"Mr. Colin!"

In Baron Ges's manor, Luo Yan, who was having tea, had just sent away the baroness with a face full of melancholy, when the owner of the manor rushed in urgently once again.

"What's happened again, Mr. Ges." Although Luo Yan roughly guessed the reason, he still asked.

As expected.

With that face full of excitement barging into the tea room, the noisy voice also rushed in with it.

"Good news, great news! Your company's stock price has bounced back again, hahaha! And it has multiplied twenty times in a day! My servant sent me a letter saying that the citizens of Thunder City are going crazy, each share has been bought up to 20 gold coins! By Saint Sis, this is too crazy, surely you can't let those pieces of paper be more expensive than diamonds!"

Seeing Baron Ges's exaggerated expressions and body language, Luo Yan couldn't help but smile, putting down the teacup in his hand.

"I'm not very concerned about that kind of thing... but I'm glad to bring you a good mood today."

"Haha, I'm indeed in an extremely good mood right now!" Baron Ges was so excited that his face turned red, and he was breathing heavily, as if he had just run a lap.

The servant beside him looked at him nervously, afraid that the master might faint due to a breathlessness.

Luo Yan smiled at the baron in front of him, as if watching a comedy, meanwhile his Power of Faith also silently increased amid those ungrudgingly lavish praises.

Surprisingly.

This guy, who is negligent in exercise and hasn't even awakened Extraordinary Power, actually has a Silver Soul Level!

What a waste.

At this moment, a majestic voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Baron Ges, what good news makes you so happy, tell me, so I can be happy too."

The one who came in from outside the door was Duke Edward.

The servants in the tea room immediately saluted this noble monarch, including the overly excited Baron Ges, who quickly restrained that unbridled smile and respectfully performed a noble salute.

"Your Majesty, it's Colin Mining Company's stock! The current price of each share has risen to 20 gold coins! You might not know what this means, but to put it simply, there is currently a company in Thunder City, its value is 2 billion gold coins!"

At first, upon hearing 20 gold coins, Edward didn't pay much attention, but until he heard the latter part, he nearly choked on his saliva.

"2 billion gold coins?! Did you get the unit wrong?"

Seeing the monarch with wide eyes, Baron Ges's face was filled with a confident smile, and he boldly declared.

"Your Majesty, I can swear by Saint Sis! Every word I said is true! If you don't believe it, you'll know when you go to see Thunder City."

Edward looked towards Mr. Colin sitting nearby, hoping to get a more reliable answer from him.

Noticing the Duke's gaze, Luo Yan smiled faintly and said calmly.

"Baron Ges still doesn't quite understand the concept of market value, but roughly it's like this. Currently, Colin Mining Company has only publicly issued one-tenth of its stocks, which is equivalent to 10 million shares, and these stocks are currently recognized as valued at 200 million gold coins. As for the remaining stocks, they haven't been issued as publicly traded securities... After all, the funds raised now are enough for us to do many things, and we temporarily don't need more."

"That's right! Mr. Colin explained it clearly!" Baron Ges nodded rapidly, his face beaming with a bright smile.

Edward was bewildered for a long time, and immediately asked.

"Then whose hands are these stocks in?"

Luo Yan smiled and said.

"One-third is in the hands of Thunder City's citizens, another third is in the major banks of Thunder City port area, as for the rest, they have been bought by merchants from outside, their origins are quite diverse, some are nobles from Ryan Kingdom, while others come from other cities along the coast of Vortex Sea."

"Then what about the gold? Who has the gold?" Edward hurriedly asked the most concerned question.

After all, that's 2 billion gold coins!

Equivalent to 2,000 tons of gold!

Not to mention Campbell Duchy's treasury, even Ryan Kingdom's treasury probably doesn't have this much money!

Seeing his anxious look, Luo Yan smiled and said.

"Of course it's in the banks of Thunder City."

Hearing this, Edward finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least those golds weren't shipped elsewhere on a big ship.

Otherwise, the centuries-old wealth accumulated by Campbell Duchy would be taken away overnight.

But on second thought.

Even though he truly believed that the ordinary citizens of Thunder City are a bunch of fools, at least Mr. Andes, who works for him, is a smart man, he would never let someone use a few pieces of paper to fool the true gold and silver away.

Seeing Edward finally at ease, Luo Yan picked up the teacup and took a light sip.

Most feudal lords think about issues in a relatively straightforward way, no more than land and gold.

Edward is actually a bit smarter than them, already realizing the importance of industrialization, yet he still hasn't escaped his limitations, having no accurate concept of finance.

But you can't blame him for that.

No matter how smart one is, it's impossible to imagine something they've never seen before out of thin air, they can only rely on intuition.

The stiff smile softened visibly, just like the melting snow in Silver Pine Forest.

Regaining noble dignity and elegance, Edward walked to sit across from Luo Yan, full of enthusiasm, and said.

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