What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

"I think our beatings are enough." Hu Wan snickered, "You've also read her reply! The words and attitude made her want to kneel down and lick your shoes right there! This little girl has never experienced the beatings of society!"

"But without her, it really won't work." Huang Silang said: "In recent years, the people have become more and more cunning, and they have hidden their little money tightly. Without the order of the city lord, it is really difficult to reap their leeks."

"I wonder what method of cutting the sword is going to use this time?" Hu Wan asked.

"What do you think?"

Hu Wan rolled his eyes, then smiled and said, "Sir, the Holy Roel Empire hasn't sent troops to destroy us for a long time! Why don't we contact Christina and ask them to prepare for the attack?"

"Then we call on the entire Orila City to donate money in the name of forming a coalition. Those who have people can donate people, and those who have money can donate money?" Huang Silang said.

"Yes, yes." Hu Wan smiled and said, "War is the fastest way to make money. In the past, we made up this tax and that tax, but the enthusiasm of the people was very low, and the money collected was always not so satisfactory! But when the troops of the Holy Roel Empire came, the situation was different! These timid people donated money faster than diarrhea!

"Hahaha! Okay! Let's do as you say. Go outside and take care of things with the Shinra Cult." Huang Silang said, "It's been more than half a year since the last city lord died on the way to suppress bandits. We haven't had an excuse to reap the leeks in the past six months. It's time to reap them once."

"Yes! I'll do it right away." Hu Wan paused after he finished speaking, and then said, "Master, what about the city lord? We have to form a coalition in the name of the city lord."

"Don't worry about that. I will tell her indirectly when we invite her to dinner." Huang Silang said, "Just give her some bribes when the time comes. A girl like this who has never seen the world might be very happy with just a few thousand magic crystal coins. We don't even need to give her a share."

Having said this, the master and the servant looked at each other, and for a moment the mansion was filled with cheerful laughter.

After staying in Vienna with Christina for a few days, Fran returned to Orila.

"Sir! You are finally back." Feuerbach and the others saw Fran and surrounded her anxiously. "You didn't send us any messages for several days. We thought you were caught by the Inquisition."

"How could I be caught by the Inquisition?!" Fran suddenly remembered her own experience and said with a guilty conscience, "Anyway, I'm back safely."

"Who is this?"

Catherine discovered that Fran did not come back alone, but was accompanied by a tall human woman. However, the human woman's eyes were full of reluctance, and she seemed not happy to come to Orila City.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce you." Fran said, "This is Vanti, from the Inquisition."

"Nice to meet you. Wait! The Inquisition??!!" Several people looked at the woman named Vati in front of them, their surprise was beyond words.

The Inquisition and monsters have an irreconcilable feud, and even ogres know this!!

However, Fran actually brought a member of the Inquisition to Aurora City and even brought him into the City Lord's Mansion??

"Ahem!" Fran explained, "The reason behind this is a bit complicated. She is the external aid I found to help us build an intelligence network in Orila City, so all you have to do is trust Miss Vanti unconditionally."

This... how can this be called unconditional trust? Catherine, Feuerbach and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. Isn't this the equivalent of asking the sheep to trust the wolf?

After hearing what Fran said, Fanti couldn't help but cover his forehead. If you say that, there's no way people can trust me.

So she stepped forward and explained, "Everyone! The Inquisition came here this time for no other reason than to fight against the Four Yellow Wolves. This is in line with the interests of City Lord Fran! Therefore, we can cooperate."

Afterwards, Vanti said that after so many years, the grudges between the Shinra Church and the city of Orila had long gone with the wind, and there was no need to fight to the death. This touched everyone's heart. It was obviously impossible for the monsters in the city of Orila to leave the city and occupy the surface world. It was a great blessing that the Holy Roel Empire did not come to harass them.

Good thing.

Then Fanti changed the subject and said that not everyone longed for peace! Huang Silang was one of them! That was why the higher-ups sent her here to fight against Huang Silang together with the peace-loving people of Orila City.

After this explanation, people on both sides reluctantly let go of their grudges.

The intelligence network that the Shinra Cult has been operating in Orila City for many years should not be underestimated. With her help, Fran's power finally began to expand, and all kinds of intelligence were continuously delivered to her desk.

In this way, she no longer had to be blind as before, and her first step in Orila City could be considered to be steady.

Although the intelligence problem was solved, the problem of lack of money still troubled Fran.

I want to develop my own power and compete with Huang Silang! All of these require money.

Fran knew very well that if she wanted to accomplish all of the above, she couldn't always rely on Christina's support! Moreover, Christina might not have that much money, so the key was to rely on herself!

The way she now thinks of making money is the tulips she sees in Vienna.

Fran once told Christina her ideas! She also introduced a lot of terms such as hoarding, speculation, buying high and selling low, and gambling.

Christina had never heard of these things before and was immediately dizzy by these strange terms, but she expressed her willingness to believe in Fran's plan and promised to use her own power to help her.

With Christina's promise, Fran got to work.

