Banshee Fort, aristocratic district, the backyard of the private house of the new wizard Roma.
A small pot was standing on the stove, and the water in the pot was gurgling hot. The butler took a handful of dried earthworms from Roma, grabbed a pair of scissors, frowned, cut them into pieces and threw them into the pot.
Across the stove, the pointed-hat wizard Jason also clutched an earthworm. He looked left and right, and smelled it, showing a disgusting expression, "This thing can really replace oats and rye?"
"You don't eat anyway." Rom replied. The first batch of dried earthworms provided by Succubus was too sloppy, sold poorly, and tasted unpleasant. The people by the fire didn't bother to eat this kind of food. "But it is indeed meat."
Dried earthworms are a typical low-fat and high-protein food, which can have a wide range of uses in modern industrial environments. But even in an agricultural society, it can be used as feed for chickens, as is feeding people when necessary.
The water in the pot boiled, and the dried earthworms were quickly boiled into pulpy... a pot of meat porridge that I don't know how to describe.
In order to improve the taste, some oats are added to the porridge. The butler grabbed a wooden spoon and scooped up a hot bowl, then handed it to Roma.
Rom looked down, his head turned far away, and handed it to Jason. Jason smelled it, but still shook his head and handed it to a servant who was squatting behind.
The servant took the meat porridge with both hands, and didn't understand what the masters were doing when handing this thing to him, and waited blankly for the order. Roma's butler said in a deep voice, "Drink while it's hot."
Oh..., so I wanted to test whether this thing can be eaten? !
The servant serving the porridge turned pale suddenly, but he knew what his master did—the alchemist, didn't he just make some weird things, and most of them were poisonous and harmful.
This bowl of steaming stuff shouldn't be a new poison.
The servant looked sad, and wanted to beg for a few words of forgiveness. Roma has already shouted impatiently: "It's for food, not poison. Just let you try whether it tastes good or not."
The masters didn't eat it, but they wanted me to eat it—the servant serving the porridge looked down at the bowl and felt he was dead.
But the housekeeper understood better and said directly: "If you die, you will give your family a sum of money. Your child can work for the master."
It is better to have a back road than to die in vain. The servant was stared at by Roma and Jason, knowing that he couldn't stop drinking, so he gritted his teeth and took a small sip.
Roma asked quickly, "How does it taste?"
The porridge just out of the pot is still very hot. The servant only took a sip and said with a bitter expression, "This thing tastes creamy and greasy, a bit salty. Master, am I dying?"
"Don't be afraid, you can't die." Roma believed that Zhou Qingfeng would not favor himself with poisonous things. He also did a'toxicity detection' on the samples he brought back, and the result was normal. "We just want to know if this thing can be eaten?"
The north is cold, and the hot porridge cools quickly. The servant who was doing the experiment was distraught, but it was a bit easier to hear Roma's assurance. He picked up the bowl and took a few more sips. After drinking, he felt that this weird thing seemed..., not as unpleasant as he thought.
The diet in the north is poor, and the food of the poor is not as good as pig feed in Zhou Qingfeng's view. All kinds of weird things are classified as food. The dry earthworm looks scary, but it is much stronger than the bark of the grass roots.
After drinking a bowl of'meat porridge', the servant smashed his mouth and felt hungry. He stared at the still gurgling little pot, and begged Roma, "Master, maybe I'm not sure if I eat too little of this thing. Can I have another bowl?"
It doesn't look too bad.
Rom and Jason looked at each other, and both nodded slightly and looked at the housekeeper by the stove together. The steward immediately understood the meaning, and went to call five or six domestic servants over—there were males and females, old and young, and one bowl per person.
The dried earthworms boiled in the pot were quickly consumed. Later servants were not as worried as the previous servant. Seeing the master enjoying the porridge and drinking, he picked up a bowl and poured it into his stomach. After they drank it, there was nothing unusual. Instead, they thanked the master for his generosity and wanted to drink again.
Snap... After experimenting for a long time, Wizard Jason slapped his face and exclaimed with joy: "That's great, this thing should be edible. This is meat. You can compare it with oatmeal. It’s definitely not a loss if you change it."
Even the nobles knew that their slaves could neither work nor rest assured if they were not full. To maintain the rule, there must be enough food. Meat is more tolerant of hunger than grains, which is a great advantage.
Having enough food can change the destiny of a power.
Jason happily grabbed Roma, "Did you sell the goods I asked you to sell last time?"
"Sold."
"50% premium?"
"Yes it is."
Hahaha..., to make sure that his business is not losing, Jason smiled blushingly. He took Roma's arm again and shouted: "This business of grain-for-meat food can't be taken alone. I will let the servant come and talk to your housekeeper, and everyone will earn it together."
Roma smiled bitterly about this, he is now Zhou Qingfeng's agent completely. Whether it's physical potions, war preparation materials, food and cloth, or even apprenticeship education, there are always a lot of interventions.
Zhou Qingfeng paid the bill in the form of jewelry, which has recently affected the price of jewelry in Banshee Castle.
Fortunately, all the jewels entering the market come from the Fairy Silver Leaf City. Both the quality and the cutting craftsmanship are first-class, otherwise the price of ordinary jewels can be beaten by the amount of tens of thousands of gold coins.
To make sure that the earthworms can feed the stomachs of the people at the bottom, Roma hastily acted. After all, Zhou Qingfeng will only stay for one month, and will leave Banshee Fort a month later. To make money, you have to take advantage of it now.
The wizards of Banshee Castle are noble and noble, and they will never personally intervene in ordinary business. But they have a huge network of contacts, and the materials they can mobilize far exceed their normal needs.
Roma was anxious to urge Zhou Qingfeng for the goods, and Jason went to run oat-based grain supplies. Both sides let their servants or butlers come forward to secretly transport a large number of Banshee Fort materials out of the city.
Zhou Qingfeng asked Luke to arrange the logistics system in advance, which played a huge role at this moment. Every day, more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages leave from Banshee fort and head towards the Black Forest further north, digging the corner of the Phils family step by step.
The carriage is not loaded with food and cloth purchased from the south for transfer, or goods collected in various cities in the North, and it is not the various talents recruited in Banshee Fort, the largest city in the North.
Intellectuals like Lorraine are only part of the talent. Zhou Qingfeng also asked Seth and Adrian to find a large number of craftsmen and offer high salaries to win them.
There is no shortage of blacksmiths in Harmony Village, but other technical skills are just as scarce. Technicians in all walks of life are treasures in this poor place in Northland, from construction to repair and sewing.
Few people can withstand the temptation to eat, drink, and double their income. Every day, a few dozen people rush northward with the carriage arranged by Luke, hoping to live a better life.
Next, Archbishop Dimitri of Whigburg in the south will perform the seemingly inconspicuous magical technique of'caring for all things' every day to improve the yield and quality of dried earthworms, in order to repay the debts of farm tools and ironware previously accepted.
The matter of raising earthworms is secretly turned into a new industry that creates thousands of jobs, rationalizes the consumption of more than 100,000 people's excrement every day, and increases GDP growth by several points.
Zhou Qingfeng sold one or two tons or three or four tons of dried earthworms to Roma in exchange for the various materials he needed, while quietly causing his opponents to bleed heavily. Just when his two-month outing is coming to an end...
Adrian, who was in charge of the secret investigation, got a certain news-Powell, who had not been seen for a while, joined the city guards of Banshee Fort and was officially promoted to a knight and inherited the family business.
"But this guy's appearance changed a lot when he showed up again. He was no longer a paladin of Tyr, the god of justice. He became..., weird."