That is still worth listening to.
"... Silver coins and copper coins are devaluing, and the speed of copper coins devaluing is far beyond our expectations. Impoverished citizens can't even use copper coins to buy a bag of sufficient salt, simply because our shopkeepers only accept silver coins and offer discounts for gold coins."
"Although this means our money can buy more salt, you and I both know that we don't need an entire ship of salt; we need the citizens of the entire Thunder City to be able to afford our products so that we can become wealthier."
"If our citizens can't meet their basic need for food and warmth, our wealth will be like rootless duckweed. After all, I've never heard of a tattered beggar willing to lay down their life to defend a wealthy person's vault!"
"Therefore, I've gathered you here to collaboratively research solutions to the problem."
