Great time travel

Doraemon, a defective cat-shaped robot, has neither a job nor an inheritance, so where did he get the money to buy so many magical props?

——This is a question that often popped up in Wang Qiu's mind when he was watching Doraemon cartoons when he was a child.

Until today, he came up with a not-so-perfect reasonable explanation: This guy is actually a "card slave" who swipes his card to play advanced consumption!
——The earliest owner of Doraemon was Nobi Nobita’s great-great-grandson Nobi Sexiu. In order to change the poor situation of Nobi’s family in the 22nd century, he brought the inferior cat-shaped baby-care robot presented by a friend to Nobita Nobita’s side, hoping This can change the fate of Grandpa and Nobi's family.

Therefore, the original Doraemon was very poor, with only some disposal items picked from various places in his pockets, and almost no dime.

As Nobi Nobita's fate is corrected, he will become a decent and high-paid civil servant of the Ministry of the Environment in the future. In the 22nd century, the Nobita family also went up and down, from a poor family to a small rich man.Nobi Sexiu also has the ability to squeeze out part of his pocket money to fund Doraemon.

However, even in wealthy families, children's pocket money is limited, not to mention that Nobita Shixiu has to spend money himself in the 22nd century.Therefore, the funds that Doraemon can obtain from the 22nd century are still not much, and it is intermittent and intermittent, which is very unreliable.

For a doraemon who likes to play online mail order, such a small amount of money is not even enough to plug his teeth-although all kinds of magical props in Doraemon's pocket are basically discounted products in future shopping malls, which are too cheap. No matter how cheap it is, it still can't stand the amount he bought!
Moreover, sometimes Doraemon also buys some very luxurious and high-priced goods.

——Like those housewives who can't control their desire to shop, Doraemon can't help but want to buy every time he sees something strange.

For this reason, Doraemon must find a way to make money by himself.

At first, he diligently worked part-time jobs in the 22nd century, but he soon became lazy and felt that the salary was too little and the work was too hard.

Next, he began to take opportunistic methods, depositing money in the bank of Nobi Nobita, and then withdrawing it in the 22nd century, thus enjoying huge interest, but was soon warned and punished by the hyperspace banking system— — The people in the bank are not fools either!
What's more, under normal circumstances, the accumulative rate of interest on deposits in the bank cannot always keep up with inflation and currency depreciation.

Then, Doraemon tried to use the space-time machine to collect antiques from ancient times and sell them in the 22nd century.Unfortunately, in the 22nd century where every household has a space-time machine, the price of antiques is not very high.And the more times he sold, he was warned by the Space-Time Administration.

——Although there are many future people who travel to ancient times, it is still not allowed to drastically change history.Of course, how to define this "excessively large range" depends on the relevant leaders of the Space-Time Management Bureau. Unfortunately, Doraemon does not have such a deep network.

Fortunately, during the several big adventures of punishing evil and promoting good, Doraemon received some sporadic gifts, and even bonuses from the Space-Time Administration, which made his purse a little more generous, but in general In terms of income, it is still beyond our means.

As a result, Doraemon, who was lazy and lazy, eventually degenerated into a "card slave" who swiped his card to play advanced consumption.

——Relying on transfers between different credit cards, living outside the box, and some financial investment methods, Doraemon has lived a very comfortable life.But the problem is, just as the so-called unrighteousness will lead to self-death, financial games that are created out of nothing will always collapse one day.

All in all, after overdrawing a full 22 credit cards, due to a financial investment failure in the [-]nd century, the funds on hand are extremely scarce, and I can no longer continue to play the financial game of throwing ten balls with two hands... Unlucky Duo Doraemon has finally come to light!

"...although we have put everything we can find into the automatic pawn machine, we still haven't got enough money to pay back the loan."

Pointing to the strange machine in the middle of the room, Nobi Nobita replied with a sad face, "...Doraemon swiped the card too hard! According to the notice on the bank's black letter, in three hours, Chaos Time and Space Debt Collection Company The thugs are coming to force the settlement, what should we do?!"

"...So that's the case. By the way, Doraemon, how much do you owe? Maybe I can also help you with a little money."

Seeing Nobi Nobita weeping bitterly, Wang Qiu recalled that he still had a little dollar on him, and wondered if it was a timely gift.

Then, he was overwhelmed by a shocking sky-high number.

