When Dwarf Bag saluted, his face looked somewhat unnatural, after all, it was overdue.
"It's been a hard journey."
Tang Jing did not blame Bage, that would be too low. Given Bage's stability, if he failed to return on time, something must have happened on the way.
This is also true.
Shortly after Bag arrived at his destination, the Copper Hammer Tribe, a group of unknown monsters attacked the Copper Hammer Tribe, forcing Bag to stay in the Copper Hammer Tribe.
It wasn't until all the monsters were wiped out that they embarked on their return journey.
"Unknown monster?"
Tang Jing was a little confused, "Is it so unusual deep in Chaoxia Mountain?"
"This is also the first time I've heard of it."
Bage looked solemn, "They are said to be monsters, but they are actually local monsters, orcs, etc. that have been demonized. They have all lost their minds, become bloodthirsty and crazy, and their strength has doubled."
"This matter has attracted the attention of all dwarves and elves, and we plan to launch a joint investigation."
"so…"
Seeing that the elves and dwarves had intervened, Tang Jing stopped delving into it. The core task of the territory at the moment was to deal with the upcoming enemy coalition forces, and he had no more energy to pay attention to the affairs of Chaoxia Mountain.
When the time comes, the trapping brigade will withdraw to Chang'an City.
He is more concerned about profits.
Bage also lived up to his trust and sold the resource bag for a sky-high price of 60,000 gold coins in exchange for 30,000 gold coins in cash and various weapons and equipment worth 30,000 gold coins.
This solved the urgent need for the expansion of the garrison division.
………
Caspian Sea.
After the fishman leader was released, he didn't even return to his clan. Instead, he rushed to the undersea Naga City and informed the Naga clan of the relevant situation.
Kneeling in front of the Naga Queen, Karu was so frightened that he shivered.
"You are so brave, how dare you take Diga ashore without permission!"
Compared with the fish-head shape of the male Naga, the face of the female Naga is the same as that of the human race, except that she has snake-shaped hair like Medusa on her head, which looks a bit scary.
The Naga clan is a matriarchal society, with female Nagas as the most respected.
Even so.
As the legitimate son of Queen Naga, Tiga still holds an extraordinary position in the Naga clan.
Was captured
"Queen, have mercy on me, Queen, have mercy on me!!!"
Kneeling in the main hall, Karu did not dare to make any excuses, or even say that he was coerced by Diga.
Just plead guilty and that's it.
"I'll spare your life for the time being. How much ransom do you want from the human race?"
In the eyes of the Naga Queen, Karu is no different from an ant. If Karu was not needed as a guide, he would have been executed on the spot, and he would have even vented his anger on the entire murloc tribe.
"The human race didn't say the specific amount. They only said that it depends on our sincerity, and there is only one chance to make an offer. If the ransom does not satisfy them, they will have to redeem the body next time."
Tang Jing didn't know how rich the Naga people were, so he naturally wanted to cheat.
"Greedy humans!"
Queen Naga's eyes suddenly flashed with coldness, it had been a long time since she had been blackmailed and threatened like this.
"Your Majesty, let's just send troops to destroy that human territory." A Naga elder suggested.
"That's right!"
"When did a human territory dare to threaten us? They are simply seeking death."
Queen Naga waved her hand to stop the discussion in the palace, looked at the fishman leader Karu with a cold look, and asked: "Do you know the strength of that human territory?"
"Very strong!"
In order to prove that the fishmen are not that good, Kalu described: "The human warriors who ambushed us all have third-level or even fourth-level strength, and they are extremely fierce."
This is also true.
"Is it the third to fourth level of strength? How many are there?"
Queen Naga's eyes narrowed slightly. The strength of the elite warriors of the Naga tribe was only at the level of the third level. Some of them were even close to failing to cross the threshold of the third level.
The fourth level is already the top combat power among the Naga clan.
Moreover, like dwarves and elves, the size of the Naga tribe is not large. As one of the largest Naga gathering places in the Caspian Sea, Naga City has less than 10,000 Nagas.
That's it.
They also include naga cubs and old and frail naga.
"The number of human warriors who attacked us is about five hundred. As for how many such warriors there are in the human territory, I don't know very well." Karu did not dare to lie.
"Not sure"
Queen Naga glanced at Karu, who was as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, "Sora!"
"exist!"
A Naga elder stood out from the crowd, possessing level four strength.
