future library.

Chapter 17 Consumption
Cheng's mother was a very meticulous housekeeper, and she was even more devoted to her son. Unfortunately, Cheng Jinzhou's Jiezi was a bottomless pit, and no amount of resources could be said to be enough to fill it. The extra 50 shi of food per month could only be said to be better than nothing.

50 shi is equivalent to an extra 10 taels of silver per month. It can read more than 1 words, which is the size of a few pages of a book.

But for farmers, in this era, 50 shi requires at least 15 acres of sloping land to work for a year, which is equivalent to the output of 8 acres of flat land. It is also a lot of money to put in the homes of ordinary wealthy households.

Numbers are a cruel thing, and it took a few seconds to calculate the answer. Cheng Jinzhou showed no expression other than a wry smile.

In the next few days, Cheng Jinzhou returned to the state of reading books in class, and the gold rewarded by Cheng's mother could be exchanged for 400 taels of silver, saving some flowers, which is still a lot of money.It's just that I even bought two books, but I didn't find anything of value.

Although the content was very unnutritious, Cheng Jinzhou went to another courtyard and asked the accountants to copy it and hide it in the room to see if it would be useful in the future.

The most troublesome thing, of course, was Cheng's father's school exam homework.The magistrate is not a pedantic person. Seeing that his son has advantages in mathematics and science, he also focuses his energy on the basics. It's just Cheng Jinzhou's knowledge, which is the foundation of the foundation, and some hard work is inevitable. It's just a new recognition of characters. Learning to use a brush takes all the time.

Like many new technologies that cannot be applied, the reason why hard pens are not favored in China when they first entered China is also related to the superb skills of the old gentlemen. A good calligrapher can write faster and better than a pen with a brush— —Although the former requires more effort, you can't find enough reasons to eliminate it. Until the 20s, China was still producing a large number of soft pens with brush-like tips.Of course, the application of new technologies should be subject to such a conservative test. In fact, far more people are eliminated than passers, although elimination is not necessarily successful.

After about a week like this, Cheng Jinzhou couldn't stand it any longer. He went to the private school every day to accept the abuse from the gentlemen. Studying - God is sorry, Cheng Jinzhou didn't work so hard when he was taking his Ph.D.

For Cheng Jinzhou, who is tired and lazy, he cannot be expected to have a firm, brave, and positive heart.Sure, he wants to be up, he's positive, but he hates hard work.As a new generation of youth, his performance is very reasonable.

When the food arrived in the middle of the month, Cheng Jinzhou had already accumulated a strong resentment, and when he got a book "Improvement of Ancient Portuguese Grammar" again, Mr. Customer Service finally said in a stylized tone: "Congratulations, Star Alliance level Increased to 10 points, currently at level 2."

Cheng Jinzhou's resentment could no longer be restrained.He almost gritted his teeth and said to the finger: "In this case, will you not give me this kind of garbage in the future? And the terminal, how many books can you keep?"

Unmoved, customer service 010 floated out of the ring, revealed his head and said, "The terminal can hold 2 books. As for the book categories, you can buy the "Star League Library Exchange Form" and choose the books you like."

Cheng Jinzhou snarled twice, showed the spirit of cheating in the examination room, and said seriously: "I definitely can't afford this exchange table, but in exchange, the same cost will not increase your burden, so why give it to me? what's on it?"

"We have authority rules."

"Then I have raised the level of the Star Alliance by one level now, shouldn't I have the right to choose?" Cheng Jinzhou knew it was not that simple, but he still tried his best: "If you want something you like, you can also ask for it from me, why? Said that I am also your only supplier here? Is it the planet or what?"

The customer service snorted twice, and said, "About the price of supplies..."

"I know, I know, you still have a material list, don't you?" Cheng Jinzhou said with a chuckle, "But it's not in your best interest to ask me to spend money on it. Tell me what you want, I can go find it, here, I still have some ability. Just selling food, I am tired, and you are also tired."

Mr. Customer Service paused, and said: "The identification of materials in your area requires a certain amount of resources. It is meaningless until you are unable to pay."

Cheng Jinzhou gritted his teeth with resentment, but he still spoke kindly: "The development of a fresh area always requires investment, doesn't it? If you rely on self-accumulation, how long will your civilization take? If I develop fast, you know you will get The resources are not more to say, the Star Alliance is a civilization, right?"

He also wanted to spy on some information by the way.

It was just a conversation between two people, customer service 010 didn't think too much, and quickly said: "The Star Alliance is a trading alliance of all civilizations. Currently, according to your Star Alliance level, dividing books into categories is already the maximum authority."

"Then why don't you translate it, or give me not only the Chinese version, but the English version is also fine." Cheng Jinzhou is also helpless. If there are really usable books, most of them are in Greek before the 6th century AD, and then Arabic. In the 20th century, German industrial research was the most advanced. In the 21st century, English is naturally. In fact, it can be used at will. Perhaps Latin is more reliable, English and German are barely, and Chinese Its coverage is still too small, at least in academia, it has no influence. No matter how big a Chinese scholar is, he doesn’t need to learn English, but he has to keep up with two or three graduate students who are good at English in order to get a good job. raw water.

Mr. Customer Service said rather rigidly: "Your Star Alliance level is not enough."

Cheng Jinzhou had already started to scold his mother in his heart, but he still said enthusiastically: "This is a good thing for you, me, and everyone. You see, with the help of the Star Alliance, my development will definitely be very fast, and yours The more I help, the more I get in return. Now I am not unwilling to pay, I just want to make my own choices more, so that the cost of choice is lower, but your cost remains the same for products with higher profits. Give me a more useful technique in case of a problem, won't you?"

Customer service 010 was silent for a moment, and said: "Adjustment of book categories requires permission."

"Oh, look, from your words, I know you have this power, powerful, right?"

The long series of compliments may have had some effect, the customer service comrades were silent for a moment, and said: "Because of the support for the low-level star world, you can choose to translate some books at a price, and the price is 50% of the selling price. "

"what about others?"

"There are no other discounts." Comrade customer service returned to a dry tone

Cheng Jinzhou heaved a sigh of relief, at least he could bear it.

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(End of this chapter)