Chapter 286: Yu Cheng
Yucheng, located in the middle of Queshan Mountain and Wu Mountain, is an ancient and prosperous city.
Li Mang originally thought that the construction industry in this primitive world was very poor, and the so-called city should be some simple houses made of wood.
But looking at the buildings made of white jade and green tiles in front of him, he was completely dumbfounded. Where is this simple, it is simply luxurious. Although most of the wooden houses outside the city are new, the buildings in the city are completely new, and what Li Mang sees is an extremely advanced civilization era.
This is an ancient time and space, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, but there is a fault in the ancient history of the earth, and civilizations cannot be connected, and it even seems to be re-developed.
This is what Li Mang can't understand, where did Hong Huangtai come from?
He suddenly thought of the content recorded on the back of the first page of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Taishi Space had suffered a catastrophe, was this civilization sealed by someone? And now the Earth is just a nascent civilization?
Li Mang shook his head and shook off the distracting thoughts.
At this moment, he had already entered the city gate, and on the stone-paved road walked primitive people coming and going, these people were dressed almost the same as the Gu clan, animal skin clothes, straw sandals and wooden shoes, and long hair......
Therefore, when Li Mang, who was wearing a Zhongshan stand-up collar and short haircut, walked into Yucheng, he immediately attracted a strange gaze. However, these people didn't dare to look at him for too long, only occasionally glanced, and whenever Li Mang looked over, they looked away in a panic.
Li Mang felt strange, although his appearance was strange, and he could even be said to be nondescript compared to the people here, but the aura on his body was not strong. It's not like a strong man, why are so many people afraid of him?
Li Mang raised his eyebrows, expressionless. Turning his face into a wooden shape, he walked steadily on this street full of primitive flavors, but his mind was paying attention to both sides. If he wants to understand this world, then he must first understand the monetary humanities.
And this is a bustling street, he can eavesdrop on the exchanges of these people, see the goods on both sides of the road, and also see the currency they trade.
When Li Mang saw the currency they were trading in. I couldn't move my footsteps directly, not to mention how shocked I was in my heart, the public used spirit coins. There are also spirit stones on top of the spirit coins.
The spirit coin is made of rough and low-grade spirit stones, which are forged by special means, and the energy contained in them is actually not much, and it is only the most basic circulating currency in the world of mountains and seas. This really made Li Mang blush. on Earth. A spirit coin is a forced scalp.
And on top of the spirit coin, there is a more advanced currency called the spirit stone. Spirit stone is a kind of natural spar with high utilization value, each piece contains a large amount of spiritual energy, which can be used for cultivation, and is specifically divided into four grades, the lower grade spirit stone can be exchanged for one hundred spirit coins, and the middle grade spirit stone can be exchanged for ten thousand spirit coins. It is equal to 100 Lower Grade Spirit Coins.
There are also top grades and best grades above the middle grades, and Li Mang didn't meet them on the street. It is estimated that because it is too expensive, it is naturally impossible to meet roadside stalls.
After walking around, although he does not fully understand this world, Li Mang already knows the basic food, clothing, housing and transportation, but his expression is unnatural.
Without him, he suddenly found that he was so poor, and the most ordinary animal skin clothes in Yucheng cost dozens of spirit coins, which made him feel ashamed. Now Li Mang didn't have a single spirit coin in his arms, and in the face of the adoring eyes of the people of Yucheng, Li Mang's old face couldn't help but turn red.
"I've got to get some spirit coins and spirit stones." Li Mang muttered to himself, this is not difficult for him, the mountain god, the most direct way is nothing more than to take out resources from the mountain and sell them, refining alchemy is also possible, or pour some goods from the real world to sell, I believe that they can also be sold at a good price.
This place is definitely a treasure to him.
However, before acting, you must always inquire about the market of goods, at least you must know what is valuable and what is not, and it is not good not to make jokes at that time.
"Boss, how do you sell this yang spirit ginseng?" Li Mang pointed to a Yang Ling ginseng, there are many in the Queshan Mountain Range in the south of the east and west, and the vintage is higher than that of the past five hundred years.
“…… Immortal Chief, this ginseng only costs fifty spirit coins. The old man who sold herbs slurred, as if he didn't expect that the noblely dressed Li Mang would question him.
"Fifty spirit coins." Li Mang looked entangled, not knowing whether to say whether it was expensive or cheap. In the real world, this is already extremely expensive, he took out a five-hundred-year-old Yang Spirit Ginseng and sold it, at most it was a spirit coin, so the price here was not cheap; Is it really expensive? Fifty spirit coins, in fact, in this Yucheng City, it is only enough to buy three or two sets of relatively ordinary animal skin clothes.
“…… Immortal chief, in fact, forty spirit coins are enough. The old man thought that Li Mang was too expensive, so he was busy lowering the price, but he secretly despised Li Mang in his heart.
"Ahem...... When I first came to Yucheng, I just asked, but I didn't need it. Li Mang hurriedly found an unobtrusive reason to shirk.
Of course, the old man didn't dare to say no, and then answered some of Li Mang's inquiries, not only introducing the prices of medicinal materials in his stall, but also telling Li Mang that some medicinal materials that were not available in the stall, but were more valuable, benefited Li Mang a lot.
Next, Li Mang inquired about the prices of ores, weapons, clothing, food, housing and transportation, probably because of his peculiar dress, although he had no idea of buying, the merchants did not embarrass him, and he had to answer all questions, which also made him speed up his understanding of this world.
Through some inquiry, Li Mang not only had a preliminary understanding of commodity prices, but also had more understanding of this world, which was both surprised and happy.
The reason why he was shocked was because he learned that the vicinity of Yucheng, including the entire Nanshan area, was barren as a whole, and although there were a lot of resources, the grades were average, and the high-end goods sold in the store were all from other regions, controlled and monopolized by some large chambers of commerce.
And the reason why he was happy was because he had seen too many business opportunities here, and had seen a large number of spirit coins, even real spirit stones, which were beckoning to Li Mang.
So he decided to make a big deal in this Yucheng. It is much more convenient and faster to collect spirit coins and spirit stones here, which is definitely his blessing. You must know that Lu Dao has a lot of resources in his hands, and the resources in the three major mountain ranges are inexhaustible, not to mention that he can also use the resources in the real world.
There are also three single horns of Da Ji in the storage ring, which were obtained from helping the Gu clan kill Da Ji last time, Li Mang got a material stall and sold it for three hundred spirit coins, and then walked into a good-looking clothing store, planning to buy himself a suit. This Chinese standing collar is really eye-catching, and a large number of people look at him every step he takes, which makes Li Mang, who is strong on the outside and capable in the middle, feel empty.
“…… Welcome to the shop. Seeing Li Mang, the shopkeeper personally greeted him from the counter, not to mention how respectful.
Li Mang has become accustomed to their 'enthusiasm', although he lacks confidence and is weak in his heart, he always has a wooden face and a cool appearance. Looking around the store, he found that most of them were animal skin clothes, but he suddenly accidentally saw a few beautiful fabrics on the counter, and immediately suppressed his surprise and asked, "Boss, how do you sell this fabric?" ”
In this era, there was already cloth, although it seems to be a rare material weaving, but it is also rare and rare. But what made him feel strange was that he didn't see a single person wearing cloth clothes on the street, and even the shopkeeper was wearing animal skins, why was this?
(To be continued......)