"If I said I don't want the Iron Throne anymore, would you believe me?" Danny laughed strangely.
"Hahaha …" The Sea King and the Keyman laughed along, completely treating her words as a joke.
"Your Majesty, five million gold royals may seem like a lot, but once you quell the rebellion and restore stability to the Seven Kingdoms' economy, as long as you don't be as extravagant as King Robert, you can easily pay off the loan in twenty years." Besaro comforted gently.
"Five million is nothing to me, but I don't want to be bullied. To tell you the truth, even if I really sit on the Iron Throne one day, I won't pay a single copper coin back to Theon and Lannister. "
"You want to go back on your word?" The smile on Besaro's fat face disappeared, and his expression darkened.
"Danny, you have to think clearly, the Iron Treasury can't be defaulted." The Sea King advised.
"I know." Danny nodded and sighed. "If a king doesn't pay off his debt, you will lend money to support another duke in the kingdom. The duke will use your money to overthrow the old king and become the new king, and the new king will repay the old king and his own debt to the Iron Treasury."
"Do it, do it, do it with all your might." She waved her hand and said encouragingly. "Go and give money to Lannister, to Tyrell, to anyone in the Westeros! I support you. "
The Sea King and Besaro looked at each other, they didn't expect the Dragon Queen to have such a reaction.
Did she think that the gold in the Iron Treasury was not as useful as dragons?
It seemed …
"We can put this matter aside for now, after all, Lannister is still sitting on the Iron Throne. Perhaps, before the Queen takes back the Iron Throne, the debt problem will be solved. "
Besaro laughed like a Maitreya Buddha again, rubbing his fat hands. "Once we're done with business, why don't we go to the Sea King's Palace? There's a grand banquet waiting for Her Majesty the Queen!
Since a week ago, His Majesty the Sea King has been preparing for tonight's negotiations and the banquet afterwards.
At this moment, who knows how many dignitaries, singers and poets have gathered at the Sea King's Palace. "
"Forget about the banquet, I'll leave after we're done with one last thing." Danny waved her hand and refused.
"You're not going to the banquet at the Sea King's Palace? That was specially prepared for you. "Besaro frowned.
"I don't want to attend that banquet either. Let those people entertain themselves!" the Sea King mumbled tiredly.
A hint of dissatisfaction flashed through the fatty's eyes as he looked at the Sea King, but it was only for a moment before he smiled and nodded in agreement. "That's good, that's good. What does Your Majesty want to talk about?"
"Your Iron Treasury collects deposits from all over the world, doesn't it?"
"Of course, even the Jade Sea Lightning Island has a branch of the Iron Treasury. "Just the Bo Dynasty alone took a loan of 13 million gold royals from us. Compared to them, the Iron Throne's money is nothing. Said the fat man proudly.
"How did the Bo Clan borrow so much money?" Danny asked in shock.
"The Barbarian Lands now have three monarchs, each country is divided into three parts. Even if we don't go to war every year, we would at least have a small war every two years and a big war every three years. How can we not lack money?"
"Did the Iron Treasury take a loan from the other two monarchs?" Danny asked coldly.
"No, their dynasties are newly established. Unlike the Bo Clan, whose government has already decayed, each of them still has an important trading town. They don't lack money." said the fat man regretfully.
"Are you going to take my money?"
"What?" the Sea King and the key keeper exclaimed at the same time.
"Do you want my gold at Slaver's Bay?" Dany said confidently.
"What do you want to do?" The key keeper's fat face was excited and nervous at the same time. Oily sweat instantly covered his nose.
"I want to buy food from the Nine Free Cities."
"You want to use the Iron Treasury's credit as a guarantee to buy food from the allied forces?"
The Sea King looked at Danny with disdain and shook his head, "That's a good idea, but the allied forces aren't stupid. Why would they sell their food to you?"
Danny smiled and said, "I'm not buying this year's food. I'll store the gold in the Iron Treasury. You guys will be my agent and sign a contract with the merchants who own the land and food. The Iron Treasury will also pay the deposit and balance for me. The food I buy will still be bought by you guys and handed to me in the end.
Simply put, the Iron Treasury is a middleman for food.
I hope that from now on, for the next five years, the entire world's land will be planted with food. Rice, wheat, corn, smoked meat and so on, as long as it can be stored for a long time.
For the next five years, I will buy all the food at the highest price that has ever been seen in the past year, without any limit or time limit. "
"What, what does this mean?" The Sea King was stunned.
"Is it possible? Can the Iron Treasury do it?" Danny asked.
"I'm afraid you'll have to spend a lot of money." Understanding flashed in Besaro's eyes. After exchanging a look with the Sea King, a sense of superiority suddenly appeared on his face that made Danny feel baffled.
"In the past half a month, the archbishop of King's Landing and the old town of Hyder have contacted all the major food merchants in the Free Cities at almost the same time to buy food in bulk. The price of food has increased by at least five times." He suppressed the smile at the corner of his mouth and said seriously.
The lower than expected price of food attracted all of Danny's attention.
She said in surprise, "Only five times?"
"Uh, is five times very low?"
Bezalo looked at the Dragon Queen strangely. Could it be that this was a fatuous ruler who said, "Why not eat meat?"
Danny suddenly thought of a terrifying possibility and asked seriously, "How much did Hyder and the archbishop spend to buy food?"
