Annick would be woken up by washing up every morning, which was equivalent to an alarm clock. He got up with a wry smile, cleared the magic circle on the floor, and burned the rope suicide note and ritual paper into ashes. He officially became the first person in this world.

one day.

First of all, it was natural to change clothes. Annick opened the wardrobe next to the wall. On the lower floor of the wardrobe was a black three-piece suit that was tailored very tough and tough. It included a jacket, vest and trousers. The jacket had a shrug design on the shoulders, and the trousers had two waistbands.

Side slits. Cut from wool and linen blend tweed.

Next to the formal suit is a brown and black cotton jacket and trousers. On the upper shelf of the wardrobe are a black silk top hat, two black bowler hats, and a light gray round felt hat.

There are several beige and white shirts neatly arranged in the middle compartment. The one on the left is made of linen blended fabric and the one on the right is made of cotton.

There are several pieces of wool fabric stacked on the bottom layer, which should be winter clothing.

If it weren't for the two moons hanging in the sky last night and the common sense that this planet only has four continents reminding him in his memory, Annick now thought he was in Western Europe two hundred years ago.

I don’t know what time it is now, but I remember that I have a watch. Annick found a golden pocket watch in the drawer on the left side of the desk. The outer shell was engraved with roses. When he opened the cover, he could see the hollow dial inside and he could directly see the driving pointer.

Flying tourbillon and gears.

It feels like it's made of gold-plated brass and has a silver hanging chain. This is probably the most valuable thing in this room.

Underneath the pocket watch was a brown leather wallet. When he opened it, he saw a small stack of gray and dark green banknotes neatly stacked in it, as well as several copper coins the size of Coke bottle caps and steel coins the size of broad beans.

Annick took out the coins and looked at them. The currency of the Kingdom of Bruguet was divided into gold pounds, silver shillings, copper pennies, and iron pence in descending order from high denomination to low. They were all converted in decimal system.

It’s not like a certain European country that has come up with a strange 20-digit and 12-digit system, which is enough to make many obsessive-compulsives go crazy with joy.

There are corresponding banknotes for gold pounds and shillings. Jiang Yangshuo had a five-pound banknote in his hand, with dark green ink and complex and exquisite anti-counterfeiting marks.

On the front of the gold pound is printed the portrait of Alfred the Great, the only great emperor in the Kingdom of Bruguet. The emperor more than a thousand years ago had two goatees, and his face was thin and elongated with eye sockets that looked a bit under the eyes.

But when I thought that this piece of paper was worth five gold coins, I suddenly felt that Alfred the Great was cute. The number 5 was printed on the upper left corner of the front and back, and the banknote number was printed on the lower right corner.

On the back, according to the different currency-issuing banks in the three regions of the Kingdom of Bruguet, each has a coat of arms that symbolizes the region. The Kelange region has a pair of unicorns placed vertically opposite each other on a coat of arms, with three purple flowers below.

Thistle flower.

There are also three smaller one-pound notes also printed with dark green ink. The difference is that the one printed on the front is George I, nicknamed the Holy King of the Kingdom of Bruges.

Gold pounds are all large-denomination banknotes, but the Bruguet Kingdom mostly uses shillings and pennies. The shilling banknotes are much smaller than the gold pounds, and the anti-counterfeiting ink has also changed from gradient dark green to matte lead black.

The silver coins and banknotes are all engraved with Edward III, who achieved political reforms three to four hundred years ago.

The copper penny is engraved with the current king Charles II, who is somewhat bald and has a hooked nose. The French pennies are the only coins that do not have a monarch engraved on them, only the coat of arms representing the region.

After counting all the banknotes and coins in the wallet, Annick now has a total net worth of eight pounds, six shillings, four pence and nine farthings. In the steam era when food is the biggest expense, more than eight pounds of savings can be enough for a poor student to live for a long time.

It's time.

The wage level in Eggsburg, the capital, is about £1.20 for an adult male manual worker working eight days a week, while the daily wage for a female worker who washes or sews is as low as 1 shilling.

His hometown is a small town on the edge of the capital. Every autumn when the crops are harvested and the fields are busy, Old John hires part-time workers to provide room and board. The daily salary can reach about 8 pence. If we only consider food, the purchasing power of one penny is about the same on the earth.

There are five dollars.

It seems that in the era without scholarships and student loans, the annual tuition fee of 100 pounds charged by the national university was enough to cut off the dream of most poor people to continue their studies.

Even in the free short-term general education provided by the church, it is difficult to see students over the age of 12. There is no concept of illegal child labor here. 12 years old is enough to be sent out to be an apprentice craftsman.

"Gu, Gu, Gu." There was a sound of protest from my stomach. Although I could barely get some rest after half a night's sleep, my physical hunger still needed to be satisfied with sufficient carbohydrates.

