Future library

The real world has real laws.

For the younger members of the Cheng family, there are two realistic ways out. One is to take the imperial examination and become a respected civil servant. If you want to be more noble, you can also try to enter a church and become a priest. The Cheng family is very prestigious in the local area, and most of the children in the family follow this path.

As for the second one, it is to become a formidable star warlock, just like those little flying people Cheng Jinzhou saw before. It’s just that this path requires more talent and more good luck.

The future of a star warlock is largely determined by the star array. Although in theory, everyone can carve countless star arrays, in fact, the star array will bring a huge burden to the human body. The more advanced the star array, the greater the burden. in this way. To make good use of the star formation, the star warlock needs complete knowledge and intelligence. The star array commonly used by the general public has never been the choice of the children of aristocratic families.

As for Cheng Jinzhou, he didn't want to take either of these two paths.

He had long been bored with studying for imperial examinations. As for the Star Warlock, he has to learn several times more. Fortunately, he is still young and still has enough time to squander.

Occasionally, Cheng Jinzhou would hesitate. After finally traveling through time, it seemed like he should do something thrilling and leave his name in history. But when he really wanted to do something, he was at a loss and couldn't do anything.

"Ring..." Cheng Jinzhang let out a long sigh, lay on his bed, rubbed his finger, and said to himself: "Just tell me what you want, money, or a beauty ring, It’s great if we each get what we need, although a dandy would be nice too.”

As he spoke, his eyes drifted towards Playboy. In this world, even though the maids look decent, they are not as beautiful as the PS models of later generations, not to mention the completely different degree of exposure.

"Covenant Library No. 010 is at your service. What do you need?" A heavy male voice suddenly came from the finger.

Cheng Jinzhou's first reaction was to look back, then he quickly covered the ring, blinked twice, and said, "What did you say?"

"This is Star Alliance Library customer service number 010. I heard that you are willing to pay to read the book?"

"That's right, that's right." Cheng Jinzhou nodded as if he was about to break, his eyes fixed on the ring.

Customer service 010 said in a boring tone: "The charging standard is 2 yuan per thousand words. There is no public version. All must be subscribed. No discounts or activities."

"2 yuan? What currency unit?" Cheng Jinzhou is very sensitive to numbers and banknotes.

"2 star yuan, but we accept various currencies, based on your regional standards..." The customer service delayed for a moment and said: "You can only pay in physical currency. There are two main forms. In terms of energy, one yuan is 0.25 tons standard. For coal equivalent, you can also pay with wood, oil or natural gas. Of course, if there is direct energy such as electricity, it is no problem. In addition, you can also pay with edible resources. One yuan is equivalent to 0.1 tons of grain, or half of For the specific exchange methods for meat, other elements and valuable materials, you can purchase the "Star Alliance Library Exchange Table" to check it. It has a total of 6,000 thousand words and a price of 12,000 yuan. You must subscribe to all."

Cheng Jinzhou didn't care about the so-called standard coal and so on, but quickly calculated the numbers and said: "All subscriptions, 12,000 yuan, then it requires 3,000 tons of coal, or 1,200 tons of grain? "It's too expensive," he said . How do I pay you? "

No matter what, Cheng Jinzhou would not give up such an opportunity. The price issue was nothing compared to the magic in front of him. The exchange table can be discussed later, but it is true that the customer service officer must be held back.

"After starting the payment process, the user terminal can be used as a medium." As if worried that Cheng Jinzhou would not understand, the customer service added: "Your user terminal is this ring."

If Cheng Jinzhou hadn't come from time travel, he would really have had a headache with these terms for a while. Of course, he just asked excitedly at this moment: "What about the silver and copper? How do you calculate them?"

Customer Service 010 hesitated and said: "These two finally tell you for free that the price comparison of silver is about 50 grams per yuan and copper is 100 yuan per ton."

No need to calculate, it is definitely not cost-effective to use currency as supplies. Cheng Jinzhou immediately asked: "Who are you? I mean the Star Alliance, the library."

Naturally, he had a lot of questions, and the customer service staff was well prepared and said in a formulaic manner: "For introduction content other than transaction payment, we charge an information fee of 20 yuan per minute. Please pay in advance."

