Hearing this, Leoper, who rarely speaks at military meetings, suddenly spoke: "Rowling has also had frequent disasters in recent years, although it is not as violent as Arthur's Kingdom, but agricultural production has been somewhat affected. ”

"Now it's more than self-sufficient, and it's really powerless to export. ”

"Besides, Queen Rosa is on a northern expedition, and she consumes more grain and grass than us, so she only buys less than 200,000 tons of grain. ”

"This is also the result of Queen Rosa's order that the major chambers of commerce must not hoard food, otherwise it will only be less. ”

When Renard heard this, his brow furrowed even tighter.

200,000 tons of grain sounds like a lot, but in fact, it is only enough for 40 days of consumption in Gannan Province.

He looked up at Heidi and asked, "How much food do we have?"

Hearing this, Heidi flipped through the accounts and said dejectedly: "There is not a lot of grain stored in various places, it is only enough for the daily consumption of local residents, and it is not excluded that some people have hoarded food." ”

"But even in the best case scenario, the current grain can only barely make us last until the autumn harvest, and it is unlikely that you want to toss. ”

With one last hope, Renard set his sights on Julia and Ariel.

The two of them were tasked with purchasing grain from the Duchy of Patrick and the Duchy of Fitley, which were the main source of grain imports from Gannan Province.

If something goes wrong here, then the plan to attack Amboa Mountain is really going to be in vain.

Fortunately, the two daughters did not disappoint Lei Ye, Julia pulled her sideburns and showed a confident smile: "The Duchy of Patrick and the Duchy of Fitelli have had a good weather in recent years, and they have not been harmed by the demonic plague, and the grain has been harvested every year. ”

When Renard heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his brows gradually relaxed.

However, the other party's next words made him nervous: "Because of this, many countries that have been poisoned by the evil disaster have begun to buy large quantities of grain from the two countries, and now the price of food there has begun to rise, which is more than twice as much as before. ”

With a gloomy look on his brows, Renard said, "No matter how much they ask, buy them all for me." ”

Seeing this, Julia shook her head and chuckled, "Don't worry, Lord Governor. ”

"Except for us, Pa

The dozens of large grain merchants in the Principality of Trik and the Principality of Fitli had never traded grain with other forces at all. ”

"Even if they wanted to, I'm afraid they wouldn't have the guts. ”

Renard looked curious when he heard this, and asked, "Why?"

Julia smiled: "The reason is very simple, two years ago, I signed a ten-year-long grain purchase agreement with the two of them in the name of your governor of Nanhuang County. ”

"The agreement is clearly written that we will trade grain with them at market prices, and only when we have insufficient purchasing power can they sell grain to other people, otherwise it will be regarded as a breach of contract and we will need to pay a lot of liquidated damages. ”

"This agreement was made under the joint mediation and supervision of the Archduke Patrick and the Archduke Fitley, and the grain merchants of the two countries did not dare to disobey the will of the two Archdukes. ”

Renard's face was clear, and a little admiration suddenly rose in his heart, this woman's overall view is no less than Heidi's.

However, he was still a little puzzled: "Why did Archduke Patrick and Archduke Fitley support us in doing this? I mean they are obviously helping outsiders bully their own family, right?"

If you are Lei Ye himself, it doesn't matter if he has any agreement or not, whoever pays more money will sell it to whomever he wants.

Fortunately, there are not many unruly people like him in this world, otherwise it would be a complete mess.

Julia continued to patiently explain, "Because we have what they need. ”

Renard thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "You mean weapons?"

Julia nodded undeniably: "The most important thing is muskets and artillery, the Duchy of Patrick and the Duchy of Fitley are both island countries, often harassed by pirates, although they have many warships, but firearms are very scarce." ”

"They buy a lot of firearms, bullets, shells every year, and the firearms we sell are much cheaper and of better quality than other places, so we came to an agreement so easily. ”

Renard knew that she had put a lot of effort into making it happen, even though she had said it simply.

He couldn't help but ask, "I'm afraid it's not just that, right? What else do they want?"

Julia raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and admitted: "That's right, the two principalities need weapons and equipment in addition to that

In addition, we also need to import cotton and linen and other daily necessities from us. ”

Then she added: "Of course, none of this is the point, what they need most is our navy's escort." ”

Need our escort?

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, the two principalities made their fortunes with their navy, how could they need their navy help?

Seeing that everyone was a little puzzled, Julia explained: "After the catastrophe came, many people who could not survive ran to the sea to make a living, and piracy became rampant, and the two principalities were no longer able to maintain the safety and stability of the sea routes. ”

"As an island nation, they know better than anyone what it means to be unable to trade with the outside world, so our power is vital to them. ”

Duke Edmund had a strange look on his face: "It seems that we only have about thirty warships, and it is difficult to rely on these warships to protect our territorial waters, how can we help them?"

Julia smiled narrowly, and was about to speak, but was preempted by Ariel: "It's very simple! How did the navy fool His Majesty the King in the first place?"

The crowd looked at each other and then applauded and laughed.

Renard clapped his hands and praised sincerely: "It's really hard for you." ”

He suddenly felt that these behind-the-scenes workers who silently contributed to the development of Gannan Province were the most admirable.

Of course, admiration is admiration, but things still have to be clarified first, and he asked: "When will the food we need arrive? How much is there?"

Seeing his serious face, Ariel immediately put away her pretentious thoughts, and said truthfully: "The total amount of grain is 800,000 tons, the first batch of grain will arrive within ten days, a total of 100,000 tons, and the remaining 700,000 tons of grain will be delivered in two months." ”

Renard lowered his head and pondered, so much food was enough for him to fight a perfect battle of annihilation.

After the end of the war, just in time for the autumn harvest, there is no need to worry about the food problem for the time being.

Thinking of this, he slapped the table abruptly and ordered: "All departments should replenish the troops as soon as possible, and hurry up the time to reorganize the army for war, and I will give you twenty days to rejuvenate the army." ”

"Twenty days later, we gathered all our strength and sent our troops to Amboa Mountain to completely eradicate the cancer of demons. ”