Chapter 374 Beer and Banknotes

Carsippampas was not trying to comfort the other party, but was speaking from his heart. The Ardi tribe had pack carts, but not many, and they were all used to transport iron ore and salt. The tribesmen often came to Snotia to go to the market with their arms and legs. Snotia was not far from the tribal territory in the south of Ardi, but not very close either. It was still very hard to go back and forth.

The driver's eyes lit up: "Chief Carsippampas, this is a good idea. I will have to talk to the captain about this later. To thank you, I will try my best to send you to Ophidilla today!"

"You don't have to be so anxious. I'm not in a hurry. I just need to get there tomorrow." Carsippampas saw the wrinkles on the other party's face, and was afraid that the old driver would be tired, so he quickly persuaded him.

"Just sit there and watch me next." The driver laughed and swung the whip in the air, making a crisp "snap" sound.

The four pack horses heard this sound and sped up again.

When the sun in the sky began to set in the west, the carriage arrived at Todlido.

Three years ago, this town was a "big prison" for prisoners, and even the official members of the Nix tribe could not enter, but now it is no different from other Nix towns. Because the people of Segestica who surrendered in the village have become official members of the Nix tribe from the Nix reserve tribe, and many of the defeated Pannoni captives have softened their wills in the hard and long labor afterwards, and finally chose to join the Nix tribe and become reserve tribesmen. They have all been allocated houses and land. The remaining stubborn captives are no longer enough to pose a threat to the tribe, so Todlido was opened to the public last year.

However, pedestrians are still used to living in the "Nix House" hotel outside the village.

The driver drove the carriage to the outside of the hotel, temporarily unloaded the carriage, asked the hotel waiter to provide hay and water for the four pack horses, and simply ate some dry food, and took a homemade wooden rake to comb the horses' manes and relieve muscle fatigue.

Calsippampas and his party went to the restaurant of the hotel to eat.

There were already many customers in the restaurant. They sat around the table, eating and chatting, and even toasting their glasses. Everyone had a satisfied and happy smile on their faces.

The waiter led Calsippampas and others to an empty table in the corner. Calsippampas, who had been here several times, began to order food with ease.

After he finished ordering, the waiter smiled and reminded: "Dear guests, the weather is hot, do you want a few glasses of beer to quench your thirst?"

Calsippampas was a little surprised: "You have beer now?!"

"Of course, you see, they are drinking beer!" The waiter pointed to the guests at the table next to him and said: "But this beer has only been available since last month. You are lucky. You finally caught up! I heard that last year, because the tribe had too much food, the granary was not enough, and some old wheat even began to mold, so Chief Maximus It was proposed that a proper amount of wheat could be taken out of the granary to brew beer to enrich the tribesmen’s diet. At that time, the Ministry of Works also issued notices in various towns to recruit tribesmen who could brew beer, but the notice was removed after only a few days, and there was no news afterwards——”

“It’s not that there is no news, but someone signed up soon, and the recruitment quota for the brewery workshop was full!” A middle-aged guest at the table next to him interrupted loudly with a flushed face: “Do you know who is the director of the tribal brewery workshop?”

“Who?” The others at the same table asked curiously.

"Matgaris!"

"Ah, that old man! He looks so ordinary, but he can actually brew beer!"

"Don't underestimate him! I tell you, Mattgaris was a slave of a noble in Sarapia, and was responsible for brewing beer on the farm. The beer he brewed was very popular among Sarapia sailors and civilians." The middle-aged guest said with emotion: "He finally has a place to display his talents, the head of the brewery, that's great!"

"How do you know so much about Mattgaris's past? ? "

"Nonsense, I worked with him back then, and later when Chief Maximus came to Sarapias, he and I both joined the team. Because I was young and strong, I became a soldier, and he joined the baggage camp..."

"Since you can also make wine, why didn't you sign up before?"

"I'm a centurion now, and I'm still going to help others make wine. Am I stupid! Besides, staying in the tribe to make wine is not as rewarding and promoting as leading soldiers to kill enemies outside, don't you think?"

"Yes! !" Everyone at the table responded in unison.

When Chalsipompus heard this, he said to the waiter: "Give us each a glass of beer!"

"Okay." The waiter recorded it on paper and calculated it in his mind, then smiled and said: "You have to pay a total of one mark, two niks, five orphis, and seven snos."

Maximus used the decimal system when designing the face value of banknotes for the Nix tribe.

