Chapter 088 Xiao Yun's Confusion
Xiao Yun didn't prepare any troublesome food. There will be a bonfire party on the beach and barbecue will be a better choice there.
Half-year-old lambs were slaughtered, cut into pieces and marinated for skewers; fresh leeks, radishes, and potatoes specially brought were also cut into pieces and skewered; tender rabbit meat, squirrel meat, after peeling and chopping the bones, cut into pieces and string them together; cut the snake meat into sections and string together; offshore fish and shrimp, also string together...Anyway, all the ingredients that can be obtained are all processed and marinated, if the food couldn't be marinate they just were washed to prepare stringing together.
They made many kinds of skewers, burned a wire mesh, and took up a small brush made of their own hair as the brush (...) to brush homemade soybean sauce, sprinkled chilly powder, Sichuan pepper and cumin powder on the skewers. When the wind blew, the smell was arrogant and domineering, and whoever catches the nose has to hand over the knees—When Xiao Yun was in college, he worked as a tutor, and at least half of his money was spent on barbecue.
Cumin,is one of St. Bridge's specialty edible spices. It is not very popular because of its excessively irritating taste. When Prince Carlisle came to send the sample, he put it in the fennel. It was Xiao Yun who smelled the unfamiliar smell of this thing that made this barbecue a perfect match...He also asked Carlisle for seeds to plant.
There were hundreds of elven warriors on duty at the port. At first, only a dozen of them were willing to participate bonfire party in the beach. They were all friends of Harlan and Carl, or the escort team, who had participated in giving gifts to the snow werewolf clan last time, had confidence in the food of the snow werewolf tribe.
When the skewers were carried by the sea breeze to the west and enveloped more than half of the port, the elves on shift came out from various places, these pointed ears twitching their noses and asked the information of the smell to each other. After inquiring about the situation, their feet could not help but walk towards the east...
The elf warriors who were still on duty also sniffed straight towards the east, and their saliva secreted straight up...
General Klester was quite able to sit still and hold on. Who against the scent of people to continue to watch the "Bard's Journey" for more than ten minutes. When he got up to pour the water, he couldn't resist the scent, so he went out the door, turned the corridor, turned to the lobby downstairs... …
"General." In the lobby, the elf warrior on duty looked over.
"Ah, only you are here? Where are the others?" Kleist looked around at the empty lobby.
"They have went to the beach." The partner replied enviously.
"..." Kleist was silent for a moment, raised his foot and walked out, "I will go over and take a look."
The two elven warriors looked at Kleist's back with envy...Ah, ah, if it weren't for their turn, they really want to go!
Kleist walked out of the hotel, the smell brought by the sea breeze was even more greedy. The smell seemed to have some magical power, making his feet unconsciously go in the direction where the smell came from, walk, walk...
After two rows of small wooden houses, the bonfire was shining brightly, and the lively beach party scene appeared in front of him.
The stone-blocked fire stove was framed with barbed wire, the net was covered with various types of skewers, and several snow werewolves stood sweating like rain. In front of the stove, various sauces and spices were brushed on the skewers with a large brush in the palm of the hand.
When the wind blows, the smoke from the wire net spreads down the wind, spreading the sultry aroma to the leeward. Almost all the elves who are not on duty come here, sit or stand, and are distributed in groups around the barbecue spot. The grilled skewers are placed on a latte tray from Snow Wolf Warriors and placed on top of logs and stones. On the long table, a plate was placed, and one was robbed...
In addition to all kinds of skewers, there were also many altars and pots on the temporary long table. The clean pottery bowls were stacked on the side and were so spicy. Those who are tired can self-serve the soup to relieve the greasiness; there are soups boiled with seaweed and seaweed, as well as canned fruits in ice water made of nitrate, all of which are very popular.
"General!" The red-faced Harlan spotted Kleist and immediately waved enthusiastically.
"..." Kleist leaned against the long table at Harlan sitting gracefully and quickly, like with wind blowing under his feet, his eyes swept across the table like electricity, and he said calmly, "Is everyone here?"
