War Lord: Rising from the Land of Misfortune
Chapter 323

You Have Once Again Been Favored by the God of Glory!

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Nalant felt somewhat helpless at this. The past two days, they had been drinking at roadside stalls and no one had paid attention to him. But today, everything had been laid out on the long table, and the candlesticks were even lit by the Luminous Pearls Nalant had contributed. His empty wine cup was exposed at once.

Seeing everyone looking his way, Nalant knew there was no escaping tonight, no matter what.

Thinking that they were still within Tulip Territory and certainly would not encounter any danger, he decided not to spoil the mood. He immediately said, "Baron Clo, and all you barons, please wait a moment. Beer isn't satisfying enough to drink. If we're really drinking, we should have Storm Territory's specialty—grape wine!"

"Grape wine?" The nobles were taken aback.

"Sir Nalant, this is premium beer I specially bought from the Treasure Pavilion in Tulip City. A single barrel costs fifty silver coins!" At that moment, a baron named Dosa spoke up.

In this world, beer was priced by volume.

One barrel equaled ten jugs, and one jug equaled ten cups. Taverns generally charged by the cup.

At fifty silver coins a barrel, that worked out to five silver coins a jug, or fifty copper coins a cup.

One cup of beer was worth two days' wages for a guard, making it quite expensive.

Clearly, after hearing Nalant's words, Dosa was still somewhat unconvinced.

It was not that he was angry. He merely meant that there should be no better wine in Tulip Territory than this; even the banquets at Tulip Castle used this same sort of beer.

"Lord Dosa, please don't be impatient. There's naturally no need to say how good your beer tastes—we've all been drinking it very happily these past two days! But my grape wine

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