Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

"Sal, they won't agree to this price."

Standing on the terrace on the top floor of the castle, Xie Wei looked at the merchants who were leaving the castle in the vestibule, then turned around and spoke to the man who was half lying on the hammock.

“Xevi, the people of Parasau have never coveted comfort and pleasure. We have always traded with merchants before, mainly for food, salt and medicine, but we do not rely on the supplies of merchants.

What the merchants bring every year cannot meet the needs of the entire territory. They actually want to bring more things to the Far North Territory, but I only need this much.

Since the things we need are limited in quantity, the caravans entering the snowfield are basically fixed, and these caravans will not allow any other caravan to take their share.

Sometimes they would kick a caravan out of their camp and then take over or divide up the extra share.

I have always known how unfair the trade between merchants and us is, but since the Parassos caravans cannot enter various countries, I can only trade with them temporarily. After all, as long as there is a way, I cannot let my subjects starve to death in the winter, or die of illness due to lack of medicine.

In the spring we hunt, gather and plant, and before winter we store a certain amount of food. However, this food is not enough for the Parasau people to eat their fill, and they may even go hungry.

Every year I will only purchase a certain amount of food and distribute it to each tribe as reserve food. This food is to prevent the tribe members from starving to death, not to feed people.

There is enough food to feed everyone in the Far North Territory. If it were purchased from merchants, the Far North Territory would be plundered by merchants every year.

This will only make our situation more difficult and passive. Compared to other races, the Parasauans may not be smart enough, but we still know not to be strangled by others.

If one day merchants stop trading with us, we will just go back to our old ways. Some people may starve to death in the winter, but in the spring the Parasau people can still thrive on the snowfields."

Thrall's eyes fell softly on Xie Wei, and he couldn't help but say such a long paragraph. Little Rose might not know what she brought to the Far North Territory, and didn't care what she could get after giving them those things.

But for him and all the people of Paraso, this is a favor that must be remembered forever and passed down from generation to generation.

Little Rose is very pure. He will stay away from whatever he hates and work hard for whatever he likes, but he does not care whether his efforts and gains are equal.

Sal actually didn't quite understand, but he liked little rose like this very much, because as long as he let little rose feel his love and didn't do things that little rose hated, he could get little rose's dedication.

He was madly obsessed with the little rose's efforts, whether it was the active kiss, or letting him take it, or giving birth to flowers for him...

All these made him even more obsessed with Little Rose, and his love was growing wildly in his chest all the time.

After listening to what Sal said, Xie Wei remembered that the people of Paraso used to eat two meals a day in the winter. Although he knew that starting from this winter, the people of Paraso would no longer go hungry, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

He walked to the hammock and threw himself on Thrall. He kicked off his soft slippers and huddled himself next to Thrall. Then he put his hands on Thrall and patted him gently. He said to his partner in a gentle voice, "Even if the merchants don't trade with us, no one in our tribe will starve to death. Thrall, we already have food that can be grown in the Far North."

After listening to his partner's words, the Lord of the Snowfield turned to a certain page in the book in his hand and smiled.

"Yes, because we have the Yagne given by Nayasos. My son of God, can you read this story to me today? If you read a word wrong, you must kiss me once."

"..."

Xie Wei got up and jumped off the hammock, ready to throw Sal on the terrace and go back to the bedroom for a nap.

But before he hit the ground, he was caught up by the man's strong arms.

Half an hour later, Xie Wei finally finished reading the short story. He covered his rosy and slightly swollen lips, turned his back to Sal, closed his eyes and began to fall asleep.

He thought vaguely before falling asleep.

Merchants certainly understand that scarcity makes things valuable, but Thrall's pricing does not leave them much room for profit. Although they can raise prices a bit, they cannot make nearly a hundred times the profit as before.

The merchants were already accustomed to obtaining the greatest profits with the least cost, so asking them to reduce their appetite would probably be like cutting off their source of income. If he guessed correctly, the merchants would no longer come to Naya Castle, and they would leave the Far North Territory with their remaining belongings as early as tomorrow.

Perhaps in their view, if the things in the Far North Territory were not exchanged with them, they would only rot on the snowfields. Or perhaps they thought that without caravans, the Parasau people would have to starve in the winter.

Now they are probably discussing to unite and teach the Paraso people a lesson, and then go to the Far North Territory next spring to buy Yunrou paper and Yunrou towels at the low price they offer.

But Xie Wei felt that next year, there might be more caravans entering the Far North Territory than just these few.

The free food in this year's harvest festival is not for free. All adventurers who eat the free food in their festival will become their messengers and spread the news of these caravans' malicious monopoly on the Far North Territory to every corner of the Laer continent.

There may not be anyone who feels sorry for the Parasau people, but there will definitely be people who want to get a piece of the pie.

As more caravans come and the market share decreases, competition naturally becomes fiercer.

No matter how powerful the Chamber of Commerce is or how deep its background is, it cannot suppress the desires of human beings. There will always be people who are attracted by huge profits and take risks to come to the Far North Territory.

Sal has only told the merchants about the existence of Cloud Soft Paper and Cloud Soft Towel, but the existence of Snowflake Candy does not seem to be made public.

The sugar used in the stalls during the previous harvest celebrations was all bought from sugar merchants. Currently, outside the Far North Territory, snowflake sugar is only available at the Rift Valley Inn, and Roland, the owner of the Rift Valley Inn, has not told anyone where he bought his sugar.

Xie Wei asked Sal what he planned to do with the snowflake candy, and Sal's reply was to treat guests in winter.

Not knowing what Sal was thinking, Xie Wei was not very curious, so he did not try to get to the bottom of it. After knowing that Sal had already figured out how to deal with it, he stopped caring.

However, Nico revealed to him some information that in addition to the obvious transactions in the spring, there are actually some unknown transactions in the winter.

All countries are on high alert against the Parasos, so the control over magic props, magic circle scrolls, magic books, potions, medical books, etc. is very strict. There are clear regulations that the above items cannot be sold to the Parasos.

But as long as there is profit to be made, there will always be people trying to take advantage of loopholes. Although the quantity is small and there are many defective products, except for magic books and medical books, everything else can be exchanged more or less.

The magic props and magic circle scrolls in the Far Northern Territory were basically exchanged in this way.