What's wrong with a lord daddy who just wants to draw cards?

Chapter 191-190- Selling an official position and seigniorage
How many years later will we go together to put down the rebellion?

By that time, they were probably of legal age for marriage. It was a new type of honeymoon, right? It was quite special. No one except them could have done it.

Sia couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle: "As expected of you, but I still hope that there won't be such a day."

"Of course I don't hope so, but if there is a chance, I think it would be a good opportunity."

"What chance?"

"I can't tell. It's just good for us."

"I just love to show off~"

While the two were chatting casually on the balcony, there was a commotion in the banquet hall. Duomi looked through the hollow gap in the door and saw that it was the guard of Simon's family, holding a letter in his hand, as if he was very anxious.

The intelligence department only deals with non-real-time information, such as agricultural harvests. Some real-time urgent information is delivered point-to-point by dedicated personnel. The current situation falls into the latter category.

When Simon opened the envelope and read it, his expression suddenly changed, and he looked shocked and sad.

Duomi hurried back.

"what happened?"

Simon shook his head and just handed the envelope to Duomi:
"See for yourself."

Domi took the envelope and glanced at it suspiciously, and then he became like Simon.

"Come with me, there are many people here, let's talk alone."

"Xia, I'll be right back."

"Ah? Hmm, okay, then...I'll wait for you."

Following Simon into his study, both of them were standing, or had no desire to sit down.

"There's trouble..."

At this time, Simon and Domi should be worried about the same thing, and they understood immediately when they looked at each other.

"His Majesty the Emperor is expected to hold a court meeting immediately tomorrow. There is no time to delay as the treasury is emptying every moment."

A wry smile appeared on Duomi's face: "I was talking about this matter with Xia just now, but I didn't expect that the other party would hit our pain points so accurately."

"It's impossible to say it's a coincidence. The spies in the country must be cleaned up. Can your war situation be solved?"

"The War Ignorance Bureau is full of liars. You want them to catch spies? It's good that you didn't get caught by spies."

"Okay... Duomi, according to your opinion, now that the six countries of the Central Plains have collectively declared war on the empire, what should we do to restore the empire's disadvantage?"

The six countries of the Central Plains united as one when the final barrier was about to be broken. It was purely because they suddenly understood the truth of death with cold lips and teeth, and they quickly took measures.

The letter just now also added that the Central Plains people have begun to send joint troops thousands of miles to help defend Slampia. Recently, the national army is not far from Slampia and will arrive tomorrow. The empire's frontline army wants to capture it now. Slampia is less likely.

After thinking for a while, Duomi said from as wide an angle as possible:

“The empire’s military strength is definitely stronger than any three of the Six Kingdoms put together, but that is only when military expenditures are sufficient. Without military expenditures, the empire’s military strength cannot be considered a hegemon.

This is the situation now, Lord Simon. The best situation right now is that the Empire can temporarily stand up to the coalition forces and not retreat. "

"What's the worst case scenario?"

"Forced to retreat on a large scale, give up at least half of the territory that has been captured, and retreat to the rear. But this is not over yet. You must know that there are rebels everywhere in the ruled countries. Yesterday, the Ministry of Finance also transferred A large amount of money was spent on suppressing these rebels."

Speaking of this, Duomi's eyes became fearful:

"If the people of the Central Plains hold high the banner of giving them freedom and independence at this time, the empire's army will be trapped in a difficult situation and it will be extremely difficult to transport anything from the rear, and more troops will have to be separated. Troops to prevent the rebels from looting midway.”

The more in-depth Duomi talked, the more he thought of. Unknowingly, he had realized the main problem that needed to be solved in the current military field!

"Sir Simon, I guess the topic of tomorrow's meeting will be how to raise more military spending in a short period of time!"

Simon is also getting older, and is a little distracted by Duomi's jumping thinking:
"how you said that?"

“It’s very simple to break the situation, just two words – make money!
As long as the money is in place, whether it is maintaining the combat effectiveness of the frontline legions or suppressing the rebellion in the new country, it will be easy to capture. No matter how much the Central Plains people instigate, the rebels will still be unable to achieve success due to constant suppression. "

Simon carefully thought about what Duomi had just said, and then his eyes lit up, but soon dimmed again: "You are right! But...where should the money be deducted from?"

