In the afternoon, dozens of wizards from the Yieta School gathered in a spacious magic laboratory, pondering the profound meaning of the words of the Magic Star.

However, the young and energetic Alok did not have so many concerns and immediately answered, "Food is of course wheat, beans and corn..."

Lydia also raised her hand high and answered, "We need to plant the seeds in the ground, then water and fertilize them, and repeat the process until they grow out of the ground!"

"Yes, you can say that!" Lin En nodded, then continued to ask with a smile. "Then do you know how plants convert various elements into nutrients that can be absorbed by us?"

Alok and Lydia were suddenly speechless. Even a three-ring wizard like Philip who focused on elemental studies was stumped by Lin's question.

They have never really paid attention to how wheat absorbs various elements from the soil during its growth process and finally becomes edible food.

Fortunately, Lynn didn’t expect them to be able to answer it, so he revealed the answer directly.

“It depends on photosynthesis!”

This is common knowledge known to everyone in the Federation in the previous life! At the bottom of the entire ecosystem, plants convert carbon dioxide and water into organic matter that stores energy through photosynthesis, which is the source of biopower! In ancient times, humans obtained food through gathering and hunting like wild animals. They were greatly affected by the environment, weather and luck, and were very unstable. Starvation was a common occurrence.

It was not until the skills of farming and animal husbandry were discovered and the people had the ability to obtain food stably that a solid foundation was laid for them to live in large groups and form a country.

However, this stability is also limited. Perhaps a drought or a large-scale war can burn everything down! It was not until the 21st century that humans first synthesized starch in the laboratory using carbon dioxide, water, electricity (light) and a special catalytic enzyme! This achievement is undoubtedly revolutionary!

This means that from now on, food production will be free from dependence on land, light and the environment, and can be produced directly in batches like an assembly line operation!

The efficiency has been improved by several levels!

You have to know that the natural photosynthesis of plants, which converts inorganic matter into organic matter, requires dozens of extremely complex biochemical reactions and takes several months. The theoretical energy conversion efficiency is also very low, at about 2%.

Artificial synthesis of starch only requires eleven steps, and the energy conversion rate is increased to seven percent.

After entering the 22nd century, based on the needs of interstellar travel and the establishment of nuclear fusion reactors, artificial starch synthesis has once again ushered in a technological innovation blowout. The energy utilization rate has soared directly to about 20%, and the eleven steps have been reduced to six steps!

In addition, the intelligent brain also has technologies for artificially synthesizing wheat flour and corn flour. After all, this stuff is just a synthesis of some inorganic substances. Although the technical difficulty is higher, it is still the same in essence! While explaining the principles of magic, Lin En stretched out his right hand.

The water vapor and carbon dioxide in the air were quickly stripped away, followed by a strong flash of lightning, and various trace elements were integrated into it under the control of mental power.

Using the void as a pot and magic as a shovel, the inorganic is transformed into the organic...

Lin En demonstrated his artificial bread-making skills in front of dozens of wizards!

About fifteen seconds later, tiny particles of powder began to emerge in the air, floating together and forming a spherical shape.

This scene, which seemed like creation out of thin air, amazed all the wizards of the Iyeta School!

"water!"

Lynn spoke again, and more water vapor was converted into liquid water and poured into the powder. Then, the dough was kneaded quickly with the [Mage's Hand]. The ball quickly deformed and twisted under pressure, and finally, it was baked directly using microwave heating technology.

The dough, which was only one finger thick, immediately expanded due to the heat and turned into a square bread brick that was four fingers thick! It only took about three minutes!

“This is my magic bread!”

Lynn urged the [Hand of the Mage] to place the bread brick on the square table.

Alok, Kevin, Philip and others immediately gathered around, with dozens of pairs of eyes staring at the bread bricks on the table, amazed at the magic trick that Lin En had created...

"Can it be eaten?" Lydia reached out and poked it. It felt soft, not like the bread she bought in the market, which was hard enough to be used as a shield or weapon.

"Of course!" Lin En said with a smile, otherwise why would he make these things.

Hearing Lynn's affirmative answer, Lydia immediately tore off a piece and put it in her mouth.

"How is it? Does it taste good?" Lin En asked hurriedly. Although he added a lot of trace elements in it to enhance its nutrition, it is hard to say how it tastes.

Lydia frowned and thought for a long time before she found an adjective.

“It tastes like clouds!”

The girl's comments made Philip and the others extremely curious, so they shared the food one by one, and then they understood why Lydia said that.

Because this kind of bread is soft and not hard at all, and tastes even better than white bread. The only drawback is that it has no taste.

If we can eat it with some beans, it will definitely be a great delicacy! "It seems that from now on we don't have to worry about food anymore!" Philip said excitedly.

Lynn's bread-making technique is really amazing. It means that in the future, wizards will no longer have to carry any food when traveling far away. When they are thirsty, they can just extract water vapor from the air, and when they are hungry, they can perform a bread-making technique. It is so convenient.

"I wonder what level of magic this is. Can apprentices use it? How much magic power does it consume?" Kevin asked a substantive question, which is its applicability.

This is related to the scope of application of this technique.

"From the perspective of spellcasting difficulty, casting the complete [Magic Bread Spell] should be considered a third-ring magic!" Lin En said after pondering.

Kevin frowned slightly. There were only two thousand three-ring wizards in the parliament. Even if they all cast this spell together, they could not supply the entire kingdom! Fortunately, Lin En quickly spoke up. "We can separate each process and build corresponding alchemy arrays to make it. The difficulty will be much lower."

