Tang En and Klotto used a day to finalize the design, and another half a day to optimize it. They even called Ellie, Fiona, and the others over to integrate the aesthetics and comfort from the elves' and women's point of view.
When they finally saw Ellie's design, everyone was very satisfied with the result.
Fiona said confidently, "I can guarantee that once the airship industry starts operating, it will definitely become popular in Prandal!"
Her eyes were now shining with a golden light. This was a brand new gold mine that had yet to be excavated!
"You think too much."
Tang En smiled, "At least in the early stages, before the citizens' income increases by a large margin, only a tenth of the people can afford the ticket price, and this is an optimistic estimate. Also, you forgot about the Solant Kingdom and the Gris Kingdom. These two countries are currently the blind spots of our Datang Chamber of Commerce. "
The Solant Kingdom had always maintained an attitude of resistance towards the Datang Chamber of Commerce.
Although the Gris Kingdom did not publicly express their stance, their attitude was very ambiguous. This was the point that Tang En could not figure out the most.
Logically speaking, the Gris Kingdom was lacking in resources, and they should be in great need of imported food and daily necessities. However, the fact was that they imposed a high business tax on the merchants who brought goods from the Datang Chamber of Commerce. These business taxes would naturally be added to the price of the goods, which caused the price of goods that were originally 100 gold coins to almost double after entering the Gris Kingdom.
When the price went up, the potential market would naturally shrink. Merchants would not be able to make money, and would not be willing to continue exporting goods to the Gris Kingdom.
This made Tang En very confused.
If it was a local business protection policy, the Gris Kingdom's business was not very developed. Not to mention the Ronitte Kingdom, even the Irus Empire was far behind.
There was no need to mention the basic industry. Currently, in the entire Prandal, only the Irus Empire had started.
Then why did they do this?
The reason was unknown.
However, at least in the short term, Fiona wanted to see airships flying over the Solant Kingdom and the Gris Kingdom. Instead, the Ronitte Kingdom and the Ryan Empire had great prospects.
"Speaking of the Solant Kingdom …"
Fiona frowned, "Their resistance is more intense than expected."
"What's wrong?"
"According to the feedback from the frontline, Emperor Klein has publicly issued a decree to ban the circulation of any Irus Empire currency in the Solant Kingdom. and reliable sources say that the Solant Kingdom will set up a mint to issue Solant gold coins."
After pausing for a moment, Fiona said thoughtfully, "I think he must have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. We might have given him an opportunity …"
As one of the countries that split from the Irus Empire, the Solant Kingdom had always been unable to get rid of the Irus Empire's currency problem. The Radiant Church, as the representative of Yerbil, recognized Irus gold coins as the official currency. The Solant Kingdom was also a parish of the Radiant Church, so there was no way to get rid of the influence of fiat currency.
Moreover, in many parts of the Solant Kingdom, people still believed that they were people of the Irus Empire. This made Emperor Klein very angry.
And now, Tang En's currency reform policy gave Emperor Klein a reason to make things difficult. The king of the Irus Empire is actually trying to use paper to exchange for gold in our hands. Can you accept it? Can't accept it? Then refuse!
We refuse to trade paper!
This isn't my attitude, this is the attitude of our country's people!
Emperor Klein found a good excuse to achieve currency independence through this step and completely draw a line with the Irus Empire. This would allow him to further realize his ambitions.
"Refuse paper? That's not up to him. "
Tang En sneered and said, "Maybe I need to talk to Reeves again."
Tang En went to find Reeves in the afternoon.
"Speed up the currency exchange?"
Reeves didn't understand why Tang En was so anxious, "Isn't the current speed quite fast? One-tenth of the gold coins have already been exchanged for paper. It will definitely be completed within this year. Why are you in such a hurry? "
"Because of the Solant Kingdom."
Tang En explained the attitude of the Solant Kingdom to Reeves, and then told Reeves about his request.
Reeves was flabbergasted, "You want me to help you achieve a currency invasion? This, this is too ridiculous … "
Tang En's plan was very simple. He wanted the Star Diamond Bank to recognize the Irus Empire as the only legal tender in the name of the Radiant Church. Moreover, they would replace it with the paper money issued by the Central Bank of Prandal. The paper money issued by the Central Bank of Prandal would be the only legal tender in the Star Diamond Bank. They would refuse to accept other currencies. Privately minted currency would be confiscated and the crime of privately minting counterfeit currency would be punished and they would be permanently blacklisted by the Star Diamond Bank.
