"Theseus has stopped trading with us, has he?" William asked.

"Yes, Lord Baron, he said that no trade would be possible until the end of winter!" Old John replied.

William knocked on the wooden table, pondered, and said, "How is the situation in the village?" ”

Old John knew what William was talking about!

"It's not going well!" Old John said in a heavy tone, "The Dikas Collar has not received any money now, and the expenses are all supported by your treasury, plus the purchase of materials, there is not much left of your property!" ”

"How many are left?" William asked.

"There are about three hundred Pis gold coins left." Old John took out a stack of parchment from his bosom and looked at it carefully before replying.

"More than 300 pis in gold." William pursed his lips, he brought out a thousand gold pith coins from the city of Patras, and in three months, there were only more than three hundred left, which was really a lot of money.

He thought for a moment and then asked, "What about the grain?" “

Old John's face became sad again, and he said, "Worse! ”

"Worse? Let's talk about it. "Since ancient times, people have taken food as their sky, and this food problem is a big problem.

If you can't get your salary, the villagers may nag a few words, but they can't eat, which is forcing people to rebel!

So William attaches great importance to it.

"Originally, the food was sufficient, but Lord Baron, you have captured thousands of people, and you have given them enough food, so there is a problem of insufficient food stocks now."

"Originally, I wanted to buy it from Theseus, but he said that Patras City can't buy it anymore!"

Old John replied with a sad face.

"Humph! Can't buy it or don't want to sell it? William sneered, and he could see the trickiness at a glance.

But he had no way to investigate, he thought for a while, and said, "Old John, don't be like this, the problem can always be solved!" ”

"Don't look at them eating a lot, but they do a lot of work! You see, if it weren't for them, we wouldn't have been able to build such a high wall in such a short time! With such a high wall, even if the lizardmen attacked, they would have nowhere to start. We'll be safe! William puffed out.

Old John's face also became frowning when he heard this.

The establishment of this wall really gave the villagers a lot of encouragement!

In the past, the villagers still had confusion and fear for the future, but now, their faces are full of confidence in life.

It can be said that this is a wall built in the hearts of the villagers!

Old John was happy for a long time, and when he thought of the cruel reality, his face turned sad again, "But, Lord Baron, if we continue to consume at this rate, the food in our hands can only last for half a month at most." ”

William's grain refers to the forty percent of the grain he levied from his people, as well as the grain forcibly purchased from the large families who left Adams, and does not include the own grain of other villagers.

The 1,000th slave, although he didn't have to be paid, still had to be fed.

Because William made them do manual work, WilliamWilliam was not as stingy as other slave owners when it came to eating.

It's okay to eat well, but there's nothing wrong with being full.

More than 1,000 people, plus the 120th escort team members who packed food, so many people, the sum of the food consumed every day is not a small amount.

"Even if we buy food from other villagers, we will only be able to support it for another month at most. Baron, winter is three months long! What's more, after winter, it is also necessary to wait for a long time to wait for the harvest season. ”

Hearing old John say this, he understood that he was in a financial crisis and a food crisis.

The fiscal crisis is easy to say, but the food crisis is very serious.

At this time, he was cut off from the source of the transaction.

There are fewer and fewer wild things in the forest, and many are hiding to hibernate and wait for the spring flowers to bloom.

For a while, William really couldn't think of any good way, and fell into deep thought.

Old John saw William's appearance beside him, and he was anxious, and suggested, "Lord Baron, why don't we control the consumption of food." The convoy members can't eat so well, it's better to ......"

"No way!" William flatly refused, the army is the foundation of power, and nothing can be deducted from the army!

Think about the fate of the Ming Dynasty in William's previous life, how refreshing the blood of the military leaders was, as a result, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army was low, and it was not as good as the family!

The lizardmen are coming, and William doesn't want to end up with Chongzhen!

Old John also felt that he had said the wrong thing, smiled awkwardly, and then said, "Then Lord Baron, if you don't reduce the food of those slaves, or let Old John say that you don't need to give them so good food at all, and you can eat black bread, and just give them batter mixed with water, plus some bark and sawdust, and some weeds." Three meals a day instead of one and a half meals a day, they can starve to death! ”

Old John was scheming.

I have to say that John Sr. is talking about a good way to throttle.

But as a last resort, William did not want to implement it.

He pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Let me think about it, old John, you can go out and do things first." Oversee that wall, its quality can be a matter of life and death! ”

"Yes! Lord Baron! Old John left.

