The capital of Aaron, the city of Rhine.

At the entrance of the Weilan Embassy, ​​there were two more documents on the bulletin board.

The title of the first document.

The font was very large and eye-catching, and it read: "Warm congratulations to Weilan's magic department for breaking through the large-scale food-making technique!"

The following is the specific content about breaking through the large-scale food production technique. It is especially emphasized that Duke Weilan will announce the key magic content to the entire Natural Alliance free of charge.

The second is the recruitment document.

"The Weilan Citizen Bread Factory has been officially established and will officially begin operation in a month. We are now recruiting a large number of food-making mages from the entire Natural Alliance."

"These include 50 chief mages, who are required to have high-level mana and rich experience in food-making spells, and are between 20 and 50 years old."

"Benefits: A free two-story single-person house (with a 30-square-meter courtyard), a 1,500-kail meal allowance per month, and a salary starting from 15,000 kail + sales commission."

"Ordinary production mages in large quantities, requiring low-level mana, proficiency in food making, and age range 15 to 40."

"Benefits: Free single room (with private bathroom), 500 yuan meal allowance per month, eight-hour workday, salary starts from 6,000 yuan."

As soon as the two documents came out, they spread throughout the entire Rhine City like a thunder and tsunami.

Similar situations occurred not only in Rhine City, but also in Kao's Silvermoon City, Lewend's Platinum City, and the major duchies.

The news spread much faster than the previous ban on food exports. In less than half a day, residents of all major cities in the Natural Alliance knew the news.

After the big cities knew about it, the epidemic spread to towns and villages at an extremely fast speed.

Early in the morning of the second day after the news was announced, grain prices, which had soared due to the export ban, plummeted uncontrollably, falling more than ten times faster than the receding tide.

The night before, a ton of potatoes cost 20 Oggs, but by the next morning, the price had been cut in half to less than 10 Oggs.

People had only one thought in their minds: large-scale food production technology had been developed, and it was shared for free with the entire Natural Alliance. Wood and straw could be turned into flour, so wouldn't food be everywhere in the future? Good days were coming soon, and there was no point in hoarding food. If we hoarded more, we would end up with nothing!

A large amount of grain poured into the market from private grain traders, and the market changed from being in short supply to being in far greater supply. So grain prices plummeted.

However, private grain traders are small in scale and sensitive enough to the market, so they can ship goods very quickly. However, aristocratic grain traders and even royal grain traders cannot react so quickly.

If they want to ship goods, they have to ask for permission from their superiors one by one, obtain approval documents, and even the cabinet has to hold a meeting.

Perhaps the king was not feeling well, or was simply having fun and had no time to attend to state affairs, so the meeting would be delayed for another day or two.

By the time the resolution was finally passed, food prices had almost hit rock bottom.

Three days later, Danger sat in his study, looking at the market report given to him by the new Minister of State, Master Grunt, his face darker than a fireplace that had not been cleaned for ten years.

This time he purchased a large amount of staple food.

Flour, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc., in short, everything edible was collected, and the total cost was 8 million Oger.

Because we entered the market relatively late, the purchase price per unit was relatively high. For example, potatoes were purchased at an average price of 12 ogg per ton.

Now, the average price of potatoes is less than 5 oger, and the average prices of other staple foods have also dropped sharply.

All in all, he suffered a net loss of 6 million Ogg.

After a long silence, Danger asked unwillingly, "Is Weilan's large-scale food-making technique true? Or is it fake news?"

The Minister of State, who had been in office for less than two months, said cautiously, "It should be true."

"What makes you say that?"

"Because Duke Weilan quickly fulfilled his promise and shared the arcane conversion array with the magic departments of major kingdoms and principalities, as well as major magic academies."

Dange frowned, "Did our magic department also share it?"

"It has been shared and is currently undergoing urgent verification."

"But I heard that Kao's Silver Moon Academy of Higher Learning has reproduced the phenomenon of light-to-arcane magic, and the conversion rate is as high as 5%."

"5%? That's not high."

Grant is also a master of magic. Although he was just promoted and his achievements in magic are average, he naturally has common sense.

He thought to himself: "Isn't this high? This is already directly practical!"

He secretly complained about the king's ignorance, but the lesson of the past was still there, and he was still reluctant to leave the position of Minister of State, so he explained patiently.

