Chapter 113: The Elven Court (I)
Although other races are more than one grade better than humans in terms of physical fitness, they are much weaker than humans in terms of inheriting civilization and retaining knowledge, and as a result, a great destruction ended, and a full 1,200 years have passed, and now human beings have barely recovered some vitality.
Other races have also developed quite splendid cultures in the mythological era, but these cultures are now almost withered, and things like teleportation devices have long become a thing that can only be remembered in history books.
Therefore, from here to the Elven Royal Court, it is naturally impossible to use teleportation equipment, and can only rely on the oldest way, that is, animal power transportation.
Of course, today is definitely not going to be able to set off anyway, Penavi has found a place to rest for Riel and the others, and stayed in the territory of the elves, which can be used as capital to show their qualifications in the future, so Riel and the others don't mind much, and they are all focused on all kinds of interesting little things around them.
The elves are quite long-lived races compared to humans, and this person, as long as they are idle to a certain level, they will start to get bored, in order to relieve boredom, they will focus on one thing to distract themselves, and the way to relieve boredom is to make all kinds of delicate small objects.
At least in the relatively large treehouse where he is currently staying, Riel has found seven or eight very delicate trinkets, all of which are handmade, showing a delicacy that is completely different from human culture, and more importantly, Riel actually feels the presence of magic on these little things.
These things are actually magic props, although they don't have a big effect, but they can purify the environment and improve the air within a certain range, which can be regarded as quite useful in regulating the mood. Although ordinary poor families are probably not interested in this kind of thing, those aristocratic lords who have so much money that they have nowhere to spend it must be very interested in these things, right?
While thinking like this, Riel's heart moved, maybe this trip to the elves was an unexpected opportunity. But of course, it's not good for him to say this idea now, and it's not too late to wait until he arrives at the Elven Court and meets the Elven Queen of this generation.
While thinking about this, Riel suddenly felt an empty response from his stomach, and when he raised his head in embarrassment, he realized that in addition to Nya Lori, who was sleeping in the dark, Safili and Erin also showed the same expression, and people were flesh and blood. I haven't eaten for most of the day, and the magician is also human...... Of course, you will also be hungry.
Naturally, Riel and his party are now regarded as valuable guests invited by the elves, how can there be any reason to make the guests hungry? It didn't take long for Penavi to bring food.
"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen......"
With a slight apology on his face, Penavi commanded several elves to bring in several pots of fruit and bread made of unknown ingredients.
“…… Elves don't need to eat meat, so we don't have a stockpile here. I can only wronged a few distinguished guests to eat some elf food. ”
In this regard, the few people of Riel did not mind. Just eat enough, besides, it's rare to come to the elven territory, of course, you have to try the elven food, otherwise the meaning of a rare trip will be greatly reduced?
However, the food of the elves is mainly fruit, which is a side dish, and the staple food is bread. However, instead of ordinary flour baked bread, it uses some kind of elven fruit (...... Yes, fruit) as an ingredient for bread.
The first thing Riel ate was this kind of bread, which the elves called "Kumama", which was about the size of a normal person's palm, and it was very soft to pinch. I tried it a little, but I found that this thing is no different from normal bread, but the taste is more delicate, and you can faintly taste a faint fruity fragrance.
After swallowing the bread in his hand in three or two bites, Riel's attention was directly focused on the pots of fruits, which were the specialties of the elven race, and they were absolutely not seen in the human realm.
The first thing to pick up is a fruit called "Kotua" that Penavi highly recommends, this fruit is shaped like grapes on the earth in the past, and it is also formed in bunches, the color is bright purple-red, and it is very interesting that this fruit is getting bigger and darker from top to bottom, and the lowest fruit is pure dark purple, and the size is also the best in the whole bunch, and it is said that this one tastes the best in a bunch.
Of course, the best must be saved until the most rear, Arrail casually pinched off a fruit, and found that this fruit has no skin, and what is wrapped outside the flesh is a layer of jelly-like gelatinous parts, which is said to be edible directly, and Ariel is of course not polite, and throws it directly into his mouth.
