If there is no buying and selling, there will be no killing; if there is no grievance, there will be no betrayal.
Mr.ma, a big capitalist in Nomorion, once said: There are only two reasons for employees to leave their jobs, either they have less money or they are angry.
Only when Carlos himself became king did he deeply understand what it means to manage risks and what it means to have an unruly heart.
The land and people in Alterac can cause endless troubles. Even with the help of his father, he feels exhausted and haggard trying to reconcile the internal conflicts. Not to mention such a big Lordaeron.
We love our king, but if he dares to raise taxes, hehe, he starts a manual riot.
This is true in every kingdom.
After Terenas Menethil II took over the crown of Lordaeron from his father, he showed all the qualities that a good politician should have - fairness, tolerance, and decisiveness.
Excluding the Kingdom of Stormwind that moved south, it was not until the past hundred years that humans in Lordaeron set off a wave of kingdom formation. Several major kingdoms have completed asset reorganizations, and several royal families have gone public and closed.
Before this wave, most of the humans who left the Arathi Highlands and went north to open up the land developed land in the name of their families or the titles they held during the Arathor Empire. In fact, everyone was in the same political camp. They all went north to Lordan from Arathor. London Construction Corps.
Until the last hundred years, with cash in hand, wild hearts, and boldness, this prince and that prince are no longer satisfied, let’s call ourselves kings!
Then everyone starts talking about what kind of benefits you can give me, and how much protection I can give you.
As a result, several major human kingdoms on the continent of Lordaeron were established one after another.
It took several more decades to stabilize the internal structure and form its current form.
After all, it was impossible to grasp the situation through smoke and mirrors. When Carlos joined the King's Club in person, he discovered that during the Second Orc War, except for Daelin Proudmoore's unshakable dominance in Tilkuras, outside. Almost all kings are on pins and needles.
Thinking about it in terms of cause and effect, it was a bit disturbing that I suffered from [Terenas Phobia] before.
Terenas's efforts to promote the alliance and his unconditional support for Anduin Lothar earned him a high reputation and even became the leader of the alliance. All this happened after the Alliance defeated the Horde and the dust of the war settled.
Terenas is actually living a very hard life now.
Human beings are also living things, and the nature of living things is to be selfish. This is an evolutionary choice to continue individual life. Noble beliefs, broad vision and excellent knowledge can restrain this selfishness of human nature. But you count on Azeroth. In the continent of Lordaeron, how many people in human society have these excellent qualities?
In order to provide supplies for the frontline army, the Kingdom of Lordaeron tightened its belt, but the orcs still reached the gates of Lordaeron. This incident alone gave Terenas' political opponents an excuse to criticize him.
However, Lothar's pursuit of victory after the tribe's civil strife gave Terenas strong support, allowing him to survive this political crisis safely.
But Terenas's political opponents concentrated on their strength and threw a heavy punch, but it missed, inevitably causing internal injuries. I felt resentful and resentful, but I had no choice but to stop.
What Carlos wants to do is to once again provoke the confrontation between various political forces in Lordaeron, so as to fish in troubled waters.
Starting with food, the food purchase plan of 100,000 gold coins directly increased the price of food in Lordaeron by 50%.
Terenas decisively issued a shipping restriction order after opening a position to level the price but failed. The only thing I won't interfere with is your business, but during the war, you are only allowed in but not out. If you buy something, you can only sell it in the city of Lordaeron.
Terenas' decisiveness surprised Carlos, originally. Carlos thought that Terenas would issue an order to nationalize the grain monopoly, which would require a large amount of gold coins to be liquidated. Otherwise, the coercive policy backed by force would only provoke greater social unrest.
However, ginger is still old and spicy, and there is a transportation restriction order. Although it caused dissatisfaction among grain merchants and carriage dealers, restricting transportation was better than confiscation and expropriation. This level of loss was not enough to arouse violent resistance from relevant interest groups.
In the first move, Terenas had the upper hand.
In the past few days, Carlos was entertaining and recuperating in the manor provided by Terenas, waiting for Terenas' request to meet. As if everything has nothing to do with me.
Then, the second move was quietly made.
