Growing carrots was indeed more profitable than growing oil fruit trees. The profits of the two sides were simply not equal. A season of carrots could buy 8,000 gold coins, while the total output of oil fruit trees in a month was only 2,700 gold coins.
But don't forget, the Markey Trading Company that Zhao Lin contacted this time was already one of the few large trading companies on the continent, and they could at most digest around 400,000 jin of radishes every month. Any more and it wouldn't do. After all, to the people on the continent, 1 silver coin per jin of radishes was still something that many people couldn't afford.
In other words, as long as Li Yan planted five seasons of radishes every month, it would be enough for them to consume for a month. If they planted more, they would not be able to buy them. To Li Yan, five seasons of radishes was a matter of 40 hours, less than two days.
What should they plant for the rest of the time? Using the space to grow the ordinary vegetables on the continent? The moment the vegetable seeds entered the space, they would be cleared out immediately. There was no way to plant them. Li Yan still didn't know which of these vegetables could be bought for a good price on the continent. Even if those vegetables were like radishes, they were some magic vegetables on the continent. If there were no such vegetables on the continent, it would take some time for the people on the continent to accept them. Moreover, the demand would definitely not be large. It would be better to plant oil fruit trees.
Cooking on the mainland required oil. In addition, fruit oil was very cheap. Ordinary people might not be able to afford meat, but they could definitely afford oil. Such people were often commoners. They had to engage in some heavy physical labor and needed more nutrition, so fruit oil became the first choice. The amount of fruit oil consumed on the mainland every day was an astronomical figure. Therefore, fruit oil was a sustainable industry, although the profits were not as much as carrots. However, it would also make most of the nobles jealous.
A monthly income of 2,700 gold coins was an extremely shocking figure. Even a small Duchy might not have so much tax revenue in a month. One had to know that the purchasing power of gold coins on the continent was still very shocking.
One gold coin could be exchanged for 10 silver coins, one silver coin could be exchanged for 100 copper coins, and one copper coin could be exchanged for 500 grams of fruit oil or 500 grams of rice.
Rice and oil were still very cheap on the mainland. Fruit oil was produced because of its high production, while rice was usually eaten by slaves. Now, many civilians were eating rice.
For Li Yan and his group of over 100 people, their monthly living expenses weren't much. Even if they fed the slaves well every day, they would only need about 100 gold coins. They would have 2,600 gold coins left.
Moreover, they could also buy five seasons of radishes. Even if they couldn't buy 8,000 gold coins per season, they could still buy 6,000. Five seasons meant 30,000 gold coins. In other words, Li Yan's space could create a net profit of 32,000 gold coins for them every month. This was very shocking.
Of course, Li Yan wasn't very satisfied with this. He was used to seeing rich people like Radish who could buy thousands of gold coins in a season. When he saw that he had spent so much effort to get more than 2,000 gold coins of oil fruits in a month, of course, Li Yan wasn't interested.
However, Zhao Lin thought this way. After he knew the characteristics of the farm and thought about the matter that Li Yan had asked him to inquire about previously, he understood Li Yan's meaning. Li Yan wanted the farming industry and the farming industry to go hand in hand and develop together.
Radish leaves could be used to feed blue-eyed rabbits, but don't forget that blue-eyed rabbits couldn't just eat radish leaves. Sometimes, they needed to add some ingredients. The oil residue left after the oil was one of the best feeds. When the time came, they would not only use the oil residue to feed blue-eyed rabbits, but also some other magical beasts. Compared to the most common horses and cattle on the continent, they could also feed blue-eyed rabbits.
The horses and cows that were fed with this oil residue were very strong. Therefore, as long as it was an oil-producing land, it would generally be a good horse-producing land. Although the horses they produced were ordinary horses, not high-level magical beasts such as Flame Horses, those horses were very strong and very popular.
In addition, the oil dregs could not only be used to feed magical beasts such as horses and cows. Even some water-type magical beasts liked to eat this kind of oil dregs very much. This way, the fish farming industry could also be established. This kind of additional industry could also bring huge profits to them.
It was precisely because he had these thoughts that Zhao Lin was so excited. He circled around the room a few times before stopping. He took two deep breaths, and suddenly threw his head back and laughed loudly.
Li Yan and the others understood why Zhao Lin was laughing. It was because Zhao Lin had been holding it in for too long. If Li Yan felt that he was under a lot of pressure after he woke up, then Zhao Lin's pressure had always been great. He and Li Na had watched the Carlin family go from glory to decline. They had originally thought that the Carlin family would slowly die out. If not for this thought, he would not have exchanged all the money in his hands for supplies.
