Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 552 Divine Mandate, Turning Misfortune into Good Fortune
In the northern lands, the true dragon emperor Kalon Gogmora, who rules over the countless mortals of the Golden Empire, has run out of money in his treasury.

Even the gods residing above the stars would secretly chuckle upon hearing this news, instinctively finding it an unbelievable event.

Regardless of race or species, anyone with even a slight understanding of the Golden Empire and the Gogmora dragons knows that this is an impossible task.

The likelihood of a divine kingdom above the stars falling into hell, or a demon from the abyss rising to the heavenly mountain, is far greater than the possibility of the Dragon Emperor being penniless.

But in fact, the goblin Glitter knew that this news, which seemed unbelievable to countless creatures, was true.

Karon Gogmora's private dragon vault is indeed empty.

However, few people can understand the reasons behind this. Even among the core members of the Golden Empire, only a handful of people, such as the goblin glitter and the troll Fafnir, know the truth.

The goblin Glitter was currently troubled by this very matter.

There are three or four representatives of the goblin race in the Golden Empire, but Goblin Glitter and Goblin Boom have always been the leaders of the Golden Goblins and the origin figures of the Golden Goblins.

Because of his own style and characteristics, the goblin Boom, after gaining a long life, fully indulged his nature, spending his days dealing with all kinds of powerful weapons, and was always determined to develop stronger, larger caliber, and greater-yield dangerous weapons for the Imperial Legion.

Therefore, the Goblin Booms are also known as the Mad Goblins. However, the madness of the Goblin Booms is a crazy madness, unlike the Mad Dragon Nero, who is extremely arrogant and conceited towards creatures he despises.

The goblin glitter, who was the first merchant goblin to establish a trade association for the emperor and travel to all corners of Arcaneia, is also known by many as the dragon goblin.

Because Goblin Glitter is proud of his identity as a dragon-blooded goblin, and cherishes the two small cat-ear-like horns that grow on his forehead as if they were his own life.

So when the goblin sat on the leopard-skin bench, puffing out smoke with two fingers of his left hand while slowly stroking the small black and red horn on his forehead from bottom to top with his right hand, it meant that the goblin's attitude was serious enough.

"I'll introduce you to a way to make money; once you've made your fill, it'll be your turn to share the profits,"

"Your 20% share is a small amount, but my 80% share is not a small amount,"

The goblin Flash extended his left hand, which was holding a cigar, and pointed at another goblin, Dada, who was bowing deeply.

Not only did the goblin Dada look rather grim, but the faces of several other people sitting around him also became extremely unpleasant.

The Golden Empire has long been engaged in a game of power with other nations on the continent, whether in politics, military affairs, or economics and culture.

Even though the meeting of nations in the Dragon Court is about to be finalized, the future relationship between the nations of the Ekania world and the Golden Empire will not be a simple one of obedience and submission; there will also be behind-the-scenes power struggles.

However, weak nations have no diplomacy. Compared to the strength of the Golden Empire, this nation held an inherent advantage from the very beginning of the game.

The same applies to 'people' like Glitter the Goblin.

"We only take 20%? Lord Shining, we were the ones who personally opened up many of the fleets, ports, trade routes, and transportation networks of the goblin merchants' guild in the Southern Continent,"

The goblin Dada said with a grim expression, "The suppression and boycott of the Golden Empire's related trade industries was a unanimous decision made by the nobles and great lords of the southern kingdoms."

"The Golden Empire's initial industries related to timber, furs, seafood, spices, and minerals, while having a price advantage, were not actually part of my plan,"

“The southern countries already have mature production and supply chains. Your large-scale entry of goods and commodities into the southern countries will only disrupt the entire southern trade market and bring us many risks and crises,”

"But we still overcame all difficulties to cooperate with your chamber of commerce because we value the Golden Empire's advanced smelting technology and powerful military manufacturing capabilities,"

The goblin Dada silently stroked the jewels and gold rings adorning his hands, and said with some dissatisfaction, "Lord Sparkle, if you were to increase your share in industries like timber, textiles, and marine furs, we could barely accept it."

"But the military-industrial complexes in the southern countries were established by us, with us selecting the bases, building them up, and finding trade cooperation channels,"

“We put in countless efforts and bribed those nobles and military officers with countless gold coins to finally stabilize the situation, but at this moment you have increased your share from 40% to 80%,”

The goblin Dada shook his head and said, "Please forgive my rudeness, Lord Flash, but even if you have the backing of a great power like the Golden Empire, such a request is still a bit too much."

