Susan's sudden inquiry stopped Evena.

She has been in the north for two years, which is the most wild area of the empire, and naturally she has seen famine, and even participated in the church's food rescue operation, but she really hasn't experienced that feeling firsthand......

Susan didn't wait for Ivina to answer, and said with a sigh. "Just eleven years ago, the western frontier of the empire was greatly reduced due to successive wars, and then those nobles and wealthy merchants began to buy grain in large quantities as they do today, although it is not as terrible as this time, but it is not something we can afford......

At that time, she and her husband earned a small income in the slums by carrying goods and other odd jobs, and after deducting the gang's deductions, they did not even earn a single silver coin a month, and under the high price of food, they could not buy a few pieces of black bread even if they spent all their savings.

"Then the Church and the Empire didn't interfere or come to the rescue?" Ivina frowned and asked in confusion, but soon realized that there was something wrong with her words, and hurriedly corrected her.

"I mean, don't the bishops always say that the Lord has mercy on the world?"

"How can those high-ranking bishops take care of our ......," a middle-aged man with dark skin shook his head self-deprecatingly.

Eleven years ago, the precious material of fire oil had not yet been discovered, and the city was not as important as it is now, just an ordinary small city in the west, and they were the most inconspicuous poor people in the city.

The empire did distribute some food for disaster relief, but it was exploited by the local nobles and wealthy merchants halfway, and the rest could not reach them at all.

Susan also choked up and said that one of her children, not long after he was born, was starved to death, because he was so hungry that he couldn't secrete enough milk ~ water, so he could only grind the grass roots and bark and cook it into soup and feed it a little......

Outcome...... Her child didn't make it through even two days.

"Grass roots, bark...... Can you eat these? Ivina said in astonishment.

"If it's grassroots, most of them are fine, and the bark depends on what kind of tree it is......" the middle-aged man muttered.

Because of Evenna's status as a wizard, he won a lot of favor from everyone, coupled with Susan's crying and complaining, the more than 100 townspeople gathered in front of the granary couldn't help but share their experiences of surviving the famine.

Some people denounced the cold-bloodedness and inaction of the aristocratic lords, some people broke down and told Evina that his younger brother was robbed and eaten alive by a group of hungry and crazy townspeople, and a young man who was no more than twenty years old even shared that he survived the most difficult days by eating a kind of loess......

It's a pity that his father didn't make it through!

If you don't want to gnaw on the bark or eat the soil, you can only risk your life and go deep into the jungle to get food, but it is more likely to be used as food for some murderous monster!

Listening to the more than 100 townspeople discussing which bark was the best and which grass was non-toxic and filling, Ivina's heart was greatly shaken.

Having been an aristocrat since childhood, she never imagined that turf, leaves, or even dirt could be put in her mouth as food.

Although she has had famines in the north, and even witnessed the scene of Yi Zi eating her, Gustav once told her that these people were corrupted by the power of demons, and their souls were about to fall into hell, so they would do such evil and terrible things.

"Only the wizards would consider whether we have enough to eat...... said an old man, carrying a little grain.

Ensuring three meals a day was a normal welfare for Lynn and incidentally stopped the unrest in the kingdom, but it was not the same for the poor.

They have never been taken so seriously!

In Susan's opinion, the sorcerers who were in charge of the city of fire and oil knew that they could not afford the high wheat to suddenly announce the provision of three meals, a kindness that made her and her husband grateful.

Only after experiencing famine did they understand what a terrible scene it was, the last time they survived, this time?

So Susan, after consulting with her husband, decided to sell part of the rations to the council.

Previously, when the grain was high, thanks to the reminder they received at the bakery, they took out all their savings and bought hundreds of kilograms of wheat, half of which had been sold......

The other half belonged to her and her husband, and the other half was for the two children, and Susan was not going to sell it, but yesterday she suddenly heard that the reason why the council kept lowering the purchase price was because the reserve funds were no longer enough, so she took out another part.

She has limited abilities and can only do a small part...... Maybe they had their share of wheat in the bread they ate in the workshop!

The rest of the people also spoke out about their experiences, and like Susan, they experienced for the first time what it was like to be valued, and it turned out that there were really people who cared about them, the poorest of them.

Everyone boasted about the power of magic and the kindness of wizards, and since Ivina was also a wizard, a lot of praise was pushed to her.

Ivina fell silent, and the praise pierced her heart like a sharp knife, for no one knew better than she that the so-called food war was Monroe's idea, and that the rumor that spread the kingdom was also the one they had put forward.

"If only it weren't for those nobles, this place would be like heaven!" Susan couldn't help but speak.

"Heaven?" Evena didn't know what to say, and she couldn't imagine that the word would be used in wizard-ruled territory.

Just as Ivina was hesitating, the closed granary door finally opened, and Susan and the others immediately surrounded it, and spoke eagerly.

"Lord Wizard, how much has the price of wheat dropped today?" "Is there enough food for the council?" "This is some wheat that I have saved myself, although it is not much, but please take it."

The more than 100 townspeople gathered in front of the granary talked nonsense, and handed over the wheat grain wrapped in various cloth leather in their hands, and some even felt that the three meals provided by the council were too much, but in fact, it was not impossible to eat one meal a day, so that they could save a lot of food.

In the midst of everyone's enthusiastic anticipation, Peirce did not take the wheat, but spoke apologetically. "Thank you for your help, but as of today, the council is not ready to buy wheat anymore!"

"Why? Wizard-sama? Is there not enough money in the reserves? Susan hurriedly asked.

The rest of the townsfolk had worried looks on their faces.