"I feel ashamed to say that the people have been exploited to the point of being exploited. I thought that the war would be over soon, so that the people would no longer have to suffer, but I didn't expect that now... ugh~"

Leaving Simon's study, and Simon still locked himself in the room, Domi could imagine that he was probably scratching his head at this moment.

Making money is easy to say and difficult to say, especially if you make money from the national level, in the eyes of the people, landlords and nobles, it is nothing but exploitation, deception, and flesh-cutting!
Anyway, there is no benefit at all, and the difficulty is not ordinary.

Duomi has some methods based on his past life experience, but he doesn't know if they will still be applicable to another planet, another country, or another national condition. If they don't apply, he will become an eternal sinner.

All things considered, let's wait for others to come up with 'local' methods for reference.

Back at the banquet hall, Sia asked the reason immediately, and Domi told her everything truthfully.

"how so……"

"rest assured."

"The country is in danger, how can you reassure me?"

"Because I will take action, do you believe me, Shia? If nothing happens, I am confident that I can extend the life of this empire for another five years."

"Of course I believe you, I believe you unconditionally, but..."

"Since you believe me, don't doubt me anymore, okay? Go back and have a good sleep. Don't let these nonsense affect yourself."

He took her cold little hand and left the banquet early like many guests, and got on the carriage back. Silence filled the carriage, and there was no words all the way. They didn't say "good night" to each other until they sent Shia back to the palace. .

Walking alone in the corridor of the palace, the moonlight was shining, but it did not light up his path. It seemed to be telling him that you have to find your way by yourself.

"Yeah, I can't wait for others to come to me, I have to take the initiative."

He used wind magic to get up from the ground, flew directly back to the bedroom, pulled out the chair in front of the desk and sat down, then took out a letter, a pen and ink from the drawer and started writing... The next night, the letter received from Blofeld was far away. Morey received an urgent letter from Wangcheng.

"A letter from that lord?"

When Morey was getting the letter, Mei happened to see him. He put the tea he brought on the coffee table and leaned his head there. The distance between the two was no more than half a meter, and they could even smell each other.

Morey used to blush shyly, but now, he is as unfeminine as Domi. He did not react at all and just opened the envelope slowly:

"Yes, I guess there is something urgent that I need to do, as usual
Morey felt very tired all of a sudden, but since it was Duomi's order, he had to do it even if he dragged his old and frail body.

Mei smiled slightly: "This just shows that you trust me, don't let it down."

"That's natural."

In the envelope, Duomi probably meant to ask Morey to temporarily stop the expansion of the Chamber of Commerce and accumulate cash flow, but he did not say what the money was going to be used for. Anyway, just save it and be done.

Morey estimated that Domi was in urgent need of money.

You know, with the current scale of the Four Seasons Chamber of Commerce's claws covering the entire continent, hundreds of golden dragons and various currencies are entered into the account almost every minute, and the money-making ability can be called a bug.

If he could save two or three months as Duomi said, then Morey would probably be able to free up at least one billion gold dragons for Duomi to squander.

After hearing the request, Mei immediately started to do it, and Morey started to write a reply...

Morey received the letter at night. Now let's go back to this morning. The big event last night kept too many people in the palace awake. Now is the time to discuss this matter.

Between the thrones, civil and military officials and the nobles in the palace came to the throne room on time. Even Domi participated in his normal capacity as the Minister of Intelligence and the director of the War Ignorance Bureau.

Emperor Burton was stunned for a moment when he saw the small Domi standing among the group of civil servants. Fortunately, the queen sitting next to him explained to Domi in time.

During court meetings, the emperor and his family would almost always appear, with the queen sitting on one side, and the children and so on standing on the other side, such as the third prince, the fourth prince, and Shia.

The little fat man stood closest to the emperor, Mikala was next, and Xia, the youngest, was at the far side.

