Chapter 623: Famine

Anyone who has taken a political class knows that the reason why money used for circulation is valuable is not because it is valuable in itself, but because it is valuable because of "circulation", the transfer of wealth, the sale of commodities is a kind of circulation, and the use of labor to obtain the corresponding means of subsistence is also a kind of circulation.

This law of capital is also common in the plane of Faeron, although the characteristic of "a very large amount of gold can be refined into a very small amount of fine gold" gives gold a high ability to retain its value, but at some special moments when the economy is on the verge of collapse, these shiny little guys will also lose their sought-after status.

And now, the Scott Kingdom is in the midst of one of the most intractable "economic crashes" for the poor.

Of course, Scott's economic crisis was certainly not as complicated as in his punk homeland, where the business environment and professionals in the Middle Ages were able to maintain a large turnover of gold coins, and now, the country's disaster is entirely due to a simple food famine - a terrible famine for three years in a row!

In the plane of Faerun, due to the existence of a large number of uninhabited wasteland and the semi-magical crop "Ququmai", it is very common for a dense population that does not conform to the production conditions of the Middle Ages, but it is precisely because of this dense population situation with a huge gap between the rich and the poor that once a famine occurs, a country's food crisis will explode exponentially.

If a one-year reduction in grain production can barely be supported by stocks, then a two-year reduction in grain production is enough to trigger a small-scale famine, but if this situation evolves to the point that the fields are barren for three consecutive years, and there is almost no harvest, a large-scale famine will immediately break out on a national scale!

At this time, the famine of an imperial kingdom is no different from the famine of a kingdom, the nobles will try their best to raise the price of food, the powerful "big men" and the pot-bellied "big merchants" will hoard food and be ready to run away, and the poor people will face the miserable state of "having money to buy food, and not having money to see a grain of wheat".

Under such circumstances, only a year has passed, the Scott Kingdom has been starving, dead bodies are everywhere, except for the nobles who can sit back and relax with the food they "bought" from the peasants at almost the price of robbery, many remote areas even have a situation of changing children, in less than a year, the population of the entire Scott Kingdom has plummeted by a quarter!

This was a great famine that spread to the entire Scott Kingdom with lightning speed, and except for a few great nobles who seemed to have been prepared for a long time, no one with a little knowledge in the entire Scott Kingdom could understand the reason for the sudden arrival of the famine!

The environment in the Scott hills is still comfortable, the soil in the fields is still fertile, and there is no problem with the seeds of "Ququmai", but ...... Why is it that the production of good grain is suddenly drastically reduced?

This is destined to be a question that many people are puzzled by, but as the famine intensifies, few people will look for the real reason for the reduction in food production, the great nobles and spellcasters all pretend to be deaf and dumb, and the poor people can only pray in despair, and theoretically will never look at the gods here to give Scott a little blessing.

Of course, there are many kind-hearted people who have not let countless lives go by and are still using their own methods to find the cause of the reduced food production...... There is also the end of any means to help the innocent.

And the "Mutual Aid Society" led by Ganatika is obviously a representative team of such "people with lofty ideals", at least Ganatika himself believes that the mission of saving countless poor people is incumbent on him! The indomitable "brave" has always felt that there is some kind of voice representing the mission that inspires him to save the innocent, and at the same time, there is another burning fire of revenge that makes him transfer his anger to those nobles who selfishly hoard food

"My intuition has told me the right path, and if you keep trying, everyone will be saved"!

Believing the voice of his heart almost without hesitation, Ganatika became more determined in his actions.

For saving the innocent, our "brave" has always been resolute and resolute without delay, especially at such an urgent juncture, Ganatika, who usually adheres to the bottom line, has to choose to use a little disgraceful means to "rob the rich and help the poor".

But...... In Ganatika's view, those nobles who inflated the price of grain and hoarded grain were tantamount to murderers who killed countless innocent people, and if the "murderers" could be allowed to return the grain that should have belonged to the good people, the brave who voluntarily carried the blood would not mind violating the principle of "good order".

So, after the last batch of grain in the market was sold out, Ganatika directly led a team of "mutual aid associations" that had long been ready to set off quietly, and under the cover of night, the most elite team owned by this mutual aid association rushed to the outside of a large private estate in "Red Valley City" almost non-stop.

From a certain point of view, when deciding to play a "thief", Ganatika, the "righteous and brave", also has the temperament of a bandit leader.

Ganatika, who decided to "make a big one", vetoed the proposal to infiltrate the warehouse of the minor nobles to "steal" the grain, and the brave brave man directly decided to find a big nobleman's manor, and then use the storage ring to "move" all the grain stored in the manor.

A large amount of grain stored by a large nobleman...... Even if the number is small, it is enough to save tens of thousands of lives.

It just so happens that recently, for some reason, those professionals who belong to the aristocratic camp have begun to shut up one by one, and their correspondence is silent. Although Ganatika instinctively felt that many aristocratic professionals and even the entire Scott Kingdom were now beginning to look more and more strange, but when he thought of the poor poor people who were still hungry............ The "brave" who forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart still decided to grit his teeth and raid the manor.

The current Ganatika has the peak warrior level of the official level, and the excellent talent gives him a natural fighting instinct, in general, the current Ganatika still has the capital to raid a noble manor, anyway, his purpose is just to snatch the food, as long as he does not meet the master-level powerhouse, the fearless "brave" has the confidence to make the plan successful!

"No problem! Just rush in suddenly, no matter how powerful the great nobles are, it is impossible to send a master-level powerhouse to guard a granary, we will leave immediately after taking the grain, there will be no accidents, there will be no accidents............

Suppressing her inexplicable nervousness and comforting herself, Ganatika looked back again at her companion behind her.

This time the brave man can be said to have brought all the powerful professionals of the entire mutual aid association, with such a "strong" lineup, with the concerted efforts of partners, the determined teenager believes that he will succeed!