Gold is Justice

"How is it? Sister President, I am amazing!"

Originally, Ariel just thought that this little girl was playing some tricks, and then let Mermaid Song's revenue increase by several hundred gold coins.

But when she saw the balance sheet on the last page, the smile that was still on Ariel's face suddenly froze at this moment!

Because on this... one, two, three, four... the revenue has reached four digits? !

"Erasure the odds, net income 8793 gold coins?!"

This number is already approaching ten thousand!Such an exaggerated amount of gold coins made Ariel startled too!

She held the account book, looked at the number, and then raised her head to look at Coco in front of her.After seeing the smug smile on the necromancer's face, she quickly opened the account book to see the specific income.

Snapped!

But just when she was about to turn the page forward, Ke Ke held down the account book with one hand, with a smile that begged for praise.

"Sister President, am I good? Hehehe~~~ Don't go to see how I do it now, you can guess first? Guess how I made so much money?"

The little girl in front of her had that expression of "Praise me, hurry up, praise me, praise me for being smart" all over her face.

Ariel thought for a while, slowly suppressed the panic in her heart, put on a smiling face again, and said: "This is really amazing! Keke, you are amazing! Um... Let me guess, I really can't figure it out, why don't you tell me now, what did you do to make so much money all at once?"

The first thousand and 170 chapters are gentle, but cruel methods of plundering

With Ariel's compliment, the complacent expression on Ke Ke's face became even stronger.

She almost jumped up and came to Ariel's side, took back the ledger, put it in front of her and obediently closed it.

Afterwards, the little girl happily returned to her seat and said——

"Sister President, hehehe~~~ I knew it, and you don't know how I make money! Hehehe... Puff! Hahaha! Yay! I was able to help the elder sister successfully!"

Ariel smiled, stretched out her hand to gently caress Coco's cheek, and pinched her dimple: "Okay, okay, tell me quickly, how did you do it?"

Now, Ke Ke finally put his hands on his hips, and said triumphantly——

"Hee hee, elder sister, I actually discovered a very interesting thing."

"After you left, I will take the clothes woven in the textile factory to Honglu Town, Kingfisher Town, Tianhe City and Xiehu City to sell according to your request, President Sister."

"Hesitation Honglu Town and Kingfisher Town are relatively close to us, so I went to these two towns to sell clothes first. While selling clothes, I suddenly discovered a very strange thing!"

The little necromancer put on a mysterious expression, and whispered: "That's right, after I sold the clothes in Honglu Town, I found that the prices of things other than clothes in Honglu Town , will start to drop! Some things will even be reduced to two-thirds of the usual price!"

"At first I thought it was just a coincidence, but when I went to sell clothes in Kingfisher Town for the second time, this happened again! Seeing such a situation, I immediately thought of an idea!"

Although Ke Ke is very excited now, the expression on Ariel's face is slowly frozen from the surprise and joy just now.

However, Coco didn't realize the frozen smile on Ariel's face, and continued: "So from now on, I won't sell clothes anymore. I'll ask everyone to hoard all the woven clothes! Wait until all the hoarding is done. After that, five days ago, I took everyone and dragged all these clothes to Xiehu City to sell them!"

"Sister President, it's exactly as I expected! The prices of other items in Xihu City have indeed begun to drop sharply at this time!!!"

The smile on Ariel's face had completely disappeared. She looked at the little girl in front of her seriously, but there was a touch of sadness unconsciously between her brows.

However, Ke Ke was still immersed in her own joy and success, with her arms folded in front of her chest, she said excitedly——

"The plan is exactly as I thought! So, I started to increase my efforts to sell clothes, and almost sold all the clothes we had in stock to Lagoon City! The same, as I expected! The prices in Lagoon City began to skyrocket After falling, I immediately used the money I just sold to buy a lot of food, handicrafts, raw materials, etc. in Xihu City! The price is really too cheap! It’s so cheap that I can’t believe it!”

Ke Ke pointed at the gate of the guild, excitedly waved his other fist, and said with a smile——

"After buying so many things, I took them to Tianhe City. I also sold them at a very low price in large quantities, and then bought them in large quantities! There are more than ten tons of food piled up now! There are also a lot of soap, straw, and various handicrafts! But after buying so many things, our guild can still have a lot of money left! I originally planned to After a few days, I drove the elemental car to leave the marginal province and go to other cities to do it again, but now that you are back, sister president, we can continue to use this method to make money!"

The more Coco talked, the more excited she became. She looked really cute when she smiled.In addition, she is now 15 years old, this kind of girlish smile without the slightest dirt, even Ariel is a little happy to see it now.

It's just that, after all the joy, the worry on Ariel's face didn't weaken in the slightest after she laughed.

After a moment of smiling, her brows were involuntarily frowned, she silently looked at the account book, and involuntarily sighed.

"Sister President, what's wrong? Did I...do something wrong?"

At this point, Coco finally felt that Ariel's current expression was not quite right.The little necromancer became a little nervous, and quickly shrank his neck, asking timidly as if he was afraid that he had done something wrong.

