Liu Feng stood by the window of the study, looking at the military camp not far away. His ears echoed with the hoarse roar, and he nodded in satisfaction.
This military camp was his capital to settle down. As long as he had a strong army, who dared to say that they could kill him?
"Bang bang bang…"
There was a knock on the door. Liu Feng turned his head and saw Nicole coming in with a tray.
"Young Master, afternoon tea is here." Nicole said gently. She put down the tray and took out a few exquisite desserts and a cup of coffee.
Afternoon tea was an essential thing for the nobles here. They usually ate a pastry made with pork fat, wheat flour, and mint leaves. The higher-grade ones used butter.
After eating it once, Liu Feng expressed that he would never eat this kind of afternoon tea again. It was not for humans at all. It was too disgusting. After taking a bite, it was filled with grease.
Moreover, the afternoon tea drinks included fermented wheat wine or tea made from bitter leaf tea.
Liu Feng had drunk both drinks. He could endure the wheat wine, but the tea made from the bitter leaf tea made him vomit.
The word bitter made him feel nauseous, as if he had taken bezoar detoxification tablets. After all, not many people could stand tea made from raw bitter leaf tea and squeezed out of juice.
When May had made the bitter leaf tea and snacks, Mina had tried them in high spirits and made her vomit. She immediately drank two bowls of refined rice porridge to prevent herself from developing anorexia.
After that, Liu Feng taught May and Nicole how to make the Earth version of desserts and pastries. They immediately liked it.
"Yes!" Liu Feng went over and looked at the plate of desserts. He was very surprised and praised," Nicole, your cooking is getting better and better. You're almost as good as the pastry chef in my hometown."”
"Wow! Red bean cake!" Mi Na didn't stand on ceremony, reaching out to grab a piece of pastry and stuffing it into her mouth.
"Delicious!" Mi Na chewed on the red bean cake, her blue eyes shining and her cat ears trembling. She was in a very happy mood.
"Come, try the green tea!" Nicole was very happy when she saw that the snacks she made were well received. She took the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Mina.
Liu Feng picked up the coffee and took a sip. He picked up a fork and picked up a piece of mung bean cake. After tasting it, he gave it to Nicole and gave her a thumbs up. Nicole smiled even more happily.
The green tea and coffee were brought by Liu Feng. He also brought seeds. He believed that he would be able to eat the coffee and tea leaves from the other world soon.
Liu Feng stuffed two plates of snacks into Mi Na's hands and asked her to eat at the side. He looked at Nicole and said," What's the matter?" When you have something on your mind, your eyes will drift.”
"Ah?" Nicole could not help but blush. Why did she not know that she had this habit?
"Is there not enough food?" Liu Feng crossed his hands and supported his chin.
"Yes! Because we have 140 more soldiers, the wheat we bought won't last for more than a few days.”Nicole took out a notebook from her pocket. This was a gift from Liu Feng.
She wrote down a lot of things on it, such as how to make desserts, Liu Feng's favorite food, habits, and so on.
"Those grain merchants raised the price again?" Liu Feng narrowed his eyes and asked calmly," How much did you raise this time?”
Nicole flipped through her notebook and said in distress," This time, the grain merchant withdrew another copper coin. Now, the coarse wheat is already four copper coins per coin.”
"Bang! Damn it!" Mi Na slammed the table and stood up. She said angrily," These unscrupulous grain merchants only know how to make money from hardship.”
Liu Feng was very calm and said lightly," They just want to make a big profit before the autumn harvest.”
"Then what should we do? If this continued, many people in Xiyang City would starve to death.”Nicole said anxiously.
"No rush." Liu Feng comforted him," How long will it take to transport the grain from the nearest city? Including the cost price, how many copper coins?"
Nicole immediately flipped through her notebook. After a while, she reported," It takes four days to transport grain from the nearest city by water. One catty of wheat costs three copper coins.”
"Then, how many more days can the wheat in our hands last?”Liu Feng's eyes were filled with schemes.
"If you eat sparingly, you can last for about eight days.”Nicole immediately replied.
Liu Feng stood up and stood by the window. He looked in the direction of the military camp and said softly," There's no need to be frugal. Immediately get Bafu to arrange for people to purchase wheat. I want 3,000 people to eat a month's worth of wheat.”
"Yes, sir!" Nicole quickly replied. She went to the desk and wrote down Liu Feng's request on a piece of white paper. She also took out a seal from the cabinet and stamped it with Liu Feng's Chinese characters.
Liu Feng turned around and took out a fountain pen. He skillfully signed his name in the foreign language. This scene had happened many times in the past few days.
Although Nicole said that she was Liu Feng's head maid, in reality, she was equivalent to a secretary. This was because Liu Feng's handwriting was a little ugly. Usually, it was written by Nicole.
"Alright." Liu Feng rubbed Nicole's hair and chuckled." If their wheat wants to raise the price, let them raise it. I hope they won't let it rot in their hands."”
He had thought of a brilliant plan. After a while, no one would buy the wheat from those people. When the autumn harvest came, they would lose everything.
"Yes, yes!" Nicole ran away with a red face. She wanted to convey Liu Feng's orders.
"Mi Na, go check out these grain merchants tonight. I want to know who is behind them.”Liu Feng said with a cold expression.
"No problem, leave it to me." Mi Na took out a military knife and said confidently.
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