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"But the Administrative Office probably isn't financially capable of supporting these people" Barov said hesitantly, "The main revenue of the Administrative Office coines You know that the Joint Chaines every three to six months However, we have to pay subjects their salaries every old royals in total There's no need to worry about any financial problems at the moment because we earn much more than we pay out However, if the number of the subjects doubles, I'm afraid"

"You're worried that if the payment is delayed for a few months, the ht?" Roland asked with some interest, his eyebrows raised He was very pleased that Barov, the former assistant to the Treasurer, quickly foresaw a potential financial crisis

"Exactly," Barov said as he wrote frantically on his notebook "As salaries increase annually, the expenses on payroll will only grow higher every year However, the annual production of Chaos Drinks won't change do into Neverwinter, they'll no longer need to purchase products from here I'm afraid that the treasury of the Administrative Office will soon be exhausted when our revenue rapidly decreases I h estimate here If we take in more than 100,000 people each year, our financial risk will increase by 30, unless you could find soale's eyes instantly glistened She whispered to Roland, "There's an unexploited gold mine within the domain of our family"

Roland replied in amusement, "I'm not that desperate yet"

"Who cares? Use it if you like"

"Well don't worry, I'll use it when it's absolutely necessary, but not now," Roland whispered back, then turned to Barov and said, "I've thought of that, and I find you a solution that could solve all the problems you're worried about"

"An ultimate solution?" Barov said, a little taken aback

"Correct I see that the cause of these probleenerate indefinite revenues, there won't be any probleet rich

When the industrialization of a city reached a certain point, the current monetary system that was heavily based on precious metal currency would inevitably cease to work Due to the rapid developies, eventually commodities whose values were e When custoh precious metal currencies to pay for the values of those commodities, the monetary system would automatically collapse

However, credit currency did not have such a problem

Roland had conducted a pilot project before by distributing the witches nominal notes He noticed these notes were extremely hard to counterfeit because they were printed in Darkcloud's ink, pressed with Anna's ery mark made out of the rubber wored notes on their own to snap up the Chaos Drinks in the castle convenience store

Further, Neverwinter now had the capability to distribute credit currency

Roland had planned to discuss the details about the currency fore with Barov after he drafted a basic guideline However, since Barov had raised this question, he would notthe principle of credit currency to a group of behastedopen and Phyllis burst in

"Your Majesty, we made a new discovery Pasha wishes you and your party to coent?"

"Yes," Phyllis confir her brows "We've already deciphered the Magic Slayer no, the demon lord, Ursrook's letter!"