooperation between the [Braccada National Treasury] and the [Thunder Church] can be described in the simplest and most straightforward terms:
Money and power cooperation.
[Power] uses power to ensure that [money] flows towards [power].
【Money】Use your power to ensure that you can earn more money steadily.
Later, with the issuance of Titan Coin, the status of the [ Bracada National Treasury] became increasingly important.
Gradually, the [Bracada National Treasury] acquired more functions.
For example, deposits and withdrawals, micro loans for all people, etc.
Heroes have space backpacks that allow them to carry unlimited gold coins and resources. Therefore, even with interest as an attraction, the heroes of Bracada are quite limited in their enthusiasm for depositing money.
Therefore, the [Braccada National Treasury] stipulates that if you want to take out a loan, in addition to the collateral, you must deposit a certain amount of gold coins as a guarantee.
This seems to be a weird situation.
People who are short of gold coins need loans, but to get a loan they have to deposit gold coins. Isn’t this a joke?
In fact, when the hero makes a deposit in the [Brakada National Treasury], he deposits gold coins.
But the loans they took out were all in Titan Coins.
For example, if a hero deposits 10,000 gold coins and mortgages assets worth 100,000 gold coins, he can borrow 200,000 Titan coins from the [Brakada National Treasury].
Relying on the official credibility of Bracada as a guarantee, Titan coins have the same purchasing power as gold coins within Bracada.
It is precisely because of the existence of the [Braccada National Treasury] that Titan Coins can replace gold coins and become the mainstream currency in Bracada."
Mixue Bingtang took a breath and continued:
“It is precisely because of this system that Bracada’s wealth is inevitably concentrated.
When the business scale reaches a certain level, those who want to engage in business will not be able to compete with rivals with strong capital without borrowing money (financing).
The source of all financing will point to the [Bracada National Treasury].
[Bracada National Treasury] Without purchasing any property, it can continuously obtain enormous profits by just constantly borrowing money.
But this system also has a big drawback.
What I want to do is to take advantage of this disadvantage, penetrate the [Bracada National Treasury], and make Titan Coin lose its credibility."
Hoff smiled and said:
“The existence of Titan Coin will pose a great threat to the normal circulation of gold coins.
This is also something that the God of Wealth cannot allow.
Therefore, our Fortune Church also gives Bingtang the greatest support.
Bingtang’s plan is no longer just about you, Qige, and Bingtang.
This is war, a financial war between us, the Church of Wealth, and Bracada."
Financial war...
In the real world, financial warfare refers to wars, strategies, tactics and campaigns conducted and implemented in military or non-military fields using monetary funds and financing methods to strive for the interests of the country or group.
The outcome of the financial war not only determines the survival of business entities (enterprises, chambers of commerce) and the victory or defeat of the military, but also determines the strength, prosperity and decline of countries and nations.
There are countless examples of countries being destroyed because of defeat in financial wars.
It looks like the Church of Wealth is getting serious.
From this point of view, it is no coincidence that Mixue Bingtang has become the God of Wealth just one year after coming to the Asian Sand World.
What the Church of Wealth values ​​is probably Mixue Bingtang’s ability in business.
"I see."
Qi Ge asked softly:
"Then what about the request for support you mentioned earlier?"
Mixue Bingtang blinked and said with a smile:
"I need to use your Goblin Tavern and His Majesty Argaid's identity to endorse me.
I'm going to start acquiring the factory in Bracada.
This war between Bracada and Negan caused many city lords to lose all their money.
You destroyed those factories.
Many city owners are unable to resume factory production and are putting their factories up for sale.
I was able to buy a bunch of factory shells at bargain prices.”
When Qi Ge heard this, he immediately understood:
“Most of the production lines in those factories fell into the hands of the Fortune Church and Moril.
Once you buy the shells, you can resume production at a very low price!"
“That’s right!”
Mixue Bingtang laughed triumphantly:
“Once Titan Coin leaves Bracada, it will be nothing more than a pile of waste paper.
Only by converting Titan Coins into various truly valuable products can you exchange them for considerable gold coins.
Moreover, with these factories as cover, we can recruit fairies in Bracada with impunity and continuously transfer them to the Chosen City.
In addition, we can also use these factories as collateral to the [Brakada National Treasury] and loan out more Titan coins.
