Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 123 Promotion of Maple Syrup
The fine salt processing workshop in Winterfell, the fine salt produced has become a delicacy on the table of the northern vassals.

Under Ed's ban on salt, the right to produce and manage salt in the north fell into the hands of the Stark family in Winterfell. Stark promised to provide free salt to the vassals in the north forever.

The vassals in the northern border originally complained a lot about Ed's ban on salt, but when faced with the fine salt sent by Winterfell, these vassals quickly tasted the sweetness.

For those who are used to eating coarse salt, eating fine salt is simply delicious at first glance.The vassals in the northern border can not only obtain fine salt for free, but other benefits brought about by the ban on salt are also gradually appearing.

First of all, the salt ban allowed vassals from all over the northern border to find out many hidden populations.

When the sale of private salt was allowed in the past, many people chose to live in deep mountains and old forests to avoid the taxes and corvee of the castle lords in order to avoid the corvee tax.

Today, as soon as the ban on salt came out, it is illegal to produce and sell smuggled salt. When castles around the country hunted down smugglers and salt dealers, they gradually discovered a large number of hidden small villages.

As the population of the lords in various places increased, the taxation increased.

Winterfell took over salt settlements, salt mines and salt farms. As compensation, Ed promised to share the salt revenue with the northern vassals.

Now Winterfell has the fine salt processing technology. The profit of fine salt is dozens of times that of coarse salt.

In addition to fine salt, Ed also has another delicious taste on the tip of his tongue, that is maple syrup.

In the Great Hall of Winterfell, Ed joined the children, tasting foie gras and salmon.

At the beginning, neither Caitlyn, nor Robb, Jon, and Sansa were willing to taste maple syrup. They all thought that maple syrup was tree sap, a thing of barbarians.

Ed ate with gusto, and Arya and Bran began to follow Dad, tasting maple syrup together.

The taste of maple syrup was quickly recognized by the whole family, adopted children and guests.

Ed's adopted son Theon dipped his beef in maple syrup every day, Domeric liked to eat milkshakes with maple syrup, Helen Pike liked salmon smeared with maple syrup, and Mrs. Ballet preferred venison smeared with maple syrup.

Caitlin ate the trout smeared with maple syrup with a knife and fork, "I didn't expect that the syrup made from tree sap can be so delicious. Ed, let's take the maple syrup to the big market in the winter town to sell it." ! Someone will definitely buy it.”

Ed shook his head, "Maple syrup is very precious, I'm not going to sell it cheaply, people in the winter town can't afford it."

Because maple syrup needs to be extracted from 40-year-old sugar maple trees, production is limited.Ed sent a forest officer to protect the sugar maple trees in the wolf forest.Sugar maple trees only grow in cold regions, which means that there will be no sugar maple trees south of the Neck. Even if there are sugar maple trees, the barbarians outside the Great Wall will not know how to make maple syrup. The northern border will become an important maple syrup production area.

If maple syrup was sold in the winter resort town, Ed estimated that few people would be willing to spend a lot of money to buy it.To make matters worse, many people will realize the value of maple syrup and go to the wolf forest to secretly collect the sap of sugar maple trees. At that time, they will be like poachers.

It is doomed that maple syrup can only be used as a luxury item, and Ed has set a high price for maple syrup. Aristocrats, rich merchants, churches, governors and maharajas of free trade cities are Ed's target customers.

Maple syrup has to be promoted.

Ed told Caitlin, "Catelyn, your father, Sir Horst, has been getting worse and worse recently. We can send a bucket of maple syrup to Riverrun for your father and Edmure to taste."

Caitlin smiled, "My father will like it, and Edmure will love it madly. Edmure often hangs out with people like Marco Piper and Karel Vance, and he usually knows how to eat, drink and have fun."

Once the maple syrup reaches Riverrun, it will inevitably spread among the nobles in the riverlands. At that time, the nobles in Sea Frontier City, Twin River City, Maidenspring City, Harrenhal, Stonewall City, these riverland nobles want to taste maple syrup. Syrup, just pay for it.

Mrs. Ballerina took a sip of the blue nobleman, "Why don't you send the maple syrup to White Harbor for Lord Eel to taste? Earl Wyman Manderly is very particular about food. There are so many people from the Seven Kingdoms and Freedom in White Harbor. The ships of the trading cities, maple syrup can be spread through White Harbor."

Ed nodded, "I will send someone to Earl Wyman immediately. I will also send a few barrels to Jon Arryn in King's Landing, King Robert, and the High Bishop of Baelor Cathedral, Robert Like food, nobles and wealthy businessmen all over the country will stare at the tables of the king, the archbishop and the imperial prime minister. It is a pity that Jon Arryn is in King's Landing, not in the Eagle's Nest City, otherwise he can help us and recommend maple syrup to nobles of the valley."

Caitlin said: "My uncle Brynden is a Knight of the Blood Gate in the Vale of Arryn. He knows many nobles in the Vale of Arryn. Why don't you send someone to give Uncle Brynden some maple syrup."

The Blood Gate guards the main roads of the valley, and the nobles of the Vale of Arryn often come in and out of the Blood Gate, so "Black Fish" Brynden is very familiar with many nobles in the valley.

Robb came over, "Father, Maester Norman is from the Shet family in Seagull Town. Seagull Town is the only city and the largest port in the valley. Why don't you ask Maester Norman to send some maple syrup to the Shetter family and the Graves in Seagull Town?" The Fussen family?"

Ed praised: "Robb, your idea is very good." Caitlin smiled and glanced proudly at the illegitimate son Jon Snow.

Jon Snow avoided Catelyn's gaze and said in a low voice: "Lord Stark, our financial advisor Kral, and the water dancer Syrio Forel, all come from Braavos, why not go through them, How about giving some maple syrup to the friends of Neptune and Iron Bank? Through them, maple syrup will become famous."

Ed nodded slightly, "Jon, people who deal with Neptune and Iron Bank are either rich or expensive. Your idea is very good."

Domilik leaned forward, "Lord Ed, such delicious food as maple syrup should be sent to Old Town for the Hightower family on the towering tower, the doctor of Old Town Cardinal Chance, and the bishop of the Starry Temple to taste. Old Town is The largest port in Westeros is also the cultural center of Westeros."

"Maester Luwin knows a lot of people in Oldtown, why don't you let him write a letter to the Academy, through the Academy, to the Hightower family and the Starry Sanctuary. Once maple syrup spreads in Oldtown, then Highgarden, Golden Tree City, Brightwater, the nobles of the Reach in Horn Hill, maple syrup will soon be on the table."

Ed agrees, "The Reach is so rich, I'm sure the nobles and merchants there will be willing to spend money on maple syrup."

Theon said unconvinced: "Although our Iron Islands are poor, we can still afford maple syrup. Lord Ed, why don't you send maple syrup to Pike City and let my father help spread the word?"

Helen Pike taunted: "Theon, have you been away too long to know the Ironmen? The Ironmen will pay, 'pay the iron'! If they love maple syrup, they'll just snatch it and expect them to spend it It's impossible!"

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