Chapter 233: Spirit Furnace Master, Starlink Railway Plan, Launch! (3K)
"Controlling resources is easy enough-economic binding," Xu Cheng said with a chuckle.
"Economic binding?" Jing Hongchen seemed to have heard a new term, and his curiosity was piqued.
In court, he had heard similar remarks from those pedantic bookworms-the civil officials-about the national economy and so forth. But it had always felt more like children playing house. In his eyes, only strength, and the power and numbers of Soul Engineers, could measure a nation's true might.
Those fellows were nothing but wine sacks and rice bags. Was maintaining people's livelihoods that difficult? Did it really take so many of them?
The fact that they drew salaries no lower than those of Soul Engineers was the empire's true tragedy.
But since Xu Cheng had brought up the subject, he had no choice but to take it seriously.
"Exactly. Financial harvesting can only happen between small nations, between great nations, or from a great nation to a small one. The one thing that won't work is a small nation harvesting a great one. Fortunately, we're a great nation, so whoever we face, we have the capital and strength to harvest them without setting ourselves on fire," Xu Cheng said with a smile.
"And the most important part of finance is 'currency.' Don't underestimate a little Gold Soul Coin, Elder Jing. There's a whole art to it." Xu Cheng snapped his fingers, and a gleaming Gold Soul Coin appeared in his palm.
"The most important part of financial warfare is binding. Only once they're bound can you harvest them."
"For example, look at the Gold Soul Coin in my hand. How many Gold Soul Coins is it worth?"
"Er..." Jing Hongchen's pupils contracted as he instantly understood Xu Cheng's meaning-the former referred to