Considering that the crime took place in Vienna, she set out to leave Orila again.

But this time, Fran was no longer alone, but brought along Catherine and several other subordinates. They were all from the main plane (Catherine was a hybrid of elves and vampires, but it was not obvious), and as long as they did not actively release the power of darkness, they would not be targeted.

On the first day back in Vienna, Fran bought a business called "Jingxi". This business used to run a variety of department stores and also transport dry goods. However, due to the economic downturn in recent years, it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the employees left and scattered. If Fran hadn't taken over, Jingxi Business would probably have gone bankrupt soon.

He will be buried soon.

Although it was on the verge of bankruptcy, it had accumulated a lot of fame before! At least the citizens of Vienna remembered that there was such a chamber of commerce. And this was what Fran needed.

With the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, Fran's tulip money-making plan officially began.

Chapter 14 Tulip Storm

"Boss, give me a bouquet of tulips."

Early in the morning, a young man came to the door of the flower shop and shouted.

Today is the 100th day of his relationship with his sister. In order to make a good impression on his sister, he decided to buy a bunch of popular tulips as a gift.

"Unfortunately sir, the tulips are sold out."

"What? Sold out? How is that possible?" The young man was a little incredulous: "Isn't the Winter Festival coming soon? How is it possible that all the tulips are sold out?"

"Early this morning, a mysterious businessman came and bought all the tulips in our store." The boss said, "How about you go to the front and ask?"

"Okay." The young man had no choice but to keep moving forward.

However, to his surprise, he asked several flower shops and got the same answer: there were no tulips left, not even a single one!

On this day, the Viennese citizens who woke up early were shocked to find that it was very difficult to buy tulips!

As the winter season approaches, shops and individuals often use tulips as decorations to bring good luck, and the use of tulips will increase dramatically. However, since tulips are not rare, they have never been out of stock like they are now.

The shortage of supply immediately caused the price of tulips to rise more than tenfold. Originally, one Roll coin (a currency of the Holy Roll Empire, one hundred Roll coins equal one magic crystal coin) could buy several tulips, but now it takes two or three Roll coins to buy one, and it depends on luck.

However, the price increase is a price increase, and it has no impact on most citizens. After all, tulips are not a necessity in life, and if you can't buy them, you just don't buy them! Some people have other flowers to replace tulips.

By the end of the first day, the price of tulips had quietly risen to four Rolls, which was almost ten times the price of the same period last year. Seeing this, many flower merchants hurriedly sold the tulips they had hoarded, hoping to make a fortune, but some savvy flower merchants were quietly watching.

Will the price of flowers continue to increase?

The next day, tulips were still hard to come by. Not only that, as soon as other flower vendors put out tulips, mysterious people would come and buy them all. These mysterious people were very generous and always bought them at a higher price than the market price, so the boss had no choice but to sell.

Such an unusual purchase behavior finally aroused heated discussions among the general public. Everyone was speculating what was going on this year? Who was secretly buying tulips?

There are all kinds of speculations, but no one knows what happened.

However, that very evening, an astonishing piece of news spread in all the taverns in Vienna at the same time: the Holy Roman Empire attached great importance to this year's Winter Festival, and therefore prepared to buy up tulips in large quantities, no matter what the cost.

Although this rumor was not confirmed, it spread like wildfire in Vienna due to the high spreadability of the tavern. Before long, most of Vienna knew about it, and the Shinra Church did not refute the rumor. This seemed to confirm the rumor intentionally or unintentionally.

So on the morning of the third day, queues formed in front of several flower shops. Countless citizens who wanted to make a fortune crowded at the door, hoping to buy fresh tulips as soon as possible.

This scene really shocked the owner of the flower shop. He had been in business for more than ten years, but he had never seen a long queue in front of the flower shop.

But these bosses were not fools. How could they sell more tulips under such circumstances? They decided to announce that all the tulips in the store were sold out, and drove away all the customers queuing at the door.

The citizens were unwilling to give up and could only try their luck at the next flower shop, hoping to meet a florist who was not well-informed.

In just one morning, the price of tulips rose to eight Rolles per tulip, doubling from the previous day, and was showing signs of continuing to soar.

Such high prices have also given rise to a new profession - tulip hunter.

They searched for existing tulips in the city and stole them away. The walls of ordinary people's homes, the doorways of shops, and any place with tulips were all caught in the hands of these tulip hunters.

In fact, the price of a tulip is not even worth one rouble. Even if it is lost, people will just think it was taken away by a bird. No one will take any anti-theft measures for a mere flower. This makes it easy for tulip hunters. If they are lucky, they may steal more than a dozen tulips in an afternoon, and the money they earn is enough to make a month's salary.

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In this situation, the ones who had the most headache should be the police in Vienna! Every policeman received countless reports related to tulips, which made them very busy! But because there were so many thefts related to tulips, they could not handle it at all, so they had to give up in the end.

Without police control, the cost of stealing tulips would be close to zero! As a result, the tulip hunters became more rampant, and soon there was not a single tulip to be seen in the entire city of Vienna. People who had bought tulips before would strictly protect them, waiting for the price to continue to soar and sell them for a profit.

