I Will Be The Crowned King Chapter 256

North of the Raging Sea... New World?

Anson, who was looking as usual, suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart. He once heard the judge of the Clovis Truth Seeking Order mention that the name of the Adran trial was "The Order of the Storm".

This organization is extremely full of regional characteristics: because it is mainly active at sea, it hunts down old gods pirates, fallen talents, and deals with all kinds of abnormal situations that normal people cannot understand; they not only have several warships, but their headquarters is located in a nearby coastline. island.

Unlike the more restrained Inquisitors of Clovis, the Inquisitors of the Empire are extremely powerful and have judicial power that is not interfered by anyone. The communication with the Holy See and even the Knights of Judgment is far more frequent than that of the Truth Seeking Order; Not only can you mobilize the judges and "outsourced" mercenaries, you can even ask the private soldiers of the local lords to cooperate; if it is not enough, you will even directly ask the Knights of Judgment to intervene.

Because of this, the Roland family, who did not have a good relationship with the church, was extremely apprehensive about their actions, for fear that the "Kressey family massacre" would happen again.

"In order to ensure that the information is correct, I specially used the intelligence network of the Northland Chamber of Commerce to confirm the authenticity, and finally found a very critical information." Reinhard put down the wine glass in his hand, and his expression became more serious:

"A month before Inquisitor Adelaide's operation, an Inquisitor from Clovis was received; because of their special attire, and the fact that they were on a ship that happened to be under the name of the Northland Chamber of Commerce , left a very deep impression on the second mate on board."

"If there is some connection between these two things, it is likely to involve a fairly large organization of the old gods, or a powerful family of spellcasters, and the scale will never be smaller than the thirteen councils of the Iser Elf last year!"

Wait, caster, caster family?

An Sen, who was still nervous just now, was startled, as if he had remembered something.

"Of course, from your point of view, you may think that all this is just my imagination; but even if it is an unfounded speculation, we have to guard against it."

Reinhard took a sip of wine and continued his analysis: "According to my observations and the logic of the church's actions in recent years, there are roughly two possibilities."

"First of all, of course, the situation is true. An extremely dangerous spell caster or organization has appeared, and is preparing to leave the Clovis country and go to the new world. The Clovis judge noticed the whereabouts; but because of the scope of work and other issues, I had to Share the information with the Inquisitors in Adelaide and entrust them with the follow-up mission."

"Similar situations are not uncommon, not to mention that the two countries are currently at war, and the activities of the judges from Clovis in the area controlled by the empire are indeed relatively limited. So many questions."

"If this is the case, then I am afraid that the strength of this spellcaster or organization is no trivial matter. It has reached the level where even the Tribunal does not dare to act rashly, and only dares to continue to monitor and collect intelligence!"

"Cough cough..."

An Sen coughed lightly, and silently moved his somewhat strange face to the other side's line of sight.

"As for the other situation, it would be more dangerous." Reinhard said solemnly: "The whole incident from beginning to end is simply a pretext. The church intends to use this as an excuse to formally intervene in colonial affairs!"

This is what Reinhard and the Roland family behind him are really worried about... Assuming that the church intervenes in the new world, with the financial resources and resources that the other party can mobilize, coupled with its absolutely unquestionable influence, it cannot be matched by itself.

Of course, the Empire and the Kingdom of Clovis are also very strong competitors; but at the moment their attention is all involved in the war, and they have no time to worry too much about the New World; especially the Empire, as even the base camp of Sail City has completely fallen , has completely lost the last chance to control the new world financial industry.

As for Clovis, the Roland family doesn't care, and even welcomes them to join the ranks of the cake; after all, the two major colonial products of coal and iron ore, only Clovis currently has the most adequate market, upstream and downstream Working together, we can maximize profits.

"All in all, we must strictly guard against the greedy claws of the church reaching out to the new world, and we must not allow them to find any appropriate excuse to interfere and affect our interests - this is the bottom line!"

Reinhard took a deep breath and continued to emphasize: "This time, in order to show the investment determination of the Roland family, a total of 800,000 gold, silver and diamonds have been brought, as well as silk, sugar, spirits and other hard materials from the New World. Currency, plus a whole ship's arms, all brand-new infantry equipment, even six eight-pounder guns and 200 high-explosive rounds, as the capital for our stake in the New World Company!"

"In exchange, please also appoint a member of the Roland family as president of the bank, and set aside at least one-tenth of our position, which cannot be replaced or dismissed within five years."

He narrowed his eyes slightly and lowered his head with a very humble expression: "I have also argued with the family on the matter of position, but they still think it is more secure, please forgive me."

"But to be honest, to run a bank normally, of course, you need enough professional staff; it just so happens that the Roland family can provide a lot of help—most of the mission members on this mission are trustworthy and have experience in cooperation. You can send someone to choose at will."

An Sen smiled knowingly, and began to figure it out in his heart.

Although Reinhard's attitude was very low, he also expressed his position - he was not allowed to serve as the president and stuffed the Roland family into the bank, and the investment could be washed away.

But the attitude of the local side is obviously quite firm. It seems that they have made up their minds to put the bank in the name of the royal family; neither the Reinhard nor the Roland family will accept it, and it is completely inconsistent with the storm division and the Rune family. Benefit.

If confronted head-on or even against the wishes of the mainland, there will obviously be many unintended negative effects, and Beluga Port is heavily dependent on trade with the old continent.

So the best result is to let the Roland family get the benefits they want, Reinhard to become his bank president as he wishes, and at the same time to make the local realize that inaction - do not interfere - is the best s Choice.

To do this, the perfect plan is inevitable, and more importantly, the people who execute the plan.

Thinking of this, An Sen's mind immediately appeared a familiar face, and he sighed a little nervously.

