The Pathway Of Wisdom-Chapter 30: Conspiracy Master Alex. Part-3.

The Nation of Kreimhild is heavily focused on the military and their equipment; thus, the other sectors, like mining and metal processing, are also quite advanced.

But due to geological reasons, the nation does not have gold and diamond-rich areas; thus, they are very precious objects.

Their value is extremely high.

But that also means that unlike Alex’s previous world, this nation is incapable of using gold and silver as its currency due to their shortage.

Thus, the currency of the nation shifted to iron coins produced using the process of coin minting!

This coin minting procedure is overseen by the emperor’s direct subordinates and is highly controlled.

Only a few selected factories are allowed to produce coins; others get punished with the death penalty if found trying to do so illegally.

The currency of the Nation of Kreimhild is called ’Avanti,’ and ’a hundred thousand Avanti’ is equal to a silver coin.

Ten thousand silver coins are equal to a gold coin!

{1 Silver Coin = 100,000 Avanti.}

{1 Gold Coin = 10,000 Silver Coins.}

Silver and gold coins are rarely ever used, and mostly only the royal palace and the nobles use them for major transactions between each other.

Alex had actually already talked about the currency of this nation when he was travelling with him to the city of Ilma.

At that time, Ethan had taught him a lot of common knowledge-related things, and Alex knew the general value of that red diamond beforehand.

That’s the reason why he was able to act so confident that the diamond will sell for a lot of money.

The old jeweler had a big shop, and he might even have some connections to high-ranking officials of the city; he was the ideal target to sell this diamond.

The old jeweler was not too influential and not too poor; he was ideal for Alex, as Alex didn’t want to bring trouble his way.

If the jeweler was too influential, he wouldn’t have opened his shop in this kind of place, and threatening him would have caused trouble for Alex.

But if he was too poor to buy the diamond, Alex would have had to bear a loss.

In simple words, Alex chose the perfect target to loot as much money as he could in one go without the authorities getting involved and any trouble coming his way.

"M-my lord, this diamond is very precious! I can give you two silver coins and 50 thousand Avanti for this..."

"I only have this much right now..."

It seemed that the jeweler got really frightened by Alex’s evil grin; his face went pale like a sheet of paper, and he dared not even bargain with Alex.

"Hoh... well, I am in a hurry at the moment or I wouldn’t have even bothered coming to a peasant like you..."

"I am on my way to the church and I just thought of doing a random donation... well, this amount would do..."

"Aren’t I quite benevolent? Hehe, why are you not smiling? Smile, smile, you are getting to do such a good deal with someone as benevolent as me... eheh"

Alex patted the old man on the shoulder, causing him to shiver in fear.

The old jeweler hurriedly brought out two silver coins and five coins with the number ten thousand minted on them.

Those were the coins that were worth ten thousand Avanti each, and there was the symbol of a sword and a shield engraved on their other side.

The coins worth ten thousand Avanti were as big as an adult’s finger, while the silver coins were half the size of them.

Alex threw the silver coins to Ethan and took the rest and stuffed them in his pocket.

"Good! Good! It was a nice deal!"

Alex grinned at the old jeweler, causing him to shiver, and then left the shop with Ethan.

Ethan, who saw it all, was so shocked that he could not find words to speak, and as he was told to shut up by Alex, he dared not say anything or ask any questions.

"Good, we have secured our initial funds; next, we just need to start planning..."

"By the way, you can now take those silver coins home, Ethan. I have some other places to go; I will come back to the church in a few hours..."

Ethan frowned at Alex’s words.

"But your holiness, how can I let you wander around alone... what if something bad happens to you?"

Alex shook his head and replied with a smirk,

"No, little Ethan, you yourself said that the city is very safe, and I also dressed in casual clothes just to stay low key..."

"You don’t need to worry about anything; just take those precious coins back home. I brought you with me mainly because I needed you to escort that money home..."

Alex didn’t want to walk around with that much money in his pockets for fear of getting robbed or discovered.

And he also needed to be alone to carry out his next plans, so he had decided to send Ethan home.

"Don’t ask anymore questions; if I don’t come back by evening, then you are free to look for me..."

With that said, Alex walked away, and Ethan had no other choice but to obey his orders helplessly.

After walking for a bit, Alex turned a corner and glanced back to see if Ethan had really left, and seeing that he was going away, Alex heaved a sigh of relief.

’Well, I am about to create a conspiracy against your own son, Ethan. I can’t possibly bring you along when doing such dirty work...’

’Sigh, I really need a subordinate completely loyal to me who can do all the dirty work for me...’

’Ethan is too pure and disciplined for this kind of thing. I need to gather more subordinates under me or I will have run around everywhere myself like today...’

This was currently Alex’s weakest moment; the person who was conspiring against him could have easily dealt with him if he were stronger.

It’s a lucky thing that Alex’s first enemy is an amateur and weak person who does not know much about tactics and strategy; otherwise, Alex would have long been dead by now.

’Well, once I win, I will have little Jake as my loyal pet so it doesn’t matter...’ 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Alex shook his head and walked forward with the usual evil smirk on his face.

’Oh, little Jake, who will save you from a monster like me~, I might not be the best conspiracist out there, but I can say that I am definitely a master in this art...’

’Conspiracy Master Alex would be quite a fitting nickname for me... hehe...’