Chapter 383
"Would you believe me if I said I didn't want Iron Throne anymore?" Dany said wackily with a smile.
"Hehe..." Keyholders and Sealord laughed along, taking her words as a complete joke.
"Your Majesty, more than five million Golden Dragon looks like a lot, waiting for you to quell the rebellion and restore the Seven Kingdoms economy to stability, as long as you don't have the luxury of King Robert, you can easily pay it back in twenty years. Clear the loan." Bessaro said comfortably.
"Five million is a piece of shit to me, but I don't want to be mad at that. Let me tell you the truth, one day I'm going to sit on Iron Throne and I won't pay for Baratheon and Lannister. A penny."
"Are you going to renege on a debt?" The smile on Bessaro's fat face disappeared and his expression darkened.
"Dany, you've figured it out, Iron Bank will have its due." Sealord persuaded.
"I know," Dany nodded and sighed, "if there is a King who owes a debt and does not repay, you will lend money to support another prince in the kingdom, and the princes will use your money to rebel and overthrow the old king and become The new king, the new king pays Iron Bank the debt of the old king and his oneself."
"Do it, do it, do it hard," she said encouragingly, waving her hand, "to Lannister, to Tyrell, send money to anyone in Westeros! I'm with you."
Sealord and Bessaro looked at each other in blank dismay, unexpectedly Dragon Queen's reaction.
Isn't Iron Bank's gold as useful as a dragon?
It seems...
"This matter can be put aside for a while, anyway, Iron Throne is still sitting on Lannister. Maybe, before the Queen takes back Iron Throne, the debt The problem is solved."
Bessaro smiled again and turned into a Maitreya Buddha, rubbing his fat hands and said: "After the business is over, why don't we go to Sealord's Palace? There is a grand banquet waiting for Queen Your Majesty there. What!
Since a week ago, Sealord Your Majesty has been preparing for tonight's negotiation and the following banquet.
At this moment, Sealord's Palace has gathered many dignitaries and singers Poet."
"The banquet is over, I'll leave after talking about the last thing." Dany waved his hand in rejection.
“Not going to the banquet at Sealord's Palace? That’s just for you.” Bessaro frowned.
"I don't want to go to that banquet either, let those people entertain themselves!" Sealord muttered wearily.
fatty looked towards Sealord with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes, but in a split second, he laughed and nodded again, approving: "Either way, I don't know what Queen Your Majesty wants to talk about?"
“Your Iron Bank accepts deposits from all over the world, doesn’t it?”
“Of course, even Jade Sea Leng has Iron Bank branches. Only Yi Ti’s Bu Clan dynasty, We have loaned about 13 million Golden Dragon here, and Iron Throne is nothing compared to them.” Fatty said proudly.
“Why did Bu Clan borrow so much money?” Dany asked in shock.
"Yi Ti now has three emperors standing side by side, one country and three points, not to mention fighting every year, at least a small fight every two years, a big fight every three years, can you not be short of money!"
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“Has Iron Bank loaned money to the other two countries?” Dany coldly said.
“No, their dynasty is newly established, unlike Bu Clan, which is already in power | corrupt, and each occupies a major trading town, so they are not short of money.” Fatty regretfully said.
"Do you accept my money?"
"What?" Sealord and Keyholders exclaimed at the same time.
"My gold in Slaver's Bay, do you want it?" Dany affirmed.
"What are you doing?" Keyholders' fat face was excited and anxious, and sweat instantly covered his nose.
"I want to buy grain from Nine Free Cities."
"You want to use Iron Bank's credit as a guarantee to buy grain from the Allied sphere of influence?"
Sealord looked towards Dany with three-point contempt, shook his head and said, "The idea is good, but the Allies are not stupid, how can they sell you the rations used to conquer Slaver's Bay?"
Dany laughed and said: "Instead of buying this year's grain, I store the gold in Iron Bank, you are my agents, sign contracts with the merchants who own the land and grain, and Iron Bank also helps me pay the deposit and final payment. , the food purchased is still purchased by you, and finally handed over to me.
In short, Iron Bank is a food middleman.
I hope that from now on, in the next five years, All the land in the world is planted with grain, rice, wheat, corn, bacon, etc., as long as the grain can be stored for a long time.
Within five years, I have unlimited quantity and no time limit. Year to date, the highest price that has ever occurred during this period, to purchase all the grain."
"What does this mean?" Sealord was stunned.
“Is it possible, can Iron Bank do it?” Dany asked.
"I'm afraid you're going to spend a lot of money." Bessaro's eyes flashed a glimpse of understanding, and after exchanging a glance with Sealord, his face suddenly showed a sense of superiority that made Dany unfathomable mystery .
"Recently half a month, King's Landing High Septon and Oldtown Hightower contacted the major grain merchants in Free City at almost the same time, and they bought grain, and the price of grain has risen at least five times." He suppressed the corners of his mouth. Smile, said solemnly.
Lower-than-expected food prices grab Dany's full attention.
She was surprised: "It's only five times?"
"Uh, is five times low?"
Bessaro looked towards Dragon Queen oddly, could it be? This is a 'why not eat minced meat' stupid king?
Dany suddenly remembered a possibility of terrifying, so he asked solemnly: "How much do Hightower and High Septon each have to pay for food?"
