"Father, what's wrong with you?" Amy asked in confusion as she looked at Meg, who was standing at the table with a plate in his hand.
"Oh, nothing. Amy, have a glass of water and play in the restaurant for a while. Father will cook the fried rice." Meg quickly shook his head with a smile. He moved the glass of water in front of Amy and walked quickly to the kitchen.
"What a beautiful crystal glass." Amy held the transparent glass happily. She leaned on the table and looked around, reluctant to drink the water inside.
"All the ingredients in the kitchen are provided by the system's farms, fisheries, and ranches all over the continent. They are sold to the host at the price of their origin. There is no transportation fee. The price is absolutely fair and honest." As soon as Meg walked into the kitchen, the system's calm voice sounded again.
"Selling one green bean for one copper coin, and you're still being honest?" Meg pursed his lips. If he wasn't worried that he would be maliciously punished if he angered the system, his sharp-tongued soul would have started to burn in his heart.
The currency system of the Noah Continent was slowly perfected in the past 100 years. During the racial war, most transactions were done through barter. After the peace treaty was signed, commerce developed, and currency reappeared. After a series of catfights and struggles, the currency issued by the Roth Empire became the common currency of the continent because the supply was sufficient, the exchange rate was appropriate, the issuance was stable, and it was not easy to depreciate.
The lowest level of currency was copper coins. Meg recalled that in Chaos City, the purchasing power of one copper coin was about the same as one yuan. 10 copper coins could be exchanged for one silver coin, 10 silver coins for one gold coin, and 10 gold coins for one dragon coin.
If it was in his previous life, a bowl of Yangzhou fried rice that cost 296 yuan was not a big deal. But now, he was the owner of this restaurant. Yangzhou fried rice, which cost 296 copper coins per serving, was not going to be sold for 500 copper coins per serving. He would probably be beaten to death on the spot by angry customers. After all, in Chaos City, there were all kinds of races.
"These green beans are grown in an uninhabited plain in the hinterland of the Twilight Forest in the beastmen's territory. Every day, the sun shines for up to 16 hours. Each green bean plant only produces 100 green beans, and the best ten of them are sold. They taste sweet and nutritious."
"This prawn is a purple-striped prawn unique to the Soro Archipelago in the Staro Sea to the northeast of the Roth Empire. The water conditions in the nearby sea areas are complicated, and sea demons roam about. Humans haven't caught them yet, so the annual production is less than 100,000. The prawn meat is very delicious."
"This rice is produced in the deep plains of the Wind Forest in the territory of the elves. It is grown with the underground branch of the Spring of Life, without any artificial pesticides or fertilizers. The yield per mu is no more than 300 catties."
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Meg's jaw dropped as he listened to the names of all sorts of places from the System's mouth, as well as all sorts of strange breeding and planting methods.
Planting green beans in the territory of an extremely territorial race like the Beastmen was one thing, but there was also the famous Dead Sea near the Soro Archipelago. It was about the same as the Bermuda Archipelago on Earth. It was said that even giant dragons would get lost if they flew in there. Yet, the system was actually raising prawns there?
The Spring of Life of the elves was their holy spring, and the system was actually using it for farming? Although it was only one of the underground branches, it was probably something that even the elves hadn't tried before.
As for the other ingredients, there were the original tree mushrooms grown in the demons' Ghost Islands; the cured ham from the shadow boar that was unique to the forest trolls' territory; the winter bamboo shoots from the black soil of the goblins' holy land, Vic Mountain; the chicken eggs from the dwarf's chicken farm near Issen Castle; even the green onions were grown in the saline-alkali farm near Lordamere Port. It was said that they tasted more delicious than normal onions.
Meg's previous life was the vanguard general of the Roth Empire, so he was very familiar with the structure of the continent and the important regions. Although he didn't inherit his family's business in his previous life, Meg had been influenced by what he saw and heard since he was young, so he could easily tell how precious these ingredients were from his memory.
A purple-striped prawn that cost 50 copper coins was expensive?
No, even if the price was 10 times higher, Meg wouldn't think it was expensive.
These ingredients definitely wouldn't be sold for this price even if they were sold in the place where they were produced. These were all good things that couldn't be bought with money.
And if these ingredients were transported here from the place where they were produced, the price would be even higher. This world's preservation and air transport weren't so advanced.
If one wanted to eat seafood in an inland city, they would have to have a magic caster use magic to maintain the seafood's life. However, this was even more extravagant than the Red Dust Concubine's Smile. In his memory, the royal family of the Roth Empire seemed to have a team that provided seafood exclusively. However, the team that transported the seafood was a huge bird called the Red Hawk. It was considered the air transport in this world. A fresh sea fish could be sold in the capital for 100 times the price at the port.
A prawn, and a precious purple-striped prawn at that, in an inland city like Chaos City, it wouldn't be too much to sell it for 1,000 copper coins to a rich customer who wanted to eat it, right?
"Now, do you still think that this system is ripping you off?" the system's voice sounded.
"No, no, no. System, you're too kind. You probably won't find another person in this world who is more kind than you." Meg said sincerely. This way of selling was a little too kind. Looking at the ingredients in the fridge, a bold idea suddenly came to his mind. He asked tentatively, "System, maybe I don't want to open a restaurant, and just sell vegetables directly? I think that's a faster way to make money. "
"The ingredients provided by the system can only be used in the restaurant. You're not allowed to sell them separately," the system replied calmly. Then, it said, "New mission: the host has to buy 3,000 gold coins worth of ingredients in 10 days with cash. If the mission is completed, a new recipe for la zhi roujiamo will be unlocked. If the mission is failed, your strength will be -0.5."
"Th-three thousand gold coins!" Meg had expected that the system wouldn't allow him to sell vegetables, but the new mission almost made him scream out loud.
3,000 gold coins was equivalent to 300,000 copper coins. That was a huge sum of money!
And it wasn't the turnover, but the cost of ingredients!
The price of ingredients for a plate of Yangzhou fried rice was three gold coins, which meant that he had to sell 1,000 plates of Yangzhou fried rice in 10 days. If the mission was failed, his strength would be -0.5, and he would return to being a semi-disabled person again.
"System, you're deliberately trying to make me a disabled person again, aren't you?" Meg couldn't help but complain in his mind.
Although he was very confident in his Yangzhou fried rice, it was an impossible task for a restaurant that hadn't opened yet to sell 1,000 plates of Yangzhou fried rice in 10 days.
On the Norland Continent, fried rice wasn't a popular cooking method. At least, as far as his predecessor could remember, he had never eaten fried rice.
"The mission has been issued. Please hurry up and finish it." The system didn't want to discuss it with Meg at all.
"Okay, let's not talk about this now." Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, Meg said with a smile, "System, I'm penniless now, and I haven't had breakfast yet. Can you provide me with ingredients for free again? If I starve to death, we can't continue our plan to become the God of Cookery. "
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