A strange world

Chapter 1239 Section 161. No war in Liberty City

"Why order so many spinning machines?"

"I... I sold them."

Faced with Francois's questioning, Peterson shrank his neck and confessed.

"If I remember correctly, the spinning machines are only rented, right?"

Francois was almost angry and laughed: "Who did you sell them to?"

Peterson confessed that he had found many people in the city and promised to find them low-priced Susan spinning machines produced in Liberty City, and then sold 98 machines at the price of 15 gold coins each...

But what they didn't expect was that while Peterson sold the spinning machines at a low price and made a lot of money himself, he didn't make Liberty City lose anything.

He really paid 1 gold, 27 silver and 40 copper per day for renting 98 spinning machines.

"How did you do it?"

"There are ten pots... I have nine pot lids, so I fooled them and said I could cover eleven pot lids..."

...

"Isn't this a bank?"

Annan said after listening to Francois's narration.

"What bank?"

"It's... I let everyone deposit their money with me, and promised that as long as they deposit money with me, they will get certain benefits, such as depositing 100 gold nars for a year, which is 101 gold nars."

Francois understood a little: "But what should I do if everyone withdraws money?"

"They won't withdraw money at the same time, right? Normally, everyone's deposits are with me, and when I need to withdraw money, I just need to transfer other people's money. And I can use this money to do business and make money with a large amount of money in my hands..."

"What if they withdraw money at the same time?"

"That would be a run on the bank?" Annan spread his hands, "Unless my credit is in trouble or there is a disaster in the area, it is difficult for people to withdraw money at the same time."

At this point, Annan was a little moved.

Build a Liberty City Bank?

Forget it, not now.

There are only 300,000 people in the entire Gem Bay, and most of them can't afford a single gold coin, so there is no money to be made. People outside are not sure how much they are willing to pay.

When the people of Liberty City become rich, it will be time to move the bank out.

"Then we don't need to care about Peterson?"

"Why not?" Annan asked back.

"Didn't you say there is no problem..."

"It's a big problem. He didn't lose money only temporarily. He sold the spinning machine at a low price and subsidized the daily price difference himself. In the early stage, he could still rely on deposits to make ends meet, but as time goes by, the hole in his hands will get bigger and bigger."

"Then Peterson..." Francois's expression turned cold.

He hasn't killed anyone for a long time...

"He is a talent, but he just needs someone to lead him on the right path."

"Don't look at me, I have a lot of things to do."

"Then send him to prison for education for a while."

Annan and Francois unanimously decided Peterson's fate, asked him to return all the money, and then sent him to prison again.

Today is also a peaceful day in Liberty City.

…

While Annan was still making plans for some trivial matters in Liberty City, the world was undergoing turbulent changes.

As Annan said, "Confidence is more important than anything else", with the unlimited assistance of Liberty City, the Kingdom of Dimon was inspired to have confidence. The king mobilized the entire kingdom to support Fenris Pass, and immediately turned the precarious situation into a solid one.

The nobles and forces in the kingdom gradually realized that the outcome of the northern resistance army was related to their survival, and sent private soldiers to the north to deal with the ratmen that leaked in.

There was even a wonderful scene: the Mercenary Association, the Shadow Brotherhood, the Scavengers, and the thieves groups from all over the country united to resist the ratmen.

The main target of McKeon's ratmen and demon army: the Principality of Keating sought help everywhere in order to survive and gathered a lot of reinforcements.

After all, the Principality of Keating is a trading country. The wealth accumulated over hundreds of years has allowed them to recruit several legendary wizards from Middle-earth, including Annan's old acquaintance, Little Bat.

Although the mercenaries were only hired temporarily, they did hit a wall for the McKeon ratmen and demons.

In the absence of gods, legends are the new gods.

Even if the McKeon ratmen and demons finally took over the Principality of Keating and its surroundings, they would find that the Tatun Empire appeared in front of them at some point -

After a whole year of repairs, the empire's northern wall has become a huge dragon that stretches hundreds of miles and is 100 meters high.

The empire's guards are heading to the northern wall, and the news of the formation of a coalition is spreading.

The Principality of Montabullock and the Franco Territory are uneasy all day long, because there is no guarantee that there will not be a small-scale rat tide rushing here.

If they are blocked, it's okay, but they are afraid that if they are not blocked or some ratmen escape back, the ratmen and demons will know that they are soft persimmons.

At this time, the Kingdom of Rekanel, which is closest to the ratmen, has become the safest place: the ratmen have no desire for territory, at least the McKeon ratmen do not.

They have no interest in biting into a human territory that once submitted to them, then rebelled, and is now extremely poor.

At least the Principality of Keating and Middle-earth in the south are richer.

So except for a small-scale rat tide and demons appearing on the border, the Kingdom of Rekanel maintains a strange calm in the eye of the storm.

In Wilhelm, the storm of the celebration that just ended in the Elf King's Court is still brewing.

After all, the Kingdom of Paem lost a prince, Aidan, which caused a lot of controversy in Wilhelm. Although the two sides confirmed that they would not start a war after contact, the two places that already had old hatreds had new resentments, and some minor frictions were inevitable.

Coupled with the instigation of some countries in Wilhelm and the third prince who wanted to change the internal situation, I am afraid that there will be no peace recently.

The ratmen in the south also launched a rat tide. They would go north in large numbers every few years to consume the excess population. This time was no exception. They were blocked by the Southern Alliance outside the "Kolog Line".

In Liberty City, the biggest thing that happened here was two local news: an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was arrested for maliciously purchasing a large number of spinning machines; the candidate for Liberty City Star of the Month: Fischer, who came out of the civilians, and her deeds;

In the morning of a new day, Annan looked at the still green Liberty City and the lush tree of the other world outside the window, and remembered that he had not seen Ilimoyas for a long time.

After getting up, he went out and went to the crystal nest next door to visit Ilimoyas.

Ilimoyas was sleeping on the top of her treasure mountain. She seemed to sense Annan's arrival, and her dragon tail trembled unconsciously.

The treasure mountain was gently touched, and a round ruby ​​rolled down from the treasure mountain and stopped at Annan's feet.

Annan picked up the gem before the three-color ghost floated over and stuffed it into his pocket.

He looked at Ilimoyas on the top of the mountain affectionately and called out: "Wake up, my princess..."