Chapter 724 Good Money Drives Out Bad Money

"How the hell is this done?!"

Both locals, Pete and Gale, were shocked.

If only one decree could make businessmen change their minds and make a new start, the Countess of Ceylon would have done so long ago.

However, the situation is not that simple.

As everyone knows.

The specialty of Ceylon Territory is various monster materials produced in the dark forest, or other special materials.

In short, it will definitely not be food.

Although there are many local farmers who make a living from farming, the food they can produce was never enough to supply the entire Ceylon region.

Unlucky enough to encounter monsters that rush into the kingdom during the monster red tide, farmers may have difficulty even being self-sufficient.

About 80% of the food supply depends on the grain production of the noble leaders further west.

In the past, merchants were responsible for the purchase, storage and transportation of grain. They sent large amounts of grain to the border from west to east, and then sold it in Ceylon City to make profits.

If the countess really dares to issue a decree restricting merchants.

As a result, the merchants are likely to collectively "revolt" and stop transporting grain to Ceylon!

Artificially achieve the effect of food shortage!

There are three nobles on the border of Leyak Kingdom directly bordering the Dark Forest.

One is the Ceylon Territory, with a total of three border defense lines;

The other two are larger than the Ceylon Territory, the Earl of Kalez and the Marquis of Nochima respectively, with 4 and 6 border defenses respectively.

Merchants do not transport grain to the Ceylon Territory. The grain they purchase can still be sold to people in the Kalez Territory and the Nochima Territory, and they make the same profit.

And if the Ceylon Territory runs out of food, it will be in big trouble.

Therefore, the Countess could only tolerate these profiteers' methods of substituting goods. After all, it was better to have something than nothing.

But now the countess suddenly became more and more stubborn. Not only did she implement such a "harsh" law for businessmen, she actually implemented it smoothly!

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Everyone's doubts were answered after arriving at the castle and seeing the Countess in person.

"It's very simple."

When Frigga Ceylon received everyone in the study, she explained with a smile:

"We didn't have a choice before."

"Now they have no choice."

"During the time you left, as the news of Dawn City spread to the surrounding areas, many people in Kalez Territory, Noqima Territory, and even Fenton Territory were thinking about moving to Ceylon Territory, especially It’s Auroville.”

"Praise Novin!"

"Only within the Ceylon region, or crossing the border of [Past Glory] and entering the dark forest, can people obtain their own contribution points and compete for opportunities to receive blessings."

"No such good thing happened to the other nobles who continued to stay nearby."

The Countess of Ceylon put the key to the point.

Peter also reacted suddenly.

This is the change brought by Novan, the god of knowledge, to the Ceylon region!

If you want to get His recognition and blessings, you have to be at the top of the ranking of contributions.

Want to accumulate contributions?

Then you have to come to Ceylon to get it!

Although you can return to your hometown after receiving Noven's "blessing", there is no doubt that the Ceylon region and the outer reaches of the dark forest near the border are the headquarters of the Church of Knowledge!

It is not enough to receive blessings.

Want to become a spell caster?

Want to experience the miracle of resurrection after death?

Then you have to have destiny points.

In addition to earning money by completing tasks assigned by Novenfa, the most convenient way at present is definitely to live and work in Ceylon!

Because here, destiny points are almost regarded as the universal currency equivalent to gold, silver and copper.

The population of the surrounding area.

Those who had the conditions came to Ceylon;

If there are no conditions, you must try your best to create conditions!

Don’t talk about ordinary people.

Even nobles and businessmen want to come here.

People are flocking to Ceylon, and the market demand for Ceylon is also growing.

Businessmen cannot give up this huge market.

Moreover, businessmen are human beings too.

Witness with your own eyes the followers of the God of Knowledge who have been blessed by Norven, and they also want the opportunity to be blessed!

You have to come to Ceylon to get it.

There is an even more important point.

If they want to expand their business scale and experience the help of divine arts and magic in storage and transportation, they... still have to rely on the help of Novin's believers!

Therefore, no matter what "excessive" conditions the Countess put forward, they could only agree with their noses pinched!

In the past, they ignored Ceylon;

Now it is the Ceylon collar that makes them unable to climb up!

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Gale touched his chin thoughtfully: "I remember reading in a book before that some scholars called this phenomenon the law of 'good money drives out bad money'!"

Except for Vladin and the Countess of Ceylon, everyone looked at a loss.

Their knowledge base is not that rich.

The Countess is experienced and well-informed.

Vladin came from a royal family and received enough education.

He explained enthusiastically:

"I know, I know!"

"If in a town, everyone uses fake Reyak gold coins with insufficient gold content, then the real Reyak gold coins will not be able to circulate in the transaction, because under normal circumstances, it should be able to buy more things. People don’t want to use it as a fake gold coin.”

"Same reason."

"If everyone uses real gold coins, then people who use counterfeit coins will not be accepted by people, because everyone is not stupid and does not want to be fooled by counterfeit coins!"

"My teacher told me at the time that this story represents the herd mentality of the crowd. Even if someone has his own ideas, the power of the individual is insignificant in front of the group's thoughts."

"If you want to reverse the two phenomena, there must be a sufficiently strong external force to intervene and let the majority of people change at the same time."

After some explanation, the others understood it!

When most merchants had to abide by the new decree issued by the Countess of Ceylon, they became the "majority".

Even if there were some merchants who tried to influence the market by selling inferior products, they would be driven away by a large number of high-quality products and would not be able to gain a foothold.

"Praise Nowen!"

Pete was convinced.

The problem of profiteers has existed since he could remember and has affected Ceylon for many years.

When there is a way to solve it, it only takes more than two months to reverse the situation.

The order of the entire region has become completely different!

And this is just what they saw and heard in Ceylon City.

At most, this place can only be regarded as a benefit brought by the development of Dawn City with the help of the Church of Knowledge.

Pet couldn't help but be curious about what the real center of change would look like now!

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And!