Episode 92 21. Guild Meeting #2(8)
At Rockefeller’s words, the conference hall began to roar again.
Rockefeller’s words toward such a conference hall were not outrageous.
“Who would put their gold coins in a banco where they charge gold coins? No one would do that, unless it was an ignorant idiot. So from this time on, all gold coins in the Empire will be monopolized by our Lyon Guild.”
It’s not that Banco that doesn’t follow the code is suffering from the new Guild Code, but it’s another Banco Alliance that is completely separate from them.
The guild members who were sitting in the meeting room began to give their own reactions.
“Hmm… … Should I call it ingenious or should I call it gutsy?”
“We are good. It was a problem because I didn’t have enough money to lend, but if I can attract gold coins like that, my existing loan business will be greatly expanded.”
“Maybe we will have a relationship with customers on the Black Label side.”
“Still, the interest on the deposit is still unwilling. Isn’t it a little pricey?”
“Let’s do that for once. Because no one knows what will happen.”
“At least, it seems natural for customers to come. In any case, it would be better to leave it to us and receive a small amount of interest rather than leaving gold coins in every corner.”
One of the guild members who had been accustomed to each other raised his hand and caught Rockefeller’s attention.
“If you have something to say, please stand up and speak.”
“Black Label Union is a Banco Alliance like us, but they are under the halo of the Assassin’s Master. Even if things go well, won’t there be problems later? It’s like a personal matter.”
It was quite a reasonable statement.
Rockefeller nodded, answering his concerns.
“Yes, that’s right. Your coalition, unlike us, has the halo of the Assassin’s High. But everyone here knows that Ismail’s power isn’t what it used to be.”
Before Rockefeller’s words continued, Bishop Berkis stepped forward.
“The Ismail force has long been disbanded. Dare to establish a heretical religion and mock God. That sin was never light.”
As the bishop finished speaking, Rockefeller continued.
“As the bishop said, the assassin master Ismail has barely been maintained after the war with the two families in the past. I’m sure you all know that they can’t do anything about us, who dare to take the halo of the Sinclairs.”
“You’re still not an assassin, are you? It’s okay to kill mice and birds without knowing it and say you don’t know me. To be honest, I’m worried too, but the one I’m most worried about is you. How are you going to do that?”
Then a deep smile appeared on Rockefeller’s lips.
confident smile.
It was the confidence that came from knowing everything in the novel.
“you’re right. As long as they are there, I too may continue to be exposed to assassination threats. Confronting them would be like walking defenselessly through a dungeon infested with monsters. So I’m thinking of making a deal with him.”
“Dil? What deal do you mean?”
“Black Label Union itself is not Ismail. It’s just one of many factions that have the halo of Ismail. But if Black Label Union suffers because of us, Ismail, who shares the same interests with them, will try to move somehow.”
Rockefeller continued.
“Perhaps he will assassinate me as an example to show the well-being of a family that had a terrible notoriety in the past.”
The noisy guild members waited for Rockefeller’s next words.
“But if I make a sweet offer to them first. Can they really harm me?”
“What kind of carrot are you trying to give me? From my point of view, there doesn’t seem to be much to negotiate with them.”
“there is. According to the second prince, his wife is the Ismail family. However, due to lack of support, a crown war is not even dreaming of. However, if we say that we will support such a second prince, even the Ismail family will not be able to do anything about us who are harassing the Black Label Union. Rather than grabbing the old one, you would want to collude with a new one to regain the glory of the past. So this is how I plan to deal with them.”
At Rockefeller’s words, the conference hall began to roar again.
Meanwhile.
Bishop Berkis, who was watching, opened his mouth with a dissatisfied expression.
“I don’t know anything else, but I am the first to oppose a pagan prince sitting on the throne.”
His words were shot at Rockefeller as if exhorting.
“How can you defend such a pagan prince?”
Rockefeller then responded.
“Sir, Bishop. Contrary to what you know, His Majesty Christian is no longer a pagan prince.”
“Your Highness Christian is not a pagan? They called it the Church of the Blind, and not so long ago, they rotted our hearts like that. How can you be so sure without seeing His Majesty Christian?”
“Of course, as Your Excellency said, not the entire Ismail family has completely escaped the shadow of the pagans. However, from what I have picked up, I know that His Majesty Christian is not from the Church of the Blind, but from the Church of the Devout Crusader. Doesn’t Sir Berkis know more about this than me?”
“Isn’t that just pretending to live somehow? If it wasn’t for that, I would have already been hit by the church’s mace and died.”
“But up to now, nothing has been verified of any connection with the pagans, has it?”
“Where will the blood go?”
“If His Majesty Christian is a true member of the Crusade, there is nothing we cannot support, right?”
Bishop Berkis responded with an annoyed expression on his face.
