Noah was stunned for a while, and suddenly asked, "Where did you get the money to buy chickens?"
It's not bought, it's given by someone else.Aldrich cut the chicken into pieces, put it in hot water, and said, "They also sent the wood."
Noah only learned later that timber had to be bought, and that it was not possible to cut it in the forest without permission.Because according to the "Law of Nature", the forests, rivers, insects, fish, birds and beasts in the territory of the Suha Kingdom belong to the king.If you cut down the king's tree and catch the king's fish, you are infringing on the king's property and it is a violation of the law.And the wood in the market is not something that anyone can afford to consume at any time, so they can't get into the habit of drinking hot water.They are now poor, and even Noah is starting to worry about money.Fortunately, Aldrich has a special talent, they have lived in Coldwind City for just half a year, Aldrich has a lot of friends, and from time to time he can come back with some free ingredients.Noah had only heard of it before, and had never seen a person like Aldrich, who was in the market, helping the needy, generous and bold, and had a lot of friends.When there is anything, everyone likes to ask him for help and ask him for advice.Noah couldn't do that, he had a hard time with these people, and he never intended to fit in.Where do cats usually run?
Noah wondered, "Why is it so hard to catch a cat?"
Aldrich was putting mushrooms in the pot, and he comforted Noah and said, "Don't worry, you'll find it."
Cats are different from other animals in that they are cautious and good at hiding their tracks.Noah smelled the fragrance and slowly came out, swallowed his saliva, and asked, "How do you know so clearly?"
Aldrich smiled and said, "I have heard about cats these days, and I quite like cats."
Huh?
Noah sat up, nibbled on the whole bread, and said, "Do you like cats?"
yes, cats are cute.Aldrich turned his head to look at him as if he were a large cat: furry cushions, but with extremely sharp claws hidden inside.He usually looks lazy, but he is very serious when he practices hunting.And it's very greedy.,I want to eat everything.,And it's also very picky about things.。
In the end, this one is not cute by any means.However, Aldrich said it in such detail, which shows that he really likes cats very much.Noah stood up and said, "There are very few people who like cats, and most churches regard cats as evil creatures."
In this way, cat owners are also interesting.Do you know who issued the power of attorney?
Aldrich said: The client hid his information and had no way of knowing.If we catch a white cat, we can just send it directly to the Adventurers' Guild.It would be nice to be able to catch it.Noah sighed: "Otherwise, what will I eat tomorrow?"
Aldrich said as a matter of course: I'll do whatever you want to eat.Noah: Noah: That's not what it means, just because the chicken and mushroom stew is ready, and Aldrich is now becoming more and more proficient, even without expensive seasonings, he can make tender and delicious food.Noah eats chicken stewed mushrooms while thinking back to how they got to where they are now.A year earlier, he and Aldrich had left the city of Banyaf and crossed the Cansero Mountains to the kingdom of Suha.The Suha Kingdom belongs to the Northern Alliance, and the biggest difference between this and the Shilan Empire is that the beliefs here are very complex.Although the god of war is predominant, various other beliefs have a place.In the small city of Coldwind alone, there are seven or eight temples dedicated to different gods.In the Suha kingdom, the status of the nobility was higher than that of the religious personnel, and they were also more active in various fields.Each nobleman had a different number of knights, and the great nobles could even raise a group of magicians to do things for them.Because the entire Northern Alliance economy is integrated, business activities in the Northern Alliance are prosperous, and after Noah arrived in the Suha Kingdom, he settled in Cold Wind City first.He sold the cloth, the armor, and the gold and silver for Canadian dollars.Canadian dollars are divided into regular Canadian dollars, silver Canadian dollars, gold Canadian dollars, and rare Canadian dollars.An ordinary Canadian coin is almost equal to a bronze coin of Shilan, but the shape of the Canadian coin is different from that of Shilan, which was once round in appearance and very smooth, with the head of Jobe Garcia printed in the middle.This is true for all Canadian dollars.And three years ago, there was a currency reform.The kings of the Kingdom of Suha exchanged the Gold and Rare Coins for the heads of the current kings.Other kingdoms followed suit, resulting in an unequal value of the currency, which caused great disruption to the market.Later, in the case of the Northern Alliance's intervention, the batch of gold coins with the king's head were all recovered by the royal family.There are only a few collections circulating in the market that are used as collections to preserve their value.After knowing this, Noah sighed: The Northern Alliance is unstable, and in a hundred years, the Suha Kingdom wants to break away from the Northern Alliance.Because in the past hundred years, there has never been an invasion of Warcraft.Aldrich discussed with him: And the Suha Kingdom is the richest in the Northern Alliance, and it must help those poor and weak kingdoms, and after a long time, there will definitely be other ideas.Noah said: "Rich is really rich, that's why I chose here."
Because the Suha Kingdom is the richest, Noah decided to use the Suha Kingdom as a starting point to become a traveling merchant!
