Chapter 726 Slap and Sweet Dates
On the day of the opening of Westeros Federal International Bank, almost all the nobles and wealthy businessmen on the continent rushed to the scene as much as possible to congratulate them.
There is no way. Over the past few months, it seems that the changes are happening on the surface of Junlin.
But in fact, many changes are occurring in various places in the entire Westeros continent, both openly and secretly, and the most frightening one is various "accidents".
According to private statistics from a certain kind of good man with some status and strength, in the past few months, the number of people who died of various accidents in the entire Westeros continent was at least three digits.
What are the ways to die of being bitten by a beast when hunting, accidentally falling from a horse, being hit and killed because of an out-of-control carriage, suddenly dying of sudden illness, etc., are no longer rare things.
According to various death methods in statistics, the most frustrating way of death is to accidentally choke to death when eating or drinking.
The most popular way to die is to be happy when rolling the sheets with a woman.
The most painful way to die is to sleep and die quietly.
Well, for those unlucky guys, whether it is the most frustrating way to die, the most "popular" way to die, or the most painful way to die, it is definitely not a good thing.
In fact, with the area and population of Westeros, there is no place that will not die on a day, and there are also various accidental deaths.
But the key is that among the people who died of various accidents in the past few months, a large number of them were either nobles or wealthy businessmen, or senior executives of a certain organization.
Just one or two or ten or eight will not attract any attention. After all, accidents may happen at any time in life.
But the triple-digit mortality rate is obviously not a normal thing, not to mention that almost all of these people can threaten Robert Baratheon's royal power, or they intend to hinder the implementation of the new policy.
Such obvious commonalities appear in different dead people. Anyone with a little brain can see that this group accidental death is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely not simple.
However, it is of no use!
Even if someone finds that this is not simple, it may be related to the popular person in front of a certain king, but so what?
Isn’t no one doing something like assassination before, but what’s the result?
The dead soldier who was supposed to commit suicide after the matter was exposed, appeared directly in court as a witness to accuse the instigator.
Without waiting until the next day, a hundred riders appeared on the territory of the commander.
Then, nothing happened.
Liu Rui'an, who did not let the 100 knights attack, just threw it out with a magic trick.
After the earth was shaken, no matter whether it was a building or a person, it was all gone.
Such ruthless methods are no longer scary but terrifying for those "lucky people" who have not had time to take action!
It is precisely because of these terrifying speculations that all territories on the entire Westeros continent have expressed sufficient support for the new policy of the capital's King's Landing.
Fortunately, Liu Rui'an was not so stupid that he just slapped people. The necessary "sweet dates" were quickly sent out.
Since the harvest time for high-yield wheat has not yet come, many people still have a reservation about this "sweet date".
But the establishment of the Federal Exploration Agency in Westeros made the dukes and the nobles who owned the territory soon became extremely enthusiastic.
There is no way, the climate on Westeros is indeed not very good, and it is far less pleasant than that on the continent of Essos.
However, the minerals on this continent are extremely rich, and at least many valuable minerals have been discovered under Liu Rui'an's investigation.
The most common ones are metal minerals such as copper and iron, and the most valuable ones are naturally gold, silver and gem mines.
The problem is that the minerals that Liu Rui'an thought were easy to find were quite difficult for the Tu people in this world.
Those open-pit mines that are obviously and easily mined at the same time have almost been occupied except for the extremely remote and harsh geographical location.
When the dukes and nobles discovered that the Westeros Federal Exploration Agency could find various mineral veins with extremely accurate accuracy, it would be really crazy if they could not see the benefits inside.
Of course, sweet dates are to be sent out, but how to deliver them is another matter.
No, for those dukes and nobles who invited the Federal Exploration Agency of Westeros to their territory to find mineral veins, Liu Rui'an did not allow it without any conditions.
If you want someone to find a mine for you, it’s a good idea! But the cost of finding a mine must be borne by you.
At the same time, if the ore veins are found, half of the entire ore veins will be nationalized.
This is not the end, you still have to pay tax on the remaining half.
After all, the entire Westeros continent belongs to His Majesty King Robert Baratheon. Give you the right to mine and a certain amount of benefits, so just go and have fun.
As for how much tax you have to charge, don’t worry, first look at what mine is happening over you.
The specific tax rate will be directly linked to the specific minerals. In short, the more valuable the mine, the higher the tax rate.
Shenma? Who would be willing to do such unequal cooperation conditions?
In fact, on the contrary, after these conditions were announced one by one, the enthusiasm of the dukes and nobles did not decrease at all.
Just kidding. Even if most of the production of mineral veins has to be handed over to the country, don’t forget it.
Without that, the Westeros Federal Exploration Agency, even the remaining half would not have been.
Of course, if it were the past, these dukes and nobles would definitely not have agreed to such harsh conditions so easily.
But now it is different. Robert Baratheon's prestige is increasing day by day, but it should be the increase day by day.
Under such a general trend, who can and who dares to fight against each other?
Even if you still have some ideas, you have to find the right opportunity.
On the day the opening of Westeros Federal International Bank, the new currency officially issued was exchanged for tens of millions of yuan.
Don’t think how high this number is, there are not just gold coins in the new currency.
For ordinary people, copper coins are the most commonly used currency in daily life, and even many places still maintain the custom of bartering.
Those who can use silver coins are either merchants or wealthy people from good families.
As for gold coins, basically only nobles and rich people have the ability to use them.
Nearly half of the tens of millions of new currencies exchanged were copper coins.
Silver coins and gold coins are basically exchanged for those nobles to show their loyalty or for some other purpose.
It is also a pity that Liu Rui'an not only found several large gold, silver and copper ores before, but also combined the power of the technology and mysterious side to create a special "fool-type" coin production line.
Just throw gold, silver, copper and other raw materials into the material outlet, and a large amount of new currency will continue to flow out from the outlet. (To be continued.)
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Chapter completed!