PFC Chapter 269
Chapter 269
Chapter 269
After packing up the money, Gabriel simply packed up the money of the two generations and left.
When they left, they went to the town not far away.
Now the matter of the pirate hunter has come to an end.
Now he needs to get down to business too.
Holding the money in both hands, Gabriel immediately went to the town.
Now Gabriel needs to buy food again.
Need to need food, then even at that price.
Thinking of the price of the food, Gabriel couldn't help but get a headache.
Food in Alabasta is expensive.
Food in Alabaster, even on a regular basis, is several times more expensive than food in a normal area.
The price of food is several times higher than that of other small islands. Under normal circumstances, Gabriel would not want to buy it.
After all, Gabriel bought a lot, and he bought at least a few hundred catties at a time.
When the quantity is small, the price increase is not a problem, but when the quantity is large, this increase is not a small expense.
When he learned the price of food on this island, Gabriel himself did not plan to replenish food on this small island.
But Gabriel has no choice.
Now his ship's staple food is nearly depleted.
Gabriel would be a little scared if he couldn't replenish it in time.
There are several small islands in a row behind, and the food cannot be replenished.
Gabriel had no choice but to supplement food in Alabasta now.
Gabriel carried two big bags of money, and soon came to the town where he was just now.
Standing in the town, Gabriel's eyes could not help but wander.
The price of food here is really too high, even Gabriel didn't know how to buy it for a while.
Looking at the dense street market, looking at the pedestrians coming and going.
Gabriel thought for a moment and then came to a conclusion.
When buying food, start with rice and flour.
After all, rice and flour are what Gabriel lacks the most.
These two are also the most used items on Gabriel's boat.
Wanting to figure out exactly what to buy, Gabriel acted immediately.
Gabriel carried two big bags of money, and then went to a rice store.
Immediately Gabriel couldn't help asking the price of the rice.
When Gabriel asked, the owner of the rice shop had a strange expression on his face.
His eyes kept scanning Gabriel's body, as if he wanted to scan Gabriel's body for something else.
"Boss, just tell me the price is not right, just look at me, is there something wrong with my face?" Seeing the strange expression of the rice store owner, Gabriel couldn't help but twitch his mouth.
Although Gabriel understood that his appearance was somewhat different from normal people.
Even if there are some differences, it's not like this when I look at myself.
"Sorry, sorry, I saw little friend with a strange expression, so I was a little distracted." The owner of the rice shop looked at Gabriel and couldn't help laughing.
"Then boss, how do you sell this rice?" Gabriel looked at the rice and said angrily.
"This meter, this number." The boss couldn't help stretching out two fingers to make a gesture of eight.
"Eighty Baileys a catty?" Gabriel looked at this gesture and asked with a puzzled expression.
"This little friend is joking, eighty Baileys? Our purchase price is far more than that." The owner of the rice shop shook his head and said.
"Could it be eight hundred Baileys a catty?" Gabriel couldn't help but twitched at the corner of his mouth when he saw the owner of the rice shop making such a gesture.
Hearing Gabriel say eight hundred Baileys a catty, the owner of the rice shop couldn't help but nodded.
Seeing the owner of the rice shop nodding, Gabriel couldn't help but frown slightly.
What is the concept of [-] Baileys.
The normal price of rice is only six or seventy pele a catty.
Even if the price of rice rises, it is only more than a hundred pele per catty.
Now the eight hundred Baileys per catty far exceeded Gabriel's imagination.
Such a number is simply not something ordinary people can bear.
Although normal people can't afford it, Gabriel can afford it.
Although Gabriel can afford this price, it doesn't mean Gabriel can accept this price.
You must know that the price has more than doubled by more than ten times.
Such blatant extortion was the last thing Gabriel could accept.
too dark.
When Gabriel heard the price, he immediately planned to discuss it with the boss.
Five hundred Baileys a catty, he bought three hundred catties with Gabriel.
If the boss agrees, he can pay immediately.
Hearing five hundred Baileys a catty, the rice store owner's face instantly turned dark.
He immediately stated that it was impossible to accept this price.
One must know that the purchase price of his rice is not even 650 Baileys, and his purchase price of rice is [-] Baileys per catty.
He only earned 150 Baileys for selling a catty of rice.
With such a meager profit, it is impossible for him to lower the price.
Not to mention that Gabriel bought three hundred catties, even if it was three thousand catties, he would not lower the price.
Hearing what the owner of the rice shop said, Gabriel couldn't help but frown slightly.
Although the righteous words said by the boss on the instant face seemed to be true.
But hearing this matter, Gabriel felt unreliable.
The purchase price is 650 Bailey per catty.
How is such a price possible.
You must know that even though Alabasta is a desert, it is impossible to farm a large area.
This kind of ground thing may be expensive, but it is impossible to be so expensive.
You must know that in Alabasta, the land is really not good, but there is no problem with Alabasta's transportation lines.
Even if Alabasta does not cultivate land, it buys and introduces it from other islands, and then sells it.
No matter how the cost is calculated, it is impossible to have such a high cost.
Regarding this point, Gabriel actually guessed really well.
Here in Alabasta, shopping has an unspoken rule.
That is to see if the people who buy things are locals.
If you are a local, the price will be very cheap.
But if you are a foreigner...
Since Alabasta is full of deserts, anyone with a discerning eye knows that there is no water and food in this terrain.
Due to the lack of water and food, the water and food in Alabasta are extremely expensive.
The cognition of this outsider.
But this is the essence of Alabasta.
Alabasta is a desert, but that doesn't mean that Alabasta isn't rich in water and food.
You must know that as a big country ruled by a royal family, it may not even be able to solve the problem of water and food.
In some hidden locations in Alabasta, there are large areas of water stored and large areas of food grown.
These water and food are the protection of the people of Alabasta.
It is precisely because of these grains that people in Alabasta live such a leisurely life.
The people of Alabasta knew this, and they knew that there was no shortage of food or water in Alabasta.
Naturally, they pay very low prices for food and water.
People outside, they don't know this situation at all.
They thought that Alabasta was a place that was not rich in food and water.
Naturally, they can only think that Alabasta's high prices are normal.
After all, things are rare and expensive.
The scarcity of food and water is even more expensive.
(End of this chapter)