The first feeling of the entrance, the gelatinous outer layer is very tough, somewhat similar to the texture of kraft candy, the teeth slightly break through the epidermis, and a ball of sweet and delicious pulp explodes directly inside, the flesh of this fruit is actually a semi-liquid posture, no different from fruit juice, and the taste is also the same as that introduced by Penavi, quite excellent.
Very interesting novelty fruits, carefully tasted the taste that slowly dissipated in his mouth, and suddenly thought of something Ruill put down the remaining fruits in his hand, and then took some of the remaining fruits one by one and tasted them, each with its own flavor, there are nearly a dozen kinds of fruits here, all of which are varieties with excellent taste, and what is even more nonsense is that Ruiel actually tasted a trace of magic in these fruits.
Well, although it's just a little bit of nothing, but it can't stand a large amount, if you take these fruits as snacks every day, over time, it will be a rather difficult to say magic accumulation, which can not only satisfy the appetite, but also benefit the body, if this thing can be taken out and sent to the human realm to sell, it will not let people break their heads?
Suddenly, Riel was more sure of an idea in his heart, and when he looked up, he found that Safili was also frowning slightly, and little by little she took some of these fruits and tasted them, and on the way, she casually asked Penavi at the same table, just asking how these fruits were produced, how they were grown, and so on.
And Penawe also answered truthfully, these are naturally nothing to hide, these fruits are unique varieties among the elves, although they are rare in the human realm, but for the elves, they are all three meals a day, ordinary to the same level as apples and bananas in the human realm, although the output is not particularly rich, but it is definitely a lot.
As for the planting method, it's a pity, these fruits can only be planted in the territory of the elves, and no other place can survive, and it is not that there are no human merchants who have the idea of these fruits before, but once this thing cannot be transplanted, it can only be purchased from the elves, but the journey between the vast sea of trees and the pan-human alliance is not short, and the freight cannot be drawn, and this is a fruit, and the food is fresh, and you mention the goods from the vast sea of trees to the human realm, and it will take two or three months, No matter how fresh fruit is, it's not good to toss and sell it like this, so naturally it's just a matter of giving up.
That is to say, only by solving the problem of transportation, can we think about buying goods from the elves and selling them, in this regard, Safili gave up with a wry smile, and quickly shifted her attention to the food in front of her, after all, if she could have any good means of transportation, it would be impossible for the previous batch of spices to say anything.
However, Riel still has a flickering eye and doesn't know what Lu Dao is thinking, the previous batch of spices has left him with an eye in his heart, the logistics means of this world are quite backward, although there is a completely unreasonable thing like a teleportation circle, but it has not survived because of the disconnection of civilization, and there is no corresponding invention in addition, until now, the delivery of goods is still a convoy pulled by animal power.
If there is a way to change this situation, other people Riel can't care about it and doesn't want to care, as long as it can help Crimson Constellation solve this problem, it's not a problem to make money and make money, but, what method should be used to solve it?
Although there are already a few cases in my heart, there are still many problems that have not been solved, so Arrail does not say it, but secretly calculates the feasibility of the plan, if one of these plans is successful, it will definitely bring a subversive change.
(Well, the teleportation circle is too unreliable, and the cost of this thing is not low, and it is not a big problem to use the teleportation circle to transport some high-cost luxury goods, but it is too wasteful to use it to transport ordinary goods, so sure enough, you still have to use your brain elsewhere.) )
Erin didn't know what was going on in the heads of these two companions, but she slowly enjoyed the food in front of her according to her preferences, and seeing that she seemed to be eating very happily, she could also feel that these foods had a lot of temptation for even a magician with a good status, and if it could solve the transportation problem, it would definitely be very easy to sell.
So after this meal is over, the group of Rare who has finished cleaning up is also preparing to rest, according to Penavie, tomorrow will start to take everyone to the royal court of the elf clan, and it will take about two days to reach the place, and the others should also arrive at the same time......
…… Early the next morning, when Penavi came to the door again, he also brought props to the elven royal court, which were three horse-shaped monsters with snow-white coats, cyan spiral horns on their heads, and a pair of white wings on their backs
“…… Is this, unicorn? (To be continued......)