Chapter 249

"teacher."

Ren whispered softly, "If the Queen of Storms refuses to borrow money, or the interest charged is too high, I can think of another way."

Anse Wodos turned around when he heard the words, and Ren continued: "There are many valuable industries in my territory, such as the port and commercial street buildings, as long as you take out part of it as collateral, you can borrow several million gold shields from the Imperial Bank , is relatively easy."

The risk of doing so is not small, if the Floating Void City is unable to repay, then Rennes will have to bear the loss.

Orienth's banking industry is fairly developed, with dozens of large and small banks, but the only one that can really lend so much money is the Imperial Bank.

The Imperial Bank is a financial institution directly under the Empire. In fact, it is the purse of the Supreme Council, and no one dares to renege on it.

Even the holy soul wizard did not dare to breach the contract easily.

If Rennes did not repay the money within the time limit, he would lose his mortgaged property and return it to the empire, and it would be impossible to get it back in the future.

This is unacceptable for any lord, and it is also the most prodigal behavior.

Unless there is no way out, the territorial property must not be mortgaged.

Ren didn't want to do this either, but he didn't want to see Wezeland Floating Void City fall. At least for now, he still needs Floating Void City as his backing, or he needs an umbrella.

After all, I have something coveted in my hands.

Besides, Ren didn't think Wezeland would really collapse because of lack of money. After all, Allen Erth is a world where power is paramount. Where the strength of the holy soul wizard lies, it is the last confidence.

Difficulties are only temporary and will eventually be overcome.

Compared with icing on the cake, it is easier to win people's hearts by sending charcoal in times of crisis.

Sure enough, Anse Wodos stared at Ren for a few seconds, then slowly shook his head: "You have contributed enough to Wezelan, and I appreciate your kindness, but the floating city has not yet reached the point where you need to mortgage the property the point."

"But……"

Ren was still talking half-truthfully, but Anse Wodos interrupted him with a smile and raised his hand.

"Two million gold shields are not much to the Queen of Storms. She has always supported me. As long as I lower my face and ask, she will not refuse."

Anxi Wodas stroked his snow-white beard and said with a smile: "Lend a sum of money, earn some interest, and get a favor from me. I think many people should be very happy."

Wren doesn't know much about the Storm Queen.

Since the teacher was so confident, he didn't insist any longer, and said seriously: "Teacher, I will not take back my words. If there is a need, please don't hesitate to speak."

"I can become the Earl of Glamorgan because of the full support of my teacher. I originally planned to give a sum of money to Floating Void City every year in return. Mortgaging some properties is nothing, even if I sell the entire territory, as long as Wei Zeeland is running smoothly and I don't have a single complaint."

Immediately, Anse Wodos's face was moved.

He took a deep look at his student, nodded and said, "Okay!"

Ryan relaxed, knowing that in the eyes of the teacher, his status and importance had improved a lot.

In fact, this is also a disguised investment, only a few words are exchanged for the trust of a holy soul wizard.

However, he still didn't understand, since the teacher was sure that the Storm Queen would borrow money, why was he still worried?

Anse Woldas came straight and sat down behind the desk.

Seeing Renn's hesitant appearance, he sighed and said: "The two million gold shield is just a small problem, which is easy to solve. I am more worried about the future of the floating city. Even if it will not be dragged down by debts, it will be difficult to recover." to its former glory."

"debt……"

Ren's heart trembled slightly, and he asked curiously: "Teacher, how much money does Floating Void City owe?"

"About 100 million." Anxi Wodas replied lightly.

"One hundred million!"

Ren's eyes widened, and he was almost shocked by the number and fell from his chair.

The 100 million in the teacher's mouth naturally refers to the unit of gold shields. What is the concept of 100 million gold shields? Converted into copper coins, it is 100 billion!

The average monthly salary of workers in Modu is higher than that of workers in Longshande, which is nearly 1,000 copper dollars. Millions of workers in Modu need to go to work for a hundred years without eating or drinking to earn this much money and pay off the debts of Floating City.

Ryan is now considered one of the richest men in the empire.

In a few years, he could become one of the dozens of richest people, but the huge debt of 100 million gold shields still made him a little dizzy, and he didn't recover for a long time.

Anxi Wodas laughed twice, "Actually, it's less than 100 million. Specifically, it should be more than 98 million gold shields. The amount changes every day, so I can't figure it out."

Ren was speechless for a moment.

Is there a difference between 98 million and 100 million?

"Teacher, how come the floating city owes so much money?" Ren felt incredible. As far as he knew, the Duke of Silver Star searched Longshande for hundreds of years in order to build the floating city, and the money he raised did not reach 100 million gold shields.

In other words, building a brand new floating city would not require 100 million gold shields.

"A large part of the responsibility here belongs to me."

There was some regret in Anxi Wodusi's eyes, as if he was recalling the past, "It should be seven hundred years ago. During those decades, I was obsessed with the study of magic knowledge, and I didn't manage the floating city well. Councils were rarely held. money."

"Just so, since that era, more and more wizards have entered the floating city."

"Every wizard has to practice. The potions they consume, the alchemy materials they use for practice, the equipment on their bodies, and their daily expenses all cost money. Wezeland is also in a stage of rapid expansion, and every ten years someone is promoted to a legend. , and build a wizard tower for them."

"I didn't think too much about it at that time, so I borrowed a sum of money from the Imperial Bank. The total amount was hundreds of thousands of gold shields. I thought I could pay it back in two years, so I didn't care too much."

"But later, Wezeland's reputation grew, the number of wizards also increased, and the cost of maintaining the floating city also increased year by year."

"I can only continue to borrow money from the Imperial Bank."

"When a debt is due, borrow another amount of money to repay it. Although the interest rate is very low, the debt has accumulated over hundreds of years, and the debt has swelled like a snowball. It is basically unable to repay it. Every year, it is only handed over to the Imperial Bank. The interest is close to 1 million gold shields, and if you add up the interest for so many years, it will be more than 100 million."

After speaking, Anse Wodas started to have a headache again, pulling his beard to worry.

After Ren listened, he felt helpless and wanted to laugh.

This sounds all too familiar. I don’t know how many people fell into this kind of borrowing trap in their previous lives, and in the end they couldn’t extricate themselves and ruined their lives.

Unexpectedly, a holy soul wizard was also tricked.

However, there is still a difference between a holy soul wizard and ordinary people. As long as he is willing to show his face and disregard his reputation, no one will dare to do anything to him, and he can be the most powerful old man in history.

Of course, with the personality of a teacher, he definitely couldn't do it.

Ren thought about it, and he didn't have the ability to help the teacher solve the problem. The 100 million gold shield is too much, and maybe few people in the world can get it.