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“Lord, there are slave traders here again.”

On Richard’s territory, several slave traders had arrived.

This time, the scale of these slave traders was not small; they brought a dozen horse-drawn carts.

However, the iron cages on these dozen carts were sealed with wooden boards, making them into sealed compartments.

Richard had seen these slave traders before. They were the ones who sold him the minotaur and dwarf.

“Lord, do you have any grain to sell?”

One of the slave traders asked.

Slave traders were now buying grain?

Seeing Richard seeming puzzled, the slave trader explained, “Under the locust plague, the most valuable commodity is grain. Demi-human slaves are no longer in demand.”

Richard asked, “Did you come from the Beast Kingdom?”

The slave trader nodded and said, “Yes, the Beast Kingdom is in turmoil now. Wars are everywhere in order to seize grain. It is said that some major tribes are even preparing to unite and attack the capital to plunder its food.”

Beside Richard, Mia and Dorothy both showed some surprise at the slave trader’s words.

“Has the Beast Kingdom really descended into such chaos?” Richard murmured.

The slave trader sighed and said, “Yes, this locust plague is too powerful. What we fear most is that the beast tribes, driven desperate, will decide to head south for plunder. That would make things even more chaotic.”

Beast tribes heading south?

There’s a certain possibility.

When people are driven to a dead end, they’ll do anything, let alone beast tribes.

However, Richard wasn’t particularly worried. The best route for the beast tribes heading south wasn’t through his territory; there were many mountains between his territory and the Beast Kingdom. The best route southward was in the southeast direction, where there was a flat area. That was the optimal route for them heading south.

Richard got down to business, “What’s the price of the grain?”

The slave trader replied, “Sun-dried wheat is 5 copper coins per pound. I’ll take as much as you have.”

5 copper coins per pound?

This price had increased several times.

It should be noted that the price of wheat sold previously was at most 2 to 3 copper coins per pound.

An average family, after paying taxes, could only afford several hundred or a thousand pounds of wheat to get by for the whole year.

After all, the wheat varieties in this world are generally not good in yield. It’s considered good if one acre of land can produce three to four hundred catties.

Encountering slightly better land might yield an extra one or two hundred catties. Ordinary families can only cultivate a few acres of land.

Richard pondered for a moment and said, “5 copper coins, too low!”

The slave trader replied, “6 copper coins, it can’t be too much.”

Richard said, “I don’t have wheat, but I have potatoes, which have a better taste.”

The slave trader showed an interested expression and asked, “Lord, what are potatoes?”

Richard said, “You can stay and taste them later.”

Half an hour later, the slave trader tasted a roasted potato and was immediately fascinated by its flavor.

The staple food of human kingdoms in this world is mainly bread.

However, unlike on Earth, the bread in human kingdoms doesn’t have bread improvers or other flavor enhancers. Basically, it’s hard and unappetizing black bread.

The nobles eat slightly more refined bread, but to Richard, it’s still hard to swallow.

Moreover, making bread is troublesome. You have to grind the wheat slowly into flour.

For ordinary peasants, their daily life is just farming, then grinding flour, and making bread.

Grinding flour consumes a lot of time.

In comparison, potatoes are much more convenient. After planting, they don’t require much care, and eating them is simple, either roasted or boiled.

After eating a potato, the slave trader praised, “Lord, how about 6 copper coins per catty?”

Richard shook his head and said, “10 copper coins per catty, no bargaining.”

After hesitating for a while, the slave trader said, “Okay, I accept this price.”

In the end, Richard sold ten thousand catties of potatoes to the slave trader for a total of one hundred thousand copper coins, which is ten gold coins.

Richard bought these potatoes at a price of about one yuan per catty.

That is to say, the profit was only about seven or eight times.

Naturally, it’s not as profitable as glassware.

But ultimately, you can’t sell too much glassware.

Rare items are valuable. If they are everywhere, it’s impossible to sell them for several gold coins each.

Selling grains is a sustainable business, and it can also bring more caravans to Richard’s territory.

As for whether the breeding of potatoes will be learned by the people of this world, Richard is not worried.

Planting potatoes seems simple, but there are many intricacies involved. Moreover, with locusts rampant now, whoever dares to grow crops, after getting potatoes, will definitely eat them immediately.

Furthermore, winter is coming in a few months, and then there will be food crises everywhere…

Even if someone secretly learns how to breed potatoes, that will be a matter for next year. It takes time to figure it out and grow them, so it will still be the year after next. By then, Richard would have already earned enough gold coins with potatoes.

There are so many good things from another world, Richard naturally won’t focus solely on squeezing cash through potatoes.

After selling the potatoes, Richard took out several glass cups, combs, pearl necklaces, etc., and emptied the remaining thirty or so gold coins from the slave trader.

In the future, when caravans come to buy grain, Richard also plans to handle it this way: after selling food, he will empty the other party’s gold coins with glassware and the like.

“Oh, I almost forgot something important.”

Although the slave trader’s gold coins were spent, he didn’t feel sorry at all; instead, he was delighted.

He opened a carriage, and inside was also a petite beast-eared girl.

“Nowadays, demi-human slaves are not easy to sell, but this rabbit girl is a top-quality one. How about exchanging this rabbit girl for the mirror you just took out? Would that be acceptable?” The slave trader couldn’t forget about the mirror Richard had just taken out.

“A bunny girl.”

Behind Richard, both Mia and Miwei saw the rabbit girl inside.

“Where did you catch her from?” Mia’s tone was unfriendly.

She actually quite disliked slave traders; after all, Miwei was sold by these slave traders in the first place.

However, Miwei was lucky to meet someone like Richard.

If she had been sold to another noble, it wouldn’t have been good.

Seeing Mia’s expression, the slave trader hurriedly said, “Don’t misunderstand, we never attack demi-humans actively; we buy them from some beast tribes. This rabbit girl was sold to us by a goblin tribe.”

“Goblins again!”

Hearing the word “goblin,” Mia snorted.

Richard took out a mirror and handed it to the slave trader, saying, “It’s yours.”

The slave trader happily took the mirror from Richard’s hand and then said to him, “She’s yours.”

“Bring her down.”

Mia jumped onto the carriage and brought down the bunny girl who had already fainted inside. Below, Miwei and Dorothy followed suit.

Perhaps due to their similar experiences, Miwei felt quite sympathetic towards this bunny girl.