maid war

Chapter 21 No.20 [-] Foreign Exchange in the Io World

The merchant's wagon was parked under the big tree outside the cave, and the gray nanny was listlessly hiding from the rain under the shade of the tree.

Lorenz jumped into the carriage and pulled back the tarp from the carriage, revealing the merchandise underneath.

"Come on, come on! It's a beautiful dress, made of the most high-grade wool. Brother, won't you buy one for your girlfriend?" Lorenz took out a female dress from the carriage and said to her Green said.

Green: "Do you have a maid outfit here?"

"Maid outfit? Is this really..."

Green turned around and asked Shaqia: "This profiteer sells clothes. Do you want to change out of your maid uniform?"

Saskia glanced at the clothes in Lorenz's hands: "The clothes on me are special and cannot be changed."

Firm tone, without hesitation.

"Understood." Green directly ignored the clothes in Lorenz's hands, "Do you have any cloaks? Just give me two hoods."

"Huh? Brother, don't you think about clothes? You can't keep your female partner dressed like that?" Lorenz couldn't help but glanced at Saskia.The girl was wearing a tattered maid outfit, exposing a large area of ​​skin, which was a bit too revealing.

"Her professional inheritance is very special, and she cannot wear ordinary clothes." Green explained, "If you have cloth and tailoring tools here, I would be happy to buy them, and the finished clothes will be fine."

In the game, if the maid class takes off the maid outfit, the experience of the maid class will be reduced every day.Judging from the fact that Saskia would rather wear a torn maid outfit than change clothes, this experience penalty is likely to still exist.Wasting experience points just because of a little "shame"?That's not in line with the player's style.

"Okay." Lorenz had no choice but to put down his clothes and took out two cloaks. "There are no new cloaks, only two old cloaks, okay?"

"Okay." It's better than nothing.

Green took the cloak, and let Saskia put it on her body to cover it up a bit—although she couldn't wear "clothes" other than the maid's outfit, there was no problem with the "cloak".

Green turned his gaze to the carriage again, and scanned around: "Clothing, fur, wheat, armor...give me a bundle of arrows first."

"Standard military arrows, one silver pamy and one bundle." Lorenz handed Green a bundle of twelve arrows.

The quality of the arrows is not bad, and the arrows made of fine iron have good penetrating power.

Green took out a silver coin from the purse and handed it to Lorenz: "By the way, what is the exchange rate between Silver Pami and Woking Gold Coin?"

"Currently, 23 silver pami can be exchanged for one Woking gold coin. But if the undead disaster really breaks out in the Northland, then the exchange rate may fluctuate a lot."

The world of Io is a very real world, so there are many types of currencies in the game, and almost every country has its own currency.

Silver Pami is a medium-sized currency issued by the Kingdom of Palomia, which is mainly circulated in the Kingdom of Palomia and its surrounding areas.The Woking gold coin is a currency issued by the Church of the Goddess of Wealth. It contains extremely high gold content and has a good reputation. It is circulated in many countries - equivalent to the U.S. dollar on earth.

There will naturally be exchange rate fluctuations between different currencies. The reason why Green asked about the exchange rate is to be able to calculate how much the money he got out of those zombies is worth. After all, players have long been accustomed to using Woking gold coins as the standard currency. Generally, when players say "gold coins", they mean "Wolkin gold coins" rather than gold coins from other countries or churches.

Green silently calculated his wallet, pointed to a bow on the carriage and said, "Show me that bow."

"Give."

Green looked at the bow handed over by the profiteer.

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Compound Longbow (Common)
Attack: 1D8
Range: 40 meters

Weight: 1.5 kg
Hardness: 5
Durability: 5/5
Requirements: Strength 12
Description: Standard military weapons.Well-made longbow, strong attack, long range, very popular with the army.

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The attack power is much higher than Green's short training bow!However, the power required is also higher.If it weren't for the two points of strength added after the bloodline was unlocked, Green really couldn't pull the strings full.

"How much does this bow cost?"

"Fifteen Wojin gold coins, no bargaining."

The price is not much different from that in the game.Green put away the composite longbow.

