King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 60 Night's Watch Bonds (Part 2)

Igor is a newcomer and naturally doesn't know the way. Fortunately, Tyrion After living in King's Landing for a while, not to mention knowing the city like the back of the hand, there is no problem in finding a store. The two walked and chatted, and soon touched the door of the only professional stamp shop in King's Landing, and there are not many in the whole Westeros.

In this era, Westeros and Igor are far behind the world before they crossed, but with the unification and development of Seven Kingdoms, people have gradually begun to have some concepts of the importance of law and order, like Just like opening a seal shop in the Celestial Dynasty, it is necessary to file a record. In this world, the seal also has certain specifications and format requirements, rather than just looking for a stone and carving it in an instant. In King's Landing, only the seals made in this shop will be recognized by all nobles and rich people in Seven Kingdoms.

Generally speaking, seal shops only serve people with status or certain fixed assets, and it is useless for ordinary people to have seals. Igor doesn't meet the conditions, luckily - he has two very strong supporting documents.

The owner took over the deal after showing proof signed and stamped by Eddard Stark and Jeor Mormont. Igor made oneself a seal of "Night's Watch Chief Logistics Officer" - the Wall defenders do not have this position, and naturally there is no chief logistics officer, but as long as the plan goes well, oneself will soon be able to let Legion create this department and Position.

Igor ordered two seals, one for personal identity and one for credit. After discussing the style and content of the seal with the seal master, he turned his head and asked Tyrion: "Do you have a seal?"

"No." Rare, but Innate's disability is something special: because of his obvious characteristics and House Lannister's reputation as a debtor, he doesn't need a seal to prove his identity or make a guarantee when he associates with an ordinary person or goes to a tavern brothel on credit, and his status is equal. A nobleman who only talks to his father, Duke Tywin, and his big brother, elder sister and sisters. Although he doesn't seem to care about this, he actually has trouble in his heart. "Then make one for me by the way."

The renowned Imp naturally does not need identification, and another seal order is quickly negotiated... The regular seal is expensive, of course, and the two will have to It's only a small amount of money in comparison.

As soon as one thing was done, the two went out and mounted their horses. While riding to the next place, they continued to discuss the remaining details.

Tyrion strenuously climbed onto the horse: "And then?"

"Your squire has already bought the paper, ink pad and varnish, now let's go to the signature workshop... "

"Signature Workshop? Okay, but I'm not asking where, I'm asking, since you said that this project needs my help, what am I doing?"

"More, your participation made my whole plan skip the most difficult start and go straight to the primary stage. If I were alone, I would have to be forced to raise interest rates to attract people's attention, Then, no matter how much, I will fight for every Golden Dragon and every initial loan from the commoners with fair means or foul. Set a reasonable rate of return and a certain amount of subscription threshold. In this way, the number of creditors is reduced but the quality is improved, and the formed capital chain will be more stable. This reduces the workload of fund-raising operations and can be calculated by multiples.”

Igor thought for a while: "The first thing you have to do is to convince some of your friends to buy my bonds. You don't need many, just a few, and everything will work fine."

"Fuck, let me trick oneself?"

"Why do you say that, in this game, the most impossibly tricked are the first batch of joiners!" Igor emphasized: " Only the entry of the first batch of creditors needs your persuasion. After this step is taken, the existence of the previous entrants will become the source of confidence for the next batch of entrants. As long as the total amount of funds is well controlled, the cycle can continue. ...someone has to start, and if you're not willing to convince someone you know, then we're going to have to go out on the street or sell it door-to-door."

"Okay, I'll do it." Tyrion has When you are ready to give money to oneself, you will naturally not be entangled in this non-principled issue. Anyway, at worst oneself fill in the hole: "How to do it?"

"It's very simple, recommend me Just give it to your friends and give me a guarantee. With the proof of Lord Commander and Hand of the King, it shouldn't be too much."

"Okay, you said you need to set the subscription threshold, how much? ?"

"One hundred Golden Dragons."

"So many!?" Tyrion was startled: "Igor, King's Landing is indeed the place where the wealth of the Seven Kingdoms is most concentrated, It's not hard to get someone I know to take out 100 Golden Dragons, but the money wasn't lent to me, it was lent to Night's Watch Legion, many of them have probably seen you a Night's Watch for most of their lives, it's a bit difficult to get them to throw so much money into a pit they don't understand at all without blinking an eye. "

"Just to put it all together, what I'm going to issue is a fixed rate, simple interest, registered bond, remember what I made a list for Morris and Jyck to buy." Each bond uses the best parchment. I personally carry out a series of anti-counterfeiting processing, and finally we and the creditor three jointly sign, seal and press fingerprints. After a tossing, each cost is more than a Silver Stag. If we do not set a high threshold for the amount, we may have to make hundreds or thousands of bonds, which is not only difficult to manage, but also severely increases costs and working hours, affecting the stability of the capital chain. "Igor explained: "Of course, 100 is just a casual remark. We can discuss this one. "

"Fixed interest, simple interest, registered? What do these mean? ”

“Fixed interest means that the interest is fixed, and simple interest means that the interest generated will not be calculated additionally. Registration means that each bond will have the borrower’s name on it. The first two points are for the convenience of accounting and management. The three points are to prevent counterfeiting and protect the holder's ownership of the bond, in case of theft, loss, etc.... These, you will naturally know when the time comes. "

"It's complicated. "

"The more complicated ones are still to come. Now, we are still discussing some basic issues, such as what to write on the sign of my Night's Watch office, and what pattern to use. ”

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The signature workshop is here. Unlike the stamp shop and Night's Watch office, which only need a small shop on the street, it needs a large space for processing. In order to save rent, we could only choose a slightly out-of-the-way place. The two of them turned around for a while to find this place, and Sun had already slanted westward.

A dozen carpenters , workers are working in a frenzy on the semi-open field. King's Landing has a new store opening every three or five minutes, and naturally a new signboard order arrives every three or five minutes, although the power level of Seven Kingdoms is carrying on undercurrents. Contests and battles, But the ordinary person doesn’t know this—on the surface, Westeros is in an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity, and industry and commerce are developing at an unprecedented speed. Igor is extremely suspicious: if the War of the Five Kings does not happen, and the winter does not come, Big cities like King's Landing are about to start producing capitalism.

The Boss soon greeted him with enthusiasm, making a signboard and not as troublesome as carving a seal and unlocking a lock, as long as you give money, whatever the content and size They can make it for you. After half an hour of discussion, they finalized the details such as the size and content of the signboard, paid a deposit in advance, and after another busy day, the two returned to the hotel, and it was already dark.

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(end of this chapter)