On seeing off the loan sharks who had hopeful expressions on their faces, Daneel smiled before going back to his chambers.
Although idealistic notions were all well and good, at the end of the day, business came down to numbers.
Daneel had promised them that the gold and/Ether they would send over would safely be returned with interest if he was informed 6 months prior. The interest rate was set at 5%, after he had haggled it down from 10.
The deciding factor had been that of safety.
Both the war that had been won at the border and the display of top-tier power and talent by the King of Lanthanor were signs that this was a Kingdom that wouldn't go down any time soon. Besides, it had existed for centuries with very few instances where its existence had been threatened.
Thus, given a choice between given multiple loans which had a degree of risk in them and giving one loan which was as safe as it could be, it was quite clear which was more appealing.
