Elvin, Olivia, and Levina who had returned to the material world from "hell" sat around the tea table on the top floor of the [Sorcerer's Garden].
Elvin casually placed the jar of "Holy Spring" on the table.
Ring, ring, ring …
The shadow of the "Tree of Life" that seemed to be holding up the sky swayed slightly as if it had already connected with the "mysterious source". It gradually rang a clear and melodious bell.
Soon, Elvin poured a cup of black tea for the two of them and the [Mind Network] projected a large image into the sky.
It made them feel as if they were there.
Woo, woo, woo …
Although it was still autumn in the northeastern part of the new continent, the cold wave that originated from the "Eternal White Continent" had already begun to show its might.
In this area.
To the north was the Atlan Kingdom's colony, the Giant Horn Cape, which had the largest cod fishery in the material world. To the south was the Sack Empire's colony, the St. Lawrence Territory that had an area of 1.3 million square kilometers.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At this moment, the border between the two colonies was filled with smoke and shouts of killing filled the sky.
It seemed that this was not a normal border conflict. The two armies were clearly fighting for real and had already escalated to the level of war.
"Kill! Chase the bastards of Atlan into the sea! "
"Scum of Sack, the Potosi Silver Mine is ours!"
“.....”
With the intelligence chief Besmir who had the strength of a peak official Wizard, gathering information for them in advance, Elvin and Levina were shocked to find that the source of this chaos was their fault.
The two of them quickly drank some tea to calm themselves down and gave each other a look of affirmation. Tsk, well done!
Three years ago, the two of them pushed for the "Coinage Bill" to be passed. From the form of law, the "Tulip Alliance" would use gold and silver to issue banknotes — gold pounds.
This banknote was issued and managed by the "Alliance Central Bank" formed by the central banks of the seven countries.
Among them, the "Duchy of Garot" and the "Kingdom of Faletis", who were the ones with the strongest economic power, took turns as the bank president every three years.
On the front of the "gold pound" was a picture of a blooming tulip and the seven stars representing the seven nations of the Union. On the back was the Church's black iron cross.
Because for banknotes, the anti-counterfeiting work was of the utmost importance. If someone were to use a pile of waste paper to exchange for real money, then they would really want to cry but have no tears.
Elvin and company simply followed the example of the Lowland Republic and used the power of the Goddess to endorse the notes.
The gold pound was issued in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 pounds, supplemented by the copper forte. In order to facilitate transactions, 30 gold pound notes could be exchanged for a heavy golden lion at the Tulip Family.
Given the Tulip Alliance's current prominent position in the world's economic system, the Tulip Alliance's position in the world's economic system was very important.
Including the "Lowland Republic" and the "Confederation of Golden Palms", no country dared to pat their chest and say that they would not trade with the Tulips. Doing business had to be settled in gold pounds.
After three years of steady development.
The international "gold pound settlement system" had gradually taken root.
It also formed an international gold and silver currency system with the gold pound as the center and gold and silver as the foundation.
Until now, gold and silver, these two precious metals, were the main international reserve assets of every country, and the gold pound was the main international settlement method. Precious metals and gold pounds had simultaneously become recognized as international reserves by every country.
In addition.
The officials and financial elites of the Union's finance department were also recently trying to anchor the "gold pound" to domestic commodities.
The "Tulip Family" was a major importer and exporter of commodities. It was also a major financial power closely related to commodity price fluctuations.
They were prepared to anchor the prices of iron ore, coal, refined steel, natural rubber, cotton, copper … and some varieties of food with the gold pound to further increase the value and credibility of the gold pound.
Especially the Duchy of Garot, which had a fertile and mineral-rich northern part of the New World.
In the three years since the "Westward Movement" began, it was enough to open up vast farms in the central and western regions, and various crops had been harvested several times.
Even the wild bison, under the modulation of the "Tree of Life School," became a high-quality animal in the farm.
The follow-up projects, whether it was "steam power," "electric power," or "internal combustion engine machinery," were already underway. Agricultural mechanization would greatly increase the production capacity of this land.
There would also be more surplus for export.
Originally, the financial elites estimated that the "gold and silver standard system" could be maintained for at least 30 years.
But with commodities as a supplement, as long as the Union's military strength and economic strength remained in a dominant position, the gold pound could continue to be maintained as an international currency.
At the same time, the "international aid program" to expand its influence had been steadily advancing.
It was also this program that directly became the fuse of this war.
The "Tulip Family" was like a great philanthropist, providing loans to many countries, of which 90% were interest-free loans and 10% were low-interest loans.
But there was an additional condition: when the aided countries used the aid funds, they had to buy the products or services of the Tulip Family.
The gold pound had not yet left the country and directly returned to their pockets.
Then, things were simple.
Where the gold pound flowed, there would be prosperity; where the gold pound was withdrawn, there would be decline.
After the gold pound flowed out, it did not lie in the banks of other countries to eat interest, but flowed out to make all kinds of investments.
