Chapter 131 There are risks in counterfeiting

Author: Arion's Dolphins

Chapter 131 There are risks in counterfeiting

The human world is novel to all of them. After all, most of them have never seen a real city before. The permanent population of Luford City is more than 100,000. In this kind of environment similar to the Middle Ages,

The ancient society of China was undoubtedly a regional big city.

They were all craftsmen who had not experienced military training, nor had they directly experienced the ravages of war. Their sense of discipline and vigilance must be much worse. For safety reasons, Tang Zhao did not allow them to move freely in the city, but allowed them to move freely in the city.

They rested in the hotel, surrounded by rangers who acted as guards, and waited for Tang Zhao to figure out the situation before making plans.

[Material supply and devil scrolls both require money. Think of a way to get rid of the materials you have. 】

In the past, in the countryside, there was no need to think about money at all. Simple bartering could fully meet daily needs. Now when dealing with humans, the familiar feeling has returned - it is difficult to move without money.

They don't have many currencies that are common in the human world, but they do have enough supplies, ranging from forest specialties to dwarf weapons. It's enough to hold a simple exhibition, and there are always one or two.

This thing will have a broad market.

In fact, human currency is not uniform. Take the country of Oran as an example: the royal family has the right to mint coins and has credibility. The coins they mint have a pretty good precious metal content. They are one of the most common and most valuable currencies in the entire country, but they are not.

This is the only coin that can be used to represent Oran.

A few big nobles also have the right to mint coins, and the quality of their coins is not much worse than that of the royal family. They can be used normally within their own territories. They also maintain their value outside the territory in the kingdom, and the discount is not serious.

Oran is a relatively copper-deficient country. The exchange rate between royal copper coins and silver coins remains at one to eight hundred all year round. If a noble silver coin with a silver content similar to that of the royal silver coin is exchanged for a royal copper coin, it is usually further away from the sphere of influence of that noble.

, the discount becomes more serious, ranging from 30% to 30%, depending on how prestigious the noble is and whether others sell him or not.

In addition to its own currency, Oran also uses Soladi, which has a status similar to the universal currency. It is a gold coin with high gold content and exquisite craftsmanship. It is cast by the commercial city-states near Oran. They have a strong presence in the commerce and trade in the eastern part of the continent.

And it has strong credibility. Most countries recognize the value of Sorradi. Sorradi is often used as a settlement currency in cross-border bulk trade. One Sorradi can even be exchanged for two royal gold coins in some places, because

The physical gold content is twice as bad.

In addition, there is also a small amount of ancient currency circulating in the human world. Although the Ostia Empire no longer exists and the dwarves have little influence in the human world, almost all sellers do not mind buyers using Ostia gold coins or dwarf gold coins.

Payment, because the physical gold content is high.

When a currency with no credibility appears in transactions, the value must be calculated based on the precious metal content, but this is rare.

[In fact, currency exchange is also a business opportunity, and I obviously have an advantage here.]

Because Sura is called the White Copper Forest in the human world, Tang Zhao and the others have now discovered copper veins in the forest. The dwarves also have excellent coin casting technology, and they can directly imitate the royal copper coins. Anyway, the anti-counterfeiting technology on the copper coins

In the eyes of dwarves, it is very crude. With a little effort, it can be imitated to the point where it looks like the real thing.

In fact, ancient metal currencies did not care so much about anti-counterfeiting. After all, casting requires real gold and silver. The anti-counterfeiting method used by many people is to increase the technical cost of counterfeiting and prevent private counterfeiting. The metallurgical ability of dwarves is stronger than that of the royal family. This threshold is not

Yes, maybe their counterfeit coins are more exquisite than the real coins.

It is possible to forge a coin with a precision that exceeds that of the royal currency. As long as Haiji provides support and brings the metallurgical equipment from Dragon Blood Pass, it is very simple.

However, Tang Zhao just thought in his heart that this was the basis for disturbing the local nobles and royal family. If he dared to do it and was discovered, the consequences would be very serious. It would be polite for them not to lead troops to attack Tang Zhao.

This does not match his current strength. If there is a chance in the future, he can really consider it. After all, there is a copper mine under his lair.

After spending some time figuring out the currency issue, the next step is to find an opportunity to sell my goods.

It seems that it is okay to go to Jacques directly, but if that is the case, there is no need for Tang Zhao to go there in person. One of the purposes of his trip this time is to break the settlement's dependence on a single chamber of commerce. Now it seems that this situation is nothing.

If something goes wrong in the future, a trade shutdown can be fatal.

Without rushing into action, he climbed on Leo the Bear's shoulder and let him take him to the market to observe the price situation.

Although his race is Ursine, Leo's human form does not look like a simple and honest person. Instead, he is tall and thin and looks like a gentle scholar. He is not particularly conspicuous in a crowd.

It was impossible to completely blend into the crowd with Tang Zhao on his back, but Tang Zhao was not an idiot. He changed his body color in advance, from pure black, which is very eye-catching and rare in nature, to khaki, the most common color among lizards. Look

It's not a very valuable animal, so probably no one would be interested in it, so try to avoid risks.

Even at first, he wanted Leo to tie him up and pretend to be a hunter to go to the market, but Leo made it clear that he couldn't do it, and the upside-down perspective really made Tang Zhao dizzy, so he had to give up.

Unlike dragon creatures, he is a pragmatist and does not have too much unnecessary self-esteem. It is hard to say which of the two personalities is better, but this can indeed save a lot of trouble.

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After walking around carefully, he was satisfied with the situation - there were a lot of things in the market, and many people dressed as civilians were buying and selling things, which showed that the supply of materials here was sufficient, trade was developed, and the people's mental state was also good. Recently,

There should have been no serious natural or man-made disasters in recent years.

Of course, if the devil's scroll thing is not handled well, big problems will really arise.

After coming out of the market, Tang Zhao was not in a hurry to take action, but began to wander around the city. He wanted to familiarize himself with the terrain first, and at least know the locations of various important institutions.

After doing this, it happened to be evening. Leo had been asked to go to the Adventurer's Guild before and knew the delivery location of the "Mushroom Picking" commission. He asked Leo to bring a big bag of mushrooms and dress up to look adventurous.

Go there with the adventurer's clothes (which are taken from the adventurer's luggage).

So far, the other party is still sending adventurers into the forest without interruption, and he doesn't know what the other party wants to do. However, Tang Zhao has no patience to continue watching the show, so he just takes this opportunity to settle the matter. He wants to use the other party to investigate.

Devilish things.
Chapter completed!