The fact is exactly as Aslan expected. Although the exchange rate of the mark has not dropped much, the exchange rate on the black market has stabilized at 3:1.
Many nobles began to purchase bulk commodities from the Maxim Federation on a large scale.
Among them, the Royal Academy of Magic is the most powerful, directly buying millions of tons of food, but all the money was taken out from the little emperor, making the little emperor who originally had a little more money want to cry without tears.
Compared to others, Aslan is very Buddhist.
Because he still has nearly 200 million marks on hand, he has even begun to ask Wenner to allocate part to the Gaulan rebels, allowing them to cause harm to foreign countries, such as purchasing large amounts of grain and steel. As for the magic crystal, it is only a small amount.
purchase.
Prices in Kyoto have skyrocketed in a short period of time, and so have several surrounding countries. The number of caravans heading to Merox Province has been increasing day by day, leaving the opposing Ten-Party Alliance and the Cleveland Kingdom's Army stunned.
Looking at the two sides that had yet to start a war, Aslan came to the door again, this time more directly, with 20 million tons of grain and tens of millions of tons of iron ore reserves, priced at more than 50 million Marks.
This order shocked Horns.
Aslan also asked Horns to give him an interest-free loan to be repaid in one year.
Of course Horns didn't allow it, but Aslan said it directly.
"Then I want to withdraw the money and convert it all into gold coins. The number of Marks that have been deposited during this period should reach 40 to 50 million!"
"Four to fifty million! How is that possible?" Horns exclaimed.
Aslan shrugged and said: "Don't doubt it. You said you would pay cash on delivery for the first two supplies, so the money I deposited in the business was not deducted. In addition, the five hundred thousand to eighty Marks I deposited every day was added.
No matter what, the money I owe you now will be paid directly in cash, and the remainder will be converted into gold coins for me."
Aslan's move was a bit fierce, converting 40 to 50 million marks into gold coins. It is no exaggeration to say that he directly emptied most of the gold coin reserves of Maxim Federal Commercial Bank.
"Sir Aslan, did you do this on purpose?" Horns said through gritted teeth.
Aslan said very innocently: "You should know that I am a serious businessman. I will take a bite of any business that is beneficial to me. And for this business, your country will only make a profit and not lose any money! What's more, I will take a bite of any business that is beneficial to me."
The interest loan is only for one year.”
Horns knew very well that this was Aslan's temptation, if he agreed.
I believe that it won’t be long before the big families in Kyoto will follow suit and provide interest-free loans. Coupled with the inflation during this period, Horns can guarantee that these nobles will definitely transfer the entire Maxim Federation’s reserves in the Kingdom of Cleveland.
All the supplies will be emptied, and they will be shipped out slowly while taking advantage of inflation. If the exchange rate between gold coins and mark coins returns to normal, then the Maxim Federation's deployment in the Kingdom of Cleveland for so many years will be in vain.
"Very good! Your Excellency Aslan, just wait, I will immediately send someone to count your savings and gold coins in the business bank." Horns was absolutely bleeding, and took out most of the gold coins to send Aslan away. At the same time, he also wanted to
I want to show the strength of Maxim Federal Trading Company to the nobles of Kyoto.
Aslan smiled and nodded, waiting in the VIP room.
Horns asked people to count Aslan's savings while asking people to move the gold coins out of the vault. For convenience, they directly took out the gold coin boxes that had been shipped a few days ago, and employees began to open the boxes and sort them out.
Gold coins, the first row of gold coins is okay. Tear open the red paper of the packaging and pour the gold coins neatly into the wooden plate prepared in advance.
Each wooden plate has ten grooves, and the gold coins are completely placed inside. Each groove can hold a thousand gold coins, and one plate contains ten thousand gold coins.
After sorting the first row of gold coins, the staff took out the second row of gold coins.
Jesny is an old employee of Maxim Federal Trading Company and is very sensitive to the weight of money. Even with a stack of the latest Mark coins in his hand, he can guess the amount of the coins in his hand just by the weight.
When he took out the first roll of red paper gold coins, he was slightly startled. He felt that the weight was wrong, and he nodded slightly, and the feel was also different.
But Jesni didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, it was normal for a roll of gold coins to occasionally have one or two more or one or two less.
He continued to reach out for the second roll, and then he was surprised to find that this roll of gold coins also had the same weight. He quickly stretched out his hands and began to grab several rolls, and his expression changed instantly.
Realizing that something was wrong, Jesni was about to open a roll of gold coins in his hand, when he heard the staff member responsible for sorting the gold coins next to him exclaimed.
"Something happened to Director Jesni."
Jesni grabbed a roll of gold coins in each hand and ran over, and then he saw a scene that shocked him.
All the gold coins originally wrapped in red paper turned into iron coins, not even the copper coins.
Jesni quickly opened the two rolls of gold coins in his hand, and they were both replaced with iron coins.
"Notify Manager Horns immediately." Jesney said decisively, and at the same time, he loaded the boxes into the vault and began to open several other wooden boxes.
When Horns hurried over, he saw the extra iron coins and red paper on the table, his face changed slightly, and he rushed into the money bank.
As soon as he entered the money bank, he saw a scene that made him despair. Five or six wooden boxes were opened, and the red paper was violently torn open. The upper layer was gold coins, and the lower layer was all gray iron coins.
"What happened?" Horns roared.
Jesni walked out of the money bank and said with a panicked expression: "Manager! All the gold coins have been stolen. Except for the gold coins on the upper layer, there are all gold coins below. All the gold coins transported this time are like this. As long as the money is
There is nothing wrong with the gold coins originally stored in the treasury."
Horns suddenly turned his head and looked at Vallon, who was staying in Kyoto.
"what happened?"
Valron's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly shook his head and said, "I am only responsible for escorting, and inspection is not within the scope of my responsibility."
Valron knew very well that the impact of this matter was very great, and he would not take the blame. As long as he gritted his teeth and was responsible for the escort, and had not checked the problems on the wooden boxes, the matter could not be blamed on him.
In fact, this was the case, but Vallon's face suddenly changed slightly, and he said solemnly: "Do you remember what I said? There is a spy in the business."
With a livid face, Horns went to check the Mark coins. Fortunately, the Mark coins had not been stolen.
"Your Excellency Vallon, it seems that we are both going to be in trouble this time."
Horns said with an almost sad face.
Vallon also looked sad, because both of them knew very well how severe the penalties for embezzlement and embezzlement of company property were by Maxim Federal Commercial Bank.