Father Mavie

Chapter 197 They should all be hanged (please subscribe!!!)
At nightfall, in the study room on the second floor of the Znamensky Cathedral, Mavi and Dino are calculating the funds they currently have, Edward has accompanied Katerina to the party, and the fat orange and little black are looking for stray cats in Tyumen City , Levin went out to follow the Happy Church, and there were only Mavi, Junia and Dino in the study.

Junia was fiddling with the little bear doll and didn't disturb the discussion between Mavi and Dino, looking a little bored.

"How much money do we have?"

“除去你交给亚伦购买小麦粉的5千金镑和3万用来购置产业、股票的资金，再加上购买黄金需要的5万金镑.真理教会差不多还剩下11万7千金磅左右。”

Dino gave a rough figure, and when he calculated the funds that Mavi spent over a month, he couldn't help grinning: "You really spent money so quickly that only half of it is left!"

"It's all normal expenses, and I didn't buy things randomly." Ma Wei took a sip of black tea, "How much is this money converted into rubles?"

"117 million rubles, 10 rubles equals 1 gold pound, it's a good calculation," Dino said.

At present, the price of black bread in Tyumen is 50 kopecks, and 1 ruble is equal to 100 kopecks. If all 117 million rubles are used to buy black bread, you can buy a full 234 million loaves, one pound per loaf.

It looks like a lot, but you must know that even in the period of the Great Famine in the past few years, when the food price was the most expensive, the price of 1000 tons of wheat flour was less than 10 rubles, and if all 1000 tons of wheat flour were made into bread, it could also produce Two million pounds of black bread!Enough for the refugees to eat for three days!

The price has risen more than 5 times?
"There are a lot of profits to be made in the process of making bread, so buying bread directly is worse than buying wheat flour." Dino pondered: "But if it were me, I would never buy wheat flour when food prices are inflated. What a loss!"

After a pause, he breathed a sigh of relief again: "But Father, you are not doing business. In this critical moment, if you want to spread the name of the Church of Truth quickly, burning money is the wisest and safest way. What? A great truth is not as convincing as a piece of black bread."

"As for the issue of rations for refugees, we can wait for Katerina to come back to discuss. The key is to see what King Paul I and the nobles think. If they are willing to allocate funds for disaster relief, the pressure on our side will be greatly reduced."

"No, Dad"

Junia, who was playing with the little bear doll, suddenly raised her head, tilted her head and asked, "If the king allocates funds for disaster relief, won't they lose their good reputation? The refugees will definitely be grateful to them and ignore us!"

"This is the biggest difference between the kingdom and the church." Ma Wei smiled: "As rulers on the surface, disaster relief is what they should do. Refugees whose lives are guaranteed will indeed thank the king, but this The interests of many nobles will be involved in the middle. Before Peter the Great sought the help of the nobles in order to eradicate the Apocalypse Church. Now that the gods have descended, the king has invited the church back. A conflict of interest between the nobles and the church is inevitable. "

"so."

"I think that even if the kingdom allocates funds for disaster relief, the nobles will deduct a lot of them. This is our chance."

"But but, what if the nobles don't withhold the disaster relief money this time?" Junia asked with a blink of her eyes.

"If you know about those nobles who eat vegetarian food, you will find that carnivorous animals will never switch to vegetarianism." Ma Wei touched his daughter's head and narrowed his eyes: "Unless... there is some kind of cooperative relationship between the church and the nobles .”

"Partnership?"

"Ah."

Sliding his fingertips over the rim of the white porcelain teacup, Ma Wei thoughtfully said: "The Romanov Kingdom is different from the Windsor Kingdom. It implements the serf system. personal freedom and economic independence, but in essence they are still attached to the landowners and need to pay high taxes to the lords.”

"This system led to a large number of serfs falling into extreme poverty. Many of the food and wealth they obtained from their labor fell into the pockets of nobles and gentry, and they were constantly exploited. It is an extremely inhuman and inhumane fair system."

"Oh." Junia nodded half-understood: "Is the food they cultivated handed over to the nobles and gentry? The nobles and gentry are the ones who have the most food! Now that the price of food is so expensive, with Is it related to the nobles and gentry?"

"It can be said that there is a direct relationship." Dino responded: "If these nobles and gentry unite to hype up the price of grain, it will indeed cause the price of bread to skyrocket by 5 times in a short period of time. Do."

Dino claims he is not a good person. He has always regarded himself as a businessman, reselling items to make money, and even selling heroin to the upper class. After learning that the war is about to break out, he bought a large amount of related stocks and bought the winery that was about to go bankrupt.
But he has never made money that is unconscionable. His long-term partners are all aristocrats and gentry. Simply put, Gray Wolf Dino earns money from nobles.

If he wanted to speculate on grain, he could hoard wheat flour in advance, just like those nobles and gentry, and make huge profits during the war, but he didn't do that.

"Assuming that the God of Wisdom has reached a cooperative relationship with the nobles and gentry, then it is very likely that the Romanov Kingdom can buy grain from the nobles at normal prices for disaster relief." Ma Wei said: "They hype the price of grain just to prevent others from doing so on a large scale. Buying food, the Windsor Kingdom’s blockade of sea routes was originally a bad thing, but they took advantage of it, it’s really not easy.”

"Aren't the nobles and gentry at a loss?" Junia asked with a puzzled look on her face, "What good will it do them to sell grain to the kingdom?"

"They will never lose money. Who will distribute the grain purchased by the kingdom? Which officials will go through it? After a series of screenings, even if the nobles and gentry sell the grain to the kingdom at the cost price or even lower than the cost price, they will still lose money. They can make a lot of money." Ma Wei said with a serious expression: "What's more, the food they hoarded was originally obtained through exploitation, and there is almost no cost."

"I am so angry!"

Junia jumped off the stool, held up the little bear and shouted: "These people are behind closed doors to play such unconscionable tricks, and the injured are all civilians. It's unreasonable! They should all be hanged! Hanged!!!"

"That's right, they should be hung on street lamps as a warning to others, but..."

Ma Wei knocked on the table, thought about it and said:
"Before hanging them, we have to find a way to get food."

(End of this chapter)