Lord of Rot

"Mr. Barrel?"

The chef who was named trembled: "Yes, my lord!"

"I like your roasted heron very much," Li Qi said, "Simon, give Mr. Barrel a silver moon."

Chef Jiubong bent down in surprise, wishing he could rush in front of Li Qi and kiss his boots: "Thank you for your generosity, sir!"

Li Qi smiled.

Others cast envious glances at the usually lazy chef.

According to Li Qi's knowledge, there are three types of currencies on the Lurea continent where he is located, namely gold sun, silver moon and copper star. One gold day is equivalent to about 1 silver months, and one silver month is about 100 coppers. star.

Gold is a scarce material. Baron Reacher, who refined corpses, now knows it very well. Rather than using gold as currency, gold is more useful in other aspects. Almost no one will regard gold as a currency in circulation, but it only redeems noble prisoners. Except for time, a bag of golden suns is more suitable than several large baskets of silver moons, or a carriage of bronze stars, and it is also consistent with the status of a noble.

Therefore, the basic currency circulation is Silver Moon and Bronze Star, and if you really want to exchange Silver Moon for Gold Day, the exchange rate is estimated to be 1:200, or even 1:300.

The same goes for exchanging Silver Moon for Bronze Star. During wartime, it will probably be around 1:40, and during peacetime, it may be around 1:25. No one will exchange it peacefully and in accordance with the laws of the kingdom, except for some financial leaders who plan to enrich themselves. When reporting to superiors, they may write down an exchange rate that no one believes at all.

The price of any currency is immutable; it depends on agricultural harvests, the policies of the lord, and whether there is a war.

The only things that never change are the soldier's gun tip, the war horse's iron hooves, and the prostitute's 'true love' after payment.

In addition to the changes in the exchange rate, what is more life-threatening is that purchasing power changes all the time. The gold sun maintains its value the best, the silver moon is subject to small fluctuations, and the copper star... sometimes a copper star can buy a piece of bread, but can only buy a piece of bread the next day. Half a piece, or even a piece of bread can be bought in Dongxia. If you go to the Giant's Foot in the south, you can only buy crumbs.

The fluctuations in the value of money were influenced by merchants, who controlled the market, and who served the nobility.

During the war in the past few years, the military could not afford to pay, so the kingdom went crazy in casting Bronze Stars. This is also the reason why the purchasing power of Bronze Stars is tight now. Compared with Bronze Stars, everyone likes the Silver Moon because it retains its value and is easier to hide, especially among deserters, bandits and robbers. When the time comes to loot, it will be much easier to move and escape.

Silver Moon is also called Dad. The Warg Killer once told a story about a man who was very poor and his family was about to starve to death. One day a man came to him and said he wanted to buy his white-bearded old man. Father, because the man's father was sentenced to hanging, he wanted the man's father to die in his stead. After discussing with his father, who had only one breath left, the man gave his father over for a silver month, and he could sell it for a silver month. Even if I lose my biological father, my father can become yours, so I call Yinyue my father.

There are also stories that for a silver moon you can make a lady call you daddy in bed.

In short, there are various versions.

Bronze stars are also called copper bread and copper points. The most intuitive reason is that one bronze star can buy a filling piece of wheat bran bread. Many people may not be able to earn a filling piece of black bread even after a busy day. Now it should be called Copper Half Cent, because now we can only buy half a loaf of bread.

The golden sun is also called the golden bear, because the emblem of the king who currently controls this continent is the golden bear. If a pig family, a horse family, or a chicken family becomes the king in the future, then the golden sun may be called the golden pig, golden horse, and golden rooster.

Except for Simon, the butler who has served the Baron for a long time and is paid on a monthly basis, everyone else is paid on a daily basis. Of course, salaries are not paid every day.

The servants working in the baron's castle are paid 3 bronze stars a day, and the butler's monthly salary is 4 silver months and 10 bronze stars. Officially, the monthly salary is 90 bronze stars, but in fact, as long as the butler can manage money, he can Let the money multiply several times.

So Li Qi generously rewarded them with a silver moon, which was enough to make them excited.

"More than just a chef," Li Qi said, "Feed my horse well, wash my clothes, and clean the castle for me. I see all these, and there may be rewards for them."

Others have shortness of breath. As long as they perform well, they may be rewarded with a silver moon. That's a silver moon!

One silver month, in exchange for work passion and short-term loyalty. As long as these people are still thinking about one silver moon and more and more silver moons, their enthusiasm will not be extinguished. Of course, there are costs, such as comparison and mutual competition. , disunity, snitching, overt and covert fights, etc., but these have nothing to do with Baron Reacher.

He hoped that "generousness" could replace the previous impression that Baron Reacher was "afraid of life", and he also hoped that it would make them temporarily forget that Baron Porcupine Castle had no soldiers at the moment.

"Everyone can go back to work." Li Qi said to the bald chef Jiugong: "Sir, can you help me prepare dinner?"

"Of course!" Jiugong nodded repeatedly, and now he couldn't wait to show off his superb cooking skills.

restaurant.

The valet came to pour wine for Li Qi, and Li Qi was the only one eating at the long table.

Probably because he wasn't as hungry as he was at noon, he felt more and more that the chef's cooking skills were not very good, and the seasoning was too monotonous and greasy. It was difficult for Li Qi, who had a tricky mouth in the 21st century, to accept this kind of simple frying and grilling. The oil in the steak It wasn't completely fried, and the fat meat "squeaked" in his mouth. He picked up the wine glass and took a sip before reluctantly swallowing the meat.

Butler Simon reported on the situation of the porcupine collar.

There are about 200 civilians in the Porcupine Territory near the sea, and they mainly rely on agriculture. However, the land in the Porcupine Territory is barren, and the crops grown can only be eaten half full, and most of the harvest is taxed.

As for the Baron's own property, he has three horses, four sheep, twenty-two chickens, and 8002 silver moons. He just gave Mr. Barrel one silver moon, and now there are 8001 silver moons left.

There is not even a golden sun in such a huge territory. Although Li Qi has some gold in his hand, the gold is of great use to him and he will not exchange it for the silver moon.

After listening to the report from the butler Simon, he had an intuitive idea of ​​how poor he was.

If he simply went to the "Holy Land" of Iron Stone City to enjoy one day and one silver moon, he could live comfortably for 8000 days, but unfortunately he was a lord and these were too few.

The baron's greatest asset should be the 80 well-armed soldiers. The chain armor on their bodies and the shields, axes and swords in their hands were all made with a large amount of silver moon. Now Li Qi could only pray that they would return safely.

Li Qi stood up: "I'm going to the study."

The valet cleared the table for him, and the butler bowed and turned to leave.

At this time, Li Qi could understand why he used male servants instead of maids in his castle, although he regretted it.

The valet has greater strength, can do many tasks, and is cost-effective.

In the study room, Li Qi flipped through the book, which was a kind of paper made of rags and tree fibers. After reading for a while, he picked up a pen and wrote on the paper, "This is definitely a book for this world." Square characters with strange runes.

"Porcupine Castle Development Plan"

He hesitated for a moment and put down his pen.

The impression of the entire territory comes from the oral descriptions of the butler and servants. Blindly making plans is not what a baron should do. It is best to make a patrol tomorrow.