Although it was delayed for a while last night, when the morning sun rose, the White Bear Knights still appeared at the entrance of the Petra Fortress Bazaar as promised, and met the old Boomer who had been waiting there for a long time.

The old man who changed his clothes did not have the embarrassment he had before, not only did he look much more energetic, but he finally looked like a businessman.

"Are you going to exchange your goods for money, or are you going to barter?" Looking at the benefactors who walked in front of him, he said respectfully, "I recommend the latter more, after all, you have seen it too...... The desert is not very peaceful right now, and it is not a good idea to have the money in your hands. ”

After discussing it with his teammates beforehand, Sisi spoke.

"We need to stay here for a while, let's exchange it for money."

Old Boomer nodded, and without saying any more superfluous words, began to help find buyers in the market who could afford to eat the batch of goods in their hands.

There was no need for much fanfare, and when I heard that there was devil's cloth produced in the eastern provinces, a group of merchants soon surrounded me.

The idle tail and meat followed curiously, looking lively.

Sesame Paste was also going to go over to take a look, but was touched by a black and white cat, squatting on the ground crying and laughing, and helping it to smooth its fur after lying down.

Sis handed over the search for a buyer to Boomer, found a less noisy place nearby, spread the "Silver Moon Word" on his lap, and looked at it quietly.

The book is roughly the equivalent of the "Bible" of the Hump Kingdom, and its content is roughly the "interpretation" of the teachings of the desert spirits given by the local believers.

If "Oasis under the Djobar Mountains" explains the local cultural features from the perspective of scholars, then this "holy word" recommended by the researchers of the academy analyzes the spiritual core of the local people from the perspective of believers.

Under the shelter of the Djobar Mountains, the Hump Kingdom is blessed with unique geographical advantages, so that there is almost no xenosexual harassment here.

The main threats basically come from the sea.

Rich in salt, camels, bighorn cattle imported from Borneo province, and a rich variety of fruits and grains, the local backwardness and prosperity coexisted, handicrafts and commerce developed, the burgher class was relatively wealthy, and some city-states even had merchants who were not loyal to the feudal lords, as well as city lords elected by the citizens.

It is for this reason that the attitude of the locals towards religion and the royal family is not as respectful as that of the people of the other four kingdoms.

If the falcon is classical militarism, the fallen honey badger is an enlightened monarchy, the golden lizard they did not make is a feudal dynasty that pursues mysticism, and the lion that is in the midst of war is a feudal dynasty that takes the road of inner sainthood, then this is more like a classical republic.

The twelve city-states were highly autonomous, and the local inhabitants not only lived more secularly in their habits, but even founded a secular "Protestant religion" -

Namely, the "Silver Moon Sect".

The cult's belief in the Spirit of the Sand Sea infused the animistic theory of the Southern Isles, creating a fictitious "lover" named the Silver Moon Goddess for the Spirit of the Sand Sea, who had neither gender nor wife, and infusing it with a touch of humanity to its divinity.

According to the Word of the Silver Moon, the Spirit of the Sand Sea is the Lord of the Desert, ruling the province of Luoxia and destined to rule the Cosmos.

But south of the Djobar Mountains, Silver Moon Bay, which is irrigated by rivers and "embankments", is the domain of the goddess of the silver moon, ruled by two gods.

Locals agree with the mainstream denomination's apocalyptic interpretations of doctrines such as "the world will eventually be swallowed up by sand," but they also offer new perspectives on this basis.

For example, "the world will burn out one day, and this last twilight should be cherished", "Candles can dispel darkness, and lighting at dawn can delay the arrival of the end of the world", etc.

The former corresponds to the secular notion of having fun in time, while the latter evolves into a culture of worship.

At the beginning of each month, the congregants of the Hump Kingdom would light a candle at home, worship and recite scriptures to Mount Djobar, and even hire three unconverted pagans to do it for themselves, instead of praying daily like the followers of the mainstream denominations.

“…… It seems that Luoxia Province is really big, and five completely different cultural concepts have evolved on a desert. ”

Siss, who was flipping through the book, muttered a sentence in a low voice, and at the same time silently made up his mind in his heart, planning to collect more books written in the wasteland era during his travels, and translate the contents and organize them on the forum.

After all, it was something that the dog planned to make up with great difficulty, and it would be a pity if no one found out.

And she always had a feeling.

What I am doing may be able to renew the cultural bloodline of this world that has been cut off by war and radioactive fallout.

