Extraordinary Sailing

Alvin, Olivia, and Rivina, who have returned to the material world from "hell", are sitting around the tea table on the top floor of [Witchcraft Garden] Poseidia City.

Aiwen casually placed the clay pot containing the "Holy Spring" on the table.

Ring ring ring.

The phantom of the "Tree of Life" above the head, which seems to have opened up the high sky, swayed slightly, as if it had already communicated with the "mysterious source", and gradually rang a clear and melodious bell.

Soon, Ai Wen just poured a cup of black tea for the two of them, and [Mind Network] projected a huge picture into a small half of the sky.

Make them feel like they are there.

woo woo woo.

At this time, in the northeastern part of the New World, although it is still autumn, the cold wave originating from the "Eternal White Continent" has already begun to gradually gain momentum.

in this area.

To the north is the Great Horn Cape, a colony of the Kingdom of Atlan, which has the largest cod fishing ground in the entire material world, and to the south is the colony of the Sark Empire, which has the St. Lawrence Territory with an area of ​​1.3 million square kilometers.

boom! boom! boom!

At this time, the borders of the two colonies were filled with gunpowder and smoke, shouting and killing all day long.

It seems that it is definitely not an ordinary border friction. The two army units have obviously fought real fire and have risen to the level of war.

"Kill! Drive Atlan's bastard out to sea!"

"The scum of Sark, the Potosi silver mine is ours!"

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Bess, the chief of intelligence who already possessed the peak official wizard strength, collected information for them in advance, and Aiwen and Liwena were shocked to find that the root cause of the chaos was their fault.

The two quickly took a sip of tea to suppress their shock, and gave each other a positive look, tsk, well done!

As early as three years ago, the "Coinage Act" promoted by the two men confirmed from the legal form that the "Tulip Union" issued banknotes-gold pounds-gold and silver based on the double standard system of gold and silver.

This banknote is issued and managed by the "Union Central Bank" jointly formed by the seven state-owned central banks.

Among them, the "Principality of Garriott" and the "Kingdom of Phalitis", which are the initiators and have the strongest economic strength, take turns serving as bank presidents every three years.

The main pattern on the front of the "golden pound" is a blooming tulip and seven stars representing the seven countries of the alliance, and the black iron cross emblem of the church is on the back.

Because for banknotes, anti-counterfeiting work is the most important thing. If someone exchanged a pile of waste paper for real money, it would be really crying.

Aiwen and the others simply followed the example of the "Low Countries" and introduced the power of the goddess to endorse the banknotes.

The denominations of gold pounds issued are 5 pounds, 10 pounds, 20 pounds, 50 pounds, and 100 pounds. Others are still supplemented by copper Fur coins. In order to facilitate transactions, 30 gold notes can be exchanged for a full-weight golden lion at Tulip.

With the current prominent position of the "Tulip Alliance" in the entire world economic system.

Including the "Low Countries" and the "Federation of the Palme d'Or", no country dared to pat its chest and say that it would not do business with tulips, and that business must be settled in gold pounds.

After three years of steady development.

The international "gold pound settlement system" has gradually taken root.

It also formed an international gold and silver dual standard system centered on the gold pound and based on gold and silver.

Up to now, the two precious metals, gold and silver, are the most important international reserve assets of various countries, while the gold pound is the most important means of international settlement. Precious metals and gold pounds have become the recognized international reserves of all countries at the same time.

in addition.

Officials of the financial department and financial elites in the alliance are also trying to anchor the "golden pound" to domestic commodities at the same time.

The "Tulip Alliance" is not only a major commodity importer, but also an exporter, and a financial power closely related to commodity price fluctuations.

They are going to anchor the prices of iron ore, coal, refined steel, natural rubber, cotton, copper, and some varieties of grains with the gold pound to further increase the gold content and trustworthiness of the gold pound.

In particular, the Principality of Garrett has the fertile, vast and mineral-rich north of the New World.

In the three years since the "Westward Movement" started, it has been enough for the central and western regions to reclaim large and vast farms, and various crops have been harvested for several rounds.

Even wild bison, under the modulation of the "Tree of Life School", can become high-quality animal power on the farm.

Subsequent projects, whether it is "steam power", "electric power" or "internal combustion engine machinery", have been launched one after another. Agricultural mechanization will greatly increase the production capacity of this land.

There will also be more surplus supply for exports.

The "gold and silver standard" originally estimated by the financial elites can last at least 30 years.

But supplemented by commodities, the gold pound, an international currency, can be maintained as long as the military and economic strength of the alliance remains dominant.

At the same time, the "international aid plan" to expand its influence has been steadily advancing.

It was this plan that directly became the fuse of this war.

The "Tulip Alliance" provides loans to many countries like great benefactors, including 90% interest-free loans and 10% low-interest loans.

But there is an additional condition: the recipient country must purchase Tulip products or services when using the aid funds.

Before the gold pound left the country, it returned directly to their pockets.

Then, things are simple.

Wherever the pound flows, there will be prosperity; wherever the pound is withdrawn, there will be decline.