"This..." Bessaro After hesitating for a moment, he reluctantly spoke out the information collected at a "huge amount of money", "Hightower is expected to invest 3 million Golden Dragon to buy food, which is very scary, and the price of food is mainly driven by them. King's Landing's Hightower Sparrow also has 500,000 Golden Dragons, so the price goes up even more."
Sure enough!
Someone missed the appointment.
Old Man of Oldtown didn't play tricks, obediently and honestly contributed three million Golden Dragon in cash, but High Sparrow...
With a sigh, Dany deliberately Q: "Where did High Sparrow get the money? I don't remember him being backed by the Oldtown Starry Sept."
Starry Sept was the former Holy See of The Seven and the sole shareholder of Church Bank.
"Your Majesty, this is a commercial secret, we have to keep it for our guests." Fatty hesitated.
"Tell her, tell her everything." Before Dany said anything, Sealord rubbed his waist and shouted, "The sooner we finish talking, the sooner I can go back."
Bessaro's fat face showed obvious anger, but the old Sealord, so exhausted by the pain, didn't notice it at all.
First Sword Qarro, who barely spoke, gave Fatty a sharp look.
With just one glance, the strange color on fatty's face disappeared, and he was replaced with a ball of peace.
"High Sparrow uses Church Bank as collateral to loan 2,777,777 Golden Dragons."
"What?" Sealord cried out in surprise, and immediately turned sharply to Bessaro, He asked, "Why didn't you notify me of such an important matter?"
"It was just over a week ago, and Noho didn't even bring the agreement back." Bessaro lowered his eyes.
"Hehe..." Sealord caught sight of the Dragon Queen who was eating melons with wide-eyed eyes, and only sneered twice, and did not stage a good show in front of outsiders.
Dany looked at the two of them, smacking his lips regretfully, and asked, "What do you do with the rest of the Golden Dragon?"
"It probably cost another half a million Golden Dragon to buy. Weapons and Armor. As far as I know, Myr alone seems to have ordered more than 10,000 Holy Knight suits, namely Church Warrior's Sons' Silver Armor, Rainbow Cloak, Stellar Sword. Also Qohor's Craftsman and Iron Ingot, Tyrosh's Bows and arrows..."
Fat Keyholders concluded: "High Sparrows are not stupid, with Golden Dragon and food, there must be strength to protect them, and restoring Church Forces is the best The choice."
Dany sighed then said, and asked: "Even so, only one million Golden Dragon was spent, what about the rest?"
"This is not Obviously, Church Forces, which maintains tens of thousands of people in the future, must spend a lot of money. He asked Iron Bank to transport cash to King's Landing, which is also considered a rainy day." Fatty shrugged, as it should be by rights.
"Be prepared for a rainy day..." Dany smiled wryly.
A Golden Dragon has a purchasing power of about 12,000 RMB, 500,000 Golden Dragon, about 6 billion.
Summer, under normal conditions (no natural and man-made disasters) a pound of rice is five yuan; in winter, the price is doubled, 10 yuan.
At this time, it is increased to five times the original value, 50 yuan.
Bought food on the other side of the Narrow Sea and had to ship it back.
Since King's Landing is located in Blackwater Bay, just next door to the Narrow Sea, the straight-line distance of 400 kilometers to 1,300 kilometers, the loss and freight add up...even if The Seven blesses, the journey will be smooth sailing , there is no shipwreck, the cost is only doubled (certainly more than), 100 yuan.
In the sky, High Sparrow has only 60 million catties of grain.
Uh, 60 million catties, which sounds like a lot. Converted to tons, 30,000 tons.
Seems to be enough.
But considering the population of King's Landing, half a million natives + an infinite number of Riverlands refugees =?
A person has a pound of food a day - considering that he has to raise tens of thousands of Church Forces, the average may be more than that - a person can only support 200,000 people at three hundred pounds a year. one year.
Considering the amazing food of King's Landing Brown Soup, and the grain reserves of the nobles and merchants, High Sparrow doesn't have to feed everyone in King's Landing, he can probably last for two years...
, at most three years.
Well, it seems that High Sparrow has a plan. He thinks this winter will only last two or three years like previous years?
"How much profit?"
"What?" Dany looked suspiciously at the questioning fatty.
He rubbed his fat hands and asked with a kind smile: "I mean, how much difference can Iron Bank make as a middleman?"
"How much do you want?" Dany Laughed.
"This..." Fatty Pig's eyes flashed shrewdly, and with his fingers crossed, he began to calculate for Dragon Queen: "Look, large sums of gold are stored and stored in different places, and you need to pay for it. 3%-15% commission, given the tension between Slaver's Bay and the Allies, at least 14... Hey, as Dragon Queen, we only charge 13.5% commission, isn't that much?"
"Well, not much." Dany nodded and said.
It's really not that much. From Slaver's Bay to transport gold to the nearest Volantis, there are also six or seven thousand kilometers of sea routes. On the way, we have to pass through the East Summer Sea where there are many pirates and the ruins of Valyria with unpredictable weather.. ....
The cost of a 17th-century Spanish treasure fleet, a 15% commission isn't much.
After all, the money is stored in Iron Bank, and she can use it anywhere in the world, saving a lot of transportation and custody costs.
"Secondly, the profit from being a temporary grain merchant..."