At nightfall, in the study room on the second floor of Znamensky Cathedral, Mavie and Dino are calculating the funds they currently have. Edward has already accompanied Katerina to the party. Fat Orange and Little Black are looking for stray cats in Tyumen City. , Lai Wen went out to follow the Happy Church, and there were only three people in the study, Ma Wei, Yunia and Dino.
Yunia was playing with a bear doll on the side and did not disturb Ma Wei and Dino's discussion, looking a little bored.
"How much money do we have left?"
"Excluding the 5,000 gold pounds you gave Aaron to buy wheat flour and the 30,000 gold pounds used to purchase properties and stocks, plus the 50,000 gold pounds needed to buy gold... The Truth Church still has almost 117,000 gold pounds left. Pounds or so.”
Dino gave a rough figure. When he calculated the funds that Ma Wei had spent in more than a month, he couldn't help but grin: "You really spend money like water...only half of it is left so quickly." !”
"These are normal expenses. I didn't buy anything randomly." Ma Wei took a sip of black tea and asked, "How much does this money cost in rubles?"
"1.17 million rubles, 10 rubles equals 1 gold pound, it's easy to calculate." Dino said.
The current price of black bread in Tyumen City is 50 kopecks, and 1 ruble is equal to 100 kopecks. If all 1.17 million rubles are used to buy black bread, you can buy a full 2.34 million loaves, one loaf per pound.
It seems like a lot, but you have to know that even during the Great Famine a few years ago, when food prices were the most expensive, the price of 1,000 tons of wheat flour was less than 100,000 rubles. If all 1,000 tons of wheat flour were made into bread, it could also be made into bread. Two million pounds of brown bread! Enough to feed the refugees for three days!
The price has increased more than 5 times?
"There is a lot of profit in the process of making bread, so it is better to buy wheat flour than to buy bread directly." Dino pondered: "But if it were me, I would never buy wheat flour when food prices are artificially high. This business What a shame!”
After a pause, he breathed a sigh of relief: "But Father, this is not a business. In this critical moment, if you want to spread the name of the Truth Church quickly, burning money is the wisest and safest way. What? The truth is not as convincing as a piece of black bread..."
"As for the issue of refugee rations, we can wait until Katerina comes back to discuss it. The key is to see what King Paul I and the nobles want. If they are willing to allocate funds for disaster relief, the pressure on our side can be reduced a lot."
"That's not right, Dad..."
Yunia, who was playing with the bear doll, suddenly raised her head, tilted her head and asked: "If the king and others allocate funds for disaster relief, won't their good reputation be taken away by them? The refugees will definitely be grateful to them and ignore us!"
"This is the biggest difference between the kingdom and the church..." Ma Wei smiled: "As rulers on the surface, disaster relief is what they should do. Refugees whose lives are guaranteed will indeed thank the king. But this will involve the interests of many nobles. Previously, Peter the Great sought the help of the nobles in order to eradicate the Church of Apocalypse. Now that God has come, the king has invited the church back. It is inevitable that conflicts of interest will arise between the nobles and the church. of."
"so..."
"I think even if the kingdom allocates funds for disaster relief, a lot of it will be deducted by the nobles. This is our opportunity."
"But, what if the nobles don't withhold the disaster relief funds this time?" Yunia asked with a wink.
"If you know those nobles who eat vegetarian food, you will find that carnivores can never change to vegetarian food." Ma Wei touched his daughter's head and narrowed his eyes: "Unless...there is some kind of agreement between the church and the nobles. Partnership.”
"Partnership?"
"Um."
Fingertips slid over the edge of the white porcelain tea cup, Ma Wei said thoughtfully: "The Romanov Kingdom is different from the Windsor Kingdom. It implements a serf system. The so-called serfs are farmers in the territories under the names of nobles and gentry. Although they have certain Although they have personal freedom and economic independence, they are still essentially dependent on the landowners and need to pay high taxes to the lords.”
“This system caused a large number of serfs to fall into extreme poverty. Much of the food and wealth they obtained from their labor fell into the pockets of the nobles and gentry, and they were constantly exploited. It was an extremely inhumane and inhumane system. A fair system.”
"Oh..." Yunia nodded as if she understood: "Did all the food they cultivated go to the nobles and gentry? The nobles and gentry are the ones who have the most food! The price of food is so high now Gui, does it have anything to do with the nobility and gentry?"
"It can be said that... there is a direct relationship." Dino responded: "If these nobles and gentry unite to speculate on food prices, the price of bread will indeed increase five times in a short period of time. This kind of unscrupulous business will only lead to moral decay. Only those who can do it will do it.”
Dino does not consider himself a good person. He has always regarded himself as a businessman, reselling items to make money, and even selling heroin to the upper class. After learning that the war was about to break out, he purchased large amounts of related stocks and acquired wineries that were about to close down. .
But he never makes unconscionable money. His long-term partners are all nobles. To put it simply, Gray Wolf Dino makes money from the nobles.
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If he wanted to speculate on grain, he could have stockpiled wheat flour in advance and made huge profits during the war like the nobles and gentry, but he did not do this.
"Assuming that the Wisdom God Religion has reached a cooperative relationship with the nobles and gentry, then it is very likely that the Romanov Kingdom can purchase the grain from the nobles at normal prices for disaster relief." Ma Wei said: "They are speculating on grain prices just to prevent others from large-scale Purchasing grain and blocking sea trade routes for the Kingdom of Windsor was originally a bad thing, but they took advantage of it. It's really...not easy."
"Then wouldn't the nobles and gentry lose money?" Yunia looked puzzled: "What benefit does selling food to the kingdom do to them?"
"They will never lose money. Who will distribute the grain purchased by the kingdom? Which officials will it pass through? After multiple screenings, even if the nobles and gentry sell the grain to the kingdom at cost price or even lower than cost price, they will still be You can make a lot of money." Ma Wei said seriously: "What's more, the food they hoarded was obtained through exploitation, and it cost almost nothing."
"I am so angry!"
Yunia jumped off the stool, held up the bear and shouted: "These people are playing such unconscionable tricks behind closed doors, and the injured are all civilians. It is so unreasonable! They should all be hanged! Hanged!"
! "
"You're right. They should be hung from street lamps as a warning, but..."
Ma Wei knocked on the table and said thoughtfully:
"Before hanging them, we have to find a way to get the food."
