Lord of Rot

Chapter 365 Spices Are Black Gold

noon.

Li Qi and Kool happened to attend the lunch together first to fill their stomachs.

The meal is not rich at all, a few roasted chickens, sliced ​​bread, and two pots of dates.

Suddenly there was a noisy sound outside.

"I heard that the Baron Dongxia is here?"

"I also heard that he won a few battles, and his hair didn't even grow. Those sissies in Dongxia must have blown it themselves."

"Hahaha, let me tell you, I must have won the battle when I was playing with women. Isn't there a sacred place called Iron Stone City in Dongxia? If I go there, I will definitely win every battle!"

"Women in Dongxia heard that their skin is fair and tender, hehe."

Li Qi couldn't help showing a smile. It turned out that when the people of Dongxia called other regions barbarians, they also called the people of Dongxia.

But carefully recalling the nobles in memory, apart from Guy Marvin, he has never seen anyone who looks like a sissy.

The door is pushed open.

A group of desert bandit-like knights came in, wearing leather armor inlaid with iron, with a machete hanging from their waists, turbans on their heads, and their beards were all fine sand and golden.

Even after seeing Li Qi and the heavily armed ghoul guards behind him, the sneer on his face did not disappear.

"Shut up!" Baron Jin Kefa whispered.

Everyone quieted down, but they still looked at the guards behind Li Qi provocatively.

This time Baron Jin Ke was angry, it is hard to say whether he acted on purpose or not.

The desert knights took their seats one by one, and they were really quiet because they were afraid of the majesty of the Baron of Golden Cauldron.

"Have a meal!"

A group of people stretched out their hands to grab bread and roast chicken, and drank wine. Although they all ate with their hands, the people in the desert were indeed more vulgar than the people in Dongxia.

However, the roast chicken uses a lot of spices, and you can smell a strong fragrance from a long distance.

Li Qi first grabbed a few dates and put them in his mouth.

sweet!
Try another one.

very sweet!

Another one.

So sweet!

People with rich material resources like Li Qi don't have a high demand for sweetness.

He adds sugar when drinking tea, adding sugar when eating pastries, and fruits, etc. Sugar can be supplemented in many places, so there is no need for sweetness to satisfy the taste buds, this kind of sweetness will only make him feel tired.

But for ordinary people, sweetness is the most important taste to satisfy the body's desire, and people's desire for sweetness is also instinctive.

No wonder people were so hungry for dates, and after tasting three, he could already see why.

But after eating these few, Li Qi didn’t dare to eat any more, so as not to get bored and flustered, he used bread and roasted chicken legs to eat some to suppress the sweetness in his heart. Although the skill of roasted chicken legs is not very good, it is better than spices. The foot, taste is really good.

After lunch.

When the servant took down the pots and bowls, Li Qi asked, "Master Adari, I heard that you still have a spice village that produces spices?"

In fact, he tasted it just now when he ate roast chicken, chili, fennel, cumin.

In Dongxia, even ordinary nobles dare not enjoy the spices extravagantly. Spices are even called "black gold".

Just like a bucket of honey can cause two small village lords to go to war, the price of spices is even more outrageous. According to Li Qi's knowledge, a pound of spices in the Bangta Bazaar is worth 100 silver months.

In Dongxia, like Li Qi has businessman friends, the spices they can get are cheaper, but they also need to use gold days as the currency unit. Even though the official price is 1 gold day = 100 silver months, the folks always have other means. Let more money be exchanged, the official pricing is just a reference, but no one will really abide by it.

Spices pass through many territories, and paying taxes is the bulk.

Not to mention the cost of intermediate transportation.

However, Li Qi didn't have so many headaches, no matter whether he came out of the Bangta Market, walked through the canyon, then went to Iron Valley by water, and then took a boat from Iron Valley to Porcupine Collar, and then exported it via Porcupine Collar.

Whether it's going from Shujiandi to Grandpa's Linta Bay, or from Shujiandi to Sanchahe, and from Shujiandi to Burning City, he can reduce a lot of customs duties.

