4925 The only Answer

Bahamut came and went in a hurry. After he signaled the captain of the guards to escort Ajel back to the dungeon, Ivan did not think carefully about what Bahamut said before he left.

Ivan vaguely felt that the meaning of what Bahamut said before he left might be far beyond his imagination.

But considering the current situation, it doesn't seem to make much sense to continue to struggle with this matter.

So Ivan temporarily put aside the various problems in his heart and continued to concentrate on the work in front of him.

And after that, he didn't have to wait too long. On the front line, the news of the defeat of the Black Iron Army came back quickly.

For this result, Ivan can be said to be psychologically prepared.

Although their remaining elf army is also in poor condition at this point in time, after weighing the pros and cons, Ivan still ordered the first time to regroup the army and take back the second line of defense.

As for the other occupied territories, in a short period of time, they probably won't have that spare capacity.

In this process, the only thing to be thankful for is that the ordinary people in their country basically completed the evacuation ahead of schedule.

Therefore, in the case of a large number of land occupations, the casualties of ordinary people in their Elven Kingdom cannot be said to be non-existent, but they have been preserved to the greatest extent.

Under this premise, every planet in their elven kingdom is notoriously vast and sparsely populated, so even if they receive a large number of people, they don't have to worry about not enough living space.

Of course, there are undoubtedly things to worry about.

For example, food...

When the army is fighting, in order to ensure the state of the soldiers, the three meals a day will increase the consumption of food.

Under this premise, they need to recruit young and middle-aged people to join the army to supplement the front-line troops, which will also reduce the domestic young and middle-aged labor force in disguise, and directly affect the efficiency of farming and the output of grain.

And now, the problem is bigger.

The fall of a large number of territories directly caused their elf kingdom to lose a large area of ​​​​grain-producing land, and the food pressure was all pressed on the remaining planet territory at once.

Their elven kingdom has never been a big grain-producing country, and its own grain reserves are also limited.

Before the expedition, they didn't need to worry about the food issue at all. There was nothing to say about this, but the continuous war with the Black Iron Empire later emptied their reserves of food.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of food in the domestic market.

For the present, in order to prevent the food from being completely exhausted, Ivan issued a decree almost at the fastest speed.

That is, under the premise of ensuring the food supply of the army, all elves, including himself, began to save daily food consumption, from the original three meals a day to two meals a day, or even one meal a day .

At the same time, in order to ensure that the food prices on the market will not skyrocket out of control due to the shortage of food, all the food production and sales in the country have been destroyed by Ivan long ago when they were still at war with the Black Iron Army. Grab it in your hand.

It is not difficult for Ivan to control food prices and sell food nowadays.

Of course, doing this well can only make them support longer and help them buy more time, but it cannot fundamentally solve this problem.

After all, the food production capacity of their elven kingdom is now there.

If you want to solve this problem in a short time, the best way right now is to buy food!

But who doesn't know what the current known universe is like?

Nowadays, the various cosmos countries either take advantage of the mess, or they are holding troops and resources, guarding their own one-third of an acre, and dare not act rashly, acting like a tortoise with a shrinking head.

And as one of the important resources that cannot be ignored, in today's era, let alone those big grain-producing countries, even if it is an ordinary human cosmic country, in a short period of time, the grain reserves will definitely be sufficient.

But because food becomes more important, it can still be at stake in a country's lifeline, which means that people may not be willing to sell them to you even if they have sufficient food reserves.

Before the turmoil broke out, the one with the best diplomatic relations with their Elven Kingdom, and at the same time the closest contact, was the Dark Iron Empire.

However, ironically, today's Dark Iron Empire is the biggest enemy that caused their elven kingdom to fall into such a desperate situation!

At this moment, Ivan quickly sorted out a list in his mind. After the complete confrontation with the Black Iron Empire, in the second universe, there was basically no force that could sell them food.

Even in the surrounding universe, Ivan couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a while.

In the end, the only answer that could be obtained was the 'Ye's Chamber of Commerce'.

In fact, from the very beginning, Ivan had considered the Ye's Chamber of Commerce.

Although many things have happened since the turmoil broke out, the relationship between their Elf Kingdom and Ye's Chamber of Commerce has not changed much.

The fundamental reason is that they are too far apart.

The Elf Kingdom is in the second universe, while the base camp of the Ye's Chamber of Commerce is far away in the seventh universe.

Although these seven universes are not lined up in a row, there is still a fairly distant barrier between the second universe and the seventh universe.

This not only prevents them from conflicting with each other, but also greatly increases the difficulty of supporting each other.

This is also the main reason why Ivan put the Ye's Chamber of Commerce aside in the first place, it's too far...

But now after a round of screening, he seems to have no other choice.

Despite his close relationship with the Dark Iron Empire, Ajel knows the importance of obtaining intelligence.

Therefore, he follows the news on the international network almost every day.

Under this premise, of course he knew that Ye Qingxuan had returned to Ye's Chamber of Commerce after being missing for many years. With Ye Qingxuan's return, although Ye's Chamber of Commerce did not directly announce the replacement of the chairman, everyone knew that Ye's Chamber of Commerce The current top ruler of the Chamber of Commerce has changed from Ye An before to Ye Qingxuan today.

In the early years, when the Elf Kingdom had just been in contact with external forces and the international community, Ivan and Ye Qingxuan knew each other.

With each other, they get along quite happily, and they have established a good relationship for the time being.

Therefore, compared to Ye An before, Ivan undoubtedly trusts Ye Qingxuan more.

Now that it has been screened, basically, Ivan, who has no other choice, finally sent an application for help to the Ye's Chamber of Commerce, hoping to buy enough food from the Ye's Chamber of Commerce to allow them to spend their time in the Elf Kingdom. this time of difficulty.

Of course, at the same time, other forces nearby, with the mentality of giving it a try, did not let Ivan fall. After all, what if it happened?