World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 978 - 451: Big Plagiarist?_3

Chapter 978: 451: Big Plagiarist?_3

Or perhaps, since ancient times, deep affection could not be retained; only maneuvers could win people’s hearts!

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And essentially, what Suo Lun was doing was wrong!

No matter how noble and righteous the reasons, no matter under what name the confiscation of properties was carried out, for the kingdom, for the people, and so on, such actions were a form of plunder.

But such matters were not about right or wrong!

When choosing the lesser of two evils, if one does not wish to see the Rage Wave Kingdom enslaved and colonized, this was the only desperate path left.

Suo Lun had been driven onto this desperate path! Moreover, those who had their properties confiscated were not just the other nobles but also included Suo Lun himself.

All the Gold Coins currently in Tianshui City had already been escorted to the royal city. In order to tide over this crisis, Suo Lun staked everything he had.

That very night, feeling immense pressure, Suo Lun and Zhi Yan loved each other as though it were their last.

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The next day!

Dawn was breaking!

At this time, outside the palace, tens of thousands of the Forbidden Army soldiers were already neatly lined up in formation, ready for deployment.

At Suo Lun’s command, these tens of thousands of Forbidden Army soldiers would turn into fierce tigers and wolves, charging into the residences of all the nobles in the royal city to confiscate their properties.

The edict was already prepared, and the King had personally stamped it with the Jade Seal.

After his negotiation with Zhi Yan failed yesterday, Yan Ping immediately let this news slip.

Immediately, the entire royal city panicked, and despite it already being light, the air remained as silent as death itself.

It was the calm before a volcanic eruption!

Once Suo Lun issued the order for confiscation, the entire Rage Wave Kingdom would be like a barrel of gunpowder, exploding violently!

Like a kite with its string cut, as for where it would fly, only heaven knew!

In any case, the worst outcome would be Suo Lun becoming the public enemy of the world, order in the kingdom collapsing, chaos reigning, and warlords carving out their own domains.

"Master, Elder Gao has come to ask for the edict," a voice from outside belonging to Zhuang Zhixuan rang out.

Once the edict was handed over to Gao Yin, this terrible action would begin, destined to be irreversible.

"Dear, have you thought it through?" Princess Zhi Yan said: "Once it starts, both of us will become public enemies of the world!"

Suo Lun closed his eyes, sinking into contemplation.

"Yan, the gold reserves in the royal JinHao Headquarters, are they all in Gold Coins?" Suo Lun asked.

"It’s impossible," Princess Zhi Yan replied, "At least a small half of them are Silver Coins. Because the vast majority of the money deposited by the people are Silver Coins, not Gold Coins."

Indeed, one Gold Coin was equivalent to tens of thousands of modern Renminbi. Thus, they were only used in extremely large transactions, with Silver Coins and Copper Coins being used for regular circulation.

Suo Lun began to calculate; eleven million Gold Coins, of which nearly five million Gold Coins were Silver Coins of equivalent value, that is 160 million Silver Coins, which is 16 million jin, plus the Gold Coins, the total weight approached 18 million jin, which is about 9,000 tons!

Of course, as half the gold and silver reserve of the kingdom, this figure wasn’t large.

But such a large batch of Gold and Silver Coins, if transported by carriages it would take about five thousand carriages!

If loaded directly onto ships, certainly less than ten ships would suffice. But the royal city was thousands of miles away from the nearest coastline, and even hundreds of miles from the nearest large river.

The Shadow Cabinet and the Forbidden Army kept their eyes on the JinHao Headquarters in the royal city at all times.

Did the Hidden Yuan Association really think they could transport five thousand carriages of gold and silver out of the royal city undetected in just twenty short days?

Was that possible?

No, it was not possible!

Such a large-scale transport would not go unnoticed, not to mention moving out of the royal city, even getting out of the royal treasury would be detected.

Even with Yin Zhou’s extensive powers, it was not doable.

So then, where did this astronomical sum of gold and silver go?

Suddenly, Suo Lun’s mind lit up, he stood up abruptly and rushed out saying, "Let’s go, to the JinHao Headquarters in the royal city!"

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