Four hundred and seventeenth chapter Viscount Goodich
Chapter 417 Viscount Goodich
Claude didn't return to his residence until eight o'clock in the evening. This was the Admiral's Mansion in the inner city of Port Corbichus. It was now Claude's temporary official residence. Sergeant Kester came over and he was also a veteran who was about to retire.
, the last time Claude was attacked by the Gray Tower Mage, he was one of the two guards who survived the serious injury. Now he has recovered from his injuries and is facing retirement. Because of his loyalty and honesty, and his family is no longer alone.
, Claude planned to keep him by his side as a personal attendant, that is, a retainer from a noble family.
Sergeant Kester reported to Claude, who was about to take a bath and relax: "General, Viscount Goodich is here to visit you. He has been waiting for you for nearly an hour."
Viscount Gooditch? This name is somewhat impressive, but Claude still can't remember who this nobleman is. Sergeant Kuster reminded: "General, Viscount Gooditch is the branch director of the National Bank..."
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It turned out to be him, Claude immediately thought of it. The Kingdom of Overas has set up branches of the National Bank in the overseas territories to carry out commercial, trade and financial transactions, administrative and military expenditures, local tax collection, and private activities in various overseas territories.
Savings and loans, etc. It can be said that the Kookmin Bank in overseas territories is the only financial monopoly, and all large expenditures and commercial transactions rely on the Kookmin Bank.
However, the National Bank of the Overseas Territory of Nubicia does not have the right to issue minted coins. The required gold, silver, and copper coins are all shipped from the Kingdom. Due to the Kingdom's restrictions on the amount of currency for large transactions in the Overseas Territory, the Overseas Territory's
The scale of commercial transactions cannot be expanded because even if the transaction is concluded, there is not enough cash in the National Bank to pay, which has a great negative impact on the economic development of overseas territories.
Each of the kingdom's eight overseas territories has a branch of the National Bank. The Dreadnought Fleet's eastbound route originally ended at Port Patres, and the branch there became the branch of the National Bank in Nubicia mainland, which has jurisdiction over the other territories.
Later, a new route was opened in White Deer City, and the terminal seaport became the Port of Copicius, so the branch in the Port of Patres also moved to the Port of Copicius, mainly to facilitate the transportation of coins and the settlement of transoceanic trade.
When Claude took over the Tiersim demesne, he had the idea of establishing a National Bank branch here. Unfortunately, he could not find the person in charge of the branch, Viscount Goodich. The governors and admirals of the three demesnes signed
On the oath of allegiance to Prince Hansbach that was released, three well-established people from the direct jurisdiction, with some wealth and influence, all signed it, but the name of Viscount Goodich could not be found...
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Claude had no choice but to give up the idea of attacking the National Bank. If Viscount Gudic signed his name, Claude could arrest him as a traitor and identify the reserve funds in the bank as being intended to be donated to the Han Dynasty.
The rebellious military expenses of Prince Spark were confiscated. But Viscount Gooditch did not give him this opportunity. Even when he inspected the bank accounts of the governor and admirals, as well as those administrative officials and local people who signed the affidavit, he
Ordered his subordinates to cooperate. Otherwise Claude would never be able to collect the huge sum of more than one million gold crowns.
But why did Viscount Goodich come to visit so late? Claude thought for a moment and told Sergeant Kuster: "Take Viscount Goodich to the study and ask him to wait a moment. I'll do it first."
Take a shower and go over to see him."
Claude refreshed himself casually, put on his nightgown, and then walked to the study. When he entered the door, he saw the forty-year-old Viscount Goodich leaning on the sofa, wondering what he was thinking about.
I was so lost in thought that I didn't even notice Claude came in.
Claude had no choice but to cough twice.
Viscount Gudic came to his senses and quickly stood up and bowed slightly to greet him: "General Claude, I take the liberty of disturbing you so late."
Claude waved his hand: "It's okay. I welcome your arrival. Viscount Goodich. Thank you very much for your cooperation last time in checking the assets of the rebels in the bank. This has a great impact on our military expenditure in the war zone."
For help. By the way, what kind of fruit wine do you want to drink? Is blueberry okay?"
Viscount Goodich was not polite either. He knew very well that the Admiral's mansion was just Claude's temporary residence, and the wine in the study was the original Admiral's collection. He stood up, looked in front of the wine cabinet, and said:
"Personally, I think the blue sky is good, it is pure and sweet, and has a long aftertaste. I drank it once, and the taste has never been forgotten."
Sky blue? Claude thought for a while and seemed to have heard someone say that this is the best blueberry fruit wine. The wine is light blue and crystal clear. It looks like a blue sky, so it is named sky blue. Unexpectedly
The captured admiral actually had such good wine in his collection, but now he gave it to Claude at a cheap price.
