Release that Witch - Chapter 1288

[Chapter 1254 Currency Reform]

Roland passed through several layers of heavily guarded gates and walked into the inner room of the vault in the castle area.

When it was still in Border Town, all the golden dragons combined could not fit a few boxes, and the basement of the castle was enough to hold the funds to maintain the operation of the entire town.

Since the sale of the steam engine and other magical creations, the income has been rising steadily, and soon reached an astonishing level. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a daily income.

Expenses also increased as the site grew larger. In order to facilitate the administration hall’s access, he ordered people to build a special vault between the castle and the administration hall.

Although the guards were strict, as long as the procedures were in compliance with the regulations, the heads of various departments could enter the treasury to withdraw funds, which caused a heated discussion at the time.

After all, there are almost no nobles who have used all their “own wealth” to build their territories, let alone allow outsiders to enter and exit.

It’s just that at that time, apart from Barov’s knowledge, the rest of the people didn’t know that Roland didn’t take these hard coins seriously at all, and it didn’t matter if they were more or less, as long as they could keep up with the needs of the city’s development.

For a long time, Neverwinter’s income was greater than his expenditure, and he hadn’t heard reports of his savings being in a hurry for a long time.

“Your Majesty,” Barov, who had been waiting in the warehouse, stepped forward and saluted, “Look…there are only the last twelve boxes of our current golden dragons left.”

Generally speaking, there are about 2,000 golden dragons in a box, and the total amount is about 20,000. Compared with the full storehouse in the past, it does look a bit empty at first glance.

As for the silver wolves and copper eagles scattered in the corner, they were piled up like small hills, but they were not worth much use at all.

“How long will it last?” Roland asked.

“On current trends … two months at most.”

“It’s faster than I thought,” he raised his eyebrows. “Is it mainly used for salary?”

“Yes, this part accounts for more than 50% of the expenditure – the population is growing too fast, and the expenditure of the engineering team and the smelting team has the most obvious increase. In addition, you hire a large number of ships from the Fjord Chamber of Commerce, which will cost almost every month Four or five thousand gold dragons, if this part is stopped, the administrative office can hold on until the next sale of the joint chamber of commerce—”

“Stopping nothing can stop transporting people.” Roland interrupted the boss.

“Then…” Barov rubbed his hands, “I remember you said in the last meeting that there is a once-and-for-all solution… is it true?”

“So you haven’t forgotten,” Roland laughed, looking at the entire vault.

Probably it was expected that such a day would come. The vault was quite spacious and the windows were bright and clean. After the iron railings and shelves in the house were emptied, it was basically no different from an ordinary house, and you would not feel depressed if you stayed for a long time. It is good for printing banknotes.

“When is the next salary payment?”

“A week later.”

“Save these golden dragons and don’t move them for now,” he nodded. “Follow me to the office. I have a new department to set up. I’ll discuss the specific regulations there.”

Although this day came earlier than expected, he started preparations for this aspect more than half a year ago.

The tokens issued to the Witch Union and Maleficent are tests. If even the witches cannot find loopholes and steal counterfeit banknotes, then the basis for replacing metal currency with banknotes is mature and can be put into official use at any time.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Barov seemed to heave a sigh of relief. It could be seen that he really had lingering fears about the days when he had no money in the past. Now that he has Roland’s approval, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes have eased a bit, “By the way, Your Majesty, What’s the name of the new department?”

“Bank.” Roland replied.

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Five days later, the bulletin board in the central square of Neverwinter City was replaced with a full-page new notice, which caused an uproar among the residents.

The Administration Office once again dispatched a special person to preach, which is a rare sight after popularizing education.

Graycastle Weekly also published the details of the announcement on the most eye-catching front page—His Majesty will issue new coins to replace the Golden Dragon, Silver Wolf and Bronze Eagle

For a time, the streets and alleys were full of discussions about currency reform.

The hotel where Victor lives is no exception.

He originally planned to return to Bishui Port after watching the ghost, but he didn’t expect the sudden appearance of Hongyue disrupted all the arrangements.

The panic caused the order to become turbulent. He immediately changed his plan and decided to stay here for a while—not out of loyalty to the King of Graycastle, but because he believed that if the red moon really represented the end, other The place can only get worse.

When disaster strikes, the safest place on the entire continent is probably Neverwinter.

With the appearance of the king and queen to calm people’s hearts, and the police and garrison cracking down on crime, order soon stabilized.

Victor was also called to investigate many times because he was a witness of the “alienation of the phantom”, but it can be regarded as safe and sound.

Just when he was about to get out of the gentle hometown of the maid and set off for the south, he received news of change.

And the release of this new policy shocked him even more than Hongyue.

Neverwinter City will cancel gold coins, the currency that has been used since the birth of the human kingdom!

As a businessman, Victor’s first reaction when he heard the news was that it was absolutely impossible. He thought it was some drunken drunken rant. How can it be so easy to abolish gold as a valuable thing?

But the newspaper bought by the maid, as well as what the other party saw and heard outside, all confirmed the correctness of the news.

The first item of this change is “Neverwinter will issue new banknotes to replace the existing currency. It has the characteristics of compulsory circulation, and when it is used according to its denomination, it cannot be rejected by anyone.”

This means that the king can use a piece of paper to buy the goods of all merchants who have entered the border of Neverwinter. UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com In a sense, there is no problem with robbery.

“When I came back, I saw some people fleeing the city with their goods,” Linglong said in a low voice lying on the soft couch, with a little worry in her tone. I don’t know if I am worried that Rainbow Stone’s clothes will be forcibly bought, or worried about him. And fly away like the rest.

Victor smiled wryly. The maid didn’t know that she was actually tied tightly to the King of Graycastle. Without the seed provided by Miss Ye Zi, there would be no Rainbow Stone today.

No matter what happened, he couldn’t easily abandon the Neverwinter property.

And based on his understanding of Roland Wimbledon, sooner or later these policies will spread throughout the kingdom.

In addition, the other party’s business acumen is no less than that of any big businessman in Chenxi, and the current situation is not so bad that it needs to be robbed to maintain the situation. It should not be a sudden thought.

Thinking of this, Victor calmed down, and then looked down——

Articles 2 and 3 are related to people’s livelihood.

“Neverwinter’s salary will be paid in the form of banknotes.”

“Materials sold in the administrative office and the convenience market, including but not limited to food, housing, etc., only accept banknote transactions.”

The fourth article obviously takes into account the issue of the number of new coins.

“The Administration Office will provide an equal exchange service for new and old coins for a long time. At any time, residents can exchange their golden dragons, silver wolves, and copper eagles for banknotes of equivalent value, or use the latter to exchange for the former. When using new coins When exchanging old currency, the Administration Office will charge a 5% handling fee.”

Victor faintly realized that there seemed to be something deeper hidden in this line…

The last one seems to be specially set up for foreign businessmen.

“In addition, businessmen who have obtained the permission of the administrative department and operate legally can declare their identity to avoid the handling fee for currency exchange.”

[End of this Chapter]