Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

Dominaria City, Mage Tower Castle, Living Room.

Elena walked in and leaned over to report: "Your Majesty, Bishop Leroy of the Goddess of Fortune Church has arrived."

Bishop Leroy, who followed her, smiled and saluted: "Good morning, Earl Stewart."

Christine also responded gracefully: "Good morning, Bishop Leroy."

"Earl Stewart, I brought some small gifts, take a look."

The accompanying priest placed several wooden boxes on the table. When opened, they contained some exquisite small items, which are the most popular items in the circle of noble ladies and ladies at the moment.

"I like these very much. Bishop Leroy is interested."

"As long as Earl Stewart likes it."

"Bishop Leroy, please take a seat."

"Earl, please."

After the two sat down, the fox sisters served refreshments. They first talked nonsense about the weather and demons, and then Bishop Leroy revealed the purpose of their visit: they were here to borrow money.

It sounds funny that the Church of the Goddess of Wealth is in charge of nobles borrowing money, but it is actually true.

As mentioned before, the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce under the Goddess of Wealth Church provides lending services, which means nobles lend money to the chamber of commerce and promise a certain interest, which is equivalent to a deposit. The chamber of commerce would lend the money to nobles and businessmen in need, charging higher interest rates, which was equivalent to a loan.

But the problem is that the magic disaster broke out, and those deposit users, that is, nobles, needed money to recruit soldiers, purchase weapons and supplies, so they stopped depositing after expiration. However, many loan users have lost their territory, lost their goods, and their caravans were attacked halfway due to the invasion of demons. In short, they cannot repay the money.

Of course, many of the nobles who saved money died from demonic disasters, but as long as the heirs of the family are still in the Gold Coin Merchant Guild, they have to acknowledge the debt and give money to others when it is due. But although those who owe money also have family heirs, they still can't afford it.

The Church of the Goddess of Wealth is not the Church of the Miser Goddess. Wealth must flow to be effective, so the major temples of various countries and the temples of various counties will not store excessive amounts of gold coins.

If there are too many people withdrawing money, and those who have lent money cannot be recovered, the gold coins of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce will not be enough.

However, it has been more than half a year since the demonic disaster broke out. After the instigation of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth, there has been no major trouble. But a few days ago, Christine agreed to temporarily sell some food, and the nobles who got the news were raising gold coins.

Masters' paintings, historic tableware sets, jewelry, etc., people can't afford to keep them anymore, what's the point of keeping them, so sell them at low prices in exchange for gold coins to buy food and supplies.

Although everyone knows that not everyone is qualified to buy grain from Earl Stewart, these antiques and the like are definitely becoming less and less valuable. If they are sold early, they can be sold at a higher price. If they are later, they may even become waste paper. Not as good as that.

Here I have to mention the second service of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth, gold coin deposits and withdrawals. That is, nobles or businessmen deposit money to the temple in place A. After getting the deposit certificate, they can go to the temple in place B or C to withdraw gold coins. They only need to pay a certain handling fee.

The deposit certificate is easy to carry, which avoids the danger caused by merchants carrying large amounts of gold coins over long distances, and greatly prospers business.

Many nobles will also prepare some deposit certificates for emergencies. It will be fine when they are not in use. Now they need to prepare money to buy food and naturally have to withdraw it, which causes a run.

The Church of the Goddess of Fortune in Dominaria City does have a lot of gold coins, but there are still many nobles waiting for the deposit certificates to expire and withdraw money. It is okay to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, but the east wall will be used in a few days. ah.

Bishop Leroy came to Christine hoping to temporarily borrow some gold coins for turnover. Of course, he also knew that Stewart would not save too many gold coins, so he hoped to start selling food as soon as possible.

For example, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth had one hundred thousand gold coins, and Christine lent them one hundred thousand gold coins. The two hundred thousand were taken away by the depositors, and one hundred thousand of them were used to buy food or other supplies. They returned to Christine's hands, and then she continued to lend the one hundred thousand gold coins to the church.

Such a cycle can temporarily alleviate the bank run crisis. After a while, the gold coins allocated by the church headquarters will calm down.

"Bishop Leroy, I respect the great goddess of wealth. What benefits can I get besides interest?"

"What do you wish for, Lord Stewart?"

Borrowing money to pay interest is a matter of course, and has always been advocated by the goddess of wealth and the god of order, so it goes without saying that Bishop Leroy approves it, but why do people lend you money? This needs to be said.

"I need a batch of supplies that are in short supply. I'll pay the market price."

"no problem."

"Then it's settled."

"Thank you Earl Stewart for your support."

After the outbreak of the magic disaster, the prices of many luxury goods used by nobles have increased, and some are even difficult to buy. Although Christine's strength is good, it would not show up on the entire continent. Especially since she has only been an earl for a very short period of time and her connections are still shallow, she cannot get many things.

But when it comes to purchasing channels, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth is unquestionably the number one on the mainland, so Bishop Leroy is the right person to help him purchase some in-demand supplies.

Christine immediately arranged for Victor and Bishop Leroy to discuss borrowing gold coins. At the same time, she called Lord Pierre Legrand and Harland Coy and asked them to start selling food tomorrow.

Christine has a lot of food in her hands.

Because the cultivated land area is twice that of other nobles, even though the lord tax is two-tenths, the actual grain collected is equivalent to four-tenths of other nobles. Other nobles have been selling grain normally in the past few years, but she has hoarded it. Putting aside the Carona Territory that she just bought not long ago, this is four-tenths of the output of an earldom and two baronies. ah.

So what is a little bit for Christine is very impressive for other nobles. If they eat sparingly according to the standard of not starving to death, 80% of the nobles in the entire Brittany County can survive this cold winter. Besides, they themselves have some food reserves.

Land, craftsmen, people, slaves, and goods, the Stewart Territory would not refuse anything that the nobles and wealthy merchants used to pay off their debts, but the price would have to be severely discounted.

It can be said that with the exception of Viscount Brieuc and Baron Brest, the entire county of Brittany has accumulated hundreds of thousands of years of accumulated wealth from other noble families to Christine.

The nobles called her a greedy dragon behind her back, while laughing and sending the gold coins over to exchange for various supplies. The nobles who lost their territory had to buy all their daily necessities from the Stewart Territory. It happened that in Dominaria Port, as long as you had money, you could buy almost anything. Many gold coins returned to Christine's hands after being transferred around.