The Plains of Karit is also a scene of cold winter depression, the grasslands have withered and yellowed, foraging wolves wander around, and the roars of beasts can be heard not far away, but compared to the glaciers not long ago, it is almost heavenly.

Not far behind is the Horite Snow Mountain, looking back, you can also see the ice wall straight into the sky, the snow-capped snow mountain can not see the border at a glance.

And on the grassland, the elves formed a mighty convoy, slowly but resolutely moving towards the north.

Most of the elves had to walk, and the mighty brigade walked very slowly.

The small number of wagons and carts were either loaded with the seriously wounded, or they were loaded with supplies such as medicines, medicines, and food.

Ordinary inanimate matter can also be placed in the city of eternal night, and once the food and supplies to be imported are corroded by negative energy, I am afraid that the user will become undead.

From time to time, the lightly wounded and children could no longer walk, and were dragged by others, and there was a faint cry in the ranks, perhaps because the survivors had been paralyzed by fear and despair, and when they were finally in a safe area, the grief of losing their homes and loved ones could not help but strike.

Even as the floating fleet slowly moved through the sky, and the cannon fire was already driving away the beasts approaching the convoy, the elven winged horses and horned eagle knights were still cruising among the clouds, even though these air knights and their mounts were wounded, perhaps, they wanted to find some work to do, so as not to think too much and indulge in sorrow and despair in their idleness.

Perhaps the current ending of the destruction of the elven gods is something that all the races of the main plane like to see, and it is also the best choice for the elves who remain in the mortal world to face the future, but for ordinary elven people. There is no point in seeing too far. They are just war refugees who have just lost their homes and people. They just weep sadly because they have lost everything in the past.

The entire convoy was vaguely covered in a gray mourning atmosphere, and the sound of weeping and sighing was incessant, but we had no intention of interfering, and if the grief could not be released, it would become more of a trouble.

Maybe the first goal on the demon side has been accomplished, maybe the elven gods are already the perfect sacrifice as expected, or maybe the demon tide is more chaotic than expected, and we are being chased more slightly than expected. Soon, however, the latest battle report from the goblins tells us the truth - the greedy demon tide is enjoying new prey.

"The Duchy of Devon has perished? Just one day? ”

"To be exact, it was eighteen hours and forty minutes, from the demon tide to the border of Nattis to break through the royal capital, although it was only a small country with three cities and a population of nearly one million, it did perish faster than expected."

It seems that even after the elves are consumed, the Demon Tide and Danatis are still not something that ordinary small countries can handle, and if I remember correctly, in order to avoid igniting the fire. That country should have denied our previous application for passage, and the result was not the same.

I was lying in bed. Try to focus on the view outside the window, but ......

"Is there any latest information and government affairs that need to be dealt with? Is there any news on the Demon Abyss in the Northlands? ”

"There is no new news from the Northland, but presumably because of the outbreak of war, the average price of winter grain in the interior has risen by 30% in just two days......"

The noise in my ears, and the enthusiastic gaze, finally made me reluctant to give up my intention to ignore the others in the room and concentrate on being lazy.

"Renee, can't you let the patient get some rest?"

Now I still can't move I lie in the medical room of the Northern Lights, the room is full of the smell of herbs and alchemy elixirs, to replenish the overdraft after the release of the forbidden spell, compared to the holy light that overdraws life, I still prefer the natural treatment that is slow to work but has no sequelae, and the bandage therapy that is infiltrated with the magic restorative is the secret technique of treating the magic overdraft.

The small medical room has already laid out the desk, Renee unceremoniously chooses to work here, and her princess, Ivy from the Solo Federation. Marceau, too, handles government affairs here.

Early in the morning, Renee came here with her government affairs team, and considering her work style is more diligent but limited than mine, she is now mostly trying to find someone to dump the blame.

"I know you're busy, go to your captain's quarters, what do you mean by disturbing the patient's rest here."

"Just because you tied yourself up as a mummy, it doesn't mean that you are really injured, the doctor said that you can handle government affairs completely. If you have time to read the mechanical repair manual, you might as well do something serious, such as give us some advice. By the way, your pygmy mechanic manual is reversed. ”

I hurriedly flipped through the manual, but the little girl's "poof" snickering told me that I had been accidentally tricked.

Yes, I know some engineering there, although I know some dwarf, but I can't read the mechanic manual full of engineering terms, and now I pretend to concentrate on reading, just to find a reason to refuse to work.

