Chapter 455 Mortan: We have broken the myth that wizards are invincible!

Lynn asked Lauder to sell grain batches, which confused the congressmen present. The safest way to solve the current crisis should be to deliver a large amount of cheap grain to the market in one go, so that It is right for those nobles and grain merchants to retreat in the face of difficulties.

   "You don't want to take this opportunity to empty the savings of nobles and wealthy businessmen?" Raphael guessed.

   "You can also say that." Lynn nodded. In his opinion, this might be a rare opportunity.

  If these people have been staying in the territory and being their landlords with peace of mind, it is not easy for them to find a reason to clean up these remnants of the old era.

   "However, in this way, the high food price may affect the stability of the entire kingdom." A member of parliament frowned and said, now the price of a piece of bread has risen to five times the original price.

  If it rises to ten times or twenty times, there will definitely be troubles.

   "There is no need to worry too much about this, as long as we increase the food supply of workshops, mines and colleges from one meal to three daily meals!" Lynn said firmly. "The kingdom cannot be in chaos!"

Now most of the citizens of the entire kingdom have been included in the city's magical operation system. The army, railway construction, various workshops, and civilian colleges almost cover the eastern, central, and More than 90% of the population of the Southern Territory!

  The remaining nobles and merchants are not under their control. These people also have good assets, so they don't need to worry about them.

  Lin En's heroic national rationing plan made Rafael speechless.

  If the workshop ensures three meals a day, who will buy wheat and bread?

   Certainly those who try to raise food prices...

  Raphael suddenly thought of this.

  Lin En's approach is equivalent to controlling the intensity of the food war within a certain range, and it can even be said that it is completely out of touch with ordinary civilians, directly turning it into a direct confrontation between the parliament and the nobles and wealthy businessmen!

   "Is the food in our hands really enough?" the great wizard Arad said worriedly.

  The council is responsible for supplying the entire kingdom with rations, and on the other hand, it has to provide enough food to fight a price war with those wealthy merchants and nobles.

   "Of course it's not enough to rely on wheat alone." Lin En showed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, and then he said. "Fortunately, we can use magic to make bread!"

   Make bread by magic?

  As soon as this remark was made, the members of the House of Representatives present were extremely shocked.

   "Master Lynn, now is not the time to joke!" Allard interrupted uncontrollably.

  Although magic power can do many things, and even mimic various elements, it cannot replace real substances after all!

   Relying on magic to directly solve the food problem is simply a fantasy!

  Several speakers have solemn expressions. They all know that this magic star is conducting research on the transformation of matter and energy. It is not impossible to use magic to solve the food problem.

  However, according to Lynn's own words, the energy required to transform one gram of matter is equivalent to a nuclear explosion, and it seems impossible to rely on this to feed the kingdom's three million people.

   "In short, I already have a spell model about the Bread Art, and I will be able to completely perfect it in a week at most!" Lynn said vowedly.

In order to meet the requirements of star voyages, the Federation has invested a lot of energy in technologies such as artificially synthesized starch and cell cultured meat. All researches are very mature. It is not too difficult to magicalize them, and the raw materials are so simple that they can be found everywhere. visible.

   Seeing Lynn's confidence, Raphael and the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

  Using magic to create food, such a thing that completely violates common sense, seems to be something that can be developed with a little research in the mouth of this magic star.

  The speakers were also a little speechless.

   It can only be said that the speed at which someone develops new magic is too fast.

  For example, the magic power transformation formula for promotion to Legendary, it took them more than a month since they caught the presiding judge Joshua, and even took the time to complete the blueprint of an artificial sun...

   I really don't know how his brain grows...

   Harov sighed secretly, and then said decisively.

   "Since you have full confidence in solving the food problem, then do so!"

  …

On the second day after the meeting ended, under Lauder's operation, the first batch of fifteen tons of wheat was sold at a price slightly lower than the market price, eight copper coins per kilogram, and within half an hour, It was wiped out!