The loaned Titan Coins are used to invest in other industries, and then used as collateral to loan out more Titan Coins.
Use leverage to leverage new leverage and continuously expand the industry.
Then the physical output of the industry is secretly transferred to the Church of Wealth and the City of God's Choice.
Borrow Bracada's chickens to lay our eggs.
It doesn’t matter even if I fail, I never thought about paying back the principal in the first place.
If anything goes wrong, I'll run away immediately!
We ate the eggs and left the rotting carcasses for Bracada to pick up.
If everything goes well and the plate is built large enough, the credibility of Titan Coin can be destroyed in one wave.
Even if it doesn’t go well, this move can still be a major earthquake that triggers a financial tsunami!”
After explaining the plan, Mixue Bingtang and Hoff both showed smug expressions on their faces.
"Hiss~"
Qi Ge took a breath of cold air.
"You guys are so bad. You are going to torture Bracada to death."
"Just tell me whether you like it or not?"
Qi Ge was shocked: "I like it!"
“Hehehehe!”
Mixue Bingtang narrowed her eyes and laughed cunningly.
The three of them laughed together for a while, and Qi Ge asked Mixue Bingtang:
“By the way, Bingtang, the county town upgrade plan we mentioned earlier is about to start.
Do you have time to go back to the God's Chosen City?"
"Ah, this... is troublesome.
I have a lot of things to deal with here, but building a city is also a big deal."
Mixue Bingtang frowned and said with some entanglement:
"Sorry, Qige, I can only spare one day at most."
“It may take more than one day to finish.”
Qi Ge rubbed his eyebrows.
At this moment, Hoff took a sip of tea and said elegantly:
"Ernie is almost done with her work, you can come and help anytime."
Mixue Bingtang turns worries into joy:
“It would be fine if the teacher came over.
I have been reporting intelligence to the teacher recently, and the teacher is more familiar with the situation in Bracada than I am.
If you can help me, I will spare as much time as you can! "
Qi Ge smiled slightly and said, "Then wait for my message. I will come and pick you up when the time comes to reunite with you."
"good!!"
Qi Ge sat with Mixue Bingtang for a while and then said goodbye and left.
Before leaving, Qi Ge said to Mixue Bingtang:
"Bingtang, no matter what, you must be safe, even if the plan fails.
Your identity is special and you don’t even have the ability to commit suicide on your own initiative.
Some tricks that don't work for us ordinary players may not work for you.
You are more important to me than destroying Bracada's economy."
"What a coincidence, that's what I thought too."
Mixue Bingtang said with a smile:
"Don't worry, Her Majesty Hoff and Her Majesty Seri are here.
What's more, I have Ding Dong to protect me!"
After leaving Stormwind City, Qige arrived at the [Silver Wind City] through the portal.
Li Xiaobai, who had already left [Thunder City], was waiting for him here.
They are going to rush to [Tea Oil City] together to meet up with Aged and Lin Xi.
Because the teleportation hub of Maple Leaf City was destroyed by the Seven Pigeons, all cities in the southern part of Bracada are unable to use the teleportation array.
Qi Ge had no choice but to take the armed airship with Li Xiaobai.
Even if the airship can go in a straight line, it will still take a day and a night to reach [Tea Oil City].
On the airship, Qi Ge booked a double room and lived with Li Xiaobai.
Having a rare free time, Qi Ge began to organize the drawings he had obtained from the historical echoes in the previous three weeks.
In the past two weeks, due to his concerns about the Negan War and the "Heavenly Changes" plan, Qi Ge did not pursue the ultimate in historical echoes.
I just casually completed the clearance requirements and left the historical echo.
Therefore, the seven pigeons didn’t get anything good in three weeks.
In addition to some common and hidden buildings, there are only four miracle building blueprints in total.
They are [Treasure Black Market], [Wandering Magician's Hut], [Warrior's Tomb], and [Time Market]
【Treasure Black Market Building Blueprints
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trick:
Wandering Treasures:
4 random levels of real treasures are generated every week, and you can pick one to purchase.
Treasure Drift Bottle:
You can open a treasure bottle every month for 20,000 gold coins.
The lowest treasure you get in the treasure bottle is level 3 treasure, and the highest treasure you get is a combination treasure.