Although there are certain differences in the weight and quality of gold and silver coins issued by various human kingdoms, the exchange rate is generally stable and can basically be used universally. The copper coins are the unified ancient Arathor style.
In the city of Lordaeron at this time, one gold coin could be exchanged for sixty-seven silver coins, and one silver coin could be exchanged for one hundred and four copper coins.
In the previous grain purchase war, while Carlos raised the price of grain, he also exchanged gold coins for a large number of silver coins, and used the Barov family's business firm and interested political allies to divert more than 700,000 silver coins. Get out of the market.
At the same time, Carlos did not want to confront Terenas head-on. It would not be beneficial to anyone to break up. Therefore, they proactively sell off the grain in their hands, proactively stabilize grain prices, and only allow citizens to purchase small amounts with proof of residence, which is no worse than big businessmen buying and selling. .
So, amid the praises of the residents of Lordaeron, Carlos exchanged 100,000 gold coins for 580,000 silver coins.
Terenas didn't understand Carlos's actions for a moment. Although he knew that the Barov family must be behind everything, it was not wise to act rashly when the situation was unclear.
So Terenas chose silence.
According to minting records over the years, the number of silver coins in circulation in Lordaeron is around 11 million. Carlos collected about one-tenth of the silver coins in circulation, which is not enough to cause too much fluctuation in the market. Moreover, because the influx of large amounts of gold coins has led to more active manufacturing industries, the smooth progress of the war ahead is also great good news. , under the cover of numerous orders, the exchange ratio of gold and silver coins dropped to one to sixty-nine.
Then, Carlos's killer move came. While secretly collecting silver coins, the Barov family, together with other partners, released news of the continuous mining disasters and depletion of silver veins in major human silver mines. At the same time, they asked their mages and alchemists to purchase large quantities of silver ingots.
Because the reconstruction work of Dalaran was in progress, no one doubted what those mages wanted so much money for.
At an impact of about two hundred thousand gold coins, the price of one pound of silver ingots was about seventy-seven copper coins higher than the same weight of silver coins.
The market has always been blind and lagging, and ordinary people may not be able to save two gold coins a year. Their interests are more related to silver coins and copper coins. When it is profitable, many silver coins go around the streets to buy silver coins from citizens, and every sixty-eight silver coins are exchanged for one gold coin. One hundred and six copper coins were exchanged for one silver coin.
A large number of silver coins were melted into silver ingots and sold by unscrupulous businessmen.
Moreover, the mages also said that if the quantity is large, the next purchase price can be higher.
As a result, the hearts of the black-hearted businessmen became even darker.
However, the promised next time becomes forever the next time. The masters in bright clothes and angry horses left Lordaeron with their goods, never to return, leaving only the silver water in the city of Lordaeron.
Only then did the residents of Lordaeron feel that there seemed to be fewer silver coins around them.
In the past ten days, Carlos had received guests, raced horses, went to the palace to have a chat with Terenas twice, and collected another 1.1 million silver coins.
"Oh my God, I thought only the color of gold coins was the most charming. I didn't expect..."
Taking Farina to see the sea of silver coins piled up in the secret warehouse, Carlos gently kneaded his female companion's shoulders, helped her relax her tight muscles, and then said softly.
“More is strength, and bigness is beauty.”
In the second move, Carlos secretly tricked Chen Cang into taking the lead, waiting for Terenas to make his move.
Sure enough, Terenas held a court meeting all day and night in order to deal with the silver shortage in Lordaeron City, and all the monsters and monsters appeared.
To challenge the entire Kingdom of Lordaeron with the strength of the Barov family alone is undoubtedly asking for death. But they stirred up trouble and tricked the Menethil family together. Things are promising.
The silver restriction order was dismissed.
Force all major families to exchange gold for silver and collectively refute.
Restart the minting plan. good! It's great, but no one can host it. Terenas himself? The day lilies are cold.
Copper coins appreciate? Doesn't this require all nobles to cut off their bodies and bleed them to feed the people? Don't even think about it.
Gold coins depreciate? Just let everyone laugh, if you dare to devalue it, I will buy it. If you want me to depreciate it and release it, there is no way.
