Economic Revenue and Expenditure
Long before the War of the Shifting Sands began, Zul'ra had already made a deal with the Bronze Dragons, buying their enchanting, alchemy, forging, and gem-cutting technologies for five million gold coins. They've come directly from that timeline to make the trade.
Because the Horde had just closed a big deal, Zul'ra was quite startled by Chromie's sudden arrival. However, given the goal of winning over the Bronze Dragons, he generously changed the down payment from one million to two million, saving them from having to make several trips.
Chromie naturally accepted Zul'ra's generosity in return, saying that after she left, Indormi and Alurmi would stay behind to be his technical advisors—uh, no, to guard his treasury, for free.
The talks with the Bronze Dragons went very well, but Zul'ra encountered a significant problem when facing Vol'jin, who was in charge of finances. He wanted to withdraw two million gold coins at once, which was no small sum, and it was unclear how this amount would be accounted for in the future.
The Horde's finances are not currently divided; they are all managed as a single entity. However, with the Second War of the Shifting Sands, the Horde successfully secured a large number of orders, stimulating the internal economic cycle. Thirty million Lok of currency have been successfully circulated, but this has also led to a chaotic array of accounts, and the bank has not yet started its storage business.
With the help of an accounting advisor, Vol'jin began to strictly control and record the Horde's internal funds. The amount of two million gold coins that Zul'ra wanted to spend was too large, and it was necessary to specify in whose name the expenditure was to be made and from which gold.
Although the gold in the bank Horde, it does not belong to the central bank. Although the Horde practices centralized power, the ownership of such precious metal wealth is not something to be taken lightly, and everyone takes it very seriously.
The gold reserves in the Horde Central Bank are divided by faction account. Amani has deposited 1.77 million gold, of which 700,000 gold is for a ten-year term. Quel'Thalas has deposited 1.13 million gold. Orgrimmar has deposited 860,000 gold. Thunder Bluff has 720,000 gold. Darkspear has 430,000 gold. The Forsaken 300,000 gold.
The bank's actual reserves were only 230,000, and that was after Zul'ra paid the bank interest on the loan; otherwise, the bank would only have a bunch of issued alloy coins.
The gold stored is divided into separate accounts, and income naturally needs to be separated as well. Things bought with Amani's gold naturally belong to Amani. In this respect, the shares of the Horde's Foothill Industrial Zone currently belong mostly to Amani and the related skilled workers, because the money to build the factory was all borrowed from the bank by Zul'ra, and was built using Amani and borrowed gold.
Despite the enormous sums of money he paid, Zul'ra also reaped the rewards. The proceeds from his massive sales of weapons and steel, after repaying the gold he had borrowed from the Orcs, all went to Amani. The wages of the workers were paid by Lok. Although he benefited from the banks and the Orcs, the central bank's reserves also increased because of him.
Amani's rapidly increasing gold reserves struck Vol'jin as incredible. Even knowing the state of the Horde's industry, he couldn't help but have some doubts. So he asked Zul'ra to explain the gold expenditures clearly, which was a kind of subconscious challenge.
Zul'ra was used to Vol'jin's subconscious provocations. He explained that the money was for the Horde to buy magical technology. He would take 1.07 million gold coins from Amani, plus 400,000 gold coins from the Alliance, 230,000 gold coins from the Central Bank's reserves, and he would also ask him for a loan. If Vol'jin was willing to lend it, then the money would be considered as buying shares, and he would share the gold with him later.
When asked about sharing gold with Zul'ra, Vol'jin's initial skepticism turned into a restless desire. After much deliberation, he withdrew 300,000 gold coins from his Darkspear reserves to invest. In return, Zul'ra gave him shares in the newly built smelter, promising to distribute gold to him based on future transactions.
Having successfully bribed—no, I should say successfully persuaded —Vol'jin, Zul'ra smoothly withdrew two million gold coins from the bank and handed them over to Chromie. Before leaving, Chromie assured Zul'ra of Tarecgosa's safety.
After sending Chromie away, Zul'ra made arrangements for the two beautiful dragonesses and then sent a telegram to Silvermoon City requesting that they send a Archmage, as the Horde was about to organize Magic Technology Committee.
In response to Zul'ra's words, Quel'Thalas immediately dispatched a newly promoted Archmage, Aethas. Currently, the Sin'dorei are the most active members of the Horde. This is not only because they have opportunities for development within the Horde, but also because their population is too small to wage large-scale wars, so they can only contribute to government affairs.
Aethas is a Sin'dorei mage who grew up in Dalaran. He is a typical politician who is not averse to the Horde, which can bring Horde for the Sin'dorei's development. On the contrary, he is somewhat ambitious. However, Zul'ra does not care about this and appoints him to organize Magic Technology Committee to help the Horde analyze the various data purchased from the Bronze Dragons and put them into application.
Quel'Thalas also has some of its own enchanting, alchemy, blacksmithing, and gem-cutting techniques, but these techniques have largely been integrated into the Horde's industry. In fact, most of the Horde's industrial accumulation, many metallurgical recipes, and the necessary processes and work were accomplished through contributions from Silvermoon City and by the Sin'dorei scholars using arcane magic.
Unlike the previously established Legal Code Committee, Electrification Committee, and Ironclad Construction Committee, this new organization's Magic Technology Committee is a core technology organization, essentially a new generation of industrial research group.
The members of the previous generation of industrial research and technology team that developed the steam engine have now scattered. Zul'ra has only found a few people, including Green. Others, such as Dr. Piz, are currently running a trading company, contracting the Horde's tractor, road roller and motorcycle business, selling steel and weapons for the Horde to make a profit, recruiting people to do alchemy, and making a good living.
Although Piz is not present, there are new members, such as engineer Grizzl Roller, Gnomes craftsman Hermes Faraday, radio expert Cassel Mor, and the Archmage Aethas has come to lead the development. These people are enough to develop the next generation of technology.
Zul'ra's first order to the Magic Technology Committee was to use existing magical technology and science to create new flying machines or submarines for the Horde. He hadn't bought many airships and warships from Gazlowe, so he needed to start working on this aspect first, or at least come up with an idea.
Faced with Zul'ra's request, Aethas was the most enthusiastic. He mentioned that the magical city-state of Dalaran had once conceived of building a floating city and hoped that the Horde could realize this as soon as possible, to which Zul'ra naturally nodded.
Dalaran deliberately dismantled by Zul'ra, so naturally he had to rebuild a magical holy land. The Horde needed to construct sufficient land, sea, and air forces to protect itself. Yes, that's right, to protect itself.