In Søren's eyes, whether it was the files, the account books, or the gold notes, the consequences of being burned were serious, but not fatal.
Most importantly, the gold reserves were fine.
Therefore, the most important thing in King City's Gold Bank was the treasury. If Søren was right, the gold reserves in the headquarters of King City's Gold Bank should be more than ten million gold coins.
This was because this was not only the savings of the nobles in King City, but also the savings of the rich and ordinary citizens of the kingdom. Not only was King City's gold reserves here, but the gold coins of other branches would also be transported here for storage.
Admittedly, this money had already been used by Zhi Li by nearly 30%, but the remaining 70% was still an astronomical figure.
"Are you going to bring me to the treasury, or should I kill you and go there myself?" Søren asked.
Fang Zeming's voice trembled. "I-I'll bring you there."
Then, Fang Zeming brought Søren and the rest into the largest castle in the middle and opened a bunch of complicated mechanisms.
"Rumble …" A secret door appeared on the wall.
"You guys go in first," Hei Ningqi said to the Imperial Guards.
"Yes."
Immediately, dozens of Imperial Guards entered the secret door and began to search the secret passage inside to prevent the appearance of assassins.
After a full 15 minutes, dozens of Imperial Guards came forward and bowed. "Duke Regent, we went all the way down to the door of the treasury, but there was no ambush."
Søren nodded. Then, under the personal protection of Hei Ningqi and Zhuang Zhixuan, and dozens of Shadow Pavilion experts, he entered the secret passage of the treasury.
This was a bottomless staircase!
This underground passage kept going down, down, and down.
After going more than 20 meters deep, they finally reached the end of the passage. It was brightly lit, and there was a rumbling sound.
It was difficult to ensure air circulation more than 20 meters underground. Therefore, there were many ventilation holes outside the secret passage, and there was a special water wheel turning to ensure air circulation inside.
However, it was still difficult to breathe with so many people rushing in at once.
"Go and open the door," Søren said.
The head shopkeeper of King City's Gold Bank, Fang Zeming, took out an extremely exquisite key.
This key was divided into three parts. The first part was crystal, the second part was gold, and the third part was silver.
He stepped forward, inserted the key into the keyhole on the left, turned it three times to the left, then turned it four times to the right, then pulled it out halfway and turned it two and a half times to the right.
"Rumble …" A loud noise came from the treasury's door.
"Li Ruofei, did Hidden Island's Young Master Fang Qingyi appear when you surrounded Golden Castle?" Søren asked.
"No," Li Ruofei said.
Søren said, "If he didn't show up, then why did Fang Zeming say that Fang Qingyi was waiting for me at Yin Yuan to negotiate, and that he wanted me to bring three items?"
Li Ruofei said, "It should be the messenger harriers. We've killed more than ten of them, but there should be some that escaped."
Then, Fang Zeming took out another key, went to the right side of the treasury door, inserted it into the right keyhole, and began a series of complicated operations.
Suddenly, the door to the treasury opened again.
The door still did not open, but a circular ring appeared, corresponding to a series of passwords.
"Be careful, Master," Zhuang Zhixuan said from the side.
Søren nodded.
The door to the treasury was extremely complicated, and probably only Fang Zeming and Fang Qingyi knew how to open it.
In other words, if Fang Zeming did not say anything, Søren would not have been able to open the door to the treasury.
Facing such a terrifying door, explosives would not be able to blow it up, and the Dragon Golden Sword would not be able to cut it open.
Even if violent methods were used, it would take at least ten days to half a month to completely open it.
So, Fang Zeming opened the door to the treasury so obediently because he was afraid of death? Or because there was a trap?
Fang Zeming was a direct descendant of Hidden Island, so he should not have betrayed Hidden Island so easily and opened the door to the treasury.
So, there might be a trap here, or maybe there were assassins hiding inside, waiting for Søren to come to them.
At this moment, Fang Zeming stepped forward and turned the password disk.
The whole process was very careful, and very complicated.
Søren roughly remembered that the ring password for the door to the treasury had more than 13 digits. There were four rings in total, and each ring had to be turned three or four times.
After the password disk was turned.
"Rumble …"
Finally, there was a loud noise, and the door to the treasury slowly opened!
When the door opened, Søren felt the entire ground tremble. He could not even imagine what kind of power could drive the mechanism to open the door.
Was it the water wheel outside, or the gravity of the boulders?
The thickness of the entire treasury door was more than three feet, and it was made of an alloy of a color that Søren had never seen before.
Zhuang Zhixuan stepped forward and slashed with the Black Gold Sword, but it only left a small mark. Instead, the Black Gold Sword was bent.
Perhaps, only the Four Secret Continents could forge such alloys. The Raging Wave Kingdom did not have such skills.
After the door to the treasury opened, it was completely dark inside.
Fang Zeming said, "Lord Søren, please come in."
"Light the fire," Søren said.
