Game of Thrones: The Strongest Dragon Mother

Chapter 383 Deal with Iron Bank

"If I said that I don't want the Iron Throne anymore, would you believe me?" Dany smiled strangely.

"Hahaha" Kan Shaoren and Haiwang laughed together, completely taking her words as a joke.

"Your Majesty, more than 500 million golden dragons seem like a lot. You can wait until you quell the rebellion and restore the economy of the seven countries to stability. As long as you don't spend as much money as King Robert, you can easily repay the loan within 20 years." Bessalov comforted road.

"Five million is a fart to me, but I don't want to be offended by that. Let me tell you the truth, one day I really sit on the Iron Throne, and I won't pay back a penny for Baratheon and Lannister. "

"You want to renege?" The smile on Besalo's fat face disappeared, and his expression became gloomy.

"Dani, you can think clearly, the Iron Bank cannot be in arrears." Sea King persuaded.

"I know," Dany nodded and sighed, "If a king doesn't pay back his debts, you will lend money to support another prince in the kingdom, and the princes will use your money to rebel and overthrow the old king and become the new king. The treasury pays the debts of the old king and himself."

"Do it, do it, work hard," she said encouragingly, waving her hand, "Go send money to Lannister, to Tyrell, to anyone in Westeros! I support you."

Neptune and Besalo looked at each other, but they didn't expect the Dragon Queen to react like this.

Do you think the gold in the Iron Bank is not as useful as the dragon?

seem

"This matter can be put aside for a while, anyway, Lannister is still sitting on the Iron Throne. Perhaps, before the Queen regains the Iron Throne, the debt problem will be resolved."

Besalo smiled into a Maitreya Buddha again, rubbed his fat hands and said, "After finishing business, why don't we go to the Sea Palace? There is still a grand banquet waiting for Her Majesty the Queen!"

Since a week ago, His Majesty Neptune has been preparing for tonight's negotiations and the subsequent banquet.

At this moment, there are countless dignitaries, singers and poets gathered in Haiwang Palace. "

"Forget about the banquet, I'll leave after talking about the last thing." Dany waved her hand and refused.

"Aren't you going to the Neptune Hall to attend the banquet? That's specially prepared for you." Besalo frowned.

"I don't want to participate in that kind of banquet either, let those people entertain themselves!" Neptune muttered wearily.

A trace of dissatisfaction flashed across the eyes of the fat man looking at Neptune, but only for a moment, he immediately nodded with a smile and agreed, "That's fine, that's fine, I wonder what Her Majesty the Queen wants to talk about?"

"Your Iron Bank accepts deposits from all over the world, doesn't it?"

"Of course, even Yuhailei Island has a branch of the Iron Bank. Only the Bu Dynasty in Yidi has loaned about 1300 million golden dragons to us. Compared with them, the money from the Iron Throne is nothing. " said the fat man proudly.

"Why did Mrs. Bu borrow so much money?" Dani asked in shock.

"The land of Yi now has three emperors standing side by side, one country is divided into three points, not to mention fighting every year, at least there is a small fight every two years, and a big fight every three years, so there is no shortage of money!"

"Has the Iron Bank borrowed money from the rulers of the other two countries?" Dany asked coldly.

"No, their dynasties are newly established, unlike the Bu family whose government is already decaying, and they each occupy an important business town, so they are not very short of money." The fat man said regretfully.

"Will you accept my money?"

"What?" Neptune and the key watcher exclaimed at the same time.

"Do you want my gold from Slaver's Bay?" Dany said affirmatively.

"What are you going to do?" The watchman's fat face was full of excitement and apprehension, and oily sweat covered his nose in an instant.

"I want to buy food, and buy food from the nine free city-states."

"Do you want to use the credit of the Iron Bank as a guarantee to purchase grain from within the sphere of influence of the Allied Forces?"

Sea King looked at Dani with contempt, shook his head and said, "It's a good idea, but the Allies are not stupid. How could they sell you the rations used to conquer Slaver's Bay?"

Dany smiled and said: "It's not to buy this year's grain, I store the gold in the Iron Bank, and you, as my agents, sign contracts with merchants who own land and grain, and the Iron Bank will help me pay the deposit and final payment, The purchased food will still be purchased by you, and finally handed over to me.

To put it simply, Iron Bank is a grain middleman.

I hope that from now on, in the next five years, all the land in the world will be planted with food, rice, wheat, corn, bacon, etc., as long as the food can be stored for a long time.

Within five years, I will purchase all grains at the highest price ever seen during the period from the past year to today, with unlimited quantities and no time limit. "

"What does this mean?" Sea King was dumbfounded.

"Is it feasible, can the Iron Bank do it?" Dany asked.

"I'm afraid you'll spend a lot of money." A flash of understanding flashed in Besalo's eyes, and after exchanging glances with Neptune, Dani's inexplicable sense of superiority suddenly appeared on his face.

"In the past two weeks, the archbishop of King's Landing and the old town of Hightower have contacted the major grain merchants in the Free City State at almost the same time, buying grain in a large amount, and the price of grain has increased by at least five times." He suppressed the smile on the corner of his mouth and said solemnly.

Lower-than-expected food prices grab Dani's full attention.

She was surprised: "Only five times?"

"Uh, is five times low?"

Besalo looked at the Dragon Queen strangely. Could it be that this is a foolish king who said 'why not eat minced meat'?

