Chapter 113: Is This An Economic War?

  The rain in the sky has been falling continuously, and Elan's San Francisco is particularly quiet on rainy days. The small vendors who crowded the streets on sunny days are nowhere to be found, and only the shops along the street are still open, with occasional customers walking in wearing thick oil raincoats.

  Although the bravery and strength of Sart allowed them not to fear the growth of rain monsters like the people in the Central Plains, there was still trade between the cities of Eran. However, it did have some impact on business. Most merchants formed large teams for safety and hired warriors to protect them as they traveled between cities.

  Mo Yan also dispatched dozens of patrol teams to the roads built by Lei Ting Jue, killing or recruiting any demons that appeared on the roadside to replenish the losses in battle. These patrol teams did not receive supplies from Lei Ting Jue.

  They would eat the demons they killed, which not only saved Thundercrag some grain to brew and sell, but also kept the roads safe and clear for merchants to come and trade. If it weren't for the fact that most of the demons still needed to be trained in combat or go on night patrols.

  Mo Yan really wanted to send out all the demons that needed to be fed during the rainy season when the demons increased, and let them hunt for newly born demons. In this way, Leiting Village could save a lot of food to make money. Judging from the current development trend of Leiting Village, it will need to spend a lot of money in the future to expand the city and build Tiehuo Fortress.

  But in a place that Mo Yan couldn't see, a conspiracy against Thundercliff had already begun. In the black markets of various cities in Ailan, some merchants appeared who were willing to exchange Thundercliff gold coins at a price of one to one point one. That is to say, ten Thundercliff gold coins could be exchanged for eleven Sart gold coins.

  Such a good thing, at the beginning, no one was willing to believe. After all, the gold coins of Thunder Cliff are exchanged with the people of Salt one by one. As long as you go to the bank set up in the city by Thunder Cliff, you can immediately exchange for the gold coins of Thunder Cliff that you need. Why do you want to buy at a high price in the black market?

  But as the first person to eat crab succeeded, everyone finally believed that there were such fools in the world who would buy Thunderhoof coins at such a high price. And then some clever people began to wonder why someone would want to buy Thunderhoof coins like this.

  It's clear that someone who acquires something at such a high price can't be a fool. Someone who has managed to mix in the business world and own a large sum of money for gold coin acquisition wouldn't fail to understand some obvious things, so there must be some unknown secret behind it. Many businessmen began to ponder the identity of these people, or wonder if something big had happened at Leiting Cliff.

  After some simple inquiries, the identities of the buyers who did not hide their identities have been understood. They belong to the Flanders Chamber of Commerce, which has just risen to become a large chamber of commerce, and it is said that this time the Flanders Chamber of Commerce almost went all out, investing most of its funds in this, no matter how many Thundercliff gold coins were exchanged.

  The Flanders Chamber of Commerce has already made a name for itself in the business world, under the leadership of an old man named Luther (whose name determines his fate), the Flanders Chamber of Commerce rose rapidly with its grasp of opportunities and decisive action. In the previous period, it even predicted the outbreak of the Great War ahead of time, quickly hoarding a large amount of grain to raise market prices, and making a lot of money from the monster city that was worth a fortune, quickly becoming one of the top two chambers of commerce in Erland.

  Now that the Flanders Chamber of Commerce has taken such action, it must have received some kind of wind and is so anxious to acquire Thunder Ridge gold coins. After understanding this point, some small chambers of commerce quickly followed suit, learning from the Flanders Chamber of Commerce to start acquiring Thunder Ridge gold coins. For a time, the Thunder Ridge gold coins in the hands of Elan merchants began to concentrate in the hands of a few people.

  The gold coins placed in the banks of various cities by Thunder Bluff were quickly exchanged by a large number of merchants, and they had to ask Thunder Bluff to transport new Thunder Bluff gold coins during this rainy season. However, the transportation of new gold coins takes time, and in the face of such a sudden surge in demand for gold coins, the purchase price on the black market even rose to 1:2.

  That is to say, now if you want to exchange Thunderhoof coins from the black market, you must exchange one for two Sault gold coins. At present, such a price is still unaffordable and may increase in the future. Some large merchant guilds that were originally cautious also joined in after seeing this situation, unable to resist the temptation.

