Chapter 207 Enemies meet on a narrow road
After dinner, it was not too late yet, and many of the energetic students couldn't stay still, so they went out for a walk in groups.
Tongda Town is officially controlled by the government, but secretly it is the sphere of influence of Bainamen. Generally speaking, it is very safe. However, in order not to affect their departure the next day, Teacher Tie still asked them to come back before seven o'clock.
There is a big bell in the center of Tongda Town. It rings every hour during the day and can be heard almost in the whole town. The bell will be rung once at Xu hour (seven o'clock) at the latest in the evening, then it will be replaced by a watchman, and it will start ringing again at Mao o'clock (five o'clock) the next morning.
So it is stipulated to come back at seven o'clock, which is before the last bell of the night.
Of course, even if there is no bell, many students still have ways to keep time. When you get the treasure box for the first time, you can set the shape and structure as you like. There are upper limits for size, strength, and complexity. It cannot make anything too big or too hard, nor can it be made with instruments that are too precise, but relatively simple ones are fine. According to the experiments of many predecessors, the most complicated one is the mechanical watch.
It just so happens that the technology in most other worlds is relatively backward and timing is inconvenient. Therefore, experienced practitioners often warn their disciples or younger members of the family that it is best to put the treasure box in the treasure box after participating in the chaos mission for the first time. When it comes to setting up a timekeeping device like a wristwatch or a pocket watch, Luo Jun is pretty good at it.
In idleness, Luo Jun, Lu Fei, Zhao Jian, and Xu Yiming went for a stroll on the street.
Tongda Town is located on a traffic thoroughfare, with a very mobile population. Commodities from the east, west, north and south are also gathered here, making the business here very developed. The shops are open until late, and several main streets are open all the way. Lanterns and colorful decorations make it very lively.
"How much does this cost?" Luo Jun picked up a bunch of snacks. The method was somewhat similar to the candied haws, but the rock candy was wrapped in a kind of fruit that he had never seen before. With Luo Jun's perception, he could eat it even through the rock candy. Smell a different kind of fragrance...
"This is the sour spirit fruit from the south. It's sour and sweet, and it's particularly delicious. It's not expensive. It costs five cents per bunch..."
Luo Jun took out half a piece of broken silver and said, "Give me four bunches!"
"Ouch..." The merchant picked up the silver and said, "Sir, my small business can't accept so much silver. Why don't you take a look and go to the Jubao Building over there to exchange some copper plates... Or go there Those merchants have silver scissors and can trade silver."
"What are they?" Neither Zhao Jian nor Xu Yiming had heard of these terms, and they looked confused. Lu Fei came over and took out the money. Bao: "I have copper coins..."
Luo Jun stopped him: "We agreed, I'm happy to have picked up some silver today, and all my purchases will be mine... It's only a few steps away from the Treasure Building. Let’s go and change some money...”
As he spoke, he pulled the three of them forward.
"The silver in [Wulin] is very valuable. One tael can be exchanged for a thousand pence. Ordinary small vendors cannot accept it." Lu Fei gave the three people some popular science on the way: "With this piece of silver, at least you have Two or three taels is equivalent to using a big ticket of two thousand to buy candied haws. Of course it will be difficult for people."
While talking, several people had arrived at the Jubao Building. After entering, they found a counter and Luo Jun handed over the money.
The guy inside took out a small scale and weighed the silver: "Please take a look, Sir, it's two thousand two six cents and four cents... which totals two thousand six hundred and forty yuan. It's for you." Have you changed them all?”
More than two thousand copper coins are cumbersome to carry around, Luo Jun said: “Exchange them for 640.”
"Okay... The exchange of silver is less than one thousand, and I will charge you a handling fee of five cents." As he said that, the clerk took out a pair of scissors, cut off a piece and weighed it. If it was not enough, he cut it again. After weighing it several times, he added the remaining silver and A large pile of copper coins was handed back to Luo Jun.
“So many?” Luo Jun picked up the copper coins and found that they were a large bunch plus a small bunch, plus dozens of coins.
“These are basically enough for the journey.” After exiting the gate of the Treasure Building, Lu Fei said with a smile: “If calculated based on the purchase of food, one penny is basically equivalent to one Cathay coin in the main world... But Well, the productivity of [Wulin] is different from that of the main world. Food here is relatively more valuable. People usually have nothing to spend money on except food and clothing, so labor is relatively cheap. If calculated in terms of wages, most people can't make enough in a month. To the amount of money..."
"You didn't talk about these during the training, right?" Luo Jun said in surprise: "Senior, you know a lot."
Lu Fei said with a smile: "I will do it in the future. My dream is to be an explorer in [Martial Arts], so I did some homework in advance." "Amazing!" Luo Jun nodded. Zhao Jian on the side scratched his head: "But I remember that in ancient times, wasn't it always one, two or six cents? Why is it still in decimal here?"
Lu Fei glanced at him: "This is not ancient times, this is another world!"
While talking, several people returned to the stall, only to find a girl in yellow buying acid there. Lingguo, several young people followed her, scrambling to pay for it.
It looks familiar... Luo Jun's eyes suddenly widened. Isn't this the Ying'er who came to the inn to cause trouble?
Lu Fei, Zhao Jian and Xu Yiming also recognized the girl. They looked at each other and immediately turned around without wanting to cause trouble. But the Ying'er had already noticed them.
"Stop!"
The girl's shout came from behind. The few people were not willing to listen, but even quickened their pace.
But at this moment, three figures came out and stopped in front of the four people. Looking back, there were three more people behind them. They were the same people who had just rushed to pay the girl.
These people are strong and strong, holding long swords in their hands, and their bodies are still full of shiny Gang Qi. It can be seen that they are all practitioners.
"Okay, I didn't expect to be bumped into by this girl here!" The girl passed the three young men and came to the four of them. When she saw the large bunch of copper coins in Luo Jun's hand, her eyebrows suddenly stood up. Get up: "The money in your hands must have been exchanged for my silver!"
As she said that, she looked at a tall man next to her: "Senior Brother Wu, they are the people at the inn who caused me to lose my pocket money!"
Senior Brother Wu snorted coldly and looked towards Luo Jun: "Boy, give my junior sister's money back! Apologize to her!"
Luo Jun looked at a few people and chuckled: "Your junior sister just wanted to kill someone, and it scared such a small heart like me. Plop, plop, it’s not too much to pay for some mental damage, right?”
As he said that, he also pretended to be scared, put his hands in his arms and moved them to simulate his heartbeat.
“Glib tongue!” Ying’er became furious when she saw him: “Brother, just paying back the money is not enough, I have to slap him a hundred times and make him kneel down and kowtow to admit his mistake. ! ”
"Junior Sister..." Senior Brother Wu looked embarrassed: "They are also people from the Jianghu. When they were leaving, Master told them not to cause trouble... and Senior Sister Liu's side..."
"Okay, You are really more interested in senior sister than me!" Ying'er immediately cried and said, "It turns out that everything you said before was a lie to me..."
"No...these are two different things..." Senior Brother Wu He looked embarrassed, but Ying'er cried harder, and the pedestrians around him also looked over. He couldn't keep it on his face, and finally glanced at Luo Jun, gritted his teeth and said:
"Get him!"
Several other junior brothers rushed forward.
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(End of this chapter)