Cat Princess and Human Knight

Chapter 14 The Plugin for Exchange and Trading

Behind a tree where the campfire couldn't reach, Ilya, the Oath of Ice and Fire, listened quietly to the conversation between the man and the cat. She looked at the sky, her face full of tenderness.

Today is the third day of the spring tide. Four more days... She's already getting impatient.

The 7828 points of favorability that Yi Yin gained from Ilya seemed to be loosening at this moment, truly turning into usable affection points.

Finally, Ilya took a deep look at the man and cat nestled by the campfire, then turned into specks of silver light and disappeared into the moonlight.

At the same time, the system's voice rang in Yi Yin's ears again by the campfire.

(Heart Points Exchange Program Launched.)

Yi Yin was taken aback. What the heck?

(The host can use time-space transactions to consume existing Heart Points to purchase physical commodity futures from the original world.)

Yi Yin looked completely bewildered. He recognized each character individually, but he couldn't understand them when they were put together. What did the system mean?

Seemingly sensing the host's confusion, the system unusually said a few more words.

(Explanation of the exchange system)

The host's original global financial futures market consisted of physical delivery and hedging/closing.

Physical delivery is the guarantee of the futures mechanism, but it rarely occurs in trading.

Closing out positions is a mainstream market practice. Investment institutions or investors will use hedging to close out positions in order to realize profits and stop losses, thereby avoiding the complexity of physical delivery.

The host can use Heart Points to exchange for the original world futures market currency, and as a long position holder on the long side, demand physical delivery from the short side in order to obtain the commodity.

The goods acquired through delivery will appear within the area specified by the host, regardless of time or location.

Yi Yin's mind raced for a moment before he finally began to understand.

So that's what "heart points" are for! They can be exchanged for money to buy physical futures products, which will then appear in a designated location!

Although Yi Yin didn't understand the futures market, he knew that the standards for futures commodities were very high, and the goods delivered in physical form were all high-quality real-world products, with no possibility of inferior goods being passed off as superior ones.

If I could use my Heart Points to buy large quantities of high-quality agricultural products, industrial goods, and energy from the original world during the industrial age, and then use them in this feudal cat-like society with its low productivity...

Yi Yin glanced back at the short-legged cat with tears still clinging to its eyes, and suddenly felt that there was no need to be too pessimistic about the restoration of the royal family.

He asked.

"Sophia, what exactly is this Seven-Tailed Council, this Salt-Licking Council that the scholar mentioned today?"

Sophia was feeling down, but she didn't want to continue being sad. So she focused on explaining the cat tribe's socio-political system to Yi Yin in order to distract herself from her grief.

"The Seven-Tailed Council, also known as the Cloud Court, is a system of deliberation among lords composed of various fiefdom nobles, tacitly approved by Emperor Mankikang during the Cat Claw Empire era."

The council aims to safeguard the common interests of the nobility and continues to this day. Its members consist of representatives from the seven royal families and 108 feudal noble families.

The Salt Licker Council, also known as the Court of the Ley Lines, is a political consultation mechanism composed of 369 civilian representatives, designed to alleviate the grievances of the common people.

Each of the nine major guilds, including fishing, hunting, textiles, and construction, sent 21 industry elites, and then local gentry of high reputation served as non-fixed representatives. In addition, 21 temporary seats were reserved for landless ethnic groups.

In short, the Seven-Tailed Council holds the power of punitive expeditions, taxation, and sacrifices. It is the place that maintains the rule of the nobility and mediates disputes among lords in various regions.

The Salt Lickers Council's powers mainly consist of the power to supervise taxation, the power to propose legislation on people's livelihood, and the power to impeach the illegal acts of nobles.

Its existence was to guarantee a basic standard of living for the people, prevent excessive exploitation by nobles from leading to popular uprisings that threatened the rule of the noble lords, and thus safeguard the common interests of all noble lords.

Yi Yin stroked his chin and sighed.

"Even feudal societies have political safety valves and fuses. You cat people are quite the player. What exactly is this 'dual-meeting dissent' that the scholar is talking about?"

