Just when Ellington's side was busy in order to reconcile with the underground dwarves, the news of the entrance to the underground world reappearing in Heldrom at this moment, under the deliberate publicity of the Dark Serpent, in just a few days, completely spread all over the streets and alleys, and everyone in the streets and alleys knew that the entrance to the underground world had appeared.

Not only adventurers, but even those ordinary people have heard about it, which shows how quickly the news spreads.

The Dark Serpent's intentions are very obvious, they want to muddy the waters of this pool, and then they can take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

The last entrance to the underground world was also completely blocked during the Chaos Invasion War, and since then the underground and surface worlds have been completely isolated, but in various known documents, the rich mineral resources of the underground world and some rare special plants that only grow underground are widely known, and other things are about the underground dwarves and dark elves

Since the day of their birth, they have been living underground, competing with each other for survival resources, but they rely on each other to resist other dangerous species and threats in the underground world, so they are a pair full of contradictions.

Although they are rumored to be cruel and ruthless, especially hostile to surface races, they are - at least the intelligent races, right?

As long as it is an intelligent race, it means that it can communicate!

Being able to communicate means having a chance to make a fortune!

Everyone knows what it means to reopen the entrance.

Legend has it that even if you pass through a few caves in the underground world, you can pick up valuable magic iron ore and adamantite ore!

Just bring these magical metal ores out. That's a lot of money!

Not to mention the more precious, precious magic plants that can be used to refine magic materials, and even rare fruits that can improve their strength in legends!

You can just find any of these things. You can get rich in an instant.

If you can reach a long-term trade with the dwarves of the underworld, or the dark elves, won't you have a steady stream of precious ores and magical plants? And what do they need?

Of course it's food, and it can only be food.

Those who heard the rumors and were thrilled to gather some materials and related information, and they discovered a very important thing - the food in the underground world is very scarce, so the dark elves and underground dwarves are very short of food!

The gold coins of the earthly world are worthless to them, and the amount of gold they possess is outrageous. There are even rumors that in the underworld it is easy to exchange food for the same weight of gold - a news that simply delights those who hear it!

So, invisibly. A dark tide began to stir up in the Irus Empire......

No, there are even several other countries that have been affected by this.

A large number of chambers of commerce began to hoard food, not hoarding. And just to take the grain to the underground world to trade.

Because space equipment is too precious and scarce. Therefore, the vast majority of adventurers can't carry a large amount of food with their own strength, so they simply use their own strength as an investment, join the Chamber of Commerce, and participate in trade in the name of protecting the Chamber of Commerce, wanting to get a piece of the pie at that time.

And this cooperation model is also quite popular, because they have all heard that the underground world is not only full of business opportunities and wealth, but also full of various dangers. Without the protection of the Apocalypse, the caravan would be looking for death when it enters there. Therefore, many big-name chambers of commerce have offered prices in the mercenary guild to hire masters and mercenary groups to go together.

The masters of the cold in the past also put down their bodies this time and joined the teams of various chambers of commerce.

Just like Sidney's Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, he is the leader of the Illus Empire's Business Alliance, and the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce is also the leading chamber of commerce in the Illus Empire, and the price offered is of course the most arrogant and attractive.

The personal guard hired with an annual salary of 100,000 gold coins, the gold-level ninth-order Pikes, was already a very rare master, and he could even show off when he took it out, but after the matter of the underground world spread, the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce had just sent a message in the Mercenary Guild, and it had recruited several gold-level masters, and even two grandmaster-level masters!

That's a grandmaster-level master of the awakened realm! Usually a businessman like Sidney and others is a person from two worlds, but now he has become a member of their chamber of commerce - albeit only temporarily - but Sidney is almost suffocated with excitement.

Not only Sidney, but also many presidents of the Chamber of Commerce were clutching their chests at this moment, and they couldn't believe that such a happy thing could actually be a reality.

Even after returning from the underworld, these masters parted ways with them again, but with this cooperation, will the next time be far away? For businessmen, as long as they have a little friendship, they can magnify it infinitely.

Unlike the exuberant businessmen who seemed to have arrived at the carnival, Victor was depressed and almost crazy.

What is the basis of a country's stability?

People were able to eat well.