In the earthen house, only William was left meditating and thinking about countermeasures.

After thinking about it for a long time, William couldn't think of a good way in reality.

He sighed helplessly, and with a thought, the Kalachakra hourglass, which radiated a bright soft light, appeared in front of him again out of thin air.

It took three months to recharge the hourglass once.

Some time ago, the Kalachakra hourglass had already been charged, but William had been hesitant to use it!

Because William was worried that the intestines of the world that passed through the Kalachakra hourglass would still appear in the palace of Snow White's stepmother, this would be a self-defeating net!

However, William had no choice now.

Can only be pinned on this magical treasure.

"Wouldn't it be nice if you could take me to a world where I could solve my current financial and food crises!" William stroked the Kalachakra hourglass and muttered.

The light of the Kalachakra hourglass spread out, enveloping William, and the space in front of him was silently torn apart, revealing a dark passage with a terrifying aura.

William lifted his feet and walked in without hesitation.

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Suddenly, his gaze changed, and William appeared in a gloomy forest, with only a faint moonlight falling.

The Overworld is still daytime, and when you come to this world in a blink of an eye, it's night.

It's amazing between the worlds. William sighed.

But to his delight, this was certainly not the queen's territory.

He did not continue to appear in the world of Snow White.

But what confuses him is, where is he now?

As soon as his heart moved, he shouted in his mouth, "Magic mirror, see where I am now?" ”

"Master, master, do you spend energy on a wide range of probes?" The Magic Mirror asked, as usual.

The Magic Mirror is now also the master of the wealth, and the encirclement and suppression of the wild people have allowed the Magic Mirror to enter hundreds of young souls, and the maintenance time has been increased to two months.

That's why it asked.

But William was accustomed to being thrifty, and he was in the new world, so he didn't dare to be so extravagant and wasteful, so he hesitated for a moment and replied, "Just probe the environment within the distance from the village of Nisse to the city of Patras, and see where this is?" Is it still in the Kingdom of Florence? ”

"Yes, master." The magic mirror in William's arms flashed and began to explore this new world.

Soon, the magic mirror was detected, and William's question was answered, "Master, master, we are not in the territory of the Kingdom of Florence right now. Based on the analysis of the environment and language within the detection range, we are now in the Tatarian Confederacy to the south of the Kingdom of Florence, separated by several kingdoms and principalities. The Tatarria League was an autonomous alliance formed by the union of several city-states, and the Nagiriya language was prevalent within the union. ”

The queen had used it to probe the entire world before, so the mirror spirits knew all this information, so that they could draw conclusions through simple comparisons.

"In other words, I'm still in the world of Snow White, but not in the kingdom of Florence, where the queen is." William frowned, "But what other treasures in Snow White can make my Dicass Collar an existential crisis?" ”

For a while, William's mind was full of thoughts, and he couldn't figure it out.

In the dark night, a wolf howl sounded in the forest, waking William up.

As soon as his mind moved, he made up his mind, "Forget it, take one step and then one step, and see what opportunities there are in this world?" Magic Mirror, is there a place near inhabitation? ”

"Master, there are two!" The magic mirror replied, this information has already been detected just now, so there is no need to waste energy to re-probe, "One place goes to the north, with the master's footsteps, you can see a manor in two hours and forty-five minutes!" ”

The concepts of minutes were taught to the Magic Mirror by William, otherwise every time the time is estimated, the Magic Mirror always uses the time when the candle burns to estimate, and William is also very desperate!

"The other one is in this forest, go south, walk for fifteen minutes, and you can see a house!"

"Still a house in the forest? Is it a hunter? ”

One for more than two hours, one for fifteen minutes, William didn't have to think about it, and made a decision.

At this time, the magic mirror said again, "Master, master, the current energy can last for a month and thirteen days. ”

"So much consumption?" William was a little surprised, it could last for more than two months, and the energy that had been missing for a month was suddenly gone, and he paused for a moment, and then he nodded expressionlessly and said, "I know!" ”

The Magic Mirror fell silent, and William clenched the cross sword in his hand and silently walked towards the house.

On the road, what made William feel strange was that on the right side of the road, there were peas, and on the left side of the road, there were broad beans.

In the middle of the road, there was a gray trail, as if guiding him forward.

William couldn't help but feel a strong curiosity in his heart.