American shipbuilder Louwig was also a poor boy with empty hands at the beginning of his business, but he successfully used the borrowing formula and finally became one of the richest people in the world. His formula has two steps:

As a first step, he planned to buy a cargo ship and convert it into an oil tanker (carrying oil is more profitable than carrying cargo). He went to New York to negotiate a loan with several banks. But the banker looked at the collar of his frayed shirt and asked him what he had as collateral, and he said he had an old tanker on the water.

"He came to the bank and told us that he had leased the tanker to some oil company and that the rent he received each month was just enough to repay the money he was going to borrow in monthly installments," the Chase man recalled. So, he suggested that the lease be handed over to the bank, and the bank would collect the rent from the oil company, which would be equivalent to him paying in installments. ”

This may seem absurd, and many banks are reluctant to accept it. But in reality, it is still very safe for banks. Louwig's own credit may not be very reliable, but the oil company is reliable and should be able to pay on a monthly basis, unless there is an unforeseen major economic disaster. Taking a step back, if Levig's conversion of a freighter into an oil tanker fails, the bank will not have to worry about not receiving money as long as the old tanker and the oil company continue to exist. Levig's shrewdness lies in using the reliable credit of others to enhance his own.

As a result, the bank lent him the money. With this money, Louwig bought the desired freighter, converted it into an oil tanker, rented it out, and then used it to borrow another sum of money to buy another ship.

This went on for several years, and each time a debt was paid, Louwig became the owner of a ship. The rent is no longer taken by the bank, but put into his own pocket. Then he had an even better idea: if he could borrow money from an existing ship, why not from an unbuilt ship?

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After signing the agreement with Ambassador Bigbower, a wavelength came from Qingyi: "Sam Montgomery, come here." While waiting, he kept looking through the agreement and the national strength report, sometimes frowning, sometimes relieved.

"Your Majesty, good evening." Sam appeared in the council hall, trying to overcome the obstacle of belly fat and bowing to Qingyi. Strange to say, he became fatter after becoming a half-dead creature.

"Good evening. Sam, you can't be the steward of the corpse wetland, is there any resistance in your heart? Qingyi asked with a smile.

Although His Majesty smiled, Sam didn't dare to slack off, and waved his hand again and again: "No, no, every decision of Your Majesty has a deep meaning, and it won't let me suffer, I just need to abide by it and cooperate." Although I said goodbye to work, it is a good thing to be free! ”

"Oh? It's very open-minded. How much money has you made lately buying and selling slaves? ”

Sam Montgomery was stunned for a moment, his face turned pale, and he said, "This, I made a little money for food, not much." ”

Qingyi's smile slowly receded: "Sam, I'll tell you one thing first." I am the Necromantic King, and every necromantic and semi-undead creature in the Dusk Empire is my people and the object of my protection. It would make me unhappy to sell my people to humans to play with and spoil them. ”

Sam was pressed by His Majesty's gaze and couldn't raise his head at all: "Know...... Got it. ”

"Don't complain about me in your heart, whether it's you or any other necromantic creature, you're my people. While I may favor one individual, I will try to treat all my people equally and give them the same protection. Qingyi lowered his eyelids and shook the scepter carelessly, admiring the changing luster of the scepter's crystal: "Of course, I will never treat you badly. You can continue to sell Necro Slaves. ”

"Huh? This ......" Sam was very surprised, thinking: Isn't this inconsistent?

"You keep working, it's all yours to earn as much as you want, and I don't want a penny. However, all slaves must be trained for half a year, which you can discuss with Chief Jont. ”

Sam looked at the meticulous old man and said in a lost voice, "Do you want to train the Royal Assassins?" But can a woman survive it? ”

Since ancient times, the pattern of Saramonro has been very small, with few troops, a lack of high-end combat power, and the strength on the surface cannot fight the enemy. For example, during the colonization by Bigbowo, the Salamonroe were repressed again and again. The suffering people studied all kinds of assassination techniques, fought for freedom at all costs, and finally scared the invaders back. After the founding of the country, Saramonro I decided to break the mold and train the exclusive royal assassins to deter all invaders, which is the origin of the royal assassins. The Assassins were trained so strictly that they had no personal style when assassinating, and seven successive generations of Assassin leaders had the nickname "Introductory Mentor", which was evident in their rigor. However, the cruelty of the training process is unbearable even for adults, so the trainees are all fatherless, motherless, and careless, and the survival rate after training – that is, the pass rate – is 13 percent, and all the survivors are male.

