0313 Hundred Flowers Festival, New Year's Day
"This is the spice that was just harvested this year, the ...... of herb seeds," says a local spice merchant who shows Lynch his favorite product.
He was seen picking up a bag the size of an adult's fist and pouring out some hexagonal blue-yellow seeds, which diffused in his hand with a strange fragrance, and Lynch seemed to smell them somewhere.
Of course, certainly not here, but in the Federation.
Herb seeds are not too precious, but they are not ordinary goods, it has very strict requirements for the growing environment, and there are only a few countries in the world that have this spice.
It is mainly used to process some meat foods, such as barbecue, roast meat, etc., and Lynch feels that this taste is familiar because he has eaten grilled fish steaks with this spice, and cooks also like to use it to blend the taste of fish.
Lynch fiddled a few times, the fragrance began to mutate a little, which was caused by the fragrance being too strong, he moved some distance, his nose was a little itchy, "Do you have a quotation?"
His question clearly hit the nail on the head of the local merchant, who flashed a momentary confusion in his eyes, and then asked in a tone of doubt and uncertainty, "What's that?"
It is not unreasonable that this kind of indigenous merchants have been exploited and oppressed by another group of merchants, in fact, it is also related to the degree of development of society, and the local indigenous merchants have not yet experienced strong competition before they have ushered in the invasion of foreign merchants.
Many of the most basic things in the eyes of many businessmen are not mastered.
Lynch put it another way, "The price list, a piece of paper that records the price of each commodity, can you understand?", Lynch looked at Asr, Asr explained to the spice merchant in the local indigenous language, and Lynch was somewhat relieved to see the merchant's sudden realization.
Then the businessman quickly wrote a quotation and came out, Lynch looked at the price on the quotation and put it away without saying a word, "I haven't done a spice business before, but I don't mind doing it." ”
"I don't know if the prices are right, I'll be back in Baylor next week and we'll talk about the acquisition when I've figured out the price. ”
"But before that......", Lynch reached out and picked up a handful of herb seeds from the spice merchant's palm and crushed it vigorously, "It's too wet, if you want to do business with me, you'd better let it dry even more!"
When he let go of his fingers, the dry shell of the thytrial seed had been crushed, but there was still some moisture in the center, not to underestimate the dampness that might not be noticed, in the weight of a single herb seed, this moisture may occupy more than half of its weight, even sixty or seventy percent.
These spice merchants are not doing very well in business, and they have the ability to cheat and trick so much that they don't need to be taught by others, which shows that the essence of merchants is mostly the same - unscrupulous means for profit.
The spice merchant was not at all embarrassed by the dampness of the spices he was displaying, and a smile was on his unaffected face, "Of course, Mr. Lynch, I'll let those lazy pariahs dry them all at once!"
"You'd better do that......," Lynch nodded, "You name these spices and keep them, and I'll take them with me for samples when I leave." ”
After leaving his contact details and labeling the spices, the spice merchant rose to take his leave, and a second merchant came in with his sample.
An ivory merchant.
Elephants and tusks are not a rare or luxury in this world, but there are large herds in places like Nagalil and closer to the equator.
The elephants here are larger, have longer teeth, and are more threatening, and it is difficult to have natural predators in the grasslands or jungles, which also makes their population larger and larger, and even threatens the living space of humans in some areas.
There are also many elephant herds in the grasslands and jungles of Nagalil, and the ivory traders mainly sell from the steppe elephants, which are longer, thicker, stronger, and slightly yellowish in color, but not noticeable.
As soon as the ivory merchant made a move, it was a pair of huge tusks that were two meters seven or eight long and the diameter of the root was nearly one foot six!
If this ivory is sent to the Federation for sale, it will be worth at least 100,000 to 200,000 federal soles, that is, tens of millions of galils.
But here, it's just an expensive and sincere greeting gift.
"This is my gift to you, Mr. Lynch!", a middle-aged man in his thirties, with two small mustaches, looking a little treacherous, a little cunning, and a fierce and fierce in the depths of his eyes.
Most hunters are not good at stubble, starting from the first hunt to take the life of an animal, in the subsequent hunting process, most hunters will naturally have a feeling of "life is just like this", they lose their reverence for life, and begin to ignore life.