Therefore, merchants such as Denis and Claude, who sell spices at the real cost price, cannot hold down the price.

"That's right!" Baron Jin Kettle smiled.

Although he was assigned to a marginal position, but relying on Spice Village and Date Palm Village, he was actually not bad at doing well.

Spices are like gold, the demand is always greater than the supply, as long as it is produced, it will not worry about not being sold.

Dates are the sugar that is urgently needed by ordinary people in the desert, and the sales speed is not slow at all.

"I wonder if you are interested in doing a business?" Li Qi asked.

Spices can be sold for 100 silver per pound in the Bonta Bazaar. The cost price of the Baron of the Golden Cauldron must be lower, and the middleman will also make money. Li Qi estimates that the price of the Baron of the Golden Cauldron will be between 60-80 silver per pound. between.

Selling spices is really a huge profit.

When Li Qi was short of money, he sold the spices bought for 100 silver moons in Dongxia for 1 gold day, which was enough to make a huge profit.

And earning more, Baron Jin Kettle is definitely not willing to sell the spices to other merchants.

The most important point is that Li Qi can restore blood to the two territories of Dongxia. His foundation is in Dongxia, not in the desert.

Sure enough, Baron Jincai narrowed his eyes, and immediately put on a friendly smile, but no matter how you look at the smile, it looks like a hyena baring its teeth at its prey.

In the end they negotiated a price of 100 silver per pound per month.

With the spice business, Baron Jin Ke's attitude towards Li Qi suddenly became much more enthusiastic.

in the afternoon.

There is an arena on the edge of Date Palm Village.

Li Qi and Baron Jin Kettle sat above, at the viewing place with a pergola.

Around the ring arena, there are villagers standing there.

This is the obvious reason why Li Qi and Kur came to the Golden Cauldron Baron's territory this time.

Deathmatch.

The environment is simple, and the viewing platform is too close to the competition field, but the onlookers are in high spirits, and they are completely different from the numb villagers that Li Qi saw when he first arrived at Date Palm Village at noon today.

Li Qi and the Baron of the Golden Cauldron sat at the main seats. There were fine wines and fruits on the small table in front of them. The most important thing was dates. Unlike the lunch, these were fresh dates, not dried dates.

Pick up a date and put it in your mouth. It is not very watery and crispy.

Then there is the astringent taste, which is not unpalatable.

Some are like persimmons.

Li Qi's tolerance for fruit is quite high, but he felt a little weird while watching people fighting and talking and laughing happily.

Even though he killed many people, it was difficult for him to treat killing as a game.

"Lord Li Qi, is there a deathmatch contest in the East Gorge?" Baron Jin Kettle asked sideways.

"There are knights' contests," Li Qi said.

Kur, who was sitting by the side, seized the opportunity and said, "Lord Li Qi is the champion of the East Gorge Knights Tournament."

Baron Jin Kettle lacked interest and casually offered a compliment.

Although he has heard of Li Qi's name, he really doesn't think it's so great. It's like on the earth, ordinary people living in China suddenly hear that a young child prodigy, less than 10 years old, has appeared in a foreign continent. He was accepted by a prestigious university with an exception. The first reaction of ordinary people is that this kid is very good, but then another question, which country does that continent belong to, and what is the strength of the famous school.

The degree of information closure in the Lurea continent is even worse than that of Earth.

The flow of information depends entirely on legs, just like the journey from Porcupine to Iron Rock City, which is obviously only a day away, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is already counted as two worlds.

Like Li Qi's martial arts champion, at most it will only be spread in the mouths of certain nobles in Dongxia and other regions.

In the view of the Baron of the Golden Cauldron, a knight's contest is like a group of peacocks shaking their feathers and showing off their might.

It's no fun not knowing how to fight to the death.

"A deathmatch is different," Baron Jin Kettle said. "You'll understand it when you see it with your own eyes. It's quite interesting."

(End of this chapter)