Chapter 480 - 323: The Endless Night (Part 4)
Luxurious merchants’ mansions naturally require luxurious rooms, and the kitchen is certainly one of them. In the kitchen, Malin saw beautiful blue and white porcelain bowls. These ceramics, coming from Thainan, had a lovely appearance and a price tag that the wealthy in the Western Human World were willing to splurge on.
In short, it was probably double the pleasure.
There were also knives inlaid with Cleansing Stones—this type of stone is a kind of Rune Stone, originally just a necessary decoration on the knives used by Dwarves to cut meat (Dwarves are actually quite lazy), but humans use it more because of its affordability and practicality for cleaning kitchen knives.
Of course, affordable is relative. A single Rune Stone costs 300 Mowish, which for Dwarven enchanters who prefer to trade in gold, is just an apprentice’s practice by-product, nothing compared to the muzzle of Malin’s rifle. However, for city folk who could scrape by an entire year on just a few dozen Mowish, it was still too expensive.
The rest of the utensils in the kitchen were mostly part of the cleaning series that Malin and the Benevolent Church had introduced—a strategy by Malin and the Benevolent Church to milk the rich, nobles, and wealthy who liked their kitchens spotless. Malin and the Benevolent Church would of course satisfy them, only these self-cleaning utensils were incomparable to their cheap counterparts.
The Benevolent Church made them, Malin took half the profit. He and the Benevolent Church shared a seventy-thirty split, with the remaining twenty-five percent going to the Benevolent Church—every year, the poor who received their free treatment and the churches as poor as a church mouse would appreciate this lifesaving money.
Speaking of which, Mr. Dagu really was someone who had taste and was willing to spend money to enjoy himself. Malin was somewhat unclear whether this guy was truly a devotee of Mimic Isle or a follower of some perverted noble who liked to indulge.
With such a sigh, Fio turned into a twig and penetrated the keyhole of the kitchen door leading to the corridor. After confirming that the corridor was empty, it slipped out.