What now? The price of grain has inexplicably risen by 10%, and it seems that it will continue to rise sharply, which is definitely not good news!

If the price rises by 30 percent, I am afraid that social order will be chaotic, and if it rises by 40 percent, it is estimated that a local war will break out......

What could it be because?

Could it be that those people in the Business Alliance are planning to work with the aristocratic faction?

Are they going to drive up food prices and create panic first?

Victor hadn't slept well for the past few nights, but after getting the information collected by Aurelia, Victor breathed a sigh of relief and was faintly moved.

The underground world, a vast world, if you can reach a trade relationship with the underground dwarves and even the dark elves, and exchange food for mineral resources, it can be called a great profit!

What's more, Victor is very confident in Donn's magic energy agricultural machinery, once the agricultural mechanization transformation is completed, the food production of the entire empire will increase dramatically in the coming year, and the surplus grain export is also exported, it is better to export to the underground world in exchange for war resources.

But the lack of food to trade is a problem......

The stakes are so high that Victor himself has little confidence, and even asks his daughter's opinion: "Ollie, do you think we can convince the dwarves and dark elves to support us if we send messengers?" If they are willing to provide the necessary help, we can sell them 30% of the grain at a low price in the coming year. ”

Aurelia put down the biography describing the underworld, turned her head and asked, "Father, are you also moved?" ”

"Of course, the minerals of the underworld far surpass those mines controlled by the Sparter family, and if we can trade and obtain a large amount of ore, we can convert it into equipment through Don and use it to arm the legions."

"Since strategic importance is so important, why don't we simply let my brother lead the Third Legion to seal off Hellholm and monopolize the world? The Scar of the Holy Sword, where they were stationed, was not far from Helldholm. ”

Victor smiled bitterly, "Ollie, what's wrong with you lately?" Can't figure out such a simple thing? ”

"Humph!"

Aurelia snorted coldly, forcibly suppressed her irritability, and said, "I'm fine. ”

"Okay...... On the one hand, your brother's grasp of the Third Legion is not stable enough, and it is very risky to attack rashly, and that place is too sensitive to attract the attention of the Grace Kingdom in the north, on the other hand, now that the news has spread, we will monopolize it, that is, we will be enemies of everyone, do you think we can carry it? And most importantly, Helldrom is now a mine that belongs to Donn, if we occupy it, how will we face Donn? ”

"That guy...... Let that guy die! ”

Aurelia angrily slammed the book in her hand on the table, and said angrily, "I get angry when I think of him!" ”

Victor stared at Aurelia for a while, and said inexplicably sadly: "Look at you like this, I guess it's ......"

"What?"

"Nothing ......"

Victor shook his head and sighed: "After thinking about it, I still feel that it is unlikely, after all, the two sides have never communicated, and it is too difficult for them to believe in our credit." ”

"Father, I think you're thinking too much!"

Aurelia puffed up and said, "Everyone else has noticed, won't that bastard notice?" ”

"Huh?"

"He knows exactly what happened in his mine! With that guy's money-loving personality, he must have been prepared for the underground world if he knew that there was a chance - besides, Hellholm was his territory, maybe he himself would have blocked it in the first place, and monopolized the entrance to the underground world. ”

Victor was stunned, and a few years flashed in his mind, but when he saw Aurelia like this, he secretly shook his head, gave up that idea, and said helplessly: "Don En doesn't love money like life, he is actually a very great person...... Forget it, sooner or later you'll understand, remember what I told you before? If something happens, go to Don, no matter what happens, as long as he is willing to protect you, no one can hurt you. ”

Aurelia reluctantly said, "Got it—"

"Something about the underworld...... We quit. ”

"Huh!?"

Victor took a deep breath and made up his mind: "It's too hasty, and we're exhausted now just by dealing with the attacks of the aristocratic faction and the business alliance, how can we have the strength to explore the underground world?" But this could be a good opportunity for us, they are attracted to the underground world, they will be distracted, maybe this is a good opportunity for us to turn the tables......"

"What's more," Victor's eyes flashed, and his face regained its brightness, "As long as Don gains an advantage in the Underworld, it means that we also gain an advantage!" Our top priority now is to find a way to stabilize the price of grain, at least to survive these few months! (To be continued.) )