Area occupied: 4 building spaces (2*2). 】
【Wandering Magician's Hut
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Special skill: After opening the magician's hut, you can get the coordinates of a random chaos treasure house on the map.
Provides troop advancement: Level 4, Tier 5, Miracle Troop, [Wandering Mage]. 】
Warrior's Tomb
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Special skill: Warrior's Admiration can be activated once a week.
Three random results:
1. The tomb is empty and nothing happened.
2. Encounter the heroic spirit of the warrior and fight with it.
If you win, you will get a real treasure of level 1 to 5 and your hero's morale will be increased by 3 this week.
The soldiers carried by the failed hero will not die, but the hero's morale will be reduced by 3 this week.
3. Get guidance from the warrior, who will tell you the location of a powerful enemy (high-level wild monster).
After defeating the opponent, you will receive the warrior's blessing and randomly gain 1 to 3 points of attack or 1 to 3 points of defense permanently.
If you fail to defeat the opponent this week, you will not be able to visit the Warriors' Tomb next week. 】
【Time Market
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trick:
It can be accessed once a week, spending 10,000 gold coins to choose an effect to trigger.
Go back to the past: You can forget any auxiliary skill once a week.
Buy the Future: Improve one of the hero's auxiliary skills by one level (highest level of Legend), lasting for one week. 】
Qi Ge had a great harvest, and Li Xiaobai did not do badly either.
Just one NPC mythical soldier [Shadow Lizard Dragon] is enough to make Qi Ge envious.
Qi Ge himself does not have any NPC mythical troops.
[Name: Shadow
Race: Shadow Lizard
Faction: Negan
Level 3, Tier 5 Myth
Attack: 46
Defense: 55
Health: 800
Speed: 14
Damage: 68-88
trick:
Giant troops.
Permanent Invisibility: Permanently invisible. Unseen when attacking, but can be counterattacked. Invisible state cannot be targeted by single-target magic.
Ignores terrain when moving.
Cooperative attack: When there are enemies around you and your teammates attack the enemies, you will immediately make an additional attack on the enemies, and this attack will not be counterattacked. 】
Qi Ge looked at the attributes of the black shadow dragon lizard in the [Knight Token] and was excited.
For permanently invisible soldiers, as long as the opponent does not have anti-stealth ability, they will not be actively attacked or hit by single-target magic.
Unlike special-purpose mythical units like the Eternal Dragon, the Shadow Lizard Dragon is simply and brute-force strong.
"Boss, this mythical soldier is so abnormal."
Li Xiaobai muttered:
“No matter how you look at it, I find it perverted.
What it lacks is the ability to attack without counterattacking.
If [Shadow Lizard Dragon] attacks but does not counterattack, it will be invincible.
Used to kill wild monsters that cannot be counter-stealthed. As long as there is enough time, one can kill countless enemies. "
"Yeah. How can a mythical soldier not be abnormal?
If it is not strong, it is not a legend."
Qi Ge nodded and said:
"Level 4 earth magic, [Sword of Slowness], can add the [No Counterattack] skill to troops.
Then ask Le Meng to look for the magic book and see if he can get it."
Li Xiaobai's expression was tangled:
“Before that, we have to find a way to trick the Shadow into our hands.
I tried to communicate with it several times, but it rejected me every time.
It doesn’t want to submit to me at all. ”
Qi Ge squinted at Li Xiaobai and said:
"Of course.
Mythical troops are rare in number but powerful, and of course arrogant.
Even some true legendary heroes who have not accumulated enough experience do not have mythical troops under their command.
[Shadow's Reality] It's normal for me to look down on you.
Don't be anxious. Once we get to the God's Chosen City, we will release the Shadow of Truth and let Milora get close to the Shadow of Truth.
In front of the 9th level lucky envoy, it will understand what it means to be under someone's roof and have to bow its head. "
Li Xiaobai understood instantly and let out a loud laugh.
“That’s right, Boss.
When [Shadow's Truth] threatened me, he said it was a lizard dragon with the noble bloodline of a shadow dragon.
Boss, what kind of dragon is Shadow Dragon? "
"Shadow Dragon?"
Qi Ge was stunned for a moment.
"Isn't that a creature from the Shadow Realm? Can a shadow dragon come to the main world to meet a sun lizard?"