Lucas walked around with Mina, Annie, and Nicole. They looked like a CEO walking out with his secretaries to do inspections. And then there was Bryan, who looked like he was a lapdog.
They saw four male beastkins at the door of the Shopping Mall. They all held a one-meter-long wooden stick and were wearing leather armor. They were the security guards of the Shopping Mall. They looked so fierce and evil that people could not stand to look at them.
In the end, it didn’t really matter, as Lucas just wanted them to be able to scare people with their looks.
“Welcome to the Shopping Mall.” The four beastkins shouted. They were extremely nervous as they would never have imagined that they would be doing this kind of work. To them, a security guard was a job that was highly sought after, evident by the people in the crowd looking at them in awe.
“Good job. If anyone causes trouble, arrest them.” Lucas said, patting one of the beastkins’ shoulders. “For the people that try to steal, put them in the small black room."
“Understood!” the beastkins shouted, shivering. They had experienced the small black room before and didn’t want to go there again.
“Do your job properly or else I’ll tell Mina to ‘fix’ you. You understand how Mina will fix you, right?” Annie said, trying to make a fierce-looking face. But it was more cute than fierce. She cherished her life right now and the opportunity to change the way the humans thought about beastkins, so she didn’t want anything to go wrong in the first step.
“Un- understood.” The beastkins said. Seeing Mina look over, they immediately straightened their body, afraid that they would be “fixed” by Mina. After all, if they did get “fixed”, they would have to lay in bed for a few days.
“Let’s go.”
They saw a few counters at the entrance filled with small objects as soon as they entered the Shopping Mall.
“Huh? What are those?” Annie asked, looking at the lollipops on the counters.
“That’s a lollipop and candy. It’s made with sugar, wheat flour, and dried fruit. You ate it a few days ago, remember?” Nicole said while taking out her notebook. “A chef in the castle had made this according to Young Master’s requirements. It’s delicious.”
That was the other world version of lollipops. It only had a little sugar and would only taste a little sweet, as sugar was scarce in this era. Lucas had brought sugar cane from Earth, but they could only be planted the following year, so the 100% sugar lollipops could only be made next year.
Lucas did not know how the shopping malls on earth were planned. He planned the Shopping Mall according to his own ideas and experiences.
He didn’t understand why shopping malls put jewelry and cosmetic items in the place where people enter, and he didn’t need to understand. He just needed to know that the citizens place food above all else, and so he just needed to put counters for selling snacks in the Front End Department and it would get famous very quickly.
“Yes, I remembered. It was made of sugar. I want it.” Annie said, looking at Lucas with stars in her eyes.
“Then go and buy it.” Lucas said, smiling lightly. He pulled out a handful of steel coins from his pocket and handed them to Annie. “Buy it with this.”
“Eh? What’s this? It’s not copper coins. Can it be used to buy lollipops?” Annie asked, taking one steel coin and holding it up in the air. She found that the coin had very delicate carvings on it with “1” in the middle and “cent” just below it. On the other side it had a word of strange language she didn't know "Lucas".
“A cent? When did this currency appear? How come I’ve never seen it before?” Mina asked as she looked at the steel coin.
“It can. You’ll see when you go and try it.” Lucas said, laughing lightly and pushing Annie forward. “Let’s go and try it.”
Annie was pushed forward all the way to the counter. There was already a female beastkin waiting there. She was a beargirl, and she was tall and robust.
“Welcome. What do you need?” The beargirl said, resisting the thought of greeting Annie and Mina. She had trained for two days and could not afford to mess up in front of Lucas.
“Eh? Amber, you’re the one selling lollipops, huh. How envious.” Annie said, pouting. She envied people that could look at lollipops all day.
Amber knew that Annie loved sugar. But she was only an employee and had just started working. Not only did she not have any money, but she also depended on the City Lord’s Mansion for her food and housing. Otherwise, she would have already bought a ton of candy and lollipops from her own pockets to give to Annie.
“I want a lollipop.” Annie said expectantly.
“A lollipop costs a cent, which is the same as a steel coin.” Amber said, taking a lollipop from the cabinet and handing it to Annie.
“A cent?” Annie asked, looking at the steel coin in her palm. She began to understand the purpose of the steel coins. She took out a steel coin and handed it to Amber. "How many steel coins can you get by using one copper coin? And how many cents is a copper coin?”
“One copper coin can be used to get 10 steel coins.” Amber said. She had been taught this in advance and even had a practice session the previous day.
“I see. I understand now. Citizens would not be willing to spend one copper coin to eat one lollipop. But if it’s a tenth of a copper coin, then the citizens would definitely be willing to do so.” Annie said.
“If the lowest price of the items in the Shopping Mall is a copper coin, then the citizens would not be able to afford many products from the Shopping Mall, and the Shopping Mall would soon have to shut down.” Lucas said. He knew that the commoners in this era were very frugal. None of them would be willing to buy a lollipop for a copper coin, because not only were they expensive, they were not needed.
Even a cent for a lollipop was quite expensive, as a cent could buy a lot of things even in the 1800s and 1900s.
Lucas considered the steel coin as his attempt to change the currency of the world. The Shopping Mall was his testing place. If it worked, it would spread out into the world by itself without needing him to do anything. He would then spread his own currency to replace the copper, silver, and gold coins so he could monopolize the monetary market.
Of course, that was a long term plan, and Lucas needed to have enough strength to complete this long term plan.