"You should know that although the Dragon Emperor is in the northern continent, his wing covers the sky, but the prestige of the Golden Empire does not extend to the distant southern continent."

"Moreover, we came here with a certain determination. Even if Lord Gilgamesh gets angry and leaves us in the Golden Empire forever, our interest group will not yield to it."

In fact, in this study where light and shadow intertwine, the goblin Flash is at a disadvantage, because Flash is only accompanied by a troll servant.

Surrounding the goblin Dada were ten leaders from various regions of the southern kingdoms, all of whom appeared to be far more powerful than the goblin Sparkle.

Even though Gnome is a dragon goblin, Gnome has never shown any fighting talent or extraordinary abilities to the outside world.

However, the goblin Dadas still considered themselves to be at a disadvantage, not only because this was the home base of the Goblin Sparkle, the homeland of the Golden Empire, but also because of the Goblin Sparkle's identity.

Unlike the steel dragon Midil, who represents the official Imperial government, this dragon goblin has only a vague connection with the Imperial government.

However, this goblin is known as the godfather of economics among the people, and many economic fluctuations in the northern kingdoms are often caused by the goblin's actions.

The goblin Sparkle slightly raised its small, slender head with tiny scales, raised its eyes, and gave a soft "hmm".

Shining eyes had already spotted the goblin Dada's luxurious attire. This high goblin, who was once ostracized in the goblin merchant guild, had now become a wealthy merchant, but Dada was still not satisfied and craved even more wealth.

In comparison, Glitter the Goblin has already passed this stage.

Even the goblin Sparkle was wearing only a simple robe, which looked very plain. The only difference was that the robe was embroidered with scrolling dragon patterns that even the goblin Dada and the consuls of the other southern countries could not understand.

But the goblin Flash knew the meaning of the dragon pattern embroidered on the robe—a divine mandate, bringing good fortune in times of trouble.

This was a gift from the Dragon Emperor Charon Goggmora to the goblin Sparkle after his private dragon banquet, but it wasn't made by the true Dragon Emperor for Sparkle. Rather, it was clothing prepared in advance by the Dragon Emperor's maids for the soon-to-be-born dragon prince.

Regardless of size, style, or design, the ladies-in-waiting in the royal court prepared countless varieties.

Caron Gogmora thought the maids had gone a bit mad, as the woven garments filled an entire bedroom wardrobe, so he selected some of the woven garments and distributed them to suitable targets.

You must know, this is a dragon's wardrobe.

The dragon patterns on it were embroidered by the maids themselves, representing their beautiful wishes. Even knowing that it wasn't made specifically for her, the goblin Sparkle still often wore this robe and asked a famous enchanter in the empire to add many everyday spells to it.

"Times have changed,"

The goblin chuckled and said, "You'll soon understand what that means."

The dragon goblin raised its head high, sat in its wide chair, and looked down at the crowd before it, saying, "Giving you twenty percent is already a lot."

As the goblin Sparkle was about to speak, he stretched out his hand and held it up in the air, interrupting Dada. He slowly rose and said, "You don't need to thank me. My principles of doing business and being a goblin have been greatly influenced by His Majesty Holy King Gogmora."

"We share the food and the money."

“But there is one thing that I differ from His Majesty Holy Gogmora,”

"That means you have to wait until I'm full before it's your turn!"

"And I didn't swallow it all at once, because my share is extremely small,"

Goblin Flash walked up to Goblin Dada. Although the dragon goblin, which had evolved into a golden goblin, looked thin, it was more than a head taller than Dada and appeared very imposing.

Goblin Dada knew that what Goblin Sparkle said was true, but he didn't realize that Goblin Sparkle herself had far less than she thought.

Since the founding of the Golden Empire, the goblin Sparkle had served the Dragon Emperor and enjoyed a life of plenty.

The goblin Sparkle has no shortage of money, and as for beauties, she used to live a life of revelry day and night. Of course, even with Charon's broad aesthetic sense, he rarely agrees with the goblin Sparkle's aesthetic.

The excessive wealth and enjoyment of life led the goblin Sparkle to develop a strange habit.

That is, this guy, Shan Shan, likes to watch the Dragon Emperor spend the money he has earned.

