Black Sail

Inner City.

Pirate gangs that fare well often open their own inns and taverns as their lairs, where core members can group up and stay, as well as entertain some regular clients.

Qi Li did the same, and the name of the hotel was the same as that of his pirate gang, called the Undead.

Liszt pondered that going to someone else’s New Year gathering without bringing a gift would be improper, so he spent three copper coins—a considerable sum—to buy some cheap rum fermented from sugarcane to bring along.

Aran copper coins were also very valuable; without natural disasters, two copper coins could buy three kilograms of potatoes at the market price, thirty silver coins would be enough for a family to scrimp and save for several months, including rent and various expenses, while a Beima Navy sailor’s monthly salary of eight silver coins just barely sufficed for making ends meet.

And for a high-order clergy from the Eternal Sect, over a hundred silver coins represented the earnings of a top executive in a publicly listed company.

There was no virtual economy here; money, as a general equivalent, could only be exchanged for tangible goods and commodities, which made the wealthy even more esteemed.

Don’t be fooled by Mika’s wild indulgence in brothels, throwing silver coins around with abandon; even his cheapest escapades cost around thirty copper coins, as he aimed for quality.

In truth, most of Heaven Port’s offerings were dubious bargains; seven or eight copper coins could buy pleasure.

That’s why the concept of over fifty thousand Golden Dragons was terrifyingly immense.

A Beima Navy sailor would have to work from the Middle Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution, toiling for hundreds of thousands of years, to earn that much.