"Your Majesty, this conversion rate is indeed not high, but Weilan must have a better and more mature conversion array, and the conversion rate can reach 10%, or even 15%. "

"Light power is very easy to obtain, and the food-making technique is also a mature spell, so large-scale food-making should be a real thing."

Dange didn't know how to describe his feelings, they were very complicated.

There is admiration.

Because they had never expected that the other party would use this method to break their joint stranglehold, and later announced the results for free, and even said that they hoped there would be no more starving people in the alliance.

Word of this had spread throughout the Natural Alliance, and the Duke suddenly rose to a position where everyone looked up to him, becoming a great man in the Natural Alliance.

And these kings were portrayed as rogue clowns.

There is fear.

The opponent's moves were totally out of character, he was like the Creator's own son.

Could he really defeat such an opponent? The fear that had once subsided returned with a vengeance, even more violent than the last time.

The loss of 6 million Oggs is not a small amount. It is even enough to build ten new Black Stone warships, or to restart several projects in the Lion's Tooth Manufacturing Bureau that were stalled due to lack of funds.

He had plundered the house of the Aaron nobles and gained a total of 43 million Oggs, but lost 18 million, leaving him with 25 million. He had spent all kinds of money in the past six months, and now after all this trouble, he was left with less than 16 million.

The problem is that Aaron completely lost Veran, and overseas revenue dropped by 80%, while the expenditures of the royal family and the new government not only did not decrease, but increased a lot.

Why did it increase? Because Danger greatly increased the treatment of civilian officials. Maybe the amount for each individual was not much, but the number of civilians was large. When the total amount was added up, the money spent was much more than that of the aristocratic era.

It's better to spend money than to make money.

If this continues, the national finances will go bankrupt in just two years.

So he had only two options: either break his promise and cut officials' salaries, or stop all money-burning projects in the country.

Research on new weapons, building new warships, maintaining the army, etc. must all be scaled down.

After some contemplation, Danger took a deep breath and asked the Minister of State for advice: "Grentel, do you think we should continue to store the grain in the granary or sell it at a low price?"

Grant really didn't want to get involved in this kind of blame. He was also resentful in his heart. He had not yet taken office when the grain was harvested, but now that something had happened, he was being asked for advice. What a mess!

But as a government minister, it is my duty to help the king solve his problems.

So, he said softly: "Your Majesty, in the foreseeable future, various food-making factories will pop up everywhere, and being able to turn trees and straw into flour is equivalent to at least doubling the grain production."

"So, food prices will definitely continue to fall, and storing food also costs a lot of money, and there will be various losses over time, so it is better to sell it."

The grain storage methods these days were not advanced, and if grain was stored for too long, the losses would become very large.

"But who can I sell it to?"

If such a large quantity were all invested in the domestic market, no one would be able to take it all.

Even if we put it on the international market, no one would want it because the All Natural Alliance is selling it off.

The Minister of State said immediately, "Sell it to Weilan, Your Majesty."

"We have to be quick and sell before Levender ships out the grain. After all, the average grain price Levender buys is much lower than ours."

When Danger heard the word "Levender", the blood vessels in his forehead began to throb. "I am so stupid that I actually did such a thing with that damned little king!"

But he was unwilling to sell it to Weilan at a low price.

First, the other party may not accept it, and in the end he will have to beg to sell it.

Second, he couldn't swallow this humiliation, because this was equivalent to him spending money to buy food and then giving it to Weilan.

Whenever he thought of this, he felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly.

He thought for a moment and said, "How about using this grain to make wine?"

The Minister of State Affairs whispered, "Your Majesty, I have contacted major domestic wine merchants. They can only take 20%, and I hope Your Majesty can give a preferential low price."

A storm began to gather on Dange's face: "Isn't the price low enough now?"

“It is low, but with such a large volume, I hope it can be lower than the current market price.”

Danger was annoyed and said angrily: "These greedy businessmen, I think their necks are itchy and they want to scratch them with a knife."

He now has no good feelings towards all businessmen, especially the Levender businessmen, they are all bastards!

"Contact domestic merchants, grain merchants, wine merchants, pig and cattle farmers, anyway, anyone who uses grain, contact me."

"Let them take half of the grain I originally took. No, sixty percent of it."

