Chapter 47
My Empire Chapter 47
2020-11-03
Chapter 47 47 New spokespersonIn the kingdom of Higgs, a middle-aged businessman blew a breath of heat into his hands, Wrapping up the fur from the grassland, he looked up at the plaque above his head, and walked into the rice shop.
The guys inside hurriedly came over to greet them. Those who came to buy rice at this time must be very, very rich businessmen. After all, the current price of rice in the Higgs Kingdom is really not cheap.
As long as we wait until next year's harvest season and new grains are harvested, the price of rice will drop immediately. If we don't wait for it in a hurry, it is obviously better to consider purchasing grains next year, which is more in line with our interests.
However, since the beginning of autumn, the price of rice, which should have fallen, has become incomprehensible because of Alanhill's crazy acquisitions. Now, these grains are really worth a lot of money, and there are countless Alanhill merchants who come to buy it, people really don't know what the other party is thinking.
"How much food do you have for sale... I'll take it all down." As soon as the businessman entered the door, he didn't say nonsense, and directly stated his purpose.
The smile on the guy's face stiffened as soon as he heard it. There are more and more Alanhill merchants who come to "smash the market" recently. They say they want to buy all the food. It's just a look that doesn't leave a way for others.
But the visitor is a guest, and this guy doesn't want to offend these big businessmen. After all, this time next year, maybe the price of food will drop, and I have to rely on these businessmen who buy grain to eat.
So he squeezed out a somewhat reluctant smile and explained: "Sir, you may not be quite clear, because of the sharp decrease in food reserves, our king Your Majesty has issued a purchase restriction order. , you can only purchase 50 barrels of grain at most at a time..."
The calculation unit of barrel is actually the same as the calculation unit of Dendrobium, both of which are methods of measuring grain by volume, which is neither accurate nor scientific . However, because each country has its own weights and measures, such a thing can only be endured.
Now Alanhill has begun to popularize new weights and measures, various units of length and units of weight, which are all at once more convenient for those who use them. Combined with the widespread use of new numbers, all of Chris's territories have made great strides in computing.
"Can't you be accommodating?" The businessman pressed a gold coin on the coffee table beside him, and the golden rays of light were so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes.
"100 barrels, this is the biggest business we dare to do." The guy looked around before pocketing the gold coin and said, "The price is the same as this morning's price. Let's go, this is the biggest discount."
Everyone knows that there is no need to worry about selling food now, and everyone is staring at this piece. Locals are driving up prices, non-locals are frantically snapping up, the food hoarding by various rice shops is decreasing sharply, and the Higgs Kingdom has even begun to fall into a state of partial shortage.
"Okay!" The merchant was also very talkative, and nodded agreed to the deal. He stood up and said, "Then trouble you to pack all these grains, I'll take them away soon."
There is no way, although he is very distressed, he can only help himself He took out a purse from his pocket, put a stack of gold coins on the table, and let the other party examine it carefully. Such a hundred barrels of grain might not even be worth 20 Silver Coins in previous years, but now it is as expensive as 7 Gold Coins.
A full thirty-five-fold increase sounds incredible. Not only that, Alanhill racked his brains to buy a lot of food, but also frantically purchased meat products from the grasslands: not only fresh, live cattle and sheep, but even dried meat.
After all, Alanhill's population is growing exponentially, and there has never been such an unnatural population expansion in history. Because of the popularization of modern medical technology a little bit, the risk of fertility is decreasing, and the birth rate remains high.
On the other hand, Alanhill implemented a one-year "population subsidy welfare" policy, dukedom stipulated that all babies born within this year can receive government subsidies: half a sheep, 200 Kilogram of grain, and 50 liters of goat's milk or cow's milk.
At the same time, as long as children go to school to learn knowledge and sign an agreement to ensure that they obey the government's employment distribution after graduation, they can get free lunch and 100kg of food for school administration...
This is also the main reason why Alanhill is so crazy about importing food, which is completely to support the continued industrialization of a country by subsidizing money. If it wasn't for Dez scavenging for his family's gold coins everywhere, Alanhill might not have developed to this level so quickly.
