Chapter 13: Black Gold

Li Yu returned to Miss Rabbit's house and reached out and knocked on the door.

The first time, there was no reaction inside.

So Li Yu knocked twice, and after a while, the girl's voice came out of the room, sounding sullen, "I am serving the ancient spirit of the Arias family, I don't have time to see people, if you have something urgent, go to Fausto or Alfred." ”

"It's me." Li Yu replied.

There was silence on the other side of the door.

"Don't you think it's a little too late to pretend to be no one now?" Li Yu paused and added, "Don't worry, I'm not here for the necklace." ”

After a while, Ilea finally reluctantly opened the door, poked her head out from behind the door, and said with a wary face, "Isn't it for the necklace?" ”

"Well, not really, I can assure you."

Miss Rabbit thought about what she could do but Fausto and Alfred couldn't do, except for the things related to the necklace.

The final answer is – no.

So she winked at Li Yu, "Goodbye." ”

She was about to close the door again, but Li Yu's next sentence stopped her movements.

"I've helped you so many times, the first time you asked you for help, you didn't even want to listen, did you have to refuse directly?"

Miss Rabbit is not a person in a thousand ways, but there is one thing that is quite good, that is, there are clear grievances.

The first thing she did after winning the election was to find her half-brother first, scared the latter into peeing her pants, and avenged the other party on the spot for threatening to cut her. The starting point is not so fast.

And her ability to have today is inseparable from Li Yu's selfless support all the time.

As the so-called cannibalism has a short mouth and a short hand, the girl was immediately embarrassed to drive people away when she heard this, not only politely let Li Yu into the house, but also asked the maid to get wine.

Ilea temporarily put down the electronic pet egg in her hand, looked at Li Yu on the chair opposite, and showed a look of embarrassment on her face, her ten fingers crossed and clasped tightly, and they parted from time to time.

"Well, I'm really ...... Thank you very much, yes, but it's not my business to form a Legion or something in my territory, and I have to consider the feelings of the people, especially the followers of the Silver Moon Goddess. ”

"I'm not here for that, either." Li Yu said, "Actually, I've been a little short of money to spend recently, so I brought some souvenirs from my hometown and wanted to find a place to sell them." ”

Miss Rabbit breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, "Souvenir, this is simple, there is a shop in the castle, you can sell it to the boss, directly report my name, and let him give you a good price." ”

"I went to ask before, and the boss said that the amount was too much, and he couldn't take it."

"How many did you bring?" Ilea was stunned when she heard this, "I didn't see you salute much when you appeared in front of me before." ”

"I brought about two pounds with me this time."

"Two pounds? That's not much, two pounds what? ”

Li Yu didn't answer, and directly threw out a small bag.

Miss Rabbit was still a little puzzled, and when she saw the things on the table, her expression couldn't help but change greatly, and blurted out, "Black gold, this is ...... Black gold?! God, how can you have so many !! ”

"I've got three more bags here, a little over two pounds in total." Li Yu took out the other three bags and piled them all on the table.

Miss Rabbit's eyes straightened instantly.

The pupils dilated, the wings of the nose fluttered, and hot air was constantly spewing from inside.

It's like an evil dragon that has broken into a treasure trove.

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Coming back to the first question, if you could go back in time, what would be the most valuable thing to bring?

Although the term ancient is too general in scope, and the author does not mention the specific location of the crossing, it is obviously not rigorous enough, but there is an answer in the following answers that appears very frequently.

That's pepper.

No matter what country or any era, the pursuit of food is eternal.

And when it comes to eating, you can't bypass spices.

Especially in the older era, the more singular the cooking method becomes, and if you want to get a good taste, you rely on spices to enhance the flavor.

When he was in the Marquis's Mansion before, Li Yu noticed that the pepper on the salmon was pitiful.

There is only a symbolic little bit, and you can't even taste it if you don't eat it carefully.

Of course, this is also related to their identity, Ilea and their table are all big nobles, and the pepper should still be enough, but in any case, the dignified Marquis's Mansion is careful when entertaining guests, which shows the preciousness of pepper.

Black gold is well deserved.

In Li Yu's universe, the reason why pepper in medieval Europe was so scarce was because most of the spices were produced in the East, the transportation distance was tens of thousands of miles, and the trade chain in the middle was complicated.

Eventually, the price of pepper was ridiculously high when it arrived in Europe.

And after Li Yu chatted with the shopkeeper in the castle, he found that the situation in this plane was similar, and it was the elephant man who mastered the spices.

They inhabit the emerald sea to the east, which is dotted with thousands of small islands. The elephant people set up estates on the islands, cultivated spices, and shipped them around the world through Naga's sea caravans.

The closest route to Brattis is through the Storm Sea in the middle.

That ghost place has extreme weather that Naga doesn't want to face, storms are commonplace, and terrifying waves tens of meters high, and if you are not careful, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

And even if you are lucky enough to survive the stormy sea, there are other troubles waiting for you in the future.

In short, every cargo ship that managed to reach the port with spices had experienced a lot of hardships and dangers along the way, and it was difficult for the nobles on the continent of Brattis to say anything if it was sold a little more expensive after docking.

"It's probably worth a lot of money!" Ilea picked up a packet of pepper and put it in her hand, leaned her face up and observed it carefully, "Hey, it's not small, each one is quite full, the color is also very beautiful, and the most important thing is that it is not damp at all, incredible, incredible, incredible!" ”

Miss Rabbit said it three times in a row, expressing her surprise!

Obviously she hadn't drunk yet, but the girl's little face was already flushed, her eyes were misty, as if she was wandering in a beautiful fantasy, and muttered, "This is an absolute first-class product, no nobleman can refuse, and it can be sold one by one." ”

But soon she remembered something again, and her ears suddenly drooped, and the light in her eyes disappeared, and she returned to her listless appearance.