This was also the inspiration that Daniel gave him, and Noah had a good conversation with Daniel in those days and learned some ways to run a business.To put it simply, it is to buy at a low price and sell at a high price.In terms of complexity, it is too complicated, so some traveling merchants are making money, and some traveling merchants are even dying.After Noah exchanged all the Canadian dollars, he asked Aldrich to find a local sage, and the sage accepted the gifts, and introduced them to the local nobleman, the great merchant Degar.Degar had a bank in his hands where he could deposit money and loans, as well as pawn goods.The money in Noah's hand is no problem to live for a few years, but it is not enough to use it for business.He took out a large loan at the Degar Bank, secured by the horses, and left the names of Noah and Aldrich.After that, Noah started some small businesses with the money, and in the first two months, they used the money they earned to buy this yard.Although there is little point in having a fixed residence for traveling merchants, they still want to have a place to go back at any time.After making a small amount of money, Noah did not rush to repay the loan, but used all the principal and profits to buy a large amount of grain.Aldrich, who was well-informed, heard a piece of information that outside the Northern Alliance, a small duchy named Grimm was in the midst of war.Noah prepared to collect low-priced grain in the Kingdom of Suha and ship it to the Duchy of Grimm to sell.The price of food in the Suha Kingdom is relatively low, and it is somewhat similar to the Shilan Empire, which is a rich land favored by the gods.The farmland is fertile, the species are abundant, and the grain production is extremely large.Due to the inconvenience of transportation, the monsters are rampant outside, and it is difficult to sell grain outside the city or abroad, resulting in a large amount of grain accumulation.This trade route is something that everyone wants to take, but there are not many merchants who dare to go, they are afraid of the wild monsters and mysterious monsters, and they must spend a lot of money to hire adventurers to act as guards, and even then, there are very few successful merchants.Noah felt that this was his chance.He and Aldrich sold the horses and exchanged them for mules with more stamina.After all, they had to travel through the entire Northern Alliance, from Suha to the Principality of Grimm.According to Noah's idea, they can earn at least enough money to buy ten chicken farms and eat chickens every day.If that were the case, Noah wouldn't be clutching his hair to find the cat right now.Chapter 28 Noah buys grain and walks southeast with Aldrich.When they arrived at the first village, they found that the food here was far cheaper than in the city.In the city of Coldwind, the price of a quart of grain was 12 silver and 4 ordinary Canadian dollarsIn fact, twenty years ago, the price of a quart of wheat was only 7 silver Canadian dollars, and it was precisely because of the rapid development of the Northern Alliance that a large amount of silver and gold flowed in, and prices soared.Twenty years ago, a minion cost $4 for a day's life, now it's $1 silver and $3 $2.In Coldwind City, the price of a quart of grain is 12 silver and 4 regular Canadian dollars, but outside the city, the price in the village is 10 silver dollars per quart.So Noah bought some more grain at a low price, but he had very little money on him, so he bartered coal and coarse salt from the city.He then continued eastward, and in the next village the prices were even cheaper, with a quart of grain costing only 8 silver dollars, and coarse salt and coal becoming more expensive.Noah gritted his teeth, he had already bought a large amount of grain with a price of 12 silver and 4 ordinary Canadian dollars, and he must not miss the 8 silver Canadian dollars of grain.Just like that, buying all the way, Noah has almost sold out all the money, coal and spices he carried, and he can only eat bread and porridge made by Aldrich every day, salted fish and other food.Instead, there is more and more wheat, longer and longer queues.Noah was sitting in the van, and they had just left the previous village, and he lamented: "I'm trapped!"
Aldrich drove the convoy and asked: What is a trap?
It's that I'm stuck in the abyss of food prices.Noah jerked over and sat up: I've made up my mind, Odd.I will never buy food unless the price is less than 3 silver!
If it's above 5 Silver CAD, I'll sell it right away!
In the previous village, the price of food was 4 silver and 5 ordinary Canadian dollars, and Noah almost took Aldrich's underwear off.Aldrich advised him that he should calm down.When they came to the next village and identified themselves as traveling merchants, the people of the village enthusiastically came and said, "Has the merchant brought salt?"
We need to sell wheat and buy a lot of salt!
Prices of both salt and grain, including livestock, are constantly changing, and in this village the price of salt is already as high as five times the price of wheat.When Noah rummaged through the carriage looking for salt, Aldrich stopped him: "If we sell it to them, we will have no salt at all!"
But after that, there was no such high price of salt.Noah scratched his head and said: Cold Wind City is a salt-producing area, so the price of salt is very low, and the farther away from the salt-producing area, the higher the price of salt.However, the Duchy of Grimm is also a salt-producing land, they are close to the sea, and there is less demand for salt, so the price of salt is low.This village is the place where the price of salt is the highest.Noah said eloquently: Can I refuse?
No!
And when you get to the Principality of Green, you can earn all this money back!
