"..."
Inside the Dean's office.
Staring at the number 144071.34 on the paper in front of him, Xu Yun felt downright awful.
One hundred forty thousand pounds!
If his memory served him right.
In "Around the World in 80 Days," published in 1872, the protagonists spent just two thousand pounds to circle the globe.
And judging by how recklessly they burned through cash, those two thousand pounds are roughly equivalent to several million Huaxia Coins today in terms of purchasing power.
There's also that scene in Sherlock Holmes' "Identity Case."
At the time, Holmes said:
"I believe a single lady with an annual income of sixty pounds can live quite well."
The female client across from him replied:
"Even if it's much less than sixty pounds, I could still live comfortably."
So, taking into account these two books, it's fair to estimate that one pound is somewhere around one thousand Renminbi.
Of course—
What Xu Yun didn't know:
