Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 547 - 18: Mole Knight and Divine Debate_2

Currently, the only spice cultivated in the Hesse Territory is vanilla. The main part of this spice is its produced pods, which can be widely used in cooking, baking, desserts, and beverages.

Presently, the nuns of the Dawn Church in the territory can make vanilla pods. When making beverages, fruit tea, or milk tea, the vanilla pods are cut in half, and the seeds inside are scraped out, which are the main source of fragrance, and then these seeds are scraped into freshly brewed hot black tea.

The shell of the vanilla pod also has a fragrance and can be immersed in hot black tea together to enhance the aroma. It is removed after soaking for about 5 minutes. The shell of the vanilla pod can be used 2-3 times until the scent completely disappears.

Through this cooking method, one can understand just how expensive this natural spice is. The price of one pound of vanilla seeds can be as high as 1,000 Golden Crowns.

The current caravan of the territory mainly transports vanilla pods with shells to sell to Marle Castle, with the selling price per pound ranging between 57 and 65 Golden Crowns.

Even if calculated at 57 Golden Crowns, the profit is as high as 56 Golden Crowns!

This thing is a total super profit, selling a pound, and 99% is profit.

The territory’s current 40 acres of vanilla pods will produce 120 pounds next year.

Aside from keeping a few pounds as seeds and expanding the vanilla acreage, the remaining profit is 6,000 Golden Crowns!

6,000 Golden Crowns! Enough to support 120 Elite Knights for a whole year.

This means that just these 40 acres of vanilla can sustain exactly one squadron of Elite Knights in the territory.

Indeed, the spice industry is worthy of being a profiteering industry.

Su Li immediately asked with concern, "So how much profit did vanilla bring to our territory this year?"

Vandar did not shy away from this question and honestly replied, "According to our calculations and the audit of the Provincial Affairs Council, this year’s vanilla profit totals 873 Golden Crowns. Mainly because the vanilla planting area is not established overnight, it’s cultivated bit by bit through Druid influence, and most are not yet mature."

"Moreover, many harvested vanilla pods were kept as seeds to expand the vanilla planting area next year, so the profit is very limited."

Of course, there was another issue Vandar did not mention, which is that a considerable portion of these vanilla pods were enjoyed by Su Li.

This spice is essentially a luxury item favored by nobles, used to satisfy noble enjoyment.

When Philis was around, she loved making fruit tea for Su Li to taste.

Only after Philis left were these things taken out of Su Li’s vault area and directly sold in the territory.

The territory now also has no shortage of wealthy merchants and large farm owners, and just a few pounds of vanilla pods would be quickly snapped up.

These Knight Clans and large farm owners are actually quite wealthy. As long as the territory prospers, industries thrive, and goods are abundant, selling things to them can earn a lot of wealth.

Vandar spoke confidently, "This year’s spice profit is indeed not large, but after next year’s Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony, the vanilla will grow vigorously, and in a year, we can earn at least 6,000 Golden Crowns. Then, based on this, we could expand and possibly nurture an industry with profits exceeding 10,000 Golden Crowns the year after."

"However, as it stands, the scale of this industry should be limited to 10,000 Golden Crowns unless the Lord gives us new direction. It’s tough to break through further."

"One limitation is the number of nuns in the territory’s Dawn Church, and another is the scale of Life Spring Water. The Hot Spring Village’s water flow is not large, at most it can irrigate just over 100 acres of vanilla fields. If we are to continue enhancing the vanilla scale, unless Hot Spring Village transforms into Hot Spring Town."

Others in the territory are really powerless on this issue. It can only rely on Su Li’s intelligence guidance, either by adding new hot spring outposts elsewhere or expanding the vanilla fields from here to other locations.

If there are three to five hot springs each irrigating a few hundred acres of nearby vanilla fields, then the territory’s vanilla industry can have further development.

But Su Li feels this matter is not easy, although the Hesse Territory is at the foot of the Hesse Mountains, there can’t be earthquakes every day, right?

Moreover, even if there were several earthquakes a year, it wouldn’t necessarily produce a hot spring each time.

For the vanilla industry to progress further, the territory must find a way to increase the flow of Life Spring Water from the Hot Spring Village, converting a small pipe into a large fountain or a big waterfall.

So Su Li pondered and said, "This issue, I will keep an eye on and monitor. I recall, doesn’t Duin Claw have a similar ability?"

Vandar nodded and said, "Yes, Lord, after Duin Claw nests, it can form a Magic Spring at the lake’s bottom, mainly to improve water quality, but not greatly increase the water flow."

This is not a big problem, as there are creatures that can improve water quality, there must be those that can increase spring water flow, or gemstones, pearls, or even water element crystal cores that can do so.

Even if it can increase the flow of Life Spring Water by 20% at one time, continuously expanding it, the scale would ultimately be considerable.

Since attention has been drawn to this issue, Su Li simply decided to solve all of it, continuing to ask, "Is there any other issue regarding vanilla cultivation?"

Vandar thought for a moment and said, "Regarding cultivation, there is not much of a problem, but in terms of doctrine and theory, we encounter a slight obstacle. That is, continuously using Divine Magic to catalyze the growth of seeds and vanilla, will it cause any backlash."