While this doesn't bring in credits and contribution points, it's a shame to be an emotionless quest master in an open-world game with such a high level of completion.

Even if it's an amateur hobby, it's good.

The noise in the bazaar, though, didn't interfere with her reading.

The bargaining probably continued until noon, and there were too few traders who could come up with so much money at once, and the White Bear Knights were reluctant to barter.

Old Boomer's dry mouth under the shed finally made him wait for a buyer who had the strength to eat the goods.

The merchant was not tall, slightly darker-skinned, and listening to his almost deformed accent, he was clearly from the province of Borneo in the southwest.

He planned to bring these fine silks and those strange goods back to his hometown.

Including things like black and white silk.

These magical chemical products made him very interested, and the only fly in the ointment was only one thing-

"Why is there only black and white?" He asked, looking confused.

Tail was taken aback.

"Huh? Isn't it pretty? ”

"It's not pretty," thought the merchant, touching his chin, "don't you have any dye there?" Why don't you consider dyeing it in a colorful ......"

Closing the book in his hand, Si Si's expression was a little subtle when he got up from the carpet.

"That would be ugly."

Colorful or something......

Whether it's in reality or in the game, she doesn't really want to try, but the tail on the side shows a pensive expression.

Hopefully she's not thinking about it.

The merchant smiled sheepishly.

"Anyway, I'm very satisfied with your goods...... I calculated, how about 5 million gold camel coins? ”

Hearing the number five million, Tail exclaimed, quickly looked at the meat next to him and whispered.

"Five million...... What is this concept? ”

Rourou also whispered.

"I don't know! But the cows here are only three or four thousand ......."

The tail was instantly startled, and his eyes sparkled.

"I'm giao! More than a thousand cows! Meat, let's herd the cattle in the future! ”

Meat refused without hesitation.

"I don't want it! We're the White Bear Knights, and it's a shame to herd cattle! And he said that he would become the president of the mercenary union! Ao, have you forgotten your dreams! ”

The tail scratched the back of his head.

"Hmm...... It's a bit hard to choose. ”

Sesame Paste, who was holding the cat, smiled shyly.

"Haha......"

Bargaining is Siss's job, and among all of them, she is the only one who has the best language, not only can communicate basically, but can even roughly understand some rare words that are not easy to understand.

Although the level is not as good as that of the crows and vines, who entered the game in the "ancient times", at least in terms of language ability, she has reached the T1 level, and she is about to catch up with a big brother who is almost married to the paper man.

After some haggling, the goods were finally sold for 10 million gold camel coins.

Although the guy looked like his wallet had been drained, Sisi always felt that behind that frustrated expression was a smug of fun.

As for the rest of the White Bear Knights, they were now basking in the joy of being accomplished.

Especially when I heard that this goods, which were worth hundreds of thousands of silver coins, were exchanged for gold camel coins that could buy more than 3,000 cows, the tail and fleshy eyes almost turned into the color of silver coins.

According to the average price of 5,000 silver coins per cow......

Fifteen million silver coins?!

Tail clenched his fists excitedly.

“giao！ This! We're rich! ”

Rourou also said excitedly.

"Oooh! I'm going to ask the manager to order an exoskeleton like the garbage king! ”

"That's too ...... Amazing. Sesame paste was stunned, and the cat in his arms almost fell off.

Sisi looked at his companions and curled the corners of his mouth.

"It's not enough to get rich, but it's a little bit of money...... By the way, Ah Wei, and meat, remember not to show off on the forum. ”

The tail and the flesh nodded almost at the same time.

"Uh-huh!"

"Don't worry! I'll keep an eye on this tail! ”

Seeing that these two guys agreed so happily, Sisi was a little uneasy.

But to be honest, this profit is not too exaggerated, and the most difficult thing for a merchant in the wasteland is not to bargain, but to transport the goods back safely.

Even if the more than 1,000 cattle were transported back to the frost spear pasture without the slightest loss, the grain and grass, fresh water, employment expenses, natural loss of livestock, and changes in market supply and demand along the way were deducted. If all the cattle were to be bought and shipped back, it would not be easy to make half of the fifteen million in actual profits.

And given the limits of the farm's capacity and the risks hidden in the freight cycle, it is difficult to make money in the long term.

Those factories that sell bricks, cement, steel, aircraft, tanks, artillery, although the ROE is not high, the demand for these products in the alliance is almost limitless.

That's the real money printing machine.

