Another month of the game had passed. Various large and small forces had sent Yang Rui's wedding guests to Linzi City, Chen Liu City, and other places under Yang Rui's jurisdiction.
At this time, Yang Rui once again made an appearance in front of everyone, clarifying that the Wyvern coin would be the standard currency for internal transactions within the Commerce Alliance.
Under everyone's crazy rumors, the exchange rate of the Wyvern coin had reached 1: 1. Even compared to the time when Yang Rui issued the East Sea coin, the appreciation rate was faster than ever!
Originally, Yang Rui had hoarded 100 million Wyvern gold coins and planned to only hold them for four to five days and make a small profit before exchanging them. However, after the news of the Commerce Alliance's standard currency for internal transactions spread, the Wyvern coin's appreciation was rapid and strong, so Yang Rui was not in a hurry to sell them.
During this process, Yang Rui continued to buy more than 400 million Wyvern gold coins. The average price of the Wyvern coin was about 1.199 gold coins. If the initial 100 million Wyvern gold coins were included, the average price of the Wyvern coin would be even lower.
Within a month of the game, Yuan Shu had tasted the sweetness and issued a total of 1.2 billion Wyvern gold coins. Yang Rui held close to half of them. It was probably because of this that the Wyvern coin's appreciation continued.
Today, Yang Rui clearly felt that the rising trend of the Wyvern coin was relatively slow. Therefore, after discussing with Chen Xiaonan, Yang Rui exchanged all 500 million Wyvern gold coins for in-game gold coins. In the blink of an eye, he had 812.5 million in-game gold coins.
Excluding all of Yang Rui's investment, he had spent nearly 100 million gold coins at the beginning and 479.7 million gold coins at the end. With this in and out, Yang Rui had earned more than 233 million gold coins!
And this was only a speculative transaction that Yang Rui had made, but he had earned so much in-game gold coins. Yang Rui finally understood how much money those in finance and economics who dealt with currencies, financing, and futures all day could earn.
Originally, Yang Rui had already earned enough money and was ready to stop. However, Chen Xiaonan reminded Yang Rui to step forward and dispel the "rumor" that the Wyvern coin would be the standard currency for internal transactions within the Commerce Alliance.
"I don't understand your current relationship with Yuan Shu. If you don't care if Yuan Shu goes bankrupt, you can actually dispel the rumor at the same time while you sell them......."
This was Chen Xiaonan's original words. Yang Rui naturally didn't care if Yuan Shu went bankrupt. To be precise, Yang Rui ultimately wouldn't allow Yuan Shu's influence to grow. However, Yang Rui still had to maintain Yuan Shu's existence for the time being.
Therefore, after a month in the game, Yang Rui finally decided to reveal himself and clarify the truth. He stated that he didn't intend or consider adopting the Wyvern coin as the standard currency for transactions in the Commerce Alliance and that the rumors on the streets weren't true.
Yang Rui's action of dispelling the "rumor" immediately caused the Wyvern coin issued by Yuan Shu to be on the verge of collapse. When everyone wanted to exchange the Wyvern coins in their hands, they realized that the exchange of Wyvern coins was quickly frozen.
The principle of freezing the exchange of issued coins wasn't complicated. When the currency issuer's circulating in-game coins were used up, they wouldn't freeze. Once the circulating in-game coins were used up, the inflow of issued coins would immediately be frozen.
Yuan Shu had issued a total of 1.2 billion Wyvern coins in just over a month since the Wyvern coin was issued. The frozen in-game coins were more than 1.2 billion, and the net profit was about 375 million in-game coins. The return of funds wouldn't exceed 200 million in-game coins.
Yuan Shu only had about 500 million in-game coins in his hands. Chen Xiaonan had calculated the amount of in-game coins Yuan Shu had and let Yang Rui do it. As for how it was calculated, Yang Rui didn't have to worry too much.
In fact, after Yang Rui exchanged 500 million Wyvern coins and took away 812.5 million in-game coins, the inflow of Wyvern coins had been completely frozen. Yuan Shu's liquid funds weren't enough to pay this amount of in-game coins.
"Finally, I guessed it right. The freezing rules are based on the ratio of issued coins …
Yuan Shu's 500 million in-game coins were thought to be enough to issue the amount of Wyvern coins you exchanged, so the system temporarily paid 300 million in-game coins to Yuan Shu. In other words, Yuan Shu still owes the system 300 million in-game coins … "
When Yang Rui finished the exchange, Chen Xiaonan also explained the freezing. However, Yang Rui only knew that Yuan Shu was now in debt. Yang Rui didn't understand any of the other economic principles.
