September has quietly arrived, and the train station and railroad tracks that have been built in a hurry have finally been completed with the joint efforts of wizards and hundreds of thousands of laborers.

However, the wealthy merchants and nobles in the kingdom have fallen into madness because of the high price of grain, and in just one month, the price of grain has increased by 500 times!

Every morning, countless caravans are waiting outside the granary, and the wheat brought in by airship is sold out without unloading at all!

Because as long as you grab the food in your hands, you can earn several times the income in a day or two, and under the drive of such terrible profits, most people have gone crazy to the point of losing their minds!

However, there is a limit to this madness, because the food in the hands of the council is like running out, and the food that is shipped every day is gradually getting in price, and now thousands of tons of food are thrown into the market every day!

If they want to eat these grains completely, they need hundreds of thousands of imperial gold coins, but the coins in their hands have already been spent almost before, and some rich merchants have even mortgaged their entire net worth!

But everyone knew that they had to buy all the food, or if the price of wheat collapsed, their wealth would be wiped out!

In the end, this batch of grain was forced to be bought in batches by dozens of grain teams!

After buying the grain, the wealthy merchants and nobles couldn't sit still, and sent people one after another, ready to check how much food the wizards still had!

It was obviously not easy to find out this by infiltrating the granaries of major cities in the magic monitoring, and finally the spies came up with a solution, which was to go to the workshop to investigate.

The wizard needs to provide three meals a day for the laborers, and if they don't have enough food at hand, the supply will inevitably shrink!

After some investigation, they did get shocking news, but contrary to what they had previously imagined - the magic workshops in the major cities were planning to add a supper to the night workers to reward them for their hard work!

The next day, the council directly threw out more than 5,000 tons of wheat in the major cities of the kingdom, and for a time it stunned all the caravans that wanted to buy wheat!

"It can't be! Where did they get so much food? The Marquis of Mortan tugged at the collar of the reporting attendant and roared angrily!

Herder and the other counts of the empire also completely lost the appearance of being as inevitable and strategizing as they had a few days ago, and their eyes were red, and they couldn't believe this fact.

In the past month, they have bought enough food rations for three million people to eat for more than half a year, and the rest of the wealthy merchants who want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune have bought no less than them, how could those wizards take out five thousand tons of wheat in one go again?

"Lord Mortan, what should we do now?" Viscount Ske said in a panic that in order to support Mortan's desperate plan, he can be said to have done everything he could!

"Otherwise, we'll sell the grain now, right?" Count Bell suddenly proposed.

Bell's suggestion undoubtedly made the nobles very excited, and now the price of a kilogram of wheat is as high as 500 copper coins, if they can sell all the grain they bought before, then everyone present will be rich!

"Idiot! Do you think we can still sell wheat now? The Marquis of Mortan slammed the conference table and roared in annoyance.

Not to mention the 500 copper coins per kilogram according to the market price, even if the price is reduced to 100 copper, no one will take a look!

The Marquis of Mortan didn't know what it meant to beat a drum and pass flowers, but he knew very well that the council provided three meals a day for the poor, so that no one in the market would buy a grain of wheat at a sky-high price, except for those of them who collected grain!

The rest of the merchants are not fools, and who would dare to continue to buy grain when the current situation is unclear?

The fact that five thousand tons of grain was released in the morning of the council and that they have not been sold until now is enough to prove it!

If they release a large amount of grain again, the price of wheat will collapse in an instant, and then there will be a large-scale run, and even the wheat in their hands will become worthless!

Bell was also panicked suddenly, and hurriedly said, "But, aren't those wizards collecting food?" We can sell them all the food! ”

Mortan looked at Bell coldly, then turned to look at the squire who had fallen to the ground trembling slightly. "Come on!"

"As of last night, the price at which the council bought wheat was ...... It's ten kilograms of a copper coin! The squire said cautiously.

Hearing this, Bell almost fainted.

What are you kidding, ten kilograms for a copper coin?

This means that the wheat he bought with a full 100,000 imperial gold coins is now worth millions of imperial gold coins, and the wizards want to buy it back for a mere 200 gold coins!

It's crazy!

"No, I remember that Viscount Ske said a few days ago that the price of their wheat should be twenty copper and one kilogram!" Bell shouted hysterically.

If it was twenty copper, although he would lose most of his property, he could barely accept it.

Under the cannibalistic gaze of Count Bell, the squire stammered and explained that the price of food purchased by the council had been reduced almost daily, from twenty copper per kilogram, to fifteen copper, and then ten, five, and two......

And last night's price had dropped to the lowest price of grain in the kingdom's history, ten kilograms of copper coins!

Viscount Ske and other nobles simply couldn't accept this ridiculous price, which meant that their existing assets would instantly shrink to one-fifth of what they had before!

Bell roared even more desperately.

"This is a naked provocation, it is war!"

"Where is their granary? I'm going to send someone over and burn all the sorcerers' food right away!" ”

The nobles present were furious, and they were ready to overthrow the kingdom.

"Burn a fart!" Herder scolded in annoyance and poured cold water on everyone.

Five thousand tons of grain are scattered in more than forty cities in the kingdom, not only the heavy soldiers, but also the wizards in each town are no longer a few, what do they burn?

Do you really think wizards can't use magic to extinguish fires?

In fact, not only can they conjure up large amounts of water out of thin air, but they can even summon torrential rain and lightning with ease!

Thinking of the scene of someone calling for wind and rain and raining down terrifying thunder at the wave of the royal capital a year ago, Herder's heart rose with an unspeakable fear, and he couldn't help but regret why he should listen to Moldan's words and fight against those wizards who wield terrible magic.

Bell, Ske, and the others looked at Mortan, and their eyes became more and more unkind.

