"If it weren't for the efficient management of our Fiat family's magician's workshop and the collaborative efforts of our family members in various departments of the fund, the fund would have been unable to operate long ago, and the entire Galloping Horse family would not have been able to maintain its current prosperity. If you continue to allocate manpower from the executive committee and secretariat of the fund, and also apply for a withdrawal of 100,000 gold coins, I am afraid that the Galloping Horse Fund will really stop operating!"
Rant had been listening to Jenny Galloping introduce their family's situation without interrupting. Combined with what Little Cardinal, Ben Call and Sherman said intermittently, they could roughly correspond to each other.
The fact that the Fiat family can become the leader of the Galloping Horse family must not only rely on blood ties or territorial advantages. At the end of the war in the God Emperor in 725, their high-level family, like most of the middle-level people, were wiped out in the war. Their family only He just escaped the war against the orcs in the Galloping Horse Plains.
However, the ancestors of the Fiat family relied on their keen business acumen to seize the two key products of hydrotherapy scrolls and magic algae, and invested in the earliest post-war industries by relying on gold coins hidden and robbed on various islands. , founded more than a dozen magic workshops in one fell swoop.
Lant waited for Jenny to finish speaking, and then said slowly: "The funds I applied for from the Galloping Horse Fund are all for serious business."
Hearing Lant's words, Jenny nodded and said: "I don't mean any disrespect to you, but the Galloping Horse Fund can no longer spend 100,000 gold coins."
Lant waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, I don't need that money anymore. You can keep that fund for yourself. All mages in Yeqi City will pay for potions and potions from Yeqi City from next month. "Salary"
According to information from the Temple of Fortune, within this month, Rand will install magic furnaces in several city-states in Hindukel, and Red Dragon Rock will provide 15 million gold coins in cash. With direct funding from the central bank, the rand does not need financing.
"What?" Jenny was caught off guard. She thought Lant would bargain with her, but after crying about poverty, she agreed to let her father raise money and take the opportunity to negotiate terms.
In fact, there are still some gold coins in the family that can be withdrawn. If Lant is particularly short of money, Fiat can invest in Lant's magic workshop, but the subsequent shares and conditions will also follow. At least it must be included in the entire establishment of Yeqi City. , 1/5 is controlled by the Fiat family. In terms of quota, their family’s appetite is not much smaller than that of the Tower of Purity.
However, Lant's attitude was too unrestrained, and Jenny was a little unsure, so she could only ask tentatively: "Sir, you can't really mortgage the treasures in Padmila Palace to borrow money from the Tower of Purity, right? "
"Can't I just borrow money from Honglongyan?"
Lant replied with a smile, but seeing that Jenny's expression did not improve, he had to say: "Now Yeqi City also has some output, you can see magic pattern amber, skin cream, etc., so some people are willing to By investing in my magic workshop, my current funding gap has been basically alleviated."
"I see, I really congratulate you." Jenny said this, but she didn't believe it in her heart. It's not an exaggeration to say that Lant's territory is in dire straits, and now it's at war with the orcs. It's completely... How many gold coins should be given to a gold-eating beast, and what kind of special products should be produced to dare to say that there is no shortage of money?
"In addition, regarding what you just said, I must remind you," before Jenny could speak, Lant said with a serious expression: "According to the report from the Imperial Department of Finance, the reason why your family's magic workshop can have an annual revenue of 70 More than 10,000 gold coins is entirely because 70% of the orders are purchased by the Department of Finance, and 80% of the magic materials are purchased from the internal prices of the Salt and Iron Department. Without the raw materials and markets of the Imperial Department, the Fiat family, and even the entire Galloping Horse family, would be It’s just an ordinary magister family.”
Rand was very familiar with the relationship between the empire and the Fiat family's workshops. The so-called workshops that their family encouraged to maintain were state-owned enterprises of the human empire, but the top name of these state-owned enterprises was the Galloping Horse Foundation. You have created so much profit by running a state-owned enterprise, what's the point of turning part of it over to the state treasury?
"This..." Jenny was rendered speechless by Lant. She always listened to her father talk about how much benefit her family had created for the empire and how many magic products they supplied, but she never thought about her own workshop. How much policy support has it received?
"Master Jenny, I guess the purpose of your visit this time is to hope that our two families can continue to cooperate in the future. I can discuss with the Halkara ancestors a principle for accepting members of the Benma family. What I can confirm is that those who work for Benma will Families that have made sacrifices and contributions in Ma Pingyuan and Yeqi City will definitely be able to live in Yeqi City."
Rand did not continue speaking, but another meaning of his words was that the Fiat family should not come here to dominate by virtue of their status in the world.
Jenny was silent for a long time, her eyes fixed on Lant, and she could not read any accommodating meaning from his smiling expression. After a long time, she said: "Okay, I understand, thank you, Lord Earl."
Looking at the girl's look, Lant knew that he had achieved all his expectations, so he said: "Master Jenny can stay here for two more days. If you are interested, you can also go to Yeqi City to have a look. I will talk to Yawenni Leader, please make it clear that you do not need to be under her management in Yeqi City."
Lant said a few more words with a smile, and then left the room, leaving Jenny alone to drink the wine that had just been poured.
"Now, I'm afraid the family's good days have really come to an end," Jenny shook her head, recalling the entire process of meeting Lant just now.
Although it took less than an hour from the time Lant met her to the time the two separated, and a considerable amount of time was spent admiring each other's gifts, Lant did not accuse the Fiat family of controlling the fund, nor did he say anything about the relationship between their family and the Orc King. They are not even interested in how many gold coins their family can produce. This situation either means that Lant doesn't know anything about the rumors about the Fiat family, or it means that he already knows too much and has no interest in this information at all.
The truth obviously belongs to the latter. After all, Lant even told the Fiat workshop’s orders and raw materials. However, why could Lant be so indifferent to the strength of the Fiat family, and why did he not care about his overtures, but Jenny didn’t at all. have no idea.
The opponent's strength is unfathomable, but her own strength is well known. Jenny is extremely dissatisfied with the current situation, but there is nothing she can do about it.
(End of chapter)
