Arestia Empire'S World Domination
Chapter 50: Multiplication

...—Capital of Excelia, Arestia— Empire...

...—16 January 1239—...

"So, are we able to find out something you want to go to, Your Majesty?" Contrary to the look on his face that looked like a sleepy person, Victor's eyes were sharp, as if he didn't want to miss a single action that Ares would do.

Not only did it come from Victor, Ares was surrounded by sharp gazes. He also comes from his half-sister, Elsa. Hearing about the plan to multiply money, Elsa was momentarily flabbergasted, her two eardrums seemed to not believe something her brother had just said.

Of course, Elsa's fierce attitude comes from her concern for Ares. Concerns about the "chaos" situation are very likely to happen to Arestia if her brother's plans slip, although Elsa does not really understand the way her brother thinks, as well as Victor, Duke Alein, Former Queen of Nevia, and so on, the Governor of the Central Bank, Loic.

Unlike what Ares thought, all the guests assumed that Elsa's half-brother was willing to invade another precious metal mine, which was certain to intersect with the Holy Alven Empire.

Something new will certainly be wary of people who are comfortable with the old system.

Not much different from the history of the earth where the old people are very troublesome because of their narrow minds.

After all, I lived in the 13th century, even though China used the money first, it is too early for a European-cultured world like this world to make transactions with paper money.

Doesn't that mean I'm Marco Polo to the world?

"Something I want to go to?" Ares decided to give a projection. From his pocket, two gold coins worth 1,000 G were between his two fissures, rolling each other until they hit each other.

Ting.

Right in front of Elsa and Victor, the two coins spin each other, for a moment their sides touch the table surface until they completely fall.

"Marquis Villiers, Elsa, take each of the coins in front of you." Elsa and Victor momentarily looked at each other, painting confused expressions.

High curiosity made the two comply, grasping each of the coins in their right hand.

Ares nodded lightly, "Please give Loic two tablespoons."

A high-ranking servant bowed deeply, stepped closer to Loic and handed him two fancy-looking iron spoons with his carvings.

Accepting it, his forehead frowning, Loic could only express his confusion, patiently waiting for the words Ares would reveal next.

"Now, Loic, how are you going to buy a warhorse worth one gold coin with a spoon in your hand?" With his left hand, Ares held his face while smiling wryly towards Loic.

"Isn't that impossible, Your Majesty?" Nevia confusedly tilted her head slightly. His mind full of experience and has entered the middle age of the head of three is also unable to digest it can be realized, as well as his husband and stepbrother, Duke Alein.

"That's possible, Duchess." Ares said as loud as possible, aiming for the long white-haired middle-aged woman who gave a confused look to him in order to be able to rethink him more critically.

Despite having entered the age of three heads, Nieve's mature facial features, which even twenty years ago had given birth to the Second Prince of Rowling Kingdom, still looked young, there was no sign of aging.

"Please tell us, Your Majesty." Victor had no power to hold back his curiosity. Seeing Ares's sour expression also made him even more upset, remembering that he was cornered by the Emperor in the past just because of a wordplay.

"Loic, play the Bank." Ares spoke while maintaining his sour expression, as if intending to tease Victor. Looking away, Ares took turns staring at Loic, Victor, and Elsa, "And you two, be a merchant."

"For what?" Victor asked in surprise, one of his eyebrows raised.

"Please assume that Marquis Villiers and Elsa are two trading companies affiliated with the Merchant Guild. That means, you guys have money stored in the bank, right?" ares said, not one bit to discuss Victor's question.

"That's right," replied Elsa.

"So, give the gold coins you now hold to Loic." Ares gave the order, leaning his back to relax while staring at the interaction between the three people sitting in a circle at the round table with him.

Receiving two gold coins, Loic could only stare in turns at the two spoons in his left hand as well as the gold coins in his right.

"Then?" ask Duke Alein.

For a moment, on a small piece of paper, Ares scratched his quill pen, revealing what he wrote to all of his interlocutors.

