When the moon rose again, Muhathir put away the fatigue of the day and returned to his room.

This room, not far from Fatoumah's room, is as old and dilapidated as the other rooms in the ruins, and lacks repair. Its walls are illegible frescoes left by ancient elves, and there is a slender crack in one wall, like the closed eyes of giants.

There was almost nothing in the room, a dirty blanket lay on the floor, even if it was a bed. Muhadi's scimitar hung on the wall, and when it was still in the desert, Fatumah had "borrowed" it from another elf, and she didn't want it back now.

Muhati reached into a gerbil hole in the corner and fumbled for a moment, pulling out a lizardskin bag. The room was originally unfurnished, so the boy had to use a gerbil hole as his own storage place.

"Did you only make seven silver coins today...... he sighed, and then carefully put the silver coins in the bag, and then put the bag back in the hole.

After returning to the tribe that day, Fatumah ordered al-Muhadi to earn his own money to support himself, much to the latter's distribution. His knowledge in the previous world was almost useless in Attas, and he didn't understand the techniques of herding and weaving on Attas, so he was almost forced to hit the wall at first.

Fortunately, with an idea, he really came up with a way to make money.

In the world of Attas, there are no countries, only large and small city-states and various merchant families and tribes. Due to the lack of a unified and powerful government, the currency banks on Atas were very chaotic, with each city-state having its own currency, and even some of the larger merchant families and tribes had their own currency.

In general, the currency of Attas can be divided into three types: pottery, silver, and gold, and larger transactions will pay for gems. But in fact, silver coins alone can be divided into hundreds, and if you add the types of gold coins and pottery coins, then the currency in circulation on Atas is likely to exceed a thousand.

The reason for this situation is that there are huge differences between the currencies of the various city-states. Some city-states, such as Tyre, had silver coins weighing up to 8.68 grams. Some of the more black-hearted city-states, like Yurik, had less than 6.25 grams of silver.

In addition to the difference in weight, there is also a difference in the fineness of the currency on the Attas. Fine silver coins, such as Tyre, Ankara and Sannan, are up to 94 percent fine. Inferior silver coins often contain large amounts of copper, lead, or tin, and have less than 50 percent silver.

What is even more troubling is that even within the same city-state, there are often differences between currencies. For example, for thousands of years, the city-state of Nibenno has been wearing a silver coin known as a ducat, which is of excellent color and weight. However, 150 years ago, when Nibenai fought a great war with the neighboring city-state of Ankara, the witch king of Nibenai ordered a new silver coin called Grosso, which was no different in shape and weight from the old silver coin, but the silver content was greatly reduced. In the market, the circulation value of the latter is less than half of the former.

Due to the limited capacity of each individual city-state or tribe, Atas was unable to produce a dominant currency, and merchants and travelers who traveled through the desert had to accept a wide variety of currencies, which gave rise to the currency-for-huàn trade. And Muhadi's business opportunities are here.

The settlement of the Scorpion tribe is not far from the bustling mining city of Tyre, and many merchants will pass through here to replenish supplies and trade small things by the way, and the people of the Scorpion tribe will also take out some handicrafts and loot to exchange with the caravan. The loot may even have been obtained from the looting of caravans. However, the Scorpions did not rob the caravans within a day's radius of the settlement, as this would scare them away and cut off their money.

Muhadi and the merchants of these caravans and the people of the tribe did the business of exchanging money for the middle fee. With the mechanical skills he had learned in the previous world, he created the first quasi-precision balance of Artas.

Those who see this scale are likely to see that it resembles the one that Oyeling exhibited at the 1851 World's Fair in London. It already has graduated beams and verniers, and it comes with knobs that can be used for trimming. However, due to the lack of uniform weights and measures in Attas, Muhadi had to borrow a few silver coins of Tyr from Fahd and average them as the unit of weight for the first balance on Attas. Then Muhadi softened and trumpeted the potential "money" of the currency against Huàn, before saying that the Mofa Tumai commissioned the tribe's blacksmith to make the scale.

