When he got home, Josie looked at the time and his watch. The time was about seven o'clock in the evening.
After thinking about it, I still called up the trading device.
But this time, Daenerys appeared a little slow.
Josie waited for a full fifteen minutes, and when she felt like she could no longer wait any longer, Daenerys in cool clothes appeared on the screen.
"Oh, it seems that I disturbed your good things!" Looking at Daenerys on the screen with her eyes full of love, Josie said with a narrow smile.
Obviously, this queen from another world had just experienced a fierce battle.
It seems that Daenerys has returned to Meereen, and the person she is fighting with, Josie guesses, is the leader of the Second Sons of the mercenary group, Daario.
"Now that you know it, choose a better time next time." Faced with Josie's teasing, Daenerys said without changing her expression.
The atmosphere in Westeros is very open, and Daenerys has experienced even more embarrassing scenes, so Josie's teasing could not affect Daenerys's heart at all.
"But this is indeed a problem. Although trading is very important, it would not be good if it interferes with our personal lives. In this case, let's set a fixed time. If there is any accident that causes the time to be missed, then the transaction
Just postpone it to the next day." Josie said.
"That's true. Then tell me when." Daenerys naturally didn't have much opinion on this.
"Then according to 19:00 system time, how about, the waiting time each time is 10 minutes, that is to say, if any of us does not show up at 19:10 system time, it will be automatically postponed to the next day, so unless there is some emergency
situation, we don't have to worry about disturbing each other." Qiao Xi looked at the time on the system and said.
Although they are in different planes, according to the reminder of the trading system, the time flow rate of all trading planes will be automatically synchronized with the plane where Josh is located, and the time currently displayed by the system is also based on the Chicago time where he is currently located.
"Okay!" Daenerys agreed after thinking about it. This time is basically her rest time. After all, the nightlife in Westeros is actually very monotonous, so it is easy to find time. I haven't seen Da for some time today.
Leo, that beast, was holding back a bit too much, and his fighting ability was so good that she couldn't stop, so she delayed.
"The time has been decided, so do you have any surprises for me today?" Daenerys asked after confirming the regular trading time in the future.
"Sorry, there was an accident today, so I couldn't prepare the goods. To express my apology, I prepared some other things for you." Qiao Xi said, placing two brown paper bags on the system transaction column,
I clicked the transaction directly without asking for money.
"What is it?" Daenerys did not complain about Josie.
Although she values firearms very much, because she already has almost the strongest military strength in Westeros at this time, the demand for firearms is not very urgent in the short term.
However, she was still looking forward to what novel things Qiao Xi would prepare for her in the other world.
"Some sugar and chocolate." Josie shrugged.
Just as he said, the contents of the two brown paper bags were one pound of sugar and one pound of chocolate respectively, which meant that each was less than a pound.
He bought it from a store he passed by after lunch and before going to see the house with Margot.
Although the amount may not seem like much, don’t think Josie is stingy.
However, sugar was the most strictly regulated category of civilian supplies in the United States during the war, even more so than tires and gasoline. The standard ration of sugar (including chocolate) per person per week was only 0.25 pounds, which is about two taels.
And this pound of white sugar and one pound of chocolate have already been all the sugar coupons of the black truck dealer Mike.
"I know sugar, but what is chocolate?" When she heard it was sugar, Daenerys didn't think too much about it. After all, as the Queen of Meereen, she couldn't even eat sugar, but she was interested in what Josie said.
Chocolate is very interesting.
"A candy made from fruits unique to our world, which has a pleasant effect." Josie explained.
"Wait, is this sugar? Such pure sugar?" Daenerys was obviously very interested in hearing Josie's explanation, but when she opened the bag of sugar, she was shocked.
Although there are dragons in Westeros, there is witchcraft, and maybe even gods.
But to put it bluntly, its productivity may not even be as good as that of Europe in the Middle Ages.
So even if there is sugar, it's just rough brown sugar at most.
Fine white sugar was unheard of.
"Yes, that's sugar. Because it's as fine as white gravel, it's called white sugar." Qiao Xi nodded.
"Oh, my God, this taste, such a pure and sweet taste." After receiving Josie's confirmation, Daenerys carefully picked out a handful of white sugar with her slender little fingernail, and slowly
Send it to your lips.
Then, as if he had tasted some unparalleled delicacy, he closed his eyes and enjoyed it.
Looking at Daenerys' careful tasting process and her intoxicated look, Josie couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. For a moment, he even suspected that what he was giving was not candy, but some indescribable source of evil.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little lost, but I have never tasted such pure sweetness!" After being intoxicated for a while, Daenerys came back to her senses and said to Josie.
"It's okay, but I think you will like chocolate more after you try it." Josie shrugged.
"Thank you, I will taste it carefully, but such pure sugar should be expensive, right?" Daenerys couldn't help but ask.
"Well, it is indeed quite expensive. After all, strategic materials are strictly controlled." Qiao Xi nodded. The two pounds of sugar and chocolate cost him 4 US dollars in addition to the ration coupons.
How much does regular beef cost? 40 cents a pound.
This is the price with ration coupons.
If you go to the black market and buy it with money, I'm afraid the price will be several times higher.
There is no doubt that this price is astronomical compared to the cheap sugar prices of later generations.
In fact, the price of sugar in the United States is still relatively cheap.
During World War II, the most exaggerated increase in sugar prices was actually caused by foot pot chicken.
At its peak, the price of sugar increased 770 times compared with before the war, while grain, gasoline and other war supplies only increased 50 times.
After World War II, American soldiers could buy a gentle and considerate Yamato Nadeshiko with a piece of chocolate.
It's just that Qiao Xi said it was quite expensive, but in the final analysis, it was still relatively cheap compared to later generations.
But Daenerys misunderstood and thought that Josie had spent a lot of gold.
Anyone who has watched Game of Thrones will know that as a queen, Daenerys can be said to be very generous to her subordinates.
Although Qiao Xi was not her subordinate, she had paid tribute with such precious food, so she felt that Qiao Xi could not suffer a loss.
So with a swipe of his hand, the system sounded a transaction prompt.
Then Josie was dumbfounded.
Because gold is clearly displayed on the transaction column, one thousand ounces.
Is this woman perhaps crazy?
Qiao Xi knew that sugar was expensive in ancient times, but basically according to the sugar-deficient medieval Europe in ancient times and the domestic chickens in World War II, the price was at most the same as gold.
But one thousand ounces for two pounds of sugar is thirty times the price of gold.
They still sell hammers and guns. Isn’t it nice to sell candy?
Fortunately, Daenerys' next words made Josie understand that she was not dizzy.