After sending away the group of astrologers who had been deceived into being unable to find Bei, Lin Tan sat on the classical sofa chair in the living room and put his legs on the chair.
Today's scene was not entirely an on-the-spot reaction. There are many things that I have thought about and said in advance, but today I just picked out the situation and said it out. Even so, dealing with that old man was not easy at all.
Master Spiller is not as easily fooled as those inexperienced boys. When talking to such people, there should be no inconsistencies or even unreasonable content.
If you say the wrong thing, you may not be punished on the spot, but your plan will be ruined. Because they will quietly put your opinions into the cold palace and never bother you again. And he couldn't even figure out how he died in battle.
However, this time, when the master left, he only said that he would consider it, but did not say whether he agreed or disagreed. This made Lin feel completely confused. These veterans have long known how to hide their expressions so tightly that no one can read them. So a person can only say to himself: do your best and obey fate.
Just after taking a breath, Kaya appeared. She had been busy all morning, but she just came to an end and hurriedly came to find her teacher with a handful of gold coins in her hand.
"Teacher, teacher, there is a lot of bad money in the kir (gold coins) collected yesterday."
Bad money, bad money with insufficient content. If we were on Earth at that time, this thing would actually be counterfeit money. However, there is no universal legal currency in the Lost World. Every country, and even large enough organizations, will mint gold, silver, and copper coins. When necessary, the coins will be cast back into metal ingots and used for other purposes.
Some poor and crazy countries, or organizations with evil intentions, will mint such coins with insufficient content, which is called bad money. Although bad money can be circulated and official organizations will accept and use it, because the content ratio is difficult to determine and there is no set rule on how to convert it, so in order to avoid disputes, the private sector does not accept bad money. This is where the term 'bad money' comes from.
Bad money is also easy to spot. If the content is insufficient, the weight will naturally be different from the coins within the specification. However, the world of Lost World is not yet very good at alloy craftsmanship. In other words, alloys are secret techniques passed down by master craftsmen, and naturally they will not be used to mint large quantities of coins.
Therefore, in order to make up for the size that the coin should have, the result of adding other metals and casting them together is like a patch here and there, with obviously different metals pieced together to piece together a coin. This can be seen simply by looking at it with your eyes. Coupled with the abnormal oxidation of coins, these judgments can easily distinguish bad money from good money relative to "bad money".
What Kaya took over were coins that could clearly be classified as bad money. It should be a gold coin, but it has patina. This is a coin with insufficient gold and copper that was minted together. The total number is not small, about twenty pieces. But Lin asked first: "How much did you charge in total yesterday?"
Taking out a paper accounting book was a habit I had had long before settling in the Tower of the Great Sage. Kaya turned to the latest page, which of course used accounting methods originating from the earth. She said: "A total of 513 kiirs were received. Among them, 122 were good coins, 370 were good coins, and 21 were bad coins."
Fine coins refer to those high-quality coins cast by large empires with obvious characteristics and guaranteed content and materials. Some particularly particular people or organizations are only willing to trade with fine money. Therefore, the attitude of most people when receiving fine money is that they will save it specially.
For general use, just use good money, but bad money... To be honest, if this thing is given to ordinary people, it will be disliked by others. So the attitude of most magicians towards bad money is to melt it and separate it into the metal type it should be.
But today, Kaya brought these more than twenty pieces of bad money, not to ask how to deal with it later. But it shows that in yesterday’s lecture, someone used this method to fish in troubled waters. You don't have to be a magician, because Lin doesn't restrict that only magicians can participate.
Think about the scene yesterday. Would there be only more than 500 people? In other words, there are actually many people who are not paid. But I can't blame others. The tavern was packed with people visually, and the upper limit was less than 200 people.
Although some masters are floating in mid-air, or standing on walls or ceilings. Even so, the number could not reach five hundred people. Most people were still crowding on the street outside the tavern, unable to get in, so they couldn't be blamed for not paying for the lecture.
After Lin thought for a while, he said to Kaya: "Just keep the bad money, and when there is enough, we will melt it together and separate it. If you bring the bad money to pay bills in the future, we will collect it the same. Anyway, at most we will just keep it." The gold part is purified, and then the whole lump of gold is directly traded with others. However, we should not publicize our collection of bad money, lest we all receive this kind of stuff."
With the purpose of teaching to promote the p language, Lin really wanted to teach for free if he didn't have the idea of adding and subtracting money to supplement family income, and the worry that it would make people suspicious if it was completely free. I just hope that more people will come to learn, so that I can even get another Nintendo Famicom in my lifetime.
