It's easy to see why frankincense sells at different prices depending on the grade. There are many differences between things that are born and grown, but people don't know what the reason for the difference in frankincense is.

The frankincense tree that grows in this dimension needs deserts and hates sea breezes, which means that it cannot be cultivated in India or the world. The red mole knew that a place might be able to be planted, but it was half a world away, too far away. And there are still countless obstacles to being able to grow until the actual harvest, and since you can transport spices yourself, there is no need to grow spices again.

The reason why Abi Yatu said so clearly was to make it clear to these aliens one thing: no one can grow the spices given by Baal and Ashera except the children of the god Baal. Of course, since the moon god Ashera had sheltered these aliens to his city-state, and the ships had not sunk along the way, he should have treated them as merchants.

Abi Yatu bluntly told him, and the red and Zhu whispered for a while. At this time, the servant of the lord of the city stepped forward and cut a small sinuous groove in the brown-gray trunk of the frankincense tree with a knife like a lacquer tree, and the milky white resin gurgled out like tears, and flowed slowly down the small groove.

The frankincense tree is less than two feet high, and the trunk and branches are densely intertwined, forming a canopy with a diameter of more than three zhang. They gathered around under the canopy, watching the servant cut through the trunk and the milky white resin flowing.

"Fragrant, very fragrant!" The nose of the string guard is the most agile and the first to smell the scent of resin.

He smelled the fragrance, and the rest of the people sniffed it carefully, and they also smelled the fragrance. Abi Yatu smiled as they shouted, and no one, man or god, could be indifferent to the smell of frankincense.

"This is the treasure that Baal and Ashera gave to their children, our treasure, and the frankincense tree can only be planted on this land." Abi Yatu said with a smile. "But as children of the god Baal, we are not stingy, and you can buy it with the same money as any other merchant, and then burn it in front of your gods to please the gods."

"Like the rest of the merchants?" Red Mo smiled too. Although he was opposed to the plundering of these port city-states, he did not want the same as ordinary merchants. "If what we ask for is different from other merchants, what if?"

Even if the translation didn't, even if he translated this sentence, Abi Yatu still felt the murderous aura in Hong's gaze. He said without showing weakness: "The king's army is already outside the city, I hope your Excellency ......"

"Report ——!" The soldier rushed quickly, and shouted before entering the court: "General, the city gate is closed for no reason, and the Rong people may be deceitful!" ”

"Fraud? The Rong people have a deceitful ...... "There is only one soldier who enters the city, plus the personal retinue of the twelve clans, and the number does not exceed four hundred." Seeing that the fleet had no intention of attacking, Abi Yatu not only promised the fleet to be stationed, but also sent fresh water and food every day, but no one expected that he would kindly invite him into the city to see the frankincense trees today, but set up such an ambush.

The armor soldiers lined up, the merchants panicked, and the huge blades came out of their sheaths one after another. The red squirt snapped, "Why are you panicking?!" ”

The armor was about to form a formation, and as soon as he drank it, he immediately stopped. After stopping the soldiers and left and right, the red man looked at Abi Yatu again and asked in a loud voice, "Does the city lord want to fight our army?" ”

Bai Di, Xianwei and the others thought that Abi Yatu would laugh, and then countless crossbowmen flashed around, and in an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, and he died in an instant. Abi Yatu bowed to them and said, "Enter my city, drink the water offered by the servant, and become my guest." I would never allow anyone to hurt my guests, that would be the greatest offense to me. The God of Baal would not tolerate such behavior. ”

There are Zhou Rites in Huaxia, and Zhou Rites are not guilty. The Semitic people who live in this land do not kill the guests who enter their tents and drink their own water; Farther north, once the host offered bread and salt to a stranger, then the two sides formed a friendship of bread and salt, and under his roof the guest was kept safe, otherwise the host would be punished by the gods.

For Abi Yatu's words, Red Wood fully believes. Whether it was during the barbaric period or after the Zhouhua, the Chu people killed their relatives, but they never killed their guests. The Mori clan was well-informed and not surprised by Abi Yatu's words, but it was difficult to tell if he really cared about his gods and whether he really obeyed the friendship formed by Shimizu.

"What does the city lord mean?" Red Mo asked again.

"I just want to tell you that if you just want to buy frankincense, then you will be treated as a guest, if not, then you will no longer be my guest." Abi Yatu said.

"Bai Xuan...... "What exactly does he want to get, the red one is not very clear." Tell the lord of the city, what do we want? ”

"General, we only seek the right of priority." Bai Di hurriedly came up and saluted Red Wood and Abi Yatu. His words were concise and to the point, and it took a while for the translator to figure out what this right of precedence was.

To put it bluntly, this right of preference is the most-favored-nation treatment of future generations, that is, non-discriminatory treatment. This priority is not one's own preference over others, but one's own preference among those who are preferred, and who share the privileges, privileges, and immunities with those who are preferred.

"In the name of the god Baal, this is impossible." Abi Yatu, who understood this, shook his head repeatedly. "According to the agreement, the best frankincense can only be transported to the north by land, this is a common agreement of all city-states, and I have no right to change it."

There are many states north of the frankincense region, and hundreds of years ago, it was the Sabaean people (also known as 'Sheba', 'Saba', 'Shiba' and 'Shiba' under the rule of Queen Shiba) who controlled the traffic from the production area to Syria. Frankincense was transported from Hadramo, through Mecca and Petra, to the Dead Sea, and then to Egypt, Syria, and the plains of Mesopotamia.

After the weakening of the kingdom of Hiba, the Nabataeans of the northern Red Sea rose up, and they not only controlled the land isthmus Petra on the northeastern side of the Red Sea, but also controlled the northernmost port of the Red Sea, Ella (present-day Aqaba), so that spices could be disembarked from the port of Muha, the southernmost point of the Red Sea, and traveled north along the Red Sea to the port of Aylah.

The land and sea routes were completely parallel to the land routes, which is why the Kingdom of Maiin, which succeeded the Hiba Kingdom in South Arabia, banned the sea of spices. The frankincense shipped to Persia and India from the ports of Kanna and Musca was also strictly controlled, mainly the third-class Kabohm, the second-class Shetawi had very little, and the first-class Rakat was almost none. With this grade, the price naturally varies.

"I will come here by the king's orders, not to buy the incense of the slaves, but to buy the incense of the nobles." Red Mo said angrily. Seeing that Abi Yatu was indifferent, he said angrily: "In this case, the matter will be handed over to the gods and take his leave!" ”