The sight of "commoners scrambling to buy sea fish" at the market left a rather deep impression on the newly appointed Vice General, Gu Mingxun.
The way the commoners frantically rushed to buy them made it seem as though the sea fish were free.
Of course.
They were not actually being given away for free.
It was simply that, compared to beef, mutton, chicken, and duck, sea fish were indeed incredibly cheap.
Two Copper Coins per pound—cheaper even than mushrooms.
This was hardly surprising.
Although War Fortresses were the primary places where people lived, their interior space was limited, leaving little room to raise livestock.
Supply and demand directly determined prices.
With low output and such great demand, prices naturally could not be cheap.
If the market had not specifically imposed a limit of "two sea fish per person," there would certainly have been people buying ten or twenty at a time.
As for this.
Gu Mingxun had only one thought in his mind—brilliant! Who was brilliant? Naturally, Inspector Cheng! According to the information this Vice General had received.
After the Flower Nacre Clan entered this war zone, the Inspector's first order had been to cure Blood Shrimp Syndrome.
His second order had been to cultivate non-toxic sea fish on a massive scale.
The former quickly alleviated the commoners' fear of disease.
The latter resolved their craving for meat in one stroke.
After wandering around for an entire morning, Gu Mingxun was filled with emotion. "No wonder there isn't a single commoner in the entire war zone who says anything bad about the Flower Nacre Clan."
All the commoners had benefited, so naturally no one would hate the Flower Nacre Clan.
If the Central Courtyard ordered this branch of the Flower Nacre Clan expelled, the commoners would surely complain bitterly.