Many T0 and T1 players no longer disclose their earnings on the forums.

Although there is no direct evidence, Siss conservatively estimates that the value of their assets will not be less than 100 million, and even more exaggerated.

It's just that the profits are not withdrawn into "cash" through dividends......

……

The two parties rented a warehouse and completed the delivery of the goods and the counting of gold coins.

Looking at the boxes of gold coins on the ground, the merchant patted the ash on his hand with great success, looked at Sisi and his party and said with a smile.

"For the sake of the fact that you have made me a fortune, I will also give you a word of advice. Whatever you are here for, I advise you to exchange the gold camel coins for dinars, or other things that hold their value. ”

The tail tilted its head.

"Why?"

"When the Legion comes, all this money will be turned into waste...... Look at the people in the camps and slums, their pockets full of gold lions and badgers, but they can't even buy a piece of bread. I heard that in Yinyue Bay, many wealthy merchants are exchanging gold camel coins for dinars or ships going to sea. ”

After all, he was trading on someone else's territory, and the trader didn't say anything too directly, and stopped talking as soon as he clicked.

The Honey Badger Kingdom fell within a week, and the Lion Kingdom lost half of its country, and these ancient kingdoms were not at the same level as the Falcon Kingdom, which was supported by the legion, in terms of equipment and military theory.

In his opinion, Luoxia Province is no different from the end.

The final fate of the Hump Kingdom is likely to be like the falcon to the legion, and the dinar will be circulated as fiat currency.

"That'...... What about gold? Sesame asked in a whisper.

"Golden ......," the merchant shook his head, "I don't recommend it." ”

Although there are many local forces in the wasteland that use gold to mint coins, it is more embarrassing that gold itself is not valuable.

There are many deep-seated reasons for this, including the large amount of space-mined gold left behind by the Age of Prosperity, the fact that the gross social product is far below the total value of the precious metals in stock, and the lack of anticipation of "better tomorrow" and the yearning for a better life in the cultural form of the Wasteland Era......

The biggest difference between the wasteland and the troubled times is that people in the troubled times do not doubt in their hearts that the troubled times are only temporary and will end sooner or later. And for the people of the wasteland, not many people expect the dead civilization to be resurrected.

Therefore, it is never precious metals that are valuable in the wasteland, but confidence that is more expensive than gold.

A currency that lacks confidence will soon be worthless.

As for the factors that can provide added value, such as force, productivity, science and technology, culture, etc., although they also determine the value of money, they are only one of the superficial factors.

The merchant looked at Siss, who thought she should understand what he had said, and took off his hat and said goodbye.

“…… Thank you again, generous and beautiful lady, for bringing my trip to the East a perfect end, and I earnestly advise you to leave this land before it is too late. ”

"Thank you for your advice, I'll keep an eye on it." Without commenting on his words, Sis waved goodbye to the merchant in front of him.

Old Boomer on the side saw that the guest was walking away, and finally couldn't hold back his scolding.

"The fortress of Petra will never give in to the Legion, we are not like those cowards!"

The tail is energetic.

"Oh! Of course, as long as Petra is made, everything will be fine! ”

Although old Boomer didn't understand what she was saying, he could feel that it was a compliment to his hometown, and his originally indignant face suddenly blossomed.

Rourou couldn't help but complain.

"Ah O, you're playing the wrong game."

Watching the back of the stealing pleasure disappear around the corner, Si Si glanced at the coin with the camel in his hand, then at the stuffed box behind him, and after a moment of thought, he looked at old Boomer.

"I'm going to open a money bank, and people who have fled from the Golden Lion Kingdom and come here can exchange Golden Lion Coin for Golden Camel Coin from us...... Speaking of which, are private banks allowed here? ”

It wasn't her whim.

It's just that the businessman's words just now made her see new business opportunities.

"This ...... But no one said no," old Boomer, who was full of joy, was stunned and hurriedly dissuaded, "Exchange this money for golden lion coins?" What do you want the Golden Lion Coin for? ”

Siss: "Can't you?" ”

Old Boomer said with a smile in his eyes.

"It's not a question of whether it's okay or not...... Rather, the kingdom of the lions is dying, and their currency will soon be worthless. ”

Although he emotionally believed that the fortress of Petra would never fall, it was difficult to say about the lion kingdom next door.

Once the capital of bounty has fallen.

The fall of the kingdom was only a matter of time.

Sisi nodded, pondered for a moment, and said.

