"Bring it quickly, grinding. Iruli glared at a pair of phoenix eyes and pouted at little Joor: "If you neglect the distinguished guests, you will not be allowed to eat at night." ”

Strange bread ......

Little Joel was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly brought the bread over. Iluli held the bread in both hands and smiled slightly: "Please try the craftsmanship of the elves, Arabe is the only one, I invite this meal." ”

To be honest, Iruli has always been resistant to men. However, in order to earn enough copper, the desire to impress Eslena and her sisters is even stronger.

"The ......" The leader of the caravan was a little suspicious of Iruli's extraordinary enthusiasm, but he had come to Arabbe City from here, and he was quite affectionate about this 'one and only one'. What's more, this is the gate of the city, and not far away is Arabe's well-equipped guards.

"Thank you. The long journey had indeed made the merchant tired of the hard, sour, moth-ridden black bread. On the outside, at least, the piece of black bread is clean, with honeycomb-shaped holes in the cut.

"Please. ”

The chief's hands were rough, the molting was bad, and the calluses were thick, but that didn't stop him from feeling the softness of the bread clearly.

"Huh?" gently squeezed with his hand, and the bread recessed significantly, and then slowly rebounded. This wonderful phenomenon aroused his great interest.

Eluri narrowed her eyes and gracefully stretched out her hand: "Arabe is the only one, I promise you have never tasted it, real fluffy bread." ”

"It's really fluffy, and brown bread can be baked like this?" said the chieftain, who was so hungry that he had been on the road for several days. He tentatively pulled out a piece with his hand, and the fracture was full of honeycomb holes, although he could still see the bran, but the feeling alone surprised him.

The little attendant next to him was also stunned, and looked at the black bread in surprise: "Boss, this looks so soft, can you pull it off directly?"

"Here, here you go. The leader generously threw the piece that he had torn off to his attendant, and then took another piece off for himself, and gently put it in his mouth with a wonderful mood.

It was the bread that had just been baked today, and it still had a burnt aroma, coupled with the rich sweet aroma peculiar to grape yeast, and with just one bite, the chief's eyebrows were stretched, and his teeth could chew the bread effortlessly, and the spit on the taste buds swayed wonderfully fermented sweet and sour......

Compared to this bread, the black bread they carried was simply dry and tasteless stones!

"Oh my God, this ...... Is this Arabe's black bread?" his little attendant's eyes widened, and his face was full of admiration: "Sure enough, it is the legendary rich commercial city, and even bread can be made so deliciously. ”

"This is not Arabe's black bread!" Eluri puffed out her chest proudly, "This is the craft of our elves, and Arabe is the only one in the city!"

"This is the only one?" the chieftain asked eagerly, enjoying the wonderful taste, "Beautiful and enthusiastic elf miss, do you mean that you are the only one in the whole city of Arabe who can make this kind of bread?"

"That's right!"

In the real Middle Ages, the discovery of yeast had a great impact on bread. Fluffy bread, after becoming cheap, soon became popular throughout Europe.

"It's the only one, Iluri's delicious bread!" Iluri grinned, looking at the two men who were enjoying her bread, and seemed to think that men were not so annoying.

The leader and his henchmen looked at each other, clearly skeptical. If it is really the only one, then it will definitely be popular, so why bother to set up a stall at the gate of the city?

Iluri smiled, "I understand your doubts. Actually, we had only come to Arabe a few days ago to open a bakery with the skills of the elves. But now that we've just settled, we're not ready. Therefore, I went to the gate of the city to see if there were any merchants who knew the goods. ”

Noble and elegant are synonymous with female elves, and Iluri, who has short hair, is full of vitality in her own right, especially when she laughs, with a natural and innocent appeal.

Take people with short hands and eat people with short mouths.

After enjoying a piece of bread for free, the leader of the caravan would not leave, and they themselves came to do business, and the whole caravan of more than forty people, even if they spent some copper plates to buy some bread, it would not hurt.

It's time to cheer for this passionate female elf.

The stubble-faced leader, holding bread in his hand, smiled and said, "Thank you very much for your hospitality." We happen to have almost enough dry food, so how do you sell your exclusive bread?"

Iluli held up three fingers: "One for three copper plates." ”

Before selling it, Iruli had done her homework, and according to the price of Arabe, it was about two copper plates and a one-pound rye loaf. And if you buy coarsely ground rye directly from two copper plates, it's about 3 pounds.

To bake rye bread, you need to add half the weight of water, and one pound of flour can produce about 1.2 pounds of bread after baking.

