Chapter 20 No money, no more than a man
From Ramahe's first impression of Mendong City, the city "looks harmless to humans and animals".
For first-time outsiders, there will be errand pullers handing out leaflets about the city – whether you are literate or not.
Many things that Ramahedi would have had to find out by herself, or ask for directions, now lie quietly on the folded surface of the page. For example, Rama Hedi needs to stay like a human - Mendong City has prepared a three-grade hotel, and the address and approximate price are clearly written on the promotional page, and the room is also mapped.
Behind the cover of the pull page is a map of the main roads of Mendong City. In a city of this size, without landmarks and signage, a map that assigns location and direction would undoubtedly make it impossible for newcomers or settlers to get lost. In fact, relying solely on street signs can lead to pedestrians who have already hit their destination's face, only to be overwhelmed by the water and wander from sign to street sign as if they were overwhelmed.
Thanks to Mendong City's almost ruler-like ground and pavement planning, at least there will be no forks in the road on the map now, appearing in strange locations.
Before he could begin to observe the city, Ramahedi needed to stay overnight. The first page on the pull page is clearly written, the major official commercial points in Mendong City do not accept precious metal coins, and then turn over to see that the major hotels are "official commercial points".
The only "renminbi" accepted by the "official commercial points" needs to be exchanged at a special numismatic valuation office......
"It's a nuisance." Ramaher muttered. But when you come to the city of Rome, you have to be like a Roman. Even if Ramahetia didn't know about this proverb and the city of Rome, she still understood the truth of following the locals.
"45 Victory Road?" Although elves generally have a strong sense of space, this house number still needs to be seen. On the spacious Victory Road, the direction of the house number increases roughly from east to west, with odd numbers in the south and even numbers in the north. The closest numismatic office to Ramaher is the closest numismatic valuation office near the intersection of Victory Road and Black Iron Star Street (Black Iron Star, a planet of the same galaxy visible to the naked eye, whose surface is mainly estimated to be iron and iron oxides).
Most of the people waiting in line for the staff to verify the value of the currency are vendors who have come to mix the maximum exchange amount of the day. They exchange Elta's gold and silver precious metal currency for renminbi and receive a small fee. There is a maximum limit for ordinary personal documents to be exchanged for money each day, and the documents obtained by Rama Hedi are at the same level as those of ordinary workers, and if they are exchanged for only five yuan per day according to the system.
Ten golden copper coins is not enough to stay in any hotel. Therefore, what Ramahedi wants to replace is that it can only be used within Mendong City, and there are many restrictions and regulations on the "Elta Temporary Voucher".
If you want the landlords and nobles who came to Mendong City for the first time to live in the "Mendong Hotel", which is much higher than the hostel, five yuan is absolutely not enough. Although the average room rate is only 20 yuan a day, the exchange limit of 5 yuan is set in response to Elta's policy of collecting precious metal currency, and the room rate is based on the cost of Mendong City, which is paradoxical.
It was not difficult to solve, and the city of Mendong issued the "Interim Regulations on the Currency of Sielta" in the name of Doniva. Promote vouchers that can only be circulated at numismatic offices and official commercial outlets in Mendong City, namely the Elta Temporary Voucher.
The Elta Temporary Voucher can be used to consume accommodation, medical care, catering and other services provided by the official Mendong City. Although its use value is equal to that of the same denomination of RMB, it is illegal to exchange it for RMB directly.
Its demand, and its appearance, only provided a way for those who came to the city and above to spend their wealth more quickly. Miss Elf, Rama Heti, who has a large amount of precious metal currency in good condition, is obviously divided into the user group target of Elta's temporary coupons.
Regardless of her gestures and smiles, as well as her dress and appearance, as long as others are not blind, they can see that this is either expensive or rich. Of course, the long ears have been hidden, otherwise Ramahedi would still need to queue up? Even the blind man heard the word elf and had to get out of the way automatically on crutches.
The shape of the numismatic laboratory clearly mimics the business hall of a bank, with two windows arranged side by side directly in a slightly recessed place in the door, and the entrance and exit are obviously at the back desk, and there is no direct access to the front desk at the back of the laboratory. Slightly different from the domestic business hall, the steel wall replaces the glass.
Two heavily armed Elta soldiers were on duty at the door, holding small objects that Ramahedi had never seen before—tasers. However, she quickly saw with her ability that the thing would emit a voltage that could instantly electrocute a person to the ground. Speaking of which, it's the same as the small-scale lightning effect they can use, except that the range is very different.