Everything in the world has different quirks, and the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment brought by different quirks are different. For the dragon goblin Shining, the amount and speed at which the dragon emperor spends money, as well as the satisfaction he gets, is the ultimate sense of accomplishment he pursues.

That's a sense of accomplishment that's even more satisfying than partying day and night.

This feeling is similar to how many humans can't help but feed their favorite targets, and the goblin Sparkle enjoys it just the same.

That's why the goblin Sparkle knew all too well why the Dragon Emperor's treasury was empty.

Not only because the empire launched a nationwide expedition to the stars, but also because the emperor and many dragon kings allocated a great deal of wealth from their treasuries to the people in order to stabilize the economic turmoil caused by the war.

This is also because Dragon Emperor Charon Gogmora's attitude towards wealth has transcended the perspective of a private dragon's possession. He sees the entire Golden Empire as his own treasure trove and wants to distribute wealth among the people.

Caron Gogmora believes that only wealth that is in circulation is true wealth and can create more value for oneself.

Therefore, whenever the empire needs to focus on developing and supporting certain industries, a sum of money will always be drawn from the accounts of the giant Fafnir, becoming the mysterious lead investor in emerging industry projects.

The wealth that can be created by the policy deviation of an empire is immeasurable, and this behavior also generates huge profits for the Dragon Emperor and the various Dragon Kings.

This can hardly be considered acquiring wealth through insider information. At the level of the Dragon Emperor, it can only be described as using economic means to regulate national-level industrial projects.

Although adhering to the principle of not competing with the people for profit, the Dragon Emperors and Dragon Kings would often gradually withdraw from related industries and projects after reaping the first wave of wealth.

Even so, the actions of the Dragon Emperor and Dragon Kings were gradually imitated by other dragons in the Gogmora Dragonflight. As a result, the Steel Dragon Midil had to start researching and introducing new policies to ensure that the excessive pursuit of profits by other dragons in the Gogmora Dragonflight would not harm the interests of the entire empire.

However, as more and more wealth flowed into the treasury of Karon Gogmora, more and more wealth also flowed out of it.

The goblin Flash even knew that much wealth had already been spent by the extravagant emperor at the behest of the troll Fafnir, before it even entered the dragon emperor's treasury.

Furthermore, the True Dragon Emperor elevated the level of his private dragon collection to a new level, and now only extremely rare and precious items can exist in the Dragon Emperor's treasury.

Just like the many gems in the Golden Empire, only the largest and most dazzling one can be stored in the Dragon Emperor's treasury as a collection.

Just like many magical items, only the most unique, strangest, and most interesting things can stay in the Dragon Emperor's treasury.

When more dazzling gems appear, the Dragon Emperor will distribute and spend the previous gems through various means. When more peculiar, strange, and interesting magical items appear, the previous magical items will flow into the empire's markets and among the people.

Or perhaps they ended up in the hands of the empire's officials and their families.

At least in the eyes of the goblin Glitter, the Dragon Emperor's actions were very much in line with his character and status, and only a unique collection in the world was worthy of being called the Dragon Emperor's collection.

The only thing that worried the goblin, Glitter, was that he was making money much faster than the dragon emperor was spending it, which gave Glitter a sense of crisis. He didn't want to be replaced by someone else.

He wanted to stay by the Dragon Emperor's side until the end of his life.

That's why the goblin glitter personally came forward to meet with the goblin daddar.

"Your Majesty's wings could not cover the south before because Your Majesty's goal was not there,"

The goblin, Sparkle, said earnestly, "But things are about to change in Aikania, Dada. I personally helped you rise to prominence, and I'm very comfortable using you, which is why I'm only giving you a 20% share. You should thank me for that."

"In the future, the military manufacturing industry will be the empire's most important export industry, which is related to the overall situation of the empire."

"Don't be ignorant of the rules, otherwise I won't mind supporting someone else to rise to power."

"Although that would take a lot of my time and energy, you would just have to watch helplessly as others trample on your head."

The goblin glittered around and sat back down on his large chair. He looked at Dada, then glanced at the rest of the crowd, and said slowly, "Today is the Empire's grand celebration, and it is also our grand celebration. I will give you a day, a day to enjoy and a day to think."

"Anyone who doesn't show up in front of me on time tomorrow will be eliminated!"

(End of this chapter)