So when it comes to collecting bad money, just turn a blind eye and close one eye. Besides, for most formal magicians, iKiel is only a small amount of money. But groups other than magicians may not necessarily think so. If we hope that magicians will actively learn programming languages and prohibit others from learning, that would defeat the original intention.
In fact, groups other than magicians are Lin's target range. For these people, a class of about two hours costs one gold coin, which may be a big burden. Rather than specializing these people and classifying them as the basis for other charging methods, it is better to treat them as if they have not seen these people from the beginning.
At first glance, it may seem like you’re getting the short end of the stick. But in terms of human nature, those who take advantage of others and want to push themselves further are the minority after all. Most people hide it, fearing that others will find out, and feel somewhat guilty inside. Of course, you have to rationalize your behavior verbally and be confident, so that you can continue to do these sneaky things.
As long as this feeling exists, these people may continue to take advantage, but they will never accomplish anything. Unless what you owe is a huge favor that cannot be repaid until death. So in the end, if you choose to do one or the other, that's a different matter.
Setting the tone for this kind of thing in the future, as soon as I explained it to Kaya, she nodded obediently to show her understanding. It's not like a stingy housekeeper who cares about these little coins.
Just as Kaya was about to leave, Halumi ran in and shouted: "Teacher, teacher, another guest is here."
"Why are you so anxious? Teacher, I don't have to hide from creditors and won't run away. What are you doing in such a hurry?" Thinking of the unpleasant past, Lin muttered the words of a frizzy girl.
The blond girl who was scolded quickly stopped, took care of her messy hair, straightened her skirt, and pretended to be a lady and said: "Teacher, it's Mr. Shur Ion here. He said It’s the president who wants to see you and has sent a carriage over.”
It seems that it was for the proposal to establish a magic academy that was previously entrusted to the Great Magician Greenwen to be conveyed to the old man until today. The carriages have been sent, and it seems that they will not leave until they carry people.
Of course, it's also possible that the content of last night's lecture scared the old man. After all, it is so obvious that it will break the foundation of astrologers. For a president who thinks about the overall situation of Xijia District all day long, it is unlikely that he will not react at all. In addition to calling the person who caused the trouble to have his eggs clamped, stand at attention and report, depending on the situation, the person may also be handed over as a sacrifice to appease external anger.
In short, when a child gets into trouble, it is natural to seek support from his parents. It’s unclear whether it’s just the parent-teacher association’s support or an extra meal of fried shredded pork with bamboo shoots. It is difficult to compare the ecology of Lost Land with that of Earth in a certain period. Therefore, Lin is groping for many things and trying to find ways to adapt.
"Kaya, remember to get that little bucket and ask Mr. Lois. I'll leave the house to you. I won't be back for lunch at noon, so you have to deal with it yourself. By the way, the two dogs can be taken care of when they are free. Take them outside the city for a stroll. There are no monsters coming to die these days, and they have a lot more fat on their bodies. I prefer to eat lean meat, too fat is not good."
When the two girls heard this, their expressions were the same. They both puffed up their cheeks and looked at their teacher with dissatisfaction. After Lin jokingly explained the matter, he followed Shur Ion, who came to pick him up, to the middle tower, where President Cheng Guo Eaton is located.
The same small conference room. It's just that this time, there is no one other than the president himself.
There was a dedicated waiter who served Elf Flower Tea to Lin who was seated.
It's not that coffee is not favored by the president, but if no one knows how to make it, no matter how good the coffee is, it will be in vain. Then I heard that the president had spoiled several pots of coffee, and there were not many coffee beans, so now the old man has given up on asking the waiter around him to learn how to brew it. If he really wanted to satisfy his craving, or before performing any magic that required concentration, he would personally visit Lin's mansion.
As for directly asking other people's apprentices to come over, Mi Di is not interested in this kind of thing. If it's a servant or an ordinary waiter, forget it. But Kaya is a serious, registered apprentice under the magician Guybrash Tripwood. If someone with such an identity casually turns to another magician's disciples, it would not be considered a good record.
Different from the past, he always goes straight to the point. Recently, when Lin came to meet the president, the old man would always chat about family matters for a while and show concern before getting into the topic. This kind of flattery and wooing is quite obvious, and it is even more desirable for those who want to hug their long legs. So the two just flattered each other falsely.
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