There are not many things that can be taken away directly from Old Alvin's manor.
But fortunately, almost all the things that can be taken away are ordinary money.
In addition to several finely crafted sterling silver ornaments inlaid with precious stones, there were also four bags of silver coins - fifty coins each, and fifty banknotes worth one pound.
There are no gold coins stored...but in a mezzanine, there are twelve gold bars hidden.
This Annan is actually quite easy to understand.
In today's Noah's Kingdom, gold coins are not actually a common currency in circulation, but banknotes called "gold pounds" are.
Because Sir Silver's predecessor, Pope Huiyao III, once put forward a theory when studying economic laws - if people have two gold coins in their hands at the same time, one with a higher gold content and one with a lower gold content, then people will tend to
Instead of spending the less valuable one, collect the more valuable ones, or simply melt them down and make them into jewelry.
In the same way, the true value of gold coins and silver coins of the same value naturally fluctuates.
Gold and silver are both materials needed to make spells in different fields. Gold powder and silver coins are consumables required by Mr. Yao and Sir Silver's priests respectively when using magic...
In the Kingdom of Noah, because of the belief in Sir Silver, people's demand for silver is obviously higher than gold, so people will tend to store more valuable silver coins and use more gold coins. Final denomination
Smaller silver coins will leave the circulation market.
Naturally, Sir Silver cannot tolerate this.
So Huiyao III proposed a simple countermeasure:
If the purpose is to make silver coins a currency of circulation, then they must do the opposite... that is, find a way to make ordinary people think that gold coins are worth more than silver coins.
But after all, the church cannot affect the internal laws of the kingdom, and it cannot directly abolish gold coins... This is obviously not possible.
So in the end, they chose to start the banknote business in recent years.
They would charge a certain amount of gold and silver and exchange it for a large-denomination paper currency.
The value of one pound banknote is equal to one gold pound. This banknote can be exchanged for silver coins of the same value at any Silver Lord's temple - this is very simple for the priests, and there is no need to worry about insufficient stock or counterfeit money.
money problem.
When priests use divine magic, they will sacrifice silver coins as materials to Sir Silver. Priests in other places can get a certain amount of silver coins as long as they pray to Sir Silver for reasonable reasons and convince Sir Silver.
——That is, reimbursement.
And because gold and silver coins can be exchanged for banknotes, but banknotes can only be exchanged for silver coins... In the end, the number of gold coins circulating in the market will gradually decrease. When spending large amounts, people tend to use banknotes. Banknotes can be
It is much lighter than gold and easy to carry.
In the beginning, the reason why Don Juan brought some gold coins was to give to Yin Jue's priests and exchange them for equal amounts of silver coins - and the nobles' initiative to hand over the stored gold could greatly please Yin Jue.
Moreover, the priests of Yinjue are also very happy to recycle gold coins.
Because this will obviously lead to a gradual increase in the number of silver coins on the market.
So for old Alvin, there is actually no difference between storing gold coins and gold bars. Anyway, they have to go to the church to exchange them in emergencies.
Sir Silver's purpose is simple and pure.
It is to allow silver coins to circulate in everyone's hands to the greatest extent. The more times, the better, the larger the amount, the better... But if it is silver coins.
Gold coins do not count.
The patterns on gold coins of various countries are different, and the gold content is also different...
But the silver content and shape of each silver coin are exactly the same - [Silver Coin Production] is the most basic silver magic, which is used to easily refine silver-containing ores and other materials in batches in proportion.
Silver coins that comply with regulations.
As a result, every silver coin has Sir Silver's face engraved on it.
It was a young man with a monocle, a bright and sunny smile, a slender face, and curly hair parted in the middle, who looked to be less than thirty years old.
Just like the big boy next door.
They look no different from ordinary people.
Rather, all the righteous gods are like this...the righteous gods all look like ordinary people. So people will also get close to each other, using the terms "Silver Sir", "Mysterious Lady", "Old Grandmother" and so on.
Call them by name.
But false gods are different.
When a false god appears on earth, his incarnation must have at least one characteristic that is clearly not human.
The closer the false gods are to the real gods, the more human they look; and those who look clearly not human must be false gods; and those who look particularly ugly and scary can be known to be evil gods at a glance.
In a sense, this is indeed a world where faces are judged...
Even among all the righteous gods, Yin Jue is the one most easily recognized by mortals.
Because for other righteous gods, you have to go to a parish-level church to see what they look like from paintings.
And Yin Jue sees him every day.
Common people may not know what the king looks like, but they definitely know what the Silver Lord looks like.
"...Is this why you asked me to carry these things?"
Salvatore had a bag of silver coins in one hand and a corpse on his back. He panted like a delivery boy and got into the carriage.
"Yes, I love Sir Silver."
Annan said confidently: "Of course I also love these cute little ones engraved with silver knights."
He casually carried two bags of gold coins in one hand and a heavy gold bar in the other. He followed Salvatore into the carriage and muttered in a low voice that could be heard by the senior: "And the corpse is the big head..."
"Uh...ah."
Salvatore put the silver coins and the body in the carriage, exhaled suddenly, relaxed, and his face was already sweating.
Then he glared at Annan angrily: "I can't let a kid like you fight against a corpse, can I?
"You can just take the gold bars... Is there any need to take these silver coins? They are so heavy... If you are short of money, just take a gold bar for some pocket money. If not, you can ask me to borrow it."
"I took so much money just so I wouldn't have to borrow money from you."
Annan looked serious: "I can return what I borrowed from you before."
At the beginning, he went to borrow money from his seniors when he had nothing to do. It was indeed very refreshing...
But Kaizisa treated guests so generously, which always made Annan feel like he was being taken care of. The most terrible thing is that Salvatore did not seem to have the real feeling that "Annan has been asking him for money" - Annan followed
If you want it, he will give it to you.
This is called prostitution until the person feels guilty.
Salvatore groaned when he heard this: "It seems that you lent me some money before? How much was it?"
Don’t you remember the number of co-authors now?
Annan still doesn’t know how much money Salvatore has...
But Annan's self-esteem and morality still urged him to quickly repay Salvatore's money - but from another aspect, Annan's return of the money to Salvatore should actually be regarded as robbery from other people's homes, and
He robbed with peace of mind.
Salvatore's previous analysis was good and reasonable, and now it belongs to me.
——You plan to murder me, and after taking revenge, I plan to compensate you with money; then I will not touch your grandson again, and will protect him until he inherits your property.
fair deal.
Annan happily set himself a new task.
"Speaking of which," Annan looked at Salvatore curiously, "who is our coachman?"
Salvatore seemed to have expected to dispose of the body, so he came over in a carriage.
But Annan found that the man driving the car, although he could not be called extraordinary, was obviously not an ordinary coachman.
This is also normal.
How could an ordinary coachman have the courage to carry a corpse at night, let alone the fresh and warm corpse of a Viscount...