Before ascending to God, be a good lord

After hearing the words "Magic Cauldron Coupon", Lant instinctively asked, "Is this also your attitude?"

"Lant, since I learned that you built the first magic furnace, I know that you will definitely become a demigod or a legend in the future, and you might even be able to become a god." Demigod dwarf Slem He didn't answer directly, but talked about the past.

"It's not just me, I'm afraid most of the legends in the imperial capital will have the same view after getting to know you."

Lant expressed his gratitude for Slem's statement: "Thank you for thinking favorably of me."

"Do you know what it feels like to become a legend?" Seeing that Lant didn't understand what he meant, Slem continued, "For example, I became a demigod in the year 757 of the ancient empire.

At that time, Douglas was still the Grand Magister of the Imperial Court. I was already considered the God of Iron Smelting in the Empire. My portrait would be hung in all the blacksmith shops. All high-level smelters and scribes in the Empire were required to do so. Studying under me is a minimum of 10 years. "

"You are truly a witness to human civilization!" At this moment, Lant suddenly thought of what the old herbivorous dragon said when he first met Guleia's father, Revendia, that humans were just bugs in front of him. .

Slem nodded and continued: "In the eyes of the humans and dwarves outside, I am more like a stone statue. They are used to the fact that there is a big stone named Slem in this world. This stone will tell How they draw runes and forge magical tools, but this big stone has nothing to do with their destiny."

Hearing this, Lant even felt a little sad. At this moment, he understood why the elves were addicted to novels, the dwarves were addicted to drinking, and the humans were addicted to intrigues. With such a long life, they had to have some fun.

Having said so much, the dwarf finally came to the key point: "The old bad debts in the Imperial Finance Department can be traced back to the city-state era, or even earlier to the goblin era.

These bad debts have evolved over tens of thousands of years, leaving the empire with almost no liquidity and can only continue to raise funds through shares and options. But why has no dynasty been able to change it after so many years? "

"Please advise."

"Money will not be created or consumed by financing, but will be continuously dispersed in the process of financing," Slem murmured, "It sounds ironic, right? A series of steps in the financing process The handling fee, just like the magic power dropped by Raya, seems to have no trace left, disappearing out of thin air on the ground, but in fact it has been divided up by countless high-level people and legends on the ground."

"The gold coins reflect the whereabouts of the magic power. Since the magic power has been divided up, the gold coins have also been completely divided up by families large and small in the continuous financing. Rather than saying that these high-cost financing is a means of the Department of Finance, Rather, it is the end in itself.”

This is called the magic share distribution system, right? Lant didn't say anything, but he taunted in his heart. In fact, after Little Cardinal's audit and Klein's explanation, he roughly understood the tactics of the Imperial Finance Department, so he said:

"That's why every fund our Finance Department handles is so complicated. They don't increase the financing cost, but treat the financing process as dividends itself."

Slem nodded: "You can think so, or you can be disdainful of it, but I want to remind you that for you, the days after you become a legend will be the real long-term days. Now as a lord and an official of the Finance Department, Life is just a short-lived transition. Now you are going to clear up these old accounts in the Department of Finance and use the magic furnace to bring a new pattern to the empire's finances, but what next?

Will you devote almost unlimited energy to the empire's ledger after becoming a legend or even a god? "

"Um……"

Lant was about to say something when he heard Slem ask himself: "You don't have to answer this question in a hurry. Legendary lawyers like Han Fei Appleby and Frank Douglas regard guarding the law itself as their vocation." , so they must guard the core departments of the empire.

But what about you? Do you plan to spend the next 1000 years managing these bad debts in the empire? "

The words of the demigod dwarf really silenced Lant. From his perspective, the current financial situation of the empire is like a mess. It is even the result of intentional actions by the top demigods and legends of the empire. They want to make The empire has become a state that cannot be clenched into a fist, but it is not in a state of disintegration.

In this way, as the biggest beneficiaries, they can enjoy the benefits brought by this state forever, and do not have to worry about other rising stars challenging them, because the benefits are like those magic in the sky, which have been absorbed as early as in the atmosphere. Completely distributed.

After a long silence, Lant asked: "If there hadn't been a once-in-a-millennium wave of demons, there hadn't been the demons eyeing the empire, and there hadn't been the ocean gods coveting the land, I wouldn't have any opinion on the current state of the empire. But I think Ask, will human opponents really remain at their original level forever? 300 years ago, they just seized the loopholes in the portal and caused so much damage to the empire..."

"Then you should support the Department of Finance. Isn't the foundation of the empire now the legends in the imperial capital and major cities? Isn't the current policy aimed at making it easier to deliver resources to the legends?"

The demigod dwarf looked at Lant's suspicious eyes and said, "In the future, there will be many legends in your kingdom. Maybe even your wife, your Warcraft pet, and your fox will become legends or demigods. At that time, you will understand that all the designs of the current empire exist for this purpose."

Now Lant feels that his left ear is listening to the words of the demigod dwarf, but his right ear is echoing the words of the demigod goblin mechanic Other Prager: "Can a civilization that only talks about finance still be protected by gods? Can a god with eyes full of money still win the support of believers? Can a sect that only cares about gold coins still be accepted by believers?"

Although the current finance of the empire is not driven by greed, this is because the empire cannot really issue gold coins, but only continuously redistributes the original total amount of issuance.

However, once the magic furnace is rolled out on a large scale, millions of gold coins are taken out of the Red Dragon Rock, and even the small star teleportation channels rich in precious metals in the universe are mined from the ground, can the empire's top management maintain the current situation? Won't the Empire slip into becoming the next Goblin Empire?

Lant already had the answer in his mind.

Sherman on the side looked at Lant's face and said slowly: "Lant, I understand your dissatisfaction with some things, but the priesthood is a long-term matter, and there is no need to bear all the burdens on yourself. "

Lant nodded and said: "Perhaps, I should find a department to take over the responsibility before the magic furnace is completely financialized."