Chapter 399
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Chapter 399: Salt
As the Myriad World Civilization rapidly developed, numerous businesses and shops sprung up like mushrooms after rain.
People in this era mostly focused on satisfying their basic needs for food and warmth, so among these many establishments, the number of restaurants was particularly high.
The restaurant operated by Luo Ji, with his golden signboard as Emperor, naturally had no shortage of business.
However, it no longer saw the massive queues it had when it first opened.
Yet, with two rows of barbecue grills now set up, queues once again formed outside his restaurant, almost as if it had returned to its peak.
Luo Ji naturally paid no mind to the restaurant’s revenue.
The entire Myriad World Civilization belonged to him; why would he need to care about that small amount of money?
His purpose this time was undoubtedly to promote the first batch of coarse salt that had just been delivered from the salt-drying workshop.
Currently, it was still in the promotional phase, and the coarse salt had not yet officially gone on sale.
He was not in a hurry for the time being.
He wanted to fully complete the promotion first, allowing the people to understand the benefits of ‘salt’ as a seasoning and pique their interest.
As mentioned before, salt is a very important resource.
Scientifically speaking, consuming salt supplements the sodium needed by the human body.
To put it more bluntly, without salt, one lacks strength.
Of course, the latter part of the statement is not absolute, as some other foods also contain sodium.
However, consuming salt is the simplest and lowest-threshold method to supplement sodium.
From a business perspective, salt offers huge profits.
The key is that once the method of salt drying is understood, as long as one guards the Azure Water Lake, the salt resource is virtually inexhaustible, essentially a no-cost business.
Moreover, salt is a daily necessity, so there’s no worry about a lack of buyers.
How could the profits not be high?
It was also precisely because of these immense profits that if merchants were allowed to privately dry and sell salt, it would inevitably disrupt the balance of the Myriad World Civilization’s entire economic system.
Coupled with salt’s importance to the human body, in ancient times in their Celestial Dynasty, this common salt was controlled and sold by the imperial court, commonly known as “official salt.” Privately drying and selling salt were considered serious crimes!
Given this, Luo Ji naturally had no intention of handing ‘salt’ over to merchants.
At such times, it was safer to keep important resources in his own hands to avoid any potential troubles.
On a new day, Luo Ji’s mood was good recently as he reviewed the reports in his hand, due to the smooth promotion of coarse salt.
Many people within the Myriad World Civilization were already discussing this new seasoning.
After a few more days, when the salt-drying workshop delivered a new batch of coarse salt and stocks were accumulated in various cities within the civilization, the coarse salt could then officially go on sale simultaneously.
Just as Luo Ji was pondering the entire salt sales system, an urgent report from the front line quickly arrived in his hands!
“Your Majesty, an urgent report from the north!”
Taking the urgent report from a guard, Luo Ji couldn’t help but frown.
“The North…”
Luo Ji had exerted significant force in the North, with 200 wolf warriors equipped with excellent gear, plus 50 crossbowmen and 150 sword-shield soldiers.
Could they still not subdue a group of barbarians and Hyenamen?
With this question in mind, Luo Ji quickly opened the urgent report.
Reading the contents, his pupils immediately constricted.
“The number of Hyenamen in this northern mountain forest is actually that high?”
Zhou Yi had written very clearly in the returned urgent report that while a direct confrontation could be won, the casualties would undoubtedly be significant.
Therefore, he adopted a strategy of tying down the Hhenamen while incorporating the barbarians.
For this, a group of people would be needed to support them on the outskirts of the northern mountain forest.
Luo Ji undoubtedly approved of Zhou Yi’s method.
What the Myriad World Civilization lacked most right now was military strength.
How could they afford to clash head-on with a group of Hyenamen and suffer losses?
As for the choice of personnel for the support team…
The Foxmen tribe had suffered near total annihilation of their expeditionary forces due to the series of explosions at Iron Wall City.
At this time, it was estimated that not many troops could be mobilized from them.
The Gnoll tribe could still mobilize a considerable number of troops, but these Gnolls had only recently surrendered and were not particularly obedient.
They still needed to be disciplined further, and Luo Ji was a bit uneasy about sending them now.
As for the Elephantmen, they had almost been killed by his Bloodletting Spear before and were still recovering.
Having lost so much blood, it was a testament to their strong vitality that they survived, but they likely couldn’t move for a while.
After eliminating these options, only the Minotaurs could be dispatched.
Additionally, to be safe, Liu Meng’s deputy general, Zhang Lue, would lead a hundred-man squad to cooperate with this operation.
After writing this order, Luo Ji, after a brief thought, handed it along with the military tally for troop mobilization to his personal guard captain, He Liang.
“He Liang, this time, you will personally make a trip to the North. Depart immediately. After delivering my order, stay there for now and help me keep an eye on the situation. If there are any unexpected developments, remember to report them to me promptly.”
“Understood, Your subordinate accepts the command!”
He Liang solemnly accepted the order and military token from Luo Ji.
After exiting the office, he quickly ordered preparations for fast horses and provisions.
Then, according to Luo Ji’s instructions, he immediately set off, traveling non-stop to the front line to deliver the order.
Meanwhile, in the northern mountain forest, Li Ke and Zhou Yi were also constantly busy.
The chilling howls of the Hyenamen echoed almost through the entire mountain forest!
Feeling the pressure constantly closing in behind him, Li Ke, leading a team of wolf warriors, acted according to plan, fighting and retreating, maneuvering with the group of Hyenamen without engaging in a direct clash.
His gaze swept around, looking at the Hyenamen spreading out to the sides, attempting to flank them.
Li Ke sniffed, and a cold sneer instantly formed in his heart.
Those two areas were not very safe.
Just as Li Ke was thinking this, the Hyenamen attempting to flank them from both sides clearly stepped into the traps laid there.
After their feet slipped, their heavy bodies immediately tumbled into the pit traps.
Then, a series of shrill screams echoed.
The bottoms of those pit traps were covered with sharpened wooden stakes.
Given the Hyenamen’s weight, their fate after falling was imaginable.
Li Ke himself had mixed feelings about this outcome.
Who would have thought that before he even had to lure them, these Hyenamen, who liked to flank and surround, would be so eager to step into the traps themselves?
Regardless, his maneuvering was going very smoothly.
Although using traps too often would surely make the Hyenamen wary, it could still buy them several days.
And within these several days, how much could be accomplished would depend on Zhou Yi and Jie Zichuan’s efficiency.