"This …" Besaro hesitated for a moment before he reluctantly told her the information that he had spent a "huge amount of money" to gather. "Hyder estimated that he would spend three million gold royals to buy food. It's very terrifying. They were the ones who raised the price of food. The Big Sparrow of King's Landing also has five hundred thousand gold royals. Therefore, the price has increased even more. "
As expected!
Someone had failed to keep the appointment.
The old man of the old town did not play any tricks and honestly contributed three million gold royals in cash. But the Big Sparrow …
With a sigh in her heart, Danny asked deliberately, "Where did the Big Sparrow get the money? I remember that he did not get the support of the old town's Starry Sanctuary. "
The Starry Sanctuary was once the Holy See of the Seven Gods and was also the only shareholder of the Church Bank.
"Your Majesty, this is a trade secret. We have to keep it a secret for our guests." The fatty hesitated.
"Tell her, tell her everything." Before Danny could say anything, the Sea King rubbed his waist and shouted, "The sooner we finish the discussion, the sooner I can go back."
Bersalo's fat face showed obvious anger, but the old Sea King was so tired from the pain of his illness that he did not notice it at all.
On the other hand, the Chief Swordsman Kui Luo, who had hardly spoken, glared at the fatty with sharp eyes.
With just a glance, the strange look on the fatty's face disappeared and was replaced by a ball of kindness.
"The Big Sparrow used the Church Bank as collateral and loaned two hundred and seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven gold royals."
"What?" The Sea King exclaimed and immediately turned his sharp eyes to Bersalo. He questioned, "Why didn't you inform me of such an important matter?"
"It was only a little more than a week ago. Naho did not even bring back the agreement." Bersalo lowered his eyes and said.
"Hehe …" The Sea King glanced at the Dragon Queen who was watching the melon with her eyes wide open. He only sneered twice and did not put on a good show in front of outsiders.
Danny looked at the two of them and regretfully smacked her lips. She asked, "What did you do with the remaining gold royals?"
"About another five hundred thousand gold royals were spent on weapons and armor. From what I know, it seems that Mill alone ordered more than ten thousand sets of Paladin equipment, which are the Church's Child of War's Silver Armor, Rainbow Cloak, and Starlight Sword. There were also Kohor's blacksmiths and iron ingots, Terosi's crossbows and arrows … "
The fat keykeeper concluded, "The Big Sparrow is not stupid. With gold royals and food, we need the power to protect them. Restoring the Church's armed forces is the best choice."
Danny sighed and asked again, "Even so, we only spent a million gold royals. What happened to the rest of the money?"
"Isn't it obvious? In the future, it will cost a lot to maintain the Church's armed forces of tens of thousands of people. He let the Iron Treasury transport the cash to King's Landing. It can be considered as preparing for a rainy day. "The fatty shrugged and said matter-of-factly.
"Preparing for a rainy day …" Danny smiled bitterly.
One gold royal was about twelve thousand RMB in purchasing power. Five hundred thousand gold royals was about six billion.
In summer, under normal conditions (no natural or man-made disasters), one kilogram of rice was five dollars. In winter, the price doubled to ten dollars.
Now, it had increased to five times the original price, which was fifty dollars.
The food that was bought on the other side of the narrow sea had to be transported back.
Considering that King's Landing was located at Blackwater Bay, which was right next to the narrow sea, the straight-line distance of 400 kilometers to 1,300 kilometers, the loss and transportation cost added up … Even if the Seven Gods blessed and there was no sea disaster, the cost would only double (definitely more than that), which was one hundred dollars.
In the sky, the Big Sparrow only had sixty million kilograms of food.
Well, sixty million kilograms sounded a bit much. If it was converted into tons, it would be thirty thousand tons.
It seemed to be enough.
But considering the population of King's Landing, five hundred thousand locals plus the endless refugees in Hejian County =?
One kilogram of food per person a day — considering that he had to support tens of thousands of Church's armed forces, on average, it might be more than that — if one person was three hundred kilograms a year, the Church could only support two hundred thousand people a year.
Considering the miraculous food like the brown soup in King's Landing, and the stockpiled food of the nobles and merchants, the Big Sparrow did not need to feed everyone in King's Landing. He could probably last for … two years, at most three years.
Well, the Big Sparrow seemed to have calculated. He thought that this winter would be the same as the previous years, which would only last for two or three years.
"How much profit?"
"What?" Danny looked at the fat man who asked the question in confusion.
He rubbed his fat hands and asked with a smile, "I mean, as the middleman, how much difference can the Iron Treasury make?"
"How much do you want?" Danny smiled.
"Well …" The fat man's eyes flashed with shrewdness. He counted with his fingers and began to calculate for the Dragon Queen, "You see, for large amounts of gold in a foreign country, there is a 3% -15% processing fee. Considering the tense situation between Slave Bay and the alliance, at least 14 … Sigh, with your status, Dragon Queen, we only charge 13.5%. That's not much, right?"
"Well, it's not much." Danny nodded.
It really wasn't much. Transporting gold from Slavers' Bay to Volantis, which was the nearest city, was about six to seven thousand kilometers of sea route. On the way, they still had to pass through the Eastern Summer Sea, where there were many pirates, and the Valyrian ruins, where the weather was unpredictable …
Compared to the cost of the Spanish treasure fleet in the 17th century, 15% commission was not much.
After all, the money was stored in the Iron Treasury. She could use it anywhere in the world, saving a lot of transportation and guarding costs.
"Secondly, there is the profit of being a temporary food merchant …"
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