Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Um?
Lu Yu and Lulutis spent two days groping in the forest.
In the past two days, Lu Yu was fortunately not met anyone.
He is very clear that some people can be honest and good people in a group, but in this kind of deserted wilderness, it is only a matter of thought between a person and a ghost.
If they can’t meet people, they can’t ask for directions. They can only wander around in the mountains and forests in the cold spring, struggling to find a place where there are people.
The moment they walked out of the woodland and saw the outline of the town in the distance, Lu Yu and Lulutis breathed a sigh of relief.
The monsters and beasts in the early spring were particularly active, and they were restless after suppressing the winter.
Walking in the woodlands, you can hear the creepy beast roar and the miserable chirping from time to time.
Now, I can finally relax a little bit.
Lu Yu walking on the main road to the town is very eye-catching.
Groups of adventurers in the vicinity cast their gazes over one after another. After all, Lu Yu’s outfits are matched and the fabrics of the clothes are full of novelty.
They were looking at Lu Yu, and Lu Yu was peeking at them from the corner of his eye.
Similar to the knights and magicians that Lu Yu had seen before, the medieval flavor was very strong.
Just from the clothes, Lu Yu can judge whether an adventurer team has strength.
At first glance, what you can see is basically an adventurer with a white wooden sign.
As the bottom-level adventurers, the equipment they are equipped with is really shabby.
The linen fabric is all over, the clothes are wrinkled, and there are even some holes.
Although the weapon carried is made of metal, it is basically rusted, and a tetanus is a high probability.
Either the weapon is full of battle scars, and there are a lot of gaps. If a knife is slammed in, it may not be able to be pulled out and broken inside. It is a goodbye gift.
I can’t see the adventurers of black iron and steel, and I don’t understand why so many adventurers of white wood are gathered around here.
Ignoring this group of people, Lu Yu entered the town despite the gazes of the surrounding pedestrians.
Lu Yu was surprised that there was no city wall in this town near the wilderness area. The guards on patrol didn’t even check their identities, just glanced at him and walked away.
So confident?
Lu Yu couldn’t understand it, and he didn’t bother to bother Lulutis.
“A new reward for the Adventurer’s Guild is here~ Earl Nott is offering a reward for the whereabouts of the eldest son. Anyone who provides information will receive five silver coins, and there is no limit to the level of adventurers!”
“Weapons, practical weapons, how can you feel at ease without a sharp blade, from white wood to stainless steel, there are all applicable weapons!”
“The armor that can withstand the full blow of the jungle slime, our shop promises that if it can’t be stopped, it can be returned!”
“The fresh venison I hunted just this morning is at a great price. Buy it now and get a bowl of deer blood!”
“The mutton oil and black bread set only costs two copper coins for one serving, so you can eat a lot! Fresh vegetable soup for the beginning of spring costs three copper coins.”
“Slime juice, who else wants freshly squeezed slime juice?”
Lu Yu, who just learned the world’s language, stood there in a daze, listening to the words pouring into his mind from all directions, and struggling to understand.
He wanted to complain about freshly squeezed slime juice to Lulutis, but a pair of powerful hands grabbed Lu Yu’s arm.
A burly and powerful black-faced man showed his yellow teeth to Lu Yu, and the stench coming from his face made him sick to his stomach.
Lu Yu, who was in a daze, was completely unaware that he was standing in front of the venison stall just now, which directly led to a misunderstanding.
“Do you want venison? It’s very fresh.”
The big man who sells venison is extremely enthusiastic, but Lu Yu just wants to stay away from him.
“No, no.” After speaking, Lu Yu quickly broke free.
“Let’s see, originally the deer blood was not only sold. I see that you are so thin, so I sold it to you as an exception, as long as…”
The venison boss thought for a while, and said, “Twenty copper coins are enough.”
Lu Yu, who didn’t know the price or the exchange rate of copper and silver coins, glanced at the smiling face of the venison boss, turned his head and left without thinking.
“Hey, don’t go, eighteen copper coins are also fine.”
“How about sixteen?”
“At least fifteen coins, I don’t even have to earn it!”
“You’re dressed so well, don’t you even want to give out this copper coin?”
Lulutis, who had been observing the outside through the small hole in her backpack, asked curiously, “How do you know that twenty copper coins are not worth it?”
Lu Yu was a little helpless when he heard this question.
Lulutis really is the kind of person who will be super doubled when going out to buy groceries.
“I’ve never seen a businessman who said he lost money really lost money.”
In view of the fact that he will temporarily settle in this place called Yas Kingdom for a while in the future, Lu Yu must have a certain understanding of prices.
Dealing with all kinds of people of three religions and nine manifolds, if you don’t handle the details of money well, you will only suffer a lot of boring losses.
Lu Yu strolled around the street and observed the stalls selling suet brown bread for a while. He spent two copper coins to eat a set meal of suet brown bread.
This set is actually four or five slices of brown bread, smeared with a large piece of suet, placed on the stove to bake a little, and then served with half a slice of unknown fruit.
The throat is very piercing, and there is a clear graininess when swallowing.
It seems that the reason is that it has not been completely dissolved, and the suet is very fishy and greasy.
The person who bought the brown bread with mutton oil just now ate it with relish… This made Lu Yu deeply worried about the future meals.
After observing the transactions on the street for a while, Lu Yu walked straight to the shop selling food.
An adventurer wearing metal armor and a stainless steel sign just slipped out of the door with two small bags full of food.
Lu Yu glanced at it and pulled out a mineral water bottle from his backpack. He vaguely remembered that the bottle was full of water, with a net content of about 500 grams.
