Start with full cooking skills, make money and become a lord

Before the sun rose, the military transport convoy left the Northern Fortress.

Bailu Town is located between the Northern Fortress and Snow City. To go to Snow City, you must pass through Bailu Town.

When the convoy reached the entrance of Bailu Town, Cheng Yu saw an acquaintance.

A young man in white stockings and bloomers stood on the side of the road. He had a handsome face and a broken bowl in front of him. He closed his eyes, plucked the harp, and sang poems affectionately.

"Who caressed your wounded but resolute face, by the stream and by the huge rock."

"Who hugged your tired and noble soul, in the deep dream and in the sky."

"Dear friend, I will hold your hand and take you into the bright lights of the summer night."

...

Cheng Yu asked the soldier driving the carriage to stop, took out two silver coins and threw them into the broken bowl.

Ding-dong~ Ding-dong~

Two silver coins hit the porcelain bowl and the boy opened his eyes, his eyes shining, "Thank you for the reward, thank you for the reward."

"Long time no see, Charles."

Cheng Yu greeted the boy.

"Huh? Cheng Yu? Where have you been for half a month?"

Charles noticed that the person who rewarded him was Cheng Yu.

Half a month ago, Cheng Yu took Mina and Ivennie to the Northern Fortress to sell barbecue.

At that time, Charles was wandering around Bailu Town.

When Charles returned to the manor, he found that the door of the manor was closed and he couldn't get in.

There was no way, he could only go back to his old job and sing to make money.

"I went to the Northern Fortress to sell barbecue."

"You can't get into my manor, where are you staying for half a month?"

Cheng Yu looked at Charles. In Cheng Yu's impression, Charles was a poor guy. After not seeing him for half a month, he didn't seem to be hungry and thin because of poverty.

"Hey, under the eaves."

With a jolly smile, Charles pointed to the eaves outside a shop not far away. That was his home.

After traveling around the cities of the Celsis continent, Charles had become accustomed to a wandering life. Bridges, eaves, and roadsides were all good places to live.

"Here's thirty silver coins for you. Find a better hotel."

Cheng Yu took out a handful of silver coins and put them into Charles's broken bowl.

Seeing the bowl full of silver coins, Charles frowned, with a pitiful look in his eyes. He was so moved that he almost cried. He took Cheng Yu's hand and said, "Cheng Yu, you are such a good person."

Cheng Yu shook off Charles and said, "Get lost. I'm not interested in men."

"Hey~"

Charles smiled, picked up his broken bowl, and put away the silver coins in it.

"With a huge sum of thirty-two silver coins, you don't have to worry about the wine money for the next half month."

Cheng Yu was a little speechless, "I gave you the money to rent a hotel, and you used it to buy wine?"

Charles waved his hand nonchalantly, "As long as there is wine, anywhere is heaven."

"Goodbye, drunkard."

Cheng Yu waved to Charles and returned to the carriage.

"Lord Cheng Yu, why did you give Charles money? He is a drunkard and a poor man."

Yvennie took Cheng Yu's hand and didn't quite understand Cheng Yu's operation.

"Investment."

Cheng Yu said lightly.

A teenager traveled to various countries and was proficient in many strange magics. His identity was definitely not simple.

Give some money and build relationships.

Anyway, there is no shortage of these dozens of silver coins, low investment and high returns.

The transport convoy passed through Bailu Town and continued to move towards Snow City.

The vehicles of the Northern Fortress Transport Convoy are of much better quality than civilian carriages.

The horses in the transport team were not ordinary horses, but first-level magical beasts, the Wind Chasing Horse.

The Wind Chasing Horse looked similar in size to an ordinary horse, but its strength and speed were much stronger than ordinary horses.

It took Cheng Yu a day and a night to go to Snow City by carriage last time.

This time, it took only half a day to get to Snow City by carriage in the transport team.

At noon, after Cheng Yu thanked the captain of the transport team, he took Ivennie and Mina out of the transport team and headed to the Snow City Magic Association.

Having been to Snow City once before, Cheng Yu knew where to buy magic materials.

The Magic Association was also on the street where the magic materials store was. After purchasing the magic materials needed for [Pickled Earthworms], it was just right to go to the Magic Association to test the magic level.

The three walked towards the center of Snow City and walked for about half an hour.

