Starting Today, I'll Work as a City Lord-Chapter 42: There’s a Good Show to Watch Tonight

When Liu Feng walked into the living room and saw the blood on the corners of Tory’s mouth, his eyes twitched. Remembering the report that Niu Ben had given him earlier, Liu Feng wanted to laugh.

“Sir Tory, please sit,” Liu Feng said, waving his hand and ordering people to bring more refreshments.

“Thank you, Baron Liu Feng,” Tory said, slowly sitting down. He eagerly looked at the pastries on the table, suppressing his urge to just grab the pastries. He could not afford to lose face for the nobles of North Wind City.

“I would like to thank North Wind City for its generosity and willingness to sell us wheat,” Liu Feng said, taking a sip from the teacup. His behavior had become more and more noblelike in the past few days.

“This is a trivial matter with mutual benefits. There is no need to take it to heart, Baron Liu Feng,” Tory said. He did not dare to underestimate Liu Feng anymore. All the details he had seen from the time he entered the castle showed that Liu Feng had an amazing living standard. It was at least a dozen times better than the living standards of the nobles of North Wind City.

As for the life of the commoners, Tory didn’t care at all. In his mind, they only exist to provide for nobles.

Tory thought about the butler named Niu Ben, who wore better clothes than him. He then thought about Liu Feng’s clothes, which were even better. He had never even seen that style before.

“Then, Sir Tory, what business did you come for?”

Liu Feng went straight to the point, as he didn’t have time to argue. There was a good show to watch tonight, and he had to oversee preparations.

Hearing that, Tory tried his best to sit up straight. From Liu Feng’s point of view, however, Tory’s whole body was basically his belly.

“Baron Liu Feng, my father, who is North Wind City’s City Lord, hopes that you can open up the hide trade in West Sun City.”

Tory continued before waiting for Liu Feng to reply. “Of course, our North Wind City will continue to open up wheat trade for you. We have accumulated enough wheat to last for 2 years.”

North Wind City was close to a river, so it had a ton of fleets, which often went to other cities for trade. Wheat was the main food source in this world and was an important product.

Liu Feng believed that North Wind City had enough wheat stored to last for 2 years. The idea of hide trade made him think of something, and he couldn’t help but smile a bit.

“Oh? Hide trading? It’s not a big deal. I can agree,” Liu Feng said. Not only could hide be used to make warm clothes but it could also be used to make leather armor for war.

West Sun City was one of the cities closest to the Forbidden Mountains, which had tons of beasts. Every year, the hunters in the territory would hunt a bunch of wild beasts, skin them, and sell the skins at high prices.

“Really?” Tory was stunned. He had thought it would take a bit of bargaining, so he hadn’t expected Liu Feng to agree so easily.

“Sir Tory, there isn’t much else in West Sun City, but there is a lot of hide, which can generate plenty of income for the residents, which is a good thing,” Liu Feng said, smiling. He did not mention the fact that he had no need for leather armor, as he already had iron. Besides, he realized that North Wind City wasn’t in a good spot since they came to ask for hide directly. Most merchants purchased military supplies secretly.

Tory frowned and wondered if there was a scheme. Any nobleman with some knowledge would know about the importance of hide. Every city banned selling hide in large quantities. Some cities even banned the act of selling and buying hide, and the city owner collected all the hide. Of course, only the hides that could be made into leather armor were included. These hides include wild boar hides and rhino hides.

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“Baron Liu Feng, do you have any requests?” The only thing Tory could think of was that Liu Feng had some requests.

“Oh?” Liu Feng was stunned for a bit, and he faintly smiled. “Of course. We need a lot of wheat. We also need cattle, sheep, and horses. We just need the cubs though.”

“That’s all?” Tory was even more confused. He couldn’t understand the request at all. He could understand young horses, as they could become war horses when they grew up. He couldn’t understand cattle and sheep, however, as he thought that those animals could only be used as a source of food. It took forever for cattle to grow up to be old enough to be killed and skinned to make armor. It was much better to buy other hides like boar hides. Sheep fur is good as it can be used to make warm clothes, but its meat is so bad that only the commoners will eat it.

“Yes, that’s all!” Liu Feng learned that everyone was like Tory and thought that cattle meat tasted bad. Liu Feng almost died of laughter when he learned that people raised cattle as pigs for their meat and then took their hide. Liu Feng thought about the level of technology in this world and understood.

The commoners didn’t use horses or cattle to farm and did it manually instead. In this world without iron tools, most people used stone hoes to cultivate the land one by one. Planting wheat that way would obviously lead to a low yield ratio and starve many people to death.

There was no shortage of hides in West Sun City, but they lacked these three animals. Only the inland had them. It was said that these animals came from far away and were very rare.

Liu Feng was going to put rings on the cattle and make them farm cattle. He would then bring out the plow and get iron hoes and improved seeds from Earth.

Next year, West Sun City would be able to leave famine behind completely and there would no longer be any need to buy wheat from North Wind City.