In order to cope with the threat that Gate 5 might collapse Fatal, Wang Qi finally approved the foreign trade intention for 1,000 cannons.
This intention still needs to be implemented through negotiations by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Wang Qi asked the Central Committee to convene relevant departments to find a way out for the large amount of "waste paper" in advance.
Fatal's waste paper once stabilized for a period of time, but in recent years it has become more volatile and has a tendency to depreciate. Referring to the data of the previous five years, even if Gate 5 does not have an excessive impact on Fatal, its currency will not depreciate less than 50% in the next two years.
With an annual depreciation rate of more than 20%, compared to some straw paper with an annual depreciation rate of several thousand percent, it can be called high-quality paper. However, since it is difficult to purchase sufficient goods from Fatel with this money, It is not advisable to keep it in your hands. After deducting the minimum amount of funds required for bank settlement, it is better to exchange it for some resources.
The foundation of the penal colony is extremely poor. In fact, the kingdom's trade is not all about money. A considerable part of it is in the form of barter. High-value minerals are the focus, but not the only solution.
For example, people!
It is true that the Phoenix Kingdom completely prohibits the sale of human beings, and the punishment starts with a suspended death. However, the existence of "people" does not have a price only when their bodies are bought and sold.
In some areas, the lives of the people under their rule are very difficult, and there is a potential need for immigration, but they cannot come up with the air tickets and short-term emergency money required for relocation. There is no local airport, and the lord will not release the people. At this time, even Fatel's waste paper is much better than leaving people there to starve to death.
Specific implementation also needs to consider some additional factors.
For example, if money is given to immigrants to pay for air tickets, many people will inevitably take the money and run away directly, and the "waste paper" will flow back to the shipping department and eventually be disposed of.
At this time, you need to make a transfer and let a local snake act as an agent. After deducting a certain percentage of the agency fee, the ticket price can be deducted in the form of goods.
Of course, this is just an example. It doesn’t have to be immigration. As long as you can spread the money, it doesn’t matter if you lose a little.
In fact, "it doesn't matter if you lose a little bit", which can be said to be the key to the failure of the currency devaluation to stop.
The biggest problem with the farr note, at least outside its borders, is that its circulation exceeds its production value. 10 billion yuan of money cannot buy 10 billion worth of goods from Fatel. It’s no use if you are willing to queue up or buy other types of goods. There are just not that many. Businessmen will naturally feel that broken things are useless, and they have to stuff them even if they lose a little. Give it to other merchants and repeat the process in the hands of other merchants.
But if you continue to study, you will find that the root of the problem is still in the floating island.
The value of many goods does not qualify them to be transported on transportation platforms such as airplanes. The lack of productivity will cause most low-value items other than food to be circulated on the island, which will naturally lead to a discrepancy between trade and actual production of surplus goods.
Then again, from the perspective of the Phoenix Kingdom, there is no need to make too many excuses for Fatel. The depreciation of their banknotes all year round is not an accident, which means that they have not even understood the connection. It is because they are not strong enough. seek death.
Looking at the list of 1,000 Blizzard cannons, Wang Qi did not forget the threat of the demons.
Not counting the unobservable Gate No. 5, the other four gates have not erupted in overall action for the time being, which is probably good news.
There are still strange movements, appearing at gates 1 and 4.
Gate No. 1 is the original demon gate in the northern area. The recent change is not an increase in troops, but the increase has returned to zero. At least no new demons have been "refreshed" during routine reconnaissance.
It is not difficult to understand why the refresh stopped. It should be the side of the Shenyun Dynasty that has implemented the control.
There are also doubts. According to the information from the demons who have taken refuge in our side, Gate 1 should be outside the territory of the Godfall Dynasty on the side of the Demon Realm. Controlling the Demon Realm Gate in that way will involve some battles.
I don’t know exactly what happened, so the conclusion of “channel control” shouldn’t be a big problem.
Gate 4 behaved more aggressively, with a significant increase in the number of demons active around it.