  A large amount of funds was injected into the suddenly popular Thunder Cliff, buying up newly issued gold coins. The already hot market became even more fiery, with some merchants directly going to Thunder Cliff to exchange for gold coins. After the newly minted Thunder Cliff gold coins were also snapped up, Mo Yan also noticed this unusual situation.

  "Now, the Sault coins transported from various cities have reached one million. Lirien looked at the second makeshift treasury overflowing with gold and thought that the Minotaur was secretly amazed, so she smiled and said: 'And our Thunderhorn's gold coins have also been exchanged for the same amount, if we were to re-mint all these Sault coins into Thunderhorn coins, we could almost build three or four Iron Furnace Fortresses.'"

  "Spend the money." Mo Yan's face did not show the joy that Lirien had imagined, but instead he looked serious as he gazed at the glittering warehouse in front of him and said: "Hurry up and spend it for me, no matter what. Buy a lot, buy as much as you can. I want you to spend all these Sart gold coins within half a month."

  "Aren't you happy?" Lirien asked in surprise, "And aren't we going to mint these gold coins into new Thundercliff gold coins? That way our assets would almost increase several times over. Now that all this money is spent, we won't have enough funds to prepare for the construction of Iron Furnace Fortress. Can't we at least leave 20,000?"

  "Some things you don't need to understand why." Mo Yan didn't explain anything, turned around and left the treasury where gold coins piled up to the door. "Also, instruct all banks to limit the exchange of Thundercliff gold coins. Anyone who wants to exchange gold coins must show a purchase contract for Thundercliff goods. They will be exchanged for as much gold as they bought in goods."

  Lilith heard Mo Yan's words and didn't ask anything, she just took out her pen and recorded Mo Yan's words. Although Lilith was very curious why Mo Yan was worried about the huge benefits of Leiting Village, the clever her knew not to ask what shouldn't be asked. If she pursued Mo Yan, it would not only make him unhappy but also wouldn't get the answer she wanted.

  After returning to the office, Mo Yan quickly summoned Regal and asked him to figure out how many people were investing in buying gold coins from Thunder Cliff. After arranging a series of things, Mo Yan finally sat down on his chair and let out a breath, taking out the file he had placed in his drawer.

  This file was what Mo Yan had obtained from the Party Guards last time, the young man who proposed tariffs called Loren. In the upper left corner of the file, there is a sketch portrait of Loren drawn by the Party Guards in pencil, which looks not very mature.

  This young man from a farming family, although not from a merchant's family, has talent that is worth affirming. After Mo Yan reviewed Loren's file again, he looked at the young man with slightly disheveled hair and said in a low voice: "Is this really the new method you came up with? This really makes me doubt... Are you or are you not from the same place as me?"

  Just as Mo Yan was thinking about how to properly handle the problem in front of him in his own office, in the place chosen for Tiefo Fortress, the newly excavated mine had already been dug quite deep. The Dog-headed people who were almost born to dig holes, plus the numerous Cave Dwellers, made their mining speed extremely fast.

  Because the new-style steam engine was used as power, the mining cars pulled in the mine could quickly transport the excavated stone and minerals to the ground, so the excavation depth could advance dozens of meters every day. Now in the depths of the mine, a large number of dog-headed people are digging with pickaxes. At the same time as the clanging sound of digging, they also kept an eye on the earth spirits beside them.

  Once a goblin shows signs of fatigue or lack of enthusiasm for work, they will gang up and devour it. The meager rations provided daily are not enough to satisfy the stomachs of these hardworking goblins and dog-headed people. By supplementing their meals in this way, not only can unqualified goblins be eliminated, but also those who remain will become stronger.

  At this time, a goblin leaning against the wall of the mine, apparently already somewhat unable to move. The surrounding goblins and dog-headed people noticed this, slowly slowing down their work, staring intently at the panting goblin, with hungry eyes that were always filled with cold light. After a while, when the goblin stopped his pickaxe, all the goblins and dog-headed people around him pounced on him.

  Sharp teeth and originally used for digging claws tore the overworked earth spirit to shreds, then stuffed them randomly into their own mouths. Perhaps because too many earth spirits rushed over to share food, they eventually squeezed through the original rock wall that the earth spirit had dug, and a dark brick passageway appeared there.

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