Blackstone Code

Lynch talked to these nobles without any stage fright. He may not be the youngest, but he is still about the same.

When facing nobles who were older than him and had a higher social status than him, he never felt that these people were better than him in any aspect.

The way he looked at these people was like looking at ordinary people standing on the side of the road. There was no difference. This also gave him a very special demeanor, an aura that made people subconsciously think carefully about what he said. if.

"For another example..." He stretched out his hand and pointed casually in the direction of the palace, "The Prime Minister and His Majesty's struggle for power actually has nothing to do with us."

"Whether it's the Prime Minister or Your Majesty, after they take control of the power, will they give a share of the power to one of you, or even everyone has a share?"

No one needs to answer this question. Everyone knows that it is impossible. The prime minister or the emperor will only place their confidants into various important departments, definitely not fringe nobles like them.

This is the truth, their faces are a bit ugly.

"So we isolate this matter. In fact, we are just bystanders. So whether the Prime Minister wins or loses, it has nothing to do with us. Why should we actively choose to stand on his side?"

"He lowered the Gaevra Financial Index just because it was in his interest. If he wanted the Chancellor of Finance to leave the central government, he had to create a 'history'. He did not do it to make us make more money."

"So in my opinion, it doesn't matter who wins or loses. What matters is who can give us more benefits and get the benefits."

"Even if we choose to side with His Majesty!"

He put down the cup in his hand, with a look of ridicule on his face, "You can't eat the future, only the rights in your hands can. We won't move for the time being. When they fight fiercely, we will come to win over them." We are."

"When the time comes, whoever offers a higher price will be on whose side we will stand!"

If the nobles in the Privy Council knew what Lynch said, they would definitely say that he had no sense of shame at all, and that he was so hesitant in such a major matter that he only looked at interests, and looked like a villain.

But Lynch is not afraid that they will know. On the contrary, if these people know, they can spread what he said, which will help in future negotiations with the Prime Minister or the Emperor - I can be bribed.

After taking a breath and giving everyone some time to think, Lynch spoke again.

As soon as he spoke, the room fell silent again.

"The situation won't change much next, but I have one thing I need you to do..." There was no resistance in the eyes of the nobles around him.

They are nobles and they don't need to be smart, as long as there are smart people around them.

The enthusiastic little earl nodded vigorously, and Lynch suddenly felt that even if he said that he wanted to be his father at this time, he would agree.

Of course, this idea is just a ridiculous idea, like lightning that lights up and goes out in an instant.

He came back to his senses and said seriously, "I need you to borrow money from the Royal Bank of Gefra, as well as major aristocratic banks that may have relationships with the Minister of Finance, and private banks."

"I know that nobles have the privilege of being able to waive interest for a certain period of time. I ask you to borrow as much money as possible. If they want a mortgage, give them the mortgage."

"Mortgage your house, car, and everything else that can be mortgaged. Don't be afraid."

Lin Qi looked at several nobles who seemed to be in discomfort and twisted their bodies. He smiled and reassured, "I'm not asking you to do anything with the money. All you have to do is borrow the money from the bank." Come out and take it to your home.”

"Don't give it to me, the Prime Minister or anyone else, just keep it in your home and return the money to the bank when one month is up."

"We only need to borrow one month, and one month is enough!"

There was a kind of schadenfreude in Lynch's slightly smiling eyebrows. Some of the nobles still don't understand why Lynch did this, but they felt that it was not unacceptable to do so.

If Lynch wanted to misappropriate the money, they would not borrow it at all, but Lynch did not use the money. They would keep the money themselves and return it to the bank after one month when it expires, without even interest. They won't have any burden anymore.

As for worrying about someone going to rob you?

Come on, this is the mainland of Gefra. Maybe it will take three to five months to catch an ordinary person who robs a police station, but if he robs a noble, if the criminal is not shot dead on the spot, he may be punished in just three to five days. capital punishment.

If you move one noble, you will affect all the nobles. This is different from the social structure of the Federation.

In the Federation, capitalists will only inflict insults on other suffering capitalists (not only will they not help them after discovering that they are in trouble, but they will take the opportunity to snipe at them and plunder their wealth), being able to do nothing is already considered their kindness. .

