Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 264 Yujing's Convenience

Shangluo replied: "Because crabs dormant at low temperatures, they won't die in small boxes. The key here is to tie the crabs tightly so that they won't struggle and break. As long as they are properly fixed and refrigerated, the vitality of this simple creature is quite tenacious, and it doesn't lose much weight."

Shangluo glanced at the price by the way.The crabs in this machine are calculated according to catty, male and female, and species.Crabs of different categories are placed there in rows, and the price ranges from 15 to 120.And it seems to be very popular, more than half of the 50-text part has been bought, and a few boxes of the 120-text one have also been bought.

"When did you get this crab machine?" Shang Luo turned around and asked him.

"Last year, or the year before last, I forgot." Wen Yuan thought for a while, "At that time, I thought it was just a gimmick, and I only saw it in a few big subway stations. I didn't expect it to be quite popular. Hey, don't stand here blocking the way, let's go in first."

Holding the utility bills, the two entered the state-run store—inside, there were still a lot of vending machines, but the categories were different.

Against the wall is a row of 12-pack vending machines for roasted seeds and nuts in bulk, including melon seeds, pine nuts, pistachios, cashews and the like.There is a paper bag next to it. After inserting the coin, you can twist it around, and the fruit with a fixed weight will fall down.It appears to be placed inside to keep out moisture and light, and keep the oily nuts from spoiling.

On the other side of the store is a vending machine with 8-packs of candy in bulk, colorfully placed on the wall, as well as boxes of chewing gum and cigarettes.

One was being used, tinkling.It was a "change machine" that was used to change the large coins that were put in into small coins.This is very important because the coin contains silver dollars as big as one or two taels of silver, with a face value of 1000 cash, and this change machine can change the silver dollars without going to the bank.

There are still people in the store.Inside, there is a large glass cabinet as wide as the store, which contains some clocks, plates, ornaments and other goods that cannot be put into the vending machine, as well as fragile items such as various wines.There are also neatly folded fabrics and ready-made clothes, which are also placed in the cupboard.

There was an old man sitting behind the counter, reading a newspaper.Since most of the things in the store are sold automatically, this old man is in the same state as many old men he saw in the subway station in Shangluo, and he probably doesn't have much to do in a day.

"Stamp, stamp," Wen Yuan muttered looking for a machine, "Oh, here, stamp ticket vending machine, that's all."

Stamp ticket vending machine - Shangluo didn't even know what this thing was for when he walked in front of him.It looked older than the other vending machines, with some peeling paint on the iron sheet, and it looked like it had been around for a while.Only the knob part has become "shiny" from frequent use.

"Use this to pay?" Shang Luo asked him.

"Well, just use this."

Shangluo took out several copper plates, ranging from 5 yuan to 50 yuan.Wen Yuan compared the amount on the utility bill and bought an integer slightly larger than the amount.Each time he tossed in a coin, he would turn the knob, and a few "stamps" would fall out of it.

Shangluo had never seen such a thing, but these "stamps" were very close to the stamps he knew, but they looked much more refined.The paper used is similar to banknotes, like shrunken banknotes.These stamps are also the same as the literal meaning, and they are printed with the denomination.Put in 5 Wen, and the printed stamp will say 5 Wen.If you select 100 essays, the ones that come out will also say 100 essays.

"Is this a stamp?" Shang Luo asked him.

"Stamps? It can indeed be used as stamps, but stamps cannot be used as stamps. As long as it is paid to the public, you can use stamps. You may have some documents, contracts, vouchers and other things that need to pay handling fees. You can also use stamps. Buy stamps and stick them on."

He found a communal workbench in the store.There are common paste, scissors, glue, etc., just like the post office.

According to the payment amount, he helped Shangluo post the corresponding amount.The electricity bill is 117 Wen, and he posted one 100 and two 10 Wen.

"The extra part will be converted to next month, so it looks like it cost more than 500." Wen Yuan handed the wallet back to Shangluo.

"That's enough?" Shang Luo looked at the pile of water bills with colorful stamps on the table, "Do you still have to mail them back?"

"It can be mailed, or you can send it by yourself. But with so many things, it is too troublesome to mail them separately-do you want to send them yourself?"

Shang Luo shook his head.He didn't bother to go out at all.

"That's simple, just buy a public service."

"How many?"

"Ten essays are fine. I invite you to play this, but don't compete with me. I really like playing this."

He took out a 10-yuan copper coin from his pocket, and walked to a corner of the state-owned store with a large pile of posted utility bills.There was a vending machine embedded in the wall, and there was a faint "humming" sound from inside, and there seemed to be a pipe connected underneath.

"Tear off all the original coupons, and just give me the side coupons with stamped paper."

"Okay." Shangluo tore along the dotted line. Just after tearing, he heard a "bang", as if something heavy fell out of the machine in front of him.Judging from the weight, it is not affordable for 10 Wen now——

It was a capsule of copper tubing, the size of a thermos.It is bright and golden, so bright that it can illuminate the silhouette of a person.One end is a cover, and the other end is something like a password disk, but it is not used for encryption, but for displaying numbers.

"Ah! This is." Shang Luo understood when he saw the jar, "Is this a pneumatic transmission?"

Pneumatic transfer system.It is a complete set of intra-city logistics system composed of conveying bottles, pneumatic pipelines, steering devices and centrifugal fans.The "humming" sound inside the machine is that the underground centrifugal fan is providing wind pressure.And this bottle is the transmission bottle in the pipeline, which is the carrier of the goods.Just put something in the bottle, and the pneumatic tube will use air pressure to send the object to the target location.

"Yes, so you know."

"So there really is such a thing!" Shang Luo had only heard of it, but had never seen it.

"You can also see it when you take the subway. There are many pneumatic pipes arranged along the subway line next to it, and there are many such bottles running inside. Okay, let's bottle the torn coupon. I entered the zip code into the post office. After the post office receives it, it will be the same as paying in person. There is no problem. Very convenient, right?"

"Ah~~~" Shangluo was shocked. He didn't expect it to be so convenient without online payment—but indeed, after going out a few steps here to buy a "stamp ticket" and post it, this process is equivalent to transferring money.Then send the bill through the pipe, and you can get things done at a distance of [-] meters from home.

"Actually, if you are a little lazy, you can try mail order. There is a mail order book in your mailbox. If you want to buy something, just cut out the corresponding page, then stick it and stuff it into this transmission bottle. This thing is super fast. It arrives in Yujing on the same day, and some department stores can deliver it to you in half a day. You put it in in the morning, and someone will come to deliver it in the afternoon. Is it convenient? Don't say I taught it. My master doesn't like this kind of life. He said he is too lazy."

(End of this chapter)