MTL - Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds-Chapter 18 Sword and Spices

the next day.

Kant and the knight meet at the agreed place.

Cleveland saluted meticulously: "Good day, Mr. Kant."

Kant was not used to such a compelling aristocratic etiquette, and just nodded lightly: "Good morning."

The knight frowned slightly.

As the star of Goethe's knights, his every move is regarded as the most standard noble model. In an ancient Chinese saying, "there is a great scholar in chatting and laughing, and there is no white person in communication." Well-educated nobles, everyone chats and laughs together, behaves elegantly, speaks noble, observes etiquette, and gestures are all pleasing to the eye.

So, he feels a little awkward now.

In his understanding, the two sides should meet and greet each other with elegance and calmness. Even if Kant doesn't know the etiquette of the mainland, at least he should show the etiquette of Aurora? Aren't you Aurora people used to bowing? Can't do it anymore? Just nod?

- It's just nodding, I'll take the lead in salute, you answer, then it's your turn to speak, whether it's a comment on the weather or a polite speech, what can you say?

Kant also felt very awkward.

—Should I say okay oil? Rice three grams of oil and oil?

The atmosphere was silent and awkward.

After waiting for a while, Kant finally broke the silence and decided to greet him according to his national custom.

"…have you eaten?"

The knight's handsome face became a little distorted, and he nodded with difficulty: "Eat...eat. Sailors have fished out a lot of oysters from the sea, and there are also jerky and bread on board..."

—Shit, we asked if we had eaten, it was just a polite question, and you didn’t need to answer it in such a specific way.

—Or is this a habit of your aliens?

Kant had an embarrassed but polite smile on his face: "Hai... Seafood is good, I fried a big lobster to eat this morning, sprinkled some minced garlic, ginger, thyme, bay leaf, pepper, ground black pepper..."

What did you sprinkle! ?

Are you showing off, you oriental!

The knight only understood half of the names of these condiments, but he completely judged their properties, and they were all spices of extraordinary value.

You must know that in this day and age, elves monopolize 90% of the spice trade in the mainland with the best agricultural planting technology in the world, and use this to continuously extract wealth from the entire continent. This is only the most profitable trade for elves. one.

A large amount of gold and silver maintains the luxurious and lustful life of the Dusk Moon Dynasty, and at the same time supports and expands the huge military power of the elves. A virtuous circle.

Goethe and the elves fought for both new and old hatred, one of which did not appear in the declaration of war memorandum, but was more important than any new hatred or old hatred, that is, the ambitious Archduke Goethe secretly organized a fleet to try to rebuild The Maritime Silk Road, importing cheaper spice and silk and other important commodities from far away Aurora, breaking the trade monopoly of the **** pointy ears.

For the elves, this incident transcended all historical issues and territorial disputes, and was simply a mortal murderous feud.

So they made a bunch of claims, literally, and went to war.

From this incident, we can see how profitable the spice trade of the elves is, and how much the human kingdoms are controlled by humans in the spice trade.

The elves have advanced productivity, the world's largest spice production, and the invincible fleet and the unparalleled dragon tooth army. All the human chambers of commerce that dare to compete with the elves for market share will either be completely squeezed to death by ultra-low-cost dumping, or He was sent to the bottom of the sea by an unnamed elf pirate.

Anyway, when it comes to money, any race will show breakthroughs in the lower limit of cognition and bereavement, humans and elves, that's really big brother, don't laugh at second brother.

In this economic environment, spices cannot be said to be equal to gold, but they are definitely not cheap. Therefore, in the eyes of the knights, it is absolutely necessary to put at least seven or eight kinds of spices when frying a cheap broken lobster like Kant. They are showing off and showing off their financial resources. After all, even a small handful of these spices is enough to exchange for a dozen large lobsters as thick as arms in the most expensive Goethe capital.

more importantly…

Where did he get the spices on this island? Where does his food and clothing cost come from? Could it be that there is a ship from Aurora here? Then why does he keep living here? Could he be the exiled Aurora Prince?

Kant was also very puzzled when he saw that the knight was silent.

- Are you jealous that I have lobster for not talking?

I don't have much stock of that kind of stuff. I only have stock in a few western restaurants. One piece costs at least four or five hundred yuan. That is, I woke up with super powers yesterday, so I will celebrate it today.

Kant felt that he seemed to be acting too hard, hurting the young minds of the natives of another world, and hurriedly changed the subject: "Then what... how did you sleep last night?"

The knight also recovered from the endless associations.

"As a soldier, having a bed under your body and covering your head is the most comfortable dreamland."

He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It's just that there are a lot of mosquitoes on the island, we don't care, but Her Royal Highness is a noble, some..."

"There are still mosquitoes on the island?"

Kant was stunned at first, then suddenly.

Yes, there are mosquitoes.