From the beginning to the present, the million gold coins that Dez sold most of his properties in exchange for almost all of them have been squandered long ago. If it weren't for the products produced in the factory, some gold coins were recycled , Dez has long since gone bankrupt.
At this moment, he can only rely on writing letters to his relatives to borrow the gold coins that Alanhill needs. At the beginning, he had to borrow 50,000 gold coins, and now he has even started to borrow 1,000 gold coins. The shameless thing is that he never repaid the borrowed gold coins...
In every rice shop in every corner of the Higgs Kingdom, there are Alanhill merchants frantically buying. They hardly calculate the price. As long as the other party dares to sell it, they dare to pay for the food they sell.
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The bustling streets of Serris have a happy smile on everyone's face. This kind of smile was rarely seen in the past, and now almost everyone in Alanhill is full of hope for the future, so the smile is their most common expression.
"Have you seen these people? In the past, only a big magician had such a confident expression." Walking down the street with his hands behind his back, Franzberg found himself back in the magical Holy City Bailey dimension. He started from Bellevue all the way to the east, and at last he was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a city with Essence, Qi, and Spirit as well as Bellevue in the easternmost magic forbidden area.
It's been an amazing journey and the big magician is very happy. Although he couldn't meditate for a month in a row, the novel feeling of insight still made him feel that the trip was worthwhile.
"They actually use such old-fashioned things as books to convey such basic knowledge." Looking at a book of "Addition and Subtraction within 10 in Primary School" bought at the corner bookstore, William suddenly felt A feeling of being deceived.
From Bellevue, William didn't carry much gold coin, because Magic Empire did not use ordinary gold coin, but the enchanted gold coin certificate. Obviously, this kind of precious thing cannot be spent in Mortal World, because no one can get change...
"These mortals have developed a new set of numeral symbols...strange symbols , but...it's interesting..." William walked beside Frenzberg, looking like he didn't hear anything out of the window, and only read the sage book.
"Looking at things is the same as before, only looking at the surface." Frenzberg looked at the various seats at the door of the wood shop with interest, and rubbed his hands on the smooth cut surfaces. "Did they find the wrong money along the way?"
William was stunned when he heard this question, and then looked towards his teacher in shock. Along the way, no matter what he bought, there seemed to be no mistakes in finding money.
This is actually quite funny, speaking of which, in the Higgs Kingdom or the Arrant Empire, it's actually quite easy to find the wrong money. Be careful especially when buying from that kind of retail hawker.
However, this time, since they entered Alanhill, they found that there were very few cases of finding the wrong money. This at least shows that in Alanhill, the quality of civilians has surpassed other areas.
"It seems that these strange symbols... are indeed very useful innovations." William this time, finally paid attention to the textbook used in elementary schools.
Frentzberg's reassessment of the country's productivity has taken it up a notch once again as he looks at the brightly lit buildings that are emerging. The glass used on those buildings doesn't seem to be cheap in Magic Empire anymore.
You know, in this world, glass with general transparency is actually very common, but those High Level glasses with very good transparency are still luxury goods that Magic Empire is willing to buy. After all, archmages also want their rooms to be more transparent, allowing them to better utilize the sunlight outside the window.
Chris opened the glass factory in order to manufacture observation equipment such as telescopes. But the profit of the glass factory is impossible to rely on military demand, so soon the factory began to mass-produce flat glass, the result is more profitable.
That's how Alanhill is. Every day, gold coins that flow like water are earned back into the account, and then they are spent like water. It seems that every link is making money, but many investors only get "vouchers" as income certificates.
These vouchers can be exchanged for production raw materials and various consumer goods, but only a small part can be exchanged for money. But sensible merchants will not be willing to exchange these precious vouchers for gold coins, because these vouchers can buy many things that gold coins can't buy.
For example - machinery, cement, glass for expanding the factory... With these things, they can continue to recruit troops to expand their factory, and finally make more profits.
No one believes that Alanhill will collapse, because many big businessmen have bet on another possible situation. In their opinion, Alanhill will not become the opponent of Magic Empire, but will only replace Arrant and become the new spokesperson of the mortal empire.
(end of this chapter)