Chapter 1349 Cold Current

"The next move should be here!"

On the huge map, a chess piece fell again. At this moment, Luo Ji was grabbing the entire battle situation into his hands little by little.

Then, the season quietly entered winter...

This winter, for many people of Robert Smith, is basically no different from a nightmare.

This fall's harvest was so poor that the staggering food prices were completely cut off.

The imperial military was collecting food on a large scale, and at the same time, big businessmen who were aware of the sense of crisis, and some wealthy families also began to buy food on a large scale, in order to avoid the famine that may break out in the future.

However, the irony is that their approach contributed to the outbreak of famine to a great extent.

Food in the empire was procured in large quantities, resulting in less and less food on the market.

In the second month after winter, the grain shops in various cities simply close their doors.

Civilians who had nowhere to buy food and no money to buy food became the first victims of the famine.

And by the time Robert Smith took the transport vehicle back to his empire at the fastest speed, the situation could not have been worse.

The northern border fell, and in the empire, large and small cities, large and small famines have begun to break out.

Some of the hungry refugees, facing the threat of death, even turned into thugs, attacked food stores, and even rushed into other people's homes to snatch food.

In just two months since the beginning of winter, no less than fifty similar incidents have already occurred.

Looking at the report in front of him, Robert Smith's face was gloomy and almost dripped.

He could not accuse his ministers of buying food, because it was an important material to ensure the strength of their imperial army.

During the war, the army is short of food? That's not far from defeat.

So even if someone else was in the Empire at that time, I am afraid they would make the same decision.

What he didn't expect was something that happened earlier.

Robert Smith never imagined that the cold current from the northern border of Ten Thousand Realms Civilization would have such a huge impact on the farming of their empire.

In the first year of the total war, no one took the changes in the harvest of this crop to heart.

After all, crops, depending on the climate and environment, have good harvests in some years and poor harvests in some years. This is a common thing.

But at that time, no one thought that the root cause of the poor harvest was the bitter cold.

In the past few years, the cold current has spread to them little by little, and the impact on their empire is naturally getting bigger and bigger.

It is precisely because of this that the harvest is getting worse every year.

For some crops, the output has declined, which is still good, and there are many other crops that simply freeze to death...

In comparison, the Orc civilization of Raymond Socie is much better than that of Robert Smith.

The fundamental reason is that the orcs themselves are not good at farming.

But Raymond Souci was a player after all, and he could toss out some crops no matter how bad it was.

Therefore, when choosing crops, Raymond Souci often chooses crops that are easy to grow, have high yields, and are tenacious and can grow even in harsh environments.

This approach has resulted in a very single type of crops for the orc civilization, but it has also successfully fed these gang of food buckets who are not picky eaters.

Under this premise, the impact of the climate of the bitter cold land on the crops of the orc civilization is almost negligible at present, and the special circumstances of their own civilization, on the contrary, let them escape by accident.

At this moment, the entire empire of Robert Smith was shrouded in a lingering haze, and the outbreak of famine almost brought a series of subsequent troubles.

Recently, a large number of people suffering from hunger and cold began to protest and march on the streets!

The bodies of refugees can often be found on street corners, alleys, and next to garbage dumps.

Within the empire, the whole situation is in turmoil.

Paralyzed on his own throne, Robert Smith never thought that he would fall into such a vicious circle if he was not careful when it developed to this point!

The bigger the civilization, the more dangerous it is. One wrong step could lead to a complete collapse.

At this rate, he doesn't know how many refugees his empire will starve to death this winter.

In the current situation, if he wants to stabilize the situation, then the best way is to open a warehouse and put food to help the refugees.

However, this food is equally important to his imperial army!

How much food do these refugees need to survive this winter?

In this way, after the winter is over, will the army of his empire still have food to fight?

He exhaled heavily, and the irritability in his heart made Robert Smith's face extremely ugly.

Then, as if he had made up his mind, he slammed the table with his fist, and then called out several names to the personal soldiers beside him.

Each of those names was a famous big businessman in his empire. Before the famine broke out, food prices and commodity prices were soaring, and it was absolutely necessary for these guys to drive up prices.

At the same time, Robert Smith was even more convinced that these guys definitely had an astonishing amount of food in their hands.

However, in the past, these big businessmen have been driving the economy and trade of his empire, and at the same time the annual tax amount has also satisfied him, so Robert Smith has always turned a blind eye to them. .

But now, the situation is special. If you want to get through this difficult time, you have to 'borrow' enough food from them. I hope these guys will be wise.

After the personal soldiers left, it didn't take long before they ran back.

This situation made Robert Smith frown.

"What's wrong?"

"Report to the Great, the people you want to invite, they have already come."

Hearing this, Robert Smith was taken aback for a moment, and then his brows quickly stretched out.

This gang of merchants are also considered to be cunning and cunning, knowing that after he came back, in the face of this situation, they would definitely use them, so he took the initiative to send them to the door without waiting for him to call someone.

In the face of this self-consciousness, it made him a little bad and then ruthless.

Directly ordered someone to prepare a rich dinner, then shook the red wine glass in his hand, and accepted the food offered by several big businessmen.

At the same time, he obviously had to say something.

These big businessmen are already rich enough, so Robert Smith knows what they want.

According to the amount of food contributed, he gave these big businessmen the titles of 'Sir' and 'Baron' respectively.

For businessmen who have made enough money, what they want now is fame and status, and in the empire, noble titles are the best pronouns for fame and status!

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