Banshee Castle, aristocratic district, the backyard of the new wizard Rom's private residence.
A small pot was placed on the stove, and the water in the pot was steaming. The steward took a handful of dried earthworms from Rom, grabbed a pair of scissors, frowned, cut them into pieces and threw them into the pot.
Opposite the stove, Jason, the pointed hat wizard, was also grabbing a dried earthworm. He looked left and right, and even smelled it, with a disgusted expression on his face, "Can this thing really replace grains like oats and rye?"
"You don't want to eat it anyway," Rom replied. The first batch of dried earthworms provided by the succubus were too sloppy, the quality was poor, and the taste was unpleasant. The people at the fireside disdained to eat such things. "But it's
It is indeed meat.”
Dried earthworms are a typical low-fat and high-protein food and can be used in a wide range of applications in modern industrial environments. But even in agricultural societies, they can also be used as feed for chickens and humans when necessary.
The water in the pot boiled, and soon the dried earthworms were cooked into a pulp... a pot of meat porridge that I don't know how to describe.
In order to improve the taste, some oats were added to the porridge. The butler grabbed a wooden spoon and scooped up the hot bowl, then handed it to Roma.
Rom looked down, turned his head far away, and handed it to Jason. Jason sniffed it, but still shook his head, and handed it to a servant squatting behind him.
The servant took the meat porridge with both hands and didn't understand what the masters were doing when they handed it to him. He waited blankly for orders. Roma's butler said in a deep voice: "Drink it while it's hot."
Oh..., it turns out I want to test whether this thing can be eaten?!
The servant serving the porridge suddenly turned pale. He knew what his master was doing - an alchemist. He just made some weird stuff, most of which were poisonous and harmful.
Could this steaming bowl of stuff be a newly invented poison?
The servant looked miserable and wanted to beg for mercy. Rom shouted impatiently: "It's food, not poison. I just want you to try to see if it tastes good."
None of the gentlemen would eat, but I was the one who wanted to eat. The servant serving the porridge looked down at the bowl, feeling that he was doomed.
But the housekeeper knew better and said directly: "If you die, your family will be given a sum of money. Your children can work for the master."
It is better to have a way out than to die in vain. The servant was stared at by Rom and Jason and knew that he could not survive without drinking. He could only grit his teeth and take a small sip from the bowl.
Rom quickly asked, "How does it taste?"
The porridge that had just come out of the pot was still very hot. The servant only took a small sip and said with a grimace, "This tastes greasy and a bit salty. Master, am I going to die?"
"Don't be afraid, you won't die." Rom believed that Zhou Qingfeng would not use poisonous things to favor him. He also did a 'toxicity test' on the samples he brought back, and the results were normal. "We just want to know this
Can I eat something?”
It was cold in the North, and the hot porridge cooled quickly. The servant doing the experiment was worried, but he felt a little relieved after hearing Rom's assurance. He picked up the bowl and took a few more sips, feeling this weird thing as he drank.
It seems... it's not as bad as imagined.
The food conditions in the North are poor. In Zhou Qingfeng's opinion, the food of the poor is not even as good as pig feed. All kinds of weird things that can be put into the mouth are classified as food. Dried earthworms look scary, comparable to grass roots and trees.
The skin is much stronger.
After drinking a bowl of 'meat porridge', the servant smacked his mouth, feeling even hungrier. He stared at the small pot that was still churning, and asked Roma: "Master, maybe this is too little.
Not sure if it’s okay yet, can I have another bowl?”
It doesn't look too bad.
Roma and Jason looked at each other, nodded slightly, and looked at the butler beside the stove. The butler immediately understood what he meant and called five or six more servants over - some were male and female, some were old and some were young.
One bowl per person.
The dried earthworms boiled in the pot were quickly finished. The servants who came later were not as worried as the previous servant. When they saw the master enjoying the porridge, they picked up the bowl and poured it into their stomachs. After they finished drinking, there was no abnormality, but they all
Thank you for your generosity, I would like to drink more.
Bang... After experimenting for a long time, Wizard Jason clapped his hands fiercely and shouted happily: "Great, this thing should be edible. This is meat. It can be divided into two parts with oats."
Once you exchange it, it’s definitely not a loss.”
Even nobles know that their slaves cannot work and will not be peaceful if they are not well fed. To maintain their rule, they must have enough food. Meat is more resistant to hunger than grain, which is a great advantage.
Having enough food can change the destiny of a force.
Jason happily pulled Rom, "Have you sold the goods I asked you to sell last time?"
"Sold."
"Fifty percent premium?"
"Yes."
Hahaha... After making sure that his business was not at a loss, Jason smiled with a smile on his face. He took Rom's arm and shouted: "You can't monopolize this grain-for-meat business. I'll ask the servants to come."
Talk to your butler and we can make money together."
Roman smiled bitterly at this. He had now completely become Zhou Qingfeng's agent. Whether it was physical potions, war preparation materials, food and cloth, or even apprenticeship education, Lin Zongzong was involved in many things.
Zhou Qingfeng pays his bills in the form of jewelry, which has recently affected the price of jewelry in Banshee Castle.
Fortunately, the jewelry that enters the market comes from the Silver Leaf City of the elves, and is of first-class quality and cutting technology. Otherwise, the price of ordinary jewelry would be smashed just by the quantity worth tens of thousands of gold coins.
Confirming that dried earthworms could feed the people at the bottom, Rom also acted quickly. After all, Zhou Qingfeng would only stay for one month and would leave the Banshee Castle in one month. If you want to make money, you have to take advantage of now.
The wizards of Banshee Castle are noble and noble, and will never personally intervene in mundane business. However, they have a huge network of contacts and can mobilize far more supplies than normal needs.
Rom was eager to rush the goods to Zhou Qingfeng, and Jason went to source cereals mainly oats. Both parties asked their servants or housekeepers to come forward and secretly transport a large amount of Banshee Castle's supplies out of the city.
Zhou Qingfeng asked Luke to arrange the logistics system in advance, and it played a huge role at this moment. Every day, more than a dozen carriages left the Banshee Castle and headed further north towards the Black Forest, digging into the corners of the Phils family step by step.
The carriages were either carrying grain and cloth purchased from the south for transshipment, goods collected from various cities in the North, or various talents recruited from Banshee Castle, the largest city in the North.
Intellectuals like Lorraine are only part of the talent pool. Zhou Qingfeng also asked Seth and Adrian to find a large number of craftsmen and offer high salaries to attract them.
There is currently no shortage of blacksmiths in Harmony Village, but other skilled trades are also scarce. In this poor place in Northland, technicians from all walks of life, from construction to repair and sewing, are treasured.
Very few people could withstand the temptation of having enough food and water and doubling their income. Every day, dozens of people followed the carriage arranged by Luke and headed north, hoping to live a better life.
Next, Archbishop Dimitri of Whigburg in the South used the seemingly inconspicuous magic of 'Care for All Things' every day to increase the output and quality of dried earthworms, in order to repay the debt he had received from the iron tools he had previously received.
Raising earthworms has been secretly turned into an emerging industry that creates thousands of jobs, rationally consumes the excrement of more than 100,000 people every day, and increases GDP growth by several points.
Zhou Qingfeng let Roma sell one or two tons or three or four tons of dried earthworms every day in exchange for various supplies he needed, and at the same time quietly caused his opponents to bleed. During his two-month field trip this time,
Coming to an end...
Adrian, who was in charge of the secret investigation, received certain news - Little Powell, who had not been seen in recent times, had joined the Castle Guards of Banshee Castle, was officially promoted to a knight, and inherited the family business.
Chapter completed!