"It's excusable to deploy soldiers in such a place...... But even the soldiers in the key places are Elta, so is there really no visitor from the other world here? ”
But when it was Ramaherdi's turn to exchange money, she finally got her wish. That's right, the appraiser she couldn't see when she was in line was the "visitor from the other world" she wanted to see, with yellow skin, black eyes and black hair, and a completely different painting style.
Ramahedi sat down vigilantly, but the appraiser in front of him just smiled and began the business process, which was considered fluent but with a little accent of Elta's standard language, which surprised Ramahetia a little.
"Would you like to replace the voucher or the renminbi?"
"Both." When Lamahati was in line, he looked at the today's exchange card on the iron plate. The full weight of the bi-monthly gold coin could be exchanged for thirty-two yuan or a temporary coupon, and she had four of these gold coins in her pocket.
In contrast, drawbridge silver coins and other privately minted silver coins, such as fishing port silver coins, are much cheaper. According to the different layouts, it can be judged how much silver is contained, and the purchase price becomes uneven. This may seem unfair, but even the Elta people exchange these coins with the same apparent denomination based on the year and face value, and it is understandable that Mendong would do so.
Ramaherdi pulled out four bilunar coins with an average weight of more than 8 grams from the hem pocket of her skirt. Since it is recycled as a gold reserve, electronic scales, touchstones, and gold plates are sufficient for Elta gold coins and bimonthly gold coins. The appraiser, who was already familiar with the road, took less than five minutes to confirm the identity of the four gold coins.
"According to your documents, Rama ...... Miss Heyuan, you can now exchange up to 5 yuan and 123 yuan temporary vouchers, are you sure you want to exchange them? ”
"Yes." The elf disguised as a human nodded slightly. Soon, fifteen paper temporary coupons and five large steel hammers were handed out of the counter window. The young-looking female appraiser watched as Rama Hedi put away the coins, and once again smiled at the social animal with a sweetness of three plus.
"Very happy to serve you, please collect your money ~ next!"
Elf Rama Hedi looked at the paper temporary voucher and walked out of the laboratory with some confusion. Can something like paper be spent? However, judging from the exquisiteness of the paper and the paper, it is indeed difficult to imitate. What made her even more puzzled was that the yellow-skinned visitors from the other world were actually doing this kind of work similar to the stalls next to the market. Although the venue was changed, the yellow-skinned alien who had defeated Elta's hundreds of thousands of troops and had been defeated many times by the Two-Moon Church was so lightly appraised the gold coins, and the price was clearly marked?
It's kind of incredible. Alas, the water in Mendong City seems to be quite deep. Rama Hedi looked at the face of the temporary ticket as she headed towards the street where the Mendong Hotel was located.
Another function of the temporary voucher is to subtly promote paper money. It is inevitable that Elta's currency will continue to break away from the gold standard or the silver standard, so whether it continues to use the renminbi or issue a new Aerta national credit currency, paper currency will be a threshold that must be crossed. Of course, paper money is not easy to introduce on a large scale now, but temporary coupons can be issued in Mendong City with great fanfare, which can be regarded as a rainy day.
From the very beginning, Rama Hedi chose a suitable place for her. Her disguise as a southern aristocrat made it impossible for her to choose a low-end "hostel", and at the same time, her appearance was also easy to cause trouble here, she did not know the actual security situation in Mendong City at all, and there was no private space in a hostel where many people were in the same room, which made it inconvenient for her to carry out observation operations.
The second and final option is the Mendong Hotel. Judging by the description, this is a seven-storey hotel with single and double rooms. Elta or Lancas, as well as the Red Dragon Country, the Highland Country, and all kinds of accommodation facilities owned by the elves themselves, Ramahati have been taught. There are many good and bad among them, but judging from the description and pictures, Mendong Hotel can at least be called the most advanced among its peers on the continent of Elta.
Of course, she didn't know that there was another Mendong City guest house in Mendong City for Chinese visitors, and the standard was a comprehensive second kill Mendong Hotel - in China, Mendong Hotel was at most the level that Samsung was dissatisfied with.
From Victory Road, where Miss Elf is currently located, to the Mendong Hotel in the northwest of the center, it is necessary to cross several streets and even the center of the city. Luckily, there are stops and routes for the battery buses in the page, and Rama Hedi plans to try it out. Although elves can directly use flight and displacement magic without restrictions, flying directly in the empty sky will immediately reveal their identity, and displacement is not suitable for use in the jungle of buildings and environments of unknown target locations. Since the goal is to conduct a detailed and comprehensive reconnaissance of Mendong City, it is not a bad idea to take the rare public transportation. That's how Ramahedi decided.