Green: "Do you have a magic potion here?" The magic potion can immediately restore the mage's magic power, thus ensuring the mage's continuous combat ability.

"Magic potion?" Lorenz smiled bitterly and shook his head, "That kind of thing is not so easy to get."

"Then what potions do you have here?"

"Healing Potion, Stamina Potion, Antidote." Lorenz opened the pocket on his waist, showing two rows of potions.

"Show me." Green picked up a few potions and observed them against the light for a few seconds, "Well... it's just the lowest-level weak healing potions and antidotes. Don't you have any more advanced ones here?"

Lorenz spread his hands: "Potions are not meant for food. Ordinary weak healing potions are enough to save lives."

I'm really sorry, players basically eat potions for food, and if you don't take a few bottles of potions in a battle, you will feel uncomfortable all over!

Green: "...Give me two bottles of each potion."

"Three Ouchen gold coins."

"You are robbing!" Green stared, "Take me as a fool? Half a gold coin at most!"

"...You're joking." Lorenz laughed dryly, "Half a gold coin and six bottles of potion, I'll take as much as you have."

Hearing Lorenz's words, Green was stunned.In Green's memory, low-level potions were worthless at all. Although antidotes were slightly more valuable than weak healing potions, they were still very limited.In Green's view, his offer was already very conscientious, but Lorenz had such a reaction.

But soon, Green thought of the reason: Among NPCs, mixing potions is a technical job. Only a few people can make potions. It is a "high-tech" product, and the demand for potions is huge, so the price of potions has always been high. It is relatively expensive, but the emergence of players has broken this environment.

In the eyes of players, the difficulty of making potions is only at the level of high school chemistry. Coupled with the existence of the system, it makes players easy to get started in making potions as if cheating!Potion making is also a popular life skill among players, and the player base is very large. As a result, pharmacists are instantly worthless!
Chinese sweatshops have long proved a fact: cheap labor can greatly reduce the price of goods, thus allowing "madeinchina" to spread all over the world.And the players did the same thing: before Green Crossing, almost all the mid-to-low-end pharmacy market in the entire Io world was "made by players".

Just when Green was thinking wildly, Lorenz said again: "Six bottles of potions, three Woking gold coins, do you want it?"

"Well... well, give it to me." Green took the potion.

"Hey, boy. Have you ever met someone who sells six bottles of potion for half a gold coin?" Herola, the wise wolf, is always keen to spot some details.

Hearing Herola's words, Green said haha: "Hahaha~ Maybe I misremembered the price."

Seeing that Green was unwilling to reveal his secret, Herora smiled slightly and said nothing.

Since the merchant did not have leather armor suitable for Green's size, Green could only buy some dry food and consumables except for a compound bow.But even so, more than half of the thirty Wojin gold coins were quickly spent.

Green: "Well...it feels almost there. If you pay me ten more Woking gold coins as the price difference, the batch of ore will be yours."

"Well~" Lorenz looked embarrassed, "We don't have that much cash."

"Don't you have ten Ouchen gold coins?"

"As you can see, our funds have all been turned into goods."

Green: "...How much cash do you have left?"

Lorenz took out his money bag and poured out the money.There was only an Ouchen gold coin, a gold pammy, and some silver and copper coins.

Green glanced around Lorenz's goods with a look of helplessness.Although there are many things in it, there are not many that Green can use.

"Forget it, give me those two gold coins, and exchange all the rest of the money into potions. Take more stamina potions, and give me a pocket for potions by the way."

　Because some people complain about the high price of compound bows, in order to avoid readers being misled, I will say it here.The prices in the game are set with reference to the price tables in the Middle Ages. There may be some small errors, but the errors will not be too large.

　　The "purchasing power of 1 gold coin = 3000 soft sister coins" in the book is a reference. When calculating prices, modern prices cannot be fully applied, and differences in productivity must also be taken into account.A toy bow is estimated to cost tens of dollars, but a "handmade" compound bow costs tens of thousands of dollars even in modern times, let alone in ancient times when wars were frequent.In ancient times, food and military supplies were the two most expensive resources. Ten composite bows were enough to buy a village in the Middle Ages.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)