Chapter 206: Exchanging Money

"It's not that it's impossible, but I must accompany you," Anna said helplessly. "Although there is no explicit law requiring it, as subordinates of Baroness Clara, we do not wish for any problems to arise."

The Queen's orders are above all else, so things the Queen has not detailed require those below to speculate.

Even Baroness Clara cannot make decisions for the Queen at will; she can only keep an eye on the issues first, to avoid it being difficult to explain later.

"Is this the same treatment for those who dock at the public pier?" Yun Xiao frowned.

"Currently, any foreign ship receives the same treatment. If you dock at the public pier, you must make an appointment in advance to go out, and there are even many ships that cannot dock at all," Anna explained. "It is not that we are being overly cautious; you also know that there are witches in Gannaer. Although they do not worship the Death Sect, they are still a part of our country. We cannot just split them off and let them be independent."

No matter which country it is, it is impossible to abandon territory that originally belongs to itself.

Although the other party was speaking broken Tana Language, Yun Xiao was indeed persuaded by the other party's explanation.

"That's perfect, I also need a guide; after all, we are not familiar with the language of the Gannaer region." Yun Xiao went with the flow and took a step back, saying, "We also brought some goods and need to rent a warehouse."

"No problem. If you hadn't made an appointment in advance, we wouldn't have been able to prepare so many warehouses. Hmm, I will arrive at your door on time tomorrow morning to take you around the Gannaer region." After finishing, Anna began to let her subordinates cooperate to carry out the registration.

At this time, Xin Zhi Xiang Wang and the others had already left Gannaer by ship and arrived at Tana City.

As for Ganseer, he had already boarded the Train heading to the Royal Capital, preparing to report the situation he knew.

"Your Majesty the Queen, those people from the Federal are increasing in number. Do you think we should restrict their movements?" Baroness Clara whispered a reminder to the Queen at the evening gathering.

The Queen, who was still flipping through an art book, shook her head. "Tell them that the East District is relatively safer. If they don't want to die, they shouldn't go to the west; there are many Red Moon Believers there."

"In other words, they can move freely in Gannaer?"

"If our people want to move freely in Tana City, it must be exchanged for them moving freely in Gannaer. However, you don't need to worry; I have already instructed the priests of those churches to observe those outsiders more often in their daily lives," the Queen said indifferently, clearly not liking this topic. "Judging from these art books, the Death Sect is likely in a state of closed-door cultivation, to the extent that he has no further response. What we need to care about is why these people under him also have no news."

Compared to the safety of the country, the Queen pays more attention to news regarding the Death Sect.

If the Death Sect could respond to prayers and rituals himself and simultaneously send down an Oracle, then as descendants of the Death Sect, the Royal Family would be much more relaxed.

At least there would not be a situation where no one could respond to rituals after a hundred years.

"You wouldn't be thinking of going to the Underworld to take a look, would you?" Baroness Clara's face was full of worry. "It's not like no Queen has done this before, but their ends were often not very good."

"I know I cannot be anxious, and the issue of the witches has not been completely resolved." A serious expression finally appeared on the Queen's face. "In any case, we cannot rely on witches now; they have too many ideas, and are actually not as good as those guys who only know money."

For Gannaer, those who have the most contact with the Wealth Church are the most numerous.

So for the people here, it seems to be a consensus that people from the Federal only care about money.

"I have already placed those Gold Ties in my pier area and promised them that I would take them into the city tomorrow. Don't worry, I will have my subordinates keep an eye on them," Baroness Clara said hurriedly. "As for other merchants, I suggest you also have those from the Undead Faction keep an eye on them; at least it can serve as surveillance."

"It is said that our people in Tana City receive the same treatment?" the Queen said, frowning.

"It cannot be said entirely like that; it can only be said that they are truly too busy. Jimola said those people need to build a new embassy right in the pier area to facilitate our people's coming and going. So there are usually many engineering-related personnel, as well as government employees, contacting them. As for issues between trade, there are no big problems for the time being, because not everyone is like those Gold Ties who brought goods out the first moment they arrived."

