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Chapter 74 We can't investigate everything, can we?!
"It's much better for the material world to be a little flooded than for the country to collapse completely."
The material world is dotted with numerous city-states that trade with each other, but there is no unified central authority. The magical kingdoms maintain order in the material world. Therefore, the right to issue currency in the material world has always been entrusted to the magical kingdoms.
The state, through its various policy bureaus established in major city-states, oversees the issuance of currency in the material world.
Qingluan finally understood what these guys were planning.
"No wonder you want those magical girls to work in the material world. The kingdom wants to print money directly from the material world and then distribute it to them as wages and pensions!"
The emerald scepter blinked and nodded again with an air of self-righteousness.
"That makes perfect sense! Since they'll be living in the material world from now on, their daily expenses will naturally be covered by material world currency. Giving them material world money directly saves them the trouble of exchanging it themselves."
"And then, the material world will foot the bill, right?"
Qingluan looked at the other party with disdain.
Normally, there's an exchange process between the material world and nations, so that both sides hold each other's foreign exchange reserves during trade. But now, nations are bypassing this process.
Using excessive money printing to plunder material wealth in a disguised form... that's an extremely ugly tactic.
"The nation is still the same arrogant nation, treating the material world as a vassal to be exploited at will."
Qingluan couldn't help but curse.
"Don't put it so harshly, Commander."
The emerald scepter waved its hand: "The people in the Finance Department have done an assessment. The economic size of the material world is extremely large. Even if all the compensation and subsequent wages for the veterans were printed and distributed, it would only increase the total amount of currency in the material world by about 10%, and the resulting inflation would still be within a controllable range."
"But if this money were directly used for internal currency issuance... given the country's current economic size, the consequences could be quite severe. We're choosing the lesser of two evils. The material world has such a large reservoir of funds, so please let the material world help us bear this pressure!"
Qingluan almost laughed out of anger.
"...Isn't this just taking advantage of other people's money?!"
Honestly, 10% of the currency supply is already terrifying! Just how generous are the promised compensation payments?!
If this were just a one-time event, its impact on the material world would indeed be quite limited, but the important thing is—
"And if you open this door, won't you escalate it further? Whenever the country faces another crisis, you'll just turn to printing money in the material world. If this rampant money printing continues, won't the material economy collapse very quickly?"
To be honest, if a nation wants to plunder the material world, there are far too many ways to do so. Because the initiative is entirely in their hands, so-called fairness is nothing more than the strong giving alms to the weak.
Regarding Qingluan's concerns, the emerald scepter pondered for two seconds, then nodded.
"Hmm... Commander, your concerns are quite valid. I really can't assure you about that."
"…………I give up." Qingluan clutched her head in despair. "Couldn't you have at least pretended for a little while?"
"Anyway, if I guarantee that 'the nation will never abuse such methods again,' would you believe me, Commander? You certainly wouldn't."
The emerald green scepter looked completely indifferent.
"I really can't say what kind of dirty tricks those guys at the Finance Ministry will come up with next. After all, the current empty treasury is entirely predictable. Everyone from top to bottom is thinking about making a quick buck; it would be a miracle if we could even spend all this money."
Upon hearing this, Qingluan's blood pressure spiked again.
"...Your internal corruption has reached this point, can't the royal court organize people to conduct a thorough self-examination? If they catch a few big corrupt officials, maybe they can raise enough compensation money."
However, the emerald scepter shook its head somewhat helplessly.
"Sir, water that is too clear has no fish. It's fine to investigate occasionally as a formality, but if you really intend to investigate thoroughly..."
Thinking of this, the emerald scepter sighed.
"We can't investigate everything, can we? What if we find something suspicious?"
“…………”
Qingluan leaned back in her chair, no longer wanting to communicate with the other person.
You won.
Seeing Qingluan's utterly dejected expression, the emerald scepter straightened up slightly and examined her with great interest.
"However, Commander... you don't seem as angry as I thought."
Qingluan rolled her eyes at her.
"What's the use of me getting angry? What else can I do? I can't beat you guys in a fight."
Qingluan took a sip of ice water, and her emotions gradually calmed down. Actually, if you think about it carefully, although the kingdom's methods were shameless, it wasn't all bad for the material world.
"Actually, the fact that those magical girls went to the material world did increase the material world's defenses. To put it bluntly, it's like the material world paying for peace. And that money wasn't entirely wasted."
After Qingluan finished speaking, she sat up straight again.
"If it's just about raising money for those injured magical girls, you could simply ask the wealthiest central city-states in the material world for money. Use the guise of sponsorship, apply a little pressure, and they'll definitely part with the money. But instead, you insist on using the method of printing money..."
Hearing Qingluan's complaint, the emerald scepter's expression turned somewhat awkward.
"Well... because, no matter how poor a magical kingdom is, it still has to... retain some dignity, right?"
"........."
Qingluan sneered inwardly.
Ha ha.
They want to occupy the empty title of "protecting the world without asking for anything in return," but they are unwilling to ask for money, preferring to secretly print money behind the scenes.
However, it can at least be confirmed that a solution has been found to resolve the riot crisis, and it is highly likely that it can be quelled. This is good news for everyone.
"Commander, please don't worry too much." Looking at Qingluan's half-dead state, the emerald scepter itself remained calm. "Now, here's the most important reason why I called you here."
Qingluan raised her head and glanced at the other party with utter disdain. "What?"
"As mentioned before, it's actually about national funds. I personally hope that, Commander, you can—"
"Don't even think about taking a single penny from the Star's Lair!" Qingluan instantly bristled, brandishing an "X" in front of her chest. "The organization's money comes from donations from patriots in the material world who want to establish an independent armed force. Don't even think about it!"
"Ahem, Commander, please don't get agitated!" The emerald scepter quickly explained, "Of course I know the rules of the Star Realm. I've come here hoping you can cooperate with the Kingdom... to make a fortune together!"
"...Huh?" Qingluan was stunned, completely failing to understand what the other person meant.
"Hmm, Commander...would you be interested in...working with us to make a magical girl mobile game?"