These stolen tulips will be sold on the black market.

But as soon as they appear on the black market, they are immediately snapped up. It seems that someone has been eyeing them in the black market for a long time, and they don't even talk about the price! They buy as many as they can. After seeing this situation, tulip hunters are unwilling to sell them. Instead, they hoard them in their pockets like flower shop owners, waiting for the price to rise.

The price continues to grow.

In the next few days, the price of tulips skyrocketed, reaching a new height every day.

On the fifth day, there were no more tulips to be seen in Vienna, and that evening the price of a tulip reached twelve Rolles.

On the sixth day, there was no sign of tulips even on the black market, and the price of tulips that evening exceeded twenty Roll coins per flower.

On the seventh day, there were few people queuing in front of the flower shops, because everyone knew that even if the shop had flowers, they would not sell them! At this time, the price of tulips had reached a terrifying twenty-five Roll coins per flower! And there were signs of continued growth.

Twenty-five Roll coins per flower!

In the past, this price would have made the citizens of Vienna sneer at it! Are you crazy? Spending such a high price to buy a flower.

But now, as long as there is a place to sell tulips, people will still buy them even if the price is higher!

They firmly believe that the price of tulips will only rise in the future, not fall, because the Shinra Church has not yet come out to buy them! In any case, these tulips will not be wasted!

This tulip storm began to sweep across Vienna in just seven days!

Chapter 15 Betting

"Warehouse No. 17 is out of stock again!"

"The refrigeration unit in Warehouse 9 needs maintenance."

Fran sat in the Jingxi Chamber of Commerce, busy dealing with matters coming in from other places.

The instigator of this tulip storm is naturally Fran!

The day before the tulips skyrocketed, she sent out all the people she could, waiting to buy all the tulips she could see at the same time. After that, she spread all kinds of news in the tavern, saying that the church was going to buy up tulips in large quantities.

Of course, Christina's help was also indispensable. The Inquisition's spies were spread all over the streets and alleys of Vienna, and it was easy for them to spread a rumor.

During these seven days, every day large bundles of tulips were moved to the warehouses that Fran had prepared long ago. These warehouses had already been set up with magic circles in advance to keep the tulips fresh and prevent them from withering prematurely.

Of course, the price of the magic circle is also very high. If calculated according to the price in the past, the money consumed in activating the magic circle for one day is enough to buy a whole warehouse of tulips. However, tulips are no longer what they used to be.

With the advantage of being the first mover, Fran quickly stockpiled twenty warehouses of tulips. But the price she paid was that all her 30,000 magic crystal coins were used up! These days, she had to rely on Christina's private money to barely cover her expenses.

"Mrs. Fran." At this time, Feuerbach came in and said, "This morning, the price of tulips has risen to forty Rolls. Should we continue to buy them?"

"Buy! Of course I will continue to buy." Fran said: "Same as always, I will buy everything."

"Hmph! It's not your own money, so you just don't feel sorry for it." At this time, Fanti on the side said quietly.

Christina asked Vanti to protect Fran personally, which made Vanti very unhappy. Then she saw her squandering Christina's hard-earned private money! So she made sarcastic remarks.

"Who said I don't feel sad? I do feel sad!" Fran immediately retorted after hearing this.

"Forty Roll coins for a tulip! Let's see how you sell it when the time comes." said Vanti.

"Yes, Lord City Lord!" This time, Feuerbach rarely agreed with Fran, and said, "I think the price of tulips is about to reach its peak. We might as well stop while we're ahead and sell the tulips at this price! As long as we can sell them, we can still make a lot of money."

"No, no, no!" Fran said, "In my opinion, the price of tulips is far from reaching its peak! Since there is still room for profit, how can I stop here? Of course, the more money, the better."

"And at what price do you intend to sell it?" asked Feuerbach.

"It depends on the situation...but it should be at least a hundred." Fran said.

One hundred Roll coins are equivalent to the price of one Magic Crystal Coin! This is already the monthly food expenses for a family of three in Vienna!

How could anyone spend a month's food expenses on a flower?

"Huh! Greed is really an original sin!" said Vanti.

"It seems that neither of you believes that the price of tulips can reach one hundred Roll coins?" Fran said.

"Anyone with a brain won't believe it!" Fanti said bluntly.

Although Feuerbach did not say it directly, from his expression, it can be seen that he did not believe that tulips could reach this price.

"In that case, how about I make a bet with you?" Fran looked at Fandi and said with a smile: "Let's bet whether the tulips can exceed one hundred Roll coins."

"What's a bet?"

"If I lose, I will return all the money I borrowed from Christina to her in full, and apologize to you in public." Fran said.

Is there such a good thing?

Originally, Fandi couldn't stand Fran's reckless spending and investment, and it would be her beloved saint who would suffer the loss. Since Fran said so, she immediately nodded and said, "It's a deal."

"But what if you lose?" Fran asked back.