Pirates: After being exiled by the Warring States Period, I started building a city

The meeting lasted for three hours.

At the end of the meeting, Luo Lan directly stated...

Build, build as hard as possible. Within three months, at least 18 ships must be built to create two complete King's Landing fleets.

As for money?

I have money, you can just write the note and I will approve it.

Then just take the note and go to Kalina to get the funds.

Although not all the gold was brought down at once, what was brought down this time, if replaced by Baileys, would be at least 800 billion Baileys.

More than the Navy’s entire annual military expenditure.

At this moment, Luo Lan is a super rich man.

If it weren't for the fact that some buildings were half-built, it would be temporarily impossible to upgrade the city builder's level.

He has already been promoted to A-level!

After being upgraded to Class A, Luo Lan will not only upgrade the original shipyard, but also plan to build a new one.

18 ships in three months...

To be honest, Luo Lan was not satisfied with this speed.

Of course, once the ship was built, people had to follow.

Each ship has a staff of thousands of people, and the number of King's soldiers in the current branch is far from enough.

We must increase our troops.

I'll give Cobra a call later.

Starting next month, we will need 10,000 people every month.

Otherwise, it would be very embarrassing to have a ship with no one on board three months later.

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After the finalization meeting for the second-generation warships was completed.

Luo Lan arrived at the tenth floor of the branch building.

This is where Kalina's office is currently located.

"Kalina, you're looking for me?"

"Yes, we need to have a good chat about the handling of gold!"

"Okay, you say it!"

Luo Lan sat down directly opposite her desk.

This is a very important matter, and...

It is also a very troublesome thing.

Because this gold cannot be exchanged for Bailey through conventional means.

A few billion might be okay, but tens of billions would immediately cause the value of gold to plummet.

If it's hundreds of billions...

Even if someone is still willing to buy it, I'm afraid the price will drop to rock-bottom prices.

What's more, the gold on Sky Island, even without counting the huge golden bell, is probably worth about 10 trillion according to the current gold price.

It’s really difficult to deal with it.

"First of all, we have to make one thing clear. You can use the black market for this gold, but the quantity must not be too much. Ten billion per year is the limit. Otherwise, it will definitely affect the price of gold."

"You know, even if it's just a 1% drop, it would be a loss of hundreds of billions of baileys for us."

Luo Lan nodded.

This is the truth.

On the one hand, we need to convert gold into cash, on the other hand...

The price of gold must also be maintained.

"What are you going to do?"

"It's very simple. Instead of using trading channels, we sell directly to nobles or royal families through point-to-point transactions."

Kalina snapped her fingers and said with a smile.

However, Luo Lan said that he didn't understand it at all.

"Why are you so stupid?"

"First of all, we have to make sure that this gold cannot flow into the market, otherwise it will inevitably affect the gold price, right?"

Luo Lan nodded.

"Then the question is, who buys this gold and prevents it from flowing into the market?"

“Or, even if it enters the market, it will only be a small part?”

"The answer is the nobles of each member country, and the royal families."

"Because, for them, buying gold is not for trading, but for collection or storage."

“They’re not putting that gold back into the market.”

"That way, we don't have to worry about a large amount of gold appearing in the market and causing the price of gold to plummet for a long time."

Luo Lan nodded.

Indeed, even in the world of pirates, gold is a hard currency, just like in Luo Lan's previous life.

Similarly, it is also the item that the nobles like to collect or store the most.

"So you plan to approach those nobles one-on-one and sell them secretly one by one?"

"Yes, after they buy them, if they find art ornaments of great collectible value, they might show them off to other nobles, but if they are just gold bricks..."

"If it were just gold bricks, they wouldn't take them out, but would hide them all, right?"

After understanding the meaning, Luo Lan asked with a smile.

Karina nodded.

Yes, these nobles would definitely take out one or two gold ornaments that are worth collecting and show off in front of other nobles.

But if it's a lot of gold bricks...

Believe it or not, if you show it off today, the Celestial Dragons will come to your door tomorrow?

Don't doubt it, this will definitely happen.

Therefore, they would try every possible means to hide all the gold bars they bought, and would never take them out unless they were in urgent need of money for emergency.

Thus.

The gold that is traded will hardly flow back into the market.

Then, for quite some time, it will not affect the gold price in the pirate world.

"Okay, I'll do as you say. Just tell me if you need anything!"

"I want the full cooperation of the intelligence community!"

Luo Lan agreed without giving it much thought.

After all, I am a novice in this area, while Kalina is a professional.

I also trust her.

As for requiring cooperation from the intelligence department, that is quite normal.

After all, this requires running around the world and actively contacting those nobles who have joined.

Obviously, Kalina can't do this on her own, she needs someone to cooperate, and the intelligence department...

Is the most suitable candidate.

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Arrived at the door of my office.

Luo Lan also sighed deeply.

There are so many things to do every day, and it’s inexplicable that half a day is taken up.

open the door.

Go into the room.

Luo Lan was stunned.

I saw Taotu and Tina sitting on the sofa in the reception area of ​​their office.

At the same time, Tina showed a guilty expression on her face.

what's going on?

"This is what you are doing?"

"Luo Lan, I want a separate training room!"

"Ok?"

Luo Lan immediately realized that something was wrong.

In order to prevent Taotu from discovering anything, I turned off the gravity of the training center these days.

Well, not all of them were closed, but a few single rooms were left open.

After all, they can't stop practicing just because Taotu is here, right?

You know, these people have dozens of strength points fluctuating every day. Every day they stop practicing, it will be a huge loss, okay?

Anyway, when you are not training, just close the door.

After all, you can't see the abnormalities in these single rooms with the naked eye.

Even if Taotu suddenly felt like finding a place to practice, there were plenty of empty single rooms nearby. There was no need to force open a locked door, right?

Originally, there should have been no problem.

But now seeing Tina's expression and Taotu's words.

Luo Lan knows...

The secret of the training center was definitely discovered by Taotu.

Moreover, it is related to Tina!!