Does Carly care about her image? To some extent. When Ed first went to the market, she was quite young. Although she's still not much older now, she's matured considerably.
"Cough cough cough"
Carly coughed awkwardly and sat up straight.
"That Lord Ed, I'm usually quite smart, so it's normal for me to be a little eccentric once or twice."
"Yeah, Carly, there's absolutely no need to doubt it. The fact that you managed to lure the robbers in earlier already proves it." Ed was just bored and joined in Carly's banter.
"Hmm, Lord Ed is quite an interesting person. However, that's all I know about the Silvermoon Kingdom. It's not that I'm not going to say more."
Ed was somewhat surprised to learn that Carly only knew one name after hearing her explanation.
Carly genuinely didn't know the situation; perhaps Grandet knew more.
Ed didn't necessarily need to know about the Silvermoon Kingdom. He didn't even know much about the Kingdom of Lorther, let alone anything else.
It seems this little place has been forgotten by the old king. Or perhaps those stones are blocking the road.
"Carly, have you ever seen silver coins?" Ed wanted to see how currency was used in places with developed trade. During his last brief stay, transactions were basically barter.
"Silver coins? I've never seen them before, but I heard they're only used for larger transactions. By the way, the reason the Silvermoon Kingdom is called that is because there are large silver mines there." Carly suddenly remembered the origin of the name.
It seems that silver coins were only used to trade large commodities; Ed guessed that smaller items were rarely traded because the purchasing power was too high. Bartering would have been much more convenient.
Carly looked at Ed and continued:
"However, before I came here recently, there seemed to be a kind of copper coin in the market that could be used to buy small things."
"Carly, did you bring that copper coin with you? Do you know who made it? What can you buy with a copper coin?"
Ed was anxious; he wanted to see how well the copper coins were made, how large they were, and what their purchasing power was.
"Lord Ed, I regret to inform you that our household does not have any surplus items that can be sold for copper coins. I have heard that copper coins are minted by our lord. It is said that one copper coin can be exchanged for two small loaves of black bread, and ten copper coins can be exchanged for one silver coin. But where would ordinary people get silver coins? I do not know if we can exchange them for that amount?"
It seems that places with developed trade are gradually changing their trading methods. However, this is an inevitable result of development. Perhaps things are already much better outside, and he is now like a frog in a well.
However, Ed wasn't too worried. Carly's father would arrive after winter, and they could gradually start communicating with the outside world. He could create products that were popular enough. It all depended on whether the merchants making the trade had enough money.
He believed that Grey Castle would become the trade center of the entire continent.
Countless rare treasures flocked here, and everyone had to abide by their own trade rules and use their own currency system.
Ed shook his head. These things were too far off. It was more practical to think about how to find a copper mine.
"Carly, didn't you say last time that you speak some different languages?" Ed remembered that the first time Carly was his guide, she spoke some languages from other places.
"Yes, Lord Ed, there are many people from all over the world at the market, and I have gradually learned some things from them."
"Can you tell me something? Like this…" Ed was about to point to something when Will's voice came from outside.
"My lord, we are back."