"...Well, according to the concept of currency in the 22nd century, I'm afraid it's a bit hard to describe. In short, if it is converted into the Japanese currency of Nobi Nobita, it is equivalent to about 3000 billion yen!" Doraemon touched Cheek, seems a little embarrassed to say.

"...3000 billion yen?!!" Wang Qiu was almost dumbfounded when he heard that, "...what are you doing? Prodigals don't have such a way to lose!"

"...It's nothing, it's just normal online shopping..." Doraemon replied with a guilty conscience.

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——Only because of online shopping and credit card overdraft, can Doraemon owe an unprecedented huge debt of 3000 billion yen?
This may seem unbelievable at first glance, but it is also reasonable when you think about it carefully.

Because the values ​​and concepts of wealth in each era are very different.

Especially in the modern world where material productivity is improving rapidly, the amount of wealth of many so-called poor people far exceeds that of the ancient rich.

To give a more intuitive example, ancient silver and modern silver should be regarded as the same thing.The current price of silver in the international market is four yuan per gram.Then, according to the conversion ratio of 16 taels per catty, one tael of silver in the late Qing Dynasty is equivalent to about 30 grams. That is to say, if the difference in purchasing power of currencies in different eras is not considered, then one tael of silver in the Qing Dynasty is equivalent to 120 yuan in modern times .

There seems to be nothing wrong so far, but the problem is that if the Qipin county magistrate of the Qing Dynasty at that time did not take bribes and harm public welfare, his annual legal income was only about 100 taels of silver, which is an annual salary of 1 yuan. , the monthly salary is only [-]--if such an income level is placed in the big cities along the eastern coast of modern China, it will almost degenerate into a subsistence allowance household on relief, okay? ! !

In certain other respects of prices the difference is still more marked between ancient and modern times.For example, in ancient times, it usually only cost a few taels to a dozen taels of silver to buy a low-class maid, but in modern times, you spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to buy a woman and try it out?Even summoning a prostitute is barely enough!
Conversely, in the urban management team where Wang Qiu practiced, the monthly income of 2000 yuan for ordinary members is equivalent to 16 grams of silver, or a monthly salary of 200 taels, and an annual salary of about [-] taels—this was not the bottom line in ancient times. The income level of the working people!

(If you readers are interested, you may wish to calculate how much your annual salary or tuition is equivalent to in the modern world.)
Therefore, a house in the modern urban area of ​​Beijing would have sold for at least tens of thousands of taels of silver in the Qing Dynasty.If a real estate developer can contribute a residential building, then it is probably enough to pay the indemnity of the Opium War!

At that time, even if the Qing Dynasty spent all its income, it was not enough to buy a residential complex in Beijing in the modern world... The ancients were so poor!
This is still in modern China where prices are relatively low. If it is in modern Japan where prices are relatively high, it will be even more serious. For example, Nohara Shinnosuke’s father, Nohara Hiroshi, has an annual income of 600 million yen. Probably even at the level of the petty bourgeoisie, houses and cars have to be bought with installment loans.However, if Nohara Hiroshi's annual income is converted into silver, how much is it?
Well, one gram of silver is approximately equal to four yuan, and one yuan is approximately equal to sixteen yen... In short, after listing a bunch of calculation formulas, the final converted answer is amazing - Hiroshi Nohara's annual income is about 3000 taels of silver !This is already the salary level of a Baylor Lord in the Qing Dynasty!

On the other hand, if a Lord Belle from the Qing Dynasty travels to Japan in the early 21st century, he can only be like the Nohara family, with a family of four huddled in a thin and narrow house, carrying a 30-year mortgage, and cannot afford to hire Nanny, eating a big barbecue meal requires at least a week of frugality... As for going out like in the Qing Dynasty, there are groups of servants at home, bullying men and women... This is simply a dream!

Since with the explosive development of productivity levels, there can be such a huge difference between the per capita wealth of the modern world and the per capita wealth of the ancient world.Then in the future world where the level of productivity is further improved and the material wealth is extremely rich, the standard of wealth and poverty will be even worse than that of the modern world.Especially the 22nd century where Doraemon is located - it is a super-horrifying world where gaming companies can use planets and space battleships as lottery jackpots, and elementary school students can buy 1000 billion-ton equivalent nuclear bombs with their pocket money!

