Chapter 458

Considering the scarcity of chili peppers, it was natural for them to be pricier than corn. Most importantly, almost all the chili peppers on the island were in the hands of Ryan's group. Ryan had also reached an agreement with the chili pepper merchant that stipulated that he could only trade his chili peppers with them in the future. The scarcity of chili peppers may be due to the fact that they could not satisfy hunger, which resulted in fewer aboriginals cultivating them. With fewer people cultivating them, chili peppers naturally became scarce. The chili pepper merchant deliberately avoided planting too many chili peppers, because an increase in the quantity of chili pepper would naturally lead to a decrease in chili pepper prices. Therefore, his tribe planted only a few chili pepper plants, and they yielded only a few thousand chili peppers per harvest. Still, he was perfectly able to support the dozens of people in his tribe with these chili peppers. Ryan had to admit th