"Okay, let's taste this sky blue." Claude took out the sky blue from the wine cabinet and took out two crystal cups. After opening the wine seal and taking out the cork, he poured the wine into the cups.
, under the bright candlelight, the wine looks like a pool of clear sea water.
Claude raised the cup to signal, and poured some into his mouth. It tasted really good, with a faint blueberry fragrance and sweetness. Neither of them said a word, just slowly drank the contents of the crystal cup in small sips.
Fine wine.
"Yes, it is indeed the best blueberry fruit wine." Claude praised, and poured another glass for Viscount Goodich and himself. However, this time Claude stopped drinking, but asked with the cup:
"Let's get straight to the point, Viscount Gooditch, what's the purpose of your visit tonight?"
"That's right, General Claude, I want to ask if this thing came from your war zone?" Viscount Goodich put down his cup, picked up a black leather bag he was carrying on the sofa, and took out a few pictures from it.
Vouchers come in different denominations.
"Yes, it was issued by our war zone. Immigrants flocked to the war zone some time ago, and the war zone was extremely short of development and construction funds directly under the jurisdiction, so we had no choice but to issue vouchers as remuneration for the immigrants' labor. These vouchers can allow immigrants to wait according to the face value
Depending on the value, you can buy various daily necessities from various commercial banks in the war zone, and the commercial banks can use these vouchers to exchange for real money and silver from the logistics department of the war zone. There is no way, the overseas direct-administered territories are short of cash now, we asked Anfeisi
The person in charge of the branch of the National Bank of Dundee Territory said that the branch could not provide so many gold, silver and copper coins, so the war zone had no choice but to issue such vouchers."
Claude first explained the process and reasons for the issuance of this voucher. He was thinking that the issuance of this voucher would also hinder the National Bank? Did Viscount Gudic come to investigate at night?
"I can only say that it is a genius idea for you to issue this voucher." To Claude's surprise, Viscount Goodich praised loudly: "General, you don't know, at the end of last year and the first half of the year, from the front of the kingdom,
There is an endless stream of immigrants coming, and the scale is so large that it alarms the people in the entire territory. The governor and admiral even bet on when your war zone will collapse, because in their view, you were just asking for trouble by recruiting so many immigrants in the past.
Judging from the military expenditures in the war zone, you simply cannot accommodate so many immigrants...
I have also calculated an account. If we want to resettle more than two million immigrants, we will have to spend at least three million gold crowns on them. And the total value of all the currency in the kingdom's overseas territories is only this much. I think
I don’t know how your war zone will solve this problem. As a result, you have disappointed many people, but you surprised me.
What surprised me the most is that you issued this voucher, which perfectly solved the problem of lack of funds for resettlement. I studied this voucher and thought that it can replace gold and silver coins in many cases. It just needs to be issued.
The amount requires careful estimation and having enough gold and silver as collateral. Under the current situation, perhaps the war zone can promote this voucher to solve the economic development dilemma caused by the lack of cash in the entire overseas territories..."
Claude was stunned. Viscount Gudic's words were obviously to show his goodwill towards the war zone. This honorary Viscount was really a sensible person. He knew very well that the war zone was already overseas despite the fact that it was cut off from the mainland of the kingdom.
The direct-administered territories are dominant. Anything related to the development prospects of overseas direct-administered territories cannot bypass the war zone, not even the National Bank.
"You mean, the National Bank is willing to issue this voucher for the war zone?" Claude asked with a smile.
Viscount Goodich shook his head: "I'm sorry, the branches of the National Bank in overseas territories do not have this authority. But I think the war zone can organize its own bank to issue this voucher. For example, the gold and silver coins can be matched one to two in kind.
Issuance, one gold krona can issue two vouchers of the same value, while copper coins can be completely replaced by vouchers, which is more convenient to carry."
"Can a war zone set up a bank by itself?" Claude asked in surprise. He had never thought that other banks besides the National Bank could be opened in the Kingdom of Overas.
Viscount Goodich nodded: "Of course, you can apply for a new bank as long as it does not overlap with the main business of the National Bank. There are four private banks in the royal capital, and they handle inter-regional fund exchange, commercial loans, and mortgage pawns respectively.
And business such as attracting investment, even members of the royal family have invested in it.
The main business of the Kookmin Bank branches in the Kingdom's overseas territories is the commercial settlement of cross-ocean trade between the two continents. Now that the trade exchanges between the overseas territories and the Kingdom are cut off, it can be said that the Kookmin Bank branches have lost their main business.
Before the two princes from the kingdom decide the winner, the branch will no longer be able to receive support from the kingdom's head office and deliver coins, and has lost its role in supporting the economic development of the overseas territories.
