It is summer now and there is still some time before the autumn harvest.

During this period, food will become scarce because the food harvested last autumn has almost been consumed.

But generally there would be no problem, because the nobles were not that stupid. They would store some food and wait for this opportunity to release it.

In addition, there are private grain stores in the city.

We will definitely be able to survive this summer and reach the autumn harvest safely.

Then the cycle repeats year after year.

But today, something went wrong in Viscount Silver Wing's territory.

The entire Silver Wing Viscount Territory consists of a main city and several towns. Silver Wing City has a population of 40,000 to 50,000, and is about the same size as Kaiyue City.

In this city, the Silver Wing Family has four grain and salt stores directly operated by the family, located in the southeast, northwest, and northeast of the city . In addition, there are many private stores that sell only grain or salt.

First, problems arose in private stores.

Badeng.

An ordinary resident of Silver Wing City. His family has been running the salt and oil business for generations. They own two shops and have two employees on a street in Silver Wing City.

There was nothing wrong with the oil at the moment, but there was a problem with the salt.

The business model of this world is a bit magical, because small shops do not have the ability to purchase goods on their own. Bulk commodities such as grain and salt will be delivered by big merchants.

For example, there is a grain merchant nearby who regularly transports a batch of grain to the Silver Wing Territory and distributes it to small businesses in the territory.

Earn a certain price difference.

The only territory nearby that could produce salt was the Earldom of Windsor.

At this moment, the salt in Badeng's shop has been almost sold out. Under normal circumstances, the Earl of Windsor's caravan would arrive three days ago, but this time it has not arrived yet.

"Old Kuka, we really have no salt to sell." Badeng shook his head and sent away a regular customer who came to buy salt with a little apology.

Then Badeng looked back at the empty barrel.

The coarse salt that used to be piled up like a mountain is now only left with a few salt grains.

Badeng had no intention of selling this grain of salt. Even a small businessman would be a little smart. He felt that something was wrong and it would be better to keep this grain of salt for his own consumption.

Because he felt something was wrong, Baden thought he should do something. Otherwise, if there was no salt to sell, the turnover of their shop would drop by half.

He had a wife and three children. One of the children was sent to the home of an old knight, who was planning to make him a civilian knight.

If the store's business drops by half, life at home will be very difficult.

Badeng was very anxious. He finally made it to the evening, closed the shop quickly, sent away his two assistants, and trotted to a house on the corner of the street.

The door was open and Barden walked in.

The room on the right side of the house is the living room, which is now full of people, all of whom are grain and salt merchants in the city.

Small cities also have their own circles. There are only a few grain and salt merchants, and everyone gets along pretty well. They get together from time to time and sometimes help each other.

The owner of this family is called Cabno.

Cabuno is a descendant of the nobility, and because of this identity, he is familiar with the powerful people in the city.

"Mr. Cabno, is there something wrong with the salt well of His Excellency the Earl of Windsor? Why hasn't the salt been delivered yet?" Badeng asked Cabno after entering the room.

"I sent someone to inquire about it. There is a problem with the production of the salt well. His Excellency the Earl's officials have not given a clear statement on when production will resume."

Mr. Cabno said worriedly.

"What should we do? The salt in our Viscount Silver Wing Territory has always been provided by the salt wells of His Excellency Earl Windsor. If there is no salt, where can we find a supplier?"

Badeng said anxiously.

"It's not just Viscount Silver Wing's territory. There's a problem with Earl Windsor's salt well. There's no salt in several surrounding territories." said a businessman.

"Forget salt, we're out of food. The Viscount's food has always been supplied by Mr. Kino's caravan, but the caravan didn't come today. Although we have some food in reserve, it won't last for a few days."

A grain merchant sighed.

"What? There is no food left?" Badeng was shocked. It was the first time he heard this news.

Mr. Cabno was in charge of both the grain and salt businesses. He frowned, stood up from his seat, and paced back and forth, saying, "I always feel like something is wrong with this matter. It seems like someone is targeting our Viscount Silver Wing Territory."

Mr. Cabno has already sent people to investigate. Although salt is a problem in the territories of several surrounding nobles, the food problem only occurred in the territory of Viscount Silver Wing.

It was as if an invisible hand had cut off the salt and food supply to Viscount Silver Wing's territory.

"No, I have to go to the city lord's mansion to find out what's going on." Cabno couldn't sit still after thinking about it, so he asked the merchants to stay here and went to the city lord's mansion with a servant.

It wasn't just them who had problems; the Viscount's business also had big problems.

The Viscount's various businesses within the territory, including grain, salt, clothing, cloth and other family businesses, were entrusted to a man named Thor for management.

Thor comes from the Golden City and is a greedy man.

But Viscount Silver Wing trusted Thor very much and handed over the family business to Thor.

Thor's office is located in a house in the city. In addition to Thor, there are several assistants. But today Thor did not come to work, so one of Thor's assistants came to Thor's home.

Thor is not alone, he has a wife and children, and lives in a villa area in the city.

"Mr. Thor, Mr. Thor." Thor's assistant came to the villa and knocked on the door, calling softly. After calling for a while, there was no sound from inside the villa.

Besides, it was only evening and the villa was completely dark.

Thor's assistant felt something was wrong.

At this time, Thor's assistant discovered that a window of the villa was not closed tightly.

Thor is a businessman trusted by Viscount Silver Wing. If you break into his villa without permission, you will be in trouble.

But Thor's assistant hesitated for a moment and still went to the window. After opening the window, Thor's assistant climbed over the window and stepped into the villa.

Then Thor's assistant collapsed immediately.

He had been to Thor's villa before, and the decoration inside the villa was very luxurious. But now the villa was empty, and the expensive furniture looked as clean as if it had been licked by a dog.

"Something big must have happened." Thor's assistant turned pale, then crawled out of the villa and ran towards Viscount Silver Wing's castle.

(End of this chapter)