Lu Yu and Lulu Tisi spent two days exploring the mountains and forests.
In two days, Lu Yu was lucky enough not to meet anyone.
He knows very well that some people can be honest and good people in a group, but in this deserted wilderness, whether they are human or ghost can only be determined by a thought.
Since they couldn't meet anyone, they naturally couldn't ask for directions. They could only wander around in the cold and steep mountains and forests in spring, struggling to find a place where there were people.
The moment they walked out of the forest and saw the outline of the town in the distance, Lu Yu and Lulutis breathed a sigh of relief.
Monsters and beasts are particularly active in early spring, and they are restless after being suppressed all winter.
While walking in the forest, you can hear creepy roars and pitiful cries from time to time.
Now, I can finally relax a little.
Lu Yu attracted attention as he walked on the main road to the town.
Groups of adventurers nearby all turned their attention to Lu Yu. After all, Lu Yu's outfit and fabrics all had a novel flavor.
They were sizing up Lu Yu, and Lu Yu was also peeking at them out of the corner of his eye.
The costumes were similar to the knights and magicians that Lu Yu had seen before, and they had a strong medieval flavor.
Just from the clothes, Lu Yu could judge whether a team of adventurers was capable.
At a glance, all you can see are adventurers carrying white wooden signboards.
As the lowest level of adventurers, the equipment they are equipped with is really shabby.
Made of linen, the clothes were wrinkled and even had some holes.
Although the weapons he carried were made of metal, they were mostly rusty, so there was a high probability of getting tetanus from one knife.
Either the weapon is scarred by battles and has a lot of gaps. If you dig it in with a knife, you may not be able to pull it out and break the inside. It is a parting gift.
I couldn't see the black iron and stainless steel adventurers, and I didn't understand why so many Shiraki-level adventurers were 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 this town near the wilderness did not have a city wall, and the patrolling guards did not check their identity, but just glanced at him and walked away.
So confident?
Lu Yu couldn't understand and didn't bother to disturb Lulutis.
"A new reward from the Adventurer's Guild is here~ Count Nott is offering a reward for the whereabouts of his eldest son. Anyone who provides information will receive five silver coins. There is no limit to the adventurer level!"
"Weapons, practical weapons. How can you feel at ease without a sharp blade by your side? From white wood to fine steel, there are all suitable weapons!"
"The armor can withstand the full blow of the Jungle Slime. Our store promises that if it can't stop it, you can return it!"
"The fresh venison I just hunted this morning is large in quantity and at a good price. If you buy it now, you will get a bowl of deer blood for free!"
"The mutton fat and black bread set only costs two copper coins a portion, which is quite filling! The spring fresh vegetable soup costs three copper coins a portion."
"Slime juice, does anyone else want freshly squeezed slime juice?"
Lu Yu, who had just learned the language of this world, stood there blankly, listening to the words pouring into his mind from all directions and struggling to understand.
He was about to complain to Lulutis about freshly squeezed slime juice, but a pair of strong hands grabbed Lu Yu's arm.
A burly and powerful man with a black face bared his yellow teeth at Lu Yu, and the stench that hit his face made him feel sick to his stomach.
Lu Yu, who was in a daze, didn't realize that he was standing in front of a venison stall just now, which directly led to a misunderstanding.
"Would you like venison? It's very fresh."
The big man selling venison was extremely enthusiastic, but Lu Yu just wanted to stay away from him.
"No, no." With that said, Lu Yu quickly broke away.
"Let's see. Originally, deer blood was not sold alone. I saw that you are so thin, so I made an exception and sold it to you. As long as..."
The venison boss thought for a moment and said, "Twenty copper coins will be enough."
Lu Yu, who was still unclear about commodity prices and the exchange rate of copper coins and silver coins, glanced at the smiling face of the deer meat boss and turned away without thinking.
"Hey, don't leave. Eighteen copper coins are fine."
"How about sixteen?"
"At least fifteen pieces, I won't even make any money!"
"You're so well-dressed, why don't you even want to pay a few copper coins?"
Lulutis, who had been observing the outside through the small hole in the backpack, asked curiously: "How do you know that twenty copper coins are not worth it?"
Lu Yu felt helpless when he heard this question.
Lulutis is indeed the kind of person who gets super doubled when she goes out to buy groceries.
"I've never seen a businessman who said he was losing money really lose money."
In view of the fact that he will temporarily settle in this place called the Kingdom of Yas for some time to come, Lu Yu must have a certain understanding of commodity prices.
When dealing with all kinds of people, if you don't handle the financial details well, you will only suffer a lot of frustration.
Lu Yu walked around the street and observed the stall selling suet and black bread for a while. He spent two copper coins to eat a set of suet and black bread.
This set meal is actually four or five slices of bread brushed with suet, smeared with large pieces of suet, toasted on the stove, and served with half a piece of unknown fruit.
It is very harsh on the throat and has an obvious grainy feeling when swallowing.
It seems that because it has not completely melted, the mutton oil smells very fishy and greasy.
The person who bought the suet black bread just now actually ate it with gusto... This made Lu Yu deeply worried about his future food.
After observing the trading situation on the street for a while, Lu Yu went straight to the shop selling grain.
An adventurer wearing metal armor and a stainless steel grade tag happened to walk out the door carrying two small bags filled with food.
