Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 260 Offshore Finance, the Queen of Gold

After Catherine reached a riding agreement with Byron, with tears in her eyes, she reached out to take over the entire pocket space filled with huge wealth.

Soon, using the Gold Yuan Sequence Extraordinary's keen sense of wealth, the value of this batch of treasures was roughly estimated.

If we don't count the priceless [holy relics], it's probably worth half of the Lancaster family's treasure house.

Although the family treasury was emptied due to the Hundred Years' War and the Thirty Years' War, it still shows how amazing the wealth was.

Moreover, in addition to gold and silver, they now have quite a few holy relic-level treasures in their hands.

目前已经集齐了3号、5号、6号、8号、12号水晶骷髅，拜伦自己一个人手中就掌握了五颗。

Together with one each in Tayapan and Uxmal, two of the three major city-states, the whereabouts of the seven crystal skulls have been determined.

The task of collecting thirteen skulls has quietly passed halfway.

There were also the golden toilets, shaman masks, golden codes, the first overseas development order of the Age of Exploration, and iron blast furnaces that had been saved;
And the gains from this adventure: Travels Around the World, Faust Contract, Scales of Domination (one chance), 882 Cursed Gold Coins of Azik, and the Big Golden Monster Card.

The powerful relics in their hands became more abundant than ever before.

Even compared with the major forces in the Bantaan Islands, it is definitely not shabby.

After the general inventory was completed, Catherine, like Byron, instantly lost her worries.

The shipbuilding plan, the gift funds, the wife's capital, and the huge rocks pressing on her small treasury all disappeared into thin air.

And for a long time in the foreseeable future, unnecessary things like worries will never come back to her again.

"The only way to relieve worries is to get rich quickly!
Byron, we are really rich this time, your wife is already taken care of by my little treasury, hahahaha."

The golden light in Catherine's eyes was even brighter than the light of the treasure, and her body was so light that she seemed to be floating on the spot.

She hugged Byron's neck and jumped and shouted excitedly, even the teak slippers on her feet flew far away.

Seeing the girl's happy expression, Byron's mouth naturally curled into a smile.

Back then, on the ship in the First Circumpolar Belt, Catherine was the only one who remembered his birthday and secretly got up early in the morning to make him a cake.

He secretly vowed to make sure Catherine would no longer be displaced for the rest of her life and live a happy and wealthy life like a princess again.

At this moment, I sincerely felt that all my life and death were worth it just for this girl's smile, and every enemy I killed along the way died a worthy death.

He picked up the girl and turned her around in a pile of gold and silver treasures, and promised her:

"Sister, don't worry, this is just the beginning. We will become richer and richer in the future, and we will never have to worry about material things again."

In fact, whether it is the east-west routes controlled by the Pioneer Pilot Colonial Trade Company, the monopoly agreements signed with major city-states, or the lending business of the Pioneer Bank,
Or the real estate development of the Governor's Office, the freight, ship management, and trade pumping of the Taiman Port Company, or the arms trade of the Torrent Fortress?
The profitability of the series of industries under their control is very good, and each industry can be called a profit-making golden cow.

However, if you want to develop rapidly in a short period of time, simply relying on reinvestment of profits from legitimate business is too inefficient.

The profit margin is no more than 300%, which cannot meet their needs for rapid expansion.

With the booming financial industry, these have become outdated and backward strategies.

Although this looting was far greater than in the past, there is a saying that goes, all the gold will eventually be spent.

Limited wealth cannot support their unlimited ambitions.

"Maybe it's time to give the world another little shock."

Using the princess-carrying posture he had learned from Violet, he carried his sister, who was tall but still looked very petite in his arms, and sat her on the sofa in the study.

Snapped!
With a snap of her fingers under Catherine's puzzled gaze, a group of six maids walked out from the firelight, lifted their skirts and saluted them respectfully:
"Master, Miss."

Byron casually gave his sister secondary management rights to "Faustian Contract".

He also gave her a detailed introduction to the purpose of this holy relic and his next ideas.

"Virtual trading platform? Stock market? Offshore financial center???"

Catherine was confused by these terms at first.

But the more he listened, the brighter his eyes became. Not metaphorically bright, but really sparkling. He even couldn't help but turn his eyes into the golden vertical pupils of a mithril dragon.

Because every word means money, tons of money more than what you've earned from this adventure!

Stock trading is simple, and Catherine understands it as soon as she is told.

It means packaging one's own high-quality industries and listing them on the market, raising large amounts of funds from non-specific groups of people through the issuance of stocks, and supporting the development of one's own business.

Use other people's money to do your own business and grow bigger and stronger in the shortest time.

There is no need to even pay dividends to shareholders.

As for offshore financial centers, they are even more powerful.

It is to further expand the international port business and use a series of tax-free policies to attract multinational companies to register and settle in.

It facilitates tax evasion and money laundering for certain companies, organizations and individuals, and has gradually become a "tax haven" for large companies, dignitaries and wealthy people in various countries.

In the past, even if we had this idea, it was difficult to actually realize it.

The flow of money and goods always leaves traces, and the [iron laws of royal power] and tax departments of various countries are no pushovers.

However, the [First-Level Relic: Faust Contract] can act as an invisible and intangible trading platform, guaranteeing absolute fairness and coercive force, making the offshore financial center truly possible.

Even the customers don’t know that the main body of the trading platform is located in the Taiman Islands.

In Byron's mind, no one can better utilize the capabilities of this "trading platform" than his sister, a Mithril Knight of the Gold Yuan Sequence.