Here, however, Iruli was careful, for her rye bread was fermented and swollen, and although it weighed the same pound, it was a third larger than the same weight of brown bread.

To sum up, 4 copper plates buy 6 pounds of rye, bake into about 7.2 pounds of bread, can be divided into 7 loaves of bread, each 3 copper plates, that is, 21 copper plates, a net profit of 17 copper plates!

This is definitely a huge profit!

There were no fools in the merchants who could come to Arabbe to do business, and although the chief was a first-time visitor, he knew the basics of the price of goods - and it was through the introduction of his fellow villagers that he decided to come here to pan for gold.

Merchants are the best at careful budgeting, and even if they decide to make a big deal, Iruli's offer is 1 copper plate more expensive than normal black bread. That's not a decimal, the same 6 copper plates can buy 3 pounds, but here in Iluri you can only buy 2 pounds.

And Iruli obviously understood this, and winked playfully: "The original price is indeed 3 pounds, but for guests from afar, we elves will not be stingy. 1 pound of bread, 2 copper plates, the same as the rest of the bakery. But only once. ”

"Boss, that sounds like a good deal. The little attendant leaned into the chief's ear, stared at the rye bread greedily, and muttered in a low voice: "This bread is indeed good, the big guy has been gone for more than half a month." A delicious meal of bread may boost everyone's confidence. ”

The leader of the caravan was indeed moved, the price of 2 copper plates was his psychological expectation, anyway, if he wanted to buy bread, why bother to go far, and what if it was really the only one?

Looking back at his exhausted men, the leader laughed and said, "Beautiful elf lady, thank you very much for your generosity. If every loaf of bread in your basket were so delicious, I'd buy them all. ”

"Of course, with the credibility of the elves. ”

Illuri smiled, and little Joel, who was following her, was completely stunned, what the hell is this?

She's either mischievous or bullying all day long, when did she learn to bake bread?

The two baskets of bread were actually not much, only about sixty, and the rye flour used was only about fifty pounds, which is about 40 copper plates when converted into copper plates. But if it is sold, it is more than 120 copper plates, which is three times more!

Profiteering?

No, there are some famous bakeries in Arabe City, all of which are at this level of profitability. Of course, there are actually not so many of them that when you subtract the cost of labor sharing, the consumption of firewood, etc.

You know, this is the result of a busy morning of Iluri's work, from mixing, kneading, adding water, fermenting, forming, firing, roasting, and so on......

Based on the income level of the city of Arabe, a nobleman's attendant is about 30 copper plates per day, and the baker's salary is 40-50 copper plates. Carefully calculated, it is not too profitable.

"Chief, 67 loaves of bread in all. The diligent little attendant checked the bread in the basket with his own hands, and although there was some difference in the heat, all of them were fluffy, proving that the elf was not lying.

More than sixty loaves of bread, for a caravan of forty people, that is, a day's meal. The chief was patient and carefully calculated for a while before he calculated the amount to be paid for 67 loaves of bread - 134 copper plates, which when converted into silver coins, that is, 1 silver and 34 copper plates, which was not a huge amount.

However, when it came time to pay, Iruli made a special request.

That is, no silver coins, all copper plates.

And the reason she said made the leader cry and laugh - the sound of a large number of copper plates clanging was even more beautiful.

She counted 134 copper plates and put them in Iruri's buckskin purse, her face smiling as brightly as a flower.

"Again, beautiful elf lady. The leader of the caravan was also full of joy: "In the name of the god of the desert, I wish you better and better business." ”

"Will see you again. Iluri carried the bulging money bag in one hand and waved her hand softly: "Remember, Iluri's delicious bread." Next time, it's not 2 copper plates~"

The leader laughed rudely, nodded and said, "Next time!"

In the blink of an eye, two baskets of rye bread were sold cleanly. The whole time, little Joel was in a state of confusion, and once thought that the caravan leader must be a big fool.

Jingle bell, ding bell......

Iluli shook the money bag excitedly, listened to the sound of the copper plates colliding, and pinched little Joel's neck with her hand: "See, the little fool?

Little Joel rolled his eyes and muttered, "I think those guys must be hungry." ”

"What did you say?" said Eluri's hand.

"No, nothing ......"

"To celebrate this historic day!" said a smug Eluri, smacking her nose proudly: "Let's go, little Joel, let's go to the tavern for a drink!"

"Ahh......h

"That's right, you see me drinking!"

Little Joel: "......"