I Became the illegitimate son of a duke - I Became the illegitimate son of a duke chapter 104

104 – The Bank (2)

Chloe and Ines are not as pretty as Jeanne, but they are pretty. If he was an ordinary man, he would have passed over it.

But in this situation, he suddenly acts like that, so I feel more repulsive than beautiful.

In the first place, the temptation to do it because you really love me and the temptation to just get a profit are different from the atmosphere. The temptation of this woman, of course, belongs to the latter. Disgusting.

“…”

Looks like you’ve used this way of passing the case by seduction, but if that’s the case, you know better than anyone else that if you use that method in this situation, it’s counterproductive.

When such a temptation is suddenly made in such a strict atmosphere, it is natural that the person being tempted will feel anger rather than being tempted by it, if he has a normal way of thinking.

But why did this woman do such a thing?

‘You think I’m going to give in to that temptation.’

The fact that I have three wives is now known to all the serfs in the countryside.

Of course, this is widespread not only in Korea, but also abroad. When envoys from the Principality of Laurel and the Seonghwangcheong came to protest, I was very sweaty dealing with them.

Anyway, what do other people think of this fact?

I’m sure you’ll think that I’m a very horny person who can’t even keep my lower back properly and that I’m going to go crazy.

“…hahahaha.”

It’s a change of plan.

I can’t help it because I can’t get into people’s heads and change it, but I can’t wait to see how they tried to deal with me thinking like that.

Originally, he tried to save his life by threatening him with the death penalty and then transferring all his property and business to the full. It will be difficult to find hidden assets, and the safe business will not be able to take over, but I’m not in a position to regret that I can’t eat it anyway.

“I will pass judgment. For dereliction of duty as vault keeper, for cannibalism, for concealing property, for corruption, and for blasphemy, Elisabeth de Rothschild shall be executed, and her assets and business shall be vested in Jim. .And the same punishment to the bureaucrats who cooperated with her.”

I deliberately did not include the crime of counterfeiting money.

Because the transaction was made with a document stored in precious metals, strictly speaking, it is not currency, but the basis for being charged with counterfeiting currency is a little weak, and if this is made a crime, a strange precedent may arise and disrupt the banking business.

In the first place, what banks do is to conduct business with stored deposits, and if they designate influencing such activities as a crime, banks cannot exist.

“That, that… Your Majesty… Your Majesty… Eww!!”

Elise, who disobeyed my judgment and was about to go on a rampage, was immediately silenced by her soldiers by her side.

Even if I was really horny in the first place, I’m not an idiot who can’t tell the difference between public and private affairs, and that woman’s attempts must have made her even more angry. What kind of man did she live with?

Whew, I don’t know. I won’t be able to see you anymore anyway, so I thought, what should I do?

“Immediately turn the Rothylt family’s treasury business back to the state, and begin the work of replacing all the Rothylt family coats of arms with royal coats of arms on the papers.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Anyway, I’ll take your idea well.

Tsk tsk, seeing that he did such a thing with the precious metal storage documents, he seems smart, but he shouldn’t have done such a thing with that kind of brain.

The speculation and canteen were done with the capital raised from archived documents, and even spies were planted in the bureaucracy, so even if I made up my mind to save it, I couldn’t possibly save it. If my prestige is not to be damaged, I must kill it unconditionally.

If it had been the old penal code, it would have been obvious that he would have suffered brutal pain and died.

…………

“Huh?”

The pattern of the royal family of Burgon is drawn on the building of Rosyltne, where countless soldiers and people have been coming and going for several days.

Everyone in Dijon is unaware of the news that Roschild, who committed all sorts of transgressions, became angry with Your Majesty and had all his assets confiscated and ruined.

I thought they would definitely resell it back to the market… Umm, that’s a pity.

Well, the location is great.

Since Roschild was in the safe business, he took security very seriously, and eventually settled down on a busy street close to the barracks. If it’s a good position like this, it’s enough to proceed with something centered on the royal family rather than giving it to others.

‘What is that something… A factory isn’t suitable for a busy street like this, except… A soup kitchen or something?’

When you think of a business led by the royal family, charity is the first thing that comes to mind with common sense.