"They have heavy defenses against us; this is within my expectations." The Queen put down the book in her hand. "Tell the members of the guard not to make things difficult for the merchants at the pier, remind them of the situation in Gannaer, and at the same time tell them to be careful of potential threats; we will not be responsible for their safety in the city."

This cannot be blamed on her for not notifying them; people who come to do business will also be clear about it.

"Do we need to notify the Federal?" Baroness Clara asked with a firm gaze.

"Tell the Federal that although we signed an agreement, it only represents the Royal Family and the Death Sect. There are still a small number of opposing voices within Gannaer, and we can only try our best to control them, but if they commit any extreme acts, we have no way to be responsible for that." Gannaer has already reached this point and cannot take any more steps back.

Even the Federal cannot make them a puppet state.

In fact, the Queen reaching this point has already caused dissatisfaction among the domestic nobles, but they dare not say much; after all, that is the Queen's decision.

Unless they can replace the Queen in responding to prayers.

Although the climate of Gannaer is similar to Tana City, it is clearly more sultry here; compared to Tana City, there are more mountain ranges here blocking those sultry, humid vapors.

The players certainly won't stay in bed; their sleep quality has always been very good. As soon as the sky brightened, Yun Xiao and his partners arrived in the courtyard, waiting for Anna to take them to Gannaer city to look around.

For this, they didn't even eat breakfast, hoping to experience authentic Gannaer cuisine in the city.

Gannaer has a long history and has been the Divine Kingdom of the Death Sect since the distant past. The food here is even more diverse; after all, it is the same as Tana City, with crops harvested three times a year, and both fruit and vegetable varieties are quite rich.

Even the art is much more abundant than in Tana City; after all, compared to Gannaer, the atmosphere of Tana City is too utilitarian and full of the smell of copper.

"I didn't expect you to get up so early. We will start today's work, oh no, sightseeing. First, I will take you to the market in Gannaer, but you must pay attention to safety; things like Gold Ties should not be worn." Anna does not want any problems to occur. These Tana City people are too high-profile. If the witches really discover them and it affects the cooperation between the two countries, the final responsibility will definitely fall on a small person like her.

Compared to before, she has to be twelve times more alert to accompany these outsiders.

Sure enough, it is more worry-free to supervise them all than to let them go into the city.

Anna provided the players with new clothes, attire belonging to the Gannaer region. The players changed quickly and boarded an Elephant Carriage belonging to Gannaer.

The transportation here is not a horse carriage, but an Elephant Carriage, because Gannaer people learned to tame elephants a long time ago.

It is just that because of the mountain roads, this skill did not spread to Tana City; of course, there is also the reason that the history of Tana City is not as long as Gannaer's.

Gannaer has a market every morning, located near the East City Avenue. There is an open space here, equivalent to the size of a football field.

The Administrator here has divided the market. Entering from the entrance, there are snacks, and further in there are daily necessities, clothing and accessories, sacrificial items, and construction tools, etc.

The dazzling array of goods made the players' eyes blur, especially those snacks, which were rich in variety, no less than the food the players brought to Tana City.

The only drawback is that it is too sweet; every single item is sweet.

"I think we should be able to exchange for the currency here; this point has not yet been discussed to a reasonable price." Yun Xiao reminded Anna. "I only have Tana and Xide in my hands, but neither can be spent here."

"We have already added this to the agenda. You Gold Ties should be very clear about how Tana came to be. If my guess is correct, we will only accept Xide and will not accept Tana." Anna kindly reminded the other party. "If you really have a need, there is also a black market in the market."

"What is the approximate price?" Yun Xiao knew that finding a local guide was useful.

"1 Gold Tana can be exchanged for about 120 Black Shells, and 1 Xide can be exchanged for about 150 Black Shells." Anna also found this out in the past few days; after all, she also has friends who want to go to Tana City to try their luck.

