The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 417: The storm of the times
Text Chapter 417 The Storm of the Times
The old pope slowly said: "Noah is rich in products and has a suitable climate, which has led to many people from Winter and the United Kingdom looking for jobs in Noah.
"This has resulted in Noah's labor force being quite wealthy... Almost every town will have multiple factories opened."
"This is the complete opposite of winter."
Annan responded softly.
Huiyao IV nodded: "Yes, but Noah also has a problem that is unique to Noah...that is freight transportation."
Because of the obstruction of gray fog, long-distance shipping has become almost impossible.
Even if ordinary people will not die immediately from the fog, goods that are prone to decay and decay, such as alcohol, cloth, and fine metal products, will quickly lose their value in the fog.
The only things that can be transported normally in the gray fog are probably gems, gold, silver and magical materials. And almost everyone has these things, so there is no need to transport them long distances by sea.
Then the only way is subway freight.
"The Noah royal family's restriction on ordinary people's use of the subway is not actually to restrict the flow of illegal extraordinary people and ritual masters. Everyone knows that these things cannot be controlled or blocked. No matter how strict the investigation is, There is a possibility of it slipping through...and as long as one slips through without noticing, it will cause a huge disaster."
His Holiness the Pope said solemnly: "So, we have always acquiesced that 'every gathering place must have illegal supernatural beings and ritual masters'.
"The real reason why ordinary people are not allowed to use the subway... is actually that almost all the subways passing through Noah are used to transport goods. Even so, there is still a large amount of goods that are difficult to transport out."
Because the people with power in Noah were actually agents of the nobles. And these nobles each run their own factories... so they can indeed do this kind of thing and will do it.
So they directly legislated to restrict ordinary people from using the subway, and directly engraved the concept that "the subway is used to transport goods" into their common sense.
"Even so, the scale of Noah's factory is still expanding."
Huiyao IV said in a deep voice: "The number of factories continues to increase, technology continues to be optimized, and farmers, fishermen, and herdsmen in various places are gradually transformed into workers. This has led to the continuous increase in the number of Noah's products. ..."
Annan nodded.
He understood what the situation was.
Many people have a misconception - that is, "the market needs 500 pieces now" and only 500 pieces are produced. If you just chase demand, you won’t even be able to drink from the northwest wind.
The goods they produce are actually prepared for future needs. In other words, when the market has begun to demand 500 pieces, it means that it actually has a gap of at least 2,000 pieces.
At this time, there was a problem.
——Why are you the only one making this money?
Others have also seen it, and they are not fools. So there is competition...either in terms of price or quality, but in general they are all trying to carve up this huge cake.
And if it develops well, it will begin to annex its peers. Produce more, better and cheaper products, hire more skilled workers, and seize more markets.
So far, it seems that there is no fundamental difference from the commercial development on earth in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
But the only difference is... because of the restrictions of gray fog, they cannot dump these products to more backward countries, and it is difficult to conduct free trade with more advanced countries.
——Because the number of subways is limited and completely restricted by the "wise men" of the underground city.
If it were on earth, something would be produced well and sold well. So the worst thing is to build more sailboats and send these things farther to earn foreign exchange. Moreover, the shipbuilding process itself can also absorb these excess productivity.
But in the Misty Continent, this won't work.
Because there are only so many subways.
It may be prosperous in the beginning, but when factories everywhere open up, the market will always reach a ceiling. When the Noah people no longer need these things, the factory is still fighting to seize fewer and fewer markets.
Even if all subways are requisitioned for freight transportation, as factories continue to expand and the market becomes saturated, there will always be a limit.
——Because it can’t be sold.
When these goods are hoarded, the silver coins become goods in the warehouse. Who can sell first and who can make money has become a power struggle between "guarantors".
They don’t even plan to lower the price of goods to engage in a price war - the price reduction of similar goods will lead to further saturation of the market.
Their idea is very simple.
——Just grab the subway.
Whoever has higher rights will get more rights to use the subway. Transport the hoarded goods to the cities where they can still be sold, to the underground cities and the United Kingdom... and you can only transport so much every day until you die, and others have to wait.
What's more, the Underground City and the United Kingdom are not defeated countries.
They themselves also have their own industries and factories.
Although it's not as scary as Noah's "multiple factories in every gathering place", there is no need for you to bring the goods and I will take them all.
The main digestion market is still within Noah.
But unlike the economic crisis of the same period on earth, they will not go bankrupt quickly because of a broken capital chain - because in Noah, private entrepreneurship is not encouraged.
If you want to open a factory, you must have a "guarantor" behind you. Their family has a considerable degree of heritage, which makes them unable to die for a while.
However, no one went bankrupt and everyone was deadlocked - which only made the problem worse.
"...That's it."
Annan murmured.
He finally understood the reason why the eldest princess still didn't give up even though she knew Noah was going for a militancy.
She may have realized a long time ago that only a war, a war in which Noah will be the winner, can digest the goods that Noah has hoarded internally and turn them into money again.
This is not a smart choice.
But there is no way out.
It seems that Noah's side is much better than Winter and the United Kingdom.
However, the crisis brewing on Noah's side is the most serious.
"So, are you planning to save them once?"
Annan pointed out the true meaning of Huiyao IV's words: "Let them owe you a favor to His Highness the Pope?"
Of these ten million gold coins, only one million can actually reach Annan every year. The rest will be converted into cargo and transported by sea from the frozen water port to the cold winter... and this also supports their policy of "restoring sea transport".
If nothing else happens, this will be the first major policy that comes to the attention of the people after the new king takes the throne.
The goods hoarded in Noah will be purchased by the Silver Jue Church and imported to Winter in the name of "donation" or "banking transaction". ~IndoMTL.com~ On the one hand, this alleviated the problem of lack of supplies in the winter, and on the other hand, it also alleviated the crisis that Noah was about to face; he made Annan owe him a favor, and he made Noah's nobles owe him a favor. A favor.
At the same time, the banking industry directly controlled by the Silver Jue Church can radiate to the Principality of Winter, completing the coverage of all countries on the earth... In this way, the Silver Jue Church has reason to set up an international financial institution to Control the exchange rates and tariffs of all member countries and bypass the "middlemen" in the underground cities to facilitate international transactions.
This is a good thing for everyone.
But the Pope does not need to pay anything - this level of money printing can even stimulate consumption in turn.
Compared with the "ten million" investment, the cardinal's position and the fragment of truth were just favors proposed by Annan knowing that he would definitely agree to it.
This is to save some face for Annan - because even if it is only 10 million, Annan will definitely agree. And if there was only that fragment of truth, Annan would feel like he was being blackmailed.
——This Pope is really a talent.
If nothing else happens, this so far unnamed "international financial institution" may be released soon. The Silver Lord Church will use this organization as a springboard to become the first truly influential organization in all countries.
And with such preparations and such a huge first-mover advantage, it was impossible for him to do nothing.
Annan realized one thing very clearly.
The storm of the times... is coming.
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