Chapter 1345 Grain Reserve

Pulling out the spare tires that the enemy transport troops brought with them and keeping vigilance, after changing the tires for the transport trucks, the three cavalry teams brought dozens of vehicles of enemy materials, which can be said to be a big victory.

At the same time, after receiving a telegram message from the rear, reminding them to prepare to receive supplies, an ominous premonition had already arisen in the heart of the Europa border guard who had not been able to wait for the transport troops.

And in the early morning of the next day, the troops were dispatched to confirm.

Finally confirmed the news, a large number of corpses were found around the road 130 kilometers away from their border fortress...

At this moment, the logistics supply was intercepted, and the bad news that the escort troops were completely destroyed can be said to be completely implemented.

In the face of this established fact, the border guards are obviously unable to change anything, and can only let the signal troops send the bad news to the rear headquarters.

In this regard, the rear headquarters was naturally in a state of fury. The supplies were robbed, the 10,000 troops were completely wiped out, and the loss of dozens of transport trucks was already heavy.

But what can they do?

Can this border material still be delivered?

Obviously not.

"Go, prepare another batch of supplies."

"But Chief of Staff, this time, I'm afraid the food won't be ready."

Hearing this, the chief of staff of the headquarters was shocked, and then quickly asked...

"What's going on? Why can't it be prepared?!"

"Reporting to the chief of staff, in the past few years, the emperor led the army to go on expeditions and transferred a large amount of food. Today, there is basically not much left in the empire."

"Why didn't you report this kind of thing before?!"

"Report, report to the Chief of Staff! My subordinates have written a report on this matter!"

After speaking, probably in order to prove his words, the subordinate officer turned over the previous report quite simply.

At the bottom of the report is the seal of their headquarters, proving that the report has been approved.

This situation made the chief of staff's eyelids jump slightly.

But at this moment, it is also not a matter of embarrassment or embarrassment.

His eyes quickly swept across the report, which was indeed a report on the remaining food reserves within their empire.

At the same time, according to the report, if this wave of grain is not robbed, then the grain reserves of their empire should be stuck in a situation of 'just enough', because in three months, it will be the autumn harvest. At that time, new crops will be harvested.

But now, this 'just enough' situation has been broken!

Now that the food in the frontier fortresses, if you save some food, you should be able to last another month, but what about a month later?

How did the defenders of the Eastern Fortress survive during the period when the autumn harvest was harvested?

In just a few short months, in the eyes of them now, it is simply terrible!

That's tens of thousands of mouths, not just a few dozen or hundreds of catties of food.

As the current supreme commander of the rear command, he must now make up his mind.

Looking at the chief of staff who was in deep entanglement, the other officer next to him had a very complicated expression for a while.

After hesitating again and again, he finally chose to speak...

"Chief of Staff, on my side, I just heard a message."

"What news? Tell me straight!"

The chief of staff, who was in an annoyed mood at this time, said impatiently.

In this regard, after organizing the language, the officer slowly opened his mouth and said...

"In the past few years, the grain output of our empire has been affected by the climate here, and it has declined. This year, the impact seems to be more serious than in previous years..."

Hearing this, the chief of staff's heart thumped violently on the spot.

"You mean, this year's grain production may be very low?"

The officer also had a wry smile on his face.

"It's basically true."

The chief of staff who got this answer couldn't help but stretch out his hand to support his forehead.

This situation is simply terrible!

At the same time, it made his decision even more difficult.

In this era, a powerful empire can hoard ammunition and weapons, and they can directly hoard them for decades. As long as those weapons and ammunition are not lagging behind, they can continue to use them.

What about food? Can you stock up on food for decades?

The answer is impossible.

But even so, the food reserves of their empire were originally extremely strong.

And now, the reason for facing such a bad situation, in the final analysis, is because of the agreement between Robert Smith and Raymond Souci.

The rice buckets of the orc army can be said to have consumed the food reserves of their empire to a large extent.

Although after the stalemate in the battle, Robert Smith took the initiative to discuss with Raymond Socie cheekily, saying that he could only provide part of the food for the orc army.

But at that time, his grain reserves were actually more than half consumed.

Coupled with his territorial location, which is deeply affected by the climate of the bitter cold land, the grain output has also gradually decreased in recent years.

The combination of various factors has evolved into the current bad situation.

Now that the "Great Emperor", Robert Smith, is not in the country, this difficult decision can only be handed over to him, the chief of staff.

He had no choice but to see the chief of staff speak in a very solemn tone after taking a deep breath...

"Go on and collect grain from grain shops all over the country!"

"Yes!"

It seems like a simple order, but the things involved behind it are big.

A wave of food price hikes is almost inevitable.

And it is.

Almost on the day that the high-level officials of their empire issued an order to start harvesting grain, the first wave of price increases appeared in the grain prices of shops in various places.

And the second wave of price increases came five days later...

And tripled in half a month!

Food prices went up, and so did the prices of other things.

It is no exaggeration to say that at this time, the grievances of ordinary people in the empire have begun to accumulate little by little, and some low-income groups are basically on the verge of entering a situation where they cannot afford food.

And this situation continued until the autumn harvest a few months later, without any improvement.

Because the grain harvest this year is really bleak, this has led to no intention of reducing prices at all local grain shops.

There is not even a price increase, for many civilians, it is already thankful.

In the empire, the entire situation can be said to continue to deteriorate, and the next winter will be a nightmare for many people.

Of course, that's all for later...

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