   Followed by 20 tons, 30 tons... 50 tons, the price became higher and higher, and finally settled at 20 copper coins!

   Even so, the wheat will still be sold out after being transported to various cities, because the current market price of grain is much higher than Lauder's price, and as long as it is resold, it will double the income!

  The rich merchants and nobles in the kingdom are all crazy, and many of them have put all their savings on it!

  In just a few days, one kilogram of wheat has grown to fifty copper coins, a full twenty-five times the original amount!

   And the price of a bag of white bread soared to one silver coin!

  Even the black bread that dogs didn't eat a few days ago cost forty copper coins!

   That is to say, a laborer who works hard in a magic workshop can only buy a few bags of white bread for a month's salary, and can't even support himself.

   At the same time, in the fortress of the king's capital, Marquis Mortain held his wine glass high, looked at the nobles who came to the secret meeting, and said in high spirits.

   "Everyone, we have achieved a complete victory now, presumably the Wizards Council is in a state of distress right now?"

  Earl Herder quickly echoed. "Master Mortan's wisdom is not comparable to those wizards who study magic. I'm afraid this bunch of mud legs don't even understand what economy is..."

The rest of the nobles also expressed their admiration for the Marquis of Mortain's ingenious family plan. Some even secretly annoyed that they were too cautious. If they had replaced all their property with grain earlier, the value would have been multiplied by dozens of times. up!

  Amidst the compliments and echoes, Mortan had a smug smile on his face, took a sip of the red wine in his glass, and then asked about the current situation of purchasing wheat.

  The attendant replied slightly excitedly. "Reporting to Lord Mortan, we spent 70,000 imperial gold coins to buy food rations equivalent to two months for the entire kingdom. In addition, other merchants who followed suit or wanted to make a fortune were also buying For grain, even the most conservative estimate has already bought enough wheat to feed three million people for half a year!"

   "Very good, very good!" Mortain nodded in satisfaction.

   "However, Lord Mortan, unlike what we expected before, the mud-legged people in the capital don't seem to intend to mess up." Viscount Sk said hesitantly.

  According to their previous predictions, the poor who cannot afford to buy wheat should have been unable to sit still for a long time.

"If you want me to think that even if you really starve to death, those untouchables may not really have the courage to stand up against the wizards who master magic. Even if you can't afford white bread, you can buy a few pieces of black bread mixed with grass to survive, no matter how bad it is Wouldn't it be okay to gnaw on the turf?" Earl Bell shook his head.

  He felt that Mortan and others underestimated the patience and adaptability of those poor people. When there was a famine in the territory in the past, he didn't give a single grain. Wouldn't someone be able to survive?

   "It seems that the price of wheat is far from high enough!" Mortan said playfully, shaking the wine glass in his hand.

  Those poor people can still afford black bread, how can this work?

  Herder and others clamored to increase the price of black bread to more than one silver coin, so that those untouchables would not be able to afford a few dollars even if they died.

In fact, they have long disliked the status quo of the capital. You must know that white bread was exclusive to the nobles in the past, but after the wizards came, even the dogs in the capital could eat it. Those mudlegs are back to their old lives.

  Amid the excited shouts of the crowd, the attendant spoke hesitantly. "Lord Mortan, when I asked the caravan to buy food, I got a piece of information."

   "I heard some workers say that wizards' workshops are willing to provide three meals for free." The attendant said cautiously.

  The smile on Mortan's face paused for a moment, and his brows were slightly raised, but they soon calmed down, and the mocking look on his face became heavier. "It seems that in order to stabilize the situation in the kingdom, the parliament really thought of a useful method, but I don't know how long they can keep millions of mouths!"

  The aristocrats present were not intimidated by the parliament’s heroic policy of managing food for all. After all, it can be seen from the frequent low-price sales of a large amount of wheat by the other party that the parliament still wants to bring down the price of food!