The latter obviously sensed that the atmosphere on the field was becoming more and more subtle, and immediately said in a cold voice.

"Don't forget, guys, we're all tied up now, and it's not good for you to be dead!"

"Now we have only one way left!"

At this, the Marquis of Mortan paused visibly, and then opened his mouth, almost squeezing the words out between his teeth. "That's to keep going...... Buy food! ”

As long as they can buy all the wheat in the council, the initiative will return to their side!

"I don't believe those wizards will run out of food!" The sonorous voice of the Marquis of Mortan resounded in the castle. "Can they still conjure wheat out of thin air?"

It had only been more than a year since the wizards had occupied the southern and central regions of the kingdom combined, and even if they had started to cultivate the land since then, how much food would they be able to grow?

Mortan was convinced that the five thousand tons of wheat must be the last stock of the council, and that he was releasing them now in one fell swoop to intimidate them!

The news of the workshop must also be deliberately released, so that they can mess with themselves!

After all, he had never heard of a supper, and how could those wizards suddenly be so kind that they would let those laborers eat an extra meal when there was a shortage of food.

This must have been deliberately used to confuse them!

Under Mortan's analysis, Bell and the others are like grasping the last straw, whether they want to believe it or not, it must be true!

It didn't take long for everyone to realize another problem.

Five thousand tons of grain purchased at current prices is a full 250,000 imperial gold coins!

It's killing them!

Now that everyone's property has either been mortgaged, or they have spent all the money when they bought grain before, where can they find so much money?

Thinking of this, Herder and the others all retreated.

Knowing that if he didn't set an example, the alliance of nobles would fall apart today, so he gritted his teeth and said. "If you mortgage my manor, you should be able to get 20,000 imperial gold coins!"

"Guys, it's time for life and death!" "Think about it, as long as we can cross this hurdle, then the grain in our hands can be exchanged for countless wealth, but once we fail, the accumulation of generations of families will be burned......"

In Mortan's encouragement, the nobles present also reluctantly liquidated their remaining property, after all, if you take a step back now, you will be in the abyss, and if you go further, you may be able to have everything!

They had to bet on this!

About half an hour later, more than 40 nobles made up the 250,000 gold coins with the difficult land deed, and Mortan immediately asked his trusted henchmen to immediately take an airship to the major cities of the kingdom to buy all the 5,000 tons of grain!

After giving what little possession they had, none of the nobles left the secret room, and everyone waited anxiously for news to come.

I waited for an hour before the guard walked in through the door.

"How? Is the royal capital already in chaos? Herder and the others immediately surrounded him, and couldn't wait to ask.

Mortan understood that it had only been an hour, and that the henchmen he had sent to buy food in various parts of the kingdom should still be on the way.

It's also possible that the wizards can't hold on anymore and plan to negotiate with them......

The guards who entered the door to report did not answer everyone's questioning, but handed over a newspaper with trembling wrists. "Lord Mortan, this is today's [Magic Daily] ......"

Looking at the frightened expression on the guard's face, a slight uneasiness surged in Mortan's heart, and he pulled the [Magic Daily] in the other party's hand and flipped through it.

After seeing the conspicuous and deliberately enlarged title on the homepage, Mortan's pupils shrank, and the qi and blood all over his body surged uncontrollably.

"Lord Mortan ......"

The nobles present were immediately shocked, Bell snatched the [Magic Daily] for the first time, and after a few glances, he only felt a chill rush from the soles of his feet to his heart, and shouted in horror.

"Quick, immediately send someone to bring me all the people who bought the grain!"

……

Five minutes ago, in the City of Oil, inside the newly built Wizard Academy.

Ivina fished out about ten kilograms of wheat from the wooden box where the wheat was stored, packed it in a sturdy coarse cloth, and went out the door.

"Are you going to the granary to sell wheat again?" In the living room, Monroe, who was engaged in daily prayer, suddenly opened his eyes and stopped the girl who was about to go out.

"Yes, yesterday those wizards lowered the price of food again, and I think that may have some kind of meaning." Ivina replied comfortably.

"Meaning? I'm afraid it's because the parliament is underfunded, right? Monroe said with a scoff.

Thanks to Ivina's spying, he also 'understood' the reason why those wizards were able to hold out in the food war until now!

The parliament is operating to buy back all the meager food stocks in the hands of the poor at a very low price, so that they can support this food war and maintain the most basic decency!

But after all, this is just a stopgap measure, and it won't last long!

Monroe even thought that today was the time when the wizards were all revealed, and that the 5,000 tons of wheat should be the last stockpile.

Ivina pursed her lips, she didn't think the same as Monroe, but she didn't mean to argue, and after taking the ten kilograms of wheat grain, she went out.

Along the way, no one stopped or questioned her, after all, it was not the first day she went out to sell grain, and they were not the only two of them who had bought and sold wheat during this time.

Many wizards see this as an opportunity to make a lot of money, but there is not enough place to pile up wheat and grain, and the financial resources cannot compete with those wealthy merchants and nobles, so they can usually only buy low and sell high to make a profit.

By the time Ivina arrived at the granary, there was a long queue here, and although the price of wheat purchased by the council would decrease every day, the number of people who came to sell the grain did not decrease!

This also surprised Ivina, knowing that the wizards' purchase price and the market price are a full 5,000 times different!

In other words, ten kilograms of wheat can only be sold to the council for one copper coin, and if you are willing to sell it to the major grain merchants, it will be worth a full fifty silver coins!

After nearly a month of silence, Ivina finally asked reluctantly.

After hearing the girl's question, the townspeople who had gathered around the granary and waited looked at Ivina with great envy, until the girl was about to ask again, when Susan, who was wrapped in a little old grain in her torn clothes, sighed and spoke.

"You've never experienced famine, have you, Wizard?"

(End of chapter)