In addition, the Kingdom’s local head office has great restrictions on the authority of overseas branches directly under the Central Government, making it impossible for the branches to provide effective economic and financial support for the future development of the war zone. Under such circumstances, I personally believe that the war zone should organize its own bank so that everyone can
A penny of funds can be utilized to the highest efficiency, so as to bring more help to the economic development of war zones and directly-administered territories..."
Claude raised the cup in his hand to his mouth and took a slow sip. After putting down the cup, Claude stared at Viscount Goodich and asked: "I have a question, Viscount Goodich, I want to
I know, as the director of the overseas branch of the National Bank of China, for what purpose did you propose the war zone to set up its own bank? I hope you can give an honest and open answer..."
Viscount Goodich smiled bitterly, and drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp: "General Claude, I am dissatisfied with you, if you knew the reason why I came to the overseas territory to become the branch director, then you might be able to understand me.
Why is it suggested that the war zone should set up its own bank? To be honest, I have been the director of an overseas direct-controlled branch for eighteen years. If nothing else happens, I may continue to be the director of this branch until my retirement.
When I was eighteen years old, I graduated from Wangdu National No. 1 High School with the first place in liberal arts, and successfully became a civilian employee of Wangdu Kookmin Bank. For the next eight years, I worked conscientiously.
I dared not slack off at all, and my position was promoted step by step, becoming the youngest deputy director of a branch in Wangdu. At that time, I thought my life was perfect, and the hard work and dedication I put in were worthy of everything I got.
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What follows is the beginning of my misfortune. As the deputy director of the branch, I have the authority to monitor the abnormal transactions of bank funds. Sometimes I regret why I am so aware of everything.
I found some unreasonable signs in the fund flow sheet for public facilities construction, and then I started to investigate. This was the stupidest thing about me. Being young and energetic, I thought this was a good opportunity to get ahead, so I didn’t tell anyone.
Instead, investigators were hired privately...
In the end, I succeeded. I lifted the veil on the major corruption case in the construction of local public facilities in the royal capital. There were eight Kookmin Bank officials implicated in this case, and they all had higher positions than me. Because of this case
More than 30 local officials were arrested in this case. The late King Stirling X issued an order to severely punish them, and I saved the kingdom from financial losses of up to one million gold crowns and was awarded the title of honorary viscount of the kingdom.
I thought I would start to flourish from then on. Unexpectedly, two months later, I received an appointment to go to the Overseas Territory of Nubisia to serve as branch manager. I remember that the president of the head office told me very sincerely, I am
As a rising star in Kookmin Bank, the purpose of letting me serve as a branch manager in an overseas territory was to train and train me. So I was very happy to take up the post.
After arriving here, I discovered that my authority as a branch manager is not as great as that of a branch manager in a local town in the Kingdom. It is purely a decoration. Then I have been the branch manager here for eighteen years..."
Claude could only smile bitterly and shake his head. To be honest, Viscount Goodich was already very lucky. A major corruption case involving millions of gold crowns was obviously not something that eight senior officials from the National Bank could do.
What was done may involve a higher level. These eight senior officials were just pushed out as scapegoats to cut off the connection with the higher-ups.
If Stirling X had not bestowed an honorary viscount title on Gooditch, who reported this major corruption case, the branch manager might have died a long time ago. That is to say, the honorary title saved his life, and in the kingdom
, murdering a civilian or even a citizen, the person behind the murder may still be able to escape.
But murdering a noble has become a major case in the kingdom, just like poking a hornet's nest. All the nobles will put pressure on the case to find out the truth and severely punish all suspects involved. Comparing their feelings, this is the case for all nobles
They are all worried that they will become the next victims, so they will not let go of any murderer who dares to murder the nobles.
It may be based on this consideration that the senior officials of the National Bank Head Office exiled Viscount Goodich to an overseas territory as a branch manager, out of sight but out of mind. As Viscount Gooditch himself said,
It is impossible for him to return to the royal capital until he retires.
"So I don't want to spend my whole life in the position of branch manager, and I don't want the knowledge I have learned to be useless. I am only forty-five years old this year, and I still have fifteen years until retirement. I hope
I can find a place where I can use my talents, and I also want to take revenge on the Kookmin Bank. Now is a good opportunity for me and the war zone to take advantage of the chaotic period of the two kings fighting for the throne in the kingdom to establish an overseas territory that is sufficient.
A bank to rival the National Bank..." said Viscount Gooditch.
Claude poured the remaining wine in the bottle evenly into two crystal glasses: "Viscount Goodich, I think we will have lunch together at noon tomorrow, and I will introduce General Scree to you.
, maybe he is also interested in setting up a bank..."