Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen: Headless

  As for how to bring down the economy of Thunder Bluff, Lor'them's idea was simple: counterfeit the new currency being issued by Thunder Bluff. He knew that most of the merchants in Eran would think that the Flanders' Guild was a sure thing and wouldn't miss out on a big opportunity to make money, and Lor'them was counting on using this to get others to follow suit.

  After all, relying solely on the funds of the Flemish Chamber of Commerce is unlikely to have a significant impact on Thundercliff. Even if the Flemish Chamber of Commerce has made great progress today, it is still too weak to compete with Thundercliff's substantial funding. The idea of using its own funds to acquire enough Thundercliff gold coins to achieve its plan is not realistic. Therefore, from the beginning, Flender made a mysterious appearance and quietly acquired without making any moves.

  Lauren believed that the noticed merchants would be curious as to why the Flemish guilds were doing this and would eventually think it was a great opportunity to make money. The repeated successes of Flanders gave the merchants of Ireland an impression, that everything Flanders did was well-reasoned and made big money.

  This allowed them to put their own money into it, joining the ranks of this speculation. In fact, Lauren's desired earnings were also in this constantly inflated economic bubble. Flanders, who had invested a large amount of capital in advance, purchased a large number of Thundercrash coins at the lowest cost.

  As more and more people joined in the later period, Thunderhoof had only two options to deal with this matter. Either increase the minting of Thunderhoof gold coins or restrict the exchange of Thunderhoof gold coins. And if Thunderhoof chose the first option to increase the number of gold coins minted, then although it could suppress the exchange rate between Sault and Thunderhoof gold coins.

  However, this would cause the currency issued by Thunder Bluff to exceed its own production value. With too much money and not enough goods to buy, once the Flanders merchant throws out the gold coins they previously purchased, the Thunder Bluff gold coin will plummet in value, and all the people will lose trust in the Thunder Bluff gold coin.

  While Flanders may not have made much money, they didn't lose anything either, but their goal was already achieved. Too many Thunder Bluff gold coins were minted with Salties' gold coins, and Thunder Bluff no longer had any Salties' gold coin inventory. The Thunder Bluff gold coin lost the trust of the people, and everyone stopped accepting it. When there is no salary to pay and no funds to purchase materials, the economy of Thunder Bluff will be ruined.

  And if Thunder Bluff chooses to restrict the exchange of gold coins, then Elan's Thunder Bluff gold coins will continue to heat up until they break through the bubble growth point and burst on their own. At that time, businessmen who exchanged a large number of Thunder Bluff gold coins at high prices in order to get rich will try every means to sell off the Thunder Bluff gold coins in their hands.

  The most foolish way is to go to Thunder Ridge and exchange the gold coins in hand for Sart Gold Coins. Although this is also a huge loss, it is much better than losing everything. And Thunder Ridge cannot deny its own gold coins, it must give these people who use Thunder Ridge gold coins back the currency they want, otherwise the credit will be greatly damaged.

  In the previous period, 100,000 gold coins had already been exchanged. Most of these gold coins were cast from Sault gold coins that were melted down and transported from various cities. The Sault gold coins that have been melted down to become Thunder Cliff gold coins will not be restored to their original form in the hands of those who return to Thunder Cliff. Therefore, Thunder Cliff will not have 100,000 Sault gold coins to exchange with these people who come to exchange, and Thunder Cliff will also face a loss of at least tens of thousands.

  No matter which road is taken, it will be a huge blow to Thunder Cliff. This is exactly what Lauren is doing now, and he is also the talent that Luther calls "a rare encounter in a thousand years". Such means are a fatal threat wherever they are placed. If Thunder Cliff cannot come up with a good method, it will fall into a huge debt crisis facing bankruptcy.

  "This is the form that Thunder Cliff is currently facing." Mo Yan took a sip of water to moisten his throat, which had been speaking for half a day, and said to Jones, who was confused in front of him, and Emily, who was deep in thought: "However, fortunately, the guy who came up with this idea didn't really think it through more thoroughly, I already have a countermeasure."

