Job hunting in another world [Western Fantasy]

Noah bought food and walked southeast with Aldridge.When they arrived at the first village, they found that the food here was much cheaper than that in the city.In Coldwind City, the price of a quarter of grain was 12 silver and 4 Canadian dollars—in fact, 20 years ago, the price of a quarter of wheat was only 7 silver dollars. Silver and gold flowed in, and prices soared.Twenty years ago, the cost of a servant's life was 20 ordinary Canadian dollars, but now it is 4 silver and 1 ordinary Canadian dollars.

In Cold Wind City, the price of a quarter of grain is 12 silver and 4 ordinary Canadian dollars, but outside the city, the price in the village is 10 silver Canadian dollars per quarter.

So Noah bought some more grain at a low price, but he had very little money on him, so he bartered the coal and coarse salt in the city.Then he continued to go east, and the prices in the next village were even cheaper. A quart of grain only cost 8 silver Canadian dollars, while the prices of coarse salt and coal were even higher.Noah gritted his teeth. He had already bought a large amount of grain at a price of 12 silver and 4 Canadian dollars, so he must not miss the grain of 8 silver Canadian dollars.

Just walking all the way, buying all the way, almost all the currency, coal and spices that Noah carried with him have been sold out, and he can only eat bread, porridge, salted fish and other food made by Aldrich every day.

Instead, more and more wheat and longer and longer queues.

Noah was sitting in the truck. They had just left the last village, and he sighed, "I'm stuck!"

Aldridge drove the convoy and asked, "What is a lock-up?"

"It was me who fell into the abyss of grain prices." Noah suddenly turned over and sat up: "I have made up my mind, Odd. Next, unless the grain price is lower than 3 silver, I will never buy it! If it is higher At 5 silver Canadian dollars, I will sell it immediately!"

In the last village, the price of grain was 4 silver and 5 Canadian dollars, and Noah almost pawned Aldrich's underpants.

Aldridge persuaded him, "It's time to calm down."

After they came to the next village and identified themselves as traveling merchants, the people in the village rushed over enthusiastically and said, "Has the merchant brought salt? We need to sell wheat and buy a lot of salt!"

Whether it is salt or grain, including livestock, the price of goods is always changing. In this village, the price of salt is as high as five times the price of wheat.

When Noah was looking for salt from the carriage, Aldrich stopped him: "If you sell it to them, we will have no salt at all!"

"But after that, there will not be such a high salt price." Noah scratched his head and said, "Coldwind City is a salt-producing area, so the salt price is very low. The farther away from the salt-producing area, the higher the salt price. However, Green The Principality is also a salt-producing land, and they are near the sea, so they have less demand for salt, so the price of salt is relatively low. This village is where the price of salt is the highest."

Noah said convincingly: "Can I refuse? No! And in the Duchy of Green, I can earn all the money back!"

Aldridge complained in a low voice: "You said the same thing last time..."

After leaving the village, they had another cart full of food. Noah slumped on the truck, stunned for a long time, and then sighed: "I'm stuck again—"

"Oh." Aldridge responded indifferently.

Afterwards, they experienced thieves blocking the way, encountering monsters suddenly, heavy rain and other incidents, and finally arrived in the Principality of Green.

However, things were not as simple as Noah thought. The entire Duchy of Green was in chaos. Although the common people were short of food, they had no money to buy food at all.There is also no salt, seasoning, sea fish, any special products of the Duchy of Grimm, and all daily items have been raised to unbelievable prices.Even so in the rear, the front line of the battlefield is completely a sea of ​​blood.

There is nothing left here, except war.

The war machine has destroyed everything, not only the blood of the dead, but also the hope of the living.

They want to buy weapons more than food.

Wars are frequent and bandits are rampant.After Noah and the others entered the village, they asked the villagers, "Do you want to buy some food?"

The villagers looked at him, with weapons in their hands, wearing poor-quality armor and tattered leather shoes, and said, "We have weapons in our hands, and you have food. Tell me, who has food?"

Noah stood up on the van and said, "I have knights following me."

Aldridge didn't kill them, he just knocked them out and threw them there, and then they left the village.

Noah was silent for a while, and said, "We are late."

At this time, the Duchy of Green has already entered winter, and there is only desolation in the world.Aldrich put on a fur cloak for him, Noah buried his face in the plush, and said softly: "We lost time on the road, the Duchy of Grimm has fallen into complete war, the country has lost order, civilians I can't afford food either... Now, I can only go to the city to see if those big merchants can accept it."

After Noah and the others entered the city, the city was also full of starvation, and everyone was a beggar.When they walked into the city with grain, there was a sudden chaos.

The guards in the city had to come out to maintain order, but they didn't look very friendly at Noah.