The center of Snow City is a huge circular fountain square with many stalls and vendors, and there were people everywhere, including local residents of Snow City and travelers from foreign countries.

Cheng Yu looked at the direction and walked towards the street north of the fountain square.

After turning two blocks, he came to the street where the magic material shop was located.

This street was full of shops selling magic materials, and the Magic Association was located in the middle of this street.

Standing at the entrance of the street, looking around, the street was almost full of magicians wearing magic cloaks.

Some magicians came here to take the magician professional level test, and some magicians came here to take the magician professional level test.The magician is to buy magic materials and make magic props.

Cheng Yu walked into a magic material store. The shelves were full of various plants, various minerals, various monster bones, and monster crystal cores below the second level.

When he came to the counter, Cheng Yu asked the shop owner: "Do you have the three magic materials of snow dragon grass, corpse fragrance flower, and asparagus seed?"

The owner thought for a while, "Snow dragon grass and asparagus seed are available, but corpse fragrance flower is relatively rare, so we don't have it in our store."

"Give me 100 snow dragon grass and 10 kilograms of asparagus seed."

Cheng Yu bought what he had first.

"Snow dragon grass is 2 silver coins per piece, and asparagus seed is 50 silver coins per kilogram, which is a total of 7 gold coins."

Cheng Yu paid 7 gold coins to the shop owner.

The shop owner put 100 snow dragon grass and 10 kilograms of asparagus seed in a cloth bag for Cheng Yu.

There are more than ten shops selling magic materials on the whole street.

In the next half hour, Cheng Yu went door to door and asked all the magic material stores, but there was no corpse flower.

Corpse flower grows in cemeteries or places where corpses are piled up. It has a strong rotten smell and is disgusting. Few alchemists use this plant to prepare potions.

It is not profitable, so merchants are naturally unwilling to sell it.

"Let's go eat first and ask again tomorrow."

Cheng Yu was a little hungry.

"Eat! Eat!"

Mina was hungry a long time ago.

Hearing Cheng Yu say eat, she immediately became energetic, raised her pointed ears, and walked in front with her head held high.

"Cheng Yu, where are we going to eat?" Mina asked.

"Let's go eat fried rice."

Last time, Cheng Yu wrote the secret recipe for making fried rice to the slave trader Marcus. Marcus opened an egg fried rice restaurant in Snow City. Let's go to see how his business is.

"How to go?" Mina was stunned.

Cheng Yu remembered the location of Marcus's fried egg restaurant, "Turn left at the intersection ahead."

The three walked to the intersection ahead and turned left, arriving at the door of a fried egg restaurant.

The fried egg restaurant was almost full.

Marcus was obese, with a mustache, and was counting the bills at the counter.

"Marcus, my friend, business is booming."

Cheng Yu walked to the counter and greeted Marcus.

Seeing Cheng Yu, Marcus's face sank at first. Why did this old man come?

The MSG that Cheng Yu sold him cost as much as one gold coin per bag, taking away half of his fried egg restaurant's profits.

It was really abominable.

Others said that Marcus was a black-hearted businessman, but the one in front of him was the real black-hearted businessman.

However, if the fried rice restaurant wants to prosper, it cannot do without Cheng Yu's MSG. Marcus immediately put on a professional fake smile on his face, "Brother Cheng Yu, why are you in Snow City? Come on, come on, come on."

"I'm here to buy something." Cheng Yu smiled, "Your store is doing well. You have made a lot of money during this period, right?"

"Business is okay, but the profit is not high."

Marcus is cursing in his heart now, a bastard took away half of my profit.

Although he cursed in his heart, Marcus did make money during this period, and the market demand was strong.

When the market demand is strong, the scale of operation should be expanded to gain more profits.

"Brother Cheng Yu, I plan to open a few more fried rice chain stores in several nearby main cities. Remember to sell me more MSG when the time comes."

"Okay."

Cheng Yu readily agreed.

He was happy to sell MSG to Marcus.

Opening a store requires selecting a store location, renting a store, decorating the store, hiring chefs, purchasing ingredients, gathering popularity, daily management, regular tax payments... a series of troublesome business processes.

Now all these troublesome things are done by Marcus, the tool man, and Cheng Yu only needs to sell MSG to earn half of the profit, which is easy and enjoyable.