Putting on a beige shirt and black breeches, Annick took out a shilling note from his purse and put it into the pocket of his breeches.

He took off the copper key hanging on the door. After locking the door, he walked down to the second floor. The toiletries were placed in the public bathroom on the first floor. Just as he was about to go in and wash up, "squeak..." the bathroom door was opened.

, and a figure like an iron tower came out of it.

"Hey, good morning, my brother. You don't look energetic enough. Let's go have a drink in the evening. I believe my hot whiskey and hotter chick can cure everything, hahahaha."

The source of this rough and resonant voice was a rather muscular man with long wavy blond hair, blue eyes, and a thick beard. Jiang Yangshuo had to raise his head slightly to see the whole thing clearly. It felt like he was standing in front of an upright brown bear instead of a person.

Semyon Boggs is a mixed-race son of Leifwanguo and Bruguet from the easternmost part of the Western Continent. His father is a naval officer of the kingdom.

Semyon inherited his father's giant-like genes and jumped to nearly 2 meters. His strong physique and his father's relationship were sent to Kelanger Military Academy, and he was one of Annick's three roommates. This information, which seemed to be common sense, automatically jumped into

in mind.

"Good morning, my brother. I just didn't sleep well. Maybe the pillow was too hard. Let's have a drink some other time. I've been busy with graduation recently." Jiang Yangshuo waved his hand.

Xie Miao is a straightforward man, and his passion for alcohol is engraved in his bones. In the remaining memories, he always drags three people with him to find a good pub in the city to drink all night long. Often the other three people are drunk, and he is one by one.

Get on the carriage and drive back to the apartment.

The bathroom is not big, just like a small bathroom in a first-tier city in the 21st century on earth. It has a toilet with a wooden base, two iron faucets, and a cabinet with four grids against the wall, with the bottom grid for storage.

After a brief wash, Annick was ready to go out and find something to eat for himself.

When I walked out of the apartment, the early summer morning sunshine shone on my cheeks, warm but not dazzling. The Southern Cross Street where the apartment is located is surrounded by two- and three-story townhouses. Since they are rented to students from nearby universities and colleges, the street

It is relatively clean, and there are also gas lamps with iron bases scattered about 10 yards apart on the roadside.

There is a restaurant of Mr. and Mrs. Alma on the corner. Students from the nearby neighborhood often eat here if they don’t want to cook for themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Alma are immigrants from the Kingdom of Luke, which is across the strait from the Kingdom of Bruguet. Luke is known as the country of gourmet food.

Mr. Alma's body shape is consistent with the impression of a good cook, with a round beer belly and a plump chin. He often smiles and it seems that there are only slits left in his eyes.

"Ding," Jiang Yangshuo pushed open the door of the restaurant and used the bell on the door to notify the owner of the restaurant that someone was coming. "Welcome, what would you like to eat? It's our little Annick. Today I'd like to order toast with fried eggs and a black tea set."

"?" Mrs. Alma poked her head out from the counter, her long red hair complementing the enthusiasm that would never dissipate on her face.

Annick felt that he was so hungry that he could eat a whole cow. After looking at the menu at the counter, he found that since it was a restaurant for students, the prices were quite affordable. Compared with the one-shilling note in his pocket, it was still a bit rich.

"One baked potato, one toast, and one oatmeal. Mrs. Alma, you are still beautiful and charming today, as young as the freshmen who have just entered our school." Annick praised him politely after ordering the meal.

hostess.

"Haha, thank you, it's 3 pence and 1 farthing in total. Seeing that you are so sweet-talking, I won't take the 1 farthing. You will graduate soon. You will find a good position and move out of South Cross Street. Remember to come and visit occasionally.

Our husband still likes the four of you quite a lot, but don’t get him drunk next time you drink. It’s quite hard to deal with a drunkard.”

Mrs. Alma took away the banknotes, found 7 copper pennies and gave them to Jiang Yangshuo, and then walked to the kitchen to inform Mr. Alma to process the food.

Annick found a table by the window, bored and thinking about how to obtain extraordinary power.

The library has the most comprehensive information and can be found publicly. It must be the library. Annick decided to go to the library to check information after dinner.

Today is August, and public institutions such as the University Government Post Office are closed today. There were not many customers in the restaurant in the morning. A few minutes later, Mrs. Alma took a wooden tray and placed two plates with food and a soup bowl.

Place it on the table in front of Jiang Yangshuo.

The skins of three fist-sized potatoes were browned by the roasting, and the alluring aroma penetrated into the nose. Annick used a knife and fork to separate the skins of the potatoes, and bit off half of them in one bite. The glutinous texture and sweet taste of the potatoes were very appetizing.

move.
Chapter completed!