Peerless: The Evil Soul Master's Guide to Saving the World

Chapter 231 Spirit Furnace Master, Starlink Railway Project, launched!
Chapter 233: Spirit Furnace Master, Starlink Railway Project, Start! (3K)

"As for controlling resources, that's easy - economic binding." Xu Cheng chuckled.

"Economic binding?" Jing Hongchen asked curiously, as if he had heard a new word.

In the past, he had heard similar remarks from those pedantic nerds - the civil officials in the court, including how the country's economy was, but it felt more like playing house. After all, in his eyes, only strength, the intensity and number of soul mentors were the most powerful things to measure a country.

Those guys are nothing but good-for-nothings. Is it difficult to maintain people's livelihood? Is it necessary to have so many people?

The fact that they can receive salaries no less than those of soul mentors is the real tragedy of the empire.

But since Xu Cheng brought up this topic, he had to take it seriously.

"That's right. If we want to reap financial benefits, we can only do it between small countries, big countries, or big countries. The only thing we can't do is between small countries and big countries. But fortunately, we are a big country, so no matter who we face, we have the capital and strength to reap them, and we won't bring disaster upon ourselves." Xu Cheng said with a smile.

"The most important point in finance is 'currency'. Don't underestimate a small golden soul coin. There is a lot of meaning behind it." Xu Cheng snapped his fingers, and a golden soul coin appeared in his palm.

"The most important point in financial warfare is binding. Only by binding can you reap the rewards."

"For example, look at the gold soul coin in my hand. How many gold soul coins is it worth?"

"Uh..." Jing Hongchen's eyes narrowed, and he instantly understood what Xu Cheng meant (the former is the market value, the latter is the currency unit): "If it is based on the world of soul masters, the material of this gold soul coin is not even worth one-tenth of the gold soul coin. After all, gold, copper, and iron are far less precious than rare metals, so the currency value is more than dozens of times its own value."

"Then who determines the value of this currency?" Xu Cheng said with a smile.

"There were three kingdoms on the original continent. Before the collision between the continents, my Sun-Moon Empire used Sun-Moon coins. But after surrendering, we were forced to sign an agreement and uniformly adopted Gold Soul coins as the unit. Since then, the Sun-Moon coins have depreciated significantly and become something that is sold everywhere. Even the highest denomination notes are thrown everywhere on the roadside..." Jing Hongchen knows this history like the back of his hand.

It can be seen that the Riyue people are still resentful about this period of history.

After all, the total collapse of a country's financial system would cause extremely horrific trauma.

The Sun-Moon Empire was nearly torn apart by the impact during that period, and countless civilians were displaced and starved to death.

It is for this reason that, to this day, the first lesson many Sun-Moon people take when they go to school is the history of the Sun-Moon Empire.

"That's right. With the new currency system, forced binding, and then cheap gold soul coins flooded into the Sun and Moon market in exchange for the expensive and precious Sun and Moon Empire metals and other resources. The three countries of the original continent made a fortune at that time. Fortunately, a Sun and Moon Emperor stood up and stabilized the situation, so that Sun and Moon did not fall completely." Xu Cheng said with emotion.

"Then what do you want to do? Introduce a new currency, or restore the old currency?" Jing Hongchen pondered.

"No, Master Jing, I heard that Mingdetang's soul solidification technology was once vigorously promoted for a period of time, and even reduced fraud to the extreme, but for some reason it stagnated and was abandoned?" Xu Cheng said with a smile.

"That's true. Due to some internal chaos and the struggle in the court at that time, this technology was affected. But it was mainly because of the emergence of the milk bottle that replaced this technology. However, the design drawings are still in the core area of ​​Mingde Hall and are kept by me. What, do you want to use it to replace currency?"

"That's not the case. We just use the 'Mingdetang Standard Soul Power Condensation Block' as the anchor for settlement with Sun and Moon Coins. 1 standard energy block = 1000 Sun and Moon Coins = 1 kilogram of Mithril purchasing power. Then, by manipulating the output of soul power condensation blocks (such as limiting production capacity or creating 'technical failures'), we artificially create deflation and force the three countries to sell rare metals at low prices in exchange for liquidity."

"We will take back the resources that have gone into the Three Kingdoms' treasuries without bloodshed."

"What if they resist?" Jing Hongchen hesitated.

After all, it is extremely difficult to get people to recognize this currency. It has been used for tens of thousands of years. Do you want the people of the three countries on the original continent to change it just like that?

"Haha, that's easy. Dump counterfeit precious metal coins (containing etched runes, which can be triggered to collapse remotely) into the Three Kingdoms black market and destroy the credit of their local currencies. For example, the Golden Soul Coin in the Three Kingdoms market on the original mainland had 70% of its circulating currency infiltrated by the Sun and Moon counterfeit coins, and its purchasing power plummeted by 300% in three years, triggering the " Mark Rye Bread Riot." Xu Cheng chuckled.

"Under this circumstance, the Sun and Moon Coins, which are bound to the Soul Force Condensation Block and have a stable market, will naturally flow into the pockets of those merchants and will be everyone's first choice."

Jing Hongchen was sweating profusely. Looking at Xu Cheng who was talking and laughing, his throat rolled and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

This was the first time he witnessed the "horror" of finance.

