This year's winter came quickly, and the cold snap swept across the continent in late October, causing varying degrees of reduction in crop production in various countries, especially the four countries that had just ended the First World War, which were caught off guard by the sudden frost and greatly reduced grain production.

The aftermath of the war did not stop there, and the countries that suffered heavy losses did not dampen their ambitions. The location of the city of Drehem is far from the Nord kingdom itself, so the Nords have to send a large number of soldiers to garrison there, resulting in a tight position on the border between the Eastern Front and the Vigia Kingdom, and they will no longer be able to take the initiative to send troops for at least half a year.

The Nords originally preferred the city of Suno, which was further west, and the hatred value of Drehem City was too great, and if the three countries on the east side of the continent wanted to attack the Swadia Kingdom, they would definitely not let this city go.

Just as the Nord Kingdom feared, the Kingdom of Vegia and the Kingdom of Kugit were already on the verge of madness. As the first two countries to provoke the melee, not only did the gains far fall short of the losses, but they were also cut off by the Nords.

If the Kingdom of Vigia wants to expand further, it can only hope that the Nords will attack, but the Nords are quite capable of defending the city, and it is not easy to break through the solid defense line at this juncture. As for the march to Kugit, the Vigias have not gone mad.

Compared to the sanity of the Vigias, the Kugit has completely become a mad dog. The Sultan of Saiga, who had suffered heavy losses, actually emptied his domestic defenses, and despite the harsh winter weather, sent a large number of legions to roam around, with a posture of being angry and biting people when he saw them. But this is also a helpless thing, once upon a time only they were the only ones who bullied people, and he wanted to suffer a big loss before the winter.

The reduction in grain production has brought the Kujit people's grain reserves close to the danger line, and the small amount of output on the small plains cannot meet the domestic demand for food. It was possible to obtain a large amount of food in the trade of Drehem, but the Nords imposed martial law there. The merchants of the Swadia Kingdom, a large grain-producing country, did not want to wade through mountains and rivers, so they sold their grain to the relatively close Nord Kingdom and the Rhodok Kingdom, because the grain production was reduced this winter, and both countries offered extremely favorable conditions, who would want to risk continuing to transport grain to the east.

Virgiya was too busy to take care of himself, and the relations with Salander were broken, and the Kugit could not get food from the two countries, and could only obtain a small harvest by attacking the caravans, so that there were fewer caravans that dared to transport grain to the Kugit.

The kingdom of Rhodok is backed by mountains, the kingdom of Nord is dependent on water, the two countries are surrounded by mountains and rivers, grain production has always been very stable, and there are also certain reserves of grain to survive this period, and Salander, which is the most difficult to produce grain, ushered in an unprecedented bumper harvest.

The early onset of winter had minimal impact on Salander's hot climate, the absence of any fighting allowed the country to have an abundant labor force, the autumn harvest was secured, and most importantly, some small natural temples had been built.

In order to ensure this year's grain production, Hu Bin traveled all over the country's major territories during this period and performed no less than ten large-scale magic techniques, so that the planting industry in the whole territory of Salander was guaranteed, which greatly stabilized the influence of the Nature God Cult in Salander, and gained praise and support from all strata.

What made Hu Bin excited was that while he made these efforts, he not only received the blessing of the goddess, but also gained a lot of prestige and favorability of the aristocracy, and the effect of the essence of divine power was obvious, and even his reputation spread to other countries, as a top luxury, and was respected by the nobles, especially the noble ladies. If it weren't for the fact that Hu Bin himself didn't have the kung fu to specialize in production, Hu Bin would have tried to develop the commercial value of this aspect. The only remaining batch of divine power essence was also taken off by Hu Bin and exchanged for funds for the construction of the temple, if the goddess knew that she was using the divine power in the moon shadow stone she gave her for personal gain, the consequences would be very serious.

Most of the available divine power was consumed by performing divine magic, and the remaining divine power was made into divine power essence by Hu Bin, so the quantity was not much, far from meeting the needs of the nobles, so it was hyped up to a sky-high price, and even some families kept these things as collections, which made Hu Bin cry and laugh.

