Chapter 284 - Banknote Issuance (5)
Leon sat at the counter and pulled his chair because he felt a little far away from the counter, causing the legs of the chair to rub against the smooth floor and make a screeching sound.
The middle-aged businessman's body stiffened, he looked down at the chair legs slightly, and sat on the chair awkwardly, his mind seemed to be empty.
"Is that Mr. Leon?"
Leon stiffly looked up at the young priest who was a glass away from him.
He looked to be in his twenties, with a gentle smile on his face that could not help but be convincing, and looking at the smile of the young pastor, Leon's somewhat stiff body slowly relaxed.
With a long sigh, Leon nodded, "Yes, I am." β
The young priest glanced at the application form, "So, you're going to handle the 'currency exchange' business, right?"
"Yes, currency exchange ......" Leon turned his head a little nervously and glanced at the wooden box behind him, "I'm going to exchange 'Tia'!"
Leon's voice couldn't help but raise a few decibels, and when he found out, his old face was red, but he was still able to look at the priest in front of him, and sat quietly and crampedly, for fear that the priest's mouth would say, 'I'm sorry, it's not open for exchange yet'.
"Oh, another ......"
He seemed to hear the priest whispering to himself behind the window, and then he heard the priest look up and ask him, "Is the gold you are carrying, then, 'Reezel' or 'Lady's Gold'?"
After hearing the young pastor's question, Leon was stunned before he realized that 'Lady's Gold' was a kind of honorific title given to 'Gold Latinia' by their Fortune Church.
"Oh, yes...... It's 'Rezel'!"
Leon thought for a moment and confirmed that he was indeed carrying the 'Rezel' gold coin.
"And how much is it?" asked the young pastor again.
"Two hundred!" Leon was sure.
After confirming, the young priest nodded at Leon, "Okay, please wait a moment. β
After hearing this, Leon finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't feel anything else when he first stepped into the much-frequented temple, but when he sat down at the counter, he felt as if he had returned to his youth.
At that time, he had just been taken out of his hometown by his uncle, and he was naΓ―ve enough to think that his hometown was already big and prosperous, and that other bigger, more prosperous cities were probably 'nothing more than that'.
It wasn't until his uncle had him work with the caravan and went to Greenland that he understood what 'true prosperity' was.
That's far beyond his hometown!
'Magic' can be found everywhere there, and even in the civilian areas, there are shops selling magical items.
The numerous mage towers formed a vast 'net' that enveloped the city β something he later learned β and whenever night fell, the magic lanterns on the side of the road would quietly light up, driving away the darkness of the night and making the city as if it were day.
He is as cautious now as he was then, because there is an indescribable shock in his heart, and an indescribable curiosity is rolling in his chest, and every breath seems to have a sense of exploration.
It only took half a day for him to fall into that kind of prosperity.
And now it's the same, as if I've just come from the countryside to the metropolis, I feel new to see everything, and when I do things, I'm very nervous, for fear that I've done something wrong and people will make people laugh at it.
Leon was now very curious about the 'golden mirror' in front of the young priest opposite.
It was also in front of him that he waved his hand, and he was summoned, and it seemed that he could still write on it.
Leon finally knew what the 'numbering list' was all about, and why the pastor had not communicated with anyone else and was able to inform him when he arrived.
The mystery of this is probably on that illusory 'golden mirror'.
Leon speculated that the clergy of the Church of Fortune might be able to use this 'golden mirror' to communicate, otherwise it would not be possible to explain how these things happened.
It's really 'wait a minute' -
After the young priest in front of him waved away the 'golden mirror' in front of him, Leon looked away and sat down in his seat and waited.
It wasn't long before a priest with a bag in his hand walked up to Leon.
Leon and the workers who were standing behind him and constantly looking around immediately noticed the priest.
"Is that Mr. Leon?"
The priest placed the bag on the counter and asked Leon.
"Yes, it's me. β
Leon replied, and then his eyes fell on the bag in his hand.
"So, please take an inventory!"
The priest lifted the bag and opened it in front of Leon, allowing him to see the neatly arranged banknotes insideβ'Tia'!
"The 'Tia' here is a 'Tia' with a face value of one hundred, and each bundle is a thousand sheets, a total of three hundred and forty bundles, please count them. β
Leon's face was a little glazed, and he looked at the bag in front of him.
'Tia' was neatly placed in it, and the bag was only the size of a palm, which meant that it was a magic item!
All the banknotes were compactly bundled together, and 340,000 banknotes were placed together, which looked much more shocking than more than 200 gold coins.
Leon casually picked up a bundle from the bag, looked it up and down, and did not remove the bundle of banknotes, because he believed that the Temple of Fortune would not do such a shameless thing, and that would only destroy his reputation.
"Phew!"
Leon gasped, he looked at the banknotes in the bag, and couldn't help but fall into an inexplicable shock.
'Too much!' was his first reaction.
Since the Church of Fortune has decided to issue this kind of banknote, it is certainly not possible for us to carry so much money into business in the future, which not only occupies space, but is also heavy and easy to destroy...... So is the Church of Fortune going to take advantage of this momentum to promote the Golden Ticket?' Leon's second reaction was to think of the disadvantages of paper money.
It is true that this currency may be able to bring convenience to daily life, but when does a business like them not need to use a lot of money?
Leon is a smart man and a man who knows how to seize the moment, otherwise he would not have chosen to exchange 'Tia' at such a time, because he felt that 'Tia' would definitely play a big role in the future.
Leon put the bundle of banknotes back into the bag again, and looked up at the priest who brought the storage bag, "Is this storage bag going to be returned after I bring all the 'Tia' back?"
"Yes, sir, since the 'Credit Record' has just begun, your 'Reputation' and 'Dishonesty' are both 'Zero' for the time being, you have twenty-four hours to bring 'Tia' back, please return the bag within twenty-four hours, otherwise you will be on our 'Dishonest List'. The pastor replied.
Leon took a deep breath, he knew that the previous form was not simple, although he didn't know what the 'list of dishonest people' was, but as soon as he heard the name, he knew that it was not simple.
After Leon took the storage bag, he did not choose to leave, but stood there and considered his words for a while, and asked: "Can I ask, what is that 'list of dishonest persons'? Of course, if it is inconvenient, you can not say it." β
The priest, who had already picked up another storage bag and was about to put the two hundred gold coins brought by Leon, was stunned, then smiled, and explained while putting the gold coins into the storage bag: "The 'List of the Broken' is a new type of record list within our church, which will record the information of all the 'Broken Ones', and if we meet those Broken Ones, we have the right to recover the 'arrears' from them, and we can also refuse to provide services to them. When the above two methods are difficult to use, the 'dishonest' will not be able to enjoy the various benefits and services provided by the church, such as 'loans', and if they have creditworthiness, then they will be able to borrow from the church, and the higher the 'credit rating', the higher the maximum amount of loans...... Sir, I think you should have understood what the 'List of Dishonest Persons' is. β
'Gospel for merchants!'
Leon couldn't say a word, his eyes had lost focus, and his words were all choked in his throat with a 'shock'.
If that's the case, then Sloe Mendes' business structure is about to change dramatically......