"Decree," is what is written on the paper shown.

"With this, I—The Emperor of Arestia, Ares I— declares that the spoons issued only by Loic to be valid medium of exchange, as long as they are used within the Free Trade Zone and the City of Hauzen specifically."

Everyone's eyes slowly opened, deeply distrusting what Ares had just said.

Power, position, influence, to network. Although Emperor Renacles also had something similar to Ares, but he did not have a network that could be known by the public, his operation was too focused on illegal transactions, which of course he could not reveal.

Loic, who could only be dumbfounded, involuntarily his grasp seemed to be trembling slightly, something new vile was seeping into his mind.

So it was with Victor and Duke Alein, someone who had been eating the salt acid of life for over twenty years of his journey to becoming a noble.

Ares' bold actions are at high risk, to the possibility of insolvency that can befall the country's finances, even after selling all its assets.

"Only with two small pieces of copper can I have one gold coin, which exceeds almost a thousand times its value" Ares added.

"Ta—but, a—what do you want to do with the money saved? Do you really want to secure it?" Elsa reveals her thoughts.

Although Ares has given him bait, but he has not been able to attract his fish, which is very reasonable because Elsa—which incidentally is a native community with medieval culture— can not make a good supposition.

"What are you saying, Miss Lenoir? Of course, the funding of the war," Ares replied with a wry smile.

"Then, what if the Central Bank has a crisis of confidence, Your Majesty?!" Elsa gave a warning, her tone seemed panicked, assuming that her stepbrother had crossed a boundary that she should not have crossed.

"Why are you so worried? We have a deal with the merchants. To make matters worse, if traders asked to see the physical form of the money they saved, I would still leave 1 billion G in the bank. There's no way they're gonna check out the remaining 4 billion G's." Although it sounded relaxed, Elsa could feel the intimidation from her brother's tone.

Ares gives knowledge, experience, to the predictions of a financial veteran, as if Elsa was ordered to be quiet and observe.

"To be honest, if it was you, Your Majesty, no matter how crazy the idea you were about to execute, I don't feel the slightest fear of failure." Victor gave his judgment, his right hand noting the things that might happen in the future regarding the banknote, "But still, the extrinsic value of this gold replacement medium will remain in a stable position?"

"I'll vouch for it, as well as the extrinsic value of the money I spend is equal to one gold coin. There is no way that his value will fall" Ares replied straightforwardly.

"Please give me one thing, Your Majesty," Victor insisted.

"Say," Ares ordered.

"Does His Highness the Prime Minister know this?" ask Victor.

"Otherwise, he won't make fun of me as the 'Risen Demon King.'" Recalling the one-on-one encounter with Warren, Ares was only able to reply with a wry smile.

Until a while they exchanged serious talks, on the anticipated steps to be taken and strategies to counter the counter measures taken by other countries.

Upon seeing Victor's departure, Elsa and Loic stood up and bowed, paying their utmost respect to the Emperor.

"I'm looking forward to my nephew." The full hope of pressure and innuendo scratches Loic's eardrum, making him uncomfortable with a disdain for Ares, though both of them show red faces in embarrassment.

Of course, after marriage, Loic and Elsa have often done so, although until now both have not managed to get a baby.

"Ba—baik, Your Majesty!" reply Loic panic.

"Te—thank you for your hope, Your Majesty!" reply Elsa, full of discomfort.

Quickly, the two left the room. Only the three remaining people, who were previously involved in the feud, could regroup as comrades.

I may have overstressed them. Let's apologize later.

Now it's...

From the door where all the servants and knights had just left the room, Ares turned his head back, towards the couple who had been hiding all their news and activities for over the past two years.

I guess, Duke has been hiding things from me for the past two years.

Hopefully, the bad thing I thought really hasn't happened yet.

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Note :

Intrinsic value on money \= raw material value of money.

Extrinsic value on money \= value and ability of money in transactions.

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