Late at night, on the streets of the imperial capital Borelli. Lin Qi and Kouen sneaked through the dark streets wearing cloaks, like two thieves who pried open doors and windows. Occasionally, dragoons rode by them.
As they passed by, the two of them would quickly run into the dark shadows on the street to avoid the vigilant sight of the dragoons.
Lin Qi had just paid the bill, and the two of them had a late-night snack at a tavern next to the back door of Fifth University. Then Coen took Lin Qi for a walk and walked along a street with few lights towards the east side of the city.
Those dragoons and copper hats caused great trouble to the two of them along the way. Many times they had to hide in embarrassment to prevent others from discovering their sneaky whereabouts. Coen couldn't help but curse.
It was the good deeds of those damn thieves - one was the theft at No. 1 Shenghui Street, and the other was the theft of the Victory Palace crown. In addition, several major divine descendants had troubles in the imperial capital one after another. Now the imperial capital's security force is stronger than before.
many.
If it weren't for Lin Qi's strength being much stronger than these dragoons and copper hats, and if it weren't for Lin Qi's mental power that could spread tens of meters and detect the movements of these people in advance, the two of them would have been caught long ago.
Second-rate.
"The gods cursed those damn thieves so that they will never see the lovely gold coins!" Kou En grumbled and led Lin Qi forward with his head shrinking. Lin Qi touched his nose a little embarrassed. It seemed that the imperial capital had recently been visited.
Are all the big cases related to him? Is Cohen cursing him?
After walking forward cautiously for a long time, the two finally arrived at the famous Golden Lily Square in Dongcheng District.
This square has a long history and existed when the imperial capital was built. Surrounding this small square are many famous banks on the mainland, especially all the big banks in the empire, and their headquarters are located here.
Banks that can own an independent building near the Golden Lily Square are the kind of behemoths that can destabilize a country for a while. Someone once said that if all the banks in the Golden Lily Square of the Gallic Empire united,
Their wealth alone has the power to overthrow an empire.
Kou En brought Lin Qi here in the middle of the night, and Lin Qi couldn't help but look at Kou En secretly.
"My most respected professor, are you planning to rob the treasury here?" Lin Qi blinked his eyes desperately and stared at Professor Kouen. In the entire imperial capital, Golden Lily Square is the only place where the security force exceeds
In the forbidden area of Victory Palace, because of the financial resources of these big banks, the daily security of the entire Golden Lily Square is maintained by an elite and powerful mercenary group.
'Tu'. This is the name of the mercenary group that guards the Golden Lily Square. It is also the only large-scale mercenary group officially recognized by the Gallic Empire. Its history can be traced back to the Hundred Years of Continental and Island War. In that tragic battle
During the war, 'Tu' gave the Imperial Army a great help.
Not to mention anything else, there are twelve Heavenly warriors stationed at the Golden Lily Square! But on weekdays, there are only four Heavenly warriors stationed in the Victory Palace. The defensive power of the Golden Lily Square is three times that of the Victory Palace!
Lin Qi was very curious. Could it be that Professor Kouen was a hidden master who could easily kill twelve heavenly beings?
Kouen glared at Lin Qi. He shook his withered arm and coughed a few times: "That's nonsense, Lin Qi. I want to give you a special extracurricular tutoring class today. I want you to understand something."
A thing like looting doesn’t necessarily have to be done with violence!”
After shaking his cloak, Coen led Lin Qi to a building made of granite opposite the square.
Although it is already late at night, Golden Lily Square is still brightly lit. There is a circle of lampposts along the square, and the bright street lights illuminate the square so that every detail is visible. Some carriages are parked outside some buildings, and there are always hanging lights on the carriages of these carriages.
A shining family crest.
Lin Qi glanced at these coats of arms. They all belonged to some well-known wealthy nobles, but Lin Qi didn't understand. Do these nobles have the habit of discussing business in the middle of the night? If they want to do something secretive, they must come in the middle of the night.
Golden Lily Plaza, why do you want to hang your own coat of arms again?
Several guards wearing light blue armor were standing by a fountain not far away, looking coldly at Kouen and Lin Qi. They were the only two who were the most sneaky in the huge Golden Lily Square, and they didn't look good.
Things. They were wearing heavy cloaks, and their entire bodies were covered tightly by the thick and wide cloaks. No matter how you looked at them, they exuded an evil aura.
Two guards walked towards them as if nothing had happened, but before the guards arrived, Coen had already brought Lin Qi to the building. Lin Qi took a look at the building, and there was an inlaid inlay on the door of the building.
Wearing a huge pure gold coat of arms, looking at the pattern on it, this is the famous Silver Fir Elephant Bank in the empire.