Duomi looked over and said, to be honest, they really didn't look like a family, especially the look on his face. The little fat man looked like the silly son of a landlord, looking down at the ministers below with contempt, as if we owed him three, five hundred yuan. All the same.

And Mikala is like a little resentful woman. She feels that God owes her everything, and everything goes wrong. When she sees Domi, she will turn her head away with disdain.

From this point of view, it seems that Sia, who always remains aloof in front of outsiders, is the best.

Domi was extremely grateful at this moment that Sia's hair color was incompatible with this family.

Yes, he chose metaphysics among social humanities and genetics, feeling that hair color is the dominant factor that determines everything.

While he was still thinking wildly, Emperor Burton finally spoke:

"I believe you are all aware of the fact that the six countries of the Central Plains have declared war on us. If you don't know yet, please tell me and I can explain it on the spot."

Of course no one will say that they don’t know, even if they really don’t know they won’t tell.

"Very good. Now that you know everything, I won't talk nonsense. Let's get straight to the point. There is only one topic for this court meeting, and that is how to make money."

Standing at the front of the civil service team, Simon's heart skipped a beat. Unexpectedly, even the emperor's thoughts were guessed by a child named Duomi.

"The next generation is to be feared, the next generation is to be feared..."

"Master Chief Minister, did you say anything?" Fenrir, the beast prime minister on the side, pretended to be concerned.

"No, I'm just talking to myself. Prime Minister, don't worry about it."

……

"Please feel free to speak your mind, any means to raise funds."

I finally had to face this topic, and then the scene fell into a mysterious awkwardness.

First of all, the military generals are directly excluded, not only because the military generals really don’t know how to do this, but also because most of the military generals have gone to the front line. There are only a small group of people left here to protect the royal city, and they can’t even pool their wisdom. So, we just turned off the microphone collectively.

Then there were the nobles. They wished that the emperor would stop pointing the finger at their family property and wanted to say something. In the end, they decided that it would be better to say less and make less mistakes, so as not to shoot themselves in the foot.

Finally, there are the civil servants who are responsible for providing advice and suggestions.

However, many civil servants are closely related to the nobles. What if the interests of some nobles are touched?So most of the civil servants stopped talking.

The few civil servants who can speak 'freely' have not yet figured it out.

Hence the current embarrassing scene.

The empty throne room only echoed with the thumping sound of Emperor Burton's fingers tapping the armrest of the throne again and again.

Then Your Majesty finally became impatient, clenched his palm and hit the armrest with a fist, and sneered:
"Why, am I raising a bunch of freeloaders? They won't even say a word if something really happens? In that case, you don't have to do it anymore and go back to your hometown to farm!"

The ministers were so frightened that they shrank their necks and suddenly felt a bit chilly behind them.

At this time, Fenrir came out, knelt on one knee in front of the throne, and touched his chest with one hand:

"Your Majesty, I have a word..."

"Okay, okay, prime minister, just say it. It doesn't matter if you are wrong."

Duomi pricked up his ears. He also wanted to hear what tips the prime minister had for reference.

"Your Majesty, I think that the existing official positions in the empire can be divided more finely, so that more official positions can be used. Then as long as these official positions are clearly marked with prices, I think a lot of people will take the real ones. Gold and silver go to buy these titular titles.”

"In this way, a large amount of funds can be obtained in a short period of time, which is good, but this will not last long. The empire is going to fight a long-term war now, and this amount of money is not enough."

But Fenrir was not done with his talents, and he quickly came up with another method:
“Reducing government spending and imposing seigniorage.”

Emperor Burton frowned: "I can understand the former, let's leave it to you and Simon to implement it, but what about the latter? How is it done specifically?"

"To put it simply, it means replacing metal currency of sufficient value with metal currency of insufficient value. The difference in price is the seigniorage. For example, if I use a new currency to replace the golden dragon, we do not need to pay much to mint it, but Several of them can have the same purchasing power as one golden dragon."

At this point, people with brains have already seen the bright business opportunities, and Emperor Burton's eyes also lit up:
"Okay! That's good! Schlieffen, I order you to prepare for this matter now, and others to prepare corresponding bills. The sooner the better!"

(End of this chapter)