The Legend of the Great Wilderness

Chapter 64

"Since we're going tomorrow, why don't we go back and rest? There isn't much to see in the moon market at night..."

Ge Qiao yawned and muttered impatiently, Gu Yi rolled his eyes: "Who said there is nothing to buy, we have too many things to buy! Just follow along..."

As he spoke, he wanted to move forward, but Ge Qiao grabbed him: "Wait a minute, even if Tai Bogu is going to buy something, you have to exchange the gold essence first, you always just take it directly. It’s a great loss to pay with gold fine gravel! The last time I came with Tai Bokui, [Shangjin] had already risen to ‘one hundred and thirty’, and now everything outside of [Zhongrong County] has become a mess, the county The conquests in China are not very peaceful, I reckon that the gold fine gravels can be exchanged for the price of "one hundred and fifty" at least at the practitioners and monks, which is more cost-effective than you pay directly with the gold fine gravels!"

It seems that gold, the so-called [shangjin], is not the mainstream currency in this world. Although I feel that exchanging gold for a large amount of copper is a loss and difficult to carry, but according to Ge Qiao's meaning, he This kind of behavior of paying the bill directly with gold boulders is no different from the second idiot who uses the beautiful knife as a soft girl, so Gu Yi had no choice but to follow Ge Qiao to exchange it first.

But Ge Qiao's "magicians and monks" are not so easy to come across. According to what he said, Guyi sounds like monks and Taoists. Among the five elements." The world's expert.

Since they are high-level people, it is impossible for ordinary people like them to meet them in person. However, when these high-level people entered the world, they usually settled in [Tianguan] and [Jiaozhai] in various places, and often entrusted talisman masters, The priests bought some needed rare items for them.

After the spread of the word over time, [Tianguan] and [Jiaozhai] in various places have become the "foreign offices" of such worldly masters, and the villagers are used to taking some rare treasures by accident. Go to [Tianguan] and [Jiaozhai] to find Lushi and Jiaoshi, and you can always exchange some food and clothing with three melons and two dates.

With the administrative level of [Shuiwatun], the scale of [Tianguan] is not yet reached. There is no formal [Jiaozhai], and there is a [Private Jiao] in the "Liu Shangfang". The old man who calls himself "Jiao Shi" is too greedy, don't say "one is worth one hundred and five", it is very rare to be able to exchange "one for one hundred and one", it is better to use gold fine gravel as money Yes, if you meet a "kind person" like the owner of the silk shop, you may be able to get back [-]% of the price difference.

Ge Qiao, as a native land snake, was unwilling to be taken advantage of in [private ceremonies] to give money to the ceremonial elders, so he led Gu Yi and his party straight to Twelve Square Square, where a I went to the tall dining hall, but I didn't find what they were talking about just now. The servant who was rummaging through things in front of a stall next to them followed them for a while, and after seeing where they were going, he turned around and ran away. .

The so-called "dining hall" is actually a canteen, or a restaurant in this world, which is different from shops, warehouses, and inns that operate lodging. The fineness of the hall, it is obvious that the dining hall has its own unique skills in cooking.

Originally, Gu Yi wondered why he didn't go to gold and silver shops or pawn shops to exchange gold, but after asking, he realized that there is no such thing as a pawn shop in this world.

It is not surprising that the dining hall that does not operate gold and silver, but collects gold and gravel at a higher price than [Jiaozhai]. Don’t forget that [Tianguan] and [Jiaozhai] sound like ghosts. In addition to his business, he also works part-time in the most lucrative business, privately selling glutinous rice wine and fermented glutinous rice!
People who run restaurants want to get the glutinous rice wine and fermented glutinous rice that are specially used for sacrifices. It is not enough to rely on the share of salary and gifts from their own families to go to [Tianguan] and [Jiaozhai] during festivals and festivals, so usually It is an open secret that there are private channels to sell more glutinous rice and fermented glutinous rice, so as to attract high-ranking customers.

The "Qingbo Dining Hall" that Ge Qiao took Guyi and the others to, although it was not as luxurious as the dining hall in Liushangfang of [Shuiwatun], it was a second-to-none dining hall in Pingshierfang. !
Every time the good-drinking old dwarf, Jia Yekui, would come here to drink a lot, and then take some away, naturally he gradually became familiar with the owner of the "Qingbo Dining Hall", which can be regarded as a On the one hand, Ge Qiao, a high-ranking guest, also picked up a lot of delicious food.

Since the old dwarf exploits the Jie people in [Sunken Valley] to make gold for him by squeezing rations, there are always some golden gravels on hand, so the ones who come and go are naturally the same as the "Qingbo meal" who buys golden gravels. "Tang" got on the line, and got a good price because of his acquaintance.

Every time they exchange gold fine gravels, the hall master only charges them a handling fee of "five out of a hundred" of their market price, which means that the market price of "one hundred and fifty" gold fine gravels can be exchanged to "one for one hundred and four" with him. For the price of "two", maybe a jar of fermented glutinous rice will be spared, which is naturally much more cost-effective than going to the [private feast] in Bentun to exchange the "one for one hundred".

This guy Ge Qiao is obviously familiar, he went straight to Qingbo dining hall, pulled a servant of the dining hall, and was immediately led to see the account manager of the dining hall, the old account manager with a goatee Hearing that Ge Qiao came to exchange gold and gravel again, he immediately laughed away his wrinkled eyes.

In fact, for those who run this kind of dining hall, they can only make money without losing money. Even if it is exchanged at the original price, or even at an increased price, they can still make money. If you want to get more shares, you have to exchange gold fines.

As long as you can get more glutinous rice wine and fermented glutinous rice, and the gold cakes don’t come rolling in, people’s dining halls care about the “exchange fee” for such three melons and two dates, but no matter whether you are a businessman or a merchant, you all pay attention to a “penny and baht must be compared” According to the businessman's rules, if you don't charge a handling fee, you are asking for bad luck.

As Ge Qiao said, due to the wars in the counties and the conquests in the counties, the current price of gold has risen, and it can indeed be exchanged to the ratio of "one hundred and five". The price tag of [-]" erased the fraction of [-].

Just when Gu Yi was about to take out the small leather bag containing gold fine gravel to make a transaction, he suddenly heard a voice from behind: "Wait a minute!" Froze, and looked back at the same time.

But I saw a group of people coming in a hurry, the leader was dressed in luxurious blue satin clothes, his long hair was tied into a bun, and covered in a moon-white translucent "cream crown". Although he looked about 40 or [-] years old, But he has thick eyebrows and straight eyes, eyes full of spirit, and a short, meticulously trimmed beard under his lips, giving him a dignified appearance.

(End of this chapter)