Isekai Demo Bunan ni Ikitai Shoukougun - Vol. 2 Ch. 7

[MangaDex]

 

[kamishiniyari]

nice, thank you for the chapter
world weak fuck is on my top list of fav

 

[Nk9bjP4A]

lesson for today, certain colors are evil.

 

[Le_Flemard]

well mauve = danger after all....
(+1 internet point for people who understood that ref)

 

[tehelgee]

Let's go before they tell us not to.

Old man knows how to get himself into trouble.

 

[xyzzy]

SUPERIOR NIPPON FAST FOOD

but seriously, adding salt on potatoes is revolutionary here?

 

[Geany]

After the salt shenanigans, the time has come for me to drop this.

 

[Simshynaru]

ITS FUCKING SALT

 

[Lan]

@Simshynaru PEOPLE FOUGHT WARS OVER SALT! EMPIRES RISE AND FELL BECAUSE OF SALT! JUST BECAUSE IT SO CHEAP NOW DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS CHEAP HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO!

 

[JavelinJoe]

@xyzzy
Yes. They are far inland, meaning no salt frok the ocean. In other words, unless they find a dried up salt bed near by, salt is an import. It is expensive too because it is considered a 'luxury' item. No els would be able to enjoy it, but the majority of citizens would not. At 1 gold a kilo, it would bankrupt most resturants if they were to keep an adiquate stock. So they would have to market it as "luxury" food, which means that salted potato would be fairly expensive. Economically speaking, it isn't worth it.

The concept likely exists. But its usage is so scarce it would make sense that many would never have had it in their life. Plus the concept of minerals isnt established. Nutrition is likely not as good simply out of ignorance. Knowing that salt is an essential mineral probably has not been discovered yet, so everyone just assumes it is just an extra cost for their meal. Food tasted good enough as it was for the most part, albeit bland, it was not inedible. These people were just given what to them would be a gourmet meal for a free appetizer without them knowing it.

 

[Nakanowatari]

@xyzzy considering salt is expensive i think it would be normal for common folks to not know how to use it

 

[silverden]

the people who dropped this seem really salty for some reason....................
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ill see myself out.

 

[UnknownSaint111]

Dam that's one nice cool grandpa

 

[icarushector]

@JavelinJoe as far as nutrition goes, it seems to be implied that the nutritional value of the crops actually exceed what would grow in soil of equal quality on Earth.

@Simshynaru you do realize that salt was so damn important in the "old days" that the Roman army's wages were literally salt. The word for salt is where English gets "salary" from?

@xyzzy but French fries and potato chips aren't Nippon foods?


@Le_Flemard are you my mummy?

 

[raincoatkiller]

Looks like he really is worth his salt 😀

 

[Psychronia]

Ahh salt. Probably the simplest seasoning we have, while also being vital and also a health problem.

Fighting for salt is silly and I easily believe that countries did it.

 

[Pilatypus]

@Psychronia Well salt was a strategic commodity, of course wars were fought over it.

 

[humbleoverlord]

@Psychronia in the ancient time, salt is literally a matter of life and death, of course they fight for it, at certain time it even valued higher than gold, that's way we say "worth his salt" rather than "worth his gold"

 

[Kyto1984]

This chapter...MAKES NO SENSE! Even if you ignore the nutritional value (because magic...okay) it was still a vital food preservative. It wasn't until the invention of the refrigerator did that really change in our world. Unless this world has the same, it doesn't make sense it'd be seen as a purely luxury item, and even if it was, there wouldn't be an inflation of prices!

Also, the MC's goal is to LOWER the price of salt, and he's going to do that by INCREASING DEMAND! That isn't how economics work! Even if their country was landlocked, the coastal countries would still be selling harvested salt for low profit. The basic principles of competition would keep it from inflating or depressing too far in either direction, so an outrageous price of 10,000 yen per kilo doesn't make any sense.

This is a very stupid chapter from an author who doesn't really understand what he's writing about. DO RESEARCH!

 

[Simshynaru]

@icarushector The people of this world do not value salt. You misunderstood my point!