Chapter 368 We can't afford it
"Mr. President, I have found the earliest stub. The land bought by the Leiteng family is the most central location in our Dongko Kingdom. Your Prime Minister's Office is built on this land." The Director of the Land and Resources Bureau said helplessly.
"How could this happen?" Kazumasuke's face turned pale. "20,000 square kilometers of land, even hundreds of years ago, was it a big amount? Even if we gathered all the money from our Donggang Kingdom in that era, could we buy these land?"
"Mr. President, this matter is not that simple. I checked the history books and found that the Lei Teng family, like the Aoki family, is a family that has been passed down for more than two thousand years."
The director of the History Bureau also took out a thick book, which had at least two hundred pages. Although it was a little incomplete, most of the contents were still complete.
"This Leiteng family existed before our Donggang Kingdom was founded. They were also the first group of people to conduct overseas trade. At that time, there seemed to be many skilled craftsmen in their family who made objects with very advanced tools at that time."
"Then through maritime trade, a large amount of precious metals, spices, fur and other things flowed into our Dongko Kingdom. At that time, the Leiteng family was the uncrowned king of the entire Dongko Kingdom. The gold, silver and diamonds they owned and some valuable things at that time were enough to buy more than twice the area of that land."
When the Lei Teng family was still alive, these lands were useless at the beginning. At that time, there were not so many people in the Eastern Cong Kingdom, and the conditions of that era did not have the ability to develop these lands.
However, with the development of the times and the economy and the rapid increase in population, those places began to become pastures, timber factories, farmlands, fish ponds, etc. The government at that time also handed the money as rent to the Leiteng family through taxation.
The reason for the disappearance of the Lei Teng family is no longer verified and has become a historical mystery. This part of the land is naturally recycled by the government, so naturally the rent and other things are not left behind.
From that time to now, it has been almost 150 years.
"What does this Maeda family mean?" Kazumasuke asked, "Are they planning to take back that land? This is impossible! After so many years of development, many lifeline projects have been built on this land. How should this investment be calculated?"
"Mr. President, the Maeda family just sent me these two contracts, and added a sentence saying that it was time to pay the rent and interest on the land's debt."
"Who will calculate it for me?" Kazumasuke's expression was still extremely serious. Although he didn't know how terrifying this number was, the accumulated rent for more than a hundred years and interest for decades was definitely an astronomical number.
"Mr. President, you must be mentally prepared," said Yuan Huiwu. "The interest on this treasury bond is okay, the net interest is about 3 trillion US dollars, but this rent."
"Just say it." Kamamasuke took a deep breath.
"Mr. President, according to the average rent in our Dongko Country, the rent without a square meter is about 500 Dongko coins, about 25 US dollars, so 20,000 square kilometers is about 500 billion US dollars, which is only one year."
"Hiss!" The whole office was filled with a sound of gasping.
"We have owed a rent of about 150 years. According to some relevant regulations, building roads and railways on these lands requires part of the tax revenue to the owners of the land. Therefore, conservatively estimated that this rent may be more than 40 trillion US dollars. In other words, we cannot afford it!"
When Kazumasuke heard this number, his eyes turned dark. The two sums of money were close to 50 trillion US dollars. Not to mention the Eastern Confrontation Kingdom, even any country in the world could not produce it.
Now they know why the real estate industry has made huge profits. Which idiot sold the property rights of the Lei Teng family for 1,000 years? And there are still 500 years left, so they will pay back the money?
"What the hell is going on? Haven't the Lei Teng family and the Aoki family disappeared? Why did their things run to the Lei Teng family?"
"Mr. President, historical records show that these three families were once vassals of an ancient Eastern family. Their advanced technology and business thinking were taught to them by that family."
"So it can be said that everything in the three families belongs to that Oriental family, so the three of them almost do not distinguish between each other. I think they brought things to the Maeda family before the two families died."
"Is the Eastern Family a Chinese?" Kaguchimasuke looked at the land of the mainland quietly.
"There is no news about this family in history books, but I think it's almost certain." Kazumasuke took out a few pictures, "Mr. President, there is another very interesting thing, you see this,"
"This" picture is a sun-like figure, composed of triangles and circles, but the details are slightly different.
"These three pictures are the clan emblems of the Lei Teng family, the Aoki family, and the Maeda family, which are almost exactly the same because they all evolved from the same clan emblem."
"Why do I think this thing looks so familiar?"
"Yes, sir," the director of the History Bureau took out another picture, "This is the clan emblem of the Sun family in Asia!"
Kazumasuke trembled all over. The heads of every Asian country are familiar with this figure. The Sun family is extremely low-key, but they are the kings of the entire Asia. Except for the Chinese region, they never interfere, and the economies of other countries and regions are under their control.
And it is said that the Sun family is also from the Chinese!
"Is that Eastern family the Sun family?" Kazumasuke guessed that he knew that the Sun family's inheritance was probably longer than the history of China.
"But it's not that simple. Sir, look at these again. This is the clan emblem of the Lednik family in Europe, this is the clan emblem of the Mario family in South America, this is the Chinese banker, this is the Lorfes family in North America, this is the clan emblem of the Briege family in Africa, this is the clan emblem of the Rhehart family in Oceania and the Inuit family in Arctic!"
Each of these families is like a thunderous day. It can almost be said that the power of these families can control the entire world by uniting them!
However, the clan emblems of these families are all surprisingly consistent, based on the sun composed of this triangle and circle, and some other elements are added.
"Mr. President, we boldly speculate that these families may be just vassals of a certain family, and this family is the mysterious Eastern family mentioned in history books!"
When everyone heard this idea, their expressions were petrified. If such a family really existed, wouldn’t the entire earth be their vassals? What kind of existence are they?
"No matter which family is here, this is just your guess," Kazumasuke quickly kicked this idea out of his head. The most important thing now is the two imminent contracts.
"Mr. President, I don't think they really want us to pay the interest and rent. I think they are also very clear that this money cannot be taken out by any country or any force unless such a family that we just said really exists."
"What do they mean?"
"It should be a warning or just a signal, I think, they are hoping we can take the initiative to negotiate with them."
After being silent for five minutes, Kazumasuke sighed. This matter always needs to be resolved: "Please help me arrange it, Mr. Genhuigo, please accompany me to the Maeda family tomorrow."
Chapter completed!