Lord of Flames - Chapter 270

Chapter 270: Stored grain consumption plans! Uncoordinated nobles!

On the second day of Meng Ying’s return to the City of Miracle, Meng Ying and Qing Ling set off for the Xi Ling Kingdom.

The situation in the Horton Kingdom had completely stabilized.

The trade route between the Xi Ling Kingdom and the Eternal Night Kingdom had also been opened. Now, a large number of nobles from the Horton Kingdom had set up a caravan. They first bought goods from the Xi Ling Kingdom or the Holy Flame Kingdom and then passed through the Xi Ling Kingdom to trade with the Kingdom of Eternal Night.

In the realm of the Xi Ling Kingdom, a magic track was being built.

After the construction was completed, the potatoes from the Yan Nation could be transported directly to the west of the Xi Ling Kingdom, and then sold to the nobles, who would then transport them to the Horton Kingdom for sale.

This magic track was similar to a train, but the principle was different. The train was driven by an internal combustion engine, and the magic car was driven by magic stones that were full of electricity. Each magic car had a large number of magic patterns on it. This was a creation of magic technology.

What Qing Ling and Meng Ying expected was that Divine Bean was quite popular in the Eternal Night Empire.

As one of the top ten empires, the control of the Royal Family was quite strong and the laws within the empire were fairly strict. After the Eldest Princess obtained the trade order, the trade in the three eastern provinces was relatively smooth, and there were no blind people to obstruct it!

The Eldest Princess had been studying there for many years. In the past, she was a great sorcerer, and even in the Eternal Night Empire, she still had some status and connections. This was also the reason why she could able to obtain the Three Provinces Trade Order so quickly.

When Qing Ling and Meng Ying arrived in the Xi Ling Kingdom, Luo Ying had already returned to the Xi Ling Kingdom.

The Eldest Princess also returned to the Xi Ling Kingdom.

Two hundred thousand orcs had been transferred back to the Xi Ling Kingdom, but Luo Ying had left two hundred thousand Royal Troops in the Horton Kingdom.

Currently, there was still no army in the Horton Kingdom. With the 200,000 Royal warriors in charge, Luo Ying was a little relieved!

In addition, the seventh-ranked twin-blade tiger sister Winnie was also stationed in the Horton Kingdom. With her there, if there were some blind factions, she could solve them all by herself.

A seventh-ranked warrior was still a Tiger Warrior. It wouldn’t take long to kill thousands of people!

“In the past month or so, I have further reduced the supply of Divine Beans to the Hun River Principality. However, I have increased the purchase price of sorghum, allowing the nobles to adjust the purchase price of sorghum from 3.5 silver coins to 5 silver coins. The excuse for external use was that our sorghum wine sells too well, so we need more sorghum.”

Inside the temple, Luo Ying said.

Within this Temple, there were Luo Ying, Qing Ling, Meng Ying, Eldest Princess, and Holy Maiden Mia.

As for the other Holy Maidens, they were all in the Yan Nation. They were all working hard to improve their strength so that they could play a greater role in the future!

Qing Ling nodded.

This was the plan that they had discussed in the past.

Regardless of whether they were nobles or civilians, they had more or less enough food.

Especially for the nobles, there was a mountain of grain.

A noble’s grain was usually enough for his family to eat for several years or even decades.

Especially the nobles who had more food.

After all, this was a world with magic, and some magic could produce good effects in keeping food fresh. Unlike before Lin Yan transmigrated; the food would rot if it was stored for a long time.

Even if there was no magic, like the predecessor of the United States, the millet, it could be stored in a dry place for about a year and a half.

With magic, the millet could survive for a few years without being damaged!

Once war broke out, this noble could not be able to save any food if he had to pay for it.

He could not allow them to store food.

That was why there was a plan for the consumption of grain.

During this month, the Xi Ling Kingdom had reduced the supply of Divine Beans. The nobles of the Xi Ling Kingdom also had a reasonable explanation. That was that they had consumed too many Divine Beans in the war against the Horton Kingdom. A million prisoners of the Horton Kingdom also needed a large number of Divine Beans to feed them. After this period, the supply of Divine Beans would be restored.

On the other hand, the nobles, under the sign of Queen Luo Ying, raised the purchase price of sorghum.

Compared to the previous purchase price, it directly increased by nearly half.

This price greatly stimulated the nobles and civilians in Hun River Principality.

They madly planted sorghum to earn gold coins.

Under these circumstances, the price of grain was also rising. Some nobles saw this and sold a lot of their grain. The grain in the entire Hun River Principality had been reduced.

Luo Ying continued, “The grain consumption plan is still going smoothly. According to our estimates, the grain in the Hun River Principality has been reduced by about 35% in the past month or so. We have been reducing the supply of Divine beans in the past few months, so the grain in the Hun River Principality cannot be deleted. The grain in the Hun River Principality is now less than 50% of what it was a few months ago. The Church has already realized the crisis. Last week, they issued an order to force the cultivation of grain. However, the effect is very little. After all, we have not revealed our intention to attack the Hun River Principality. Under the stimulation of gold coins, the nobles are unwilling to grow grain.”