"If it were just synthetic starch, it would be even simpler!"

Of course, you can't make bread with starch alone, but there is absolutely no problem with it being a daily food for the poor!

It only consumes carbon dioxide, water, electricity and magic power!

"But... wouldn't the consumption be too great?" Kevin hesitated again. The energy consumed in the daily food rations for three million people could not be a small amount!

"Don't worry, it won't be long before we don't have to worry about energy issues anymore." Lynn patted Philip on the shoulder and said with a smile.

They discovered a new magic stone mine not long ago. As for electricity, isn't there a nuclear fusion reactor that is about to be built?

In fact, the Federation’s artificial food technology was only truly widely used after nuclear fusion and antimatter annihilation technology were developed!

After dispelling the doubts of Kevin and others, Lynn turned his head to look outside the door and spoke.

"Lord, come in!"

After receiving the order, Lord, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, walked in quickly on his artificial leg.

After entering the door, the first thing he saw was the bread on the square table, which was only half torn.

To Loud, who had a very limited understanding of magic, this piece of bread was created out of thin air by Lin En using magic! It was a miracle of creation from the void! No wonder Lord Lin En dared him to sell off nearly half of his wheat reserves in just a few days!

"Come and have a try!" Lynn reached out and stuffed the remaining half of the bread to Lord.

The latter was also very excited. He broke off a piece and put it into his mouth. It was so soft and melted in his mouth.

"It's just like the clouds!" Lord said with emotion. "If this magic bread can be delivered to the market in large quantities, no one will buy wheat anymore."

I just wonder what expressions those wealthy merchants and nobles who are frantically collecting grain will have when they see this thing? Laud thought to himself, but he did not forget the main business and immediately took out a secret envelope from his arms.

"Lord Lynn, this is a list of people that the psychic wizards of the council have collected. They are the ones who raised the price of food this time and tried to pin the blame on the Cholera Kingdom."

Those nobles hid themselves behind the scenes, relying on remote control of various caravans to purchase large quantities of wheat, and even killed many of their confidants in charge of the operations, in an attempt to cut off their possibility of tracing the source.

However, there are no secrets under the soul search. The psychic wizards spent several days and finally found their way up along the line. After all, the nobles still planned to continue to make trouble, so they had to continue to send people to contact the caravan.

Grand Duke of Gard, Marquis of Mortain, Count of Belle, Count of Herder...

The list is very long, covering almost all the great nobles in the northern part of the kingdom. If it were a year ago, each name on it would be enough to affect the stability of the entire kingdom.

"There is also information about that person. According to the investigation of the wizards, he seems to be involved in the plan of the Cholera Kingdom!" Lord said very vaguely.

Lin En nodded. He was not that surprised. Without the other party's tacit consent, how could the nobles dare to make such a big fuss?

But it also saved him from having to find excuses...

"How much food has been released now?" Lin En put away the file in his hand and asked casually.

"About 90,000 tons of wheat, totaling 173,600 imperial gold coins..." Lord reported excitedly.

This is simply robbing money! The most important thing is that this is just the beginning. They still have half of the wheat to sell, which is the real big deal. After all, according to the current trend, the price of one kilogram of wheat will easily increase by one or two hundred times, right?

Lin En thought about it and felt that it should be about the same.

Although those nobles were very wealthy due to their generations of accumulation, the cash they could take out was probably only about one million imperial gold coins, which might not be enough to buy all the wheat.

After finishing the happy information, Lord carefully reported a piece of bad news. "Due to the skyrocketing wheat prices, a large-scale famine has occurred in the western part of the kingdom and the northern territory."

Although the parliament nominally controls the entire kingdom, it actually only has absolute control over the "cleaned" southern and central regions and the newly conquered eastern territories. The rest of the territory is still under the control of the nobles.

Nowadays, the nobles are busy purchasing wheat to make money, so naturally no one can care about the lives of the poor in the territory.

Lord knew very well that the Magic Star was very concerned about the poor, so he tried to choose his words carefully when talking about the scene of starving people everywhere gnawing on plants.

However, contrary to his expectations, Lynn did not show any sign of anger or worry, but instead smiled and gave the order.

"That's great. Let Redel do it. Bring some food over and distribute the replaced flintlock rifles to them!"

This... this... firing a gun? Lord was shocked. He didn't expect that Lin En would use such a rough method to solve the problem.

Or in other words, when he gradually released food to encourage those nobles to join the game, this magic star should have already planned the subsequent response strategy.

"Your wisdom is truly vast..." Lord hurriedly flattered him, but there was some sincerity in his tone.

The nobles' mess was equivalent to completely losing the support of the people. In addition, by distributing food and guns, they could easily recover the western and northern territories of the kingdom and win over the people's hearts at the same time.

Lin En didn't pay attention to Lord's flattery and continued to ask about the progress of the grain collection plan he had ordered.

"It is true that a small number of caravans sold their grain, but most of them were the kingdom's subjects who sold grain to us at low prices." Lord replied truthfully.

"This really... surprises me." Lin En was a little amused and helpless, but this also proved that their strategy of improving people's living standards has achieved good results.

You know, the current price of wheat in the market is several times their purchase price, but the people are still willing to sell grain to them at a low price.

Lin En showed a slight smile on his face, and then suddenly said coldly, "Tonight, reduce the purchase price of wheat to fifteen coppers per kilogram!"

"Yes, Lord Lin." Lord couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. Before, he had never understood why the Magic Star would buy grain at a price far below the market price. Now everything is clear.

This is not the price of grain, it is clearly the countdown to raising the butcher knife! (End of this chapter)