No agriculture, no stability, no work, no strength, no business, no wealth, our ancestors told us this truth a long, long time ago.

Elis World has a low degree of scientific and technological development, relying on the nourishment of the elements, it still has an objective yield per mu, which is a good thing. And the fields have always been in the wild, the wild of the world of Elis is not safe, in addition to man-made disasters, there are also a large number of monsters infested, even if every country has an army dedicated to cleaning up the monsters near the Terran settlements, there are still not a few farmers who die in the mouths of monsters every year.

Even, there was a large-scale incident of demonic beasts coming out of the mountains to hurt people on the continent, which was called the beast tide. A large number of demonic beasts invariably came out of the mountains and forests and pounced on the humans in various settlements, lasting for more than a year, destroying a large number of villages and farmland, and the human race broke out into the largest famine in history. That beast tide triggered the largest political crisis, which once led to the brink of destruction of humanity and became an opportunity for the rise of the Holy See.

Of course, it is meaningless to investigate the cause of the beast tide back then, and I only want to express one content after saying so much, that is: the agriculture of the world of Elis is really underdeveloped, even if the yield per mu is very high, it is often destroyed by passing monsters, after all, no monster will be afraid of scarecrows. In case of a high-level demonic beast fighting, it is not uncommon for the entire village to be destroyed.

The peasants in the world of Elis are the profession with the most sense of crisis, cunning rabbits and three holes, hiding food everywhere, that is basic, those who don't know how to do this are dead, and the little land at hand is naturally a lot of food, cotton, mulberry and other crops. As for medicinal herbs, they are all over the mountains, so why bother growing them yourself? Relying on the vast land area and large population, relying on the warm and humid climate and mountainous terrain, the Lawrence Empire has become the largest producer of magical herbs on the mainland, supplying 1/3 of the magical herbs in the international market.

A traditional exporting country, even the previous year, was exporting a large amount in exchange for funds, and suddenly reversed, not only was the export cancelled, but also imported a large amount of money in the market of other exporting countries, which is extremely exaggerated to the impact on the international market. In the eyes of those who care, it is also necessary to question the behavior of the Lawrence Empire: what is the conspiracy? Why did the Lawrence Empire hoard a large number of these most common magic herbs? Is there any information that has been ignored?

For a while, the wind was surging on the mainland, and the Tanma Express was like the wind, and I thought that there would be another round of tragic dark war, but I didn't expect it to be all public news. Because of the opening of the new magic potion factory, the demand for APIs has skyrocketed, coupled with its positive driving effect, the number of new magicians who choose the path of pharmacists has skyrocketed, further exacerbating the shortage of APIs.

Hehe, the news can be obtained so easily, and it's so simple, the deceitful ghost, there must be an inside story!

Accustomed to the sword and sword, no one wants to believe the news that can be obtained so easily, so where is the most basic trust between people?

Because of the gentle flapping wings of Qin Shouzhuo's little butterfly, it greatly promoted the development of industry and showed a new market in front of businessmen. The ferocious capital pounced on it with its steel teeth, only to find that due to the lack of industrial capacity, this huge profit could not be seen and eaten, and every hungry eye was green.

Due to the promotion of Qin Shouzhuo, the industrial world suddenly took a big step forward, thinking that the world would be at its own pace from now on, but he found that the steps were too big to pull the eggs, and the lack of various raw materials firmly tied the pace of the industrial giants, and they walked swayingly, and they would fall down without knowing when.

Agriculture...... Damn, God-given opportunity, Lao Tzu is going to be developed!

Only Qin Shouchou, who came from a highly developed industrial society, knew how much dependence of developed industry on more developed agriculture was. In order to make their factories run smoothly, the first generation of factory owners in the world of Elis and also the big landlords keenly discovered the rising trend of the consumption of magic herbs, and the bubble in this trend is not large.

Not to mention the Lawrence City Mana Recovery Potion Production Line, even these new novice pharmacists can fill a considerable part of the bubble, not to mention that there are a bunch of middle-aged and elderly pharmacists who have been stimulated by Qin Shouzhuo, and they have begun to develop new magic medicine dosage production techniques along the path that Qin Shouzhuo has walked. There is support, demand, and long-term good news, which supports the price of related raw materials to rise gradually.