  "Although I didn't quite understand, it sounds incredibly profound!" Jones gazed at Mo Yan with a face full of admiration, his eyes shining like little stars as he said: "Master is indeed master! These lofty principles are completely beyond me; even if I were to think about them for thousands of years, I still wouldn't know why they're true!"

  "Your explanation is very detailed." Emily looked at Mo Yan and said, "Your words are completely understandable, and the meaning can be understood. Being able to come up with a way to deal with Thunder Cliff is indeed a rare talent, but what I admire even more is that you can see through these things and come up with a countermeasure. I think there aren't many people in Ailan who can do it."

  "It's nothing." Mo Yan shook his head, showing great humility, as if it were just a small matter: "Real experts know much more than I do. I only understand some superficial things, and being able to use them is already a miracle. If there are any strange moves next time, I really don't know how to deal with them."

  Mo Yan's words are not really humble, he doesn't understand much about economics, when he was in school, he only went to audit a few classes to chase an economics major girl, and he fell asleep after half of the class, let alone hearing any content, that blonde girl didn't fall into his hands either.

  "In my opinion, you're... really great." Emily suddenly blushed slightly and hastily stood up, saying: "Since there's nothing else, I'll be going first. This month's transcription report summary has all been sent over. If there are any discrepancies, you can find me to get the original files for comparison."

  "Ah, right." Mo Yan looked at the thick stack of files on the table and nodded, suddenly seeming to remember something. He turned to Emily and said: "The matter of Parliament City has been completely resolved, so the marriage can basically be concluded. Because I was busy recently, I forgot... about the divorce, what are the requirements of the Sault people? Hey, Emily... hey!"

  Mo Yan looked at Emily, who was leaving quickly without saying a word, and rubbed his head, saying: "Is it because I forgot for too long? That's no need to be so angry, not even listening to my words before running away. Can only wait a while and ask Aruba, what kind of ceremony is needed for Sartre people to get divorced."

  At this time, Mo Yan, who was puzzled by Emily's behavior, was about to look at the documents Emily had sent on his desk when he suddenly saw a black-armored knight riding a horse, standing on the pillar outside his office window, ignoring gravity. After the knight saw that Mo Yan had noticed her, she violently shook the reins of the horse, shattering the glass and bursting into the office with a gust of wind.

  "Damn it! These glass pieces made by the mages are very expensive!" Mo Yan looked at the shattered glass fragments under the horse's hooves and exclaimed to the knight in front of him, "You clearly have a way out, why won't you take it?! Since you can run all the way here, the guards shouldn't be a problem for you at all!"

  The Black Knight ignored Mo Yan's shout and drew his own knight's long sword, charging towards the Minotaur in front of him. The knight's speed was very fast, so fast that Claud, who was blocking Mo Yan's way, didn't even see it coming before he was knocked flying by the horse. This situation dealt a huge blow to Claud's confidence as a quick-draw swordsman once again.

  "How rude! You're making me angry!" Mo Yan blocked the charging black horse with his left hand and grasped the knight's swinging long sword with his right. His voice was icy as he said, "If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, even if I'm curious about how you defied Newton's law, I'll still tear you to pieces!"

  "We'll talk after the fight." A dull voice came from the gap in the helmet, and the black knight pulled on the reins of his black horse, wanting to retreat and create some distance between himself and the powerful Minotaur in front of him.

  "It's over, isn't it? It was already over the moment I grabbed your long sword!" Mo Yan suddenly yanked the long sword in his hand, pulling down the knight who seemed to be growing out of the horse's back. His massive palm covered the knight's helmet and he pulled outward with force as he spoke.

  "Uh... where's the head?" Mo Yan easily pulled off the knight's helmet, but unexpectedly found that there was no structure called a skull on the knight's neck. A black, disgusting mass floated out of the knight's neck, barely connected to the helmet in Mo Yan's hand.

  "It's as formidable as the rumors say." Mo Yan's helmet was still emitting a voice. Mo Yan took out a beautiful short-haired woman's head from the deformed helmet in his hand.

  "This is... a headless knight?" Mo Yan looked at the skull in his hand, then at the body under him that was emitting black smoke, and raised an eyebrow with interest, saying: "It should be quite useful~"