Cohen knocked hard on the door of Silver Fir Elephant Bank, and heard footsteps inside. Then with a low mechanical sound, a small door opened on the side of the door that only allowed one person to pass through. Cohen
After muttering a few words in a low voice, he led Lin Qi into the small door. The skinny old man who opened the door walked out, took out a coat of arms and waved it to the two guards who were approaching.
He strolled back slowly.
The small door closed behind the two of them. The skinny old man led Lin Qi and Kouen forward along a dim corridor. After going around the corridor several times, the three of them came to a room that was brightly lit and even a little dazzling.
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Several well-dressed middle-aged people were sitting behind a long table. Coen took Lin Qi and sat opposite these middle-aged people. The two sides were separated by a long table that was one meter wide and three meters long and faced each other.
"Dear guest, according to your reservation, we have prepared everything." A few middle-aged people didn't seem to care about Lin Qi and Cohen's weird costumes. One of them, with a cheerful energy, put a huge square
The cowhide bag was placed on the long table.
Coen opened the cowhide bag and examined some of the contracts inside the cowhide bag under the bright light. Then he nodded with satisfaction. He knocked on the table lightly and whispered a few times to Lin Qi,
Lin Qi hurriedly took out the gold ticket, counted out 18 million gold coins and handed them to the middle-aged people across the long table.
Several middle-aged people quickly and carefully checked the golden ticket handed over by Lin Qi, and then they all showed happy and mysterious smiles at the same time. They solemnly nodded to Lin Qi, and then with
The golden ticket left the room.
Then Coen and Lin Qi quickly left Silver Firth Elephant Bank, and under the cover of the building's shadow, went to another bank next door.
The same thing happened. Coen took Lin Qi in and out of the headquarters of these big banks more than a dozen times, and exchanged all the gold tickets on Lin Qi into contracts. In just over an hour, Lin Qi
All the nearly 100 million gold tickets he had on him were spent, and what he got in exchange was a thick stack of contracts in Cohen's hand.
"Professor Kouen, what are you going to do?" Lin Qi was heartbroken and worried at the same time. What on earth is Kouen going to do? What are these contracts about? With nearly 100 million gold coins, Lin Qi has never been so lavish in his life.
He spent a lot of money. Even though he spent a lot of gold coins in Hell Hammer last time, he also got a lot of weapons and ordnance.
But Cohen's behavior this time was too weird.
Cohen smiled mysteriously and pointed at a dark building made of black volcanic steel opposite the Golden Lily Square.
"This is our goal, Iron Wall Bank!" Coen's face looked very strange. He bit his beard and smiled proudly: "Iron Wall Bank, the real economic lifeline of the eldest prince Thuram, relies on the century-old continent.
At the end of the island war, it started by preparing military expenditures from various countries on the mainland, and now it is one of the most powerful banks in the mainland."
Patting the contract in his hand vigorously, Cohen narrowed his eyes and sneered: "The contracts I want you to pay for are all internal loan documents between Iron Wall Bank and other banks."
Lin Qi listened quietly to Kou En's explanation, and then he was so frightened by Kou En's huge appetite that he broke out in cold sweat!
According to Cohen, these banks, whether they are banks with private family backgrounds or banks with national backgrounds, are greedy monsters. Generally speaking, people on the mainland deposit their own gold coins in banks, and banks issue gold coins for these coins.
Golden tickets, and then charging handling fees when the golden tickets are redeemed. According to ordinary people's understanding, this is the bank's only source of income.
But in pursuit of profits, how could banks foolishly hide golden coins in their vaults?
Even if one million gold tickets are exchanged for cash or gold tickets of other denominations, how much is the handling fee? Maybe a big banker will eat up all the handling fees in one dinner. So the bank
They will use other people's gold coins stored in their vaults to lend money to operators in various industries, and obtain high interest returns.
But gradually, the appetite of these bankers grew bigger and bigger, and they were surprised to find that no one knew how many gold coins they had in their vaults! If they only had 10 million gold coins in the vault, but if they issued 100 million gold coins,
Golden tickets of gold coins, and then use these golden tickets to invest, they can still get huge interest returns!
As a result, the amount of gold tickets issued by these banks is getting larger and larger, because ordinary people have become accustomed to the convenience brought by gold tickets. No one likes to carry around heavy gold coins like Lin Qi! Therefore, as long as no one opens it
In their treasury, the gold tickets they issue are as effective as gold coins.
Therefore, there are more and more gold tickets, which far exceeds the actual number of gold coins in their warehouse!
Therefore, occasionally some customers will withdraw large quantities for some reasons!
When there are insufficient gold coins in the warehouse, some big banks will borrow cash from banks with good relationships.
Or when conducting certain investments or equity participations, these banks will also lend money to each other.
All in all, things here are very complicated.
And Professor Cohen took so many loan contracts from Iron Wall Bank just because he wanted to swallow up Iron Wall Bank in one go!
The Iron Wall Bank ranks among the top ten in the entire continent! (To be continued)
