When he was done, Mobuck asked, "What about this shipment?" Your Majesty, hundreds of tons of grain can't save mankind, what will happen when you eat this batch of food? ”

Luo Qiu smiled: "No, human beings are not short of food, but they are all concentrated in the hands of landlords and merchants, and now they can't buy food because they are hoarding goods, as long as they know that they can't make money by hoarding food." ”

After speaking, Luo Qiu smiled again, and a very dangerous light flashed in his eyes: "Moreover, is it true that I am the king of steel bones and is a vegetarian? When the time comes, I will only need intelligent living people, not nobles who are not diligent in their limbs and do not distinguish between grains and grains." ”

Four days later, a large convoy of horse-drawn wagons carrying baskets covered with felt cloth passed through the gates, no one knew what was inside, but these baskets were customarily used to hold grain.

In recent days, there has been a trend of food shortage in Boulder City, and the big grain merchants are reluctant to sell and restrict sales, causing people to panic, but when it comes to food, it touches the sensitive hearts of civilians, and they have probed their brains to see if it is food.

At this moment, the axle of the carriage suddenly broke, and in the basket, one by one the gray sweet potatoes rolled down. The residents of Boulder City naturally didn't know this sweet potato from the Thorn Wasteland, but when they saw that the color and shape were completely different from the food they knew, they immediately sighed.

The steward of the convoy ran over and shouted, "Ouch, it's broken, it's a waste of food, you idiots, don't pick it up quickly." ”

Food? The onlookers were excited, these things are food?

The men of the convoy packed up their things, and there were still a few broken skins left, and the steward sighed with a regretful face: "What a good grain, it is spoiled like this, and it can't be wasted." ”

As he spoke, the steward tore open the skin of the sweet potato, revealing the golden flesh inside, and took a bite of it, with an intoxicated expression on his face.

Sure enough, it's food, and it can be eaten raw. The onlookers gathered around in an uproar, and their eyes shimmered at the sweet potato in the steward's hand.

The steward was startled, but he was not stingy, and took the sweet potato with the broken skin in his hand casually, and said while dividing: "This kind of food is called sweet potato, it is cultivated by the king of steel bones, only the king of steel bones can save mankind, you see, the food will come soon, this is the food sold by the king of steel bones to the city lord, it is very cheap, the amount is large, and there are hundreds of thousands of catties being transported over." ”

Eating the pink and sweet sweet potato, the hearts of the onlookers quickly stabilized.

In the evening of the same day, the city lord Marfa convened the nobles and merchants in the city and held a new grain tasting meeting, all kinds of food made of sweet potatoes were presented like water, including sweet potato porridge, sweet potato soup, sweet potato cake, roasted sweet potato, fried sweet potato, sweet potato flour, etc., all kinds of dazzling, different flavors.

The people present were all nobles and big businessmen, and there were no good things that they hadn't eaten, plus it was a social occasion, so they didn't come to eat. But despite this, most people actually ate seven or eight points full, and even ate enough.

There are many styles and variety, so there is always one to suit your taste.

Later, Marfa announced that a total of 600,000 catties of sweet potatoes would be sold to civilians at a low price, and everyone could buy them with handprints, with a limit of one catty per person per day.

At the same time, it was announced that the railway from Boulder City to Steel Bone Collar was officially opened, and if anyone needs to go to Steel Bone Collar, they can go directly to Caiyun Village to buy tickets.

The aristocratic merchants of the entire Boulder City have blown up their nests, and Marfa is going to cut off their financial routes.

As Luo Qiu said, it is not that human beings do not have food, but they do not sell it, and the main reason is hoarding.

The grain is a pile of dead things, and the earthquake has only destroyed the granary, but it has not shaken the grain, even if it is buried in the ground, it is just dug up.

Except for the terraced fields, other cultivated land is easy to restore, and there are no large-scale water conservancy projects in this era, so it is not a problem to repair it, so as long as it survives next year, the grain will still be harvested.

Emily's world is completely different from the situation in the human world because she invaded the demonic abyss and recruited too many strong laborers and food.

Hoarding is to make money, in the past, food was extremely rich, because of the druids, the grain production in this world is still very high, and no matter how much grain is grown, it can't be sold at a price.

As soon as the price of grain in a certain place is high, the purchase information of various guilds and chambers of commerce immediately pops up, and after a few days, a large number of vendors will transport grain over to suppress the grain price.

Now there is a rare opportunity, there is a shortage of food in all places, and they can just sit on the ground and raise the price, but Marfa is going to cut off their financial route!?

Each person is limited to buying at a low price, how can their food still rise?

"Your Highness Marfa, there are thousands of people in my family, and it is too troublesome to buy them day by day, so let's buy them for a month first. ”

"Yes, Yes, Your Highness Marfa, I have more than 2,000 people in my family and the village, so let's buy it for a month. ”

"There are more than 6,000 people in our chamber of commerce, and they also need food, if I can, I will buy it for two months first, after all, we have to do business, and it is impossible to come and buy things every day. ”

The nobles and businessmen present said a word, and I said a word, and they actually wanted to wrap up hundreds of thousands of catties of sweet potatoes in Marfa.

These nobles and merchants, one by one, Marfa can ignore them, but if they put pressure together, Marfa can't ignore them, and each of these people has a lot of power in their hands.

However, Marfa smiled slightly: "Everyone is going to buy sweet potatoes?

"Yes, yes, we don't have any food at home. "Everyone said it.

"Raise your hand and let me see. Marfa smiled, and there was a hint of meaning in her smile.

A few clever guys quietly leaned into the corner and didn't raise their hands, but most of them raised their hands excitedly, there are not many opportunities to make money, and there are not many opportunities to pressure a city lord, not to mention such a beautiful female city lord.

Marfa turned around and said to the curtain behind him: "Your Majesty, the King of Steel Bones, these people have no surplus food in their homes, Marfa begs you to sell sweet potatoes to them at a low price." ”

The curtain slowly opened, and on the high throne sat a skeleton wearing a pitch-black soul armor, revealing a golden head.

Of course, this skeleton is not Luo Qiu, but Teddy, Luo Qiu's head has turned purple and gold, which does not fit the public's impression of the King of Steel Bones, so let Teddy pretend to be it.

Teddy sat on the chair according to Luo Qiu's teachings, and said in a majestic voice: "Accurate, you don't have food at home, it's too pitiful, I remember you, sweet potatoes can be sold to you, if any of you still have food at home, it is to deceive me, you people, no one is lying to me, right?"

Teddy's gaze swept by, and the nobles and merchants were silent, oh my God, they were fooled, the hoarded grain could not be taken out and sold, and if they were sold, they would be bullied.

I wish you all a happy new year, all the best, all wishes, good health, and happy singleness.