Originally, Yuan Shu's deficit could be filled by the outflow of Wyvern coins, but Yang Rui's action of dispelling the 'rumors' dealt a fatal blow to Yuan Shu. The initial net outflow of Wyvern coins became net inflows.
To be precise, it couldn't be inflows. The system had automatically frozen the inflow channel, and the Wyvern coins had become a trash currency that couldn't be dumped.
Of course, the system also had protective measures for currency issuers to prevent people from maliciously speculating on certain currencies.
After the inflow channel of Wyvern coins was frozen, the Wyvern coins had automatically unfrozen. There would be a series of measures to promote the currency's circulation again to repay the issuers' arrears.
At this time, Yuan Shu also received a system notification. The ratio of Wyvern coins to in-game coins had been temporarily frozen. If the conditions for unfreezing the inflow of Wyvern coins couldn't be met within a game day, the exchange would be automatically devalued by 10% on the next game day, and so on to ensure that the backflow pressure was lifted.
In other words, after the backflow freeze, Yuan Shu's Wyvern coins might fall to a limit every day, and the removal condition was to stop issuing Wyvern coins so that the inflow was less than the outflow.
After that, a related system announcement was released, explaining the rules for freezing the Wyvern coins' exchange rate and activating the unfreezing process. Everyone in the three civilizations region knew about the relevant matters.
Because of this, Chen Xiaonan also reminded Yang Rui that the overall distribution of Eastsea coins shouldn't be increased for the time being. At the same time, they had to maintain their in-game coins to prevent the same thing from happening to Eastsea coins.
Of course, Chen Xiaonan believed that Eastsea coins were supported by industries and business alliances. They wouldn't be as fragile as Wyvern coins, so they just had to take precautions.
Even so, due to the Wyvern coins' exchange rate, the Eastsea coins' exchange rate had dropped by quite a bit. The Eastsea coins, which were originally in a state of slow appreciation and equilibrium, had dropped for three game days.
Moreover, the drop wasn't small. The recent increase in the exchange rate had dropped until the Eastsea coins' exchange rate to the in-game coins was maintained at around 2.750 before the trend stabilized.
The reason for the stability was that Yang Rui had organized an expanded trade fair within the merchant alliance. This time, the amount of goods Yang Rui had brought out was comparable to the total amount of goods he had brought out three to four times in the past, which drove up the demand for East Sea currency.
After the trade fair, there were only five game days left before Yang Rui's wedding. During this period, the Wyvern coins issued by Yuan Shu had suffered three consecutive 'limits', and the exchange rate of Wyvern coins to in-game coins had dropped from 1 to 1. At this time, Yuan Shu's messenger once again looked for Yang Rui to talk about the Wyvern coins. After all, Yang Rui was the one who started the 'rumor' that Wyvern coins were the standard currency within the business alliance.
Although Yuan Shu, as the person involved, should've been the first to not believe this' rumor ', he was blinded by benefits. His lord chose to cooperate, so he couldn't blame anyone. However, with Yuan Shu's temperament, it wouldn't be surprising if he were to denounce Yang Rui.
However, Yang Rui really didn't have time to do anything else. In four or five game days, Yang Rui's wedding would be held. There were a lot of things to prepare, including the number of people to be added to the wedding, the family system, and the candidates to be adopted, which couldn't be decided in a short time.
First of all, Yang Rui had a headache for an entire day. With Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, Xun You, Chen Lin, and Ju Shou, as well as Gao Shun, Xu You, Liu Ba, and Dian Wei, four people, Yang Rui almost haggled over the marriage list.
It mainly included Qiao Gong's daughters, Big Joe and Little Joe, who were already engaged to Yang Rui. Gongsun Zan's daughter, Gongsun Yue 'er, who was also his ally, had been entrusted to Yang Rui long ago. Sun Jian's daughter, Sun Shangxiang, who had just reached an agreement with Yang Rui on mutual non-aggression. Pei Liena and Pei Liena, the two princesses of Loulan, Huang Wudie, General Huang Zhong's daughter, Dong Yi, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's three daughters, Qing Yueni, Kang Yueni, Xushan Ni, and Fang Lan.
These were all women who had been around Yang Rui, and they were all selected by Cheng Yu and the others. Yang Rui didn't have much of a problem accepting them.
