"Next hand, it should be here!"

On the huge map, a chess piece fell again, and at this moment, Luo Ji was grabbing the entire battle situation into his hands little by little.

Then, the season quietly enters winter......

This winter, for many of Robert Smith's people, was basically a nightmare.

This autumn's harvest has been so poor that food prices have fallen at all.

The Imperial military was requisitioning food on a large scale, and at the same time, the big merchants and some wealthy families who realized the sense of crisis also began to buy food on a large scale in order to avoid the possible famine that would break out next.

However, the irony is that their actions greatly contributed to the outbreak of famine.

Grain was procured in large quantities within the empire, resulting in less and less food on the market.

In the second month after the onset of winter, the grain shops in the cities simply closed their doors.

Civilians, who had nowhere to buy food and no money to buy it, became the first victims of the famine.

By the time Robert Smith returned to his empire as fast as he could, the situation couldn't have been worse.

The northern border has been lost, and famines have begun to break out in cities large and small within the empire.

Some of the hungry refugees, faced with the threat of death, even turned into thugs, attacked food stores, and even rushed into other people's homes to steal food.

In just two months since the beginning of winter, there have been no less than 50 similar incidents.

Looking at the report in front of him, Robert Smith's face was so gloomy that he almost dripped.

He could not blame his ministers for buying grain on a large scale, as it was an important material to ensure the combat strength of their imperial army.

In times of war, the army is short of food? That is not far from defeat.

So at that time, even if someone else was in the empire, I am afraid that they would have made the same decision.

And what he didn't expect was something much earlier.

Robert Smith had no idea that the cold snap from the northern realm of the Ten Thousand Worlds Civilization would have such a huge impact on the farming of their empire.

In the first year of the all-out war, no one paid attention to the change in the harvest of this crop.

After all, crops, according to the climate and environment, there are a few years of good harvest and a few years of poor harvest, which is a common thing.

But at that time, no one thought that the root cause of the poor harvest came from the bitter cold.

In the past few years, that cold snap can be said to have spread towards them little by little, and the impact on their empire is naturally getting bigger and bigger.

It is precisely because of this that the harvest gets worse every year.

Some crops, the yield has declined, which is good, and there are many other crops that simply freeze to death......

In comparison, Raymond Sosi's orc civilization is much better than Robert Smith's civilization.

The fundamental reason is that the orcs themselves are not good at farming.

But Raymond Sosi is a player after all, and no matter how bad he is, he can toss some crops.

Therefore, when choosing crops, Raymond Sosi often chooses crops that are easy to grow, extremely high-yielding, and tenacious, even in harsh environments.

This practice has led to a very single crop variety in the orc civilization, but it has also successfully fed this group of non-picky eaters.

Under this premise, the impact of the climate of the bitter cold land on the crops of the orc civilization is almost negligible at present, and the special circumstances of their own civilization have allowed them to escape the catastrophe by mistake.

At this moment, Robert Smith's entire empire is shrouded in a lingering haze, and the outbreak of famine almost brought a series of troubles to follow.

Recently, a large number of people who have suffered from hunger and cold have begun to protest and march on the streets!

On street corners, alleys, and next to garbage heaps, the bodies of refugees can often be found.

Within the Empire, the whole situation was in turmoil.

Paralyzed on his throne, Robert Smith never thought that he would fall into such a vicious circle if he was not careful!

The bigger the civilization, the more dangerous it is, and one wrong step may lead to a total collapse.

At this rate, he wondered how many refugees his empire would have to starve to death this winter.

In the current situation, if he wants to stabilize the situation, then the best way is to open a warehouse and release grain to help the refugees.

However, this food is also important to his imperial army!

How much food will be needed to survive this winter?

In this way, after the winter passes, will the army of his empire still have food to fight?

He exhaled a long breath heavily, and the irritability in his heart made Robert Smith's face extremely pale.

Then, as if he had made up his mind, he slammed the table with his fist, and then reported several names to the soldiers beside him.

Every name is a well-known businessman in his empire, before the famine broke out completely, the price of food and prices skyrocketed, and these guys are definitely driving up prices.

At the same time, Robert Smith was even more convinced that these guys must have a staggering amount of food in their hands.

It's just that in the past, these big businessmen have always driven the economy and trade of his empire, and at the same time, the amount of taxes paid every year has also satisfied him, so Robert Smith has always turned a blind eye to them.

And now, the situation is special, and if you want to get through this difficulty, you must 'borrow' enough food from them, and I hope these guys will get acquainted.

After the soldiers left, it didn't take long for them to run back again.

This situation made Robert Smith frown.

"What's wrong?"

"Report to the Emperor, the people you want to invite, they have already come."

Hearing this, Robert Smith was stunned for a moment, and then his brows quickly furrowed.

These businessmen are also cunning and cunning, knowing that after he comes back, in the face of this situation, they will definitely be knifed, so without waiting for him to call someone, he took the initiative to send them to the door.

In the face of this self-awareness, it made him a little difficult to be ruthless.

directly ordered someone to prepare a rich dinner, and then shook the red wine glass in his hand and accepted the food offered by several big businessmen.

At the same time, he obviously had to say something.

These big businessmen are already rich enough, so Robert Smith naturally knows very well what they want.

According to the amount of grain contributed, he gave these great merchants the titles of 'knight' and 'baron'.

For businessmen who have made enough money, what they want now is fame and status, and in the empire, the title of nobility is the best synonym for fame and status!

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