The Van Garter people are not accustomed to the spices of the Whispering Forest, but they cannot be said to have an aversion to it, and even the whale warriors of extraordinary physique have vegetarian foods such as sea vegetables in their recipes. Therefore, although Andre's food smells a little strange to them, and the cooking method is very different from their habit of eating raw, since the children of the abyss, who are distinguished guests, have already cooked it themselves, it is naturally inconvenient for the Van Jia warriors to accompany them.

As a result, this polite attempt shocked the Van Ghalgard people, who had no culinary tradition at all!

I don't know what kind of magical spices are added to the squid mushroom soup, and people who drink it only feel hot and comfortable. There is also the magical seasoning from the demon world called Purgatory Pepper, which obviously tastes so weird but it makes people want to stop. Deep-fried and crispy satin fish topped with a sweet sauce is simply steamed and served with Andrari's specialty sauce...... If you count the Andrari's specialty distilled liquor brought by the distinguished guests, even Her Highness Emira, who felt that this group of demons who originally had a feud with the land race could be recognized by the dwarves and elves, was no longer so incredible.

The only thing that worried them was what kind of special property Van Ga possessed that would attract the attention of the elves, dwarves, and Andrari, and exchange them for these wonderful spices and bounty wines.

When Her Royal Highness Emira's sincere questions were raised to the distinguished guest, she only received a perfunctory answer.

"Your Highness, didn't you already serve us such a variety of delicious food at the previous dinner, and do you think there is anything inappropriate about these things for trade?" replied the Children of the Abyss, slightly strangely.

Emilya would have felt that Andrei's spices were much more precious than the kingdom's seafood, but the idea of scarcity was at odds, and when she realized that the production of the Vantiny Sea was equally likely to be sought after in the Foggy Mountains and the Whispering Forest, the second princess of the Van Jia Kingdom still felt that the answer of the son of the abyss named Andre in front of her was very perfunctory.

"But because it is difficult to preserve, these fresh fish cannot be used as commodities for long-distance trade. Emilya felt that no one was willing to trade the proceeds of their labor for some rotten and smelly "food".

However, the Son of the Abyss took it for granted to point to the sunny slopes at the foot of the Foggy Mountain, "The Shaded Mountain has such a convenient natural drying ground, as long as these fresh fish are dried, it is enough to greatly extend their shelf life." ”

“...... Is that so?" Amira, who always had an unwavering expression, couldn't help but be a little moved by this thought, she had never thought that the solution to the problem would be so simple!

"Hmm...... Considering that the valley walkway is affected by humid sea breezes all year round, it may be better if it can be salted and wrapped in some moisture-proof sea salt. "At a time when transportation costs and ice-making costs were still high, most of the seafood that inland people tasted was actually just dry goods. Therefore, the dehydration and curing preservation process is just a commonplace means of transporting food for Andrey.

"Van Jia does not produce salt...... "Although Emera is a warrior, she is still the second princess of Van Jia first, and she knows a little bit about the affairs of the kingdom, and the mermaid feels that the idea of this son of the abyss is still too much to take for granted. Because of the obvious physiological differences between the Van and the Garandiya, their salt intake was sufficient simply through fresh fish and seawater, so salt, which was not available to the terrestrial races, was very superfluous in the eyes of the Van Ghal.

Seawater is not a direct way for freshwater organisms to take in salt. In the case of humans, if the maximum amount of salt in urine filtered by the human kidneys is "1", then the salt content in seawater has exceeded the value of "1". To put it simply, if a human drinks one liter of seawater, the urine that needs to be excreted with the excess salt in the body in order to eliminate the excess salt in the body is far more than one liter. Even drinking seawater in a short period of time can cause serious dehydration, because the more water we drink, the more we have to expel it. This is the most fundamental reason why humans and most freshwater creatures cannot drink seawater directly, and the microorganisms in seawater are only secondary reasons. (In the case of insufficient fresh water supply, fresh water and seawater can be mixed in a certain proportion and then boiled by heating and boiling as drinking water, in which case it is best to reduce the salt content of the diet to a corresponding degree.) On the other hand, people can't simply rely on things like soup with too much salt as a single source of drinking water, and it is also one of the stress reactions of people to habitually drink more water when the food is salty. ）

"Isn't this one of the reasons why I crossed the Foggy Mountains and came to the Vanga Kingdom for a field trip?" Leaving aside the largest and most convenient source of salt, using the well salt boiled by the dwarves through natural fuel is originally a waste of resources in the eyes of the children of the abyss. What's more, according to Andrei's understanding, the so-called salt wells of the dwarves are actually underground "seawater" filtered by a geological filter layer.