Dany suddenly thought of a terrible possibility, so she asked solemnly: "How much money does Hightower and the archbishop have for purchasing food?"

"This" Besalo hesitated for a moment, and then reluctantly said the information collected at a "huge amount of money", "Hightower is expected to spend 300 million golden dragons to buy food, which is very scary, and the price of food is mainly driven by them Yes. The Great | Sparrow in King’s Landing also has 50 golden dragons, so the price will climb even higher.”

really!

Someone missed an appointment.

The old man in Old Town didn't play tricks, he honestly contributed 300 million Golden Dragon cash, but the big | sparrow

Sighing inwardly, Dani deliberately asked: "Where did the big | sparrow get the money? I remember he didn't get the support of the Starry Temple in Old Town."

The Starry Church is the former Holy See of the Seven Gods and the sole shareholder of the Church Bank.

"Your Majesty, this is a commercial secret. We have to keep it a secret for our guests." The fat man hesitated.

"Tell her, tell her everything." Before Dani said anything, Neptune rubbed his waist and yelled, "Finish the talk sooner, and I can go back sooner."

Bessalo's fat face showed obvious anger, but the old sea king was exhausted by the pain, so he didn't notice it at all.

The chief swordsman Quilo, who hardly spoke, gave Fatty a sharp look.

With just one glance, the strange color on Fatty's face disappeared, and his amiability returned.

"Big|Sparrow borrowed 277 golden dragons with the church bank as collateral."

"What?" Neptune exclaimed, and immediately turned to Besalo sharply, asking, "Why didn't you inform me of such an important matter?"

"Just over a week ago, Nahor didn't even bring back the agreement." Besalo said with downcast eyes.

"Hehe" Sea King caught a glimpse of the dragon queen who was eating melons with wide eyes, and only sneered twice, and did not stage a good show in front of outsiders.

Dani looked at the two of them, smacked her lips regretfully, and asked, "What about the remaining golden dragons?"

"Probably spent another 50 gold dragons to buy weapons and armor. As far as I know, it seems that Mir alone ordered more than 1 sets of paladin suits, which are the silver armor, rainbow cloak, and star sword of the church's son of war. There are craftsmen and iron ingots from Qhorhor, and crossbows and arrows from Tyroshi"

The fat man concluded: "Big | sparrows are not stupid. With golden dragons and food, we must have the power to protect them. Restoring the Church's armed forces is the best choice."

Dani sighed, and asked again: "Even so, it only cost 100 million gold dragons, what about the rest?"

"Isn't that obvious? In the future, it will cost a lot of money to maintain the armed church of tens of thousands of people. He asked the Iron Bank to transport the cash to King's Landing, which is considered a precautionary measure." The fat man shrugged and said as a matter of course.

"Prepare for a rainy day" Dany smiled bitterly.

A golden dragon has a purchasing power of about 1.2 RMB, 50 golden dragons, about 60 billion.

In summer, under normal conditions (no natural or man-made disasters), a catty of rice costs 10 yuan; in winter, the price doubles, [-] yuan.

At this time, it is increased to five times the original amount, 50 yuan.

If you buy food on the other side of the Narrow Sea, you have to transport it back.

Given that King's Landing is located in Heishui Bay, right next to the Narrow Sea, with a straight-line distance of 400 kilometers to 100 kilometers, the loss and shipping costs will be blessed by the Seven Gods. If there is no shipwreck, the cost will only double (it must be more than that. ), [-] yuan.

In the sky, the big sparrow only has 6000 million catties of grain.

Uh, 6000 million catties sounds a bit much, converted into tons, 3 tons.

Seems like enough.

But considering the population of King's Landing, 50 locals + endless river refugees =?

One catty of food per day—considering that he has to support tens of thousands of church militants, the average may be more than that—calculated at three hundred catties a year, the church can only support 20 people a year.

Considering the miraculous food of the King’s Landing Brown Soup, as well as the grain reserves of the nobles and merchants themselves, the Big | Sparrow doesn’t need to feed everyone in King’s Landing. He can last for two years, at most three years.

Hmm, so the big | sparrow seems to have plans, he thinks this winter will only last two or three years like previous years?

"How much profit?"

"What?" Dani looked at the fat man who asked in doubt.

He rubbed his fat hands and asked with a friendly smile, "I mean, how much difference can Iron Bank earn as a middleman?"

"How much do you want?" Dany smiled.

"This" fat pig's eyes shone with shrewdness, and he wrung his fingers and began to calculate for the Dragon Queen: "Look, there is a 3%-15% handling fee for depositing and withdrawing large amounts of gold in different places. The tense situation among the allied forces must be at least 14. As the Dragon Queen, we only charge 13.5% commission, isn’t it too much?”

"Well, not much." Dany nodded.

That’s not too much. It takes six to seven thousand kilometers to transport gold from Slaver’s Bay to the nearest Volantis. On the way, you have to pass through the East Summer Sea where there are many pirates and the ruins of Valyria where the weather is unpredictable.

Compared with the cost of the Spanish treasure fleet in the 17th century, 15% commission is not too much.

After all, the money is stored in the iron treasury, and she can use it anywhere in the world, saving a lot of transportation and custody costs.

"Secondly, it is the profit of being a temporary grain merchant"

(End of this chapter)