Chapter 104: Everyone’s Coming to Deposit Money?

No surprise, the Internet’s latest update introducing the Internet Banking feature has once again sparked discussions online!

It has captured the attention of countless citizens in Quever.

But compared to the excitement from previous updates, the unveiling of Internet Banking this time is more bark than bite.

Praises for the Internet God have flooded the web, but in reality, few are depositing money.

Clearly, being one step ahead is innovation; two steps ahead is madness!

No one dares call the Internet God mad, but people have shown this through their actions.

Store gold in some bank? Crazy, right?!

That’s shiny gold we’re talking about!

Even a king has to bow before gold!

Who dares to place the most precious thing in the world with someone else?

No one! Even for just safekeeping;

Even if the other party is a great God! Interestingly, while not many are depositing money, bank branches have become popular attractions in major cities.

Every day, countless people are there to gawk! Why?

Because the bank tellers are noblewoman socialites from Vis Els! Rural folks have never seen such elegantly dressed beauties whose every move can be mesmerizing.

Everyone’s just rooted to the spot.

Their eyes almost popped out! Even some bold mercenaries, eager for a closer look, heatedly went to deposit money.

After cooling down upon exiting, they were furious with themselves.

As of now, the primary clientele of the Internet Bank are almost entirely the aristocrats of each city.

Why? It’s obvious.

It’s not just about courting these noblewoman socialites; their families are worth befriending!

For a while, city bank branches have essentially become entertainment hubs.

To win a beauty’s smile, many would spend a fortune.

There’s even fierce bidding wars, and this madness went viral online! Yu Sheng’an also finds it absurd!

He didn’t expect that the noblewoman socialites he initially opposed would end up attracting the first batch of deposits.

It stings his pride terribly.

It was a miscalculation!

Ultimately, the bank’s concept is too ahead of its time.

Like his strategy of cheap grains.

In this world, everyone believes food is precious, and if it’s good, it’s natural to hoard it as much as possible.

Few can view it as a weapon.

Or even if they think of it, they lack the power to implement it! Money’s the same.

Yu Sheng’an, from the Blue Star, knows that an increase in national wealth isn’t necessarily a sign of strength.

Moderate deficits promote national economic growth! It’s simple.

Money only counts when spent; stored away, it’s just useless scrap.

When nobles hoard gold in cellars, aside from exacerbating deflation, it serves no purpose.

As the economy deflates, money’s purchasing power rises, prompting tighter hoarding.

There it is, a vicious cycle awaiting collapse! Currently, Quever, in some ways, is experiencing deflation.

It’s just that high-end individual power strongly suppresses underlying tensions.

So, persuading them to lend their money for national development is really challenging.

Breaking any cycle once formed isn’t easy.

The bank is crucial to the Empire’s development and his industrial revolution, so errors are unacceptable.

Yu Sheng’an has no time to wait for everything to settle gradually! Strong medicine for a serious illness! After a brief contemplation, Yu Sheng’an had an idea.

His consciousness returned to the Velia Main Plane, Shrine’s Ancient Castle.

With a thought, he summoned the Shrine Castle’s female steward—Loxia.

Soon, Loxia pushed open the temple doors and gracefully entered.

“Master, what are your orders?”

Respectfully entering the room, her mind involuntarily recalled the tragic death of her former master, Tang En.

This made her even more fearful of Yu Sheng’an.

She had to acknowledge the stark differences between people.

The former master, Tang En, wasn’t diligent, nor hardworking, wasn’t he a genius? No, he was a once-in-a-millennium magical genius, even more hardworking than anyone, having personally witnessed him research a magic for years until he conquered it.

Those were deeply unsettling, silent days.

But such effort was in vain.

Faced with this new master who always acts unexpectedly and unconventionally, didn’t he still fail catastrophically? “Do you wish to return to Aezia and start anew?”

Loxia shuddered at the initial question, wide-eyed with disbelief.

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“Beautiful princess, your beauty is like a lyrical poem, and your eyes shine like gold…”

“Are you saying I’m money-minded?”

“No, no, no…”

“Alright, one hundred gold coins have been deposited into your account, next!”

“Move aside, Kenneth!”

A noble knight, armored and carrying weapons, pushed Kenneth aside upon hearing this, sat at the counter, and tossed a bag of gold coins, proudly saying: “This is my earnings from hunting undead today, deposit it!”

“The undead outside the city have long been cleared. Where did you get that? Also, what undead are this valuable, an undead dragon?”

Pulled away, Kenneth was furious.

He wanted to act, but after glancing at the Magic Tower behind the bank branch, he didn’t dare, instead deliberately exposing this braggart!

“Just a coward hiding behind women, have you slain undead? Do you know the bounty for the stitch monsters in the deep forest?”

The armored knight sneered.

Clementine rolled her eyes, indifferent to the noble heirs’ antics, almost finding it amusing.

Skillfully handling the transaction, she felt a tinge of regret.

This job might truly be, as Ajef said, just an unseen service role.

This was not the life she imagined.

Honestly, before joining the bank teller training program, she was even prepared to hide away in a dull magic alchemy lab like Aileen.

But reality played a huge joke on her.

Not only did she not hide in a magic alchemy lab, but she became a public spectacle online.

Currently, as a noble Empire princess, she’s like a circus monkey, on display for everyone! Even becoming a target for a bunch of spoiled nobles vying for attention.

Previously, there was a bidding incident in front of her, stirring up a frenzy online, making her even more famous than Aileen, even alarming her brother.

Her brother was unusually furious, scolding her for disgracing the royal family and demanding she come back immediately.

He’d pay the ten thousand gold coins breach fee from his private stash.

Her brother’s scolding completely ignited Clementine’s rebellious spirit.

She doesn’t want to be a caged songbird!

She only wants to control her own fate.

Ajef is the only one she finds capable of changing her destiny; she wants to be a heroine admired by everyone like Aileen!

But the scene before her brings a hint of despair.

“Make way!”

There was a commotion in the crowd behind the spoiled nobles.

Following the sound, three to five carriages slowly arrived.

A burly merchant, under mercenary magicians’ protection, directed his men to unload heavy chests from the carriages and approached.

“Honored princess, may I ask if it’s convenient to deposit money for me now?” The merchant bowed with respect.

Before the words were finished, another noise came from afar!

“Make way!”

“Marquis is on the move, idlers step aside!”

Amidst the shouting, more carriages laboriously arrived.

As the carriages settled, one after another, significant figures stepped down, directing servants to carry heavy chests over.

Clementine was dumbfounded! Could it be… everyone is here to deposit money?