Harlan chuckled. It happened that a snow werewolf warrior came over with the iron tray. He rushed over without hesitation and grabbed the tray from the many hands that he extended, regardless of the anger and complaint of everyone. Pass the hot and fragrant skewers plate to Kleist's to please: "General, try it, it's delicious."
Kleist is very reserved and took a bunch of skewer at will...
Harlan didn't persuade the general to take more, but when I turned my wrist, I put the tray on the face of another elf warrior...
Sabrina, the most beautiful elf warrior in Ananas City, is a female elf with short blonde hair and a hearty smile. She grabbed most of the skewers on the tray with both hands, divided points for her friends, and grabbed all the skewers left on the tray...
"Hey hey--" Harlan, he grinned flatteringly, doesn't care he haven't ever eaten, and smirked at his goddess-Sabrina. Sabrina ate a bunch of squirrel meat and flesh in twos and threes, and she happily played Harlan, stuffed a skewer of roast lamb into Harlan's hand, and stuffed a skewer of roasted potatoes. .
Harlan smirked so that his handsome face became funny.
Kleist: "..." Silently turned his face away, the love affair of the young boys is really a bit hurt his eyes.
The skewers in his hand are brought closer, the smell is more lethal, and hi bit off a piece of meat with restraint, um...this delicate taste seems to be rabbit meat, just after entering the mouth, he hasn't chewed it, a variety of spices and he doesn't know what it is. The rich taste provided by the sauce is exploded in the mouth after mixing, which stimulates people to secrete a lot of saliva and open their appetite. He subconsciously speed up the chewing action without feeling the process of "eating", then a bunch of grilled rabbit meat have eaten by Kleist.
General Kleist who is very particular about table manners, couldn't help licking his lower lip after eating this roasted rabbit meat... The little spice on his lips made he feels more attached to the irritating and unprecedented, the rich taste made him wants more roasted meat, but-the tray in Harlan's hand was already empty.
"..." General Kleist looked at Harlan's eyes suddenly and seriously.
Another snow werewolf brought the tray over. It happened that Harlan was trying hard to tell a joke with Sabrina at this time, making Sabrina laugh while eating, without noticing the serious eyes of his general.
This plate of skewers will be sold to other elf warriors in less than two seconds.
The people who grabbed the skewers happily shared it with their friends, and no one said to pay attention to the general who was empty.
Kleist: "..." Why is it so bad!
Since he couldn't count on these guys, Kleist was really embarrassed to join a group of one- or two-hundred-year-old youngsters on skewers, so he turned his attention to the snow wolf man who was working hard on the barbecue, focusing on the special one. A sensible, wise, young and mature cub Ayun.
The cub Ayun held a fan tied with leaves in his left hand, and quickly turned the skewers on the wire fence with his right hand. From time to time, he used a brush to dip the spices on the skewers, and smiled with the surrounding snow werewolves and after eating the skewers and go to his side and wait for the next group of elves to speak.
Kleist walked over without squinting. "The general is here too!" Xiao Yun waved his fan hand at Klester, graciously...opened the back door to the leader of the elves, grabbed a handful of freshly grilled skewers and placed them on the plate. Especially naturally, he handed it to Kleist, "Our Snow Wolf clan is still very confident in food, you can taste it, General!" Kleist feels more comfortable in his heart, you bastards, look at others. How do cubs behave!
Kleist took the tray naturally with a face, and he didn't say to eat alone. First, he grabbed a small portion and divided it among the elf warriors waiting next to him. Then he started to enjoy it by himself-the lamb was grilled so delicious~! Potatoes are sliced and roasted, and the taste is completely different~
We don't bake food less often, so why didn't we expect to use spices like this~! It is necessary to also do a spice business with St. Bridges~
Kleist ate a few skewers in a row, and the pale green skin began to glow red, and sweat beads were seen on the forehead... all spicy. Yes, it was hot and spicy, and he couldn't help but breathe out softly.
When Xiao Yun saw this and he gave Yu a winked. The reason Yu is more difficult to stand alone is that he lacks decision-making power when encountering more urgent matters, and he is a little indecisive as well, but the advantages of carefulness and vision cannot be wiped out, so he immediately gave the Elf General a bowl of iced fruit here.
