London, the capital of the United Kingdom.

Since William II's return to London, he has been entangled in a complicated political affair. The food and riots reported from all over the world were almost endless, and the paperwork and soldiers who sent messages filled almost the entire palace, which made Wilhelm II exhausted and mentally stressed.

A provisional covenant agreement had recently been concluded with the French and the Holy Roman Empire. On the condition that foreign soldiers be allowed to enter Wales through Guò England and attack the royal city of Prun and the annexed seaport city of Pandora, they exchanged food from France and the Holy Roman Empire to alleviate the food shortage within the country.

"Your Majesty, this is the latest report from Yorkshire."

England's Secretary of State for Finance, Kroll, submits the report.

Wilhelm II took it and looked at it, and his eyes immediately widened! His face turned pale.

In a fit of rage, Wilhelm II only heard a "bang" and smashed the wine glass on the ground with his hand, and as if he had not yet relieved his hatred, Wilhelm II roared and overturned the table in front of him.

The ground was sprinkled with texts, and Wilhelm II stood on this messy ground, with green tendons on his head.

"Again...... It's the businessmen who came out of nowhere! Bought all our food at triple market price! And what is even more hateful is the group of nobles, who actually sold all the stored food for the sake of money and the safety of the country!! ”

Wilhelm II roared angrily, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the side was also full of sadness.

Since three months ago, a group of mysterious merchants have appeared in the territory of Yorkshire, the largest producer of food in all of England. No one knew where they came from or what caravans they were from. It is known that they are the only ones who travel between all the territories and cities of Yorkshire on weekdays, and who are generous in their dealings, often buying large quantities of grain at prices several times higher than the market.

At first, some nobles would not dare to sell casually due to the strict orders of the royal family, but as these people gradually increased their bargaining chips, driven by monetary interests, these nobles gradually began to fall. Moreover, this group of merchants was very good at grasping people's hearts, bribery, gifts, and even threats can be said to be everything, using all the methods to pull all the nobles onto their warships and force them to sell grain to themselves.

To deal with those who eat soft and not hard, use money to stone them to death, to deal with those who eat hard and not soft, to start with the people around them, to deal with those who are extremely loyal, to hire murderers, to deal with those who are insatiable, to bribe a lot of money, and then the matter is over, and then the matter is over, assassination, and then get back the property.

These people act accurately, effectively, and have a strong sense of purpose. And they do everything without leakage, from the noble knights to the guards of the gate, they are almost pervasive, useless, and exhaust all means to achieve their goals.

So thanks to the efforts of these people, a large number of Yorkshire nobles have fallen, and even the orders of the royal family cannot stop their thirst for money. In addition to selling large quantities of grain to these mysterious merchants, the nobles even helped them transport the grain out of the city, and the soldiers who guarded the city gates had already been bought in large numbers.

When night fell, teams of English soldiers would escort convoys of grain out of the city. The grain would be transported all the way to a small town thirty miles outside Yorkshire, and then handed over to the "merchants" who had been waiting there for a long time.

At first, the nobles did not dare to mess too much because of the royal orders, but later they sold grain almost unscrupulously, and the price increased every time. However, the merchants didn't seem to care about this at all, and almost took as much as they wanted, and they didn't care how much it cost at all.

Although the nobles of Yorkshire were worried that something would happen to their food, as soon as they saw those golden coins, their troubles were immediately thrown out of the Nine Heavens. Mentally thinking that there is so much money to go there anyway, and you can't buy food? With this naïve idea, large quantities of grain were sold privately by the Yorkshire aristocracy.

What these nobles did not know, however, was that these merchants were not only buying grain in Yorkshire, but almost all the places in England where grain was produced.

The concentration of grain from the collective to the individual has caused a large-scale shortage of grain in the market, which has also caused the price of grain to soar all the way to shocking prices. From three months ago to now, the price of grain has increased thirtyfold on the original basis, and no one can afford to buy this price, let alone buy, even if it is sold!

Food is still an essential thing in life, and if you don't buy it or are self-sufficient, you will immediately face the threat of death. As a result, the already severe famine among the civilian population became even worse, a large number of people were displaced, and even villages starved to death.

While Wilhelm II was still agonizing over where these merchants had come from, he had no idea that England was facing an unprecedented "invisible war" under the control of someone with a heart.

And this time it's not just the civilians who are unlucky.

Three months later, the Yorkshire aristocratic families had eaten up all their food stocks, and they had no choice but to send people around to loot the high-priced grain in the market. But those Pullen ...... Well, the mysterious merchants had no intention of selling the grain again after buying it away, and they put all the grain in the granary and sealed it.

This also led the aristocratic servants to each hold a money bag full of gold coins, but they looked blankly at the once bustling commercial street, but now not even a single shop has opened. Even the taverns where they used to have fun are now closed due to lack of food.

When the nobles realized that something was wrong, they reacted immediately, and all the grain and grain merchants were gathered together to forbid them to sell grain again, and the mysterious merchants were immediately hunted down!

But by this time the group of merchants had already slipped away, and no one knew that they would go there in a place as large as the British Isles.

The nobles searched the city for food in a fit of rage, but the grain had already been sold out by their greed, and they did not find much food for three days and three nights. Hungry and angry, the nobles began to reach out to the commoners.

Soon, Yorkshire, which was originally England's largest grain producer, had fallen into hell on earth, and countless lords' soldiers fought here for a few bags of grain, and the civilians were trampled on with almost no dignity at all, and their hard-earned rations were also snatched away by the soldiers.

When William II received a report on the recent state of affairs in Yorkshire, it was no wonder that he went on the spot, and his face was full of rage.

Originally, England's last and largest grain base was blown up from behind, and it was also used in this non-war time, purely in the form of malicious business warfare, which made William II, who had never experienced this mode of war, and the nobles of England a big heel.

Kroll ...... How much food do we have. After Wilhelm II had calmed down, he asked after pulling up his chair again and walking down. Wilhelm II's face was still somewhat ugly at this time, but on the whole it was much better than just now.

"There is no need to worry about the food in the city for the time being, and the fields near the city will soon have a harvest, which will relieve a lot of pressure. In addition, the food of the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of France will soon arrive, and the food crisis in some surrounding cities will be solved. Kroll was still very qualified as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he quickly simplified the calculated numbers to Wilhelm II.

Wilhelm II nodded, a blush appearing on his somewhat pale face.