In the large centrally locked conference room, there were two rows of people sitting on both sides of a long table. On the side where Little Red Bird and Wendy sat, there were two sunglasses in front of their door that contained various data in the territory. Various expenses during the war, as well as operating information of several magic workshops supported by the Imperial Treasury.
After Mogluk's reminder, the two ladies of Lant finally understood all the tricks in the Finance Department's list, so they were full of confidence and prepared to challenge the prestigious Finance Department leader alone like a hungry dragon. knight.
As for why they are hungry dragons and the Treasury is a knight, it is naturally because Lant's territory belongs to the Dragon Kingdom, and the Treasury is nominally a follower of the God of Knights and Mage.
However, after several battles between the hungry dragon and the knight, the situation did not develop in the direction they thought.
"Two ladies, I have no intention of slandering a heroic lord who resisted the invasion of the orcs. However, his past actions clearly deviated from the relevant laws and regulations of the empire."
The corners of Jacob Shubin's mouth at the negotiation table were raised, and his eyes were staring at Wendy like a falcon.
"For example, he seems to be very close to a certain senior member of the orc tribe. First he delivered her child, and then he suddenly cooperated with his daughter on the battlefield."
"That thing..."
"Of course I know that Lord Lant will have an explanation for everything he does on the battlefield, just like he always bought nearly 100,000 slaves for himself, dumped his magic products to the orcs, colluded with the mermaid wizards, and connived. He can always find explanations for the attacks by monsters on the Kirislav border count, but the laws of the empire are not a broken net."
Jacob's eyes flashed with a terrifying light. Although he was not a mind mage, at this moment, he had the upper hand, making both Wendy and Little Cardinal lose the confidence to stand up for themselves.
"Before we came, the superior gave some advice. As I said, Lord Lant is the hero against the orcs, the future king of the Galloping Horse Kingdom's restoration, and a demon that all institutions in the empire must rely on. The one caught in the web." Jacob sounded like he was praising Lant, but he was actually controlling the tempo.
"The above issues don't have to be investigated, but," Jacob saw that the two girls' eyes suddenly shook, and he knew that he had succeeded, "but the empire hopes to share his development dividends with Mr. Lant,"
At this point, Jacob brought up a document and continued: "It's not really complicated. There are three options. The first one is to pay 2 million gold coins in one go as originally mentioned, and the second one is the Department of Finance and Ye Qicheng established a mutual fund. Mr. Lant can use the magic furnace business to slowly exchange for the 2 million. At the same time, the fund uses 2 million gold coins as collateral to issue a bond. The financing proceeds can also be invested in new workshops."
"Wait a minute, if we pay back the money, I'm afraid there will still be interest, right?" Little Red Bird asked.
"Of course, but the interest is very low. I believe that with your current property, repayment will not be a problem." Jacob explained and continued, "But even so, I still recommend you to use the third option, which is to These 2 million gold coins will be converted into the equity of several of your factories, and the Department of Finance will participate in the operation and dividends of the factories in the future."
"We..." Wendy looked at Little Red Bird helplessly. She felt that there were pits inside, but she didn't know which pit was shallower.
"Two ladies, although you have collected some past cases, you lack perceptual knowledge of these plans. What I want to emphasize is that although it seems that the profit cycle of these workshops has slowed down, during the construction process, these The benefits to the family far exceed what could be achieved by building a single workshop.”
Jacob's eyes were full of light, and he said with a smile: "You don't need to make any choice, you just need to sign here to make sure you accept the plan, and leave it to Mr. Lant himself for his personal decision."
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In the bedroom belonging to the lord's room, Wendy and Little Cardinal looked at the documents they signed with sad faces.
"Sister, I think this is not the piece of paper we signed just now, right?" Little Cardinal said.
"I don't think so either," Wendy frowned, "Isn't it just a receipt? How come it turns into an agreement to implement the plan?"
"If Rand comes back, how should we explain it?" Little Red Bird almost cried. "The first thing we do when we marry him is to waste at least 2 million gold coins, or give him 30% of the factory's shares. The Department of Finance and even future construction workshops will need to approach them for financing.”
"I'll explain to him that this is none of your business." Wendy patted her head and thought for a long time before saying, "Do you think that if it were Honor or Jenny, would she not sign this?"
"I think the least they can do is ask Lant in advance, right?"
"I'm back!" The door to the lord's room was opened. Lant opened his hand and walked in with a smile. "Why are you all bored in the bedroom? There is something new in the cafeteria today."
"Lant..." Little Cardinal lowered his head, not daring to look at him.
"We..." Wendy handed over the documents, "We met with people from the Department of Finance this morning..."
"Ah, I know," Lant nodded, "I just went to control the lock and took a look at the situation in the morning."
Lant wiped the corners of the little cardinal's eyes with his hand, then smiled and touched Wendy's forehead, "That guy named Jacob Shubin must have recently broken through to a high-level lawyer and negotiated , using some words to make you fall into his thinking trap."
Lant hugged the two of them: "Let's go, let's go eat first. I'll go to the Imperial Capital in the afternoon and settle this matter."
"How do you want to solve it?" Wendy looked at Lant.
"Of course we will pay today. Didn't you see that the daily interest rate they gave us is 6 cents?" Lant said with a smile. "The meaning of this interest is that we are not prepared to pay back the principal at all. It is just forcing us to pay back the principal." We give them 30% of the factory shares."
"Day interest?" Little Red Bird was surprised.
"Yes, it's a trap similar to the previous document. The definition at the beginning now states that all interest is calculated based on daily interest, and all subsequent quotes are not mentioned or are vague." Lant nodded, "Mogluk Said this was the budget committee’s favorite trick back then.”
"Then where can we find so much money?" Wendy asked, "This document seems to also stipulate the types of currency. Can we collect 2 million Empire 900-year-old gold coins in one day?"
"It's impossible to get it together, because the empire's 900-year-old gold coins are not many in total." Although he said it was impossible, Lant still didn't care, "But don't worry, I will give it to Mr. Jacob no matter what this time." A little lesson, let him understand that it is not a bad thing to suffer a little loss in some things."
(End of chapter)