Of course, the privately minted currency referred to the Solante Gold Coins that the Klein Empire was clamoring to issue. However, in terms of politics, one could not explain it so clearly. It was fine as long as one understood.
However, to let the Goblins, who didn't believe in the God of Light, say that they were appointed by the Radiant Church to support paper money, wasn't this a ridiculous method?
Reeves never thought that he would one day stand up and use the name of the Radiant Church to do this kind of thing.
But he had to admit that this method was absolutely effective!
The Solant Kingdom was still under the jurisdiction of the Radiant Church, and the vast majority of citizens here still believed in the Radiant Church. The words of the Radiant Church were at least more effective than those of Emperor Klein.
Even if you weren't a believer of the Radiant Church, you couldn't bear the fact that the Star Diamond Bank wouldn't recognize your currency!
What if you used the originally valuable currency to exchange for a bunch of currency that they didn't recognize? If you went to other countries and didn't recognize it, you could only use it in the Solant Kingdom. This was tantamount to completely isolating yourself from the rest of the world!
Would those merchants agree? Would those adventurers agree?
Of course they wouldn't agree!
How good was it now? The money earned would be deposited in the Star Diamond Bank, and if he needed to use it in another city, he could just take it out. If he changed it into a currency that could only be used in the Solant Kingdom, wouldn't he become a pauper when he went to other countries?
Emperor Klein's abacus was loud, but he never would have thought that Tang En would use the Star Diamond Bank to pull the firewood from under the cauldron, using an extremely insidious plan.
Reeves felt a headache coming on. He used to be a dictator who kept his word (although there was a Megalosaurus above him, he didn't care), but now, after Tang En got rid of his backer, he was about to become a tool in his hands.
"Let's not talk about anything else. If I stood up and said so, would the Radiant Church recognize it?"
Tang En patted his chest and promised, "I've already talked to the Radiant Church, so you can rest assured."
Wasn't the Radiant Church simple?
Not to mention his current relationship with Eluri, even if he directly discussed it with His Holiness the Pope, the Pope would definitely support Tang En's approach.
The Radiant Church's foundation was in Alinx, and the stronger the Irus Empire was, the stronger the Radiant Church's influence would be. He couldn't wait for Tang En to unify the world again.
Pope Jesolini XXIII was also happy to lick the shovel to dig a hole for Emperor Klein. When Duke Solant took the opportunity to gain independence and split from the Irus Empire, the Radiant Church severely condemned the Solant Family's actions. Now, the Radiant Church's attitude towards the Solant Family and the Gris Family was not friendly.
"In that case, we'll do as you say."
Reeves sighed, feeling a little sad. The Dragon King was standing on Tang En's side, so what could he say now?
"We'll speed up the implementation of the currency exchange, and we'll issue an announcement in the Solant Kingdom by tomorrow to express our attitude. Is that okay?"
Tang En nodded with satisfaction, "I'm very satisfied. In order to thank you for your help, our Datang Chamber of Commerce is willing to sponsor you a thousand currency detectors for free."
Reeves curled his lips when he heard this. Although the currency detectors were easy to use, the problem was that this thing existed solely to deal with the hidden dangers of paper money. If paper money was no longer used, then there would be no such troublesome step as verifying the money.
It was purely superfluous.
"Seeing that you're so cooperative …"
Tang En thought for a while and decided to give Reeves a message in advance, "I've decided to reveal a piece of news to you."
Reeves' spirit rose, "What news?"
"Clotho and I have designed a civilian airship based on the Heavenbreaker. Our Datang Chamber of Commerce has decided to cooperate with the dwarves to develop the air transportation industry."
"What! Is that so!? "
Reeves jumped up when he heard this, and he immediately became anxious, "How can you do this!? You're destroying our previous efforts! "
Reeves was very smart, and it was precisely because he was smart that he could immediately smell the huge business opportunity in this, but …
Their Star Diamond Bank had spent so much money to negotiate the highway project with Tang En. The project was not even halfway through, but the daily income from the highway network in the Irus Empire was already enough to make Reeves laugh even in his dreams.
He usually liked to calculate when he had nothing to do. If the entire Prandal was paved with highways, then how much money would he make every day sitting there?
And the result? Now, the highways in the Ronitan Empire had not been completed, and Tang En wanted to do some kind of air transportation industry!
Let's not talk about anything else for the time being. If everyone took airships, who would still run on the highways!?
Damn Clotho!
That damned leper!
Reeves cursed Clotho in his heart. It was all because of them that the newly opened source of income was about to be cut off!
They even had to pay a large sum of money for this investment!
It was a large sum!
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