The owner of the grain store had sharp eyes and couldn’t see what Lu Yu’s white shirt and light gray jeans were wearing at a glance. He subconsciously thought that he was a nobleman in the capital who was looking for novelty, and hurriedly walked out from behind the cabinet.
However, when he came out and took a closer look, Lu Yu’s figure was a little thin, his whole body was dusty, and his clothes were covered with dust.
This embarrassed appearance made him a little uncertain again.
Lu Yu naturally saw the change in the grain store owner’s expression in just a few seconds.
Looking at the dishes, he has seen a lot.
Lu Yu handed the mineral water bottle full of water to the grain store owner: “I want the same weight of white rice as this bottle.”
The owner of the grain store put on the monocle hanging around his neck, looked at the plastic bottle in his hand in confusion, and squeezed it hard without a trace.
Can’t see the material, neither glass nor gel… something in between.
What is this?
He also met a lot of rough people who came to buy rations without mentioning the unit. These people either brought a pot or an earthen pot, but it was the first time I saw such a strange bottle.
Moreover, Lu Yu’s accent was a bit blunt, mechanical, and very weird.
He didn’t know how to ask, so he didn’t ask any more, he just glanced at Lu Yu’s shoes subconsciously.
Because of the long journey, Lu Yu’s sneakers were covered with a thick layer of yellow mud, which was ugly.
Through the exposed parts, the grain store owner has a judgment.
He led Lu Yu to the warehouse of the grain store, instructed a servant to fetch a bag of rice, and placed a scale in front of Lu Yu for weighing.
After confirmation by Lulutis, the units displayed on the scale were different from what she knew.
Lu Yu’s biggest headache still happened.
Most parts of this vast world do not have a unified unit of measurement at all, and there is a high probability that each place has a standard.
The reason why he took the mineral water bottle in and weighed was not only to confirm the unit, so that he could convert it in a habitual way, but also to confirm the price.
After the balance was balanced on both sides, the grain store owner stared at Ji Zhong for a while.
“It turns out that the guest wants a ‘food’ amount.”
Lulutis suddenly said, “I know about one meal. I’ll explain it to you later.”
Lu Yu asked, “How much?”
“Five copper coins.”
Lu Yu touched a handful of rice from the balance, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it.
There is no rice fragrance, even with a stale smell.
The grains of rice are rough and not plump and lack luster.
Proper Chen rice, bad rice, even worse than the rice Lu Yu used to eat in the university cafeteria.
There is a base price reference in this area.
Lu Yu took out the rice seized from the dead earl’s eldest son and gave it to the grain store owner.
“I don’t want this kind of old rice anymore. Tell me what the price is for this kind of quality in my hand.”
The owner of the grain store was stunned for a while looking at the rice in the rice bag: “This kind of rice is considered to be of high quality. It fluctuates around twenty copper coins. Generally, only nobles and wealthy businessmen can afford it.”
Lu Yu didn’t follow his words and continued to ask.
“Is there any more expensive rice?”
“Naturally there are, but small shops don’t sell them, and high-quality rice and flour can basically only be found near the capital.”
“After all, people who can eat this kind of food are not rich or expensive. It’s as simple as having a well-off family.”
In this way, what ordinary people can eat is slightly better. Isn’t Chen Mi’s rice grain floating around ten copper coins?
The owner of the grain store put down his contempt for Lu Yu and asked seriously, “The customer is not here to buy rice.”
Ten copper coins were taken out of Lu Yu’s pocket.
“I also want to know some things about the price from you, are you free?”
The owner of the grain store chuckled: “Travelers from far away who want to know about a region should go to a tavern. There are all kinds of people and rich news channels there. Why did you come to me?”
Lu Yu smiled without saying a word.
The boss did not refuse and accepted the copper coins.
Half an hour later, Lu Yu walked out of the grain store and had a basic understanding of the prices and base currency of Yas Kingdom in his mind.
But it’s just cognition… Being used to paper money and electronic payment, he couldn’t deal with such a messy exchange system at once.
Copper and silver coins are the most circulating currencies on this continent, so everyone likes to use them as the base currency.
The transaction link of metal currency is accompanied by wear and tear, and there is still the problem of casting ratio at the beginning of casting. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com
Copper coins are not the smallest unit of currency either. The reason why the consumption here is divided into two parts is that the merchants see through that the adventurers who come here will basically not carry a bunch of scattered coins, so they round it up.
It is close to the wilderness and woodland where monsters and beasts are infested, and people after adventure will consume wild things for short-term comfort.
At this time, most of the people who licked blood at the edge of a knife would not care about the broken coins. They would only feel that life is short and they should have fun in time.
In other words, after Lu Yu went to the prosperous capital, when purchasing small commodities, he would face constant conversion of currency units.
And some unit conversions are very painful…not integers.
Lulutis asked, “Do you need me to explain the unit of ‘One Food’?”
Lu Yu covered his forehead, drooping his face, and said weakly, “Don’t need it for now, you let me take care of it, I need to take care of it…”
No, this will not work.
In order not to be slaughtered as a pig, he must spend some time to figure out the basic currency system of a region, and he needs to constantly face the problem of getting change one by one in his daily life.
Now he has too many things to do, awaken a magician, try to become a summoner, follow Lulutis to continue to learn some common sense in this world, and assist Lulutis to try to lift some of the seals…
It’s impossible for Lu Yu to come up and spend his time on this. This is because he can’t figure out the order!
In Lu Yu’s mind, a thought gradually appeared.
When you are not very professional, you may not be able to specialize in a certain thing for a short time…
“Lulutis, I’m going to find a servant.”
“Lu Yu, why don’t you contract a servant?”
“Um?”
“Um?”