"You immediately went to the human territory with a ransom of 300,000 gold coins to redeem Diga. At the same time, you took the opportunity to find out the reality of the human territory." Queen Naga is a wealthy person and likes to make decisions before taking action.
In order to confuse the human lords, a sky-high ransom was offered.
"yes!"
Shan Luo, including other elders, also understood the situation.
"Your Majesty, do you want to mobilize for war?" An elder asked for instructions.
As one of the overlords of the sea, the Naga clan, in addition to the Naga clan, also leads many alien races in the sea, such as fishmen, sirens, tidal monsters, etc.
The amount of troops that can be mobilized is much higher than the size of the ethnic group.
"certainly!"
Queen Naga's eyes were cold and determined, and she wanted to teach the human race an unforgettable lesson.
………
About two o'clock in the afternoon.
Tang Jing attended the unveiling ceremony of Chang'an Bank.
Chang'an Bank will play the role of a bank and will be managed by the Financial Secretary of the Lord's Palace. Since it does not have the right to issue currency, it can only be regarded as a commercial bank with official endorsement.
The status cannot be underestimated either.
Tang Jing directly injected 50,000 gold coins from the lord's palace treasury into Chang'an Bank as the operating capital of Chang'an Bank, thus achieving 100% control of Chang'an Bank.
The equity is held by the Financial Secretary.
Twenty thousand gold coins out of the fifty thousand capital will be used as reserves and cannot be used easily.
It belongs to the existence of ballast stone.
The remaining thirty thousand gold coins can be used for external loans and normal credit business.
The first customers of Chang'an Bank were the Financial Secretary of the Lord's Mansion, as well as factories and workshops such as brick kilns and glass factories. They borrowed money from the bank to pay wages to officials and workers.
After the Financial Secretary collects the taxes, or the factory makes money from selling the products, the bank debt will be repaid.
Thus forming the simplest financial internal cycle.
Of course, the funds Tang Jing could use were not just 50,000, but a full 160,000. The reason why he only injected 50,000 was because the remaining 110,000 was not deposited in Chang'an Bank.
The reason is also very simple.
If it really wants to deposit such a large amount of money, Chang'an Bank, which has not yet carried out enough lending business, simply cannot afford to pay such a large amount of interest.
If you deposit it on the same day, Chang'an Bank will go bankrupt that day.
Only when Chang'an Bank slowly starts to operate and lends money to the private sector, such as players who plan to do business in Chang'an, and forms a large enough lending scale, can it absorb a large amount of deposits.
After that, you can make a lot of money by eating the interest rate difference.
………
The unveiling ceremony ended, and a system prompt sounded in Tang Jing's ears at the right time.
"Chang'an Town has met all the upgrade conditions. Do you want to upgrade?"
"upgrade!"
"Chang'an Town is upgraded to a third-level township, with +200 points of merit, +1,500 refugees, +600 gold coins, +50,000 catties of grain, and +8,000 territory experience points."
This is a regular reward.
"Chang'an Town is the first territory in the world to be promoted to a third-level township. All basic rewards are doubled, and an additional C-level talent summoning card is awarded!"
"Your lord profession has been upgraded to level 15!"
"Your title has been promoted to First Class Viscount!"
Every time a title is promoted, the upper limit of merit points doubles. For example, a second-class Viscount has a merit value of 1,600 points, and a first-class Viscount has a merit value of 3,200 points.
As a result, it is easier to advance to a title in the early stages, but more difficult the further you go.
However, the title requirements for territory promotion are rising. If you want to be promoted to a first-class county, you need to be at least a first-class viscount, which Tang Jing can only achieve.
The further you go, the more your title will become the biggest restriction on advancement in mainstream territories.
It may even become an insurmountable chasm.
Of course, this is normal, because the higher you go, the scarcer the places for high-level territories, which is a gradual elimination process in itself.
Let’s still take Zunlong Kingdom as an example.
Even under the most ideal situation, Zunlong Kingdom can only accommodate about three million first-class villages.
mean--
Ninety percent of the thirty million lords will fall before the village threshold.
And these three million villages (under the best circumstances), if they reach the sky, can give birth to 150,000 township-level territories, with an elimination rate of as high as 95%.
Even higher than the shelter stage.
After being promoted from the township to the county seat, the lucky ones will only have 10,000 or 20,000 left.
It can be described as a "narrow escape" every time.
Because of this, as we transition from the shelter stage to the village and township stage, the rules of the game are also changing. From fighting alone, we have gradually evolved into joining forces.
The chances of a grassroots counterattack are getting slimmer and slimmer.
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