——At the time of Doraemon, the spaceship capable of crossing the galaxy, making space jumps, and a limit range of tens of thousands of light-years was actually a household vehicle similar to a modern bicycle, in Doraemon’s pocket There is one...

Therefore, it seems normal for Doraemon from the 22nd century to owe an unprecedented huge debt of 3000 billion yen in one go

Of course, the future is as bleak as those poor poor people in the modern world who owe debts to gangster usurers and have to go to work in the Fukushima nuclear pollution area to pay off their debts.

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"...That... Doraemon, if someone from the time-space debt collection company comes to your door, what will happen to you? Will you be declared bankrupt?"

Seeing Doraemon dejectedly put the banknotes on the tatami back into the automatic pawn machine, and then took out a lot of odds and ends pawned just now, Wang Qiu, who felt as if he couldn't do anything, couldn't help but sigh tone, tentatively asked.

"...It's worse than this! Even Doraemon himself will be used to pay off debts-after all, robots are also considered commodities."

Nobi Nobita replied dejectedly, "...I feel so sad when I think that Doraemon will be sold to someone else's house~~~"

Then, Doraemon added a fatal blow: "...How can there be such a cheap thing? Nobi-kun, how can a defective robot like me with peeled paint and bitten ears be possible in the 22nd century?" Can it be sold? If the bank drags it to an auction to repay the debt, the auction will most likely be rejected because no one wants it, and in the end it can only be sent to a factory for scrapping and dismantling, and the intact parts and various rare materials in the body will be recovered..."

——In Wang Qiu's mind, a picture of the robot cat being hoisted by iron chains and being dismantled into pieces with welding guns and the like suddenly appeared... Hmm?Why did it suddenly become a novel of color hunting?And... it sounds like modern people are being "cut off their kidneys to pay off their debts" by gangsters?

"... woo woo woo! Don't! Doraemon!" Nobi Nobita cried and collapsed on the tatami, "...I can't watch you die! Think of a way! Doraemon! Aren't you Is it always the best way?"

"...I can't help it, Nobi-kun. If there is more time, then maybe I can think of some way to raise money. But the problem is, we only have three hours left now... er, no, it's two Hours. There is nothing I can do in such a short time.

What's more, at the moment when the bank sent the ultimatum, our space-time channel was blocked by the space-time administration, which made it impossible for me to take the time-space machine to escape to other eras to avoid debts.And if I am trapped in this time and space, no matter where I use the random door to hide in any corner within ten light years, the thugs of the debt collection company can use various props to track me in an instant! "

Doraemon spoke calmly and desperately, while spreading a white cloth in the room, knelt down and sat on it, placed two samurai swords beside him, and announced with a heroic face, "...I have made a decision, Nobi Jun! Rather than being sent to a waste recycling factory to be chopped up piecemeal and die without a whole body, it is better to commit seppuku like a samurai! Nobita, since we are friends after all, then you will be my fault Bar!"

"...Doraemon!!!!" Nobita Nobita's face flowed down two wide noodle tears, holding Doraemon and weeping uncontrollably.

And just when this pair of good gay friends were crying with each other, and their friendship was boundless, classmate Wang Qiu finally gave a dry cough and intervened.

"... Cough cough! That... Nobi-kun, and Doraemon, although I really don't have the financial resources to help Doraemon pay off the debt - 3000 billion yen is too much. But I know There is a place where you can temporarily avoid the thugs of the time-space debt collection company, and buy you a buffer time so that you can slowly consider countermeasures...Of course, it may be a little unsafe there, it depends on whether you dare to go risky..."

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All in all, after Wang Qiu's flickering, Doraemon and Nobita Nobita, who were already at a loss, quickly agreed to help Wang Qiu, and once again entered the world of the main god to save those newcomers who were trapped, and avoided the hyperspace by the way. The recovery of debt collection agencies...

Then, just an hour before the thugs from the time-space debt collection company arrived at Nobi's house, the three-person team finally completed preparations for departure.

"...The book of time travel is activated, entering the historical time and space under the main god system: the second Kaifeng defense battle at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty!"

While typing commands into the Book of Time Traveling, Wang Qiu announced to Doraemon and Nobi Nobita, "...Let's go on an adventure together!"

The next moment, accompanied by a burst of dazzling white light, the figures of the three of them disappeared from Nobi Nobita's room.

(End of first volume)