Pirates born to be kings

Chapter 26 Really hard food! !

Since being 'taken in' by Valpo, the little reindeer Chopper has lived a good life. Not only does he eat and drink every day, but he no longer has to suffer any discrimination. In fact, if his emotional intelligence is higher, he will still find that everyone treats him It can be considered as flattering. .shung

After all, not everyone can sit at the same table as the Drum King.

So far, only three ministers and Chopper have received this honor.

When a new day comes again, the little fur ball wakes up naturally from sleep, flapping its tail, holding the hippo shawl, and stumbles to the restaurant.

"Good morning everyone, good morning Your Majesty." Chopper rubbed his eyes, stood up on his toes and climbed onto the chair, picked up the food from a familiar position, and took a bite.

Bread should have been placed there, with a crispy outer shell, soft interior, studded with various sweet dried fruits, and a thick layer of cream in the middle. It was his favorite morning appetizer.

After eating bread, you can usually eat three more portions of breakfast than usual.

But the taste in my mouth this morning was a bit strange, dry and not delicious at all.

"Um...e, something's wrong." Chopper ate and finally became somewhat sober. He saw that what he was holding was not the kind of soft bread, but the thick bread he had seen when he was wandering.

At that time, he had only seen this kind of bread. The bread in his hand was gray-black and about the size of a brick.

Chopper recalled the previous taste and wondered whether this kind of food could also be used as a weapon in times of crisis.

"Chopper, you're awake. You're welcome. I've got enough bread tubes, cough, cough, cough... Dasji, give me another glass of water to moisten my throat." Valpo sat at the head of the wooden table and rolled his eyes, as if he was being taken aback. Choking, he was now waving to the young Wei Wangjun standing by for help.

"Your Majesty Valpo, what's going on?" Chopper found that the food on the table was all 'ordinary'. He had seen it countless times in the village. In fact, there was only one other dish in total.

It was a vegetable soup with thick bread, a filling dish made with sun-dried vegetables mixed with sweet potatoes and a small amount of salt.

Dried vegetable soup is very popular among the residents of Winter Island. This is of course not because it tastes good, but because it can make you feel full and at the same time, the heated soup can also warm your body.

Both dishes have the same characteristics, large portions and filling.

Dalton on the side was eating with gusto, and his eyes were slightly red. In contrast, Jace and Chromamon were a little unable to swallow. Every bite they took was like swallowing medicine.

Chopper also saw the clerk, Chromamon, take out a piece of something from his explosive head and quickly throw it into his mouth before swallowing another mouthful of thick soup.

"Huh... I finally took my breath away." Valpo patted his chest, let out a long breath, and began to answer Chopper's question, "Why? Of course it's because Bailey is gone. Those damn businessmen raised the price of food. Double! From now on, unless we find a way to deal with it, we will have to eat this every day."

His Majesty the King complained, took a piece of bread and his eyes twitched. He was obviously resisting in his heart. After a while, he still took a bite and muttered as he ate, "Ah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ah~~bastard! Those vampires!"

The Tuntun fruit can naturally devour all things, but if it is only used for satiety, Valpo still needs to eat like a normal person. His only advantage is that the taste of bread is a little better than ordinary people, but the taste is the same as chewing wax. The dry, hard bread scratching his esophagus did not please him.

In fact, if he is willing to activate the fruit ability, he can avoid these situations and still absorb enough nutrients, but this will cause nearly 90% of the food to be wasted because it cannot be absorbed.

Since his conversation with Jace yesterday, Valpo started streamlining the expenses of the entire castle and even the entire kingdom early in the morning.

Among them, food as the bulk of the meal is naturally the focus.

It seemed that the luxurious feast of Manchu and Han Dynasties was gone, replaced by the 'commoner style' that Chopper saw at the moment.

"Oh..." Chopper ignorantly took another bite of the stone...oh, it was thick bread. His eyes suddenly widened and he reacted, "Hey!!! We don't have Bailey anymore!?"

"Ah, ah, yes, that's it. Come on, take a sip of soup to calm down the panic." Chromamon poured the cement...dried vegetable soup from his bowl into Chopper's mouth with a caring expression.

"Gulu gulu...Gulu gulu..." Chopper struggled hard, and the deer's hooves swayed into a shadow before he finally swallowed. He breathed heavily, "I almost... almost thought I was going to die."

"Don't be afraid, come on, let's have another bowl of soup to regain your strength." The clerk had a loving look on his face and casually used the big feeding technique, giving him another bowl of thick soup.

"Gulu Gulu... Gulu Gulu... Gulu..." The little reindeer was 'happily' full.

Chromamon looked at the 'sleeping' Chopper with a look of rejoicing. Their family had served the king for generations, so the food and drink were not bad. Although he worked hard, he did not treat himself badly in daily life, and he paid tribute to the dishes in front of him. For someone who grew up in a well-off society, this is really hard to swallow.

