The Martial Doctor-Chapter 134 - 124: Discovering Peanuts
"Junior brother, try this?" As they walked along, Senior Sister was as excited as a child. She loved visiting food stalls the most and wanted to try everything, pulling Lin Miao along to try with her.
This carefree version of his senior sister was something he liked very much and was willing to protect for a lifetime for its purity and beauty.
"Hmm, sweet and sour, quite tasty. Senior Sister, you should try it too." Lin Miao promptly fed a fruit to Sun Youwei.
"Then I’ll buy some to bring back for Shi Yin and Sister Liuli to taste..." Sun Youwei happily began to pick more without any hesitation.
Sun Youwei wasn’t too interested in brightly colored silks and expensive jewelry, feeling that while they looked nice, in life, it’s enough to be comfortable, and dressing too beautifully only attracts trouble, something she deeply understood.
But good food was different. Anything edible, she wanted to try.
Her tongue was as sensitive as her nose. With the same ingredients, she could easily tell whether Lin Miao or Liuli had made the dish.
Such a talent even made Lin Miao, who had been reborn, feel ashamed.
And her ability to identify and analyze the properties of medicines was also Sun Youwei’s innate skill. He suspected that his own crossing over might have triggered these changes.
Before, his senior sister had never exhibited these peculiar traits.
"Specialties of the Southern Wilderness, specialties from the Southern Wilderness, passersby, take a look, you won’t find this shop if you miss this village..."
"Southern Wilderness specialties?"
Lin Miao knew that this world was divided into four major areas: the Western Regions, Eastern Lands, Southern Wilderness, and Beiyuan. Each region had its own vast empire and dozens of small countries and tribes struggling to survive. According to the grand ’Chronicles of the Continent’, this land was much larger than the Eurasian continent on Earth.
The Southern Wilderness had the largest mountain ranges and hills in the world, a boundless primeval forest called the Million Mountains.
It was filled with dangers, but it was also a huge treasure trove.
The largest power was the Fire God Tribe Alliance.
The Eastern Lands were dominated by the Da Li Dynasty, but Da Li only occupied a third of the land, with the Great Yue Country to the southeast of Da Li, separated by the natural barrier of the Li River, occupying about a sixth of the land. Further southwest was the Miao Country, and further south was the Southern Wilderness.
The Southern Wilderness was really tens of thousands of miles away from Dongshan City.
Northwest of Da Li was the Da Yue Country, and further north was the Beiyuan Empire, the domain of the Hu Clan, where battles over the grasslands, tundra, and northern ice plains never ceased. Whenever their population surpassed ten million, they would move south, and after being reduced to a million, they would retreat.
This cycle repeated over the millennia with little change.
Hence, whenever the population of the Hu Clan in Beiyuan rapidly increased, Da Yue and Eastern Lands had to be alert.
As for the Western Regions, they were even more complex, filled with uncivilized barbarians more savage and bloodthirsty than the Hu Clan from Beiyuan.
"Huh, is this peanuts?" Lin Miao suddenly noticed something very familiar in a hemp bag on the vendor’s stall.
Isn’t this a must-have snack for men with their drinks?
"Does young sir recognize this item?" The vendor selling Southern Wilderness specialties asked in surprise, this item had just entered the northwest, and he had been selling for days without anyone daring to try.
"I read about it in the ’Southern Wasteland Chronicles’, but I’ve never seen it in person. What’s it used for?" Lin Miao pretended to ask.
"It can be eaten raw, it’s tasty when cooked, and can be used to make oil." The vendor seemed to have met a kindred spirit and eagerly explained.
"How much per pound?"
The vendor stretched out his hand, showing five fingers.
"Fifty coins?"
"Five taels of silver per pound." The vendor announced, having priced it higher before which only scared customers away.
In the Southern Wilderness, it wasn’t worth much, but transporting it to the northwest of the Eastern Lands made it valuable, mainly because no one recognized its worth.
"What, five taels of silver per pound?" Lin Miao couldn’t help but be astonished. In the past, even ten coins per pound was top tier, calculated by purchasing power, shelled peanuts would be about ten coins per pound, already considered expensive.
"Yes, and if young sir buys in bulk, it can be cheaper." The vendor knew his price was high, as those who passed by mostly just glanced without stopping to ask the price. Those who knew its value found it excessive and didn’t dare to buy some to try.
Only the wealthy and powerful might indulge.
"Are those raw or cooked?"
"Of course, they’re cooked. While raw ones are edible, they’re not tasty." The vendor replied as if it were obvious.
"I want raw ones, do you have any?"
"What does young sir plan to do?"
"I want to experiment and create some delicacies using these. If successful, I could buy all your peanuts, and we could establish a long-term trade, is that alright?" Lin Miao began to paint a rosy picture for the vendor.
"What does young sir do for a living?"
"Oh, I run a pastry business and am very interested in using various ingredients to make pastries. I want to develop a dessert using these peanuts. If it becomes popular, there will definitely be a huge demand for peanuts. Will you do this business or not?"
"Yes, yes, I’ll do it! Young sir, tell me how many peanuts you need. Whether raw or cooked, I’ll get them for you!" The vendor became excited. Every business person dreamed of having a long-term stable distributor, ensuring a steady profit.