Of course, these great inventions of making money from money are also of great significance to Catherine's own extraordinary journey.

It means as much as the philosopher's stone to Violet's master craftsman.

This is because the promotion ceremonies of the Jinyuan sequence are mostly relatively simple.

Of course, this "simple" is only simple in form, and does not mean that it is very easy to complete the ritual requirements. It is even considered by countless people to be the most difficult thing in the world. That is, making money!

Simply illiquid dead money is useless. It must be used to participate in world trade and commercial settlements to be considered a real asset.

There is a complex evaluation system in the [Silver Law] to assess the participation of this money in world trade and finance.

As long as her personal assets meet the standards and she maintains normal asset management for a certain period of time, she will be promoted naturally, and this time is usually recorded in years.

The larger the amount and the higher the business involvement, the shorter the time required for the promotion ceremony.

If Catherine wanted to be promoted based on her original assets, she would have to wait at least another half a year. This is a speed that would make countless peers jealous.

With the current wealth level, I should only have to wait until the end of this month and before the end of April, I can be successfully promoted to the third level.

“In the future, we will build the most private stock exchange and offshore financial center with the help of the first-level holy relic, the Faust Contract.

After obtaining the support of a large number of capitals, they can even issue their own world-wide credit currency and collect seigniorage from the whole world.

This is the supreme secret of pirate robbery - please sign here!

It would be easy for you to take off the fifth-level crown of [Queen of Finance] or [King of Gold].

At that time, the Holy Golden Empire will truly be worthy of its name."

Byron added in his mind:
“If I can successfully take back the crown of Hastings, and Violet is crowned the first female pirate king, and then use the Three Musketeers to make a mess, what a scene that would be!
The most noble crown in the world is nothing more than the Pope's triple crown, which symbolizes hell, the world, heaven, legislation, justice, and administration."

It was a long time before the brother and sister, who had drawn up a grand blueprint and even done a feasibility assessment, calmed down.

Byron then told Catherine in general about the gains from the trip to Treasure Island, and especially explained the situation of the Barbary pirate [Blue Hair] and Andrew Lancaster.

Even the responsibilities and risks of the [Lantern Bearer] were not concealed.

Catherine was not only his sister, but also his regent.

The former might be concealed in order not to make her worry, but concealing the latter would be sheer irresponsibility towards this high-risk rebellious enterprise.

“Uncle Andrew is not fit to be at International Harbor, and has gone to Fortress Rapids with Violet.

I am going to give him one of the two prime minister positions at the King's Right Hand.

You can find time to meet and catch up through the Golden Rule."

Catherine was naturally happy to hear that there was still a Lancaster alive, but she also did not forget to tease Byron:
"I was eight years old when Uncle Andrew was trapped on Treasure Island.

I still remember that time when he came to our house, he deliberately played a prank on me and asked me if I wanted to have the same surname as Lancaster as you when I grew up.

My impression of him is that he is just a handsome uncle who is not very serious.

I hope he won’t ask such difficult questions this time.”

Hearing this, Byron's face turned red.

As we all know, according to tradition, women in the Old World countries usually change their surnames only under one situation.

I didn't expect that my uncle had already shown the potential to be a matchmaker when he was still alive.

After finishing the business, Catherine stood up and pulled Byron up with her.

"You haven't had dinner yet, right? I'll go cook a feast for you myself."

Although he had been gone for many days, Byron missed his sister's craftsmanship very much, but he still refused reluctantly:
"No, I have already informed the Newman family in advance. I will soon board the Lancer with Bill to go to Port Royal to show my loyalty."

He reached out and hugged Catherine, resting his chin on her fair shoulder. A strand of hair on her forehead stood up in a funny way, flashing blue light from bottom to top.

Voice-over: "Dudududu"

After a while, he finally let go. The fatigue from days of running around on his face was completely gone, and he smiled broadly at his sister:

“Recharged and full of energy.

The fiddler crabs have also passed their one-hour cooling-off period, so I’ll set off right away.”

The girl patted his chest, which was as solid and reliable as a shield, in a reproachful manner:

"You're just being naughty. How can I blame you for not being home all day? Go ahead, and save the feast for tomorrow."

Then she stood up on tiptoe, straightened his clothes, and praised:
"My brother is the most handsome man in the world!"

I watched him fly out of the window and disappear into the night in a flash.

Byron and "Bill" saved the life of Major General Newman.

The other party promised to marry his daughter to one of them and also to ensure that they would get promoted and become rich.

It just so happened that the Kingdom had been suffering from the loss of the Strait Fleet and was unable to replenish it in time, and its privateering fleet did not have any good players to use.

Therefore, Newman specifically promised that as long as they were promoted to the third rank, he would act as a central figure and grant them the official rank of rear admiral or even major general (Chapter 166).

He truly joined the ranks of the kingdom's regular army, dealing with both black and white, and was on equal footing with colonial governors of various countries.

Getting this position is equivalent to stepping into the threshold of the ruling class, and even if you return to your homeland, you will be respected as "Master" by others.

It is much more valuable than any royal title.

Byron was certainly not rare in the past.

But now is a golden opportunity to seize military power legitimately while the defense of the Hastings colony is weak.

No matter how large a privateer is, it is still just a privateer that needs to pay tribute to the Maritime Court; no matter how small a colonial fleet is, it is a regular army that can receive military expenses.

After all, is there anything in this world that could be more joyful than using your enemy's money and people to support your own soldiers?

(End of this chapter)