Chapter 1763: Siege
Borrowing money, the president of the Chamber of Commerce looked at the young man in front of him, and was a little unsure of his intention. He actually wanted to borrow 30,000 gold coins, which was not a small amount.
The Chamber of Commerce started with the slave business, and now the kingdom is abolishing slaves, so now the slave chamber of commerce is also trying to transform. However, the road to transformation is difficult. They have always envied those big merchants who lend money at high interest rates, so they also learned to start lending.
Lending has existed since ancient times, but the amount is different. There are countless official, folk, and religious ones.
In ancient times, many officials did not immediately pay taxes to the treasury after collecting taxes, but tried to make a profit from the taxes first, and the way officials usually chose was to lend money and earn interest.
There are also temples, because temples can get a lot of incense money, in addition to daily expenses, the extra money can be used for lending.
Not to mention the folks, merchants, landlords, and even ordinary people, as long as they have a little extra money, they will lend money, which is equivalent to modern investment, making money.
"Thirty thousand is not a small amount. What do you want to borrow so much money for?"
"Of course, it's for war." Duran did not hide anything: "I need money to hire bandits and mercenaries, and then attack the city and take back all the money in the city. When the time comes, I will return you the principal and interest, and the extra money will belong to me."
Silence. For Duran's naive and romantic idea, the businessman just wanted to say that if making money was so easy, they would have become robbers long ago. Robbery makes money quickly, but it is fatal.
The risk of this investment is too high, "I'm afraid we can't lend you so much money."
Duran was very surprised, as if to say whether you are stupid, "Is there any business that makes money faster than robbing money?"
The businessman was speechless. Is that what he thought? "Sir, we have to consider the risk of recovery when we lend money. How can you guarantee that you will win? If you can prove that you can rely on a group of rabble to win, we don't mind lending you money, not to mention 30,000, 50,000 is fine."
"I have an insider, and there won't be much fighting at that time. With the help of the inside and the outside, the victory will definitely be mine." Duran said confidently: "If you don't believe it, then you will miss a business that is sure to make money. It seems that I can only go to other chambers of commerce."
The merchant saw that Duran was actually leaving, and thought to himself, does the other party really have a sure-win method? Think about it, if there is no sure-win method, how can you take risks? This is a gamble with your life, and you must be sure to do it.
But the merchant also has to consider how to prove that the other party is not a liar? What if he takes the money and runs away, or conspires with bandits and the like to defraud?
So risks and opportunities coexist. Although 30,000 gold coins are not a small number, it is actually not much for the Slave Chamber of Commerce. So what needs to be done is to weigh the pros and cons, is the loss of 30,000 big, or is the loss of funds greater if you don't do this business.
If he really succeeds, the reward may be 100,000 gold coins. If he wins, he will make a net profit of 70,000 gold coins. If he does not invest, he will lose a lot.
In the face of huge income, the loss of 30,000 is child's play.
"Wait."
Duran has already stepped out of the door, and the president called him: "I want to hear the detailed plan."
Duran was eloquent and drank three cups of tea before he spoke out the plan in a grandiose way. Anyway, his performance was completely sure of victory, and he only needed to count the money.
According to Duran's description, the final profit of robbing the city will be as high as 300,000. As long as it succeeds, it will be a tenfold return. Although the robbers have no technology, they do make money.
Finally, after striving for more returns and setting the interest rate at 300%, the merchant agreed to lend Duran 30,000 gold coins. Of course, in order to prevent Duran from taking the money and running away, the money will not be given directly to Duran, but will be controlled by the people of the Chamber of Commerce. They will participate in the plan throughout the process and be Duran's financial stewards.
Since the money was agreed upon, Duran quickly went to find mercenaries and hired bandits to gather a group of rabble.
The financial steward found out that Duran was really going to start a war, and he almost jumped up in excitement. Because what Duran said was true, they just had to wait to count the money until their hands cramped.
However, they seemed to have not received a clear answer from Duran, and they didn't know which city Duran was going to rob.
The Undead King chose the capital of the kingdom. He had asked his demons to build a demon army. This army was completely made up of demons who captured humans for experimental transformation. Their target was the capital of the kingdom.
The Undead King first asked his demon subordinates to attack the capital, and then he came to rescue it as an adventurer. Now he has sent people to sneak into the capital to collect intelligence needed for the battle.
Since the Undead King chose the capital, Duran also chose the capital.
When Duran said he wanted to attack the capital of the kingdom, the mercenaries, bandits, and merchants were dumbfounded. Although they had no feelings for the king, how could the defense of the capital be defeated by their rabble?
"You must have confidence in yourself and in me. I have already made arrangements and planted spies in the guards. When the time comes, they will open the city gates and we just need to rush in and rob them." Duran said.
"But there are still guards? They will attack us."
Duran said he would be patient: "Leave the guards to me. My Fire Joy is thirsty." Duran changed his sword and when it was unsheathed, flames flew up.
Seeing Duran actually wield such a terrifying magic sword, everyone immediately gained confidence. It seemed that Duran had been prepared for a long time.
The moment they saw the flame, they were filled with courage and confidence.
Because Duran added hypnotic fluctuations to the flame, as long as they saw the flame of Fire Joy, all negative emotions would disappear, no doubts, no fear, and the mob would become a fearless happy army, a happy army.
The mob hypnotized by Fire Joy quickly attacked, bypassed the town, and finally arrived in front of the capital of the kingdom through thorns and thorns.
There were only more than 500 mercenaries and bandits in total, but they had to face the capital with 8,000 elite defenders and 3,000 adventurers. No matter how you look at it, it was like an egg hitting a stone, but at this time they had no choice but to attack.
Duran did not have any internal support, but the city gate was not difficult for him at all.
He raised the Fire Joy and shouted: "Follow me!"
Kill!
The mob without any negative emotions rushed out, and the defenders on the city wall were dumbfounded. They had no idea how this group of people came out. And they didn't know what they were thinking. Normal people would not attack the capital.
Woo--
The sound of the horn sounded on the city wall, and the guards reacted quickly. The archers prepared to kill first.
But they saw a huge fire under the city wall, and then a giant dragon of fire suddenly hit the city gate, and the flames were irresistible. The heavy city gate was melted in an instant, and the flames rushed out of the door hole, awakening the city.
For a while, everyone was in chaos, because no one thought that the enemy was so powerful that they broke through the city gate with one move.
Many soldiers guarding the city gate were blown away by the heat wave of the flames and fell to the ground in pain. Their eyebrows were burned off.
"Kill!" The hypnotized army rushed in and rushed towards the city at full speed.
The intelligence officer of the Undead King was Sebastian, who was disguised as an imperial merchant. Sebastian was one of the few guardians who favored justice in the Great Tomb. He was unparalleled in physical skills and a master of fighting. If we only count physical skills, he and the Undead King can be evenly matched.
Hearing the sound of fighting, Sebastian immediately jumped to the rooftop to look out, and saw the flickering fire at the city gate. He wondered if the Undead King had moved up his plan? Apart from the Undead King, he couldn't think of anyone else who would attack the capital.