And this attitude will eventually lead them to have a similar attitude when they look at human life, and they will also have a disregard for human life, just as they do with animals.
Lynch thanked the ivory merchant as he looked at the ivory that was being removed from the dilapidated truck, and the two went into the room to continue chatting.
The merchant not only had a large amount of ivory, but also the more precious rhinoceros horns and rhino bones, which could only be obtained in the deeper parts of the grassland, where the environment was harsher and more terrifying, and fur merchants like Hassana would not easily enter it.
Lynch also asked him for a quotation, how much these things were worth, and what price he wanted to collect, would have to wait for him to return to the Federation once.
He was visited by a steady stream of local indigenous traders, who were exploited by the major trading houses and always felt that Lynch could buy their goods at a higher price.
In fact, this is a very wrong concept, even if Lynch could do this, he would not do it, because it would offend all the foreign businessmen of Nagalil and harm everyone's interests.
At that time, he was the enemy of everyone, and even if Nagalil's useless central government stepped forward, it would not be able to prevent Lynch from being targeted and even attacked.
But he has access to these merchants, and he will not touch the interests of the majority, let alone give them an offer that is only in their imagination.
There are a lot of businessmen, and there are even middlemen who spontaneously want to help some girls get some genes from Lynch to modify the human race, and it is a business of 200 million yuan as soon as they open their mouths.
But there were none of the merchants Lynch wanted to see, the people merchants.
This is actually quite normal, the resistance of Nagalil's environment to the outside world makes people always think that the environment abroad is bad, worse than the environment they live in, and sometimes people are so simple and ...... Stupid.
Therefore, there are no people who want to work abroad, and with the brainwashing of religion, foreign countries have become a hellish abyss, but they have to wait for the people who become masters after the great destruction, how can they give up such an opportunity and go abroad to suffer?
Lynch spent several days in such an atmosphere, and the governor's sons had not yet been able to convince each other of an agreement, which also relieved Lynch for a while.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he took a very serious turn around the city, and got to know the city more deeply, the province of Magulana, and the whole of Nagalil.
On Tuesday of the second week, the High Priest's apostles came to greet Lynch to the event.
Tuesday of the third week of April is a festival of the native religion, and legend has it that on this day, a drop of blood from the gods, like flowing gold, falls on the dry and barren earth, so that the flowers bloom and multiply, this day is also called the "Hundred Flowers Festival", also called the "New Life Day".
In fact, the festive atmosphere has been present since two or three days ago, and it has become even stronger yesterday, until today, it has reached its peak.
It's hard to imagine people actually sweeping the streets, and these days Lynch has found that not only men are defecating in the open, but many women are also defecating in the open, which may be ...... It's kind of funny, but it's just the way it is.
Especially those middle-aged women from the bottom of the society, they don't care about the eyes of others, and finding a place with a little back to the street can solve their personal problems, which is also really eye-opening.
The whole street was actually chaotic and dirty, but surprisingly, it was all cleaned up today.
Wreaths of flowers are hung on the doors of every house, and the ground in front of the door is sprinkled with various flower petals, both men and women point a red dot in the center of their eyebrows, and there is a circle of white petals around the red dot to reflect its meaning.
There will be some flower decorations on people's sideburns, behind the ears, neckline, chest, and wrists, and the stench that has gathered in the whole city seems to have disappeared a lot, even in the center of the city.
It was an honor for Lynch to be invited to this religious event, and he was placed on the second float after the high priest.
It was a float, but it was actually a dilapidated bus that had been repainted and decorated, and there were already seven or eight people on board, almost half of whom were people Lynch knew, who had met before, and were all businessmen.
There are still half of Lynch who have never met, but they have learned a little bit after being introduced by others, and they are all representatives of some local noble families.
It may be that Lynch is relatively young, and it is the first time to participate in the Hundred Flowers Festival, and a businessman who is familiar with him explained the process in a low voice.
The purpose of this event is to thank the gods in some way to thank them for their blood for nourishing all things, and at the same time, the representatives of the gods will give some feedback to the people.
Thanks to the gods and their feedback, almost most religions have similar festivals, and Lynch has a little bit in his heart.