The cub Ayun held a fan tied with leaves in his left hand, and quickly turned the skewers on the wire fence with his right hand. From time to time, he used a brush to dip the spices on the skewers, and smiled with the surrounding snow werewolves and after eating the skewers and go to his side and wait for the next group of elves to speak.
Kleist walked over without squinting. "The general is here too!" Xiao Yun waved his fan hand at Klester, graciously...opened the back door to the leader of the elves, grabbed a handful of freshly grilled skewers and placed them on the plate. Especially naturally, he handed it to Kleist, "Our Snow Wolf clan is still very confident in food, you can taste it, General!" Kleist feels more comfortable in his heart, you bastards, look at others. How do cubs behave!
Kleist took the tray naturally with a face, and he didn't say to eat alone. First, he grabbed a small portion and divided it among the elf warriors waiting next to him. Then he started to enjoy it by himself-the lamb was grilled so delicious~! Potatoes are sliced and roasted, and the taste is completely different~
We don't bake food less often, so why didn't we expect to use spices like this~! It is necessary to also do a spice business with St. Bridges~
Kleist ate a few skewers in a row, and the pale green skin began to glow red, and sweat beads were seen on the forehead... all spicy. Yes, it was hot and spicy, and he couldn't help but breathe out softly.
When Xiao Yun saw this and he gave Yu a winked. The reason Yu is more difficult to stand alone is that he lacks decision-making power when encountering more urgent matters, and he is a little indecisive as well, but the advantages of carefulness and vision cannot be wiped out, so he immediately gave the Elf General a bowl of iced fruit here.
Modern people on the earth dislike the abuse of spices and pursue the return to the original and the original taste of the ingredients, but the premise of the abuse is that the social environment has had a relatively long period of overcapacity and overflowing of spices... And this does not exist in this world, not to mention it. The world's spice production is as low as gold, but the logistics can't keep up and the relatively bad trade monopoly—the garlic and ginger in the St. Bridge's plantation can be backlogged to decay, while on the grasslands, the people couldn't get the good salt .
The elves do not lack basic spices. They can produce garlic and ginger on their own farm, but these only grow in the south, such as chili, pepper and cumin, they have never eaten them. Theses new sauces which use Xiao Yun's special skill to make with existing spices, such as heavy taste, irritating soy sauce, vinegar, garlic sauce, bean paste, barbecue sauce, et cetera. They don't know what these are; and this is the ultimate goal of Xiao Yun's barbecue party: he intends to the spices exchanged from St. Bridge are processed into sauces, packaged in the same sealing process as canned fruits, and then sold.
This kind of products that are processed and sold after receiving raw materials is not suitable for selling to the grassland. After all, the grassland tribes are poor and cannot keep up with their purchasing power...So the target customer group can only be the three groups that the snow werewolf tribe can currently contact: the first group is to reverse-sell it to St. Bridge, the second group is to sell it to the forest elves, and the third group is to see if the Sea Clan has the willingness to buy.
In other words, this bonfire party is actually a trade fair...
Honey garlic sauce, mix the beaten garlic with honey in a ratio of eight to two, and then put it in the shay place for fermentation. The fermentation process is similar to soy sauce, but the time is shorter than soy sauce. It can be formed in seven to ten days. After fermentation, it will be divided. In small bottles, use a spoon to scoop out and add salt, as long as you don't expose to the light, don't expose it to the sun, and try to store it in a ventilated and cool place. It can be stored for three months to six months.
In addition to the sauce that the main customer is the Elves, there are also bottled vinegar and soy sauce, and bean paste in fist-sized clay pots. A few items are placed on the table. There is no need for Xiao Yun to sell hard, General Klester So he actively asked about the price...
Xiao Yun honestly said: "The cost of honey garlic sauce is relatively high. If the general does not mind, we hope to use gold for settlement. One gram of gold is ten catties, which can be converted into equivalent copper. Soy sauce It can be cheaper, 300 catties per gram of gold, 100 catties per gram of gold for vinegar, or equivalent copper. For bean paste, because the production process is more troublesome, we hope it will be 50 catties per gram of gold...Fruit The canned food is easy to talk about. Anyway, the raw material is fruit. Just exchange the fruit with us, and we will earn some processing fees."
