There also money type and value but cents has been adopted for money unit.
I had only the opportunity to feel the monetary economy from trading with caravan that comes once a few months, I usually done it with barter as our Baumeister knight territory rarely hear the word of it.
One copper is one cent, ten copper or one copper plate is ten cents, tens copper plate or one silver is hundred cents,
ten silver or one silver plate is thousand cents, ten silver plate or one gold is ten thousand cents, ten gold coin or one gold plate is hundred thousand cents, ten gold plate or one platinum is one million cents, ten platinum or one platinum plate is ten million cents.
You can buy one apple for one copper which the same amount of tax frequently paid for entering town so about one hundred yen for one cent when converted into yen.
“Welcome to commercial guild. Issuing member’s card isn’t it. Write the necessary item to this document.”
When entering into large build which the commercial guild told by guard’s Onii-san, it was crowded with people who came for various business.
When I talk to young Onee-san that sits at the counter that written as member’s card issuance counter, she in polite tone made me to write in the document.
This document listed about name, birthplace and age.
I wrote my age normally, address with the appropriate name of poor village that was a little away from here, and I decided to pretend to be a commoner kid that have only Wendelin as last name.
There was only misstatement but a lie like this won’t became a problem.
There also some people who lie about their name unabashedly.
“Member’s card issued for first time is free. Note that it will take one silver for reissue fee if you lose it. And be sure to pay 10% of sales when the goods were sold to the stationed supervisor in the specified position given. Understand that harsh treatment is waiting for violating the rule.”
I take my leave from receptionist Onee-san and start to move to where bazaar take place.
Just like receptionist Onee-san description, when enters town main street through little narrow alley, there many young, old men and women selling various things by expanding mat on the road side.
There also kid like me here, that is why the receptionist Onee-san would not be surprised even if I request for commercial guild member’s card.
“Are you helping your father boy?”
When I’m talking with a middle-aged man of guild staff that partitioning the bazaar, he greet me kindly thinking that I’m a dutiful son that came to sell the prey my parent had hunted.
“I catch it with my own traps.”
There is no need for me to claim that I can use magic, I had decided to say that I captured the rabbit with my own trap near the village I live.
When I look around, there also another kid that sells rabbit captured with trap just like me.
“Well, You are quite skilled for a kid. You can sell it in the vacant place over there. It will sell quickly as the stock for rabbit fur and meat is always lacking. I guess the current market for one meat and fur is about five coppers plate.”
It’s around five thousand yen.
I can see why as on my way to the specified place, I saw people selling rabbit fur and meat with all the price tag is five coppers plate.
So it’s around 4,500 to 5,000 yen.
I do not want to spend extra time for small profit so I set it to five copper plate is the normal price, I arranged the four rabbits on the mat that I brought.
And a man voice call out to me immediately.
A man around forty age with appearance like merchant.
“Are you helping your father?”
“No, this is something I have captured with my own trap.”
“Oh, You’re quite skilled for a youngster. And also your way of tanning the fur is quite good as the meat still fresh.”
Draining the blood from the meat, dismantling and tanning the skin.
It simply can be done with magic, it’s inferior to professional top quality goods but that can be expected as it was done with decent quality.
The effort to learn that magic and it was a challenge at first from antipathy in dismantling the prey.
The meat that I bought from supermarkets in my previous life is nothing but a product that bundled in pack.
I had difficulty especially the process of drawing out the blood and internal organs.
Let just say that it was something a former modern people like me can’t get used so easily.
“I’ll take everything. I’d be happy if you come to sold it again.”
“Thanks for buying.”
Rabbits sold by two silver in total, I paid two coppers plate for the 10% sales to the guild staff.
“What would you do now?”
“I had been asked by father to buy rice.”
“I guess it’s about five coppers plate for ten kilos. Though it differs fairly with its producing area and varieties.”
I express thanks to guild staff, I return home with teleport after buying ten kg rice for five copper plate from nearby rice shop.
The purpose is of course to cook the rice I bought earlier.