Charity is the most basic way for the ruling class to simply win the hearts of the people, and at the same time, they can perform their religious duties. Charity is an act that even those pagans consider a virtue, so charity work led by the ruling class can be found quite easily, regardless of the past and pagans.

“It’s okay, but it’s too good a position for charity… Uh…?”

A passer-by looks over the building, regretting that the good location is wasted for charity, and is greatly embarrassed to see that the signboard on the building has changed.

No, that’s right, I can’t keep using the signboard that says Rosylt Storage, so of course I’ll have to change it… But this…?

“State-owned bank…?”

I have heard of some merchants specializing in lending money or managing property in places like the Republic of Vines and the Duchy of Lombard in the southern peninsula where commerce developed. Those who specialize in these tasks are collectively referred to as banks.

But when you compare it to that, you can see it’s different if you look closely.

If you look at the word state-owned, this means that the state directly takes the initiative.

“…I thought the safe was simply being neglected because it was difficult to move.”

In this building, the huge and solid safe that Rothylt used still remains. It was so huge that the walls of the building had to be torn down to move the safe.

No matter how long I waited, there was no sign of moving the safe, so I thought it was simply because it was annoying to move it, but I was preparing for the banking business.

With such a safe and a barracks right next to it, it’s the perfect location for banking.

‘I have to prepare right now.’

Dijon has too much money on the market right now, so the price of goods is skyrocketing endlessly as a result of the reaction. Even though the price of buildings and land is skyrocketing, the demand cannot be met.

Is there a new bank that manages money in the center of Dijon? Besides, the credit of the bank is guaranteed by the royal family of Burgundy, whose prestige is sky-high?

We need to quickly come up with measures to deal with this situation. Otherwise, a small trader like me would be weeded out in no time.

…………

The bank’s business was very smooth. With deposit interest and tax benefits as bait, they settled down in an instant.

Deposit, the most basic business of the bank, was familiar to the citizens of Dijon thanks to absorbing Roschild’s business, which had a high reputation as a safe depository, and the citizens had the royal family’s coat of arms embedded in it, so there was no risk of losing money. It went smoothly and I was able to collect a lot of deposits, probably because I thought it was low.

The same goes for loans. Since I guarantee the credit of the bank and support him with public power, there has never been a single case where money has been deliberately taken away. Nominally, the money in the bank is my property, so there are of course very few bastards who go to the extent of stealing the king’s property.

Well, there have been occasions where I couldn’t pay the money because my business went bankrupt or I really didn’t have enough money, but those cases were very rare and I didn’t lend money to people with a high risk in the first place, so it’s okay. Those who did not have the ability to repay even after disposing of all their property were forced to work in factories, mines, or farms so that they could pay back with their own body.

Bankruptcy? There is no such thing. It will have to be made someday, but at this point where finance and administration are not developed, bankruptcy is too risky. I want them to be made after I die, after the society has fully developed.

Of course, it showed great efficiency not only in deposits and loans, but also in tax collection. This is because it is easier to take money from the assets deposited in the bank than to receive money from others.

“…Your Majesty. Taking interest is an obvious sin.”

Of course, not everything went smoothly.

[Receive interest on the money borrowed.] This act is a serious sin that cannot be subtracted or expelled according to the doctrine of Canaanism.

It’s not that there weren’t banks for nothing. This is because the Canaanists were not allowed to lend money to others and receive interest in return.

Those banks in the southern countries say that after hiring a cultist, they put him on the job as the boss and blindfold him, but since this is a bank guaranteed by the state, such a boss is impossible.

“Arman, Jim is also a faithful Canaanite, but on the other hand, he is a king who must take care of state affairs responsibly. If a country is compared to a person, money is blood, and what I have done is to spread the blood that is gathered in one place smoothly throughout the body. It’s what makes it flow.”

“I personally can understand enough. Being from Dijon, I naturally want Rotaring to become stronger. But Seonghwangcheong won’t think so.”

That’s right.

Hmm… As Armand feared, we should definitely think of countermeasures.

I received too much just by handing over the rice cake called the Archdiocese of the Province. At this point, I’ll have to pass on other rice cakes, but what’s good…

Yeah, that should be fine.