Carl Bain, don't let me down...

At the same time, in the area of ​​the inner city gate of the northern city of Beluga Port, the chief of staff of the Storm Division, surrounded by a group of governors' envoys, was still talking with a hoarse voice to the people around him. Special talk.

Because Baron Aix himself had no interest in the country, especially in the icy country, someone was forced to declare bankruptcy before the conspiracy to use "visit the mine" to delay the time.

But when the Ring of Order closed the door, there was still a window left: according to rumors, Baron Aix, whose ancestor was a master builder, was very interested in the factories of the New World, and was also quite accomplished in architectural landscape and history; If he had to inherit the title of title and councilor, he should have been able to restore the glory of his ancestors and become an excellent architect.

So Carl immediately did what he liked, and took the entire delegation to visit the steel mills, textile mills, salt factories, and military factories in the city... With this group of local aristocrats, they took a good look at the upgrading of colonial industries and strived to achieve modernization as soon as possible. achievement.

Obviously, whether it is Carl, who came from the bottom of the poor, or a junior secretary who graduated from a church monastery, he basically knows nothing about architecture, large-scale industry, urban landscape and other aspects.

But it doesn't matter, they don't understand the art of concrete and steel, but they know what the art of language is.

Under the smooth and flawless close cooperation of the two, the visit of the Governor's Mission went very smoothly; most of the members expressed unexpected surprises, and Baron Aix was so happy that he was even more excited the more he visited, he couldn't wait for a day Just visit all the factories.

As a rare economic talent in the Privy Council, he was shocked by the achievements of the Storm Division and the Rune family in just one year, because he knew too well how important these large and small factories were to the future coal mine bank.

As the core of a financial institution, although a bank has many functions, the core profit projects are always lending and saving, so it is born to serve rich people (or organizations) - nonsense.

This leads to another question, who has the money?

More precisely, who would need a large loan turnaround and possibly a massive savings activity?

Beluga Port is a vassal colony, and the merchants engaged in ocean trade seem to be good and high-quality customers; but the problem is that they have a better choice, called Church Bank. It is very likely that they will not look down on rural credit unions such as Coal Bank.

In a resource-oriented industry such as mines, there is indeed a demand for investment, but it is mainly savings; industrial owners with mines at home generally cannot think of any industrial upgrading, and there is no need for loans at all, so the "savings fee" for saving money is To feed a bank, it must be able to find customers it can lend to.

Therefore, fishermen, small workshop owners, farmers, ranchers... These people are self-sufficient and have extremely low demand for economic activities. The financial services they open have a certain charitable and public welfare nature.

The military is a good investment target, but the bad debt rate is usually not low, and it is easy to lose money, plus the cost of buying officers and logistics departments - it is an absolutely high-risk venture capital project and cannot be regarded as a general project.

The factory is completely different.

The replacement and maintenance of equipment, the salary of workers, the promotion of market expansion, the increase of production capacity... As long as a factory is in good operating condition, it is dealing with banks all the time, and it is extremely dependent on banks to maintain its own capital turnover.

If a farm is a lake in the middle of a stream, then a factory is an extremely fast waterfall; the water volume fluctuates up and down, and the huge up and down drop requires a good regulating valve to maintain its balance.

So the better the industrial development of the colony, the higher the future can be expected for the bank to be established, Baron Aix... The future head of the bank - in his own opinion - the more important, the more respected and local dependence.

In contrast, a certain chief of staff was not so happy.

After depleting his little stockpile, he went into some kind of bizarre flattery mode, facing Baron Ax and other members of the mission who were always able to talk a lot of jargon. , can only be repeated over and over again: "The adults are thoughtful", "The adults are far-sighted", "The adults have great views"...

This process lasted for nearly an hour, and he found that his vocabulary reserve was also completely lacking; so the group went around again and again, returned to the "development zone" of Beicheng, and continued to point the country to the shantytowns and muddy fields everywhere, talking about the world. , in an attempt to continue procrastinating a little longer.

The thought of someone enjoying delicious food and wine in Parliament made Carl Bain's teeth itch. He wished he would rush into the banquet to strangle a **** alive, and then bring him back to life to let him praise himself and experience praise. What it feels like to want to die.

Just when he felt that he was about to die, Baron Aix, who was also dry-mouthed, suddenly turned his head and said seriously:

"Major Carl Bain, I think the factory and bank sites are almost visited. It's just a waste of time to continue."

"Oh?"

Carl's eyes widened, and he immediately felt at least three pairs of eyes staring at him behind him - Talia, who was half-smiling, William Cecil, who was thoughtful, and the nervous little secretary.

Under the expectation of countless people, he kept smiling as much as possible, and said in a completely hoarse voice: "Then what other activities do you want to participate in, we can arrange for you."

"Activity... Sigh, forget it." Baron Aikes sighed, showing an expression that older people can understand:

"If it were ten years ago, I might have asked to visit the shipyard in the port again, but another day seems to be fine; everyone is tired and I'm afraid I can't go on even if I want to - let's take a break and relax. "

Relax?

Carl's heart skipped a beat, he was nervous and excited, and the eyes behind him also warmed up a lot: "What do you mean..."

"I plan to go to the headquarters with the embassy, ​​and then I'll trouble you to arrange accommodation for us."

Baron Aix said solemnly: "Of course, please also introduce me to the main military activities of the Storm Division in the past few months, as well as related matters of the Free Confederation."

"I want...this...of course...of course there is no problem!"

Carl, whose expression changed from despair to enthusiasm in an instant, took a deep breath, took the initiative to lead the team with great sincerity, and wanted to cry without tears in his heart.

When will this **** **** be a head...

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