As the old saying goes, money isn't everything, but without it, you're truly helpless.
But money indeed isn't omnipotent.
For the City of Korhal located in the Northlands, getting hold of Tachibana Fruit was not an easy task. Although they also cultivated it themselves, just as "Oranges born in the south are sweet, but are bitter in the north," the Tachibana Fruit grown in the Northlands were inferior in both taste and shape to those from the south. And even in the south, they were only available for one season each year.
So even these high officials and nobility could only eagerly wait every summer for the caravans to bring in the Tachibana Fruit and other fresh fruits from the south. Only then could they enjoy a delicious meal.
And now, in the depths of winter, there were fresh Tachibana Fruit that had just been picked?