“Apart from that, why are you supposed to be the second prince? There is a solid first prince, and there is a third prince who is closely related to the Lyon Guild. If you’re going to push it, you’d better push it.”
“There are already forces attached to that side, so there is not much profit we can expect. And most importantly, whoever it is, it’s going to be the one we push who will sit on the throne.”
Hearing those words, Bishop Berkis opened his eyes.
And nodding his head seemed to sympathize to some extent.
Meanwhile, Rockefeller continued to speak.
“Currently, His Majesty the Second Prince has almost no supporters. Because he underwent major surgery in the past due to the war between the two families, he cannot expect Ismail’s support. If only we could approach the second prince and extend our hands first. When he ascends to the throne in the future, won’t we also have much to gain?”
“It’s a gamble. It is a very risky gamble.”
“you’re right. As you said, this is a gamble.”
But it wasn’t like gambling.
Because there is a protagonist in the novel, the winner of the War for the Crown has already been decided.
“But if you can win that gamble, it’s a high risk, high return. Aren’t we also getting a lot more? In particular, the Bishop may benefit greatly from that.”
To that, Bishop Berkis had a different reaction than before.
“Why do you think so?”
“I think you can probably guess how that could be of benefit to you, even without me telling you.”
“Hmm… … .”
Even so, Bishop Berkis still looked displeased.
“difficult. It’s very difficult. Even if no one else knows, he’s the second prince. twittttttttttttttttttttttttt have have been.”
Still, with what Rockefeller had to say, Bishop Berkis had no intention of arguing any further.
Maybe because, as Rockefeller said, a miracle might happen to him.
‘Yes, the greater the risk you take, the greater the reward you get.’
“You do it yourself. Because I don’t think it’s something I can’t keep talking about here.”
Rockefeller shook his head lightly.
“Thank you for your consideration.”
Then Rockefeller raised his head and opened his mouth to everyone in his seat.
“Like this, I am going to push the absurd Second Prince, who is not the former First Prince and Third Prince. This will naturally reduce the threat of Ismail.”
“Then what do you think about the Sinclairs who have been helping us before? They would ask you to help the third prince.”
In that question, Rockefeller was like a sword.
“I’m just going to keep the least amount of loyalty.”
“Are you going to do that? I wouldn’t be standing there.”
“You are misunderstanding something. From now on, we will go a different path. From today on, it is neither possible nor unacceptable for us to look at anyone.”
“You don’t have enough power.”
“If you don’t have it, you can create it.”
Rockefeller, who was so lucky, took out a IOU from his pocket and showed it.
“I want to ask you one question. Where do you think our strength comes from?”
The answer to this came from all directions.
“Money.”
“It’s a gold coin.”
“You’re asking the obvious.”
Rockefeller shook his head at those words.
“It was all wrong. Our strength will come from this in the future.”
Everyone’s attention was focused on the IOU that Rockefeller was holding.
“It’s not just a IOU.”
“Are you going to make the whole world in debt?”
“What do you think?”
Rockefeller smiled at them.
“It’s no longer like a IOU. Oh, of course, the deed is correct. But from now on, it will be a very different concept.”
“A different concept?”
“What concept?”
What followed was enough to shock everyone.
“Paper currency.”
They were all unfamiliar with the term paper currency, so they all looked at each other and couldn’t understand each other’s expressions.
“In the past, the currency we knew was made of metal such as gold and silver coins. But you probably already know. Since when did people know that they have been using this gold coin deposit that we received from us like money, that one day we will return your gold coins.”
Rockefeller’s words continued.
“And here, some of you must have lent gold coins that were already secretly missing and earned a decent amount of interest.”
Then there were some banco contractors who started coughing.
It looks like there’s something to it.
Rockefeller, who looked at them like that and smiled, continued.
“I’m not blaming them for moral hazard. What I want to say here is that it is time for us to move forward in a more advanced form. With this paper currency.”
Because it’s a concept that hasn’t come out yet.
Most of the guild members had bewildered expressions.
Of course, as Rockefeller said, the IOUs issued by Banco were being used like money in some places.
But it just wasn’t used throughout the empire.
“In the future, we will become a bank, which is a different concept of the Banco Federation, and we plan to create a completely new paper currency to replace the Imperial Talent by unifying all the IOUs that have been issued so far.”
Guild members screaming.
“The name of the currency that we will make anew and spread infinitely on this land.”
Just as the Federal Reserve, a mere private company, looks like a state institution and deceives everyone.
Rockefeller also devised an entirely new paper currency that appears to be based on goblin credit to deceive everyone in the world.
“That’s the Goblin Dollar. Goblins have a higher credibility than us humans.”
Rockefeller did not forget these words.
“Perhaps other factions think this paper currency came from the Goblin Bank. It was originally named for that purpose.”
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