Ariel thought for a while, and a faint smile appeared on her face again.She shook her head and said, "I don't blame you for this matter. I didn't expect it in advance... But this can't be said to be expected in advance. This is the first time I have so much money, and my mind is a little confused. No Think about the key points here."

Hearing what Ariel said, Ke Ke was even more frightened.She hurriedly left her seat, came back to Ariel, stretched out her hand to grab her sleeve, and said nervously: "Sister President...! You...don't scare me! What did I do wrong? I Will it harm Song of the Mermaid? I...I..."

Ariel smiled, shook her head again, and said, "Sit down, and I will talk to you about the key issues here. But you don't have to worry too much, what you do will not harm us mermaids." Song of the Mermaid. No matter from the surface or from the inside, your actions are good for the Song of the Mermaid. It’s just that it will cause some shocks in other places... "

After comforting Ke Ke, Ariel took a deep breath, sorted out the thoughts in her mind, and finally said——

"Coco, do you know that there are several methods in this world that can be used to kill people on a large scale. Ah, I don't mean using your necromantic magic, or just rushing out to kill people like other members. It's something like methods of mass murder such as massacres in wars."

"And even the most benevolent people in this world will use one of these methods to kill others when they are not aware of it, or when they are aware of it but fail to recognize its huge lethality."

Coco's face was still worried, but under Ariel's comfort, her mood seemed to ease up.While rubbing the tears from the corners of her eyes because of fear, the girl said: "Sister President... I... don't understand. Why is such a terrible method of killing... even the most benevolent people would use it? Then Isn't it contradictory?"

Ariel nodded, and said, "Let me explain this method of killing to you now. Then... let's start from the point where you first noticed that the price will drop. Coco, you Why do you think prices drop so quickly in those places after you sell a lot of clothes?"

Ke Ke tilted his head and thought for a while, then immediately shook his head: "I don't know."

Ariel was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Because the amount of currency in that area has decreased."

Coco was stunned: "The amount of money has decreased???"

Ariel went to the counter, took out a pen and paper and came back, while writing on the paper, she continued: "First of all, Song of Mermaid sent a large amount of clothing and woven raw materials to Kingfisher Town, Hong Lu Town, Lagoon City and other places to conduct a large number of sales."

"Then, because the price is very low, many local merchants will buy our clothes and cloth in large quantities. In this case, a large amount of currency is required to pay us."

"Because the amount we provide is too large, in a short period of time, the currency in the local area will be used to pay us Mermaid Song to buy these things."

"Although currencies will be circulated. It is circulated from one place to another, but circulation takes time. If there is not enough time, then it can be assumed that within a period of time, the total number of currencies in a region is fixed. Yes. Then, if a large amount of currency is in the hands of our Mermaid Song through this transaction, the amount of currency in the hands of other people will decrease rapidly."

"Once the amount of currency in a region is reduced to a point, Coco, what do you think will happen?"

Ke Ke lowered her head, looked at the various formulas written by Ariel on the paper, and after thinking for a while, she suddenly said as if she had come to her senses——

"Ah! Things that were originally priced to be purchased with one gold coin, now because everyone has no money, but in order to be able to sell them, the price will drop! Maybe you can buy them with only one silver coin!"

Ariel nodded with great satisfaction, and said with a smile: "That's right. Because of the decrease in the total amount of currency in the hands of local residents, the amount of currency circulating in the market has decreased, which has resulted in local goods that cannot be sold at the original price. Prices would plummet very quickly. But if that was all it was, it might not be too much of an issue.”

After hearing Ariel's explanation, Keke thought again.Soon, her face, which was originally frowning, gradually stretched out, turning into a feeling of...fear.

"I... the elder sister of the president... I... I used the money in my hand... to buy their low-priced goods... again... again... I... I..."

Seeing that Coco already understood the problem, Ariel exhaled and said in a comforting tone: "Don't worry, Coco. I know, you didn't mean it."

Coco raised her head, and the girl's eyes began to shed tears again.However, it wasn't the tears that flowed out of fear of Ariel's punishment, on the contrary, it was an expression of regret knowing that he had done something wrong, which had caused many, many terrible things to happen.

"I used... I sold the clothes and cloth at a low price...after getting a lot of local gold coins...the local prices fell...I bought the goods in their hands again at a low price...one back and forth... …me……"

"Sister President...I unconsciously...did...did I plunder many, many people's...wealth? Did I take many, many people...for several years...for ten years...or even Is all the wealth of decades looted away in one go?"

Regarding this question, Ariel did not deny it.She just looked at the girl with a very gentle gaze. In Coco's eyes, the tolerant gaze made the girl couldn't bear it any longer. She left her seat and threw herself into Ariel's arms. Gritting her teeth, clutching Ariel's clothes, she couldn't help sobbing.

"Hey, don't be afraid, don't worry. We all know that you didn't mean it. And no one will blame you, Keke."