Winter weather conditions necessitated the construction of the outer walls of the city of Muradin, but the construction of the temples in the city could continue. Previously, Hu Bin had prayed to the goddess of all things to send down a magic spell to make the clearing covered with seeds grow with plants and soften the surrounding soil. In doing so, Hu Bin not only made the construction of the foundation much easier, but also harvested a batch of melon and fruit crops, gave benefits to the citizens and laborers in the city, and gained some prestige.

The temple is expected to be completed in mid-December, and although the weather does not affect the pace of construction, the construction materials will still need to be transported by caravans, and the construction of the city wall is estimated to be in February next year.

The early arrival of winter has made many people have not had time to scrape together enough supplies for the winter, and have to reluctantly reduce their troops, but the current indigenous rulers of various countries are in urgent need of army replenishment, so the numberers who have these plans do not have much loss.

But the group of numberers who suffered heavy losses in the war had a hard time, and it really turned out to be the conjecture of some people, and a group of numberers deliberately let the enemy lord take prisoner without regard for face, trying to spend the winter in the warmth and comfort of the castle prison. Hu Bin met several such Swadia numberers, and the territory of the Swadia Kingdom was further reduced, although the caravans transporting grain and building materials made the caravans appear slightly larger this winter, but there were no troops, and even the caravans would not choose them to hire. The numbered person who had spent time in the prison of Mercenary City had a crooked idea, that is, to attack Mercenary City directly, and as a result, he was unexpectedly sent to the city and imprisoned.

When Hu Bin came here to manage government affairs, he heard the housekeeper talk about these numberers, and it was not a big deal to let them stay here for a while, but Hu Bin suddenly had an idea. It's a pity that these captives eat white rice, and it's better to send them to repair the temple. In this way, the city of Muradin was given a few more aristocratic laborers, who cursed Lord Reed while trying to carry the stones. If you can't complete the task, today's dinner will be gone, but fortunately, although some of the strength of these numbered people has been sealed, their physical strength is still very easy to do these tasks.

These numberers are just a microcosm, in fact, all the people without numbers have a hard time, even Hu Bin's mercenary city tax revenue has been reduced a lot due to a recent heavy snowfall, damn the weather makes it difficult for merchants from all walks of life to travel, and also makes Hu Bin, who spends money every day, nervous for a week, and almost sold his property.

Not to mention the others, some of the better ones have a family background that can stay in the big city for the winter. The worse ones had to work hard to keep the morale of the regiment from dropping. But most numberers have a problem finding a lucrative job, and gradually enter a vicious circle, watching day after day as their forces and funds shrink.

The cold and lonely winter is not set in stone, and after December, the new year is coming. In the past few days, taking advantage of the fine weather, the Sultan of Hakim has gathered the nobles and prepared to begin the winter hunt to celebrate the harvest year that has just ended. However, Hu Bin did not have time to participate with the many lords this time, and he received an invitation from the Rhodoc numberers to prepare for the second trip to the mysterious shop.

Hu Bin was not very interested in this event, and the troops he had successively supported the Rhodok numberers were exhausted in that battle, and the expansion of the city required a lot of money, so Hu Bin did not increase his troops except for reinforcements from overseas. At this time, he is not a tyrant with 100,000 gold coins in hand, and he can only guarantee that there will be no financial deficit now, and the excess large amount of money will be used before it is handled.

"Fanta, how many times have I said it, I really didn't have much money prepared this time." Hu Bin had a headache and saw Fanta's expression of disbelief, and felt helpless for a while. Hu Bin, who had managed to scrape together 20,000 dinars in his hands, didn't have enough money for himself, and he really didn't have the ability to support others. However, Howard brought 40,000 dinars silently, he was the real tyrant in the group this time, and the sales of the refreshing potion during this time were very good, if it wasn't for the replenishment of troops, he might only be able to come up with a lot more funds.

Because of the winter season, the merchants' meeting was held in the city of Derichem, which was much smaller in size and number of participants, and was open to numberers. The outside of the city has become a chaotic area, but since the Great Scuffle, any place close to the border is no more dangerous than here.

When the gate of Derichem City appeared not far away, the group could finally breathe a sigh of relief, the feeling of braving the cold wind to hurry was really uncomfortable, and Hu Bin, who wanted to go crazy with the stove and hot soup, couldn't wait to rush there.