"We are exchanging 1 Gold Tana for 1 Xide, how is the gap..." Yun Xiao immediately understood.

The purchasing power of Tana is far inferior to Xide.

The Federal general currency is originally Xide; only in Tana City would Tana be used.

If one does not live and work in Tana City, one is not qualified to come into contact with Xide. The labor price of ordinary people is too low, which is why Tana appeared.

And the price of grain in Tana City is even lower, and only Tana can be used for settlement; otherwise, the cheapest denomination in the entire kingdom would be enough for people in Tana City to eat black bread for about five days.

However, this phenomenon has eased a lot now. Labor in Tana City is becoming more and more expensive, and the inflation problem within Tana City is becoming more and more serious.

Fortunately, the players do not mind increasing the labor price; after all, the price is higher after being sold.

"The black market only recognizes Xide; the value of Tana itself is not high, it depends entirely on the gold content inside." Anna explained, "If you want to exchange, I can take you there, but none of you should speak. If you expose your identities, there may be danger."

Although the vast majority of witches do not appear in the east of the city, the black market is another matter.

Especially those witches hiding here and there; many nobles, after ceasing to shelter witches, drove them out directly, and a large portion of them might be hiding in the market.

It is a mixed bag here, making it quite easy to escape.

"That's fine, but what should we do about exchanges in the future?"

"In the future? Won't there be an official exchange rate by then?" Anna rolled her eyes at Yun Xiao, "It's just that if you want to exchange more later, you'll have to rely on learning the Gannaer language yourself, or find an agent."

It seems the black market is not suitable for exchanging large amounts; Yun Xiao followed Anna into a dark alley, while the other players wandered around the market to avoid being too conspicuous and drawing suspicion.

"We are here to exchange Tana." After being stopped by the person at the door, Anna stated their purpose.

She carried the crest of Baroness Clara's family on her, and anyone with a brain would not do anything to her.

Those black market merchants seemed to have remembered Yun Xiao behind Anna, giving Yun Xiao an ominous feeling.

It seems he has been targeted; as expected, one needs an agent to come here.

However, Yun Xiao could not tell which one was a witch; as an Awakened, he could now use skills like Turn Stone into Gold for a short time, and he was carrying several Misfortune Charms, so simply escaping should not be a problem.

At the very least, he could conjure a Golden Silk Soft Armor to ensure his own safety.

Following Anna into the exchange shop, Yun Xiao took out an entire bag of Gold Tana.

The shopkeeper looked at Anna, then counted the amount, "You are the people who have come to exchange the largest amount recently. I suggest you leave through the back door in a moment, otherwise you will definitely be targeted."

After speaking, he took out a stack of banknotes and counted for a while, "This is 60,000 Black Shell, you leave through the back door."

Anna nodded, pulled Yun Xiao, who had put away the money, and walked out through the back door.

"Are you sure this is safe?" Yun Xiao said with some unease, "I just felt that the shopkeeper was the most dangerous person."

"He is an Awakened Barbarian, and a battle-hardened one at that; he is no worse than the Warriors from your place," Anna said, "But he is a traitor to the Barbarian King, having defected to Gannaer more than ten years ago."

"With him here, you can still cooperate with the Barbarians?" Yun Xiao expressed shock.

"Why not? We aren't the ones negotiating the cooperation; that's all done by those witches. You should be able to guess the abilities they possess; bewitchment is one of them," Anna said disdainfully, "You had better believe what he says; he doesn't want too many of his clients to die, otherwise who would come here to exchange?"

He didn't expect to encounter danger just by exchanging money; walking out of the back door, Yun Xiao and the others arrived at a small path. Looking at the empty road, Yun Xiao felt a bit more at ease, "Alright, but we must get to the main road as soon as possible and find my people."

"I thought the Wealth Church was full of people who would risk their lives for money," Anna said with a chuckle. She didn't think there was any problem; as a subordinate of Baroness Clara, she had never encountered any trouble she couldn't solve.

(End of this chapter)