When he just crossed over, he also had a headache. He was tightly wrapped, and he had to hang up three layers of mosquito nets. He always had mosquito coils, Liushen toilet water, wind oil and mosquito repellent. He was disturbed every day. Annoying, later met the magical animals and they, and there was no such trouble anymore.

These animals don't even have lice on them. They walk in the grass, and all kinds of bugs hiding in them run around like crazy. They don't dare to come within ten meters at all. Kant has been with them for a long time and has a similar physique. Now, even if he wears a vest and beach pants for a walk in the densest jungle, he can come out with all his beards and tails, and no snakes, insects, mosquitoes and ants dare to get close.

So from then on, Kant felt that these magical animals were very extraordinary, and I was afraid that it was not something like an ancient mythical beast that had been suppressed by supernatural powers.

The reason why it can make insects and beasts easy can also be explained by science. Just like tigers on the earth, they can make many animals scare the **** out of their urine or even unable to move. It is probably this kind of breath.

Huh, wait.

Kant thought of this, and his heart moved.

Now that he has awakened the magic method of extracting elements, he has another perspective on the problem.

For example, if you extract the urine of the gorillas, can you…

Alas.

Too perverted.

Even me, that kind of thing, doesn't know how to speak.

He quickly got rid of this strange thought and said, "The mosquito problem... I don't think about it. I have some mosquito nets here, as well as some medicines to disperse mosquitoes and treat bites. I will give you some later."

Hearing the words, the knight said: "Just provide it to Her Royal Highness... Well, if you can, there are a few ladies on board, the maids and maids of your highness, please provide these to the ladies. Thank you very much, we will pay."

Her Royal Highness takes priority, while knights have their own pride and honor, and cannot accept gifts without reason.

money?

Kant made no excuses.

Just to understand the currency system of this other world and so on.

For the value of the currency itself, he did not take it to heart... There are three banks in the surrounding area, not only a large amount of currency reserves, but even gold, but everything is meaningless.

He is no longer interested in money, and has become a person who is out of vulgar taste like Master Ma.

The knight made a gesture and came forward with the knight attendant beside him, holding a box.

On the box were the fire axe and electric baton left by Kant yesterday.

"This is the weapon you left behind and it will be returned to its original owner."

The knight said: "We found the gift you brought at the scene, and we accepted it shamelessly. As a return gift and an apology for yesterday's misunderstanding, we have prepared a small gift, I hope you will not dislike it."

Kant took some wine and candy, and when they were fighting, they left them on the spot and were found and turned over by the sailors. The princess and the others discussed it at night. If they returned these gifts, it would be a little rude, and Kant would be embarrassed, as if It's like I'm holding on to what happened yesterday...

The best way to deal with it is to keep the gift, and prepare a gift worth several times that, and send it the next day.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of gifts on the Penguin. The princess went to the imperial capital with a mission to lobby. Naturally, the silver bullet was indispensable. Some treasures were brought on board, and the rest were shipped by the Chamber of Commerce under the name of the Teldaril family through various channels. The capital of the country, for the use of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Kant was very interested in this.

He took the fire axe and electric baton and took the box: "Can I open it and take a look?"

The knight smiled: "Just as the wine and candy you brought will be shared with us, the items in the box have been owned by you since last night."

This sounded very pleasant.

Kant smiled and said, "Thank you."

He took the box and started with a heavy hand, but it was nothing to him now.

Kant held the box with one hand and opened it.

There is light shining through.

Kant narrowed his eyes and looked at it carefully.

The knight observed his expression, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

The gift for Kant was made by Her Royal Highness the Princess herself.

According to the records of Goethe's court historian, hundreds of years ago, Aurora's ship arrived at Goethe for the first time, bringing greetings from the Eastern Emperor.

Their gifts include great cauldrons, top-quality silk that is hard to hurt by swords, self-running boxing wooden organs, hundred-step flying swords, and long qin made of jade.

There is also a copy of the "Dao Jing" written by the emperor himself.

At that time, the Grand Duke Goethe also returned with heavy gifts, the blood bottle of the holy dragon, the invisibility cloak, the inheritance spar inscribed with the Griffin swordsmanship, the blade of Apollo that burns the inextinguishable sun, and so on.

Although the gifts that the princess carried this time were far from comparable to the rebates of the Goethe Duchy at that time, the types were exactly the same—enchanted weapons, potions, vestments, magic spar...

If Kant had held a high position in Aurora, he would have recognized the goodwill contained in these things.

Unfortunately not.

He just reached out and picked up the enchanted dagger, his eyes solemn.

It was as if he had discovered something that was extremely interesting to him—the elements, and the crimson elements were entangled in the composition of the soaring flames.

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PS1: For things like spices, the Europeans in the past were really crazy. Since Rome was embarrassed, the price has been rising day by day. There was a period of time when the top spices could be as heavy as gold. Fanaticism, there are several explanations that don't make sense...

PS2: It's time to let this group of outsiders get to know Wang Shouyi.