This price was proposed by Xiao Yun after a long time of careful consideration. There is no precious metal to establish a currency circulation system, and only exchange for goods Things are difficult to last, and the gold mines in the northern continent are either in the hands of the dragons or the elves... so this business can only be done with the elves.
After all, honey garlic sauce and bean paste are not consumed much, so they can be sold a little bit more expensive. The real sales will fall on soy sauce and vinegar. These two raw materials are soybeans and water, and they are sold for profit. The higher the output, the more the cost. The lower the value, the more profitable...especially soy sauce. Even if the transportation loss is included in the cost, the net profit is terribly high! General Kleist's slender eyes widened once again-a standard gold coin weighs ten grams, and a gold coin can be exchanged for three thousand catties of soy sauce? ! Can you change a thousand catties of vinegar? ! Wouldn't your Snow Wolf tribe lose enough to become underpants in doing this business? !
"Uh...General?" The confident Xiao Yun saw that Kleist's reaction was wrong, and he was suddenly a little disturbed. Damn it! Could it be that he made the offer too high? "Ayun, is this price agreed by the two patriarchs of your tribe?" General Klester looked kind, worried that the cub in front of him did not get the patriarch's approval to make a random price.
"Uh... yes." Xiao Yun bit his scalp, thinking about pretending to be a blank face of the junior, "General, is this price unreasonable?"
General Kleist stared at him for a few seconds, and picked up the iced fruit. The canned juice lowered his head and took a sip-so tangled! It is not in the interest of the elves to take the initiative to help the other party raise prices. As a general of the elves, he can't do that. But at such a cheap price to buy the sauce that the poor and kind-hearted Snow Wolf family has worked so hard to make, he feels that he His conscience is tingling! How to do! So worried~!
Xiao Yun was also at a loss. Damn it! Didn't it mean that the elves have abundant gold reserves? Could it be that the unreliable guy Harlan was bragging wildly?
But letting him take the initiative to lower the price is no good~ How can he do this business!
The two of them were silent across the table... The elf warriors at the same table were shocked by the heavy atmosphere, and quietly got up and left.
The sea breeze blew for a while, and General Kleist raised his hand to straighten out the curly hair that was blown by the wind, and broke the silence with a complex expression: "In this case...I will send someone back to the tribe to ask the Council of Elders for advice."
Xiao Yun thought of the Elf Elder Gwendolyn, who had given him a bunch of gifts inexplicably, his expression remained unchanged, and he was a little relieved... If the elder Gwendolyn was able to finalize the deal, the price would not be overwhelming. too harsh.
So after handing the sample to General Kleist, Xiao Yun relaxed in the port for a few days... One was to continue to befriend the elf warriors to obtain information from the forest elf, and the other was to wait for the elder council to send someone to come bargain.
General Kleist sent back is still a good partner of Harlan and Carl. Carl's words don't count. If Harlan's words, Xiao Yun taught him how to use sauces for a long time, as long as this guy still treats him as a friend. The Council of Elders will definitely know that the contents of those bottles are all good things.
He only waited for five days before the Elder Council of Ananas sent someone.
Of course, the Elder Council of Ananas would not come in person to do business with the snow werewolf clan. That would be lower their status, so the one who was sent was... Elder Gwendolyn's disciple, a person with a perfect face, more beautiful than Yumi, a female forest elf mage with green skin and pointed ears.
This female elf mage wearing a white robe came here on a big bird. It was a very large, fat bird, as fat as that of Barlk's colorful pet bird. Xiao Yun heard the call of the elf warrior, ran out of the wooden house and looked up into the air. He wondered how such a fat bird flew while it also carried a female elf...
