Xun's proposal proved to be very prescient.

When the Dark Storm first came, there was no shortage of food in the entire Death Continent. After all, with three times the efficiency of food production before, you can fill your stomach with any mess. Even many far-sighted forces are hoarding food. Even if the amount of grain in the government treasury is not as large as that of the Pingzhou army, it can ensure a food supply for several months.

In the beginning, the food crisis existed only theoretically!

However, as time passed, the impact of the Death Storm on the Death Continent became deeper and deeper, and the food crisis began to really erupt!

Not only has agricultural production been devastated, but agricultural production has become the norm to reduce or even fail to harvest. Even the grain that had been stored before was rotting and spoiling at an extremely high rate.

Affected by the Death Storm, the extreme conditions of the Death Continent were sudden, with hot and cold, hot and humid, extremely dry, flooded and burned, insects, rats and thieves, and various conditions were staged in turn.

Even the grain that has been put into storage has deteriorated on a large scale. Snakes, insects, rats and ants are even more rampant, and they can easily empty a warehouse of grain.

Many ill-prepared countries have already begun to fall into food shortages. Grain prices have skyrocketed more than 10 times in just one month, and there will be no downward trend in the short term.

Despite the explosive growth in food prices, the trading volume of grain trading days in the international market has been deteriorating. Everyone now knows that food is the key, and no country will sell its food for a few gold coins.

The current situation is that you can't buy food, even if you wave a banknote!

Various countries and regions have issued corresponding grain control regulations to prohibit grain exports. Even some countries have begun to implement food rationing, declaring any grain buying and selling illegal!

However, there is no shortage of outlaws at any time. The sharp rise in grain prices has also given rise to a number of gray industries, and many people have begun to engage in grain smuggling, driven by profits.

Within a month, thousands of aborigines were executed for smuggling grain in violation of the ban, and more than 6,000 people were expelled and killed for daring illegal players!

Fortunately, even if Yan Huang issued a notice, announcing that smuggling food in the beacon fire would be punished according to the crime of smuggling in reality, this stopped the players' greedy thoughts.

Not just food, all types of production have been drastically reduced by the impact of death storms.

Equipment, elixir refining, rune scrolls, ore mining, material development, building construction...... And so on, all industries have fallen into a trough. The price of weapons, armor, elixirs, medicinal herbs, and even the most basic warm clothing has skyrocketed!

The lack of materials, especially the lack of basic living materials, is beginning to take shape.

Because of the frequent occurrence of various disasters, the loyalty of the army has decreased, and the supply of food and other materials has led to low morale, and there have even been large-scale rebellions by the army in many countries and regions.

In order to ensure the supply of materials for the army, they were forced to collect a large amount of food from the people, but the more this happened, the greater the people's grievances, the lower the people's morale, and the aborigines who were no longer obedient to the people under the influence of the death storm began to riot on a large scale.

In the event of riots, it needs to be suppressed, and the suppression will inevitably require more material consumption. Leaving aside the question of who will win and who will lose in the contest between the regular army and the rebellious people, the outbreak of war alone will once again deal a fatal blow to the already precarious agriculture.

Food shortage riots suppressed larger and larger food shortages

Some unfortunate countries have fallen into a vicious circle, and the situation is quite miserable.

Fortunately, because of the profound background and the proper handling, the losses of the Pingzhou Army in this month did not increase, but because Xun and others adjusted their strategies in time and made preventive deployments, the losses caused by the disaster were reduced a lot.

In order to ensure food security, Shang Ji completely approved the water conservancy and irrigation construction plan proposed by Xun, and it is estimated that 167 million gold will be invested to renovate the farmland canals in all cities under the jurisdiction of the Pingzhou Military Region, so as to achieve the greatest possible effect of flood drainage and irrigation.

At the same time, the key fishing stage of all-out net casting has been started, a large amount of wasteland has been reclaimed, and even the army has been used to reclaim farmland to ensure food security.

On the other hand, in order to prevent riots among the city's residents, Shang Ji split the Black Armor Xuanqi on a large scale and dispatched them to each city to give full play to the characteristics of the Black Armor Xuanqi [Domination] to reduce the probability of urban riots.

Of course, Shang Ji still understands the means of both soft and hard, and while sending his henchmen to guard various cities, Shang Ji also worked with the Liu Clan, Haoyue, and Fengwu Legion to inspect the large and above (inclusive) cities in a month.

It was also during this inspection that Shang Ji was surprised to discover that Haoyue, the Liu clan and the Fengwu Legion still had the hidden effect of boosting morale and appeasing the people!

They don't have to do anything, they just need Liu or Haoyue to walk around the city with the girls of the Phoenix Dance Legion, and they can significantly improve the hearts of the people in the city.

In line with the tax reduction and exemption policy announced by the merchants, the inspection effect was unexpectedly good.

Although the public order in various cities did not return to the level before the death storm came, it greatly exceeded the passing mark of 60, and the situation of the Pingzhou Army was much more stable.

However, this big inspection also made the Fengwu Legion, Shang Ji, Liu, Haoyue and others tired.

There are more than 70 large cities and above cities in the Pingzhou military area, and their locations are scattered in all directions from south to north and from east to west.

Sometimes you have to visit three cities in one day, and the schedule is very intense.

In order to be in a hurry, all the way was advancing in a hurry. Although the Phoenix Dance Legion is a top-level special unit, this kind of ultra-high-intensity march for a month in a row is also a bit unbearable.

After settling down the Fengwu Legion, before Shang Ji had time to rest, he heard a message from the guards, and Master Nong He asked to see him!

Hearing that it was Nong He who asked to see him, Shang Ji's slightly sluggish spirit suddenly lifted up, and he hurriedly said: "Hurry up and invite Master Nong, no, I will personally go to greet Master Nong!" ”

As he spoke, Shang Ji strode out of the hall and went to greet Nonghe.

"I was so bothered that the lord greeted him in person, and the little old man was terrified!"

Seeing Shang Ji striding over with a smile, Nong He also hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Hahaha, Master Nong worked tirelessly for hundreds of millions of people in Pingzhou, working overnight, what kind of etiquette can he not afford?"

Looking at Nonghe, who was still standing with fresh soil on his body, Shang Ji's expression was also quite moved.

After handing over the task of cultivating seeds of new disaster-resistant crops to Nonghe, Nonghe worked hard and led his disciples to fight day and night, visiting a large number of typical disaster areas on the spot, paving the way for cultivating new crop seeds.

"Farmer, you are here this time"

Welcoming Nong He in, Shang Ji asked a little apprehensively.

Nong He stroked the beard on his chest, and a happy smile appeared on his wrinkled bronze face: "Yes, the seeds of the stress-resistant crops required by the lord have been cultivated!" ”