It's not that Terenas can't forcefully suppress the silver shortage through administrative means, but Terenas is a king, not a philanthropist. He would not do anything that would cost him the happiness of the entire kingdom.
After the discussions came to no avail, Terenas went directly to the victim, Carlos.
A silver shortage was not enough to sell his daughter, so he opened a loophole in the food transportation restriction order, and Carlos promised to release the silver coins he had hoarded.
"But Your Majesty, we have gone through a lot of trouble and trouble to get only this little food, which is of no use."
the envoy asked in confusion.
"When we raise prices, we need to be in line with international standards. When we lower prices, we have to consider special national conditions. Don't worry, the fun has just begun. We still have time."
Although he said there was still time, Carlos knew in his heart that he did not have much time to walk the tightrope. When the news of the defeat of the Orc War Chief came, it was time for him to stop. If he could not complete the plan before then, then this The plan basically fell through.
Because of successive years of war, post-war famine problems exist in all countries, but the severity is different. Although Alterac has a one-month food shortage before the summer harvest based on supply data. But if you ask for it from the mountains, ask for it from the sea, squeeze your waistband, and even your food pockets, you can actually carry it yourself. The problem is that if you do this, the people will lose their moral support and their blood will disappear. We won’t starve when Aiden is the king, but we will starve when you Carlos is the king. Why?
Shengdou Xiaomin couldn't see how many people Carlos' efforts had saved. All they cared about was whether they had enough to eat.
This thought is understandable, but extremely sad.
I have given you the most precious thing, but you can only see what is in your hands.
Carlos knew it was just a pretense and quickly put these negative thoughts behind him.
If you want people to sacrifice their lives, you must give them enough reward. To save someone but not to live is just a kind of self-satisfaction, and there is no essential difference between standing by and watching someone die without saving someone's life.
Food is transported from Lordaeron and food is collected from Stratholme. As long as carts loaded with food continue to drive into Alterac, the people will have hope.
How you put money is very particular. You can't wait in line to get two coins per person with your ID card.
The so-called silver release is nothing more than using silver coins to settle bulk commodities, so that the hoarded silver coins can return to the circulation market.
Soon, the manor where Carlos lived became crowded, and countless people of status and family came to the door, hoping to pay a visit to His Majesty Carlos.
The envoy has been busy in Lordaeron for several months. As a professional diplomat, he naturally knows the nobles of Lordaeron well.
After receiving some people who needed to be seen in a planned, purposeful and selective manner, Carlos closed the door and thanked the guests.
"Jaina, help me contact Master Antonidas."
Ignoring Gianna's heavy little purse, Carlos felt that things were almost brewing.
Because Falina acted as a double agent in the middle, Carlos had noticed from various clues that Terenas knew that his trump card was not the silver coin panic but the war debt. And his secret collection of war bonds has become a secret that cannot be told among all Lordaeron nobles.
"Bad Carlos, you locked me up for a month, are you finally ready to kill me? You think I'm as beautiful as a flower, but you're so cruel, you're really worse than a beast!"
Jaina said vividly while eating the pastries.
"Stop making trouble. If you keep talking too much, I will search your room."
"Don't!"
Jaina knew that Carlos had tacitly approved of her self-interest, but if she really wanted to talk about it, it wouldn't be nice to have a dick.
"Although I have done a lot of errands for you, what exactly are you going to do? You have lost nearly 400,000 gold coins. I don't understand it at all."
As the daughter of the maritime merchant king Dailin Proudmoore, Jaina naturally has a good business acumen, but Carlos's unbridled moves still make her unable to understand.
"Political matters belong to politics, and economic matters belong to economics. To play finance in Azeroth is to have the Yoneda Communist Party in your mind. It's normal that you don't understand, because my purpose from the beginning was not to make money."
After patting Gianna on the little head again, Carlos closed his eyes and rested, waiting for Antonidas to arrive.
As the largest holder of war bonds in Lordaeron, and as the leader of the urgent reconstruction work of Dalaran, Carlos felt that he could have a pleasant exchange with Antonidas.
Do you want your mother to come for a visit?
Carlos felt that after his penis was broken, he felt a lot more relaxed. (To be continued.)