I reluctantly threw away the book, and at this point I was holding on, and it was indeed very ugly, but I still muttered two sentences in my mouth.

"You have done a good job all these years, you have long been in charge of yourself, what do you want us old bones to do, we should have retired a long time ago."

The whining was not overpowered, but was still heard, and Renee shook her head directly.

"At the very least, I should let you know about the recent changes in the Northlands, and besides, you're a real 'prophet', so it's a bit of a waste not to squeeze it....... I mean to ask."

Prophet? Oh, it turns out that the set that fooled the Gentlemen's Alliance back then was taken seriously, but in a sense, I do have the ability to predict "history", but now that "history" has changed so much, there are not many things that can be "predicted".

“…… Don't expect me too much, especially the things in the Northland, as long as the prophecy thing involves the actions of the prophet itself, it can't be true at all, and the Northland is too deeply involved with me, and I can't tell anything. ”

This is not pure nonsense, the history of the Holy War in the Northland back then was much more miserable than now, without me and Cavins, there would naturally be no revival of the Lan Kingdom and the establishment of the Lan Alliance, after the destruction of the Gu Lan Kingdom, the strongest Northland orcs in the north directly occupied that land.

More than 300 years. Enough for them to completely occupy the Northlands. Cooperate with the counter-attack of the underworld to defeat the Moon Elf Kingdom of the Northland. It even won the historical praise of the orc revival, until the demon swept the entire plane, ending the last glory of the Northland orcs.

I'm not lying, the "historical" development of this piece has involved me too much, and it has long been unrecognizable, so what else can be predicted.

Probably my rhetoric of "believing is spiritual, not believing is not spiritual, you can count people but not yourself" is too much like a wandering soothsayer on the street, and the little girl from the Solo Federation laughed out loud. The smiling and squinting expression made it clear that he didn't believe it at all.

Renee, as always, trusted me too much, and when she heard the rejection in my words, she was not very firm, and her face was full of laughter, and she hit the snake with the stick.

"Then you promised to give us instructions, Katy, and continue to report."

So, the pockmarked year official continued his report.

"....... winter grain has risen by more than 30 percent in just a few days, and there has been a rush to buy in the country," said the opinion of the joint meeting of logistics ministers of the Lan Alliance. It is because our current grain reserves are still sufficient, and all countries should open their national coffers. Balance prices and stabilize people's hearts. ”

Although the current Lan Alliance is an alliance composed of dozens of countries, the Lan clan is too big in it, and Renee's voice is extremely high, even if there is a consensus in the country, it is ultimately up to the uncrowned emperor to confirm.

"I have looked at the inventory data of the reserve grain, and according to the current consumption, there will be no problem at all until next autumn."

Ivy. Marceau's father was a federal member of the Solo Council, and she was also raised as a descendant of politicians since she was a child, and now she handles government affairs for Renee as an imperial concubine, but she is also very dedicated.

Seeing that everyone around me was nodding, Renee was about to give permission, but I finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Don't, don't talk about the grain now, you should open all the warehouses now and collect the grain with all your might."

As soon as I exited, I overturned the decree that was about to be made, and all the government officials in the room looked at me, and the dissatisfaction and unhappiness in it were needless to say, and they did not refute it on the spot, perhaps they still saw the reason in front of the emperor.

"....... if I'm not mistaken, the price of grain will skyrocket for a long time from now, haven't you read the latest news, San Andonglio, the mainland's No. 1 grain exporter, has been involved in the holy war, and as long as their emperor has no problems in his head, next year's export volume will be greatly reduced, even if it is not zero, and the skyrocketing price of grain is predictable."

The San Antonio Empire occupies the original sacred land of origin of the orcs, and it is said that if you just sow wheat, you will be able to harvest the golden plains of wheat fields next year, and the annual grain is not only enough for their domestic use, but also for export.

Even if the jihad does not affect San Antonio's producing areas, agricultural exporters during the war, even if they have enough food, will reserve excess food crops as war reserves, and a large-scale decline in exports in the coming year is expected.

"We've thought about it, but our food imports are mainly Bayer and Orland, and even if food prices are affected by fluctuations, it's expected, and we can handle it."

As Renee's chief assistant officer, Ivy, who has a special status, made no secret of her dissatisfaction with my judgment, and judging from the expressions of the other administrators, they also recognized Ivy's judgment.

