First Wizarding World War

The purchasing power of one ecu is equivalent to 18,900 RMB on Earth. Four ecu on Earth can buy a BYD Qin PLUS Honor.

What technical content does a mere carriage have?

It only has a carriage but no horses, and it doesn't even have a car system.

Is it worthy of being sold at the same price as BYD Qin PLUS Honor?

The most important thing is that although Charlotte has never owned a carriage, she often rides in public carriages and often uses the private carriage of the Brittany family. Of course, she knows that this thing is not that expensive!

The carriage agent smiled and said, "Such a good carriage is hard to come by. Sir, please don't consider it again?"

Charlotte immediately raised her voice and said loudly, "Please change my agent for me!"

This voice immediately attracted the attention of many people. The carriage agent who received him blushed and lowered his voice and said, "Sorry, sir! Please allow me to apologize. This carriage can be traded for three ecu and eight francs."

Charlotte said coldly, "I don't want to repeat it!"

The carriage agent lowered his voice again and said, "In fact, it only takes three ecu!"

Charlotte shook her head and said, "The last chance to quote."

There was a long time on the earth when car buyers were masochists. They could endure the indifference, contempt, price increases, and waiting for months from the store, but they had to buy a certain brand of car.

Charlotte couldn't understand it very much. In his opinion, they were all products of industrialization, and no car had epoch-making technology. Just change a car. Why treat yourself like a dog?

The carriages of this era had little technological content. A carpenter could take care of the entire process from logging to making carriages. There were forests around the city, and wood was almost free. Labor was even less valuable. The most valuable part of a carriage was the decoration.

Even in Strasbourg, not many people could afford a carriage. In addition, wooden carriages were extremely durable and could often be used for decades, or even passed down for three or five generations. It often took several months to find a buyer for a brand new carriage.

The market for second-hand carriages was even smaller. Many people would rather spend a high price to buy a brand new carriage than a second-hand one. After all, it was something that would be used for decades, and no one was willing to make do with it. There were very few pragmatists like Charlotte. As a financial sponsor, he didn't want to be treated as a fool.

The broker of the carriage and horse shop gritted his teeth and whispered, "Two écs for eight ferres, and a lantern, cushion, and reins!"

Charlotte nodded and asked, "Please recommend me a draft horse!"

This time the transaction became much smoother.

Charlotte did not choose the Argento horse, which was pure golden and shiny with long hair and looked as beautiful as a divine horse from heaven, nor did she choose the pure white Bronnais horse, which was known as the white marble horse, nor did she choose the tallest Shire horse. Instead, she chose a two-year-old Brabant horse!

In this world, because horses are too expensive, the cost of raising horses is too high, and because of their extraordinary power, knights who represent high-level combat power have appeared, but large-scale cavalry has not appeared. Almost 90% of the horses have been trained to be heavy draft horses.

There is a proverb in the Inglima Empire: There are more horses for pulling carts than for riding.

Brabant horses are considered medium-sized among draft horses, and their strength is also average, but they are still more than two picometers tall, far exceeding most ordinary horses on Earth.

They are hardworking and not picky about food. They don't mind going hungry occasionally. Although they are weak in strength, they have high endurance and are fast. The only flaw is that most Brabant horses have mixed colors, reddish brown, brown, chestnut, gray, and black. They are typical spotted horses and do not look good, so their prices are relatively low among draft horses.

This two-year-old Brabant draft horse cost Charlotte two ecu, and the coach and horse shop also gave her a year's worth of fodder.

Generally speaking, horses in the Old World can live for thirty to fifty years. As long as they are well fed, they have a higher "durability" than carriages and can even provide services for more than three generations of owners.

Charlotte's choice of carriages and draft horses has long been noticed by others.

A middle-aged woman in her thirties, with a strong body and a resolute face like a man, wearing slightly old but clean clothes, stopped him and said, "Sir! Do you need a coachman?"

"I am good at driving horses, and the salary is low. I can also help you with some odd jobs and cleaning."

"I need this job, can you please hire me?"

Charlotte hesitated slightly, and the middle-aged woman whispered, "The gentleman next to you can vouch for me."

The coachman hesitated for a moment and said, "This lady Nancy is better than many male coachmen. Her previous employer was very satisfied with her skills. He even offered a lifetime contract, but because he lost all his money in the gold mines in the New World, he had to sell his personal property to get through the difficulties and terminated the contract with Mrs. Nancy. "

Charlotte asked: "Madam, how much is your weekly salary?"

Mrs. Nancy gritted her teeth and said: "Eighty-five centimes!"

This price is a bit expensive, but Charlotte did not raise any objections. She smiled and asked: "Will you accept a short-term trial?"

Mrs. Nancy hurriedly replied: "I can."

Sylvie Martin's weekly salary is eighty-five centimes, but Sylvie graduated from Behemoth National College. As a highly educated person, it is natural for her to get this weekly salary.

As a coachman, Lady Nancy’s price is so high. There is only one possibility. She was originally a high-level coachman specially trained by a noble family.

Ordinary people would not use female coaches. Lady Nancy might be the "designated product" of a noble lady.

It is naturally difficult for a coachman with such a high weekly salary to find a new job in the market. You should know that Charlotte’s weekly salary was only one voor and seventy centimes not long ago. Lady Nancy’s weekly salary is almost half of the income of a 41st-class imperial civil servant.

Charlotte chose old carriages and cheap draft horses because it is meaningless to buy these things at a high price. Apart from face, they can’t bring an improvement in enjoyment.

But the enjoyment brought by a high-level coachman is not comparable to that of an ordinary coachman, so even though Lady Nancy’s price is a little expensive, he plans to try it for a week first.

After paying all the fees, Charlotte happily sat in her own carriage. Mrs. Nancy put on the coachman's hat, shook her wrist lightly, and drove the Brabant draft horse out of the carriage shop.

Mrs. Nancy's driving skills are really good, and she drove the carriage fast and steady.

Charlotte half-lying on the carriage, looking at the decoration inside the carriage. This noble four-wheeled carriage should be a custom-made one. It is slightly longer than an ordinary carriage and must be more than eight picometers.

The interior is divided into two cabins, front and back. The front one is about six picometers long and is a typical master cabin. The rear one is two picometers square, which is used for servants and gifts. It adopts a fully enclosed structure and does not have the open luggage rack of an ordinary carriage.

There are high-level alchemy-made crystal glass windows on both sides of the master cabin, which are outrageously expensive, making the carriage very bright. The broker of the carriage shop said that its original price was five ecu and three foires, and it is likely that he did not lie.

In addition to the two rows of seats facing each other, the original owner also had the whimsical idea of ​​designing a small "study" behind the master cabin. Although it was cramped, it had a desk, bookshelf, sofa chair, and even a fixed kerosene lamp.

Charlotte liked this design very much, but generally, nobles would put a soft bed in this position.

Charlotte wanted to go home, but she changed her mind slightly, turned on the copper tube of the call, and said, "Mrs. Nancy! Go to Gorgias University."