Among them were Yuan Shao's daughter, Yuan Fang, Cao Cao's daughter, Cao Jie, and Lu Bu's daughter, Lu Wen. These three women were all daughters of dukes that Yang Rui had proposed marriage to. Even Zhen Yi's daughter, Zhen Mi, was sent over.
It was rumored that Zhen Mi was about to become Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law, but she was still sent over. Who asked Yang Rui to force her? Yuan Shao had even sent his own daughter, Yuan Fang, to Yang Rui, so how could he lack a daughter-in-law?
Zhen Mi really lived up to the name of Luoshen. When Yang Rui saw her, he couldn't help but be moved. As for Yuan Fang, Cao Jie, Lu Wen, and Zhen Mi, Yang Rui was naturally happy to accept them. If nothing unexpected happened, their strength should be very high.
In addition, there was also Chen Xiaonan. Of course, Yang Rui wouldn't object. He also wanted to use this matter to strengthen his relationship with Chen Xiaonan. Currently, it seemed that Chen Xiaonan had also silently accepted it.
The reason why Yang Rui was bargaining with Cheng Yu and the others was because Dragon Soul had sent over the list of 17 candidates for the wedding, including Burning Snow, Rose, and the others.
Originally, Yang Rui had already explained to Cheng Yu and the others to reject this list and not let the players have anything to do with the marriage. At that time, Cheng Yu and the others had also agreed.
However, at this time, after several contacts with Dragon Soul and the others, Cheng Yu and the others were somehow influenced by the other party and insisted on including the 17 female players in the marriage list.
In the end, after a round of "bargaining", Yang Rui had no choice but to compromise. Although he didn't include the 17 players in the marriage list, he kept the two female players, Burning Snow and Rose, and "sold" them to Yang Rui as representatives.
Moreover, due to the special status of the two female players, Burning Snow and Rose, Cheng Yu and the others believed that they should be treated as the daughters of the Marquis.
Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and the others insisted that the players had formed a force that couldn't be ignored and that they had to show their sincerity in forming a marriage alliance with them. However, Yang Rui noticed a cunning tacit understanding in the eyes of the great strategists. He didn't know what they were planning.
Of course, Yang Rui had reason to believe that Cheng Yu and the others wouldn't have any disloyalty. However, Yang Rui felt like he was being cheated, just like the first time he was granted a marriage …
Another troublesome matter was the family system and the number of people to be married. Yang Rui originally had 9 Madams of Destiny and 72 Concubines of Destiny. It was naturally not a simple matter as to what kind of family system to adopt and how to confer titles.
After Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and the others discussed with Yang Rui, they finally decided to use the method of combining the "Rites of Zhou" with the system of the two Han Dynasties. There were four levels: Queen, Consort, Noble, and Beauty.
There was one Queen, 27 Consort, 72 Noble, and an unlimited number of beauties.
According to Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and the others, the number of beauties should be no less than three thousand. Yang Rui's face immediately turned red, and he couldn't help but think to himself, 'My reputation won't be any better …'
After Cheng Yu and the others explained, Yang Rui felt relieved. Recently, according to Yang Rui's orders, he had been wantonly organizing marriages. The number of beauties sent by various forces from all over the world was in the thousands. After a rough count, there were actually more than 100,000 beauties!
This included the beauties sent by various forces to express their goodwill. Most of them were the result of the enthusiasm of the beauties in Yang Rui's territory.
In fact, looking at the number of NPCs in the game, 3,000 beauties was not a large number. Back then, Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, had hundreds of thousands of palace maids. Yang Rui needed tens of thousands of palace maids to develop the troop class. He could just casually grab them.
Of course, for a player like Yang Rui, such a number was enough to make one's heart palpitate. If that was the case for Yang Rui, it was even more so for other bystanders.
For this reason, Yang Rui also tried to persuade Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and the others with the reason that he was only a King with a different surname. He wanted them to choose 3,000 beauties as palace maids or at most, treat them as palace maids. In the end, he failed to persuade them.
According to Cheng Yu and the others, it was originally for the purpose of increasing the number of family members, completing the etiquette, and achieving the purpose of prestige. When the wedding was held, they would marry wives and concubines. Why would they need to deceive themselves and change the identity of the family members to maidservants or palace maids?
Yang Rui was speechless. He simply left the relevant matters to Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and the others to discuss. He just listened from the side and nodded when it was time to express his opinion.
This surprised Gao Shun, Dian Wei, Xu You, Liu Ba, and the others who had not been involved in this matter before. They had never seen Yang Rui act like this before.
However, these people also believed that as the King of Donghai, Yang Rui's prestige was great. Naturally, the larger the scale, the better.
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