This big bird, which is about the exclusive mount of the elf mage, hovered over the port, and the female elf mage wearing a white robe jumped down by herself... halfway through, some invisible force supported her body, slowly Slowly falling, falling to the ground like a little fairy, Xiao Yun's eyelids jumped-no, the guy from Barker was not so elegant and beautiful when playing wind elemental magic. His movements are very so strong, in fact, Barlk. K's magic isn't so good? ! The little leather boots on the female elf's feet touched the ground, and she eagerly asked the elf warriors who were surrounding them: "Where is the cub Ayun of the snow werewolf tribe?"
These warriors are like brothers in Xiao Yun. Someone immediately greeted Xiao Yun to come forward. Xiao Yun pretended to look nervous as the Snow Werewolf cub, and cautiously stepped forward. When he saw the face of the female elf mage, he naturally made a surprised expression... When dealing with female clients, he must show appreciation for one of the other's items. Fortunately, a woman can say anything when she is in a good mood!
The female elf mage paused her eyes on Xiao Yun, and the corners of her mouth twitched invisibly... They really sent a cub out to talk about the deal. The style of the snow werewolf tribe is really rough and bold.
Silently looking away, the female elf suddenly understood Kleist's complicated mood, and when the cubs were not sensible, they would cheekily take advantage of something... embarrassing! Xiao Yun: "..." What the hell is going on, he has pretended to be so harmless, why doesn't this female elf mage really trust him to be alone? ,
"Take me to see General Kleist" the female elf turned her face away and did not look at him, "Uh...Ayun, please come with me too."
Xiao Yun followed up, with the cute appearance of a snow werewolf cub.
This time, General Kleist weirdly did not discuss the matter publicly in the lobby, but asked the soldiers on duty to bring the female mage and Xiao Yun into his room.
Xiao Yun sat down nervously, pretending to be uneasy, peeking at Kleist and the female elf wizard, and threw a few snow werewolf cubs at Kleist, watching the elder's dependent eyes...
Kleist, the general with big eyebrows and big eyes, turned his eyes away with a guilty conscience.
Xiao Yun: "..." I misunderstood you! What about the sincere elves? !
Three people sat in three single armchairs, one more silent than one.
"...You go out first, close the door, and don't let anyone approach the corridor." Kleist said to the soldiers on duty.
"?!" Xiao Yun started to be afraid, wait, your elves' style is not like this!
The soldier went out, the door was closed, and then there was the sound of footsteps going away. Xiao Yun began to ponder with deep pain whether he had been too smooth in the past, and his vigilance was reduced. After a while, if he was a wolf jumping out of the window or breaking the door--he didn't do anything to apologize to the elves. what? Why did it come to this point? ! What's wrong with your elves! !
Kleist and the female elf mage remained silent, silent until Xiao Yun saw sweat on his forehead, and hesitated whether to act first... the female elf mage was finally willing to move, she turned her face away from Xiao Yun, no from somewhere,she took out a roll of leather paper that looked very beautiful: "This is signed by the Elder Council of Ananas... The magic contract for the transaction with the snow werewolf tribe. If there is no objection... the signature can be established."
Xiao Yun's face became serious. The magic contract is different from the contract that can be torn at any time. This thing is governed by the so-called "law of language", and the cost of breaching the contract is very high. Barlk specifically mentioned this to him. ——The green dragon clan borrowed the forest elves to sign a magic contract. The new dragon clan must abide by the agreement on the contract, and they can't mess with the forest elves who are alone.
If these sharp ears want to play any tricks, it must be implemented in the contract clauses. Xiao Yun took the paper roll seriously, spreading his hands... There is no text in the magic contract, but it uses magic to leave something similar to "consciousness" on the carrier. The way of "seeing" is similar to that of accepting the writer who leaves the ideas on the carrier.
Two minutes later, Xiao Yun raised his head in confusion... The content of the thoughts left on the magic contract was not long. He chewed it several times, and the content on it was not the same as the content he had made when he made a price with Kleist. What a difference, there is no invisible overlord clause at all, just repeating his words and leaving them on the paper in the form of ideas.
Look at Kleist, who is lowering his head in thought, and look at the female elf mage who turned her face away. There is only one thought in Xiao Yun's mind—what is wrong with your elves? !