Aldrich complained in a low voice: You said the same thing last time, after leaving the village, they had another cart of food, Noah collapsed on the truck, stunned for a long time, and then sighed: I was trapped again.Aldrich replied indifferently.After that, they experienced thieves blocking the road, suddenly encountering magical beasts, heavy rain from the sky, and other events, and finally arrived in the Duchy of Grimm.However, things were not as simple as Noah thought, the entire Duchy of Grimm was plunged into war, and although the civilians were short of food, they had no money to buy food at all.There is also no salt, spices, sea fish, any of the specialties of the Duchy of Grimm, and all everyday items are inflated to incredible prices.This is true in the rear, and the front line of the battlefield is a sea of blood.There is nothing left here, except for war.The war machine destroys everything, whether it is the blood of the dead or the hope of the living.They want to buy weapons more than food.Wars are frequent, accompanied by banditry.When Noah and the others entered the village, they asked the villagers, "Do you want to buy some food?"
The villagers looked at him, with weapons in their hands, and wore inferior armor and tattered leather shoes, and they said: We have weapons in our hands, and you have food, and you say, who has food?
Noah stood up in the wagon and said, "I have an attendant knight."
Aldrich didn't kill them, but just knocked them out and threw them there, after which they left the village.Noah was silent for a long time and said, "We're late."
At this time, the Principality of Grimm had already entered winter, and only desolation remained between heaven and earth.Aldrich put a fur cloak on him, and Noah buried his face in the plush, and said softly: We have been delayed on the road, the Principality of Grimm has fallen into a complete war, the country has lost order, and the civilians cannot afford to buy food Now, we can only go to the city to see if those big merchants can collect it.When Noah and the others entered the city, the city was full of hunger, and everyone was a beggar.When they walked into the city with the food, there was chaos.The guards in the city had to come out to maintain order, but they didn't look at Noah very friendly.Although there were many people who wanted food, Noah couldn't sell it at all.Aldrich hurriedly bought a yard to exchange for grain, and now that the house price is extremely low, he has exchanged only three quartes of grain for a large yard.Noah and they put the grain in, and Aldrich asked: Do you want to hire a few locals to guard it?
Noah said: They are more likely to steal from the guards.In the evening, Aldrich made a bowl of white porridge for Noah, which tasted nothing but tasted good, and it was during this time that Aldrich's skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he was especially good at controlling the texture of food with heat without seasonings.They had just finished dinner when someone came to visit.The visiting gentleman was a local gentry, who offered to buy Noah's grain at a low price.The price given by the gentry was 10 silver dollars per quart, and although the Duchy of Green was not affiliated with the Northern Alliance, it still used the currency of the Northern Alliance.This price, for Noah, is still acceptable.He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to buy so much food?"
I've got enough to feed all the people in the city for two days.Hao Shen naturally has no shortage of food to eat, he bought this batch of grain, and the eighth layer sold it at a high price in order to stock up on goods.Now that the prices in the city are controlled by the local gentry, Noah rashly brings a large amount of grain into the city, which will have an impact on their prices.Noah didn't sell it, and before he left, the gentleman said to him: "The weather is dry, and the grain has been hoarded for a long time, and it is easy to have accidents, sir!"
Noah patted Aldrich on the shoulder and said, "Let's take turns guarding the grain tonight, they may come and set fire to the grain."
Aldrich was silent for a while: in order to keep the price of food high, would you rather set fire to the city lord and ignore them?
The gentry are so easy to manage, their invisible rights are far greater than those of the city lord.Moreover, which side do you think the castle lord's average ass sits on?
Noah frowned and said: It's difficult to do now, continue to go to the front line, the situation will only get worse and worse.The grain still can't be sold, and there are still this group of gentry eyeing each other, but we can't go back with this batch of grain, right?
Back and forth, the bottom is gone.So what now?
Aldrich asked.I'll think about it again.Noah scratched his head and looked up at the night sky.The stars are shining, no matter how hard the people of the land struggle to survive and the blood is flowing, the night sky is still beautiful.After a few more days, Noah still had difficulty selling food, or even bartering for food, and the civilians were more than willing to exchange the children behind them for food.Noah naturally refused.Aldrich looked at the disappointed eyes of his parents, and the numb child, and muttered: The Duchy of Grimm is poorer than I imagined.This is a poverty that is visible to the naked eye, and neither the Brook Empire nor the Shilan Empire has ever seen such a place of poverty and near-desolation.The Suha Kingdom is even richer, so it wants to break away from the Northern Alliance at any time.Probably because it's so close to the Northern Alliance.Noah said: Just like in a forest, no other plants can grow under the big trees, whether it is nutrients or sunlight, they will be plundered away.The grain could not be sold, and for the past few days they had been able to catch several waves of people who had come to steal the grain or set fire to it every night, and Aldrich beat them all up and threw them out.Fortunately, he has a lot of energy, otherwise his hairline would have to move up a little in the past few days.