The various strange dragon-shaped creatures under Lord Huangquan's seat are not low in single combat effectiveness among flying demons, but they are not suitable for group combat.
Take Kusha Meilong, the strongest group in the group and the one who has received the most attention, as an example.
When Gate 4 opened, we already knew Kusha Meilong’s two major abilities, laying eggs and multiple illusions. After a long period of observation and local investigation, we have a more comprehensive understanding of its main abilities, secondary abilities and action modes. Cognition.
Kusha Meilong, from swallowing the target to producing undead eggs, the maximum swallowing weight of a single body in a single cycle is about 800 kilograms. The numerical value is not large, but if the target is a human, it would be more than ten lives. Under the maximum load, Kusha Meilong will lose its regular flight ability, but can use magic to escape by flying short distances.
The largest swallowed individual recorded by a local senior adventurer was a snake, estimated to be over six meters long and weighing around 200 kilograms. The Kusha Meilong was tracked and an undead snake of the same size was produced 60 hours later. This process is worth analyzing, because for such a large snake, Cusha Meilong cannot give birth to it in a normal egg shape.
But this is not the point. The key factor lies in Kusha Meilong's ability to "turn into an undead", which requires at least 32 hours. No individual with a shorter period has been recorded yet.
Therefore, Kusha Meilong could not drive out a large number of undead to fight, and could eat people on the battlefield to replenish the number. According to what was observed on the ground, the undead souls born by Kusha Meilong did not care about themselves at all. Perhaps this kind of battle integrating air and ground requires the participation of higher-level forces.
Its illusions are also problematic.
The illusion technique's unified name in official documents at this time is called "Polarized Illusion". The research on this illusion technique can only use estimated values due to its high risk.
A single Kusha Meiron can trap up to 20 targets in an illusion at a time. As analyzed before, it only takes effect on the concept of [eyes]. Perhaps because its intelligence is too low, it will attack all creatures other than Kushamelon indiscriminately.
Not only that, but due to the limitations of its spellcasting "concept," warriors can outwit it.
The local people have confirmed that the way to achieve 100% deception is to cover the eyes and mouth with a light-colored cloth. The blindfold does not need to be too thick, and it can be deceived even if you can barely see the outside world.
Another way is to paint the face according to the general color of the eyes. This general color is not the intuitive color that everyone sees face to face, but the "pixel" color that is seen from a longer distance. Unfortunately, Kushamelon is very sensitive to the concept of eyes. This method still has about a 20% chance of being hit when the number of combatants is less than 20.
It is estimated that facial paint should also have a certain effect in evading illusions.
In short, although this ability is difficult to overcome, you can use many methods to prevent yourself from being selected as a target.
In addition, Kushameiron can also perform three abilities that were not noticed early on.
One is a protective magic similar to [Petrified Skin]. Compared with physical attacks, it is more inclined to magical protection. The protective power is not proportional to its level, between the third ring and the fourth ring.
The second ability also belongs to the illusion system. It will enter a state of invisibility when resting at night and appear to be camouflaged during the day.
The third ability is more tricky. After turning the prey into undead, it has a certain chance of "evolving".
Evolution seems like a good word, but putting it in quotation marks will cause problems, because this evolution will change the behavior pattern of Kushamelosaurus!
For example, after eating a local swamp flying dragon in the exile area, it "evolves" and becomes fond of warm and humid environments, and its eating method changes significantly, from devouring to biting. As a result, the individual loses the ability to lay undead eggs. Unfortunately, the adventurer who tracked the individual encountered other dangers and escaped. It is unknown whether he will recover later.
After synthesizing all the information, it is speculated that the "evolution" ability will cause some individuals of Kushamelon to attack the same kind after eating on the swarm battlefield!
If this effect is superimposed, it will attack other ethnic groups indiscriminately, and naturally it will not be able to form a group deterrent.
At least until some extreme individuals with commanding power appear in Gate 4, the simple increase in the number of flying demons will not cause the survival pressure of nearby settlements to increase too much, and the impact can be eliminated through increased weapons.
