Chapter 136: Suggestions
"In the eyes of the nobles, what exactly is our reputation?" Yun Xiao couldn't help but ask.
He had long known that those nobles all believed in the Wealth Church; before the witch incident occurred, these nobles were not particularly sincere believers, and the reason they were closely tied to the Wealth Church was because the Wealth Church could help them make money.
The railway in the city was built by the Wealth Church, and the nobles benefited greatly from it; it was precisely because of this that even though they would let their children go to the Wisdom Church to study, they would not convert to the Wisdom Church.
Sarana thought for a moment, "We have a mutually beneficial relationship; if it weren't for us, they wouldn't be able to be as wealthy as they are now."
"Then why can't we continue to have a mutually beneficial relationship with them?" Yun Xiao shook his head in confusion, "We have already reaped quite a few benefits from the nobles in the past, haven't we?"
"We have also contributed a lot; after all, we invested in all the train stations." Although Sarana was not in Tana City from the beginning, she also knew some information regarding the economy of Tana City.
Yun Xiao said directly, "Then why set up so many thresholds for the nobles? We could propose that they fund the construction of another railway, or reopen the docks; in short, we can build the roads and just collect tolls."
"That actually makes some sense." A small ledger suddenly appeared in Sarana's mind, and she began to calculate whether building roads was cost-effective.
Transportation in Tana City had always been the responsibility of the Wealth Church; in reality, the nobles paid a certain amount of funds every year, and then all transportation was handed over to the Wealth Church to handle.
The Wealth Church was also keen on doing this; except for the train to the Royal Capital which charged fees, everything else was paid for with a lump-sum rent, and then the Wealth Church was responsible for the transport.
After all, the money saved this way would all go to the Wealth Church to earn, and those nobles didn't have to worry about follow-up issues at all.
And this also allowed the Wealth Church to earn a large price difference.
However, regarding this kind of matter, as long as a noble went to the Royal Capital to inquire, there would always be walls with ears.
After all, the Wealth Church didn't have any doctrines worth remembering, and it was very normal for people to disclose prices to each other.
"What do you think we should do?" Sarana hadn't considered this aspect of the problem before, "Even if we charge fees like this, the other party won't make concessions to us; if the nobles demand too much, even I won't be able to deal with the wrath of the gods."
"I don't think that's a problem; we can sell services." Yun Xiao reminded Sarana, "According to what I understand, it was previously handled by the Wealth Church on their behalf, so we can let them know how difficult it is to sell these items; after all, the rent in the Royal Capital isn't very cheap, right?"
"That's true; only our own people can guarantee that the rent won't go up, and only we can turn over all the supplies the fastest." The Wealth Church was less of a church and more of a chamber of commerce organization; even in the Royal Capital, the God of Wealth himself was not particularly remembered by people, but the chamber of commerce was a place where the vast majority of people were involved.
Even the cheapest laborer had heard the name of the chamber of commerce to some extent, and some could even call out the name of the chamber of commerce president.
"If that's the case, wouldn't that work? We can let the chamber of commerce increase their turnover costs, and in this way, they will throw the problem back to the Wealth Church." Although Saina had not been in contact with those nobles, just based on Saina's evaluations of the nobles, it could be seen that most nobles didn't know how money was earned.
They were more inclined to take things for granted, nothing more than the fact that there was a Wealth Church, plus their ancestors were nobles who owned large amounts of land, so they were able to make money.
After listening to Yun Xiao's suggestion, Sarana felt that this could be considered a method; for a commoner to think of such a method was already quite good.
"If this problem can be solved, I can make you a formal member; of course, the bar is still yours, and you can promote two people to take the Awakening Potion."
There was such a good thing?
Yun Xiao couldn't wait to tell his brothers this good news; although they had earned a lot of money recently, it was not that easy to gather enough materials.
Currently, there were two official awakening paths: one was the Fortune-teller, and one was the thief; the other paths were all partial formulas, not complete formulas.
"Then thank you very much; we all believe in the God of Wealth and believe that wealth is the thing most worth pursuing in this world. However, please rest assured, we all earn money within the rules; look at our bar, the current liveliness is also relying on the perfect laws of Tana City." Yun Xiao was a bit carried away, "By the way, I have some good Wine here; you must take it back to taste."
Sarana looked at Yun Xiao with some disdain; those bunny girls didn't look very decent at all.
Yet in his mouth, it became a law-abiding business.
Who didn't know what those bunny girls used to do?
However, although Sarana was disdainful, she had no way to refuse the other party; the other party had indeed put forward a relatively effective suggestion.
"Alright, don't say polite words; I have things to do, so I'll leave first." Sarana couldn't wait to leave here immediately; the unpleasant smell of Wine was getting heavier and heavier, and she really didn't like the excessive liveliness here.
Just as she went downstairs, she was forced to take a few bottles of Wine by several players; she was embarrassed to refuse, so she had to take them and get on the carriage.
These wines were made by the players themselves; although they were relatively crude, distilled spirits definitely had a much stronger kick than wine.
Returning to her villa, Sarana frowned, put these things in the study, and then began to look through the data regarding transportation.
Yun Xiao was right; she could indeed do something here; since the nobles were unwilling to pay more taxes and were unwilling to suffer losses in the matter of exchanging Tana, then she would just charge fees for the roads.
Anyway, it didn't charge fees before, but now, if they wanted to use it, they must pay.
Unless those nobles were willing to crowdfund the construction of a new railway themselves.
However, as for that cost... Sarana could completely report a higher amount; anyway, the Wisdom Church couldn't find enough people to build the railway.
They were only responsible for invention; only the Wealth Church could do the construction!
Inside the bar, those drunks who had drunk too much walked out unsteadily, and the noise of the day ended just like that.
Perhaps the Wine here was too mellow, or the players' Wine was too conscientious; in short, as soon as Amao returned to the dormitory, he went offline directly.
He had even experienced the feeling of being drunk in the game; that dizzy feeling was even more comfortable than when he himself drank too much.
It was just a pity that there was only a Helmet between him being drunk and being sober; after disconnecting, he sobered up.
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