Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0054 The War May Have Already Begun
Deans's income and total assets were not exaggerated at all. These were real estimated prices - Ceris was producing a large number of various machines and selling them on the market.
Now, as long as you come to Seris and spend enough money, you can buy a lot of production equipment, including wood processing equipment and various equipment for textiles, so these equipment are basically clearly marked with prices.
It is not difficult to make a monarch give up some of his interests, and it is also easy to make a monarch give a little face, provided that the size is equal. The Longtite family has always been proud of their wealth, but they never expected that in Ailan Hill, Desel took only one and a half years to turn millions of gold coins into billions of gold coins...
The people of the Longtaite family never thought that what they were going to divide up was not a few million or tens of millions of gold coins, but a huge sum of money that was several times more than any gold coins they had ever seen.
Why can Chris and Des turn the gold coins in their hands into hundreds of times in such a short time? This has to do with the magic of the "Mifu coupons" system. Under the support of this system, more than half of the factory expansions did not see any money at all. They just used "vouchers", a non-circulating currency, to complete their capital accumulation.
In this way, relying on the leverage effect of modern finance, Ailanhill can use 1 million gold coins in his hand to directly handle matters worth 10 million gold coins - for the entire principality, injecting 10 million in funds at one time can cover up most of the capital flow errors.
Coupled with the industrialization of Ireland Hill, the efficiency of these gold coins is increased: the machinery they produce is itself a good thing that is in short supply, so the price overflow of technology is very serious.
So when they invested 10 million gold coins to start building factories, these factories actually earned them 100 million or even more gold coins. Unfortunately, these gold coins do not actually exist. They are just numbers on vouchers that can only be used by investors to continue to expand factories and invest in infrastructure.
Then countless produced materials became roads, houses, furniture and daily necessities inside - if people wanted to consume these things, they naturally had to contribute their own income.
When people’s income was insufficient, the modern financial institutions under Chris’ command began to provide low-interest loans to these “modern workers” who were destined to have stable jobs so that they could improve their quality of life.
You see, what the workers got for the loan was a blank contract; this blank contract was combined into a large voucher, allowing real estate construction companies to buy construction materials from other factories; the factories that received these vouchers then took them to the mines controlled by Chris to buy raw materials to maintain production, and after Chris collected the vouchers, he invested them in low-interest loans - the general cycle was established, but there was not much money in circulation.
The snowball that rolled out like this was, of course, even bigger than it looked. Adding in the "hidden benefits of war" brought about by the increased efficiency of war machines, what Chris was holding in his hands was literally billions of gold coins!
What’s funny is that now someone is coming with dozens of guards to take over such a huge financial snowball, and they don’t even know how complex and fragile a modern financial bubble they are facing is.
Even Chris had to tread carefully when playing this financial cycle. Des, who also had an economic mind, was terrified when he saw this new financial model he had never seen before. Chris thought it was ridiculous that someone actually wanted this hot potato.
Chris lost interest in watching those idiots who were speechless because of the sheer numbers. He snorted with disdain and said, "I forgot to mention that although there are billions of assets here, there are also billions of debts... I wonder if you are willing to take them all?"
"No! We don't want it anymore!" The steward of the Longtate family who was the first to react immediately shook his head and waved his hands. He now had only one thought, which was to leave this terrible place as soon as possible and never come back.
Are you kidding me? Is there really someone in this world who is willing to share billions of gold coins with others? It is obvious that the other party's purpose of coming here is definitely not to deliver those assets.
All they could do now was to comfort the other party as soon as possible, then leave this damn place, return to the Longtate family's territory, and then make long-term plans. As for Des, who still cared about Des?
Since Desail could help Ireland Hill accumulate such a fortune, the Grand Duke of Ireland Hill would definitely not hand Desail over. So arresting Desail would become a joke, a complete joke.
"Yes! Yes! No more! We don't want anything!" Another steward reacted and spoke up to prove his innocence, "I have always supported Master Desail. I have never agreed with the Longtite family removing Master Desail from the family!"
If Mr. White still hadn't reacted by this time, he would no longer be a member of the Longtate family. Of course, he also realized the danger, so he immediately said in a terrified tone: "We'll leave immediately! We'll leave immediately..."
Chris stood up and nodded: "Well, since you really don't want it, then I have nothing to say."
He shrugged his shoulders, as if he had missed some big deal, and walked out of the room with his people. When he was at the door, he suddenly stopped, making everyone in the room jump with fear again.
But he said nothing, he just stopped and looked at everyone in the room, then laughed, and then walked down the stairs without looking back. He left the hotel that received foreign guests and got into his carriage.
Then, the Grand Duke of Elanhill said to Des, who had been sitting in the car , "After looking around, there really is no one who can be used. This is your family affair. I respect your opinion on how to deal with it."
"I'm not a pushover, Your Majesty." Des thought about it all the way in the car. What finally made him make up his mind was the dream of saving mortals that was deeply buried in his heart.
He looked at Chris and spoke word by word, sentencing all his relatives to death: "Those who are willing to follow me will naturally follow me...Those who are unwilling to follow me are no longer worthy of using the surname Longtate!"
"Okay!" Chris nodded, then looked outside the carriage and said to the captain of the guards who was standing there waiting for the final order: "Get rid of them all! No need to leave any alive!"
"Yes!" The captain of the guards clenched his right fist and pressed it against his chest. After returning the salute, he gestured to the men behind him who were waiting for orders. Then, the men nodded gently and silently drew their pistols from their waists.
"We are the guards of the Longtate family! What are you going to do?" Seeing a group of guards without even armor rushing into the building, several private soldiers of the Longtate family guarding the stairs immediately shouted loudly in vigilance.
"Bang!" He was answered by a gunshot that made Frunzberg's heart tremble. Then, dense gunshots echoed in the small building, accompanied by screams and pleas for mercy, as well as the dull sound of corpses hitting the floor.
Just a few minutes later, a soldier of Chris's guards came over with a pistol in hand, stood behind Chris's guard captain, and reported softly, "It's all resolved."
The captain of the guard nodded, then stepped forward and reported to Chris in the carriage: "Your Majesty! Everything has been handled."
In such a narrow environment, if the guards equipped with pistols could not beat a group of swordsmen and rangers, it would be a miracle. So Chris was not worried about what these idiots from the Longtate family would do. He just stayed by Des' side and waited for the result.
Des forced a smile and thanked him, "This is my own business. I really need your help...."
"We've already overturned the table, Des... We have no way out. We can only move forward." Chris smiled and comforted Des. "If you really want to save your family, you should cheer up, right?"
After he finished speaking, he leaned back on the carriage seat and said, "Alante has been mobilizing troops frequently recently. I think the war against the Dosen Empire has already been decided."
"According to our intelligence agents, the Alante Empire's attack on Dossen is not going well..." Dess became serious when talking about serious matters. He looked at Chris and said, "Things may be more complicated than we thought."
"Although the Red Cannon is not as powerful as our artillery, it is still a leap forward innovation in this world. Even with the Red Cannon, they were unable to win the war. Am I underestimating the heroes of the world?" Chris analyzed with a frown.
Frunzberg, who was standing outside the carriage door, spoke at this time and interrupted Chris: "Your Majesty... It is possible that the Holy Demon Empire intervened in the war between the Alante Empire and the Dosen Empire."
"That explains it..." Chris nodded, figuring out the key point: "With just the Red Cannon, we can't defeat the Holy Demon Empire with its Dragon Knights."
He thought for a moment and said, "Things are moving in the most dangerous direction. We will soon become a thorn in the side of the Holy Demon Empire! Gather the troops! Head to the border! The war may have already begun!"
