Dictatorship of the Labyrinth City 319

Chapter 319 – Gold Rush (1)

It takes money to make currency.

But what if there are cases where no production costs are involved?

Gold is like that.

There is only one gold that is commonly used all over the world, not Luge Coin.

Neither the kingdom nor the empire uses their own currency.

Although there are cases where some bonds, bills, or each country’s own currency are used, most countries use gold.

The reason why this happened is because you can get gold in the infinite labyrinth.

How is that possible?

Of course, it is thanks to the gold coins that come out of this 30th floor area.

No matter how many gold mines there are in the world, gold is bound to disappear after hundreds of years, and it is economically inefficient to make gold worth 100 won per piece.

But what if gold coins flowed infinitely?

It’s just because it’s a gold coin, so what if it’s an object that can be used as gold itself?

Even if gold cannot be melted by ordinary methods, even if gold coins are melted and made into gold, what if the gold is reduced to a level less than the amount of gold coins?

The characteristic of the ancient gold coins from the Infinite Labyrinth is that the law of conservation of mass is abandoned and the absurd law of ‘damage to the original is the loss of the object’ is applied.

The game setting states that ‘gold is shared across continents’, so I don’t know if this is intended to compensate for reality.

However, since this phenomenon has been applied to reality, the continent has been dependent on the gold coming from the Infinite Labyrinth for the circulation of the entire currency on the Infinite Labyrinth.

Of course, each country has made preparations so that gold can be replaced with its own currency at any time.

-Gold taken from the Infinite Labyrinth can later disappear if the Permaten dies or the Infinite Labyrinth disappears!

Because of the concerns of those who worry, each country is using its own currency.

In fact, gold is mainly used by ordinary residents and society.

But they are not fools either.

-If you don’t know when gold will disappear, shouldn’t you just use it where you can use it quickly?

-There is nothing more convenient than gold when getting change, so why bother carrying other currencies? Anyway, you won’t get gold again after using it.

-What? What happens if the gold suddenly disappears? It’s okay if it’s not just me~ Yes, I left it all in the bank anyway~ Imperial law says that even if you deposit gold, you can withdraw it in imperial currency, which has the same currency value~

Since most people can disappear at any time, they say that the continent’s economic trend so far has been to save gold in banks or convert it into real estate, domestic currency, or bonds.

-But honestly, hundreds of years have passed, will gold disappear?

-As long as the Permaton is maintained as long as you don’t break it on purpose, isn’t there a big problem?

In this way, Fermaten has been distributing gold around the world for the past hundreds of years.

The same is true now, and now, with hundreds of years of know-how, the value of gold has been preserved by ‘controlling’ the gold coins coming out of the 30th floor area.

But now it’s different.

“Everyone, you’ve probably seen the amount of gold we’ve earned from hunting so far, right?”

I gathered the knights together.

“Honestly, I’ve reached the 39th floor now, and the amount of gold coins coming out of the undead is crazy. I think it’s far exceeded the amount of gold coins that a head of a family would earn in at least 5 years. “

“It’s not particularly efficient considering how many people are moving around, but if people who can go around this 30th floor decide to hunt the undead and collect gold coins…”

“I’m not kidding, but if I exaggerate a little, I could make Permaten’s daily supply of gold coins in circulation.”

“No problem.”

There are too many.

There are so many gold coins that you can build a pool and take a bath in it.

“It’s a problem that there’s so much unnecessary talk about something that can’t be melted and transformed.”

“If this is released to the world, everyone will be playing with gold coins. Count, this is really dangerous.”

“I think so too, Nero.”

Although not everyone has knowledge about the real economy or the value of money or other aspects of the economy, there are people who are already fully aware of the fear of this enormous amount of money.

“So let’s throw it to the empire.” Everything.”

“…”

“There is no need to destroy the empire through war.”

Huh?

If the value of the currency plummets, won’t the people of the empire suffer?

It doesn’t matter.

As long as the blade of war does not point towards Fermaten.

I don’t care whether the empire falls or not, as long as our Fermatons don’t bleed.

“They are secretly smuggling gold coins.”

“If there are more gold coins, doesn’t the empire become wealthier?”

“If the right amount of money increases, that is.”

I pointed to the gold coins I hunted on the 39th floor.

“Are this many gold coins released overnight? At least a barony, or even a county, could turn gold coins into trash overnight.”

There are more than dozens of cartloads of gold coins left abandoned on each floor of the labyrinth because the ‘recovery team’ has not yet been able to load them into carts.

