Chapter 1422 Chapter 1394. The fool who rushes in
For his nephew who felt very good about himself, Molnar sighed, but still nodded.
"Yes, Sillerton is right. Your tax rate is very low. It was our accountant who calculated it in the first place."
Tax avoidance is possible, but for an industry like dwarf banking, you can't just replace the legal person with a human just because you want to avoid taxes, right?
So they have to pay every penny.
"But having said that," Lan En touched his chin, "Is this equivalent to the fact that all the money for the war with the Scoia'tael is borne by the non-human race? This doesn't surprise me too much."
"But a meeting of a group of warlocks has nothing to do with the kingdom's taxation, right?"
"Of course the gathering of warlocks can't talk about taxes." Molnar added some wine to his glass.
"But after the meeting, the joint decisions of the warlocks can always affect the northern border, and even the world. The aftermath will not only affect tax rates, but also agricultural product prices, land prices, etc."
"Right now, I really hope that the opinions of the great mages at the assembly can prevent certain things from happening. For example, if it can curb the skyrocketing prices, I will be overjoyed!"
Molnar looked at Yennefer when he said this, because this sorceress was one of the protagonists of the gathering of sorcerers not long after.
She is the youngest member of the Supreme Council of Warlocks.
That is, one of the so-called ‘great mages at the gathering’ in Molnar’s mouth.
"Tell me more details."
Yennefer leaned back in her chair.
"Well, as Lan En said." Molnar nodded to the witcher on the chair, "I have been in this industry for many years, Yennefer. I can see from price fluctuations and other seemingly unrelated things. events and see deep connections.”
"For example, the value of jewelry has skyrocketed recently because demand has become so high."
"Don't look at me! In the past, in order to avoid exchange rate and currency value fluctuations, our bank did purchase jewelry and gemstones in bulk. But this time."
Molnar's expression became deep and serious, and Sileden, who also came from the banking industry, even though it was the first time he heard the news, his eyes slowly widened despite his original professionalism.
"Gemstones have one advantage." Molnar seemed to change the subject. "It is light and small."
"A bag of diamonds only weighs a few ounces and can be easily carried in a pocket, but it is worth fifty marks. And what about the equivalent gold coins? That's twenty-five pounds! It has to be carried on your shoulders!"
"When escaping or moving, this is a big advantage, friends." Molnar said meaningfully, "Compared to a large bag of gold coins, a small bag of diamonds allows you to hold your wife and children in one hand, With a sword, the difference is huge.”
"Isn't it too early to start talking about escaping?" Ye Naifa said without changing her expression, "Where can I escape to?"
"Kevir, Powis or Humphers, because they are far away and they are neutral countries, they have good relations with Nilfgaard."
"Let's be honest, Molnar." Lan En also smiled when he heard this, "What other things have increased in price? What does the price increase of this kind of thing have to do with it?"
"Boat."
"." Lan En was silent at first, then seemed to have figured out something in an instant, and frowned fiercely, "What did you say?"
"Ship," the dwarf banker repeated.
As well as the huge vitality that Lan En personally sent to him, the demon hunter was convinced that the land **** of the great forest, the [Silver Eyed Queen] of the dryads, was not the only one who could go down the path of 'decline'. .
But among them, the negotiations between Lan En, Ciri and Broccolion, and the subsequent cooperation between Lan En and Eisna are too tortuous to say the least.
So the witcher just mentioned it a little bit, and then said no more.
In fact, he was still thinking about whether to send the plants brought over from the New World for experimental cultivation to Broccolion for cultivation and observation.
With Esna, the land god, watching over her, there should be no need to worry about the dangers of casual biological invasions, and the vitality of the Brokleon Forest is also very strong.
Perhaps plants from the New World could complement and promote the enchanted forest of the magical Middle Ages.
"It seems that in this meeting, there are indeed many opinions that need to be agreed upon before we can start mediation with the countries in the north."
Lan En shook his head and muttered with a headache.
A widely involved joint military operation among the northern countries would be difficult to carry out without the support of the warlocks.
Therefore, Lan En is currently focusing his main energy on the meeting in the near future, hoping to use the consensus reached by the entire warlock group at the meeting to put pressure on the restless kings.
Of course he had enmity with Nilfgaard. Whether it was personal grudges, Ciri's life experience, or his disgust with slavery, it was impossible for him to get along well with the southern empire.
But don’t you think carefully before taking action? Don’t we just ‘build walls high and store grain widely’?
Just cover your head and force yourself to do it?
You're going to go up and hit me hard because you're scratching your neck? !
Even though Lan En boasts that he has met some stupid nobles and incompetent kings, the cultural environment he grew up in does not have the slightest awe or beautification filter for the so-called 'aristocratic class'.
I just think this is a group of ordinary people.
But he still felt incredible about the eagerness for quick success and the childishness of taking things for granted among the kings in this magical Middle Ages.
But it’s too out of line to say this now.
The best chance to stop their impulsiveness is the warlock gathering. Lan En plans to communicate with Henry Gedimitis and Tisaya at the meeting to at least win the support of these two most important warlocks among humans.
The rest is easy to talk about.
Seeing that Lan En's eyes were already revealing his thoughts, even though Molnar had roughly learned about the first demon hunter who became a great noble in history from his nephew, he was still surprised by the other person's thinking speed. Have a keen sense of the situation.
He only told some sporadic intelligence data, and then Lan En spoke immediately after him, directly guessing the key location that he had not yet mentioned!
This kind of decisive and confident foresight. To put it bluntly, Molnar has only seen it in wizards who claim to have prophetic abilities.
Of course, if there is one out of a hundred such people who really has the power of prophecy, then Molnar will be in high esteem.
"Okay, now that we're done talking about the data and the information on the graphs"
Yennefer turned her gaze from Lan En, who was thinking, back to the dwarf banker.
"I need your help with something, Molnar."