Chapter 77: Currency Units

On the vast, boundless wilderness, the occasional roar of a beast could be heard, making the group currently moving forward feel somewhat apprehensive.

"These damn, hateful Fierce Beasts!" someone cursed in a low voice.

Ten years ago, they still lived stable lives; although they were busy all day for the sake of their livelihood, after a hard day's work, they could still sit down to drink a little wine and eat a hot meal.

But now, just staying alive had become a luxury; no one knew whether tomorrow or danger would arrive first.

"Don't worry, the sky will be bright soon."

Lu Guohao smiled and comforted everyone, "Once we reach Zhou Family Fort, we will trade for some grain and salt, and then exchange for some money; everyone can buy some things they need."

As soon as these words were spoken, joy immediately appeared on everyone's faces. The few people from Qin Family Stronghold looked at each other, thinking, do they have a share too?

"Old Lu..." Qin Lianjun started to speak but stopped.

Lu Guohao waved his hand, signaling that he did not need to say more.

Last night he had mentioned this matter to Lu Yu, and Lu Yu had no objections; his old companions naturally would not have any objections either. This was a benefit the Hunting Team deserved.

Lu Yu was walking at the back of the team, and hearing these words, he asked Qin Hai curiously: "Isn't it true that over at Zhou Family Fort, one can only use gold and silver or barter? Can one still trade with money?"

Qin Hai was startled for a moment, then said with some confusion: "You haven't ever been to Zhou Family Fort, have you? Trading there, besides gold, silver, and bartering, you can also use currency."

However, the currency of the old era can no longer be used.

The current currency unit is the 'Yuan', and the denominations include one yuan, two yuan, five yuan, ten yuan, twenty yuan, fifty yuan, one hundred yuan, one thousand yuan, and ten thousand yuan; the largest denomination is ten thousand yuan."

Lu Yu listened, dumbfounded; why did this sound so familiar?

But it was indeed a brand-new currency system; the currency units of the past were not these.

"In order to recognize the contributions of the Awakened over these ten years, the backs of the different denominations of currency are printed with the portraits of different Awakened."

"For example, the ten-thousand-yuan banknote, which has the largest denomination, has the portrait of the Thunder Emperor printed on the back; the one-thousand-yuan one is the God of War, and so on. If someone makes a contribution that exceeds the Thunder Emperor's, perhaps a ten-thousand-yuan banknote will be issued with their portrait printed on it."

"So that's how it is." Lu Yu nodded; this design was indeed quite interesting, and then he asked, "Then how much can one yuan buy?"

"It can buy one jin of the most ordinary rice." Qin Hai held up a finger.

Lu Yu had an idea in his mind; calculated this way, one jin of ordinary Fierce Beast Meat was probably about three yuan.

"How much money can buy one gram of gold?"

"It's not that expensive." Qin Hai shook his head, "Generally, a gold ring only trades for a few jin of rice; gold bracelets and gold necklaces can trade for a bit more, maybe ten or twenty jin."

"After all, these things cannot be eaten as food; unless it's a last resort, no one will take them to trade for supplies."

Lu Yu thought to himself, it really is cheap, but in this day and age, it indeed doesn't have much practical value, just like in the desert, water is the most valuable thing; everything depends on supply and demand.

"By the way, once you have money later, what do you plan to buy?" Qin Hai asked curiously.

"I'll see what good things there are when the time comes." Lu Yu shrugged.

Qin Hai said "Oh".

The group walked silently for more than half an hour, gradually quieting down, just burying their heads and hurrying along.

Another hour passed.

"Everyone, put in a little more effort; we'll be there in about an hour." Lu Guohao turned around to cheer everyone on.

Just at this moment, a noise came from behind.

Lu Yu looked back subconsciously and was immediately stunned.

It turned out to be a vehicle, a large truck heading toward them, its speed neither fast nor slow; it was estimated that it would catch up to them in a minute or two.

"It's the people from Li Family Zhai." Zhao Shan recognized them at a glance.

"Those guys are really rich; every time they go to Zhou Family Fort, they drive."

"Yeah, just this round trip alone burns quite a bit of gasoline; it takes several jin of rice just to trade for one liter of gasoline." Sun Gang's tone was full of envy and jealousy.

They had to spend half a day walking these thirty li, exhausted and having to be on guard against encountering Fierce Beasts at all times, even though the possibility was not high.

But the people from Li Family Zhai could arrive in ten-odd minutes, and after finishing their trading, they could easily return in ten-odd minutes.

"Let them pass first," Lu Guohao said.

Although the people from Li Family Zhai usually at most looked down on them and showed no obvious hostility, one must always be on guard against others.

What if they saw so many prey and developed evil intentions? It was never wrong to be prepared in advance.

The group put down their prey and stood to the side, watching the large truck slowly approach.

There were about twenty people in the back of the truck, and they also looked at them, their faces carrying more or less surprise.

"Which Zhai is that? They brought so much prey?"

"They're all covering their faces, can't tell; looks like Wang Family Stronghold? Or Lu Family Stockade?"

"Lu Family Stockade doesn't have this many people, right? Looks like Wang Family Stronghold."

"What kind of luck did this bunch of guys have?"

The people on the truck discussed one after another.

In the corner of the truck bed, Liu Tianhong and the others looked at each other.

At first, they also thought it was the people from Wang Family Stronghold, but the more they looked, the more familiar they felt, especially the eyes of the person at the very front.

It was Lu Guohao! In other words, these were the people from Lu Family Stockade?

Could it be that they brought all the young people from the Zhai? That's right, counting Li Ping, Liu Kai, and the others, the number was just right.

The Liu Tianhong brothers breathed a sigh of relief at the same time; it seemed that after they left, the Zhai's life was going quite well, actually saving up so much prey to trade for supplies; they were probably covering their faces because they were afraid of being recognized.

That was good, but their life in Li Family Zhai was far from as comfortable as they had imagined.

Just at this moment, a voice that made them terrified rang out: "Should we rob them? The prey of this bunch from Wang Family Stronghold was probably robbed from other Zhais too; if we rob them, it shouldn't be a big deal."

"Yeah, there are only thirteen or fourteen of them, and we have over twenty; what are we afraid of?"

"Third Brother, what do you think?" Everyone looked in unison at the middle-aged man sitting at the very front with a gloomy expression and a pair of phoenix eyes.

Li San's mouth curled up slightly, and he said, "It's not impossible."

"No, that's not very good." As soon as Li San finished speaking, a hurried voice rang out.

The gazes of a dozen or so people instantly turned over.

Liu Tianhong lowered his head and stammered, "What if they aren't from the Wang Family Zhai? Wouldn't we be robbing the wrong people?"

"Yeah, yeah, what if they're people from another Zhai?"

The other few people also chimed in to smooth things over.

The person who had incited them earlier frowned and said unhappily, "So what if they aren't from the Wang Family Zhai? If they dare to resist, we'll just kill them all right here."

"That's right, who cares which Zhai they're from!"

"Rob them first, then talk, right, Li San Ge?"

The others looked at Li San, each of them rubbing their fists and wiping their palms.

Usually, they didn't rob the prey of other Zhais, not because they were kind, but because they looked down on it.

The situation right now was different; this prey was enough to make them tempted, and since it was on the way anyway, why not do it?

The hearts of Liu Tianhong and the others suddenly jumped into their throats; what should they do?

If Li San and Lu Guohao and his group ended up in a conflict, who should they help?