After the Tulip Family released the gold pound and bought all kinds of things all over the world, the world economy naturally entered a boom cycle.
At this time, with the hard work of the working people of various countries, the world's asset prices naturally rose collectively. After rising for a few years, the gold pound that was released reaped a large amount of appreciation returns.
And once the Union's central bank began to withdraw the gold pound through the means of increasing interest rates, the gold pound that was previously released would return to the Tulip Family with a large amount of appreciation returns.
A covert ransacking operation was thus completed.
Well, there was no such thing as charity, it was all just business.
Now, they no longer needed to do anything superfluous.
After the gold pound became a stable international currency, it could harvest the wealth of the world at any time.
There was no need to be like the "Tulip Bubble" in the beginning, playing with the bankers in the lowlands like hooligans.
It already had the grace and confidence of the world's strongest country.
After gradually seeing the lethality of the Tulip Family's gold pound, the bankers beat their chests and stamped their feet.
"I wish I was born in the Tulip Family!"
The thing that they wanted but couldn't ask for was easily realized by the Tulip Family.
But then again.
International currencies couldn't lack the support of financial businesses. Faletis who was the first to complete the steam engine revolution was the center of the Tulip Family and the capital, Bechler, had already become the world's financial center.
So, it wasn't that bankers and financial businesses weren't allowed to enter the Union's countries, but rather there were strict controls that wouldn't allow them to act recklessly.
Moreover, because the Union strictly guarded the people's livelihood, their banks were strictly limited in size. They couldn't do anything at all and couldn't compete with the "Union's central bank".
Naturally.
Using the "international currency" to travel the world wasn't a conspiracy and the logic behind it couldn't be hidden from the smart people of the various countries.
Including the Lowland Republic, the Golden Palm Federation, the Sack Empire, the Atlan Kingdom, the Heimar Kingdom, and the other major countries of the world, naturally they weren't willing to be harvested like this.
In order to anchor the international currency, they had to use gold and silver.
Obtaining large amounts of gold and silver was a necessary method for them to harvest gold pounds.
However, the Tulip Family, whose territory had expanded to the entire world, had already gathered most of the gold and silver in the world. The northern part of the New World was under their control, the Rand Gold Mine in the Southern Continent (Chapter 447), the Peacock Islands …
Therefore, the Sack Empire and the Atlan Kingdom both looked at … the Potosi Silver Island Chain.
This was the world's largest silver mine, with an estimated reserve of twenty five thousand tons. It was also the area that the Tulip Family, Sack Empire, and Atlan Kingdom shared.
At the end of the "Silver War".
With the bishops of the "Church of Eternal Fire", the "Church of the Iron Cross", the "Church of Dawn", and the "Church of Frost" in the New World as witnesses, the military officers of the various countries signed an agreement.
The Shilius Empire would take three quarters of the Potosi Silver Mine and the other three sides would split the remaining quarter.
After the Gallot Duchy rose up, because of the complicated property rights, they couldn't easily take all of Shilius' inheritance.
After several rounds of negotiations, the Gallot Duchy finally took half of the silver mine and the remaining four countries of the Tulip Family took a quarter. At the same time, they gave the final quarter to the Sack Empire and the Atlan Kingdom.
But according to the "balanced hand diplomacy" that they were already familiar with.
During the negotiations, the Alliance, which was in a dominant position, only gave them a quarter of the total share, allowing them to distribute it among themselves.
This was also the fuse for the war between the two sides today.
The southern continent had the largest colony in the world and the Sack Empire was growing stronger every day, so of course they wouldn't be willing to share with the Atlan Kingdom.
Before the "gold pound" was born, they had been fighting for the silver mine.
Now that the power of the international currency was gradually showing, the Sack Empire and the Atlan Kingdom couldn't hold back anymore. They began fighting for the large benefits of the Potosi Silver Island Chain!
"But, something's not right! The report said that the Atlan Kingdom took the initiative to start the war, but the army was beaten like a grandson and took the initiative to provoke ….. Just this? "
Looking at the battlefield on land, the two sides hadn't been fighting for long, but the Atlan side was clearly at a disadvantage. From Elvin's eyes, it was clear that they were going to lose.
"Didn't you say that there might be a demon god that came to Atlan last time? These fellows with chaotic natures wouldn't ….. "
However, before Levina's voice fell.
In the [Mind Network], in the sea between the "Potosi Silver Island Chain" and the new continent, there was also a battlefield where the fleets of both sides were fighting.
There was a giant warship with the Atlan flag that was like a monster in the eyes of the humans of this era that suddenly appeared in the air.
"What is going on here?!"
The moment they saw the warship, the expressions of the three of them changed and they stood up at the same time. The jar on the table was knocked over and the "holy spring water" spilled all over the ground.
Hong long long …..
The moment it touched the spring water, the "Tree of Life" that covered the sky in the [Sorcerer's Garden] stretched its branches and quickly grew taller.
But the three of them didn't care about this abnormality.
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