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The rocks by the sea and at the foot of the Broken Hollow Mountains are an inexhaustible source of high-quality material for the dwarven stonemasons who traveled with Andre. The strong Van Jia warriors also looked equally good as wrestlers when contributing to the construction of the project, that is, as sea tribes who were more accustomed to life in the sea, these people would inevitably seem slightly inconvenient when moving on the beach, and they would have to return to the sea to keep their skin moist after working for too long under the scorching sun.

However, the southern foot of the Foggy Mountain, as the territory of the Van Jia Kingdom since ancient times, naturally did not lack manpower, especially when Emira heard that the Children of the Abyss were going to unite with the dwarves to build a salt farm for them, the Vantine family, that could operate for a long time.

The dwarves use metal tools and their natural abilities to lay the rocks stripped from the rocks on the beaches at low tide, and then use the abilities of their sons of the rocks to combine the individual slabs into low, wide, gapless troughs. At high tide, seawater rushes into it, and after low tide, the scorching sun on the seashore evaporates a large amount of seawater, and sea salt crystals are precipitated.

This kind of salt-making process is talked about even by the dwarves and elves, and the only problem is that in order to ensure a certain amount of production, the scale of the salt works will have to be expanded, and of course the benefits of this are obvious.

Choosing an open, flat, sunny beach not only facilitates the large-scale operation of the pombo fishmen who collect salt brine, but also makes it much easier for the large salt works to rise and fall the tide and control the influx of seawater. Low-lying salt ponds are used to produce high-salinity brine, which is transferred to a salt pond with higher slabs on the same or even lower ground to prevent the influx of seawater before the high tide inflows again. As a result, the operation of the salt plant is basically only limited to collecting sea salt and operating the brine valves.

At this point, the Van Gargard people, including the mermaid princess, have a preliminary understanding of the wisdom of the children of the abyss, but Emira, who has a certain understanding of the trade in the forest, knows in her heart that well salt is one of the important commodities for the exchange of wine and food between the limestone dwarves and the elves, and she is worried that the salt works of the kingdom will damage the long-term interests of the dwarves and cause some unnecessary conflicts and disputes.

"With such an energy-saving and efficient means of salt production, the Limestone Clan can naturally free up more manpower to enter the construction of the north-south trade of the Foggy Mountain, and when the time comes, your sea salt and salted fish will enter the Whispering Forest through them, and the value and profits generated will not be shared with the Limestone Clan?"

In addition, it was not without cost for the dwarves to assist the Vanga people in the construction and maintenance of the salt works, and the first year of the new salt works produced 30% would be used as the remuneration of the limestone clan stonemasons, the second year it would be converted into 20%, and from the third year onwards it would maintain a profit quota. For the Limestone Clan, it is naturally very cost-effective to exchange a large amount of labor input for such a long-term benefit, and the Fanjia Kingdom, which has paid for manpower, has also gained a stable and important source of production. If you look at this from the perspective of a businessman, it is simply a classic case of win-win cooperation.

However, Andre's idea in his mind obviously did not stop there, and with his mediation, the Grand Druid and His Highness Emira, who were traveling with him, had already established the initial intention of exchanging pearls and other seafood materials for elven ships. Although the Foggy Mountains, which stretch to the northeast and southwest, block the best trade routes between the Van and the Whispering Forest, once they have sea ships, they can use them to transport and mobilize the abundance of goods throughout the vast kingdom - the beach to the northeast to the end of the Mist Mountains is also the territory of the Van Ga Kingdom. Several rivers that originated in the Foggy Mountains eventually converged into that area, and once there were large ships capable of sailing on the sea, then the Van Jia Kingdom also had the possibility of establishing a second trade route with the Elven Kingdom. Even the swamp at the southwest end of the Foggy Mountain, where countless slime and scale tribes live, could also become a trade target for the Van Jia Kingdom!

It's not that the elves don't look down on the products of the Van Jia Kingdom, but tropical fruits such as prickly pears and coconut fruits are really difficult to transport, but fortunately, the Van Jia Kingdom has an incomparably vast territorial waters, and the precious products are also extraordinary. Egg-sized magic pearls are an excellent medium for storing the magic of the water element, as well as the cold iron ore veins and cold jade veins of the deep sea, although some of these products are also valuable in the Van Jia Kingdom, but it is still very easy for the Vantini clan to export some to the land, which is far larger than the Elven Kingdom and has a much older history.

Although Amira had already passed the message through those clansmen who had entered the Whispering Forest, and had a certain understanding of the young lord of Andrari, she still did not expect that this highness had only arrived in the territory of the Van Jia Kingdom in just a few days, and had opened up an important passage for this powerful and closed sea country to facilitate communication with the land peoples!

With such a good leader, wouldn't it be a matter of course to build a thriving and wealthy river valley town in just one year!?