bookpub Chapter 82 Fruits and Flower Seeds
Chapter 82 Fruits and Flower Seeds
Oscar held the two purchasing lists, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
He is sixty-eight years old this year.
He started working odd jobs in the Ferret family's business when he was ten years old. Later, the western border was invaded on a large scale by the Titan Empire, and war broke out. The head of the family then shifted the focus of the business to the southern border of the empire.
At that time, he led a team to smuggle goods into the territory of the dwarves, a journey fraught with danger.
He ultimately earned a great deal of money for the ferret family, and as a result, he became a core member of the family and was appointed as the manager of the trading company.
Later, when the head of the family heard that nobles in the north were selling fiefs and titles, the family migrated north.
Through various means and underhanded operations, he successfully inherited the baronial title of the Snow Deer family and the Snow Deer territory.
With his exceptional vision and business acumen, he helped his family quickly establish itself.
Looking back on most of his life, he has traveled all over the country and seen a lot.
He had seen pioneering lords who were stingy and only concerned with survival, he had seen noble sons who were extravagant and only knew how to enjoy themselves, and he had even seen warlords who were single-mindedly focused on expanding their armies and conquering the world...
But I've never seen anything so "unorthodox" before!
If lords were to be divided into mainstream and heretics, then this one should definitely be burned at the stake!
Who would abandon barren land in the far north and instead focus on raising cattle and sheep, growing fruit, and sowing flowers?
It is late spring.
Did your brain get frozen and become stupid?
I don't know what Chiffon Wasteland is.
This is a bitterly cold place where the cold wind can blow away a layer of the ground, and the wild grass only grows a few centimeters and is sparse!
The fact that the other party bought chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle, and sheep instead of ready-made smoked meat clearly indicates that they intend to engage in livestock farming.
Chickens and ducks are manageable; they can be kept in captivity. But what about pigs, cattle, and sheep?
Are we supposed to survive on those pitiful wild grasses on the wasteland?
Or are you planning to plant pasture grass?
Are you kidding me!
It's a miracle that crops can even grow on this barren land; things like pasture that require a lot of water and fertilizer simply can't grow here.
He simply couldn't understand where this lord got the audacity to act so recklessly.
Although the other party could offer two hundred high-quality silver cabbages to offset the final payment, these were definitely sourced from elsewhere.
and.
It is now late spring.
Summer in the North is so short it feels like it was stolen; before you know it, autumn frost has arrived.
In the dead of winter, snow can pile up to chest level. Not to mention delicate flowers, even hardy rye and oats may suffer a complete crop failure if planted a few days late.
And those flowers, like rue, cornflower, rose, lily...
Listen to this!
The name itself sounds delicate and pampered; it's hardly the kind of thing that can take root in the northern wastelands. It might be better suited for planting some prickly thorn vines!
The Frost Lord was able to cultivate a patch of roses and tulips in his backyard, a result of his meticulous tending.
I heard that a lot of precious alchemical potions were used for this; it was practically built with money.
In contrast, for pioneering territories like Chiffon, normal lords would want to spend every single copper coin on pioneering work.
Building an extra house, reclaiming an extra acre of wasteland, or training an extra soldier—these are all tangible sources of confidence.
This Baron Richard, on the other hand, has the leisure to tinker with gardening?
It seems that his intentions are far more than just wanting to establish a foothold in the wasteland. Does he want to turn Qifeng Territory into a fairytale-like, livable territory?
This is naive...
Or is it because I've been watching too much opera...?
I don't understand!
...
Oscar looked at the list over and over again. Although his doubts were almost bursting out of his chest, decades of professional ethics ultimately prevailed over his curiosity.
The Ferret Trading Company relies on absolute integrity and tact to survive. They don't ask questions they shouldn't ask, and they don't concern themselves with things they shouldn't concern themselves with. As long as they can make money, what do they care about the lord's bizarre decisions?
But judging from the looks of it...
Once winter arrives, chiffon cakes will retreat in disgrace, just like the pioneers before them!
...
Oscar took out a copper stamp from his pocket, stamped it at the end of the list, and then handed one of the lists to Richard with both hands.