Lu Yu glanced at it and took out a mineral water bottle from his backpack. He vaguely remembered that the bottle was filled with water and had a net content of about 500 grams.
The owner of the grain store had a sharp eye and couldn't tell what kind of clothing Lu Yu was wearing in his white shirt and light gray jeans. He subconsciously thought he was an aristocrat who was pursuing novelty in the capital 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 covered in dust, and his clothes were covered with dust.
This embarrassed look made him a little unsure again.
Lu Yu naturally saw the change in the grain store owner's expression in just a few seconds.
He has seen a lot of food being served.
Lu Yu handed the mineral water bottle filled with water to the grain store owner: "I want white rice of the same weight as this bottle."
The grain store owner put on the monocle hanging around his neck, looked at the plastic bottle in his hand in confusion, and at the same time squeezed it hard without leaving any trace.
I can't tell the material, it's neither glass nor gel... somewhere in between.
What is this?
He had seen a lot of rough people who came to buy rations without mentioning their work units. These people either brought pots or earthen jars, but this was the first time he saw such a strange bottle.
Moreover, Lu Yu's accent is a bit stiff, robotic, and very weird.
He didn't know how to ask, so he didn't ask too much. He just subconsciously took a peek at Lu Yu's shoes.
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 made a judgment.
He led Lu Yu to the warehouse of the grain store, directed a servant to fetch a bag of rice, and weighed it on a scale in front of Lu Yu.
Lulutis confirmed that the units displayed by this scale were different from what she knew.
Lu Yu's most troublesome thing still appeared.
Most places in this vast world do not have unified measurement units at all, and there is a high probability that each place has its own standard.
The reason why he brought the mineral water bottle in to weigh it was not only to confirm the unit so that he could perform conversions in a accustomed way, but also to confirm the price.
When the two sides of the scale were balanced, the grain store owner was stunned for a while looking at the weight.
"It turns out that the guest wanted a 'food' portion."
Lulutis suddenly said: "I know it once it's eaten. I'll explain it to you later."
Lu Yu asked: "How much?"
"Five copper coins."
Lu Yu touched a handful of rice from the scale, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it.
There is no rice aroma at all, and it even smells of staleness.
The rice grains are rough, not full, and have no luster.
The rice was old and inferior, even worse than the rice Lu Yu had eaten in the university cafeteria.
There is a basic reference for prices 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 the price of this kind of quality rice I have."
The owner of the grain store looked at the rice in the rice bag and was stunned for a while: "The quality of this kind of rice is considered to be above average. It costs about twenty copper coins. Generally, only nobles and wealthy businessmen can afford it."
Lu Yu did not follow the meaning of his words and asked next.
"Is there any more expensive rice?"
"Of course it is available, but small shops don't sell it. High-quality rice and flour can only be found near the capital."
"After all, people who can eat this kind of food are no longer rich or noble, and their families are well-off."
In this way, the slightly better rice that ordinary people can eat, which is not old rice, is about ten copper coins?
The owner of the grain store put aside his contempt for Lu Yu and asked seriously: "The customer is not here to buy rice."
Lu Yu took out ten copper coins from his pocket.
"I also want to know something about prices from you. Are you available?"
The owner of the grain store chuckled: "Travelers from afar who want to know more about a region should go to the tavern. There are all kinds of people there and there are rich information channels. Why did you come to me?"
Lu Yu smiled and said nothing.
The boss did not refuse and accepted the copper coins.
Half an hour later, Lu Yu walked out of the grain store, with a basic understanding of the prices and basic currency of the Yas Kingdom in his mind.
But it was just cognition... He was used to banknotes and electronic payments and was suddenly unable to cope with such a complicated exchange system.
Copper and silver coins are the most circulated currency on this continent, so everyone likes to use them as the base currency.
The transaction process of metal currency is accompanied by consumption and wear, and there is also the issue of casting ratio at the beginning of casting.
Copper coins are not the smallest unit of currency. The reason why the consumption here is rounded up is because the merchants saw through that the adventurers who came here would not carry a bunch of scattered coins, so they rounded them up.
It is close to the wilderness and woodland where monsters and beasts are infested. People after adventure will engage in wild consumption in order to gain short-term comfort.
Most of the people who are licking blood at the knife edge will not care about the scattered coins at this time. They will only lament that life is short and they should enjoy themselves in time.
In other words, after Lu Yu went to the bustling capital, he would face constant conversions of currency units when purchasing small commodities.
And some unit conversions are very painful... they are not round numbers.
Lulutis asked: "Do you need me to explain the unit of 'one food'?"
Lu Yu covered his forehead, with a drooped face, and said feebly: "No need for now, you let me take care of it, I need to take care of it..."
No, this won't work.
In order not to be slaughtered as a pig, he must spend some time to understand the basic currency system of a region, and he must constantly face the problem of making change in his daily life.
There are too many things he needs to do now, awaken the magician, try to become a summoner, follow Lulutis to continue to learn some common sense of this world, assist Lulutis in trying to contact some seals...
It was impossible for Lu Yu to spend time on this aspect since he came up. This was because he was confused about the order!
An idea gradually appeared in Lu Yu's mind.
When you are not very professional and may not be able to specialize in something in a short period of time...