"No, it's not what you think!" Peirce shook his head amusedly, and then a look of pride appeared on his face. "In fact, Dean Lynn has completely solved the problem of food shortage...... From now on, everyone doesn't have to worry about famine anymore! ”

Lynn...... The magic star?

Ivina was surprised, she had heard the name countless times in the City of Oil, and it seemed that all the changes in the wizarding world could involve the other party.

Now it is even more exaggerated that this magic star dares to say that he has completely solved the famine problem.

Ivina couldn't be sure for a moment whether this was fake news from the council or if it was true.

Susan and the others also had shocked expressions, and Gu couldn't believe it.

"If you're interested, why don't you go and see for yourself......" Peirce pointed in the direction of the train station, selling Guanzi Road. Today's train is in operation! ”

Lost in confusion, Ivina left the granary, and walked with Susan and the others, who were also skeptical, towards the original church, where the train station was located.

It was already crowded with people, and tens of thousands of people gathered in the square in front of the station, stepping on their feet one by one and looking up to see what was going on inside.

Ivina was also extremely curious, and wanted to go in and have a look, with the wizard medal hanging on her chest, the people would spontaneously make way for her along the way.

Soon, several huge silver-white trains appeared in front of the girl!

They are more than three meters tall and seventy meters long, like a giant snake entrenched in the city......

The streamlined body made every wizard and townsman who saw it for the first time sigh from the bottom of their hearts.

What a beautiful creation......

What shocked Evena even more was the mountain of cargo boxes in the train station, and she could clearly see that the boxes that had not yet been sealed were full of pieces of bread and a pure white powder.

Ivina, who didn't know starch, recognized it as wheat flour made from ground wheat.

The ten huge carriages in front were already piled to the brim. The workers at the station are still working hard to transport more boxes to the next few cars.

The wizards still have so much food!

What she saw in front of her was completely beyond Evena's expectations.

The cacophony of discussion and exclamations around her continued to reach Ivina's ears, some amazed at the wizards' new creations, others crying hysterically over the mountains of bread and grain.

However, more voices praised the magic star's new invention, holding the [Magic Daily] in his hand, discussing how to use magic to make bread......

Ivana frowned, almost wondering if she had misheard, using magic to make bread out of thin air? Are you kidding?

Even the Pope couldn't do that, and perhaps only the Goddess of the Moon could do such a miraculous thing.

"Sir, can you show me this magical daily?" Evina couldn't help but plead.

A male witch who was interrupted from the discussion turned his head quite dissatisfied, and after seeing the girl's good looks, he immediately changed his gentle attitude and said very generously. "Of course it's no problem, I'll give this to you, anyway, I've already read it and written it down."

Ivina politely thanked her, and after taking a look, she was immediately stunned by the title above!

[Research and Analysis of Plant Photosynthesis - On the Feasibility of [Bread Making]! 】

The signature is Lynn, the magic star!

As for the essay below, which occupies an entire length and is thousands of words, Ivina couldn't read it at all, but the wizard on the side diligently explained it to her.

The first half of the dissertation is devoted to how plants photosynthesize, transforming elements into nutrients that can be absorbed by the human body, and the second half is devoted to the study of how magic can be used to restore this process.

Probably due to secrecy, it does not give a specific magic model, but it emphasizes the importance of three things.

The easiest way to make food is to rely on water, carbon dioxide and electricity!

"Master Lynn is truly a magic star, and he can actually think of such a way to solve the problem of food shortage." The wizard said with great admiration.

Ivina didn't expect that the wizards actually used magic to make food!

She also took a chemistry class and knows very well what carbon dioxide is, so it can be said that everyone is a machine that produces carbon dioxide in batches, and there is no need to worry about the shortage of raw materials at all.

Not to mention water, there is no shortage of water in the kingdom, and wizards can also control thunder and lightning, which means that as long as you want, the other party can continuously produce a huge amount of food, as evidenced by the mountain of cargo boxes in the station!

However, the biggest reaction to this point was not Ivina, but the nobles and wealthy merchants who had bought a lot of grain before!

They either sat on the ground in collapse or shouted hysterically.

Everyone knew that once the wagons full of bread were transported to the cities of the kingdom, the wheat in their hands would be worthless in an instant!

Even in the best case, their assets will inevitably shrink hundreds of times!

The thought of blowing up these trains and burning all the piles of bread rose in the heart of a wealthy businessman.

However, the twenty airships, five warplanes, and more than fifty armored vehicles in charge of escorting the ship, the black hole of the cannon is enough to dispel everyone's restless thoughts!

The desperate cries of the nobles and wealthy merchants did not attract the slightest sympathy, but instead received a burst of mockery and disdain, and even many townspeople cheered the name of the magic star and celebrated the victory.

Five hundred meters away, Lynn, who was being talked about by everyone, stood on the roof of a private house, watching huge trains roar into the distance!

A total of 6,000 tons of starch and bread for seven trains, plus 5,000 tons of rations released in front, was enough to be the last straw that broke the camel's back!

"Tell Lauder and let them start collecting their debts!" Lynn commanded.

"Yes, Dean Lynn!" Erok beside him spoke in adoration, and then sent out the electromagnetic wave signal of debt collection.

In the past month, the council has mortgaged tens of millions of imperial gold coins to those wealthy merchants and nobles through more than a dozen caravans as white gloves - the money released is exactly the savings that these people used to buy food in the first place!

In the end, the money came back to them, and it was with their assets, estates, slaves, and even their lords!

Gambling is not necessary...... Lynn secretly sighed that once he went up, he would end up bankrupt, and hundreds of times the profit was enough to make people crazy to lose their minds, and voluntarily increase their weights layer by layer, blocking everything they had to get a victory that didn't exist at all......

(End of chapter)