But in Gefra, this is not possible. Nobles can fight to the death with nobles, but others cannot cross social classes to provoke nobles, no matter in any form.

Everyone left soon after Lynch finished his instructions. They had to go back and calculate how much money their properties could be mortgaged, and then go to the bank to borrow the money back.

Because Lynch did not ask everyone to keep this matter secret, and it is impossible for these people's actions not to be leaked at this time - they always go to the bank to borrow money, and the relationship between banks is very complicated. At this special time, it is definitely Someone will notice what these people are doing.

So the next afternoon after they gathered to chat, the Prime Minister knew about it.

"You mean...Lynch asked them to go to major banks for loans?" The Prime Minister frowned at first and put down the pen in his hand. He was busy building his own team these two days and did not notice Lynch. The movement of that group of fringe nobles.

Now when he suddenly heard this kind of news, the first thought that flashed through his mind was that these people planned to use the process of seizing power between him and His Majesty the Emperor to make a fortune from the "national crisis".

At this moment, the Prime Minister felt a surge of anger in his heart. Although they did have the intention to bring down the financial index, would it be too ugly to take advantage of this dividend so openly?

"I know...", he agreed unhappily. After he took control of the power, he would definitely make these little nobles bleed and make them spit out their capital and profits.

But just when he was about to continue working, he picked up the pen and when he made a stroke, an ink droplet fell on the paper, penetrated the paper and spread around, he was suddenly stunned.

"So that's it?!", his eyes widened slightly, and he understood.

The Prime Minister has qualified political thinking ability, but for a moment, he suddenly realized that Lynch was not asking those small nobles to borrow money to continue shorting the financial index, but to help him!

This idea sounds a bit incredible. How could borrowing money from the bank affect the outcome of the power struggle between him and His Majesty the Emperor?

But unexpectedly, he realized in a flash that Lynch could indeed do it.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He grabbed the flickering light and began to dig deeper. He was so excited that he couldn't help but stand up, walked back and forth to the table, and the more he thought about it, the smoother his ideas became. It was clear what Lynch was going to do.

The finance minister needs to pull up the Gaevra financial index in order to stabilize his current power, so that the prime minister and the emperor will not continue to cause political strife over financial power.

To raise the Gaevra Financial Index, money must be indispensable, and a lot of money!

In fact, it is very simple to drive the index up, just buy, buy, buy.

Don't worry about how other people sell, keep buying, as long as the price is raised, those timid retail investors who are frightened by market fluctuations and who seem to have been fearful will become bold again due to greed.

They will not continue to sell, but choose to wait and see, which gives the index room to rise.

The reason is very simple, but the question is, where does the money come from?

The money of the nobles is not so easy to get, and the Prime Minister himself knows this very well. If the nobles use money to fight for his power, he will not only compensate them with the money that the nobles gave them, but also double the compensation.

Moreover, even if the finance minister retains his power now, the next five to ten years will not be easy. Most of his confidants will be demoted and punished, and other people will be placed in important positions, and he will be left out. .

The nobles would not lend him money. If he wanted to increase the stock price, he could only borrow money from the bank.

He owns many properties, some of which have been passed down for hundreds of years, as well as a large number of works of art. He mortgages these things to banks and borrows money from them to raise the index.

When the situation stabilizes in the future, not only will he not lose money, but he will still make money. After selling all the stocks and paying off the loan, he may still have a surplus.

Of course, this is an ideal situation.

But what if it’s not ideal?

For example...the bank has no money!

Yes, the bank has no money, and a large number of nobles have borrowed money from the bank. How dare the bank refuse to lend?

Many of the nobles themselves are shareholders of the bank, and they don't even take shareholders seriously?

There is also plenty of money in the bank. As long as the locals cannot collect the money in a short time, the Chancellor of Finance will definitely die!

After thinking about this, the Prime Minister punched his fist hard, turned around, picked up the phone, and expressed his thoughts and requirements.

The content is roughly the same as what Lynch said. He asked all the nobles who stood on his side to borrow money from all banks as much as possible, without leaving a penny to the finance minister!

If you don’t have money, let me see how you can raise the index!

And this also contributed to the Prime Minister's idea of ​​​​seeing Lynch as soon as possible.

This is an amazing young man!