Chapter 374 The Army
"As for the order, Duke of Lorraine." Butler Perry agreed and walked directly outside the door. He would not ask about the purpose of doing so, but would only strictly follow the orders of Duke of Lorraine, because in this family, Duke of Lorraine had supreme authority.
Not long after, the order would be passed on to all parts of the country, and then 50 million Kielder gold coins were injected from all over the place into the Central Bank of Leiber City.
This huge capital flow is also a very heavy capital for the entire central bank. With this capital injection, the development of Leber City will be even smoother.
But Eugen didn't know that all the passbooks issued after depositing the funds were collected in Bavaria, the central city of the Vettelsbach family, were collected in Bavaria, three days later.
Duke Lorraine looked at the passbooks neatly stacked in front of him, and a cold smile appeared on his old face, and the folds on his face were piled up together.
"Haha, there are some things that you can't swallow just by wanting to." Duke Lorraine said with a sinister smile, and then directly issued an order.
"Come here, take all these notes to the local central bank and start cashing them one by one. I want you to emptiate the funds from his Bavarian branch directly."
"They have lost funds, so you continue to withdraw them. If they can't withdraw them, they will say they are liars, just smash the place and then take everyone away."
After receiving the order, Perry took out a brigade of soldiers and a large number of passbooks. These passbooks represented too much funds and could not be provided by a branch. The Duke of Lorraine took advantage of the loopholes in the bank rules, and Eugen had no way to guard against it.
Seeing the large group of soldiers walking out, the smile on the Duke of Lorraine became even more arrogant. He laughed and said to himself: "Haha, Eugen, I see how long you can last. If you don't come out, I will smash your branches one by one. If you dare to jump out and clamor, I will send a large army to crush your city of Leber!"
On this day, a piece of news shocked the entire city of Lebour. The news spread rapidly and its influence continued to increase.
One of the branches established by the Central Bank of Leber City in Bavaria was smashed. The reason has been cleared that someone withdraws money but doesn't withdraw it, which caused trouble.
The incident happened too suddenly, and the central bank had no time to mobilize funds. Besides, 50 million gold coins are not a small amount. Even if you want to mobilize funds, the other party can use this method again. How can gold coins run faster than others?
Moreover, the negative impact of this kind of thing should not be underestimated. You should know that the central bank has just been established after all. Although it has guaranteed multiple parties, its credit level among the public is not very high.
If things like this happen too much, it will easily cause some panic among citizens and nobles. If they are not handled properly, everyone will squeeze into the bank counter and want to withdraw money, and the economic chain will immediately break.
By that time, all the achievements at present are likely to become silence overnight, and Leber City will also bear an extremely huge debt. Economic wars are sometimes more dangerous than the battlefield in reality.
Eugen understood immediately, and the other party clearly came to him. Bavaria was the territory of the Vettelsbach family. Without guessing, Eugen could also think of the reason.
"Haha, Duke Lorraine, you can't hold back any more, haha, but I'm just waiting for your move."
Immediately, he sent a letter to the Duke of Lorraine as the Lord of the City of Leber and the Marquis of the Empire, asking the Duke of Lorraine to stop his current behavior. If he continued, he might resort to war.
This is a naked threat of war, and the Duke of Lorraine naturally could not retreat and be afraid. Although the Wittelsbach family has a foothold in business, they also have tens of thousands of troops under their name and will not be afraid of Eugen's threat at all.
Besides, he is still a good person, and it is a legitimate thing to go to the bank to withdraw money. If he can't withdraw money, he will smash the store. It seems that it is too radical to say, but it can be forgiven.
Therefore, the Duke of Lorraine directly answered Eugen in a tougher way. On the day Eugen's letter was delivered, his soldiers attacked here and attacked branches in Eugen's three cities.
This time, they didn't even use their passbooks as reasons, but rushed into the branches like robbers and began to plunder the property inside. As for the staff in the branch, they were also caught back by them.
The two sides had no room for maneuver, and the shadow of war once again enveloped the Holy Roman Empire. The weather in June was so hot, like a flame on the battlefield.
This time, the Duke of Lorraine directly assembled a 40,000 army, which was 10,000 more than the last time he supported Vienna. The Duke of Lorraine directly made a harsh statement, wanting to break through the city of Leber and move all the treasures from the central bank back to his home.
Until this time, the Duke of Lorraine did not forget to attack Eugen in terms of credibility.
His words sounded very barbaric and immediately caused a panic in the country. You know, if the Central Bank of Leber City is broken, the passbooks they held will be truly a piece of waste paper, and at that time, I am afraid that a gold coin will never be able to be taken out again.
Thinking of this, someone wants to raise gold coins from the bank to prevent the worst.
This is the power of credit. For a large business system, once credit collapses, it will be a devastating blow.
In order to prevent the worst-case scenario, Eugen directly issued an order that during the Lebir City War, all bank branches stopped operating and all passbooks could not be cashed, but the original interest during the war was doubled.
Once this measure comes out, it is like completely twisting the faucet to completely cut off the loss of funds. It can be said that it is the most effective method at the moment and can have an immediate effect.
But the problem is also very obvious. Doing so will easily aggravate the original credit crisis. Once the war in Leber City is tight, Eugen will easily become the target of public criticism and trigger everyone's confrontation.
However, the method of double interest rates is also considered a sweet date stuck in the big stick, which can also play a role in stabilizing people's hearts.
In this way, the problem in a short period of time was solved. When the noble lords from all over the country saw that they could not withdraw money from the bank, they became suspicious of Eugen, and they could not help but insulted the Wittelsbach family that caused the incident. Some lords even wanted to lead troops to support Eugen and help him defeat the Duke of Lorraine.
Chapter completed!