Chapter 0286 Trouble about money
After passing this plaque, it was considered to be included in the scope of Taihao Collection.
This is a plaza covered with gravel.
Several shallow drainage ditches were built in the square with stones picked up by the river.
The functions of these drainage ditches are, on the one hand, the square is not obviously divided into several areas, which facilitates the management of the area when people are too busy, and on the other hand, it also prevents the rainwater from being discharged smoothly and accumulates too much, thus causing the loss of sand and stones.
Walking through the square, stepping onto the steps, and coming to the top of the platform, the family carrying the shoulders and backs was very tired.
The man in charge was anxious and didn't care about resting, so he wanted to find a place to trade. However, he didn't know the setting of the store here. He was stunned for a long time and didn't know where to go.
Fortunately, Ye Qing took this into consideration and arranged several shopping guides here.
A member of the Fengfeng clan came to this family and warmly received them. After figuring out their intentions, he took them to a large shop.
Although this shop is also a thatched hut, it is different from the one you live in.
The walls used for trading of the hut are gone, making it extremely convenient for people and goods to enter and exit.
There is also a sign hanging on the door of this shop, and a symbol is engraved on it.
This symbol, the man who carries the burden, is...copper coins.
With the help of the Fengfeng Shopping Guide, the man quickly exchanged all the items he brought for copper coins.
"Hex fiber, 30 pounds!"
"Tung seeds, 80 kilograms!"
"Geese, 11 pounds!"
“…”
Looking at the people in the store, they weighed the things they brought with them one by one with something called a rod scale. The man carrying the load was so novel.
A stick, a lift, a hook, and a weight can actually weigh everything, which makes him feel extremely mysterious.
His family was even more surprised than him. They were not only surprised by this scale, but also surprised everyone they saw. They were just timid, dared not ask or touch, but their eyes were very busy, and they looked around and kept rolling.
"Can this scale really weigh anything?" the man asked hesitantly.
"certainly!"
"Can you please rate me how heavy it is?"
"Yes! Come on, sit in this basket!" Seeing that it was not busy now, the staff enthusiastically helped the Lu people get to know the advanced tools of the Fengfeng family.
During their training, Ye Qing said that their job is not just a transaction, but also a task of spreading the rules of the Windbreak.
What rules?
Weights and measures, language, numbers, copper coins...
etc.
These things are unfamiliar to most tribe members of other tribes.
Just take advantage of your time to let the people of Youlu see what a scale is.
The man from Lu was sitting carefully in the basket. Two staff members hooked the basket rope with a scale, then lifted it up with a shoulder pole, then moved the weight on the scale pole, and after balancing it, he shouted:
“101 pounds!”
After leaving the basket, a man from Lu asked:
"How heavy am I?"
"101 pounds, didn't you say it?"
"I know how much it is to have 101 pounds, just 1 pound is!"
"Well……"
Now, the staff didn't know how to explain, and he didn't know how much a pound weighed.
"One pound is 1 pound!" The staff were a little embarrassed.
"Oh!" The people of Youlu didn't dare to continue asking.
After all the goods were weighed, at the counter on the side, the man from Lu received the exchanged copper coins.
180 copper coins.
With the 200 copper coins he earned from his labor, he now has a total of 380 copper coins on his body.
The shopping guide asked about his needs and took him to the front of another store.
There is also a plaque hanging on the front of the shop, but there is an axe symbol engraved on it.
Here are bronze tools that are specially sold.
He wants to buy an axe.
"Do you have copper coins? An axe, 400 copper coins per!"
A man from Lu passed all the copper coins in a daze.
"Only 380 copper coins are not enough!" the staff said after counting.
The man in the country of Lu didn't know how much copper coins he had, nor did he know how much 400 copper coins he had.
"If you want to buy an axe, you are still missing 20 copper coins!"
The staff reminded him.
The man was stunned.
Now that there is no work, he can sell everything he can buy at home. If he wants to get 20 copper coins, he doesn't know where to go.
"Ah! Not enough...what should I do? Where can I get 20 copper coins?"
Seeing his anxious look, the shopping guide felt very embarrassed and reminded him: "There are other people who have worked here. You can borrow 20 copper coins from them and return them to him in the future!"
"But who would borrow it? They also want to buy tools!"
"It's not necessarily true. People like you who don't have enough money to buy an axe will definitely have a lot of people. Anyway, they can't buy an axe for the time being, so the money is just in their hands. You can borrow it first!"
"I definitely won't lend it! As for myself, I can't afford to buy an axe. If they borrowed it from me, I would definitely not lend it to them. I lent it to them, and I don't know when they will return it. After all, I just missed twenty copper coins. Maybe I'll find a way and I will get twenty copper coins soon."
"Okay... Then, do you have anything else to sell at home? Otherwise, you can get enough 20 copper coins if you sell some more!"
"It's gone! I've brought all the things I can sell."
"Then there is nothing you can do. You can save these 380 copper coins first. If you reverse it, it won't break. When you have enough 20 copper coins in the future, come and buy it!"
"Yes, but what should I do if the axe is sold out?"
"No, there are always axes. Even if they are out of stock for a while, they will still be shipped in a few days."
"real?"
"real!"
In the end, the people of Youlu came happily and left dejectedly.
On the way back, his mind was full of... money!
I was thinking about how to get the 20 copper coins as soon as possible.
Tung seeds?
He knew that the place where there were tung seeds had been picked up.
Hemp fiber?
Now is not the season for hemp picking, so where is hemp to pick?
What else can be exchanged for money?
He thought hard and made his head ache.
...
There are many people like him, and the only one who bought an axe this day can only talk about a few.
This is a family with a large number of family members, and there are also many supplies that can be sold to the base, so I have exchanged for enough copper coins.
The people of the Fangfeng clan who were in charge of the position were very worried.
Even after understanding the situation, the Great Witch of Lu looked extremely concerned.
Ye Qing comforted them and said:
"Things have to be done step by step. As long as they understand this trading rule, they will eventually learn how to make money."
Chapter completed!