Immediately, a few Shadow Pavilion warriors lit torches, entered the treasury, and lit the candlesticks inside.
At the same time, Søren and Zhuang Zhixuan released their powerful psychic powers, probing every corner of the treasury to see if there were any assassins hiding.
There were no psychic waves, and there were no assassins in the treasury.
However, Soran still wouldn't go in. If the door of the vault suddenly closed, he wouldn't be able to get help even if he called for help.
Suddenly, a cry of alarm came from inside.
"What's the matter?" Søren asked.
The Shadow Pavilion warrior in the treasury said in shock, "Lord Duke, the treasury is empty, there's no money!"
At this time, all the candlesticks in the treasury were lit.
The treasury, which was more than a few thousand cubic meters, was indeed empty, not a single gold coin.
The only thing that could be seen were two or three gold coins scattered on the ground, and some silver coins, adding up to about a few hundred.
The treasury was actually empty? How was this possible?
All the hair on Søren's body stood on end, and he felt a chill run down his spine.
The account books had been burned, the reserves had been burned, and the gold notes had been burned. Søren could not care less about these things.
As long as the gold coins were there, there would be no problem.
But now, even the gold coins were gone, and the consequences were completely fatal!
According to Søren's plan, he would first completely take over the capital's treasury and control the gold coin reserves. This way, the foundation would be stabilized.
The remaining deficit would be confiscated from the corrupt nobles and vassals according to the account books of the finance minister, Sauf.
In this way, they would be able to successfully get through the bank run crisis, make up for the deficit caused by Feng Li's misappropriation of the bank's savings, and maintain the operation of the entire country. They would be able to pay all the troops, pay all the officials, and maintain the courier stations and armory.
As for the debt he owed to the Yinyuan Association, Søren had no intention of paying it back.
And now, the gold coins for the confiscation had not been received.
The treasury that was used to stabilize the foundation had disappeared!
The huge treasury was actually empty, and the tens of millions of gold coins in it had actually disappeared without a trace.
Søren only felt waves of dizziness in his head, and his whole body broke out in a cold sweat. His vision was blacking out.
Once the money supply was cut off, he was afraid that he would not even be able to pay the Imperial Guards. It was already too late to transport the gold coins from Tianshui City.
Once the country's machinery stopped operating, no matter how great Søren's ability was, it would be difficult to save it.
Next, countless people would come to the capital's treasury with their credentials to withdraw money, causing an unprecedented bank run crisis. In this way, the originally weak kingdom's order would instantly collapse.
No wonder Fang Zeming would cooperate to open the door of the treasury.
"Hahahaha … hahaha …"
Inside the treasury, Fang Zeming let out a burst of strange laughter. He was extremely gloating, extremely excited, and extremely mocking.
"Søren, let's see what you do now. Let's see what you do now. "Fang Zeming held his stomach and laughed." Do you know what I think you look like now? A snake that swallowed a pig, and in the end, it was stuffed to death. "
Søren's face was pale, and cold sweat the size of soybeans was constantly dripping down.
Fang Zeming continued to laugh. "You didn't want to be a Marquis of Tianshui City, and insisted on entering the capital to take over this mess. How awe-inspiring you were in Tianshui City, with money and soldiers, and even so much money that you couldn't spend it all. You beat Zhi Li until his face was covered in dirt, and the vassals trembled in fear at the sound of your name. You won every battle, how awe-inspiring. In the end, you were greedy and insisted on entering the capital to take charge of the Raging Wave Kingdom. In the end, you were stuffed to death, hahaha! "
Søren still ignored him.
Fang Zeming laughed so hard that he squatted on the ground. He said mockingly, "Other than killing, killing, killing, what else can you do? The entire Raging Wave Kingdom has been infiltrated into a mess by us, and you still want to take over. It's fine if you take over, but you still want to flaunt your power, capturing Marquis Fu 'e and Lord Sauf. How awe-inspiring you are, but can you conjure up gold coins? Since you can kill so much, then you should kill all the nobles who come to squeeze you, and all the commoners who come to take advantage of you. You won't be able to pay them. If the City Guards, Dragon Guards, and Imperial Guards start mutinies, you can kill them all. "
"Stupid Søren, you are not made for politics. You are not fit to be the regent of the Raging Wave Kingdom. Go back to where you came from." Fang Zeming sneered. "Very soon, the volcano under your ass will erupt. Quickly abandon everything here and escape back to your Tianshui City. Continue to be a local tyrant behind closed doors. The affairs of the capital are not something you can meddle with. "
Søren quietened down and said, "Where did the gold coins go?"
Fang Zeming said, "Of course they were transported back to the Hidden Island."
