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1180: Chapter 190: Off Course 1180: Chapter 190: Off Course “Hudson, are you going to the auction this time?”

Melissa asked eagerly.

“Master Kemboy,” for all magicians, is like a godly figure.

His laboratory being discovered will surely attract countless attentions.

As a magician, Melissa is no exception.

That eager expression clearly says: take her with you.

Having lived together for several years, Hudson still has that level of judgment.

Unfortunately, the laboratory thrown out by the Moxi People may not necessarily be genuine!

Under normal circumstances, upon discovering such a thing, everyone would hate to keep it tightly hidden, who would publicize the information?

Even if not afraid of thieves stealing, also afraid of thieves coveting!

Of course, the fake wouldn’t be too excessive.

Based on the Moxi People’s previous few treasure excavations, the laboratory is definitely one used by Master Kemboy, but whether it was just discovered recently is hard to say.

As a top strongman, Kemboy once traveled the continent and left his marks in many places.

But later he mysteriously disappeared and did not leave a systematic legacy.

Including his students, none were able to fully inherit Master Kemboy’s research results.

“Go, we must go!

Recently discovered Master Kemboy’s laboratory, it should have maintained its original appearance.

As a magician, how could you not visit it?

There’s nothing much to do at home anyway.

Melissa, come along and have a stroll too!”

Hudson said cheerily.

Strolling around wouldn’t hurt, this invitation is personally written by George himself.

It seems like there’s nothing specific written on it, but in fact, it says everything.

It’s very apparent, the Moxi Duchy is about to not hold up.

Thankfully the Moxi Duchy’s presence on the continent is not strong, allowing all parties to overlook past events.

But such things, you can hide from the first, but not from the fifteenth.

Continuing the investigation, it will definitely trace back to them.

Proving or disproving evidence, those are minor issues.

Framing and entrapping are not high-difficulty tasks.

These recent years, the Moxi Duchy has been spending money like water.

Even Alpha Kingdom, which is in a better situation, is desperately strapped for cash, yet the more big-spending Moxi Duchy seems unimpacted.

Excavating treasures, this is the Moxi Government’s public excuse.

But this pretense can only fool ordinary people.

If someone tallies up the expenses of the Moxi Duchy in recent years, it would be easy to discover that the treasure’s income is just a drop in the bucket.

Investigating from the source would definitely be simpler than nonsensical enquiries.

Once various parties focus suspicions on the Moxi Duchy, exposure is just a matter of time.

To launder money, the Moxi Duchy did quite a few things; digging treasures was just one of them, gold and silver mines also kept cropping up.

The most efficient methods of laundering money are still: self-directed and performed unregistered bond issuances.

Nominally, the debentures issued by the Moxi Duchy amounted to two hundred million Gold Coins, their annual fiscal income just enough to cover the funding interest, making it seem like the Moxi Government could go bankrupt at any moment.

Even so, it still couldn’t catch up with the Moxi Government’s huge expenses.

This is like a snake swallowing an elephant, the price has to be paid.

Just look at the Near East Region and see in just two short years, Kingdom Aristocrats have invested twenty to thirty million Gold Coins in this land.

Just in Hudson’s Snow Moon Territory alone, over eight million Gold Coins have been invested.

Even owning New Moon Port and imposing high smuggling taxes, only one hundred and fifty million Gold Coins have been recouped.

The land area swallowed by the Moxi Duchy far exceeds the Near East, and with millions of refugees resettled, how could they not spend money?

Hudson roughly calculated, just to fill the gaps during the Orcs invasion, including paying off foreign debts, aiding bankrupt Kingdom Aristocrats, and post-war Duchy reconstruction, the Moxi Government’s expenditures amounted to one hundred and fifty million Gold Coins.

Haven’t had time to recover, another great Continental War arrived.

As one of the main participating countries, the Moxi People once again experienced a spree of spending.

Adding up subsequent various expenses, Hudson estimated that the Moxi Duchy’s financial hole wouldn’t be less than four hundred million Gold Coins.

Normally, when faced with such a financial black hole, bankruptcy is the only path left for the Moxi People.

It’s not about expanding territories, being able to prevent massive starvation among nationals is already deemed an achievement of a capable young Monarch.

In adversity, plainly forging out a broad way.

One has to admit George’s courage, it’s just that the side effects are a little severe.

When Hudson gave this bad idea back then, it was just to solve an urgent need for the Moxi Government, never expected George to take it to such heights.

Judging from various feedbacks, except for the Clergy controlled areas which were unaffected, nearly all Human Kingdoms encountered incidents of heritage knowledge leaks.

However, each country obtained different legacy knowledge; Alpha Kingdom Aristocrats received it earliest, directly contributed by some unlucky Moxi aristocrat, the rest came from other annihilated countries.

More than thirty percent of the Continent’s aristocrats are paying for Moxi Duchy’s rapid development; if financial problems arise again, it would indeed be indefensible.

Recently, Alpha Kingdom also suffered a once-in-history cash crunch due to massive outflows of Gold and Silver.

Logically, with more severe Gold and Silver outflows, the Moxi Duchy should face a heavier crisis, yet in the end, nothing happened.

Obviously, by selling legacy knowledge and acquiring cash from various places on the continent, they filled the gigantic hole left by the outflows of Gold and Silver.