boyutpedia Chapter 191 Buying and Brainstorming
Chapter 191 Buying and Brainstorming
Morgause's sharp eyes scanned the entire audience, but no one made an offer.
What is the concept of 150 billion Baileys?
Even in 1520 when the story begins, this was an unimaginable astronomical figure, let alone in 1490 when inflation had not yet occurred. This was completely a fantasy for most people present.
Morgans continued to introduce, pointing to the feng shui map on the stage:
"Everyone, the Kingdom of Prodans was once a powerful country in the New World, with a vast territory and a large population. In addition, I can tell you secretly that this auction of the kingdom includes all the citizens of Prodans~"
Morgans' words were like the sound of hell, lingering in everyone's ears.
"All citizens of Prodans, including the queen, princess, and a group of princes and nobles~"
As soon as these words were spoken, some of the Celestial Dragons in the audience began to breathe heavier.
Morgause took advantage of the situation:
"Hey!~ Everyone, I can tell you responsibly that if you buy this country, you can make the entire country your slaves. Then no matter what you want to play, it's up to you to choose~"
"..."
Still no one opened their bid.
It is true that there must be someone who wants this country. Putting an entire country directly on the auction floor and auctioning off all of its citizens must be quite valuable.
But the price is enough to put it out of reach for most people.
In fact, the Celestial Dragons are fully capable of coming up with such a large sum of money, but it is not difficult to ask a Celestial Dragon family to come up with such a large sum of Baileys without targeting any particular Celestial Dragon. However, it is too difficult to ask any particular Celestial Dragon to come up with such a large sum of money on his own.
Even in later generations, only the Golden Emperor Tesoro had such financial resources.
In this era, no one except Lex has the financial resources.
However, even so, someone still spoke up——
Venus glanced at Lex and smiled:
"One hundred and sixty billion Baileys."
Jin Xing uttered a number calmly, shocking the whole audience.
There is actually someone who can come up with so much money at once!
On second thought, it's Venus. As the 'God of Finance' with the highest power in the world, it makes sense that he has such strong financial resources.
After Venus finished quoting the price, she smiled softly at Lex beside her. Her voice was not loud and only the two of them could hear it:
"This is indeed a good idea. Using the Kingdom of Prodans to allow the government to intervene in the New World will not only save the government's reputation, but also allow you to gain a lot of money. This is a great idea, Lex."
Lex listened to Venus quietly, his expression unchanged, but he was complaining madly in his heart.
This old man is just like the "wise" Jupiter, he is a weirdo~
Lex naturally had his own purpose in auctioning the Kingdom of Prodans, but it was never this.
Lex had never thought about using the Kingdom of Prodans as a pretext to allow government forces to enter the New World and ease relations between the two sides.
Lex has always been secretly suppressing government power, even after he became the executive prime minister.
Rex wanted to use the fallen country of Prodans as a warning to all the countries on the ocean, and use the tragedy of this country to push the ocean into a more chaotic state. If possible, he even wanted to use the "unprecedented move" of the auction of this kingdom to teach the entire ocean a lesson.
Further promote the inner awakening of people on the sea and lay the foundation for the great pirate era.
These subtle influences are imperceptible, but they subtly affect people's hearts and implant the concepts of "power, darkness, and competition" deep into people's hearts.
In fact, it is not just this auction, but also the previous Sky Arena, especially the King of Kings Tournament. Lex has made people realize what is the pinnacle of the ocean and the power of the peerless strong through live broadcasts across the entire ocean.
It redefined the strong, made people pursue power and thus have greater ambitions, and exposed the prosperity, luxury, darkness and bloodiness of the Expo to the world without any concealment.
And these things are what Lex used to lift the veil of darkness on the ocean, completely exposing the ocean under the rule of this world government to the world.
only--
I didn’t expect that old man Jin Xing would be so self-aware and imagine things so thoroughly.
It saves Lex the trouble of explaining.
But it doesn’t matter. Since Venus is willing to be the scapegoat, just give the Kingdom of Prodans to him.
After thinking about it, Rex activated his Observation Haki and said to Morgans on the stage in his mind:
【Promise him.】
Morgans' heart was moved, but no change appeared on the surface. He smiled and shouted:
"Okay! ~ Then the Kingdom of Prodans, including all the citizens of Prodans, will be bought by Lord Izambaron at a sky-high price of 1600 billion berries! ~"
The whole audience burst into thunderous applause.
Amid the enthusiastic applause from the crowd, Rex remained calm and measured. He smiled and asked Venus beside him:
"Old man, have you figured out how to deal with these citizens?"
Venus was in a good mood. He always believed that the auction of the Kingdom of Prodans was a compromise and cooperation between Lex and the government after he became the Prime Minister.
Venus gladly accepted this.
He smiled and said:
"Haha, it's not difficult to deal with. The royal family will be sold as high-level slaves to the descendants of God. As for the majority of civilians, they will naturally be sent to the Bridge Kingdom in the East China Sea as laborers. Participating in the construction of the giant bridge will be their life for the rest of their lives."
Lex's heart moved slightly:
"Speaking of which, I heard people say that the bridge seemed to be from our ancestor—"
Venus immediately stopped Lex from speaking:
"You can't ask about this, and you can't talk about it..."
Venus kept silent, but Lex knew it clearly in his heart.
[Heh, it’s just Yimu’s Bridge of Atonement…]