Søren said, "Tens of millions of gold coins, millions of kilograms. It has not been more than half a month since Zhi Li was defeated. And it has only been four days since Zhi Li forcibly failed to ascend the throne. How did you transport millions of kilograms of gold coins to the Hidden Island without anyone knowing? The Imperial Guards are watching you, and the Shadow Pavilion is also watching you. "
Fang Zeming laughed. "That is not your problem. The Hidden Island is resourceful. Of course we can do it easily."
Søren's body swayed, but he forced himself not to fall.
"Søren, surrender. Surrendering to us is your only way out." Fang Zeming sneered. "The only one who can save you now is the Hidden Origin Association. Otherwise, the people of the kingdom you protect, the many bureaucrats, and the countless soldiers will turn into hungry wolves and bite you to death. If you can't feed them, they will eat you. "
"Søren, now your deficit is more than 20 million gold coins. How are you going to fill this bottomless pit? Your Tianshui City is as rich as a country. Even if you have the Rubble Saltworks and the Magic Mirror Island, which bring you astronomical profits, it will take a full ten years to make up for this deficit. By that time, your corpse will have rotted. "
"Obediently kneel to our Young Master Fang Qing. That way, you may have a chance of survival." Fang Zeming grinned.
Søren slowly closed his eyes!
Now, it was as if the sky had fallen!
He calmed himself down. Now, he had fallen into the worst situation.
The Hidden Island was not just counterattacking. It was simply opening the mouth of a demon and was about to spit out destructive flames.
Destroy Søren, destroy the Raging Wave Kingdom!
What should Søren do next? It seemed to be a dead end.
Soon, Søren would face an unprecedented crisis. The army would have no food and pay, the officials would have no salary, and the entire national machine would completely stop working.
It seemed that it was really a dead end.
…
Was there really no way out?
No, no!
There was still one way to go, but this way was really a dead end. It was really a dead end like a mountain of knives and a sea of fire.
The first step was to send troops to search the noble families in Royal City. They would get an astronomical amount of gold coins.
The second step was to temporarily enter the planned economy of the entire Raging Wave Kingdom. All materials would be controlled and distributed equally to all citizens.
The third step was to temporarily enter the military politics. Large amounts of gold coins and materials would be supplied to the army first to suppress any possible rebellion.
Once this path was taken, it would really be a sea of blood and mountains of corpses. The Raging Wave Kingdom would either be completely destroyed or reborn in flames.
Søren took a deep breath and said, "Fang Zeming, the gold coin reserves in Royal City's Gold Cruise belong to the citizens of the entire kingdom. They don't belong to the Hidden Island. You have no right to transport them away."
Fang Zeming shrugged his shoulders and said, "So what? Are you going to lead the army to the Hidden Island to get back the gold coins? Do you know where the Hidden Island is? "
This was already the rhythm of the despicable being invincible. My Hidden Island will devour the Raging Wave Kingdom's savings. So what? What can you do to me?
Søren said calmly, "I can't go to the Hidden Island, but I can fight to the death. I'll attack the Hidden Island Association, capture Fang Qingyi, and force the Hidden Island to pay back the money. If the Hidden Island doesn't return it, I'll skin Fang Qingyi alive and grind his bones to ashes! "
Fang Zeming said hoarsely, "You dare? If you dare to do that, you'll be fighting to the death with the Dragon Temple. "
Søren smiled and said, "At this point, do I still have to worry about falling out with the Dragon Temple?"
Then, Søren's voice was cold as he ordered, "Let the Griffin Warriors pass the order to Gao Yin. Let him lead the army to attack the Hidden Island Association, capture Fang Qingyi, and kill everyone!"
With this order, even the commander of the Imperial Guards, Hei Ningqi, was completely stunned.
He didn't expect Søren to be so decisive and crazy. Once he did that, the whole sky would collapse.
Søren turned around and said with a smile, "Hei Ningqi, it's no big deal. Even if the kingdom is on the brink of destruction. I'll bring all of you back to Tianshui City and let Jung Yeon ascend the throne in the Southeast Province. Then, we'll lead hundreds of thousands of troops and conquer the Raging Wave Kingdom again. "
"Good." Hei Ningqi roared.
Søren said word by word, "Even if I destroy the whole Raging Wave Kingdom, I'll never compromise with the filthy worms of the Hidden Island."
The commander of the Imperial Guards said word by word, "Even if it's a mountain of knives and a sea of fire, I'll follow the duke to the end!"
Søren repeated again, "Pass the order to Gao Yin. Lead the Imperial Guards to attack the Hidden Island Association, capture Fang Qingyi, and kill everyone!"
"Yes, sir!" A Shadow Pavilion Warrior rushed out quickly, riding a griffin and flying to Royal City to pass on Søren's order to destroy to Great Eunuch Gao Yin!
Fang Zeming, the head shopkeeper of Royal City's Golden Cruise and a direct descendant of the Hidden Island, looked at Søren in disbelief and said hoarsely, "Søren, you're crazy, you're crazy …"
Søren said word by word, "If this is crazy, then I've never been sober!"
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