In such a casual conversation, the enemy was defeated without a single drop of blood...

"Every financial fluctuation is an opportunity to reap rewards." Xu Cheng raised the corners of his mouth.

"There are other methods, such as dumping and then harvesting. After Cheng Lao's artificial soul ring is created, it can be provided to the original three countries for free at a low and convenient price. After everyone relies on it and no longer goes to the traditional soul beast forest to hunt, a "peace contract" will be signed, requiring the original three countries to stop hunting soul beasts. They will have to agree even if they don't agree. After monopolizing the market, the price will be raised by 500%, forcing the soul masters to mortgage soul bones or other resources to pay off their debts. Do they dare to go to the soul beast forest again? Because of the contract, humans are not allowed to set foot in the forest again, so..."

“Of course, we can also deploy detection devices in the three countries of the original continent, and short-sell key materials in advance by monitoring the trading market, such as the Douling Empire’s ice sea fish capture period, which is too much.”

Xu Cheng shrugged. "I have at least a hundred ways to deal with them, but unfortunately I can't wait, so the first one is the safest."

"Okay, I understand. I will improve the soul guide that gathers soul power as soon as possible..." Jing Hongchen's head was dizzy, and for a moment it seemed that his worldview had collapsed. He was greatly shocked by Xu Cheng's theory. "It's not over yet. I only talked about how to harvest resources, but I haven't talked about improving the utilization rate." Xu Cheng said.

"what?"

"Starlink Rail Project."

……

"Is the Starlink Railway Project similar to the light rail in Mingdu?"

Mingdu.

In a royal courtyard, Wang Dong'er stared with wide eyes, curiously looking at the design drawings she received from Master Kong. There were many professional soul guide terms densely packed on them. With her knowledge as a second-level soul guide, she could barely understand some of them.

"It's a bit like that, but the track is not connected by a railway track, but by air. Because it is suspended in the air, the route needs to be set manually, the speed is fast, and the cost is low. Only a few dozen transfer stations need to be designed to run throughout the Sun and Moon Empire, greatly improving the transportation speed." Kong Lao sighed. "But Ah Cheng rejected the sky track and went deep underground..."

He talked with Xu Cheng and the information he got was almost the same as Jing Hongchen.

Financial harvesting is carried out simultaneously, but that is, after all, killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Strengthening themselves is the key. Their opponents have never been the three countries of the original continent, but the one standing behind Shrek - God.

"Is that so..." A hint of surprise flashed across Wang Dong'er's beautiful eyes.

Obviously, the girl was quite interested in this "modern" and even futuristic soul guide technology.

"Mr. Kong, long time no see."

A figure suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

Xu Cheng greeted the two with a smile, stroked the girl's hair like he was petting a cat, and was surprised at her growth in height. According to calculations, in just half a month, she had reached about 1.7 meters tall.

"Woo... Brother Cheng, you haven't come for a long time." The girl's cheeks flushed slightly and she pouted.

"Are you now a level 37 Soul Master?" Xu Cheng asked suddenly.

"Ah, yes, I have also been working hard on my training." Wang Dong'er smiled proudly.

"Not bad, not bad." Xu Cheng nodded, with a hint of hesitation in his heart, "I came here to find you. I wonder if you are willing to take another route."

"Abandoning the traditional soul masters and soul guides who mainly rely on strength, they have transformed into... spirit forgers. This is a main profession. The ability is to forge metals and give them special properties. At the same time, although the spirit tools forged are similar to soul guide tools, the upper limit is absolutely amazing."

In the original novel, ten thousand years later, a secondary profession, the blacksmith, will appear.

But for some reason, when the transfer station was being built, the system gave him a reward - he could switch to the profession of spiritual blacksmith, a chance that only happened once every ten years.

According to the system explanation, this kind of spiritual forger is a rare advanced profession among forgers. Even the protagonist Tang Wulin back then did not trigger it...

After much thought, the one who is most gifted in swinging the iron hammer (Haotiantui) and who is worthy of his trust the most is probably Wang Dong'er at this moment. After all, the seedling is still small, and he can correct some crooked branches in time. He will not play the development game too badly.

"If you are willing to join us, after you advance to a fifth-level spiritual blacksmith, the spiritual weapons you forge will be comparable to seventh-level soul guides." Xu Cheng said solemnly.

After all, what is the strength of a spiritual forger? Making metal come alive.

The metal with powerful BUFF, coupled with the profession's unique furnace core, will make the entire spiritual tool have its own consciousness. Looking at the soul guides, this is overwhelming...

Of course, his ultimate goal is to train a top-level spiritual furnace master to prepare for the real Starlink Railway plan.

Sooner or later, we will be connected to the universe.

Then it is extremely necessary to establish links between the galaxies that they rule. At that time, they will need trains that can travel through space and go to various interstellar stations.

Although by then, perhaps with the breakthrough of space technology, ordinary soul guides will be able to achieve this, but he believes that since the system has been given to the soul blacksmith, the soul tools created by them will definitely have irreplaceable value.

"This is a road that no one has ever walked on, but it is also a road with no end in sight." Xu Cheng said softly.

"If you choose it, you may waste your life, or you may... become a god."

ps: There is another chapter around 1:30 am
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