It's not that I'm convinced, it's not that I'm convinced, it's that I don't know how to explain the sinister hearts of people, the profiteers eating people, and the large number of unscrupulous businessmen who are waiting to speculate on goods, waiting to make war money and national disaster money, and it is not easy to explain that no matter how they estimate, they underestimate the intensity and duration of the holy war, as long as the war lasts for a long time, the price of grain will naturally double again and again.

Although there are several excellent cold-resistant crops in the Northland thanks to Amira's help, considering the weather and barren land in the Northland, as well as the rapid increase in population since the formation of the Lanmeng, even though the cultivation of cold-resistant crops has been promoted in recent years, there is still a lot of food shortage every year.

Of course, this can be solved, although the cold-resistant wheat selected in the end looks a bit like a man-eating flower, and tastes a little strange and earthy, but it is indeed not a magic plant, it is non-toxic and harmless, and it cannot be eaten by dead people.

Although the yield per mu is relatively low due to the poor planting conditions, there is more wasteland and labor in the north, as long as the planting area goes up and the grain output goes up, it will eventually be able to reach a balance, and those rich people who dislike the taste and nutritional imbalance can naturally go to other places to buy grain.

For the Lanmeng official, being picky about the taste of food is too luxurious, and it is already a great historical achievement to be able to ensure that no one starves to death in the barren Northland.

Everyone knows that this is a big deal, and in the past eight years, the young people who have applied to become cultivators every year have been the most honored, and the number of fields around the city has skyrocketed, and the grain production in the north has indeed skyrocketed.

And it is precisely this crazy increase in grain production year by year that makes these administrative officials misestimate the future direction, thinking that as long as they survive for a period of time, they can reach a self-sufficiency balance in food, but I know that the holy war will not give them an easy day to survive until that day, as long as the Lan League still needs to import grain one day, the countries of the north must store grain on a large scale, maybe, when the holy war enters the white hot period, there will be no grain trading in the international market.

I was silent for a while, and then I organized my words.

"How do you make sure that neither Bair nor Orlan will be involved in the Holy War again next year?"

"How could it be ......"

Halfway through the negative words, Ivy wanted to say how could it be so coincidental according to common sense, but then thought that no one could make such a guarantee, and no one could predict the course of the holy war.

"Moreover, you may not have experienced a world war-level war, and if there is a problem in the food-producing countries, it will have a psychological impact on the entire international food market, and other countries will start buying food instead of exporting, and the increase in international food prices is predictable. Even, there may be a situation where there is no market. ”

The more I think about it, the more I think it's possible, because there is no international organization in the world to maintain balance, and if those transnational profiteers and agents of national backgrounds really start to speculate on the price of food, it is possible that food will eventually become more expensive than gold.

"Well, then let's decide as such, this year we will be open to buying grain instead of producing it."

Renee made a straightforward decision, but Ivy was in a hurry.

"However, there is a shortage of food in the domestic market, and the lack of winter grain will affect the people's morale and cause panic."

Renee looked at me, and I shrugged my shoulders, I'm pretty good at dealing with this kind of thing, but it's certainly not the usual way to be peaceful.

"It rose by 30% in two days, and there are no profiteers speculating in goods, do you believe it? Raid all those profiteers' houses, and take out all the goods they have stored to balance the prices. By the way, if you don't handle this matter, throw it to the dark elves, they are all good hands, and they guarantee that if they catch one accurately, catch one, even his ancestors will explain it clearly in the eighteenth generation. ”

Obviously, this is not a conventional way to deal with it, and it will make the merchants panic at will, and maybe those merchants will choose to move and transfer their property, and in the long run, there will be endless troubles, but...

"It's already a time of war, and dealing with it in peacetime will only make those profiteers look down on you, and it's better to make an example of you than to keep blocking them later. Oh, the era of feudal kingship is convenient, and you don't need to find evidence to copy your home. ”

And my overly drastic approach made Renee nod her head thoughtfully.

She knew that I was not a murderous person, and it could even be said that I was tired of killing, but at this time, there was a reason for taking such an aggressive approach, and she had guessed some.

"....... Northland, there will also be war?"

Since it was a war, it was understandable how drastic it was, but I laughed when I heard Renee ask, she was too young and too contemptuous of the holy war that was about to sweep the entire plane.

"No, it's not that the Northland is about to face war, it's that the whole world is already at war. Every race, every nation, every region, every individual can face the test of war. You die, or I die, or we will die together. ”

The sensational words have been spoken, and I don't care how they react, it doesn't matter if I believe it or take it as nonsense, but now that it's been said, I'm also somewhat interested.

"Boy, keep reporting, let me see how you juniors are doing." (To be continued.) )