"I bought this from Zhangjiadian, and I can't bear to drink it." When they reached Caretaker Shi's room, he took a gourd from the wall, patted it, and smiled at Ren Baqian.
"You saved that bear, which means you saved me. I'll give you half of this good stuff," Caretaker Shi said straightforwardly.
Caretaker Shi was the caretaker here, and Ren Baqian reckoned that he earned quite a lot. Since he couldn't bear to drink this wine, it should be pretty good.
However, he was immediately disappointed when he poured the wine out. The wine was turbid and had a weird taste.
"Don't be fooled by its color. This is a special liquor from the Yun Nation! It feels like it's on fire after one sip. "
Ren Baqian was even less interested after hearing what he said.
He could get spirits ranging from 40% to 70%, and anything higher would be alcohol. Sure enough, he couldn't expect too much from the wine in this world.
He clinked his glass with Caretaker Shi's and took a sip. Ren Baqian frowned. He had never drunk such a disgusting wine in his life. Even the loose liquor that cost two to three yuan per catty was much better than this.
"Brother Ren, have you never drunk this wine before? The men of Dayao love this kind of liquor the most. It's very flavorful. "
Upon hearing Caretaker Shi's praise, Ren Baqian curiously asked, "How much is this wine?"
"One catty is two taels of silver." Caretaker Shi gestured with his fingers and said, "If I wasn't addicted to this wine, I wouldn't have bought it. One catty costs me a month's salary."
Ren Baqian was speechless. Six taels of silver was equivalent to 300 grams, which was about 1,000 yuan. He could only buy one catty of this "inferior wine." What a huge profit.
Furthermore, this wine was so disgusting. If he went back to sell some Erguotou, wouldn't they go crazy over it? He would make a crazy amount of money then.
He decided to keep this matter at the bottom of his heart and plan for the future. Ren Baqian and Caretaker Shi drank and chatted. They asked a lot about this world.
There were four main countries here: the Great Xia Empire, the Yun Nation, the Chen Nation, and the Dayao Nation.
The country that Ren Baqian was in was the Dayao Nation. It was originally called the Nine Mist Nation and was founded less than 70 years ago. It was a country that was built by a group of aborigines.
Caretaker Shi did not know the exact size of Dayao Nation. He did not know either, but the population of Dayao Nation was around 30 million. There were many mountains and forests in the country and few plains. Most of the commoners hunted in the mountains for a living, and at least half of them still lived in the forest, living with wild beasts every day.
They were poor, but it was also because of this that the Dayao Nation was brave and good at fighting.
To the north of the Dayao Nation was the Great Xia Empire, which was said to be three times bigger than the Dayao Nation. In the east was the Yun Nation, and in the southeast was the Chen Nation.
It was said that there were other countries in the west of Great Xia and the south of the Chen Nation.
Dayao Nation was rich in furs, gems, gold, and silver. As for other things, they were lacking. Daily necessities, salt, beautiful clothes, and silk fabrics were almost all imported. Even the annual shortage of grain was not small, and they had to import it.
Therefore, a large number of merchants from other countries came here to make money. Most of them were from the Yun Nation. The Zhangjiadian that Caretaker Shi bought wine from belonged to the Yun Nation's Zhang Family.
"Those black-hearted thieves!" Speaking of those merchants, Old Zhang even spat on the ground. "Sooner or later, we will fight our way to their Imperial City."
Those merchants would always buy furs and gems at a low price, and then sell all kinds of inferior products at a high price. Almost every year, there would be conflicts because of these matters.
The wine that Caretaker Shi drank was said to be much better than this wine in the Yun Nation, but they only sold this kind of wine to Dayao. As for Dayao, they didn't even have enough to eat, let alone make wine. Although the people occasionally made some wine, the taste was even worse, and it was as plain as plain water.
The other things were similar, and they were sold to Dayao of inferior quality. The Dayao Nation had been dissatisfied with this for a long time. Twenty years ago, this incident was the cause of their dissatisfaction, and Dayao almost fought their way to the Yun Nation's Imperial City. Afterward, the Chen Nation sent troops to help the Yun Nation, and with the mediation of the Great Xia Empire, Dayao's army finally withdrew with a full harvest.
After that, the merchants from other countries became more well-behaved. Although it was still very infuriating, it was no longer as excessive as before. However, as time passed, the merchants forgot the pain and began to become more aggressive.
Now, Caretaker Shi's biggest wish was that when the empress gave the order to start a war again, he would be the first to put on his helmet and armor and climb the walls.
When Ren Baqian heard this, he had an idea.
To put it bluntly, the only advantage of Dayao was that they could fight. The disadvantage was that they had no other advantages other than being able to fight. Starting from the empress, everyone was one-track minded. Other than fighting and killing, there seemed to be nothing else in their minds.
They had to buy all kinds of daily necessities from other merchants.
In view of Dayao's bad temper, the other countries didn't want to force Dayao into a corner.
They would sell you things, but they would only sell you the worst. The good ones would be sold to their own countries. As for the technology, they could forget about it.
After listening to Caretaker Shi, Ren Baqian laughed mischievously.
The Dayao Nation lacked everything? It just so happened that he knew everything. Even if he didn't, he could still go back and learn. With the knowledge of the entire world as his backing, if he couldn't make a name for himself in this world, his life would be in vain.
It was best for him to go back and learn the technology before coming back to make something that he wanted. He couldn't possibly go back and buy potassium nitrate and bring it back.
It was fine to do it once or twice, but it would definitely be troublesome if he did it more than once. Furthermore, for a large-scale product like wine, it was even worse. It was already fortunate that the empress didn't pursue the issue with the clothes and mattress.
As for the situation with the kirin that pulled the carriage and whether there were experts who could move mountains and drain the seas, Caretaker Shi wasn't sure. However, according to him, there were experts in this world. It was a little exaggerated to destroy a city with one blow, but it was still possible to destroy a city gate with one blow.
However, to Ren Baqian, destroying a city gate with one blow was already exaggerated enough. If he could learn it, he would be able to do whatever he wanted when he returned to Earth.
Caretaker Shi didn't seem to drink strong alcohol. He collapsed after drinking less than half a liter of wine.
After he collapsed, Ren Baqian was only half-drunk. He sat there thinking and laughed from time to time.
Dayao lacked food. It wasn't possible to make wine now.
Dayao didn't have many plains and forests, so it didn't produce enough food. Earth happened to have crops that could produce thousands of catties per mu. It tasted pretty good and could completely solve Dayao's food shortage situation. Furthermore, it could be used to make wine.
In addition, he could think of ways to get salt. He could go back and do some research to see if he could get salt from the mountains.
As for toothbrushes and soap, it was even easier.
As long as there was a suitable opportunity, he could make them.
There was also cotton.
He could get everything out by himself.
When he thought of this, Ren Baqian was elated. It was great to come to such a world and a country.
In this world, it was really too easy to earn money.
Similarly, there were some unique things in this world, such as the black mud cream. It could also allow him to not worry about money on Earth.
When he thought of this, Ren Baqian became even more excited.
After thinking about it for a while, he saw that Caretaker Shi had already slipped under the table.
However, he had to take things one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. It was better to establish a foothold in this world first. When Ren Baqian thought of this, he got up and went to check on the progress of the cellar cleaning.
When he reached the place, a group of people were washing the cellar with water.
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