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Lucas walked around with Mina, Annie, and Nicole. They looked like a CEO walking out with his secretaries to do inspections. And then there was Bryan, who looked like he was a lapdog.
They saw four male beastkins at the door of the Shopping Mall. They all held a one-meter-long wooden stick and were wearing leather armor. They were the security guards of the Shopping Mall. They looked so fierce and evil that people could not stand to look at them.
In the end, it didn’t really matter, as Lucas just wanted them to be able to scare people with their looks.
“Welcome to the Shopping Mall.” The four beastkins shouted. They were extremely nervous as they would never have imagined that they would be doing this kind of work. To them, a security guard was a job that was highly sought after, evident by the people in the crowd looking at them in awe.
“Good job. If anyone causes trouble, arrest them.” Lucas said, patting one of the beastkins’ shoulders. “For the people that try to steal, put them in the small black room."
“Understood!” the beastkins shouted, shivering. They had experienced the small black room before and didn’t want to go there again.
“Do your job properly or else I’ll tell Mina to ‘fix’ you. You understand how Mina will fix you, right?” Annie said, trying to make a fierce-looking face. But it was more cute than fierce. She cherished her life right now and the opportunity to change the way the humans thought about beastkins, so she didn’t want anything to go wrong in the first step.
“Un- understood.” The beastkins said. Seeing Mina look over, they immediately straightened their body, afraid that they would be “fixed” by Mina. After all, if they did get “fixed”, they would have to lay in bed for a few days.
“Let’s go.”
They saw a few counters at the entrance filled with small objects as soon as they entered the Shopping Mall.
“Huh? What are those?” Annie asked, looking at the lollipops on the counters.
“That’s a lollipop and candy. It’s made with sugar, wheat flour, and dried fruit. You ate it a few days ago, remember?” Nicole said while taking out her notebook. “A chef in the castle had made this according to Young Master’s requirements. It’s delicious.”
That was the other world version of lollipops. It only had a little sugar and would only taste a little sweet, as sugar was scarce in this era. Lucas had brought sugar cane from Earth, but they could only be planted the following year, so the 100% sugar lollipops could only be made next year.
Lucas did not know how the shopping malls on earth were planned. He planned the Shopping Mall according to his own ideas and experiences.
He didn’t understand why shopping malls put jewelry and cosmetic items in the place where people enter, and he didn’t need to understand. He just needed to know that the citizens place food above all else, and so he just needed to put counters for selling snacks in the Front End Department and it would get famous very quickly.
“Yes, I remembered. It was made of sugar. I want it.” Annie said, looking at Lucas with stars in her eyes.
“Then go and buy it.” Lucas said, smiling lightly. He pulled out a handful of steel coins from his pocket and handed them to Annie. “Buy it with this.”
“Eh? What’s this? It’s not copper coins. Can it be used to buy lollipops?” Annie asked, taking one steel coin and holding it up in the air. She found that the coin had very delicate carvings on it with “1” in the middle and “cent” just below it. On the other side it had a word of strange language she didn't know "Lucas".
“A cent? When did this currency appear? How come I’ve never seen it before?” Mina asked as she looked at the steel coin.
“It can. You’ll see when you go and try it.” Lucas said, laughing lightly and pushing Annie forward. “Let’s go and try it.”
Annie was pushed forward all the way to the counter. There was already a female beastkin waiting there. She was a beargirl, and she was tall and robust.
“Welcome. What do you need?” The beargirl said, resisting the thought of greeting Annie and Mina. She had trained for two days and could not afford to mess up in front of Lucas.
“Eh? Amber, you’re the one selling lollipops, huh. How envious.” Annie said, pouting. She envied people that could look at lollipops all day.
Amber knew that Annie loved sugar. But she was only an employee and had just started working. Not only did she not have any money, but she also depended on the City Lord’s Mansion for her food and housing. Otherwise, she would have already bought a ton of candy and lollipops from her own pockets to give to Annie.
“I want a lollipop.” Annie said expectantly.
“A lollipop costs a cent, which is the same as a steel coin.” Amber said, taking a lollipop from the cabinet and handing it to Annie.
“A cent?” Annie asked, looking at the steel coin in her palm. She began to understand the purpose of the steel coins. She took out a steel coin and handed it to Amber. "How many steel coins can you get by using one copper coin? And how many cents is a copper coin?”
“One copper coin can be used to get 10 steel coins.” Amber said. She had been taught this in advance and even had a practice session the previous day.
“I see. I understand now. Citizens would not be willing to spend one copper coin to eat one lollipop. But if it’s a tenth of a copper coin, then the citizens would definitely be willing to do so.” Annie said.
“If the lowest price of the items in the Shopping Mall is a copper coin, then the citizens would not be able to afford many products from the Shopping Mall, and the Shopping Mall would soon have to shut down.” Lucas said. He knew that the commoners in this era were very frugal. None of them would be willing to buy a lollipop for a copper coin, because not only were they expensive, they were not needed.
Even a cent for a lollipop was quite expensive, as a cent could buy a lot of things even in the 1800s and 1900s.
Lucas considered the steel coin as his attempt to change the currency of the world. The Shopping Mall was his testing place. If it worked, it would spread out into the world by itself without needing him to do anything. He would then spread his own currency to replace the copper, silver, and gold coins so he could monopolize the monetary market.
Of course, that was a long term plan, and Lucas needed to have enough strength to complete this long term plan.
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