At this moment, Ariel gently stroked Coco's head, her voice full of tolerance.

But Coco in her arms, after sobbing a few times, couldn't help gritting her teeth, and said softly, "Sister President...what is my behavior...called? I plundered those things... People of wealth...they...what will happen to them?"

Feeling the sobbing of the younger sister in her arms, Ariel exhaled softly again, and said, "My teacher called this kind of behavior 'dumping'. Selling with almost dumping power."

"The dumped market will usher in low prices for a long time, their wealth will shrink a lot, and they will have no resistance to other markets. All the goods produced in this area in the future will be due to low prices. The price will be plundered by other markets. The worst result is that the market in this area will be completely destroyed and can no longer be rebuilt. In the end, the population will be greatly reduced and security will be destroyed, leading to some... such as wartime things happen here."

While speaking, Ariel could feel the trembling of Coco's body in her arms.

She patted her back gently with her hands again, as if to comfort her, and continued——

"However, Xihu City, Honglu Town, and Kingfisher Town should not reach such a terrible point. Because we are in a marginal province, our own trade is not very prosperous. Going out of Xihu City and crossing provinces to reach other cities It will take about ten days or so. Their traffic is not like we have elemental vehicles, so our marginal provinces will not become such a scary place."

"And in a way, because we don't have a lot of transactions with other regions, the amount of currency in our entire marginal province can be regarded as fixed. The money is in our hands, and we have a way to avoid that terrible thing occur."

Perhaps, it was because Ariel's consolation finally had an effect.

Coco's body twitching in her arms finally eased a little.

She poked her head out from the president's arms, touched her nose, sat down opposite Ariel again, took a deep breath, and finally said with red eyes——

"Sister President... What should we do now? We have robbed them of their wealth, will they try their best to retaliate against us? Should we return the money first?"

Ariel knew that this child was not only thinking about money at this time, but was worried about her mermaid song.Such kindhearted Ariel was really happy, then she shook her head and said——

"No need. The method of dumping to loot other people's wealth is not as obvious and radical as the method of plundering like war. In many cases, the civilians on the dumped side don't even know who the person who looted their own wealth is, and they will just be inexplicable I really feel that my wealth has decreased a lot without knowing it. Therefore, we don’t need to worry about retaliation from those ordinary people.”

Ke Ke sniffled, and continued: "Then... If dumping is so terrible, why would anyone still want to buy our cloth and clothes? Can't they not buy?"

Regarding this, Ariel still smiled and said: "No. Because the ultimate victims of dumping are the local civilians. And the purchase of our cloth and clothes will eventually cause a large amount of money to be transferred to our mermaid song. It's a local businessman."

"These merchants will see that the price of our clothes and cloth is very low, so they will try their best to collect gold coins to buy them. Then after getting these cloth and clothes, they will ship these things to other places for sale, so as to earn money. Take the price difference. This kind of buying our things is also equivalent to another kind of people who run errands for us and sell clothes to other regions... My teacher once had a special definition for them—— comprador."

"Because of the existence of these compradors, they will never reduce the purchase of the goods we provide in order to take care of the price balance in the local market. Instead, they will buy as much as we have, so as to achieve a situation of quickly transferring money to our hands occur."

"So, Keke, you can't do this kind of thing alone. I know that although you feel guilty, but blindly feeling guilty doesn't move anything. Compared with it, it's better for us to relax first. .”

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After such a long period of heart-to-heart talk, Coco finally calmed down.She nodded, looking at Ariel with expectation in her eyes.The little girl nodded vigorously, and said: "Sister President, what should we do now...? Their wealth has been deprived by us. I want to make up for it as much as possible before things become terrible... What should we do?" Do? Shouldn’t the money be returned?”

For Ariel, the Coco in front of her is somewhat similar to herself.However, they are not very similar.

Coco is a necromancer. Although her life was ups and downs when she was a child, she did not experience a stage of being too obsessed with money on the whole.

When she was in her hometown, she didn't realize the importance of money.Later, when she was abducted into the Eye of Reality, she did not say that she should take responsibility for raising money.Later, after being included in the mermaid song by myself, I don't need to worry about money all day long.

It can be said that the reason why Ke Ke wanted to study economics was because he was forced to do so on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also because he admired himself...

Chapter 170 The Secret of Currency

It is precisely because of this that once there is a cruel plunder in the economy, and the gold coins in hand start to smell a little bit of blood, this necromancer who is not bad by nature will start to feel compassion and want to give up, even I want to get my money back.

And this is the biggest difference between Ariel and her view of money.

Of course Ariel knows this dumping method, which can plunder a lot of wealth in a short period of time.

The reason why I didn't do this before is that my textile factory has just been established and there are not enough goods, and on the other hand, because I haven't tried it, I don't know the wealth potential of the entire marginal province.By the way, add a little compassion.

After comforting Ke Ke again, Ariel sent her back to her room to rest, while she picked up the account book again and looked at the amount of funds on it.