But His Majesty the King not only had to eat two pieces of coarse bread and four bowls of dried vegetable soup early in the morning, he also 'rewarded' three ministers with half the courtesy. He didn't know how to end the punishment... Well, reward, I didn't expect it. Chopper is here.

Looking at the two empty bowls in front of him, the steward was obviously still a little hungry, but he smiled happily. He slowly pulled his hair, thinking about going home to eat something delicious.

But before I thought too much, the empty bowl in front of me slowly filled up.

He saw Jace looking at him with concern, and the thick soup in his hand was poured into his bowl, "Old man, you are not full. Eat more to have strength."

I have the strength to hit you, right?

Jess raised his eyebrows. As two people who have worked together for many years, he immediately understood what the other party meant - one bowl per person, otherwise no one would be able to think about it!

Cromarimon gritted his teeth and noticed that His Majesty the King was looking here. He gritted his teeth and said, 'Thank you. ’

Today's breakfast took a lot longer than before, so that after everyone had finished eating, Valpo had to arrange government affairs in the dining room again.

Naturally, the wealth of the previous kings alone cannot support the entire kingdom for a long time. They must find some supplements and even find a breakthrough point.

It's just that the breakthrough point is not easy to find, but there are still some projects that can be used as open source.

"Dalton." Valpo looked at the guard captain.

"Your Majesty, please order."

"You take Chopper to Labang, use food to buy some leather goods and the like, and see if there are anything else useful. In addition, starting today, let Chopper tell them that we are willing to use processed food in exchange for Jess will tell you the specific price of the animals they hunted later."

The first open source project is naturally Drum Kingdom’s special ‘skill’ leather crafting.

There is no comparison between the ruined fur and the intact one. The entire Drum Kingdom is neither big nor small. It can live in a population of 50, and has a cedar forest that can support more than 100 Labradors. There are countless ferocious beasts in the forest. , there are natural traps everywhere.

After conquering Labang, although humans can enter it to hunt, in terms of efficiency, it is actually better for the indigenous Labang.

Valpo was going to use the processed food in exchange for the Labans to help hunt for resources in the forest. Of course, he was not going to use fraudulent means to exchange. On the contrary, after discussing with Jess yesterday, the exchange ratio was determined to be that the fur, internal organs and body parts of the prey were removed. After the blood, an amount of food equal to the weight of the pure meat.

Although it seems that Valpo is purely doing good things and exchanging processed goods for original products,

In fact, even so, his kingdom has already made a lot of money.

For he excludes all things except fresh meat,

Those furs, internal organs, bones, and blood are all wealth in the Drum Kingdom!

Not to mention the value of fur, in fact, many internal organs have medicinal value after processing, and the same is true for bones. The simplest way is to make it into calcium tablets. Even if it is sold at a low price, it is a lot of money. As for blood, well Let's... do you want to know more about blood tofu?

According to Jess's estimation, if done properly, under sustainable development of the entire Labang territory, it can produce meat for 3000 people and 5000 labor positions for the Drum Kingdom every month, plus the Bailey needed to buy food for 10000 people. .

Nearly people can benefit from this, and even more people will benefit indirectly!

If this matter had been done before, Valpo would have been proud for a while, but now even if the gap of 2 people is solved, 48 people are still facing hunger.

This is really not a time to celebrate.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Dalton performed a military salute, put Chopper on his shoulders and took him away.

"Cromalimon," Valpo said again.

"Hiccup...Your Majesty." The clerk burped, "Please give me your instructions."

"Contact the leather manufacturing factory and fully cooperate with Dalton. In addition, there is also the National Hospital. Find a way to use all the things from those animals. Don't waste what other hospitals can't use, whether it's food or play. Well, we can’t leave any leftover anyway.”

"Yes, Your Majesty! Hiccup..." Chromamon covered his mouth, "Sorry," he bowed slightly and stepped aside.

"Jace."

Soon only the chief of staff remained.

Valpo scratched his head irritably. He really couldn't think of a way to solve the food crisis, so he had to give the same instructions as before, "Publish bounties to various departments in the kingdom. Those who can solve the food supply problem will be generously rewarded."

"This..." Jace was stunned for a moment, with a wry smile on his face, "Yes, Your Majesty."

He felt that there was no solution to the food issue at all. His Majesty the King was a little anxious, but he was still ready to execute it.

Just as he reached the door, he heard Valpo say again.

"Dasi Ji, we still have these two dishes for lunch. Well... make the soup a little thinner, so it will be easier to swallow."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Chief of Staff slipped on his feet and left quickly.

(I’ll post it as soon as I finish writing it. I’m a little tired. I’ll refine it tomorrow.)