Lord of Rot

Chapter 9
"Mr. Barrel?"

The chef who was named trembled: "Yes, my lord!"

"I like your roasted heron very much." Li Qi said, "Simon, reward Mr. Wine Barrel with a silver moon."

Chef Tonkun bent down in surprise, wishing he could pounce on Li Qi and kiss his boots: "Thank you for your generosity, my lord!"

Li Qi smiled.

Others cast envious glances at the chef who usually likes to be lazy.

According to Li Qi's knowledge, on the continent of Lurea where he lives, there are three kinds of currencies, namely gold sun, silver moon and copper star. 1 gold day is roughly equivalent to 100 silver months, and 1 silver month is about 20 copper. star.

Gold is a scarce material. Baron Li Qi, who refines dead bodies, now has a deep understanding. Compared with using gold as currency, it is more useful in other ways, and almost no one will use gold day as a currency in circulation, but to redeem noble captives Except for time, a bag of golden suns is always more suitable than a few big baskets of silver moons, or a carriage of bronze stars, and it also fits the status of a nobleman.

Therefore, the basic currency circulation is silver moon and copper star, and if you really want to exchange silver moon for gold day, the exchange rate is estimated to be 1:200, or even 1:300.

The same is true for the exchange of silver moons for copper stars. It will be around 1:40 in wartime, and it may be around 1:25 in peacetime. No one will exchange in peace and order according to the laws of the kingdom, except for some financial leaders who plan to enrich their own pockets. When they report upwards, they may write down the exchange rate that no one believes at all.

The price of no currency is eternal, depending on agricultural harvests, lord policies, and whether wars are fought.

The only constant is the soldier's gun, the horse's iron hoof, and the "true feelings" of the prostitute after payment.

In addition to the change of the exchange rate, what is more fatal is that the purchasing power is changing all the time. The gold day is the most valuable, the silver moon is less affected by fluctuations, and the copper star... Sometimes a copper star can buy a piece of bread, but the next day it can only be bought Half a piece, you can even buy a piece of bread in the East Gorge, but you can only buy bread crumbs when you go to the giant feet in the south.

The fluctuations in the value of money are influenced by merchants, who control the market, and merchants who serve the nobility.

A few years ago, during the war, the army could not pay the military salary, and the kingdom frantically forged copper stars, which is also the reason why the purchasing power of the copper stars is tight. Compared with the copper stars, everyone likes the silver moon. It is more valuable and easier to hide, especially in deserters, bandits and robbers. When waiting to come to loot, it is also much easier to move and flee.

Yinyue is also called Daddy. Warg Killer once told a story about a man who was very poor and his family was starving to death. One day a man found him and said he wanted to buy his old man with a white beard. Father, because the man's father was hanged, he wanted the man's father to die instead. After negotiating with his father, who had only one breath left, the man sent his father there for one silver month, and he could sell it for one silver month. If you lose your father, my father can also become yours, that's why Yinyue is called Daddy.

There are also stories that it only takes one silver moon to make a lady call you daddy on the bed.

In short, there are various versions.

Bronze star is also called copper bread, copper points, etc. The most intuitive reason is that a copper star can buy a piece of wheat bran bread that fills the stomach. Many people may not be able to earn a piece of black bread that fills the stomach after a busy day. It should be called a copper half cent now, because now you can only buy half a loaf of bread.

Jinri is also called the Golden Bear, because the current family emblem of the king who controls this continent is a golden bear. If there is a family of pigs, horses, or chickens who become kings in the future, then Jinri may be called the golden pig, golden horse, and golden rooster.

Except for Simon, the butler who has served the baron for a long time, who is paid monthly, everyone else is paid daily, and of course the salary is not paid every day.

The servants working in the baron’s castle earn 3 copper stars a day, and the monthly salary of the housekeeper is 4 silver months and 10 copper stars. The official monthly salary is 90 copper stars, but in fact, as long as the butler knows how to manage money, he will Let the money double more than several times.

Therefore, Li Qi generously rewarded them with a silver moon, which was enough to make them excited.

"It's not just the cook," Li Qi said, "Feed my horse, help me wash my clothes, and clean the castle for me. I see all of these, and there may be rewards for them."

Others are short of breath, as long as they perform well, they may be rewarded with a silver moon, that is a silver moon!
One silver moon is in exchange for passion for work and short-term loyalty. As long as these people are still thinking about one silver moon and more and more silver moons, their enthusiasm will not be extinguished. Of course, there is a price. , disunity, snitching, strife, etc., but these have nothing to do with Baron Li Qi.

He hoped that "generosity" could replace Baron Li Qi's impression of being "scared", and he also hoped that it would make them temporarily forget that Baron Porcupine Castle had no soldiers at hand.

"Everyone can go back and get busy." Li Qi said to the bald chef's barrel: "Sir, can you help me prepare dinner?"

"Of course!" Jiu Ke nodded again and again, and he wanted to show off his superb cooking skills right now.

restaurant.

The servant came to pour wine for Li Qi, and Li Qi was the only one eating on the long table.

Probably because he was not hungry at noon, he felt more and more that the chef's cooking skills were not very good, the seasoning was too monotonous and greasy, it was difficult for Li Qi, whose mouth was spoiled by the 21st century, to accept this simple frying and roasting, the oil in the steak The fat was not fully fried, and the fat was "squeaking" in his mouth. He picked up the wine glass and took a sip before swallowing the meat.

Butler Simon reported the situation of the porcupine collar.

There are about 200 civilians in the porcupine collar near the sea, mainly engaged in agriculture, but the land in the porcupine collar is barren, and the crops planted can barely eat half of the food, and most of the harvest has to pay taxes.

As for the baron's own property, he has three horses, four sheep, 22 chickens, and 8002 silver moons. He gave Mr. Wine Barrel a silver moon just now, and there are still 8001 silver moons left.

Such a huge territory does not have a gold sun. Although Li Qi has some gold in his hand, the gold is of great use to him, and he will not exchange it for a silver moon.

After listening to the report from the butler Simon, he had an intuitive idea of ​​how poor he was.

If he simply went to the "Holy Land" of Iron Rock City to enjoy, he could live comfortably for 8000 days with one silver month a day, but unfortunately he is a lord, and these are too few.

The baron's greatest asset should be the 80 well-armed soldiers. The chain armor on their bodies, the shields, axes and long swords in their hands all cost a lot of silver moons to build. Now Li Qi can only pray that they will return safe and sound.

Li Qi stood up: "I'm going to the study."

The servant cleared the table for him, and the butler also bowed and turned to leave.

At this time, Li Qi could understand why he used male servants instead of maidservants in his castle, although he regretted it.

The male servant is more powerful, can do many tasks, and is cost-effective.

In the study room, Li Qi was flipping through the book, which is a kind of paper made of rags and tree fibers. After reading it for a while, he picked up the pen and wrote on the paper what is absolutely worthy of this world. Square characters with weird runes.

"Porcupine Castle Development Plan"

He hesitated for a moment, then put down his pen.

The impression of the entire territory comes from the narration of the steward and the servants. It is not a baron's job to make blind plans. It is best to take a tour tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)