"My lord."
"I will arrange for people to prepare the chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, flour, and smoked meat you requested as soon as I get back, and they will definitely be delivered to Qifeng Territory within four days."
"only..."
"Those seeds, especially those of flowers and rare fruits, are not commonly found on the market. We'll have to search far and wide to find them, and it will probably take some time."
Richard took the list, folded it, and stuffed it into a hidden pocket in his pocket.
"How long will it take to collect them all?"
After the inner city walls are completed, the next step will be to renovate the interior.
While laying the flooring, we need to reserve space for green belts along the roads and between houses, as well as in those nooks and crannies.
Flowers are crucial to "urban beautification".
Although there are some beautiful flowers in the game, there are still too few varieties. He wanted to see a scene where all kinds of flowers bloom in competition.
Like crops.
Flowers also have seasonal planting restrictions.
and.
He must input flowers that do not appear in the game into the system and adapt them to reality before he can plant them on the Chiffon Farm.
That's where the problem comes in.
Before the data was entered into the system, he did not know the planting season for these flowers.
Now that it is late spring, if some flowers are required to be sown in spring, and the Ferret Merchants only deliver them in summer, then they can only be planted next spring.
Fruit trees have no planting season restrictions and can be planted all year round, but they will only bear fruit in a fixed season.
Even if planting is delayed by a few days, it will only result in a later harvest, which is not a big deal.
...
Upon hearing the lord's question, Oscar lowered his head in thought for a moment, then looked up, bowed, and replied:
"Reporting to my lord."
"Vegetable seeds and common fruit seeds such as apples and oranges can be delivered along with other supplies in four days."
"Those rarer fruits, such as star fruit, cherry, hawthorn, lemon, and the various flower seeds you requested..."
"Um..."
He hesitated for a moment, his brows furrowing slightly.
"These will require searching for them in the capital and the merchant guilds in the southern region, and some may even need to be found in the territories of other lords."
"It will take about two months to collect them all. I assure you, I will do my best to find them."
He was telling the truth. The lords of the North valued practicality over aesthetics, and the seed shops mostly sold seeds of cold-resistant crops such as wheat, rye, and turnips.
As for fruit seeds, such as grapes, blackcurrants, apples, blueberries, and raspberries, they are relatively easy to find in the North.
Grapes and apples, in particular, are cultivated on a large scale by several lords in the North for winemaking and jam production.
Other places won't do; it's only grown in the warm south.
As for flowers, they are even more interesting.
Flowers are indeed very common.
But the seeds are quite difficult to obtain.
Aside from a few nobles who might manage to keep some, almost no one on the market would sell them.
Since flower seeds are usually gifts exchanged between nobles, free people would only dig them up and grow them in pots if they encountered them in the wild.
Gathering all the flower seeds on this list will require considerable effort, but the price is worth it.
Fifty silver coins for a set of flower seeds, all collected together yield more than twenty gold coins.
call...
Only lords and nobles would be so extravagant and wasteful, spending money on foreign female slaves and other trivial matters.
The snow rabbit maid who just appeared in the lord's manor, in his discerning eye, was worth at least a hundred gold coins...
...
"Two months?"
Upon hearing this time, Richard immediately shook his head.
"I'm only giving you ten days."
"Within ten days, I don't care how many seeds you've collected, you must deliver the chiffon cake within ten days. If you're even one day late, I'll have another merchant go find it."
Oscar gave a wry smile.
But she still agreed.
Ten days?
This makes it impossible to collect the information through normal channels. The only option is to ask the family head to send someone to quickly travel to the capital and the southern border, or to issue a bounty on the black market.
no way.
This deal is incredibly profitable; the seeds aren't expensive, the problem is they're hard to find.
That makes sense.
This is practically a risk-free business; you can earn dozens of gold coins just by completing it. Only a fool wouldn't do it.
Richard's brows relaxed and a calm smile appeared on his face when he saw that Richard had agreed readily.
"very good."
"I trust the reputation of the Ferret Trading Company. Go back and make preparations as soon as possible. I'll be waiting for your news in Chiffon Territory."