"All this grain must be eaten up, and each county will be assigned its own tasks. Any official who dares to refuse will be immediately dismissed and replaced."

"Any merchant who dares to refuse will be hanged!"

He would rather let the grain rot in the domestic market than sell it cheaply to Duke Willan.

The Minister of State was shocked when he heard this: "Your Majesty, you can't do this. Something bad will happen."

"What could possibly happen?"

Dange's eyes sparkled with anger. "I control the Lions. Tell me what can happen? Huh?!"

The Minister of State did not dare to answer. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded and agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will convey your order immediately."

Danger continued, "Don't leave so quickly, there is one more thing."

After saying this, the lion king's voice became much deeper, and his emerald green eyes flashed with a fierce light that was ready to devour anyone.

"Go and count the Levenders in Aaron's country. Count them quietly. Make a clear count of their numbers and assets."

He would soon be short of money and would have to find additional income.

The fastest way to make money in this world is to rob.

Naturally, one cannot rob easily among one’s own citizens, but the Levenders can rob with confidence.

"Who asked your king to give me such bad advice?" Dange thought bitterly.

Grunt was startled, and immediately understood Danger's idea. He wanted to persuade him, but was shocked by Danger's appearance, so he nodded respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."

He sighed in his heart: "The merchant Levender is really unlucky."

There had just been a wave of robberies in Weilan, and countless people had suffered.

Now Aaron has to come again, and it is foreseeable that Danger's methods will be ten times more brutal than Weilan's.

Kao.

Kaa's situation was much simpler.

First, the princes and princesses had little money and collected little food. Second, Kaa himself was a little short of food.

So, the matter became that the third prince and the sixth princess spent money to buy food for the people, which did not harm the national strength of Kaa and even improved the reputation of the royal family.

The only problem was that many of the properties owned by the third prince and the sixth princess went bankrupt. In order to fill the financial hole, the two wealthy sons of the king took turns to go to their mother and cry, begging her to let them go.

After all, they were her own children, so Queen Kao raised her hand and let them pass.

But although I passed the level, my vitality was really damaged and I had no money to do anything for a long time.

Levender.

It was five days later when the little king picked up the urgent document submitted by the cabinet.

The reason was that he had recently been hunting in the royal hunting grounds.

If the cabinet ministers hadn't kept urging him, he would have played for at least five days before coming back.

After taking a quick look at the contents of the document, the little king, who had just turned 17, grinned and said, "Hey, this duke is really capable. He can actually come up with such a plan."

The minister who came to report was named Herard. He reminded: "Your Majesty, we lost at least 15 million Oger in this incident!"

"It's just 15 million Oggs. The money is gone, but the food is still there."

"We can sell these grains to the major nobles in the country at a low price. Each noble can get some. We can get as much money as we can."

The Minister of State frowned and reminded again: "Your Majesty, about half of this money was borrowed from the nobles and wealthy businessmen in the country, and it needs to be repaid."

The little king looked up at the minister in front of him with an impatient look on his face: "Hrad, are you done yet?! If you have money, pay them back. If you don't have money, write them an IOU."

"If they don't accept the IOU, we will give them the grain to pay off the debt. The amount of grain we paid in the first place will be equal to the amount of debt we owe now."

"We all did this together, so of course we all share the losses."

"Do I need to teach you this?"

Herald was choked and speechless.

The little king waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, you handle this matter. I haven't had enough fun hunting yet."

After saying this, he flicked his whip, turned around and left the study.

Glorious Empire.

The news of large-scale food-making technology was once again urgently placed on the Queen's desk.

She looked at the contents of the document and smiled gently: "This little duke is quite capable of making trouble. So you can do as much as you can. Anyway, you won't be able to do it for long."

She had obtained the other party's blood, and her grandfather had used various methods to examine it carefully, confirming that the other party was indeed at the initial stage of the eighth ring, and that there was indeed no way for him to make any progress.

With the power of the Eight Rings, no matter how hard Duke Weilan tries, he will not pose a threat to the Glorious Empire.

The life span of the mighty God of the Natural Alliance is coming to an end. When he passes away, the Natural Alliance will be nothing more than meat on the chopping board.

By then, she could just play a few cards and force the little duke to come to Medasilin City.

At that time, he will replace Duke Sistine and become the new Grand Master of the Nation.

(End of this chapter)