Sofia sighed.

"That's a mechanism that only exists in theory."

If all representatives of the Salt Licking Council agree that a certain resolution of the Seven-Tails Council has a major problem, it will trigger dissent between the two councils and initiate the reconciliation mechanism between them.

If the two parliaments cannot reach a reconciliation on that resolution, then all other political activities will be frozen and suspended.

Yi Yin clapped his hands and said.

"Got it, the government is shut down."

However, it's indeed highly unlikely that all 369 civilian representatives would oppose it.

Sofia smiled wryly.

"Since the establishment of the Seven-Tailed Council and the Salt Licking Council, there has never been a single instance of disagreement between the two councils. The nobles always find a way to divide the commoner representatives."

The Salt Lickers Parliament is not monolithic; there are conflicts among the civilian representatives, making it easy for them to be exploited.

That's why I said it's just a theoretical mechanism that has never been activated.

Yi Yin touched his bald head and sighed.

"Yes, it is. It's really difficult."

Sophia looked at Yi Yin and asked.

"What do you want to do?"

Yi Yin grinned.

"The Church doesn't want bloodshed, and the council of nobles doesn't want you to revive the royal family, but I still want to try to help you."

Sofia narrowed her eyes.

"Help me? Rely on those civilians? How could that possibly succeed?"

"If you were truly a king from another world, possessing the power to destroy the heavens and earth and overturn all rules, you should help me fight my way back to the imperial city and wipe out all those rebels."

Yi Yin shook his head.

"I didn't realize you were so ruthless."

If you want to overthrow the existing order with violence and bloodshed, have you ever thought about how to rebuild a new order? If you only think about using violence to destroy, you will become the enemy of everyone.

The primary prerequisite for engaging in politics is to make as many friends as possible and as few enemies as possible.

Sofia, you need to make people need you, not fear you.

The short-legged cat frowned as it looked at Yi Yin's serious expression and asked thoughtfully.

"So what do you want to do?"

Yi Yin exhaled and said.

There's a saying in my area: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

No matter how vague or difficult the goal may be to achieve, we must start doing it before we can possibly succeed.

The size of your stage depends on the extent of your ambition and the number of cats you can support.

Why would a commoner cat accept a political structure like the Seven-Tailed Council and the Salt Licking Council?

Why can they accept such an unfair system, allowing a group of self-proclaimed noble bloods to stand above them and act arrogantly generation after generation?

Even though we rarely see royalty and nobles, why are they willing to obey orders from afar and offer up the grain they have worked so hard to grow?

Because they fear the disorder of freedom, the commoner cats do not support royalty or nobility; they are afraid of a life without order and security.

They will support whoever can bring them better order and a better life.

Order is meant to protect the weak; an unjust order is better than chaos.

Seeing the short-legged cat deep in thought, Yi Yin stood up, stomped his foot, and said with high spirits.

"Let's start with the land beneath our feet, let's start with your territory, let's live well and lead more and more cats to a better life."

"If you can achieve this, one day the commoner representatives of the Salt Licker Council will carry you into the Seven-Tails Council, and the nobles of the Seven-Tails Council will kneel at your feet, begging you to become their empress."

The short-legged cat looked at Yi Yin with a suspicious gaze and said.

"Your idea sounds even more far-fetched than my summoning of an otherworldly king to reconquer the continent by force; it sounds more like a pipe dream."

Yi Yin glanced at the 7828 points of heartbeat value in the corner of his vision, feeling a little uneasy. Who knew if this system cheat was reliable?

"Everyone has the right to dream. If you can't do it, can't you at least think about it?"

In short, we must work hard! Let's strive to live each day to the fullest!

Seeing Yi Yin raise his arms and shout at the sky, the short-legged cat shook his head.

"Whatever you say, since you saved me, I'll listen to you, try to do something, and live a good life."

Yi Yin turned to look at the short-legged cat and chuckled.

"Aren't you touched that I've thought so much about you?"

"I don't feel anything at all."

"Oh, sorry, I almost forgot you're a heartless short-legged cat."

"...Narcissistic humans..."