Anyone who can become a big man in the imperial court is not a fool, and many times politicians have a better business vision and see farther than businessmen, not to mention that this is simply something that is going to happen immediately. So, at the beginning of the year, a large number of farms in the area near the imperial capital began to artificially grow magic herbs and gave up growing grain. For the factory, the artificially planted magic herbs are much better than the wild ones, although the effect of a single herb is not as good as some high-quality wild herbs, but the advantage is that the medicinal effect is stable, what is the effect of a herb, the workers on the side can roughly estimate, the wild one is not necessarily, although there is a strange effect, but the effect is also very bad.

The result of planting herbs is that this year's grain production in the Gyeonggi region is seriously insufficient, and the emperor has been angry in the court, and this year's summer grain tax in the Gyeonggi area is only collected in kind.

Yes, because of the realization that the grain output in the Gyeonggi region should plummet this year, and it is still the autumn harvest season, the grain price in the imperial capital has not only not fallen, but has already risen by 50%, which is a sign of trouble.

The main reason for the emperor's anger is almost this mysterious omen, and the solution is very simple, find a way to get a large amount of grain from other places, and forcibly smash the price of grain in the imperial capital. His Majesty the Emperor has already spoken, and if he can't even do such a simple thing, he will go back and close down the pharmacy factory and hold the participants accountable for the crime of conspiracy to subvert the empire.

Closing down the factory or something, this is unacceptable to everyone, the entire empire cannot find such a high-quality asset as the magic potion factory, not only the most robust cash cow, but its promotion to society cannot be ignored. Not to mention, the batch of magic apprentices who graduated last year have dared to practice spellcasting in the school because they have a sufficient supply of magic recovery potions, and they are known as the best class of the magic academy in the last 20 years. The supply of medicine was cut off at once, not to mention that the students did not agree, even the teachers did not agree, after all, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. After a year of open drinking magic potions, I suddenly have to go back to the past, oh~ Oh my God, that's the life of people???

In fact, the emperor's request is very simple, if you put it somewhere else to grow herbs, how can you be short of food in the important land of Gyeonggi? But capital is such a thing, from the day of birth, it carries blood. What is the Gyeonggi region's food price climbing, and the people are unable to continue, that is the matter of the imperial court. After the birth of capital, the natural pursuit of growth, the largest merchant in the south of the continent, the Duke of Douglas's mansion, even used the Ouroboros as the family coat of arms, which is to express the essence of capital devouring everything, even not letting go of itself.

The Gyeonggi region, where the magic potion factory is located, is the most economically developed area of the empire, densely populated, with a large number of magicians and samurai, and naturally there are nearly half of the apothecaries.

The Saint Angel of the Diocese of St. Lawrence came to the city of Babia as a special envoy of the Holy See and a representative of the large landowners of the Gyeonggi region to discuss the borrowing of a transport fleet, accompanied by representatives of the Imperial University and the Imperial Treasury. Regarding this matter, Qin Shouzhuo seemed very hesitant.

"Borrow a boat, ......" Qin Shouzhuo rubbed the teacup in his hand, to say that the boat is naturally there, although half of the previous Fangshan was lost, but counting the newly built ones, and those that happened to be moving nearby, Qin Shouzhuo could still gather 24 2200-ton transport ships within half a month. Each ship can carry 1,000 tons of cargo, and a round trip can transport 2W4,000 tons of grain.

While rubbing the teacup, Qin Shouzhuo looked very embarrassed: "It's not that there are no ships, it's just that my ships are being overhauled, or at work, to be honest, there are a lot of logistics businesses for food, and the transportation tasks of these ships after the maintenance have been arranged, and there will be at most three ships if they are temporarily transferred, which is really a drop in the bucket." ”

"Qin, I remember you once said: money is endless, life is not entirely about making money, you have to live meaningfully. What could be more meaningful than helping the needy?You just made less money, but you saved millions of civilians in the Gyeonggi area......" The Holy Maiden Angel was still in Balaba, and Qin Shouchuang's gaze had already bypassed her and put it on some people behind her. Although she is a saint, Angela is just a 22-year-old girl, and she doesn't understand the twists and turns of many adults, this time it's just because she saved Qin Shouzhuo in Lawrence City, and she still has some friendship with Qin Shouzhuo, so she was pushed over, and the real conditions will naturally not be in her hands.

Because of the high price of magic herbs, under the promotion of these big landlords, almost all of the magic herbs are being cultivated in the Gyeonggi area, and Qin Shouzhuo and other shareholders of the potions factory have long seen the current situation, just to ensure the supply of raw materials for the medicine factory, and also hope that due to the large production of medicinal herbs in the Gyeonggi area, they can suppress the soaring prices, not only did not stop, did not remind, did not issue warnings, and even contributed to the situation to some extent.

Capital always grows up with the flesh and blood of the weak.