Blessed by Abundance, Scourge of Terra

With no mobile cities available, the vast majority of farmland is a fixed target for natural disasters. Growing grain is already difficult enough, so where would there be extra land to grow spices?

Only the living are qualified to enjoy!

Chapter 32: Setting Off! The Chance to Make Big Money is Right Before Our Eyes!

Due to natural disasters and Originium pollution, grain yields in countries around the world are not high, and the price of spices has skyrocketed.

As for why Huang Cao hadn't considered it before?

It can only be said that habit is a terrifying thing.

Because the spices he ate grew from his own body, he didn't need to buy them at all, so he naturally didn't know the outside prices.

Although Huang Cao possessed the Originium database, it was ultimately just a database, not some intelligent little assistant.

If you don't open a book, it's just a piece of scrap paper.

The residents of the territory also didn't want to grow spices; growing grain made them feel more at ease.

When he was a mercenary before, having enough to eat was good enough. Where would he have the conditions to pursue flavor?

So, he hadn't told his lord that spices were very valuable.

"Kaitian Cat, based on your experience, how many years until mobile cities become widespread?"

"Master, in my opinion, at least another 150 years."

"I believe you, but for now, let's eat."

With an excited heart and trembling hands, this opportunity to make money had arrived!

Spices were much easier to sell than grain, and they could also be used to drain the nobles' pockets!

Currently, the economy of Terra is not globalized, but the technological level is similar. No one has developed mobile cities that can house people.

Growing grain alone could easily lead to ruin, let alone growing spices. Moreover, the survival conditions in this world can't compare to the previous life.

Although there were floods and other natural disasters in the previous life, if one place couldn't be cultivated, you could go to another place to cultivate.

The most important thing was transportation. Terra's merchant caravans, besides worrying about bandits, also had to worry about natural disasters blocking their path.

The difficulty of doing business could be described as hellish. Therefore, the development of mobile cities was an irreversible trend, as natural disasters were truly hindering development.

Since they couldn't be defeated, they could only be avoided. Only on safe mobile cities could the conditions for cultivating precious plants be established.

After finishing dinner, Huang Cao returned to his room and produced several tons of pepper by hand, intending to use them as reserve funds for the territory, along with the low-concentration Originium Inhibitor he had previously formulated.

These two items would undoubtedly bring immense wealth, but they would also attract the covetous gaze of those with ulterior motives.

Huang Cao's base camp was in Kazdel.

His target customers were the emerging nobles of Victoria. At this era, their foundations were not as deep as the old nobles, yet they urgently needed things that could showcase their wealth to demonstrate their status.

The greatest joy in life is none other than eating, drinking, and having fun, with eating ranked first.

The emerging nobles could not tolerate the old nobles living better and eating more deliciously than themselves.

Therefore, Huang Cao's first stop was very clear. He decided to head to Victoria soon to try and open up new markets.

Victoria possessed the most fertile land in the world, and relying on this land, the nobles had accumulated immense wealth. However, the conflict between feudal nobles and emerging nobles was intensifying, especially after the war ended.

At least for the next few years, Victoria's domestic situation would definitely be unstable. Didn't this present an opportunity for him?

He would make a killing and then leave without a trace.

As for lowering the price of spices to disrupt the market?

I'm already in Kazdel, and you're still talking to me about this? Do you understand what a "demon person" is!

"I don't seem to have any characteristics of the Sarkaz people. Perhaps I can pretend to be another race," Huang Cao continued to ponder how to perfect his plan.

It didn't seem appropriate to directly reveal that he was from Kazdel. How about making up an identity as someone from Sargon?

Why choose Sargon?

Because that place was remote enough and its society was primitive. Its technology was about the same as modern Siergrag. At the same time, there were many rainforests, so perhaps the spices grew on the ground.

More importantly, Victoria had not yet developed this area, so the information gap between the two sides was not small.

In this era, people living in the Sargon region rarely ventured outside their hometowns.

The lack of racial characteristics on his person was his best characteristic. Who knew what was in the Sargon rainforest?

Time waits for no one.

After deciding on his money-making plan, Huang Cao explained the cause and effect of his plan to Warfarin the next day.

And Warfarin, as usual, expressed her support for whatever the young man did, even though she was much older than Huang Cao.

"I don't care if you have a plan or not, just come back safely."

Warfarin's feelings at this moment were very similar to Lamian's ten years ago, but she also knew that a gentle haven was not a stage for heroes.

About half a month later, after Huang Cao had handled all the affairs of the territory, he informed everyone of his upcoming business trip.

However, before that, Warfarin suddenly handed Huang Cao a letter with a gilded surface.

"A year later, Theresia is preparing to convene a Royal Court meeting to discuss and decide the future development direction of Kazdel with the various kings."

"I'm not the true Lord of the Royal Court, so why would this pink-haired one send me an invitation? Even if I went, I could only crazily admire the small fruits on the table."

"I don't know. I guess they saw that you're the only one left from the Grass-eating Demon race, so they wanted to give you special attention."

"But the envelope said the invitation was for the Undead Spirit... I almost forgot, Theresia doesn't know that I'm currently managing this land... She doesn't know that the Undead Spirit alias has handed over the task of managing this land to my current identity."

"Fortunately, Lamian knows that I'm currently managing this land, so she can cover for me at the meeting."

It was also thanks to Huang Cao having established a good relationship with Lamian beforehand; otherwise, it would have been difficult to explain things after attending the meeting.

"There's one more thing. After I leave, the management pressure on the territory will be immense. You can try managing it with Kaitian Cat; her abilities are quite good, but you must remember one thing."

