Chapter 1387, Food Crisis

The influx of a large number of armored war elephants has brought about a change in the whole situation.

For some orc soldiers of relatively normal size, the threat of war elephants is still not small.

However, the orc army is not vegetarian, especially in the number of large class units, they really haven't been afraid of anyone!

Looking at the armored war elephants rushing all the way into the main battlefield, the elephant artillerymen on the side of the orc army also turned to melee combat at this moment and began to cut into the battlefield.

The battle spread out by hundreds of elephant men was terrifying, and the sense of oppression that emanated instantly swept the audience, and it was easy to completely suppress the opposite side in the competition of large military units.

There is no doubt that Raymond Sosi's orc army is definitely stronger than the big cannibal player on the opposite side in terms of offensive power.

If there is only such a big cannibal player on the other side, then he is estimated to be able to fight back in minutes.

However, the current situation, what made him feel very annoyed was that further north of this battlefield, there was a Great Qin person.

At the same time, the armies of Franc and Fuso were gradually approaching this battlefield, so that he did not dare to leave his territory with his troops.

The number of people is inferior, which causes Raymond Sosi to play very passively many times.

When the forces are concentrated on one side, the other three sides can only frantically lay mines to intercept the armies of other players.

Fortunately, the other foreign players did not have the means to effectively break the mines, and they managed to intercept their attack, and in the face of such a dense minefield, it may take a long time to clear it.

Now turn to Robert Smith's side.

The situation on his side is similar, as the defender, they have advantages, such as the transportation of troops and supplies, which will be much faster than the attacker.

Compared with the attacker's army, which needs to travel long distances and takes a long time for every troop movement, the defender's advantage lies in the high efficiency of its own territory.

However, Robert Smith couldn't be more optimistic about the current situation.

"Emperor, now in the empire, we can harvest all the grain, but under this situation, at most until June this year, I am afraid that a famine will break out within the empire......"

At this point, the official standing below couldn't help but look bitter, and then spoke again......

"And this time, I'm afraid the scale is not small, I'm afraid that before the autumn harvest, millions of people will starve to death."

Hearing this, Robert Smith's facial muscles couldn't help but twitch hard.

The empire, which was originally not optimistic about grain production, has been affected by the war in the past two years, so that food production is decreasing year by year.

At the same time, he recruited a large number of young and middle-aged people to join the army, which caused the productivity of some industries within his empire to decline.

This terrible situation forced Robert Smith to control all the food in the territory into his own hands.

This was done in order to provide a stable food supply for one's own army on the one hand, and to control the famine on the other.

Don't think it's strange that if the people are allowed to buy their own food, then taking into account various factors, some people may be able to buy a lot, while others will not even be able to buy it.

This situation is undoubtedly detrimental to the internal stability of the empire.

Therefore, in this situation, Robert Smith also made a ruthless move, directly collected all the grain that could be harvested, and then distributed it uniformly by their empire every week, so that everyone could have a bowl of water evenly, so as to ensure that every people could get a bite to eat to the greatest extent.

And there will not be that kind of 'hold to death, starve to death' situation.

I have to say that although Robert Smith's method is troublesome, according to the current situation, he really has no choice.

However, even in this state, according to the detailed calculations of several departments under his command, this year's grain is still insufficient, and under this situation, I am afraid that there are a large number of people among them who will not be able to survive this year's autumn harvest.

"How, how much?"

When asked this, Robert Smith's tone can be said to be extremely difficult.

In this regard, the minister below has obviously confirmed the result a long time ago, so when facing this question, I only listened to him speak slowly......

"Returning to the Emperor, in order to maintain the minimum amount of food that every ordinary person eats every day, if we want to survive until the autumn harvest, we need at least about 500,000 tons of grain."

The heavy number struck him hard in the heart, and Robert Smith's mouth opened a few times, but in the end he couldn't say a word.

Need at least half a million tons of food? Not to mention 500,000 tons, according to the current situation of the empire, he can't even squeeze out 10,000 tons of grain.

After a long silence, his slightly hoarse voice slowly sounded.

"You stand down first."

"Yes, Weichen retired."

The minister hurried away from the palace, and outside, his own car was already waiting there.

As soon as the driver saw him come out, he hurriedly got out of the car and reached out to take the briefcase in the minister's hand.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the minister's hand suddenly moved.

"You are?"

"Sir, my name is Kevin, and I'm Hank's cousin, and my cousin is sick today, so I'll drive for him for the time being."

"Kevin ......"

He whispered the name in his mouth, and the minister did have a little impression of this name, and his driver, Hank, seemed to have a cousin named Kevin.

However, in the end, the minister did not give Kevin the briefcase in his hand.

After getting into the car, the sedan started slowly and drove methodically towards the minister's residence.

Along the way, it can be said that there is nothing to do.

Returning to the mansion, looking at the old butler who came out to greet him, the minister asked casually as he walked towards the house......

"Hank, is he sick today?"

"Yes, sir, Hank had a high fever last night, so I asked his cousin Kevin to drive for him temporarily."

"Yes."

The minister, who had received a definite answer, nodded casually, quickly put the little episode behind him, and then walked all the way to his study, and motioned for the old butler to make him a pot of coffee and bring it in.

Next, he was obviously busy.

At the same time, on the other side, Kevin, who parked the car unhurriedly, had a meaningful smile on his face, of course, this vague smile quickly disappeared the moment he got out of the car, and he regained his honest and honest appearance in an instant......

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