Section 18 Story

Ash Rufat walked towards his study with great strides.

"The following is to see how our new currency is promoted." Carrie said happily in her mind. "If I calculate correctly, our coins should be able to occupy the market quickly."

Today's minting ceremony was very grand. Ashu Rufate was sure that this news would soon be known to the entire human world. To be honest, coins made of gold, silver and copper were originally common things all over the world. Is it necessary to make it so lively? It would make it easier to use if it makes it lively? Ashu Rufate felt that adding a little more metal to the coin would be easier to complete this task. He did not understand Carrie's concept at all, but Carrie repeatedly emphasized that it was very important.

"Master, in this way, we will eliminate another hidden danger." Carrie said with a very serious attitude. "There are not many hidden dangers left in Sivania."

"What are these hidden dangers?" Ashu Rufate really didn't understand. Since he came back, he (or Carrie)'s main energy has been on business development, mineral mining, coin minting and other miscellaneous matters. Of course, there are social security, his own image design, recruiting talents and other minor details. Although these are the work that the lord should do, no matter how you think about these things, you can't get involved with the "hidden dangers".

"Master, you may not lose the battle between swords and blood on the front. But some wars do not rely on swords and blood. In such wars, it will be difficult for you to win." Carrie replied.

"What kind of war?"

"A war of money, intelligence, materials and public opinion." Carrie replied. Ashu Rufate was waiting for Carrie to explain further, but Carrie did not explain. In the past, when the nouns that Ashu Rufate had never heard of appeared, Carrie always used "you have no relevant authority" to save him. Now it's better, she was too lazy to even say "you have no relevant authority".

"Master, we don't have a lot of time. Your schedule is full today," Carrie said.

Schedule? Ashu Rufate smiled softly in his heart. He was really busy, designing the coin patterns, publishing ceremony, and taking off a girl's clothes... Now it's finally time to eavesdrop.

He walked closer to the study with great strides. There was no one else here. He didn't know whether it was Carrie's deliberate arrangement or by chance. Now there was no one else in the castle area (also his living area). Fei and Leya both had things to do.

"The wide-area detection device is ready." Carrie didn't realize Ash Rufate's emotions, or she realized it but didn't care. "In order to save energy and expand the distance as much as possible, I temporarily turned off all other functions, leaving only the observation of air vibration... that is, sound."

Now Ashrufate knows that the wide-area detection device actually has many kinds of power, which is equivalent to the comprehensive ability of vision, hearing, smell, touch, etc. Through it, the dark castle can see the surroundings, hear the surroundings, and even "sniff" the surroundings. But just as humans can close their eyes to enhance hearing, the wide-area detection device can also close the excess senses and leave only one. In this way, the detection range will become large.

Carrie's "eavesdropping" refers to using this device to explore a special area of ​​the new city. There had been a spy report before. A group of spies from other places are now living in a house and searching for news about Sivania. Asu Ruffat originally thought it would be easier to arrest them directly, but Carrie thought they could use it.

"Money is very important. It is one of the basic forces in the operation of human society." Carrie said. "Master, I don't want you to ignore the power of money. This power is much better in a sense than the Immortal Legion. It is not only stronger, but also more flexible, and can penetrate everything that cannot be reached."

"Don't say extra words, let's start listening." Ashu Rufate said. "But in this way, our castle will be in a state of unpreparedness, right?"

"That's of course, that's why you need a guard." Carrie replied. "With them, we don't need to have too many concerns and are free to use various resources."

After Carrie finished speaking, the room was silent for a moment, and then Ashu Rufat heard the voice of a man speaking.

"Six currencies are full of weight." It seems that a spy reported to his companions. "I took one of them back. The vampire also said that any other currency, as long as it is gold and silver... can be sent to his mint for Sivanian coins. If it is too heavy, it can be exchanged freely for banknotes. The banknotes and coins can be exchanged equally."

After a brief silence, Ashu Rufate guessed that the spies were taking turns to examine the currency and banknotes. Thinking that they would be shocked by the exquisite pattern on these coins, Ashu Rufate couldn't help but smile. These troublesome things took him and Carrie several months to get them done.

"...the round coin...the front is a dragon, the opposite is a tower..." a voice said. "Is there any meaning?"

"I can't see any meaning, but I can see that this thing is very important. Take the scale..." someone else said.