"What thing?"

"Never let Kaitian Cat handle the accounts or anything related to income and expenses."

Huang Cao's expression was serious, as if what he had just said was inextricably linked to the life and death of the territory.

Warfarin looked confused. "I thought this Feline had a good business mind and even pointed out a lucrative deal for you. She's not lacking in that regard."

"I think you're still too young. Just because someone has good foresight doesn't mean they have good business acumen."

"In any case, just listen to me, and you won't go wrong. With her experience and abilities, she has no shortcomings except for managing money."

After speaking, Huang Cao took out a small camera from his pocket.

As a powerful and influential feudal noble, what was wrong with borrowing something from his own subjects?

"You..."

Kaitian Cat's camera was indeed snatched away by you... Warfarin sighed helplessly.

It seemed like tonight's dress-up show was unavoidable.

However, this guy was about to go on a business trip. He would definitely have a tough time outside, so she would let him have some fun now...

There will be another update this afternoon. Chapter 33: Windermere, Such a Familiar Surname

The next morning.

Due to the limitations of the era, there were no flying vehicles or other means of transportation. Thus, Huang Cao had to walk to Victoria. Fortunately, he was fast enough that this distance was nothing.

His trip to Victoria was not just to make money; he also intended to see if he could find other means to establish himself in this country.

Alright, Huang Cao admitted that he wanted both.

Before leaving, he only thought about making some money in Victoria, but as he walked, he suddenly wanted to get something better from within.

He searched for relevant content in the Originium database as he walked, but the fact was that this thing was not omnipotent.

Some data was too vague, and more importantly, this search engine lacked a filtering function. If the search terms were not precise enough, it would easily find some strange things.

Therefore, it also required time to filter. The Originium database was extremely valuable, but its drawback was that it was difficult to use.

For example, if you wanted to find the manufacturing process of an excavator, you could find the process, but where to get the materials? You would still have to find them yourself and build the thing.

Unless he could get Presis to help him modify this thing...

Huang Cao said goodbye to Warfarin and Kaitian Cat in the morning. He spent a little time observing the surrounding geography on the way and only arrived at the border of Victoria city at noon.

Without mobile cities, the civilization centers of countries around the world were built in areas with fewer natural disasters, as they had to be ready to flee at any time.

However, fortunately, Originium industry was not very developed at this time, and there had not yet been a situation where natural disasters chased mobile cities.

Huang Cao sped all the way to Victoria's most prosperous city.

Upon entering the city, Huang Cao truly felt what the prosperity of the Terra world was like, with shops everywhere flashing with various electric lights.

Originium industry had already achieved a relatively basic development, so power supply was not a problem, and light bulbs had already been invented.

Bustling crowds moved through the streets, collectively constructing a picture called life. However, within this picture, two different and vastly different colors appeared.

As expected, even without mobile cities, even this most prosperous city was divided into an upper city and a lower city.

"The lower city is not easy to manage. The conflicts are not yet sharp enough, and there are too few Infected."

Huang Cao spent half a day wandering around the lower city.

He found that the current conflicts were not as sharp as imagined, at least not in the lower city.

This was actually easy to understand. In an era of full-speed advancement, most people were doing alright and had no worries about survival. Therefore, even if there were conflicts, people would choose to ignore them.

Gaul was still alive now. The era of technological explosion after the Four Emperors' War was the peak of concentrated conflict.

Victoria was now a leading power in Terra. In the original plot, it could maintain stability for several hundred years without major problems. There was no reason for problems to arise just because he came here.

But if there were no problems, he could create them himself~

Huang Cao changed his attire upon arriving in the upper city, presenting himself as a wealthy merchant from abroad.

Since the goddess did not equip the novel's protagonist with a storage space, he only had a hundred gold coins in his pocket.

He could still earn money here; he had plenty of methods.

The Originium database's information was outdated because only memories of the dead returning to Originium could be recorded. Information from living people could not be extracted at all.

After wandering around this prosperous city for a few days, Huang Cao truly found a sliver of opportunity.

Victoria had all sorts of commercial associations. These associations were naturally at odds with the royal nobles, but they all shared one commonality.

That commonality was that the current environment encouraged invention and creation, with patents being churned out daily. Although most people did this just to swindle investors out of their money.

Huang Cao also discovered that this country had two patent offices.

One belonged to the Victoria Royal, and the other belonged to the Victoria Commercial Association.

From the name alone, it was clear the former belonged to King Aslan, while the latter definitely belonged to the emerging nobles.

From the game's plot, it was known that in other countries, bloodline theory was an unquestionable objective reality. However, this country was different.

Aslan, who defeated the Red Dragon, had a bloodline that was no different from ordinary Felines.

The so-called superior bloodlines were merely a facade created by humans. If bloodlines were truly that powerful, the later Kings of Aslan wouldn't have been dragged to the guillotine.

However, these emerging nobles might not necessarily know this fact. Therefore, they pinned their hopes on technology, attempting to use science and technology to defeat bloodlines.

From the eventual outcome, it could be seen that this path they chose was correct, though it would take another one or two hundred years to show results.

Huang Cao didn't mind giving them a little push to accelerate the conflict between the two factions.

"I'll start from this angle, stir up national sentiment, gather market resources, and finally deliver a decisive blow..."

"Invention? My ability is invention..."

Huang Cao flashed a sinister smile, looking like a schemer whose plot had succeeded.

This made the passersby next to him shiver involuntarily.

"Hey, kid, what are you thinking about? Come with us."

Just as someone was reveling in his triumph, his shoulder was suddenly grasped firmly by a strong hand.