Not just any cart, but dozens of carts.

If you think about the gold that will be generated after conquering the boss room on the 40th floor, gold is literally pouring out like water.

“Smashing a gold coin is also work. You can’t just break it with a hammer. You have to use ultra-high heat or put mana into it to damage it.”

“In other words, destroying gold coins to control them will also cause enormous damage to the imperial administrative power?”

“Okay. What do you think? …Nero.”

I turned my eyes to Nero.

“If all these gold coins are distributed throughout the empire, the empire will gradually crack, if not immediately.”

“Mainly in what way?”

“Well… There are various ways.”

It’s a law that ruins a country with money.

“In the competition for imperial power within the empire, they secretly provide financial support to relatively weaker forces, causing internal strife among the princes.”

“Oh.”

“If there are anti-government forces trying to overthrow the empire, you can fund their activities and at the same time have them distribute gold, suddenly increasing the gold coins.”

“Oh.”

“Use this gold to purchase all the land from the empire.”

“Ohhhhh.”

Somehow, Nero’s eyes shine every time he talks about ruining the empire.

“Nero. Do you have any ill feelings toward the empire?”

“No one hates the Empire as much as I do.”

“Hmm…Really? Well, this isn’t an empire, so it doesn’t really matter, but a kingdom is a different story.”

Nero is a kingdom person.

“What I just said can be equally applied to the kingdom.”

“…”

“Because both empires and kingdoms use gold the same way.”

Nero does not particularly welcome anything that is harmful to the kingdom.

“Even if it is the empire that suffers first, I think it will be the kingdom that suffers greater damage as time goes by?”

“Unless Fermaten helps the kingdom.”

“Yes. That’s what I want to say.”

This is definitely not because our knights have anti-imperial tendencies.

This is definitely not because our knights have pro-kingdom tendencies.

“I’ve thought about it?”

This is absolutely a cheap plan to manage their favorability so that I can have sex with them, get them pregnant, and make them my women-

“If I do this well, the royal family will recognize that I am creating a Permaten castle, right?”

“Do you mean to stand shoulder to shoulder with the kingdom?”

“If I let the kingdom eat the empire, wouldn’t the kingdom like it as long as I protect Fermaten?”

“…Aren’t you seriously in need of royal blood?”

“It’s good to have one. There is no other alliance as sure as a blood alliance.”

C.

“Anyway, in order to implement this, we need a prior agreement with the kingdom.”

“When you say it’s an agreement…”

“We are developing a way for the kingdom to prepare in advance of the empire when the currency changes all at once.”

“…”

Nero lowered his head with a serious face.

The others also tilted their heads as if something was bothering them.

“Count.”

“Yes, Laura.”

“It doesn’t seem like you want to put our heads together and discuss this. Is there any way to do this?”

“Of course there is.”

Everyone’s eyes were on me.

“You can just make banknotes.”

“…Banknote?”

“Yes. We make currency out of paper.”

“…”

As expected.

Carelessly mentioning modern cheats in medieval fantasy is like saying crazy things like shouting geocentrism in a world where heliocentrism is the mainstream.

Huh?

Isn’t it the opposite?

That’s why it’s even crazier.

“Count. The banknotes…”

“You can do it. There’s a way. Hehe.”

“…What is that method?”

In the eyes of people in this day and age, making banknotes out of paper actually means not making money.

“You make a mold by carving a magic stone. And wouldn’t it be possible to print a picture on a bill with a magic stone and issue it?”

“…Yes?”

Everyone seems dumbfounded.

“No, wait, you’re making a frame out of magic stones…?”

“Yes. And it’s not just paper. If you grind the magic stone together when grinding the paper, it won’t be any different from just paper.”

Is there a way to prevent counterfeit money?

“Okay, how about issuing a banknote with a human face on it? I think the King will like it if we put His Majesty’s face on it now. If the currency reform project is successful, we could have a rare achievement that will leave a lasting mark on future generations. There will be.”

“…No, Count?”

“Why?”

“When on earth did you have this thought… ? No, you had this thought, but why… ?”

“Wait a minute.”

There’s something strange about the expressions everyone looks at me, except for Laura.

“You guys don’t just think that I’m a lewd pervert who only thinks about sex because my head is full of sex…?”

“…”

“Wow, this is really a bit different.”

It’s not like you think of me as some kind of sexist.

‘Fuck, how did you know?’

Let’s just bury the idea in our minds that was derived from an attempt to create a ’19+ Bunny Girl Casino’ using the gold coins produced here.