Chapter 21 Emergencies
The first thing I saw was the city wall. From a distance, the city walls of this city were quite magnificent. Of course, this was also in Ye Junwen's prediction. I have analyzed before that this time may be a world with more wars, so it is normal for the city to have city walls.
The city of Ledesca in front of me looks like a city with a good development. It is a flat-duty city, just like what Ye Junwen thought. The black city walls spread from the river to the other end of the horizon, and the whole city looks quite heavy. Judging from the current observation of Ye Junwen, the architectural style of this city is still relatively European-style buildings, and it is quite flavorful.
While watching and walking, Ye Junwen soon arrived at one of the gates of Ledeska. Below the city gate, Ye Junwen saw several guards guarding the gate, and each person who entered would check it slightly, as if... he had to charge money. Ye Junwen immediately asked Dam in front of him. Sure enough, he had to pay money when entering the city, and the cap tax was ten copper coins per person.
Of course, Ye Junwen still has money on him. If he observed a little closer, Ye Junwen also found that among the money found by the boss before, the larger copper coins meant ten copper coins, because many people in front of him only gave this big copper coins. The smaller ones should represent one copper coins. Ye Junwen counted and said that he should have 88 copper coins left.
In this way, Ye Junwen probably had a little understanding of the monetary mechanism here. After all, the boss of the previous three sesame cakes received 12 copper coins, which means that each sesame cake had 4 copper coins. The exchange ratio of silver coins and copper coins should be 1:100, but in terms of purchasing power, this is not very clear yet.
There were not many people waiting at the door, and it was Ye Junwen's turn immediately. When the inspector saw Ye Junwen, he obviously showed a strange expression. He probably noticed that Ye Junwen was a little different, but he did not make things difficult for Ye Junwen. After handing over a large copper coin, the other party let Ye Junwen into the city without saying anything.
When he walked into the huge city gate, Ye Junwen saw a street directly, but the first impression of this street was not very good for Ye Junwen. The chaotic and inconsistent buildings on both sides were not passed through the beautified streets, and even garbage could be seen everywhere on the ground. It seemed that the operation of this city was not very good. However, from the outside city walls, the city walls should still be maintained frequently. It seemed that the rulers of this city also spent a lot of energy on military affairs, and the internal affairs were sorted out really a bit chaotic.
"That... brother, we are going to the hotel now. If we are late, we can only sleep in the horse house. Are you together here?" Dam behind us came up and asked.
"The place we live...is not suitable." Ye Junwen said before he answered.
"Oh, too..." Dam nodded. Ye Junwen probably understood what they meant. The hotel they stayed in should be the cheapest, and of course the environment was also the worst. Didn't these people mistakenly think that they are still rich people, so they think they wouldn't go with them. But Ye Junwen probably thought that he had less money than these people.
Even so, Ye Junwen still didn't go with them. Soon, the few people said goodbye to Ye Junwen. Ye Junwen still has a lot of things to do now. Although the time is a bit close to night, he should be able to handle some things.
Ye Junwen repeated what he wanted to do in his mind. The first thing was to investigate the world, and then to find a way to sell goods, then find the right thing to buy goods. The last step was to find the right person to hack him to death.
What I have to do at the moment is investigation, but the specific investigation project is really not sure, because there are too many things to know, so Ye Junwen chooses to just take a look, anyway, just learn about one of them first. So Ye Junwen quickly wandered around the city.
About two hours later, Ye Junwen came to a place that looked like a hotel and chose to stay. The hotel owner also felt a little strange about Ye Junwen who came to stay at this time, but he didn't ask much, and there was a room anyway. After charging 50 copper coins for travel, Ye Junwen also came to his room.
This room is really a relatively simple room. Ye Junwen couldn't help but frown when he saw the situation in this room. There was nothing else in the room except a bed, a table, a chair, and a small cabinet. However, after looking at the quilt on the bed, it was washed clean, and there was nothing to choose now, so Ye Junwen had to accept it.
There were only candles in the room. Ye Junwen also walked to the table, lit the candle, and then took out his notebook to record and organize some of the situations he had investigated while he was wandering around.
Ye Junwen actually didn't investigate much, the main reason was that it was too late. Although it was probably only around 7 o'clock in the evening, it was already very late in this other world, and there were no people on the streets, so the previous hotel owner was very strange to find Ye Junwen who came to stay so late.
Judging from the current situation, this world is similar to what Ye Junwen thought. The approximate level of technology should be the level of the European Middle Ages. Ye Junwen did not see anything with technological content, including electric lights, so there would be no one when it was dark in the evening. But it was not that it would be impossible to see anything that was dark at night. When Ye Junwen came back, he still saw a place with lights on, but Ye Junwen had not been there yet.
Second, the price or purchasing power here is very strange. The food is not very expensive overall. According to what Ye Junwen understands at present, ordinary civilians can eat a meal of about ten copper coins, although they are not very good. However, other things are extremely expensive. For example, a piece of clothing that Ye Junwen saw was obviously shoddy, but it was priced at 10 silver coins. Another thing was passed by a blacksmith shop next to him and found a small knife worth 5 silver coins, a general one-handed sword worth 20 silver coins. Ye Junwen felt that buying a kitchen knife in his supermarket was better than these knives.
So it is obvious that this is a gap in productivity. It seems that it is not possible to simply use something as a benchmark for purchasing power here. The productivity of both sides is different, so it is difficult to define this aspect.
After roughly understanding the prices here, Ye Junwen came back and found a hotel to rest. In addition, we will continue to understand the other things until dawn tomorrow. What Ye Junwen wants to solve now is his future plan, because he thought about it when he was shopping around before, and it didn't seem very easy for him to sell what he had in his hands.
This is not to say that I can't sell it. After all, I have learned before that my things should be good in the taste of people here, but the problem is... Judging from the current situation, most of the civilians here are poor. Maybe the place I visited today is a slum area. Anyway, Ye Junwen feels that if he sets his market target on these civilians, he shouldn't make much money. He brings so much stuff. If he sells it to them at a price they can accept, he may have to run for a long time. The difficulty of traveling through time is so great. This speed is probably only enough to open a store before he is invincible. He had already said before that he is going to take a high-end route and the things will be more expensive to sell. So his current goal is to find rich people.
So my previous idea was not correct. What I needed was not to find the lord here and open a store, because the store was basically sold for ordinary civilians, and I wanted to sell the things to those rich people, that is, nobles or merchants.
So how can we get involved with the people on both sides? First of all, this may be simple. Because your products are special, there must be no one here, so the other party may cooperate with you. However... the other party probably only regards himself as a supplier. Such development may be fine in the early stage, but in the long run, it is not very beneficial to your plan.
But the other noble side is more troublesome. According to Ye Junwen's experience, it should not be easy for him to establish a relationship with the nobles. Of course, if you successfully find a noble with a higher status, it should be the best thing for you, because relying on him can open up a large market and your future development will be slightly more convenient, but...
"It's better to find a way to try the aristocratic path. If it really doesn't work, then find another chamber of commerce to cooperate with it first." Ye Junwen thought about it. At present, he still knew nothing about most of the situation, so he could only take one step at a time.
As expected, things often develop beyond people's expectations. The next morning, Ye Junwen, who got up, just wanted to try to get in touch with the biggest noble in the city, the city lord of the city, when he received a news that surprised him from the hotel owner.
"What? The city lord Clovi is dead here?" Ye Junwen asked in surprise.
Chapter completed!