"It's not **." Cheng Jinzhou said, thinking nostalgically, and then said, "What's that Playboy book in front of me?"

"trial version."

"The trial version is really good-looking but useless." Cheng Jinzhou shrugged and said, "Then give me a book on glass making. What suggestions do you have?"

"You can purchase the "Star Alliance Library Book List" to check it. It has a total of 85 million words, and the price is..."

This price is absolutely unaffordable. Cheng Jinzhou quickly interrupted him and said: "I understand, but you have to give me a title."

"If you don't purchase the "Covenant Library Book List", you can only choose random books." Customer Service 010 said unceremoniously.

"Even if I know the name?" Cheng Jinzhou whispered.

"This requires you to increase your Covenant level..."

Cheng Jinzhou immediately asked: "What is the Star Alliance level?"

"About transactions other than..."

"I understand." Cheng Jinzhou said with a final helpless effort: "Then you have to give me a scope. If I don't want chemical engineering, you can give me a literary one, as well as the year of publication and so on. Your Star Alliance How many years has it been in development?”

He still wanted to find out more information.

Customer Service 010 paused for a moment and said: "Since you are the only user in this area, you can choose the main category of books-the content of this star field."

Cheng Jinzhou didn't care what the other party's so-called major categories were. He spoke out his requirements first and said: "I want basic applications, just what I can use in my time, and also, cheaper."

Customer service 010 probably didn't bother to object, and said directly: "A qualified book has been randomly selected, with a word count of 3.6,000 words. Please pay 7.2 yuan."

"what name?"

"Please pay 7.2 yuan." Customer Service 010 said unmoved.

Cheng Jinzhou had no choice but to give up such a good opportunity, and said: "Whenever I pay, I will have books to read, right?"

"That's right." Customer Service 010 said and became silent. Even the playboys in the void were put away. It was obvious that the trial period had come, but it was shorter than the activities in unscrupulous shopping malls.

Cheng Jinzhou never knew that he had such a yearning for knowledge. Even the disappearance of the playboy was just an expression of regret. Although beauties are good and can be found everywhere, the Astral Library is unique to this world.

Before time travel, the sick Cheng had saved dozens of taels of personal money. With his weak body, it was not easy to spend it. At this moment, it all came to an advantage for Dr. Cheng.

Dr. Cheng didn't take out all of them. He counted two ingots of silver, took a few more silver dimes, put the rest away properly, and then walked out of the house.

There was always a maid waiting outside the door, and she immediately bowed to say hello. Cheng Jinzhou waved his hand and said, "Liu'er, right? Do you know what the price of food is outside?"

Although she was surprised by the young master's question, Liu'er bowed politely and said, "Brown rice costs 400 fen per stone, and wheat costs about 350 fen per stone."

The so-called brown rice refers to rice that retains part of its outer structure after the rice is shelled. It is quite different from the polished rice of the 21st century. Cheng Jinzhou didn’t know whether it was suitable to trade, so he asked: “What about the price of coal and dry firewood? "

"The smoke from the coal is too great, so most of the time we don't use it at home." Liu'er looked at Cheng Jinzhou carefully, wondering when his master would take care of this, and said: "The firewood man depends on whether it is good or bad, and one load is two or three. Ten articles.”

Cheng Jinzhou responded, silently calculating and walking outside.

It is most uneconomical to exchange silver for stars. The other party does not regard this as currency.

There is no need to consider coal. With the technology of this era, the cost is not low, and the quality is determined by the place of production. It is definitely not cost-effective to buy less. From what little he knew, coal that produced more smoke must produce less heat.

As for grain, one stone is about 50 kilograms, and 20 stones is one ton. In other words, one ton of brown rice costs 8,000 wen. Although money is cheap and silver is expensive, it is still 4 taels of silver.

4 taels of silver were exchanged for 10 stars. Cheng Jinzhou didn't know whether to be happy or worried about the purchasing power of the silver.

He is only 12 years old now, and his monthly income is 4 taels of silver, which is more than many adults. He only hopes to buy two useful books, otherwise he will definitely lose money.