On the national rank, the statistics were not based on a single person or region, but the entire grain stock of a Kingdom!

No matter how much the Royal Chamber and the Church had saved, as long as the grain reserves of the Hun River Principality were reduced, it would be enough!

This was Luo Ying.

After a pause, Luo Ying continued:

“But the Church’s land is already growing food. It’s just that even if they send out all the magisters to help them grow, it will take them at most a month to harvest a batch of food. Moreover, if the Hun River Principality suffers from a large-scale shortage of food, the food planted by the Church cannot satisfy the entire Hun River Principality.”

She had sent many spies in the Hun River Principality, and the nobles who went to the Hun River Principality to trade were the eyes and ears of the Royal Family, so they were able to obtain detailed information.

After listening to Luo Ying’s report, Meng Ying nodded and said, “Inform the nobles that we will cut off the supply of Divine Beans from tomorrow. Also, increase the purchase price of sorghum to 10 gold coins a catty. Under such a high purchase price, the nobles on the other side will not be willing to cut off the immature sorghum. Our army will arrive at the border of the Hun River Principality within a week. We just need to wait there for a few weeks, and the Hun River Principality will be destroyed!”

……

As soon as the sun rose, a large number of caravans entered the Hun River Principality.

These were the noble caravans from the Xi Ling Kingdom.

“Hey, why are you guys empty today? Where are Divine Beans?”

A noble of the Hun River Principality who often traded with them asked.

The nobles of the Xi Ling Kingdom shook their heads. “Don’t mention it. The Horton Kingdom has been in famine recently, and godhoods have been pulled to support the Horton Kingdom.”

“Ah? Then how long will it take to have Divine Beans?”

The noble of the Hun River Principality looked surprised. He was already planning how long his family’s grain would last.

The noble of the Xi Ling Kingdom said, “About a week or two. By the way, our sorghum wine has recently gone crazy in the Eternal Night Empire. The Royal Family has already raised the purchase price of sorghum to 10 silver coins a catty. Take as much as you can. Has your sorghum matured yet?”

“10…10 Silver coins per catty?”

The noble of the Hun River Principality looked incredulous. His eyes were like stars.

“Some are mature. Let’s go, I’ll take you there. I’ll satisfy you.”

This noble enthusiastically pulled the nobles of the Xi Ling Kingdom over and no longer thought about saving food.

The nobles of the Xi Ling Kingdom said two weeks, then two weeks. His family’s grain reserves, not to mention two weeks, could last two months.

The sorghum was quickly harvested, then tied into bundles, and packed into the convoy of the nobles of the Xi Ling Kingdom.

“There will be more sorghum next time!”

After saying goodbye, the noble of the Hun River Principality returned home and counted the coins in his bag. He smiled.

“Quick, quick, quick, continue to plant sorghum. Each of you will double your wages. Hurry up.”

The nobles of the Hun River Principality spoke to the commoners.

Under the encouragement of money, the commoners also used 12% of their strength to work!

On this day, the nobles of the entire Hun River Principality were in a frenzy.

Ten silver coins a catty!

At this price, a small noble could earn over ten thousand gold coins a year!

Their income had increased four to five times!

The civilians who owned the land were also boiling!

However, the five churches were all aware of the crisis.

The five churches immediately sent a large number of church members to the territories of the various nobles, asking them to plant food back.

Grow grain? Why was he growing food? Worried what the Xi Ling Kingdom would call? “Etch, what does this have to do with me? It might be better for the Xi Ling Kingdom to rule. I heard that the commoners of the Xi Ling Kingdom each have ten acres of land, and they only need to pay a tenth of the tax.”

A commoner with three acres of the land spoke with disdain.

As for the nobles, they did not grow much food.

What kind of joke was this? They had just sold a wave of sorghum and earned a lot of gold coins. Now that they had cut down half of the sorghum to grow food, wouldn’t they have a problem with money?

In the entire Hun River Principality, because of the five gods and the five churches, the Royal Family’s control was not that strong. Most of the land was in the hands of the nobles, the church only had less than 20% of the land, and the Royal Family only had about 10% of the land.

However, the nobles who now controlled more than half of the land were not willing to grow food again, and the Church was helpless.

Even if there was a mandatory order, the nobles were old-fashioned. They had policies on top, countermeasures on the bottom, and all sorts of methods and methods to drag you to despair.

For example, once a nobleman from the Church arrived, he would pretend to be sick and say that he was sick and could not take care of the territory.

Another example was a noble who would chase away all the civilians as soon as the Church’s people arrived, saying that the civilians nearby had recently hated him and were not willing to work for him.

All in all, there were various reasons for the delay.

The upper echelons of the Church were in a state of panic, but there was nothing they could do about these nobles.

There were still a small number of nobles cooperating with them, but that was just a small number of nobles.

If the nobles who controlled the vast majority of the land did not cooperate, the Church could only send a large number of magisters to work on their land.