Of course, after the gold pound flows out, it does not lie in the banks of other countries to eat interest, but flows out to make various investments.

After the Tulip Alliance released gold pounds to buy and buy all kinds of things around the world, the world economy naturally entered a period of prosperity.

At this time, coupled with the hard work of the working people of all countries, the world's asset prices naturally rose collectively. After several years of rising, these released gold pounds have reaped a large amount of value-added returns.

And once the central bank of the alliance starts to withdraw the gold pounds by means of raising interest rates, the gold pounds that were released before will return to Tulip with a huge value-added return.

A covert looting operation was thus completed.

Well, so there is no charity, it's all business.

Now they don't need to do redundant things.

After the gold pound has become a stable international currency, it is harvesting wealth all over the world at any time.

There is no need to play bayonet with lowland bankers like a punk like the "tulip bubble" at the beginning.

It seems that it already has the grace and confidence of the world's most powerful country.

After gradually seeing the lethality of the "Tulip Alliance" gold pound, the bankers couldn't help beating their chests:

"I can't wait to be born in a tulip!"

What they had worked so hard to desire but couldn't ask for was easily realized by Aiwen and the others.

Then again.

The support of financial business is indispensable for the international settlement currency. Phalatis, who took the lead in completing the steam industry revolution, is currently the center of the entire Tulip Alliance, and the capital of Bekele has also become the world's financial center.

Therefore, it is not that bankers and the financial industry are not allowed to enter the alliance countries at all, but there will be strict control measures, and they are absolutely not allowed to act recklessly.

Moreover, based on the alliance's strict defense in the field of people's livelihood, their banks will also be strictly limited in size, and they will not be able to achieve anything at all, let alone compete with the "alliance central bank".

Of course.

The practice of using "international currency" to circulate the world is not a conspiracy, and the logic behind it cannot be concealed from those smart people in various countries.

The major powers in the world, including the Lowland Republic, the Golden Palm Federation, the Sark Empire, the Kingdom of Atlan, and the Kingdom of Heimar, are naturally not reconciled to being harvested.

To achieve international currency anchoring, payment must be made in gold and silver.

And obtaining a large amount of real gold and silver has become a necessary means for them to resist the harvest of gold pounds.

But Tulip, whose territory has expanded to the entire world, has gathered most of the gold and silver in the world.

Therefore, the Sark Empire and the Atlan Kingdom all looked at the Potosi Silver Island Chain.

This is the largest known silver mine in the world, with an estimated reserve of 25,000 tons, and it is also an area jointly occupied by the three forces of Tulip, Sark, and Atlanta.

At the end of the "Silver War".

Witnessed by bishop-level clergymen stationed in the New World from the "Church of Eternal Flame", "Church of the Iron Cross", "Church of Dawn", and "Church of Frost", an agreement was initialed by military officials from various countries.

The Cyrus Empire monopolizes three-quarters of the Potosi silver mine, and the remaining three parties share the remaining quarter equally.

After the strong rise of the Principality of Garriott, due to the complexity of property rights, it was not possible to simply receive the entire inheritance of Sirius.

After several rounds of negotiations, the Principality of Garriott finally obtained half of the overall share of the silver mine, and the remaining six countries of Tulip shared a quarter equally. At the same time, the last quarter was given to the Sark Empire and Art Kingdom of Lan.

But in accordance with the "balanced hand diplomacy" they are already familiar with.

When negotiating, the dominant alliance just threw this quarter of the share to them as a whole, and just let them distribute it themselves.

It also laid the fuse for the outbreak of today's war between the two sides.

The colonial area of ​​the Southern Continent has leapt to the largest in the world, and the Sark Empire, whose national power is booming, is of course not willing to share the share with Atlanta.

Before the "golden pound" was born, they had been fighting openly and secretly for the output of silver mines.

Now, as the power of the international currency gradually emerges, the two families of Sac and Atlan can no longer hold back, and have launched a battle around the huge interests of the Potosi silver island chain!

"But, something's wrong! The intelligence said that Atlan initiated the war, but the army was beaten like a grandson, so that's all the provocation?"

Looking at the land battlefield, it is clear that the two sides have not been fighting for a long time, but Atlan's side is obviously in decline. From Aiwen's eyes, it is obvious that the defeat is already doomed.

"Didn't you say last time that there might be one or even more demon gods coming to Atlan? Will these chaotic guys?"

However, Liwena's voice did not fall.

In the field of vision of [Mind Network], in the vast ocean between the "Potosi Silver Island Chain" and the New World, there is also a battlefield where the fleets of the two sides are fighting.

A huge battleship with the flag of Atlan, which looked like a monster in the eyes of humans in this era, suddenly emerged from the air.

"How is this going?!"

The moment they saw the battleship, the faces of the three of them changed drastically and they stood up suddenly. The clay pot on the table was also knocked over and fell, and the "Holy Spring" spilled all over the ground.

Rumble.

The moment it was contaminated with the spring water, the phantom of the "tree of life" that covered the sky and the sun in the [Witchcraft Garden] stretched its branches and leaves, and started to rise rapidly again.

But the three of them could no longer care about this abnormality.