Lord of Rot

Chapter 365 Spices are black gold

noon.

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

The meal was not sumptuous at all, just a few roast chickens, sliced ​​bread, and two pots of dates.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside.

"I heard that some kind of Baron of Dongxia is here?"

"I also heard that he has won several battles, and his hair has not even grown. Those Dongxia sissies must be bragging about it themselves."

"Hahaha, if you ask me, I must have won the battle when I was playing with women. Isn't there some kind of holy place in the East Gorge called Iron Stone City? If I go there, I will definitely be able to win every battle!"

"I heard that women from Dongxia have white and tender skin, hehe."

Li Qi couldn't help but smile. It turned out that when the Dongxia people called other areas barbarians, they also gave the Dongxia people nicknames.

But when I carefully recall the nobles in my memory, except for Guy Marvin during his lifetime, I have never seen anyone who looked like a sissy.

The door opens.

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

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

"Shut up!" Baron Golden Cauldron whispered.

Everyone fell silent, but still looked at the guards behind Li Qi provocatively.

It’s hard to say whether Baron the Golden Cauldron was deliberately acting out when he was angry this time.

The desert knights sat down one by one, and because they were afraid of the majesty of Baron Golden Cauldron, they actually became quiet.

"Have a meal!"

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

However, a lot of spices are used in the roasted chicken, and you can smell a strong aroma from a distance.

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

sweet!

Try one more.

Very sweet!

One more.

So sweet!

People like Li Qi who are rich in material resources do not have high demand for sweetness.

He adds sugar when drinking tea, adding sugar when eating cakes, and fruits, etc. Sugar can be replenished in many places, so there is no need for sweetness to satisfy his 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 flocking to dates. After tasting three of them, he could already understand the reason.

However, after eating these few pills, Li Qi did not dare to eat any more to avoid being upset. He ate some bread with roasted chicken legs to suppress the sweetness in his heart. Although the grilled chicken drumsticks were not very skillful, they were better because of the spices. It's enough and tastes really good.

After lunch.

While the servant was removing the basins and bowls, Li Qi asked: "Master Adali, I heard that you also have a spice village that produces spices?"

In fact, he could taste it when he ate the roast chicken just now, including chili, fennel, and cumin.

In Dongxia, even ordinary nobles would not dare to indulge in spices. Spices are also known as "black gold".

Just like a barrel of honey can cause two small village-level lords to go to war, the price of spices is even more outrageous. According to Li Qi's understanding, a pound of spices is worth 100 silver months at Bangta Market.

In Dongxia, like Li Qi, who has businessman friends, the spices they can get are cheaper, but they still need to use gold days as currency units. Even though the official price is 1 gold day = 100 silver months, there are always other ways among the people. Let the money be exchanged for more. The official pricing is just a reference, but no one will really follow it.

Spices pass through many territories, and paying taxes is a big part of it.

Not to mention the cost of intermediate transportation.

However, Li Qi didn't have so many headaches to worry about. Whether it was coming out of Bangta Market, walking through the canyon, then heading to the Iron Valley through the water stream, and then taking a boat and waterway from the Iron Valley to the Porcupine Territory, and exporting through the Porcupine Territory.

From Shuijian to Grandpa's Linta Bay, or from Shuijian to Sancha River, or from Shuijian to Burning City, he can reduce a lot of tariffs.

Therefore, merchants such as Denis and Claude cannot lower their prices even if they sell spices at their true cost price.

"That's right!" Baron Golden Cauldron smiled.

Although he was assigned to a marginal position, relying on Spice Village and Date Palm Village, he actually did not do badly.

Spices are like gold. Demand always exceeds supply. As long as they are produced, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell them.

Date palms are the sugar that ordinary people in the desert desperately need, and their sales are not slow at all.

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

In Bangta Market, spices can be sold for 100 silver months per pound. The cost price of Baron Golden Cauldron must be lower, and middlemen also have to make money. Li Qi estimates that the selling price of Baron Golden Cauldron is between 60-80 silver months. between.

Selling spices is really a huge profit.

When Li Qi was short of money, he bought the spices for 100 silver months and sold them in Dongxia for 1 gold day, which was enough to make huge profits.

And after making too much money, Baron Golden Cauldron would definitely not be willing to sell spices to other merchants.

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

As expected, Baron Golden Cauldron narrowed his eyes and immediately put on a friendly smile, but the smile looked like a hyena baring its teeth at its prey.

The final price they negotiated was 100 silver months per pound.

With the spice business, Baron Golden Cauldron'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 Golden Cauldron sat at the viewing area with a pergola above.

Villagers were standing around the ring arena.

This is the apparent reason why Li Qi and Cool came to the Golden Cauldron Baron this time.

Fighting to the death.

The environment is simple, and the viewing platform is too close to the competition venue, but the onlookers are in high spirits. They are completely different from the numb villagers Li Qi saw when he arrived at Jujube Village at noon today.

Li Qi and Baron Jincauldron were sitting at the main table. There were fine wine and fruits on the small table in front of them. The most important ones were dates. Unlike the lunch, these were fresh dates, not dried dates.

I picked up a date and put it in my mouth. It was not very watery and crispy.

Then there is the astringent taste, which is not unpleasant at all.

Somewhat like persimmons.

Li Qi was quite tolerant of fruits, but he felt a little weird while watching people fight and chat and laugh at the same time.

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

"Lord Li Qi, are there any fights to the death in the East Gorge?" Baron Jincauldron asked sideways.

"There is a knightly contest," Li Qi said.

Kuhl, who was sitting aside, seized the opportunity and said: "Lord Li Qi is the champion of the East Gorge Knights Competition."

Baron Golden Cauldron was not interested and complimented him casually.

Although he has heard of Li Qi's name, he really doesn't think it's that great. It's like on earth, ordinary people living in China suddenly hear that a young prodigy has appeared in a foreign continent, less than 10 years old. When someone is admitted to a prestigious university under special circumstances, the first reaction of ordinary people is that this kid is very powerful, but then another question arises, which country does that continent belong to, and what is so powerful about the prestigious school.

The level of information isolation in the continent of Lurea is even worse than that of the earth.

The flow of information relies entirely on legs, just like the journey from Porcupine to Iron Rock City, which is only one day's journey, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is already considered two worlds.

A martial arts championship like Li Qi's would only be spread among a few nobles in Dongxia and other areas.

In the view of Baron the Golden Cauldron, knightly competition is like a group of peacocks fluttering their feathers and showing off their power.

There's no point in fighting if you don't know how to fight to the death.

"It's different to fight to the death," Baron Jincauldron said, "You'll understand it when you see it with your own eyes. It's quite interesting."