"Then ...... It was converted at an exchange rate of 6 to 1. ”

6 Golden Lion Coins for 1 Golden Camel Coins.

Although it is not enough for those poor people to live here with the same food and clothing as they did in their hometown, it can at least save them from starvation.

Hearing this exchange rate, old Booma smiled bitterly.

Six to one......

Even if it's 600 to 1, it's a pile of garbage......

Tail tilted his head and looked at Siss.

"But aren't we going to buy cattle back?"

"Well, that's the way it goes, but as long as we win this war and drive the legion out of Luoxia Province, we can buy more cattle to go back......"

With excitement flashing in his eyes, Si Si was in the middle of speaking, when he suddenly thought of something and stopped talking.

"Ah, by the way, why don't we pay dividends first."

"Dividends?" Flesh tilted his head, "Why are you here?" ”

Si Si pondered for a moment, calmed down and said.

"Hmm...... This is out of case considerations. After all, investment is risky, and I can't guarantee that my judgment will be correct. ”

Even the most well-planned plan runs the risk of the unexpected.

If you succeed, the benefits are gratifying, but once you fail, it is not only money that you can't catch, but also friendships that are more valuable than money.

These boxes of golden camel coins are almost all the belongings that everyone has saved since the start of the service, including most of the income from the previous dungeon.

Once lost.

To put it bluntly, it took half a year of hard work.

She believes that her companions are not the kind of people who put their interests above all else, and that's why she likes to be with them.

But she was awake after all.

It is difficult for a sober person to convince himself of the probabilities of human nature.

What's more, even if her peers will forgive her mistakes, it will be difficult for her to forgive herself for letting everyone's efforts go to waste.

She admits that she is not as brave as others think.

She is not afraid of many things.

But the only thing I am afraid of is to take the blame......

"If that nuclear bomb really blows up the river embankment, even if you win, you will lose money. If you're worried about the loss of your principal—"

"Don't say anything out of sight."

Suddenly the shoulders were surrounded by a warm feeling.

Sisi, who was still calmly analyzing a second ago, suddenly had a sudden flush on his cheeks, and he couldn't speak with his mouth open.

Hugging her shoulders from behind, the sesame paste that shook the cat's ears smiled close to her face and said in a pleasant voice.

"I actually know, Si Si always thinks a lot, and when he thinks calmly, he is also super reliable, although I am just an ordinary teacher in reality, and the game is average, not as good as you, but we are partners...... Please trust us a little more! ”

"If you have any plans to tell us, don't carry such a big psychological burden, don't worry about it and do it boldly!"

"That's right!"

The flesh, whose eyes were shining just now, raised his claws and said excitedly, "I don't understand it very well, but it sounds so powerful!" ”

She's also not the kind of strong high-level play.,Play games in seconds.,Out of the flesh, she still likes to hide behind the ADC.,Don't say it's timid.,It's still a big addiction to losing.,To be a king, you have to DD teammates on the public screen.,After all, it's better to be a pit passerby than a pit acquaintance.。

Until now, she didn't know why the operator chose her, and she was lucky enough to draw a xenomorph character with "initial attributes".

It's not the luckiest thing to do, though.

In her mind, she is most fortunate to meet a group of friends who never dislike her clumsiness and are willing to grow up with her.

Even if it happened that "MT was frightened and ran away, causing the team to lose the front row", everyone would not blame her, but would patiently encourage her, help her adjust her equipment, and study new playstyles......

It was great to meet them.

The tail also raised his hand energetically.

"Oh! Everyone has no opinion, and the tail agrees! But we have to set aside the funds for the treasure hunt, and if we say that we will go to the ruins to explore, don't spend all the living expenses! ”

Flesh slanted a glance at her and complained.

"No one but you would do that, okay?"

“giao！！”

Tail, who was spit out by the flesh, had a devastated expression, but it was clearly just a joke between friends.

Looking at the people who supported him, a trace of emotion appeared in Sisi's eyes, and the explanations that came to his lips were finally condensed into two words.

"Thank you......"

"It's all said, don't be so outside."

Letting go of Siss's shoulder, Sesame Paste picked up the cat she had placed on the ground again, and smiled embarrassedly.

"Speaking of which, is there a plan for the ruins of Lost Valley?"

With a confident smile on his face again, Sisi said in a serious tone.

"I was about to talk about it."

Yesterday I changed 8K, and today I'm ashamed, and I didn't finish the second half...... The author has a glass heart, scolding and tapping T.T.

(End of chapter)