On the one hand, he used the decimal system as the basis for teaching arithmetic to children, which has been continued in the tribal school education until now, so the young new tribesmen will not feel unfamiliar when using it, and trading calculations are faster and more convenient.

On the other hand, influenced by the memory of his previous life, he not only adopted the decimal system for banknotes, but also divided the face value into yuan, jiao, and fen, making four different banknotes.

The one-cent note with the smallest face value also has the smallest paper area. On the currency side is a sketch of the town of Snotia and the Kupa River drawn by Maximus himself and printed with engravings. It means the earliest days of the establishment of the Nyx tribe. , its currency value is roughly equivalent to a Roman sese.

The second is a dime note, which depicts the city of Ofidilia and the Sava River, which means the growth of the Nyx tribe.

Once again, it is a one-dollar note, which depicts the pattern on the Knicks tribe's flag - the dragon flying in the clouds and mist, representing the entire Knicks tribe.

There is also a ten-dollar note with the image of Maximus painted on it. He is the leader of the Nyx tribe and the core of the existence of the entire tribe.

In fact, Maximus also designed a hundred-dollar banknote. The pattern on the banknote is the goddess Danu. However, since the current population of the Nyx tribe is not large (only 200,000) and the products are not very rich, the entire tribe The overall trade is far from prosperous, so there is not much demand for large-denomination banknotes, so they have not been launched for the time being.

Banknotes of different denominations have different sizes and patterns. Even if some ethnic groups are illiterate, it is not easy to make mistakes during use. However, most ethnic groups cannot fluently say "yuan, jiao, cents, including Some people even think that this is the pronunciation of the four words "dragon", which is the language brought by the son of God Maximus from the kingdom of Danu. Later, based on the pattern on the banknotes, everyone gave them a common nickname by convention: one point. The money is Snow, the dime is Aoife, the dragon on the one dollar represents the Knicks tribe, so it is called Nick, and the ten dollar is called Mark.

Usually, a pound of wheat costs about six Snows, and an egg costs about three Snows. Nowadays, the banknotes of the Nyx tribe are still very strong, so the price of the lunch that Carlsipampas asked for is relatively expensive, mainly because He has always been generous and wanted to entertain his subordinates and friends well, and he also knew that they were all big-bellied men, so he ordered a lot of good dishes. Moreover, the new beer was not produced in large quantities, so the price was naturally higher. .

This lunch costs so much money, but Chalcisi Pampas is not a member of the Nyx tribe and does not even have a banknote. However, he very calmly took out two pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to the waiter: "I am Al The elder Kalsipempas of the Dee tribe was invited by Chief Maximus to lead my men to participate in this summer memorial ceremony. This is the invitation letter and the certification document issued by the administrator of Pompos in Western Russia. ”

The waiter took it and saw at a glance the unique pale golden mark of Chief Maximus stamped on the invitation letter.

Kalsi Pampas has been to this hotel many times, but the young waiter just finished studying at the tribal school this year and was only recruited by the hotel three months ago. He still doesn't recognize this good friend of the Nix tribe.

But after all, there are people from the Ardiyi tribe in the Nyx tribe, and people from the Ardiyi tribe who live in the Sava River often eat here when they go to the Mrezhnica River-Ardiyi territory, so even though Carlsipampas and others were dressed differently from the Nyx people. Now that they knew each other's identity, the waiter was not surprised, because many Aldi envoys had passed by here in recent days, so He said with great experience: "Elder Carl Sipimpas, please come with me!"

"Nix House" is affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce and is responsible for receiving tribal officials on business trips and envoys from other tribes.

The young waiter led Carlisle Pempas to see the hotel manager. Mainas had been transferred a year ago. The new manager also knew Carlisle Pempas and immediately expressed a warm welcome to his arrival. After finishing his invitation letter and supporting documents and learning that he was not staying, but only had lunch, the supervisor explained the order he had just made and asked him to stamp his fingerprint.

Karl Sepimpas knew that this was the proper procedure, so he did as he was told, and then returned to the dining room, and soon the beer was served.

Kalsipempas picked up a glass and did not drink it immediately. Instead, he looked at the wine in the glass curiously. It was not the usual black and yellow color, but a light yellow color.

He gently shook the wine glass again, and saw no floating dregs, and the foam on the surface was pure white...

This was very different from the beer he had drunk before.

He took a sip, and it was bitter and astringent with a sweet aroma and a touch of sourness. The delicate foam brought a silky texture. Drinking it in this hot season actually brought a unique refreshing feeling... …