Lord of Rot

Chapter 412 We Are Taking advantage of the fire
"We're taking advantage of the fire"

When Lisu Mama was standing on the city wall, possessing herself to talk with the merchant below, she suspected that she had heard wrongly, and the other party wrote it clearly on her face.

From the Bangta Bazaar, the caravan under the command of Baron Porcupine brought a large amount of food in a timely manner, and pointed out that it would be sold to Mama City.

And the wild boar mercenary group actually agreed.

Lisu Mama couldn't tell how she felt at this time. She thought she was a life-and-death enemy, but she shrank when facing other people, and fully felt her own weakness.

It's just...the price is a bit exorbitant.

30 Bronze Stars per pound of grain.

But being able to buy food can alleviate the plight of Mama City to a certain extent.

Even, if the Baron Porcupine could be helped by this, it would not be a problem to kill the wild boar mercenary group.

Selling food is a friendly signal!

Maybe Baron Porcupine wanted to get himself, but anyway, getting this kind of strong support is like when a chicken and a rabbit fight, a lion comes, and whoever the lion helps, whoever wins.

"Yes!" Lisu Mama said to the merchant below: "We want them all!"

The businessman raised his voice and shouted to Lisu Mama on the city wall: "Sorry, they were also willing to pay 30 copper stars per pound just now. If you want it, the price may be higher."

Sit down and start!

Lisu Mamaqi's chest heaved violently, and the nobles from the East Gorge were greedy like blood-sucking leeches in the sapphire river.

But she thinks that she still has an advantage compared with the wild boar mercenary group. At least she has no hatred with the porcupine baron. Mama City has never robbed the porcupine's carriage, and the porcupine has never killed her own people.

"We can give out 31 Bronze Stars per pound!" She gritted her teeth.

She needs to spend money to buy Baron Porcupine's kindness, even though the price of food has already exceeded its own value by several times!
The head of the wild boar mercenary group in the distance did not follow the price increase, but sneered, how could the majestic wild boar mercenary group have only a few hundred people?These people are just mercenaries around Mama City. Instead of spending money to fill Baron Porcupine's big appetite, it is better to spend money to recruit mercenaries.

More than 1000 mercenaries will start from other towns and villages in the desert and come to Mama City.

Not only will he pay the mercenaries, but he also promises to turn Mama City into a sanctuary for mercenaries, second only to Dongxia Iron Stone City!

Even if the siege without food does not work, [-] mercenaries can still attack the city.

At the same time, he felt a pity in his heart. If it wasn't for the capture of the Bangta Bazaar, there would be 20 extraordinary people, and the speed of storming Mama City would be faster and the chances of winning would be higher.

There was also the same voice in his heart, that is... even if he really captured Mama City, would he be able to defend against the porcupine army?

"He is a nobleman, he cannot start a war for no reason!"

On some key issues, the head of the wild boar mercenary regiment, who was already afraid of the porcupine baron, chose the ostrich tactics at this time. If you don't think about it, it won't happen.

The gates opened.

'Desert Pearl' Lisu Mama was standing in front of the carriage. Just now she had promised to buy grain with 40 copper stars per pound.

The Transcendents guarding the caravan unleashed their arrogance. The wild boar mercenary group that she was worried about taking the opportunity to attack the city did not happen. They stood in the distance with a sneer, as if they had settled on Mama City.

Food trucks entered the town, and soldiers surrounded them.

She walked in the front, opened a bag of food, her face changed.

Unhulled oats!

As an expert in horse feeding, Mama City usually uses this kind of oats to feed war horses, which is why Mama City is in a difficult situation now.

Horse Horse City has a large number of horses...they have no fresh grass, and the only lake has been seized by the wild boar mercenary group outside the city.

For the time being, only dry grass can be fed.

Horses have rectal intestines, and it is difficult to obtain sufficient nutrition only by eating hay, which will make war horses spend more than half of the day eating.

Excellent war horses are worth more than gold. It is necessary to ensure that the war horses get sufficient nutrition, but the food supply is not enough, and people are almost out of food, so they can only wrong the war horses.

If they couldn't defend the city in the end, they would probably kill their war horses and eat meat, vowing to defend the city to the death.

The arrival of this batch of food is very critical, temporarily cutting off their desire to kill horses and eat meat.

"Are these also 40 Bronze Stars per pound?" she demanded.

In the north-central part of Lurea, and in the limited south, oats will be planted except in other areas of the desert, because the growth cycle of oats is short, the output is large, and the price is very cheap. When oats are the cheapest, they are about 1 copper star and 1 pound. In deserts where it is difficult to produce food, it is impossible to exceed 3~4 copper stars, and it is the highest price.

At the price of 3~4 Bronze Stars, you can buy unhulled wheat in the desert, but merchants generally do not choose to transport wheat through mountains and rivers. 1 pound of wheat can only be sold for 4 Bronze Stars, but wheat flour can be sold for 8 bronze stars.

Only Mama City needs to raise a large number of war horses and has a clear cooperative relationship with caravans, so that it can have a fixed supply of non-husking oats, wheat and other grains.

Lisu Mama even suspected that this batch of food was taken away by merchants who had evacuated from the city due to the order of the wild boar mercenary group.

"Yes."

The businessman glanced at the soldiers and superhumans behind him, feeling at ease.

And I began to think, if Lisu Mama really couldn't help but kill herself later, could she ask a bit more when she said her last words, such as allowing each of her two children to get a set of The second-phase housing quota, and grab a street shop in the commercial district for my brother.

If you can let your brother's daughter go to the castle as a maid, it will be more valuable to die yourself.

Lisu Mama didn't really do it. She asked people to weigh it, and then counted and prepared to give money.

There was still some flour on the carriage. The merchant may have sensed Lisu Mama’s anger, so he didn’t dare to continue raising the price. Flour, oats, wheat, etc., were all 40 Bronze Stars per pound.

This batch of grain was recovered at an average of 3 copper stars per pound, about 2 pounds, and the total cost price was about 30 gold days, which was actually less than 30 gold days.

However, it sold 40 copper stars per pound in Mama City. According to the official exchange price, it sold for a total of 400 gold days, excluding the cost of 30 gold days, and the standard price of 10 gold days for hiring a superhuman. There are also caravan and troop expenses, horse rations, etc. The income for this trip alone is between 120 and 130 gold days.

The premise is that everything is in accordance with the official currency exchange method, because they use copper stars and silver months to buy food, but Mama City gives gold when paying the bill, so the overall profit is about 20% to 30% more than expected.

A huge sum of money was made, which made the businessman tremble a little.

He also knows that the ability to make such a domineering, almost stealthy business has something to do with many conditions.

If the wild boar mercenaries hadn't been afraid of their lord, if Mama City hadn't been in crisis, and most importantly, if their lord hadn't been so powerful that neither party dared to provoke them, such an unreasonable business would never have been possible!
If it were someone else, such as the Baron of Golden Cauldron, he would probably be shot to death by wild boar mercenaries before he walked down the dune.

The pride and pride in his heart made the businessman stand upright.

He is proud that he is a businessman under Lord Li Qi.

No one dared to bully him, and no one dared to take advantage of him. He even imagined in his mind that one day the porcupine flag might be like the golden bear flag.

(End of this chapter)