Chapter 3251: Foreign Traveling Merchants, Giving Children Freedom

Marie nodded, subconsciously taking out her Identity Card, intending to pay with Digital Blue Gold Coins, but then she remembered that this shop did not have a digital payment sign, so she prepared to put the card away.

Unexpectedly, the owner called out to her, "Madam, are you planning to pay with Digital Blue Gold Coins? That's fine, you can transfer it directly to me!"

"Hm?" Madam Marie looked at the other person in confusion.

The owner hurriedly explained, "My son is in the Territory Guard. He came back last night and helped me activate a Digital Account. It's just that because I have to watch the shop, I haven't had time to go to the Government Hall to apply for a Commercial Payment Card, but I have my own Identity Card with me at all times. You can just transfer it to me directly."

"Is that okay?"

"Of course it's okay. My shop is legitimate and registered at the Government Hall. If you don't believe me, you can go check!"

"I'm not talking about the shop, I'm asking if there will be any issues with transferring money privately like this?"

"What issues could there be? My son said that this Digital Blue Gold Coin is the same as a real Blue Gold Coin. The Commercial Payment Card is just for the convenience of letting others collect payments when I'm not around; whether I have one or not doesn't affect this transaction."

"I understand."

Previously, Marie had somewhat felt like she was just helping her husband complete a task when it came to Digital Blue Gold Coins, but now, after hearing the owner say this, she truly realized it.

"Of course you can't. In the past, you gave him pocket money every month; why can't he buy things himself now? Just remember not to waste it."

What follows next is either an interview or a direct arrest.

And if one chooses to pay with Digital Blue Gold Coins, then one can transfer exactly 3 Yuan, without the need for an extra step of making change.

However, there are only four denominations of Blue Gold Coins in "Yuan" units, which are "1 Yuan," "2 Yuan," "5 Yuan," and "10 Yuan." If one happens to need to pay 3 Yuan, then one must receive change.

Moli felt that she was truly too happy today. As she left East Street, she couldn't help but ask her mother, "Can I still eat these snacks in the future?"

It wasn't just snacks; in the past, the only snacks Moli could enjoy were the candies she grabbed a handful of from Sugar Grandpa in the community using her hard-earned pocket money. But now, it wasn't just candies—there were all sorts of new snacks she had never heard of or seen before, but which looked delicious at first glance.

And it was one hundred pairs per person, in all sorts of styles and sizes. If this wasn't for reselling, what could it be for? And most importantly, the quantity of one hundred pairs happened to hit the threshold for bulk purchases.

Madam Marie had worked at the Rubber Shoe Factory for a long time and had seen a lot. If it weren't for a daughter she couldn't stop worrying about, she would actually be more willing to go out and venture on her own.

Of course, that was the price she actually paid. If one looked at the list price, the price of each pair of rubber shoes was over ten Yuan, and the ex-factory price was also at that standard.

Although Moli couldn't understand her mother's change, she liked this kind of change very much. If possible, she hoped her mother would always be like this.

Otherwise, it would be blatant subsidy fraud. Once discovered, in addition to the confiscation of illegal gains, there would be additional fines and detention.

In fact, most people who come to Xia Ling are not purely for shopping, but more for making money. Just like those out-of-town guests from earlier, would a normal customer buy one hundred pairs of shoes at once?

Meanwhile, in Evereska, the investigators of the Northland Alliance were also busy running off their feet. Tracing clues from Ailan all the way to Evereska, they finally locked onto several targets.

It's just that the Territory provides subsidies to its own people. If this shop indeed needs to purchase goods at a price of over 10 Blue Gold Coins per pair, they can immediately go to the Government Hall to apply for a subsidy after finishing the purchase.

If it exceeds one hundred pairs, one needs to go to the Rubber Shoe Factory to purchase them at a price of at least 10 Yuan per pair. At the very least, the shop wouldn't dare to sell more than one hundred pairs of shoes at once.

Digital Blue Gold Coins are real Blue Gold Coins; transferring one Yuan is equivalent to handing the other person a one-Yuan Blue Gold Coin face-to-face.

Therefore, there aren't actually many goods that out-of-towners can get at a lower price. At the very least, it can't compare to the purchase volume of a real big merchant, and a real big merchant wouldn't actually purchase at the 10-Yuan list price, but would sign a profit-sharing agreement.

As long as you buy a few more pairs of shoes, you can earn back the ticket price.

The out-of-towners Marie saw buying shoes in the shop earlier—although the price they finally settled on wasn't the 10-Yuan list price, it was still much higher than what locals pay.

In the future, if Digital Blue Gold Coins support payments in "Jiao" units, it will be even more convenient. Ordinary people won't even need to carry any coins when they go out!

Moli's enrollment really changed many things. At this moment, Madam Marie no longer treated Moli as a small child who needed her discipline, giving Moli greater freedom, including the freedom to manage her pocket money.

In the end, Madam Marie bought two pairs of shoes for her daughter at the price of 10 Blue Gold Coins.

But if one were to buy them outside of Great Xia Territory, then the price of at least 10 Blue Gold Coins is not something everyone can accept. It would be better to take a ship or an Airship to come to Xia Ling to buy them.

Later, when actually selling, it would be sold at a price with the subsidy deducted.

With the start of the school term in Great Xia Territory, whether it was the Enlightenment Primary School in the Territory or the three-year Quasi-Mage Training within the Tower of Time, everyone was kept busy.

Besides clothes, shoes, and socks, Madam Marie also bought her daughter some small accessories. This had never happened in the past. It wasn't that she couldn't afford it, but in the eyes of most ordinary people, there was simply no need for children from ordinary families to wear accessories.

Her idol was President Zhenna of the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce. It was just a pity that she couldn't leave home for too long before Moli grew up. Her husband had joined the Territory Guard, and she was the only adult left at home. She couldn't very well make her husband retire and come back to take care of the child!

First, take various products from Great Xia Territory and travel as a merchant to various places. After saving up a sum of money, then acquire shops, or even source factories, to build her own business empire.

But for now, she was just an ordinary housewife working two jobs to support her family, currently taking her child on a big shopping spree before school started.

The thought of doing business flashed through Madam Marie's mind. Although brief, it left a very profound impact. Perhaps she really might become a famous merchant in the Northland in the future.

Not to mention that taking a ship takes too long, the cheapest ticket price for an Airship from Seventon to Great Xia Territory is 50 Gold Coins (Ming Shui) one way, which, converted into Great Xia Territory's Blue Gold Coins, is about 45 Yuan.

Out-of-towners who want to buy cheap rubber shoes can only come to Great Xia Territory in person to buy them, which counts as taking advantage of the subsidy. If they are buying in bulk, they can only choose the ex-factory price of over 10 Yuan at the Rubber Shoe Factory.

Of course, those out-of-towners could also choose to buy at other shops, but there are only forty or fifty shoe shops in the entire Great Xia Territory, one of which is a shop used by the Rubber Shoe Factory for display and is not aimed at ordinary customers.