  Viscount Sk also reported good news at this time. "You may not know that the spies I sent found that after the wizards released a total of 100 tons of wheat in various cities in the kingdom in the morning, they began to harvest grain secretly at night..."

   "Look, this shows that our guess is correct, the parliament has not enough food." Mortain laughed.

  The parliament does not have enough wheat and wants to balance the price of grain. The only way is to secretly buy grain from outside, pretending to have sufficient reserves.

   "Then how much are they going to spend to buy back?" Herder asked with a sneer.

  The wizards killed so many nobles in the eastern part of the kingdom and looted their property, it's time to take it back!

   "It's twenty-five copper coins per kilogram!" Viscount Sk said with a strange expression.

  Earl Herder almost thought he had heard wrong.

  The rest of the nobles also showed shocked expressions.

   "Are you kidding, are these wizards crazy?" Earl Herder said in disbelief.

  Now the price of one kilogram of wheat has already exceeded 50 copper coins, and even the grain price released by the parliament has exceeded 45 copper coins, and now the other party wants to buy it back directly at half the price...

  Which fool would want to?

  The person who came up with this idea is probably out of his mind!

   "These wizards are really stupid, ignorant and greedy..." Mortan said sarcastically, but it's normal to think about it. A group of mud-legged people who were originally hiding in the dark corners suddenly took charge of the entire kingdom, how could it be possible to cover everything?

  That's why I think that one thing is one thing, there is no logic at all.

  Realizing this, Mortan was completely relieved, drank the red wine in the glass happily, and talked loudly about the future of the kingdom under the aristocratic rule in the future.

  A small number of nobles vaguely felt that the wizard council's abnormal behavior of collecting food at a low price might not be that simple, but in this intoxicating atmosphere of victory, they quickly forgot some troubles.

  In any case, they have achieved an unprecedented victory, and they are not worried about being liquidated.

   Now nobles like them are not the only ones who buy wheat. The first group of people who secretly promoted the price increase of grain have already been dealt with. The wizards should not be able to find out for a while.

  Even in the worst case, the wizard council finally found out, at the moment when the kingdom is about to be in chaos, how dare you take action against so many nobles?

   Maybe you have to rely on them to save the country by sending food...

   "To the glory of the nobility!" Mortain, who was slightly drunk, raised his right arm and shouted impassionedly.

  Herder was also excited, raised his glass and drank it down, shouting loudly.

   "To the glory of the nobility!"

  …

   While the nobles of the royal capital were holding a celebration, in the city of fire oil, Lauder, who had just collected information, stepped into a large manor with his legs open.

   This used to be the mansion of a local big count, and it was built in a very grand style, but its former owner was hanged on the tower long ago, and now it is the temporary mansion of a certain magic star.

  Different from the last time he came, there was an extra sign at the door, which read [There is a vicious dog inside, and idlers are not allowed to enter].

   "When did Lord Lynn start keeping dogs?" Lauder muttered to himself, his mind moving slightly, wondering if he should bring one over next time he came.

  He heard that some of the great nobles in the empire have a hobby of raising vicious dogs, and they are not ordinary dogs, they have some bloodlines of monsters, and they look very majestic.

  However, this idea was extinguished the moment he officially stepped into the manor, because Lauder discovered that the so-called 'vicious dog' on the sign was actually a giant azure beast that was more than two meters tall and five meters long.

The most peculiar thing is that its body is translucent, and there are 'hairs' flowing like flames on the surface. The bricks and stones in contact with the four feet are burned into lava by high temperature, and the terrifying aura it emits makes Lauder swallow. Mouth spit.

   Fortunately, Muto didn't have the slightest interest in a two-legged beast that didn't even have magic power in his body. Seeing that the opponent was not a threat, he lazily closed his eyes.

  Laud wiped the cold sweat off his head, and walked around cautiously. After entering the inner room, he soon heard the noisy discussions inside, one of which was Lynn's voice.

   "What do you think is food, why can it maintain the daily needs of a creature, and how does it grow?"

  (end of this chapter)