Although there are many people who want food, Noah can't sell it at all.Aldrich hurriedly bought a yard—in exchange for grain, and now the house price is extremely low, he only used three quarts of grain in exchange for a large yard.Noah and the others put the food in, and Aldrich asked, "Do you want to hire a few local people to guard it?"

"There's a higher chance they'll be stealing," Noah said.

In the evening, Aldrich made Noah a bowl of plain porridge that had no flavor but had a good taste. During this time, Aldrich's craftsmanship improved by leaps and bounds, and he was especially good at controlling food with heat without seasoning. Taste.

They had just finished dinner when someone came to visit.

The visitor was a local gentry, who offered to buy Noah's food at a low price.

The price given by the gentry was 10 silver Canadian dollars per quarter. Although the Duchy of Green was not affiliated with the Northern Alliance, it still used the Northern Alliance currency.This price is still acceptable to Noah.

He thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to buy so much food? My goods are enough for everyone in this city to eat for two days."

Naturally, the gentry had no shortage of food to eat. He bought this batch of food, and the eighth floor sold it at a high price in order to stock up.Now the prices in the city are controlled by the local gentry, if Noah rashly brings a large amount of grain into the city, it will have an impact on their prices.

Noah didn't sell it. Before he left, the gentry said to him: "The sky is dry and the things are dry. If the food has been stored for a long time, accidents are easy to happen, sir!"

Noah patted Aldridge on the shoulder and said, "Let's take turns guarding the food tonight, they might come and set fire to the food."

Aldridge was silent for a while: "In order to keep the price of food high, I would rather set it on fire... Does the city lord ignore them?"

"The gentry are so easy to control. Their power of invisibility is far greater than that of the city lord. Besides, which side do you think the city lord usually sits on?" Noah frowned and said, "This is difficult, let's move on The situation will only get worse and worse. The food is still unsalable, and there are these tyrants watching, but we can’t take this batch of food back, can we? After going back and forth, it’s a pity that the underwear is gone.”

"...Then what should we do now?" Aldridge asked.

"I'll think of a way." Noah scratched his head and looked up at the night sky.

The stars are shining brightly, no matter how hard the people on the land struggle to survive and blood flows like rivers, the night sky is still beautiful.

A few days later, it was still difficult for Noah to sell food, and it was even difficult to barter for things. Those commoners were willing to exchange the children behind them for food.

Noah naturally refused.

Aldridge looked at the disappointed eyes of his parents and the numb child, and murmured, "The Duchy of Green is poorer than I imagined."

This is a kind of poverty visible to the naked eye. Whether it is the Brook Empire or the Shilan Empire, Aldrich has never seen such a poor and almost desolate place.Suha Kingdom is even richer, so it wants to break away from the Northern Alliance at any time.

"Probably because it is too close to the Northern Alliance." Noah said: "It's like in the forest, no other plants can grow under the big trees, no matter whether it is nutrients or sunlight, they will be plundered completely. "

The food could not be sold, and in the past few days, they were able to catch several waves of people who came to steal food or set fire every night. Aldrich beat them all up and threw them out.

Fortunately, he is full of energy, otherwise his hairline would have moved up a little over the past few days.

"It can't go on like this." Noah sighed and said, "In a few days, it will snow. The moisture will enter the warehouse, and the grain will soon become moldy. The rice is fine, but the wheat cannot withstand storage. .”

How to deal with the food that cannot be sold and is about to go bad, Noah actually had the answer in his heart a long time ago.

Noah said, "Feed some fresh good horse grass to Dilo tonight."

Aldrich did as he did, and he had a faint premonition in his heart that they were going to run away again.

The next day, Noah placed a balance at the gate of the yard, and bags of grain were piled up behind him.

"Men can receive 5 ounces of food in the morning, and women and children can receive 6 ounces of food in the afternoon. Don't collect it multiple times, come early and get early—" Noah dragged his voice, and said silently in his heart, the latest can be late When it comes, it depends on how fast the city lord reacts.

At noon, a group of strong guards came to make trouble. After Aldrich drove them away, the guards of the city lord came the next day.

The guards wanted to arrest Noah and the others for disrupting the order in the city.Before Noah and the others responded, the group of people who came to collect the food suddenly rushed up and stopped the guards.

"We can't let Mr. Noah fall into their hands!"

"You demons—!"

"Come on!"

"You are colluding with the tyrants, robbing us of food, taking those who lost their property into slavery, and now you even want to kill Lord Noah?!"

"Mr. Noah, run!"

"We will always remember you!"

Noah stood up, pulled Aldrich onto Dilo's back, and quickly left the city.

From a business point of view, this was a complete failure. Noah did not make any money, and the only gain was to become a wanted criminal of the Principality of Green.