Due to the low level of finishing and the lack of standardized production techniques, Mohamadi still has a slight error in this balance, and the weights are not completely accurate. But even so, this is arguably the most sophisticated weighing instrument existing on Artas. Muhati borrowed money from the Fahd siblings, and then relied on this balance and cramming to forcibly write down information on thousands of currencies, and quickly robbed several other currency merchants in the tribe.

Those scheming merchants like to ask Muhadi to exchange huàn currency, for fear of losing a gram of silver. After all, Muhati was born in college and is good at calculations, so he is naturally handy.

What's even more wonderful is that due to the recent coup d'état in Tyre City, the old witch king was overthrown, so several nearby city-states wanted to intervene, even threatening war. In view of this, the Provisional Council of Tyre declared that the currency of the surrounding rival city-states - Ankara, Yurik, and Nibenai - would be forbidden to circulate in Tyre, and violators would be regarded as enemies. Merchants from the east and south were anxious to exchange their currencies for the local currency of Tyre, which made Muhadi a fortune, averaging seven or eight silver coins a day, and in many cases more than ten silver coins.

In addition to the legitimate currency exchange accident, Muhathir also secretly engaged in an illegal business, that is, cutting coins.

Unlike ancient China, in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, most of the currencies were stamped and pressed into metal, rather than minted. The advantages of metal stamping and coinage are clear patterns, low cost, wide applicability, and high production efficiency, while the disadvantage is that the edges of the currency are uneven, so the crime of cutting coins came into being.

To put it simply, coin cutting is to cut off the uneven part of the edge of the currency. Because the currency stamped out is not even, outsiders will not be able to see if they do not weigh it. An 8.68 gram silver coin of Tyre with about a gram of silver cut off from the edge. If a small amount is accumulated, it will be cast into silver ingots, which will also be a sum of income.

On Earth, the crime of cutting coins ravaged Western Europe, so much so that the Tudor dynasty of England issued a decree stipulating that "in order to stabilize the value of the kingdom's currency and the credit of the crown, it is forbidden to cut and damage the king's currency and to ensure the circulation of good money within the kingdom." "Violators can be beheaded or put to death. In Attas, Muhadi has no current peers who are making money in this way, and there is no king or government to crack down. People are very wary of cutting coins, so he has a chance to get his hands on it.

However, for fear of ruining his reputation, Muhathir did not dare to deceive ordinary merchants, but only those careless travelers who came to the desert alone. Most of these travelers have lived in the same city since they were children, and they don't know how to exchange huàn currency. Often, the coins were recognized as those of the reputable city-states, and they agreed to exchange them. I didn't even realize that I should weigh the scales and weigh the money a little lighter.

Occasionally, a few vigilant guys insisted that Muhathir weigh the scales to see if he was short of catties, and Muhati also had a way to deal with it. His telekinesis ability, although weak, could not have been easier to disturb the balance of the scales. Large caravans often have psionic guards who can see through this trick, and a lone traveler can only be slaughtered in front of the young man's psionic energy.

But despite having a small income to support himself, Muhadi still has a headache. According to tribal law, slaves actually had no real property, and all their possessions belonged to the "Piku" and could be used for themselves. But if the owner wants to use it, he must hand it over immediately. It wasn't that Muhadi didn't want to sneak into the caravan or sneak away at night, but there were always scouts around the tribal settlements. If you don't run for a day, you will definitely be captured by these elves who know the desert well.

Fortunately, things were not all for nowhere, and Fatuma had already mentioned it to him, and in a few days he would take him to visit an old psychic who lived in seclusion near the tribe. If Muhadi can become a psychic warlock, then he has the capital to gain a foothold in the world, and the desert will naturally not be able to trap him.

At the thought of a chance to be free, Muhathir looked forward to the early day when he would learn psionic powers. For days, he fell asleep in this anticipation and anxiety.

P.S. This is a picture of a stamped coin. Note that its edges are frizzy. [[[net.com/cc. {0,10}o.{0,10}]]] The coin cutter will reduce the frizzy edges, accumulate more and then mint silver ingots and other profits.

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