Although Li Yan had become better, Zhao Lin was still very worried at that time because the Carlin family did not have a stable source of income. This was a fatal weakness for the Carlin family.
But after understanding this space, all of Zhao Lin's worries instantly disappeared. He felt that a sun had suddenly appeared in his originally dark life. A sun that shone with boundless radiance swept away the haze in his heart.
Li Yan and the others didn't go and stop Zhao Lin. They knew that Zhao Lin needed to vent, and he was too happy.
Only after a long while did Zhao Lin calm down. He walked in front of Li Yan and said,"Young master, after we leave, we will immediately send the demon radish to the Machedale Trading Company. Then, we will use the money to buy some things that we need.”
Li Yan nodded and said," I know that. But Grandpa Zhao Lin, we have a huge problem that needs to be solved now. It's those Magical Beasts and the Dreamy Cloud Swamp outside. Even if we plan well, we can't hide in this space forever. We still have to go out and develop our territory. But if we encounter those Magical Beasts 'attacks the moment we go out, what should we do?”
Zhao Lin calmed down for a moment. He frowned and kept stomping in the room because he was extremely clear that what Li Yan said was right. Right now, all of their plans were for naught. They were like bubbles in the air that would not disappear without a trace when the wind blew. If they were attacked by Magical Beasts the moment they went out, then forget about developing, it would probably be impossible for them to even protect themselves.
But how could he solve this problem? There was basically no solution. Even though Zhao Lin was very confident in his abilities, he understood that it was impossible for them to conquer the Cloud Dream Swamp. After so many years, countless experts had appeared on the continent, but the five great forbidden grounds were still the five great forbidden grounds. They had never been conquered by anyone before. From this point, one could see how formidable the five great forbidden grounds were.
But after walking a few rounds, Zhao Lin also didn't have any good ideas. He sighed impatiently and sat by the table, and the ambition from earlier instantly disappeared without a trace.
Li Yan had no idea what to do about this situation. The Five Great Forbidden Lands of the continent were notorious for their ferocity. No one could confidently say that they could escape unscathed. Even though they did not want to enter the Cloud Dream Swamp, the attack of this magical beast was enough to make them feel extremely vexed. After all, they were too weak now.
When he saw Zhao Lin's mood was somewhat gloomy, Li Yan could only open his mouth and say,"Grandpa Zhao Lin, you better tell us about the situation outside.”As he said that, he couldn't help but look at the screen. When he saw it, Li Yan's eyes couldn't help but shrink because he could clearly see that a green dot had appeared on the 3D image on the screen again.
Li Yan immediately stood up and walked to the screen. Zhao Lin and the others also noticed Li Yan's actions. Li Yan did not immediately look at the situation in the castle, but carefully counted the green dots on the screen.
There weren't many green dots on the screen, only a dozen or so. However, there was no doubt that they had just appeared because the green dots on the screen had disappeared for two days.
Li Na and the others were also staring at the screen. Meg said,"What's going on? Why did these things appear again?"
But Zhao Lin said in a deep voice," There's nothing to be surprised about. When I came to the castle, there were still many Magical Beasts and Undead Creatures wandering on the Yellow Earth Plateau. If it wasn't because I couldn't wait any longer, I wouldn't have taken the risk to charge in. Those things might have chased me in.”
Li Yan nodded and tapped on the screen. The courtyard of the inner castle appeared on the screen again. It was also the place with the most green dots. The scene on the screen changed to the courtyard, and more than ten undead creatures appeared on the screen.
That's right, all the creatures on the screen were undead creatures, and there were no magical beasts. Li Yan was stunned when he saw this. He remembered that it was the same two days ago. The last creature to leave the screen was not a magical beast, but an undead creature. What was going on?
Li Yan looked at the screen carefully and confirmed that his judgment was correct. Then, he said,"Grandpa Zhao Lin, why are all these undead creatures here? And I saw it two days ago. The last ones to leave were also those undead creatures? What's going on?"
Zhao Lin did not say anything, but Li Na said,"There's nothing strange about this, Young Master. Undead creatures have a craving for fresh flesh and blood. They can smell the scent of living creatures from many places and sense their existence. The moment Zhao Lin ran into the castle from the Yellow Earth Plateau, he would naturally be discovered by those Undead creatures. In this aspect, Magical Beasts can't compare to those Undead creatures.”
Li Yan nodded and pulled the scene to the living room. There was also an undead creature wandering there. This undead creature was in the shape of a crocodile and was more than ten meters long. However, only its bones were left. It was shaking its head and tail in the living room. Its bones were glowing with green light and looked very cautious.
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