They should weigh the gold coins, and the result is amazing. The weight of this gold coins is exactly the same as its standard currency. As we all know, almost every currency has a small discount, and a pound of gold cannot be exchanged for a pound of gold. This is an accepted practice. Because melting gold and minting will inevitably cause losses. Strictly speaking, gold coins are processed products of gold, and the patterns on it are not free. All these extra things must be included in the gold coins, making them lighter than their currency values. Of course, this level determines how much conscience the minter has.

"Impossible... Let's cut it open and see if there is anything else inside." A voice that sounded like a leader said. After a few minutes, they came to a conclusion.

"Incredible... It's really pure gold! Since gold coins are like this, silver coins and copper coins must be the same... It's true... Vampires are vampires, and we humans don't understand what they think in their minds at all." Someone said with a smile.

Don't overestimate me, I actually don't understand either. Ashu Rufate answered a little depressed in his stomach.

"At least this shows that the vampire found minerals in Sivania is true," someone said. "And it should be gold and silver mines. Otherwise, he would not have been able to mint such coins... Well, but to be honest, I thought he would find a way to organize an undead legion to conquer the world, rather than spending a lot of time in Sivania to mint a very conscientious coin."

"Report what happened here to the king... By the way, what other news is? If we say that all the vampires' energy is preparing to issue new coins in the near future, I wonder if the old men in the court will believe it..."

"I heard something rare in the morning. The vampire forced abducted a girl on the street."

"Tsk... there are at least a thousand women in his castle. Are you still not satisfied? It's enough to change three new faces every night." Someone interrupted.

"You are not a vampire, how do you know what he thinks?" the person who spoke before retorted. "But it's strange... It was a Bin tribe girl. The Bin tribes who lived there were all vampire slaves, but that girl was not. She seemed to have passed by there with her parents... The vampire fell in love with her and forced her to take her on the road. It is said that he tore her clothes at that time."

"Carrie, look, it's notorious." Ashu Rufate muttered in a low voice after hearing this.

"We just let it spread thousands of miles." Carrie replied. "As long as it works for us."

"And what? He tore open the girl's throat and drank her blood?" someone asked.

"No, he tore off the girl's clothes, held her naked in his arms, and wrapped her in his big cloak. But at this time, he found out that the girl was a free civilian, not his slave. So he apologized to the girl and her parents and offered compensation..." The speaker's voice was a little weird, and he must have had a weird expression. "Then he returned the girl to them and left his cloak to cover her body... Because he didn't bring a lot of cash to compensate, he handed his sword as collateral to the girl's parents."

"Unbelievable, this vampire has a strong morality." Someone murmured in a low voice.

"He is said to be very aristocratic, especially fairness and trustworthiness. Do you remember the records about Kalean? Kalean is a vampire who ruled the human kingdom. It is normal to say that the Blood Duke developed the qualities of a ruler there." The voice that sounded like the leader said. "But... I care about this detail... Under normal circumstances, even if you force a woman to steal the other party, isn't it normal to strip the other party naked immediately?"

"There is a rumor in this regard, that the Blood Duke does not seem to be simply absorbing human blood." Someone replied. "The reason he only drinks the girl's blood is because he always has sex with the other party first, and only sucks their blood when the women are most excited. Of course," the speaker added the previous sentence. "This is just a rumor, and there is no evidence to prove it."

"Those who can prove this must be dead," the leader replied. "Record this rumor and send it back as part of this information. Except for the necessary few people left behind, everyone else must evacuate Sivania so as not to be noticed."

"How to write a summary report?" someone asked.

"Just say, it is not obvious that the vampire has any great ambitions for the time being. He seems to have a different method of domination and perspective, which makes him spend a lot of his time on territory construction. At least in the short term, he has no plan to invade Ryan on a large scale. In addition, the coins minted by vampires are beautiful in appearance and full of weight, and the Ryans should not refuse to use them. After all, gold is gold, and even if it is from the hands of vampires, its value will not change at all." The leader said the last sentence half-jokingly.

"Hey, they weren't sent by Ryan?" Carrie suddenly said in her mind. "It's really rare. It seems that there are quite a few guys waiting for opportunities on the side."

"As for the Silverfish Chamber of Commerce under its manipulation, the rumors seem to be exaggerated." The leader continued. "According to the information we have found in Sivania, it should not be completely under the control of vampires. It is just that the vampires intend to revitalize the economy and material circulation of Sivania, with the help of this Chamber of Commerce. Everything that has been observed at present proves that the Chamber of Commerce is indeed a group of ordinary merchants, without any suspicious signs beyond business. But we should continue to be vigilant about it."
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