"Not just a royal assassin, but a bone blade assassin directly under the royal family. In your words, 'necromantic creatures don't feel pain, and their bodies are suitable for all kinds of tuning', aren't they? Qingyi smiled and said, "If you sell the people, I will mind; But you're selling a warrior who can regain his freedom at any time, so you can sell whatever you want. ”

"But...... It's only been half a year of training, and it's still very immature, right? Aren't you afraid of being recognized? ”

Qingyi glanced at the head of Joent, and the head manager took over: "Half a year is enough for them to master [disguise]." Coupled with a little simple common sense of poison and human body, they can solve targets below the intermediate level. To deal with advanced targets, the training period should be a year. ”

"That is, to sell in batches. You see which guest asks for it, and if the other party doesn't have much power, give it to someone who has only undergone superficial training, and if not, send out the elite. In short, you two should discuss it carefully, and you can't make any mistakes at all, because these chess pieces will be of great use in the future. ”

After letting the two of them retreat, Qingyi connected with Brian again.

"Your Majesty, you are taking too much risk." Sure enough, Brian's first sentence was this.

Qingyi smiled.

He has been in the United States for a long time, and he seems to have been stained with American blood. Americans are naturally adventurous and enterprising, and this has been the case since the time of the colonization of the Americas, and since the days of the development of the West, which has given rise to a special phrase called "Pioneeingspirt" (pioneering spirit), which is deeply imprinted in American culture. Over the years, big financiers, real estate developers, and oil well diggers have amassed an untold fortune for the United States. Without these crazy speculators, there would be no Wall Street today, no Federal Reserve today, no Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other famous signboards.

Wealth and danger are sought. If you want to get a lot of money, you must have the consciousness of "jumping off the building after failure", and you must have the courage to move forward. Venture? This is a compliment to speculators!

"Our Twilight Empire has a very thin foundation, so it stands to reason that we can't take risks. But by selling cheap labor and making money step by step, how long will we have to wait for us to rise before we can impress all countries? Decade? Twenty years? How many decades in life (Brother Chai Jiu, you know) can be squandered on waiting? Qingyi sighed: "I can't afford to wait. In the real world, I'm just a human, not a necromantic creature. The limited lifespan does not allow me to wait that long. ”

"There's so much to do for me that we can't just do it and look elsewhere. In fact, I signed the contract after much thought, and it was not as reckless as you might think. Under the double pressure of us and Seruvea, all countries will begin to develop armaments, and then the armaments market will be hot. Our 'broken silver' is already a leader in comparison with similar processes, so don't worry about its competitiveness. What we need to do is to take advantage of the fact that the price of ore has not yet warmed up, purchase a large amount of goods, and raise the price of ore, thereby causing the price of metal armaments to rise. In this case, we will make a profit without losing money. ”

Brian thought for a while and said, "This method is naturally risky, but it is a trivial matter compared to financing risk. You said that you should continue to borrow money and use products as collateral, but China has just become a sovereign country, is its credit worthiness sufficient? ”

"So, we need a guarantor." This point has long been within Qingyi's calculations, and he said confidently: "No matter what Saramonro says, they are all old forces, even if they lose the national artifact and guardian heroes, their credibility is above us." I'm going to write a letter to King Salamonroe in a moment, celebrating his accession to the throne and hoping that he will provide us with a huge loan. I expect them to come up with more than five million and less than ten million gold coins. ”

That is indeed possible. The combined creditworthiness of the two countries can lend 50 million gold coins. However, aren't you afraid that the 'broken silver' armament of Bigbower will be even more powerful? ”

"The 'broken silver' that the Bigbowo army got was just icing on the cake, and the deterrent effect was greater than the actual combat effect. Of course, we must not take our precautions lightly, so we must all the more vigorously develop armaments. Qingyi's scepter stomped on the ground: "We have sold the 'broken silver', so we have to make more things better than the 'broken silver' to compete with the countries!" A spear that can pierce a shield of 'Broken Silver', a plate armor that can resist a knife of 'Broken Silver', a special prop that can put down a person who wears a whole set of 'Broken Silver', these things all cost money, you see, where does the money come from? Loans, the sale of armaments, this is how to get money! ”

"However, the story of your alliance with Salamonro is a secret. Once Saramonro is a guarantor, they will be on their backs. Brian reminded.

"You're quite right, so we need a name. Salamonro should not only be our guarantor, but also our creditor and our shareholder. It's up to you to take care of it, because you're smarter than anyone else. ”