God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 494: Far Beyond Expectations

"The Tulip Kingdom situation far exceeded my expectations."

The Gray Fort Emperor was silent for quite a while before speaking. "Either way, the most important thing now is quickly raising our world's overall strength."

Before, everyone agreed the biggest threat was those ice spirits.

But those ice spirits were imprisoned north of the watch wall and wouldn't cause them much impact.

Under those circumstances, naturally there wouldn't be much pressure.

But the Tulip Kingdom incident made him vigilant.

Just criminals from another world exiled to their world, if they escaped, could cause massive destruction.

Who knew if people around them had already been replaced?

What's scarier—were these guys exiled here, or deliberately released?

If they were exiled, that was okay—they just used their world as a prison. As long as they guarded the Tulip Kingdom well, there'd be no problem.

But what if it was the latter?

Was there a possibility these things were actually a special weapon, thrown in to cause destruction or prepare for a major invasion?

That possibility existed too.

If that was really the case, the threat level would shoot straight up.

Pressure suddenly spiked!

"Your document said you want to establish a currency window? Why not just use dragon gold coins? Almost everyone in this world uses dragon gold coins now."

Viscount Roster didn't pick up on the other's words, instead changing the subject completely to his original purpose for coming here.

"Because I think two different currencies backing each other can make currency more stable and promote trade between us."

The Gray Fort Emperor's expression didn't change noticeably, as if he really believed this:

"If only one currency remains in this world, then who can guarantee that currency's purchasing power stays constant?"

"Will we become sacrifices in the process?"

"Besides, I think this model's pretty good. I earn dragon gold coins, then purchase all kinds of equipment, Magic Conductors, and goods from you."

"You earn our Gray Fort Empire paper currency and can purchase all kinds of resources, and in the future can also purchase some goods we produce."

"After we earn dragon gold coins now, the best choice is to purchase from you. After you earn our currency, the best choice is naturally to purchase from us too."

"No, no, no, dragon gold coins can purchase things everywhere in the world, while your paper currency can only purchase in your market."

Viscount Roster shook his head, looking at the Gray Fort Emperor with surprise. "I hope you can be more sincere."

"The Gray Fort Empire has 80 million free citizens. Including slaves, serfs, and other special situations, the population approaches 120 million. Isn't such a huge consumer market the best destination?"

The Gray Fort Emperor looked at Viscount Roster with surprise. "I don't think there's any problem with what I said!"

"Think about it—if all 120 million people converted to industrial population... Okay, that might be a bit unrealistic. But even converting part of them would be hugely significant for you, right?"

"Even if these people just plant cotton or mine, selling cotton and ore to you, then using that money to buy your Magic Conductors and finished products, before long they'd become your biggest customer base."

"Of course I wouldn't question that."

Viscount Roster nodded in agreement. "That's also one reason I decided to let you know about the Tulip Kingdom incident."

"But I still hold to my view—if we take your paper currency, our only choice is purchasing all kinds of things from you."

"But when you get dragon gold coins, you can buy anything freely."

"Problem is, our best choice is you! Besides you, who else can provide Magic Conductors? Besides you, who else can use Magic Conductors to produce cheap goods?"

"Fine, let's say the Hill Lands Commonwealth made cheap goods more cost-effective than yours. Where would they produce them? Don't they still need to purchase Magic Conductor production lines from you?"

"Just takes an extra loop."

"I think this better fits your expectations, right? Mr. Roster of the Church of Technology."

Trading market access for partial control and technology.

Though Viscount Roster roughly had this idea when he saw the document.

But only now through this conversation did he finally confirm—this guy really was thinking along these lines.

Actually, this kind of thinking wasn't strange. If Viscount Roster himself were in this position, he'd most likely use a huge market to negotiate for some advantages too.

Nothing wrong with that.

Who, with control over 100 million plus people, control over more than a third of this world's population, wouldn't use that as leverage for more benefits?

Besides, these benefits would affect everyone.

"We can actually accept these conditions of yours."

Viscount Roster's expression didn't change at all. "But we have one condition."

"What condition?" The Gray Fort Emperor wasn't surprised that the other side would propose conditions.

This was the most important point of Viscount Roster's trip.

If he wasn't proposing conditions, why trek all this way?

Could've just written "agreed" on the document and been done with it, right?

"I want you to open up investment rights, allow us to use the paper currency we earn to make various investments in your Gray Fort Empire."

With everything out in the open, Viscount Roster had no hesitation and said directly, "And allow us to purchase some land." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

The Gray Fort Emperor looked at Viscount Roster with a complicated expression. This condition was somewhat unexpected, yet seemed reasonable.

For the Gray Fort Empire, allowing Viscount Roster's people to enter the market and invest carried huge risks, but equally huge benefits.

He'd actually been thinking about this for a while.

If he agreed to let Viscount Roster invest in the Gray Fort Empire, then without a doubt, all industries he touched would quickly become monopolized.

Because nobody could have lower costs than him in these areas.

This definitely wasn't good for the Gray Fort Empire.

It would affect domestic industry development.

But in the process, the Gray Fort Empire would also get more advanced technology... which was especially important for the Gray Fort Empire to catch up with the times.

This was a very troubling problem for him.

He had to sacrifice some things to gain more, but couldn't guarantee he'd actually gain a lot in the future...

Might even lose everything.

Even though he knew Viscount Roster's biggest goal wasn't making him lose everything.