Wealth comes in several forms.
The simplest way to grant the wish was to give Ranma his money in liquid assets. Essentially money in bank accounts ready to spend.
At the other end of the spectrum were non-liquid assets such as property, intellectual patents, businesses and other properties. They could be used as collateral for loans when cash was needed, typically called leverage in this case. Such assets also tended to pay out a regular amount of money in dividends.
Former samurai families like the Kuno and Tendo families tended to have assets that generated them a steady stream of income and could be used as leverage when required. The Tendo family was mostly supported by their assets, although some of their assets were social, being more in line with a temple. Soun provided his expertise as a martial artist to help people with their problems, usually receiving something other than money in return, such as fresh produce or lumber for maintaining the dojo and home.
Then there was social wealth. Not something Ranma would acquire without inheriting from an established wealthy family, it could bring things money couldn’t buy, at least not easily. Loyalty was one of those things.
These were just some of the forms wealth could take.
The question was, what form would Ranma’s wealth take? What strings would be attached to it?
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(Posted Sat, 07 Sep 2013 03:37)
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