Necromancer: Becoming a God from a Lord

The short-term crisis of food scarcity and the development policy of absorbing migrant population for a long time...there will be a certain contradiction between the two, and in a sense it is the bottleneck that needs to be faced at present.

If Harvey remembers correctly, since the border conflict between St. Valen and Daus broke out at the end of last autumn, the entire central southern country has generally entered a period of soaring food prices. Just a big increase in prices is fine, and there are still many more The chamber of commerce, which was active, secretly hoarded it, and was preparing to make a big profit after the winter began.

High-priced imported food can only temporarily alleviate the urgent need in a short period of time, and it is definitely impossible to afford it for a long time... Even the Nanjie Chamber of Commerce, which has always been closely related, led by the Longshi Chamber of Commerce, have sent letters to express their apology to Harvey. .

The autumn harvest is approaching less than a month or two, and everyone doesn’t hold much surplus grain in their hands. If they only feed thousands of people, they may be able to transport some of the wheat, and no matter how much it is, they will not be satisfied.

It is better to seek for yourself than to ask for others. The grain storage in Xinghuo City has not yet reached the position of the red line of warning, so it is no problem to barely hold on until the end of the month. The first harvest of Dongtuo Base is considered to be an open source, and what is more important now is to consider how to "reduce money".

In this regard, Reiner proposed a relatively feasible method - to reduce the food supply in various places, strictly control the amount of food purchased by the people, and foreign grain vendors only enter and do not leave, and at the same time reduce the quota for processed food... First, ensure that the people are full, I want to If you want to eat well, you can only persist until the harvest of Dongtuo base is good.

But doing so obviously violates the original promises to the people. Newly accepted cities such as Jinhui City and Fengyuan City are fine... But it is probably difficult for the people of Xinghuo City and Grizzly Castle, who have long entered a well-off life, to be very difficult. If you buy it, it is always easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. When you get used to eating white bread every meal, you suddenly change to drinking porridge. It is difficult to ensure that you will not feel panic about food shortage.

When the next day, when a high-level meeting was held in Harvey's castle, Asdaren proposed a solution that made Harvey's heart tempted for the first time.

"In fact, I encountered this trouble that had just migrated to the depths of the wasteland." Asdaren's eyes were unstable and seemed to be trapped in a long memory, "Composed of wizards and blood entourages, The migration team also encountered a crisis of food shortage. In order to build the majestic and magnificent Eternal Night City... they recruited many wasteland refugees without restraint, and finally found it difficult to support this group of people."

"Well, judging from the scale of the Eternal Night Ruins, the number of refugees who participated in the construction of the city might not be less than 10,000." Harvey nodded, and said with a sigh, "And there is no way to plant the wasteland and the ice sea. It is difficult to ensure continuous supply of food by fishing and hunting alone.”

Asdaren chuckled and said slowly, "So... when the food is tight before winter, the city managers at that time would look at the huge number of evil orc tribes."

Reiner was stunned, "You mean..."

Harvey raised his hand and knocked on the table, took the conversation and said in a deep voice: "By robbing... Evil orcs are naturally good at raising herds, and they also enslaved a large number of wasteland refugees to cultivate land for them, in the time when cattle and sheep are fat after autumn If you go to rob them, you will definitely return with a full load."

"But the evil orcs are too wide distributed in the wasteland, and the distance between tribes is also very scattered. Although the total number of tribes seems to be very large... it is really time-consuming and laborious to have to sweep away one by one."

Moreover, Pierce is still in charge of the old capital, and the soldiers sent to various parts of the southern border are also stranded and have not returned. The actual combat force available in Xinghuo City is not sufficient.

Harvey shook his head, "To be honest, I didn't take the mosquito leg flesh from the evil orcs seriously."

He stood up and walked to the map hanging on the wall, raised his hand and turned everyone's eyes from the wasteland back to the southern border, "When the border conflict broke out between St. Valen and Daus, the border grand duke of the neighboring country Barkley suddenly took The church sent troops to the country in the name of the church and launched expeditions on many cities and regions in southern St. Valen, especially Silver Song City and Montenegro Port... These two places are the locations of the Principal's granary! "

Although with the fall of Jinhui City and the news that the Church's Trial Legion failed in the old capital, the Grand Duke of Barkley's border was very aware of the current affairs and quietly retreated, the large amount of food and wealth he plundered was real In the profits.

At present, the three combat troops of the Northern Army happen to be at the junction of Yinsong City, Heishan Port and the Three Kingdoms border!

"I heard that in order to make his army famous, Barkley, the great master of the border, has attracted many nobles from the country to go to war with him, and used all kinds of means to plunder the southern part of the Principality. Everyone was full of oil." Asda Lun's tone was a little disdainful, "If you beat them one by one, the profit will definitely be better than robbing those barbaric evil orc tribes."

Reiner hesitated for a moment and hesitated: "In this case... wouldn't it be considered that we sent troops to plunder neighboring countries on their own initiative?"

Harvey said indifferently: "Regaining what they snatched from us is called debt collection!"

Of course, it is reasonable to charge some additional interest during this "debt collection" process - as long as you do it quickly and secretly, it is not the turn of King Buckley to react, it is enough to seize and refille the grain silo in Starfire City. Harvest.

Moreover, if you remember correctly, the start-up member of the caster forum, code-named "The Earth Fellows", is a high-level caster who comes from the Buckley royal family and is a high-ranking caster who holds secular power in a high position.

And Mr. "Earth-loving" himself had clearly stood on his side in the forum referendum. Facing the "traitorous" princes in his own country who leaned towards the church, he must have been eager for Harvey to help him eliminate them.

Thinking of this, Harvey suddenly had an idea... He had not appeared in the Spellcaster Forum for a long time. Even the daily forum management work was mostly handed over to Asdaren. He also needed to find some free time to attend the exchange meeting every weekend to re-explore their current attitude and direction.

...

After the high-level meeting, Harvey immediately returned to his study.

He turned on the magic brain instrument and logged into the forum with ease. He happened to find the code name of "Earth-loving" hanging high in the list showing the online status.

Harvey did not hesitate and immediately sent him a request for a private exchange, and soon received a response from the other party.

[Kel'Thuzad: Mr. Earth-loving, excuse me... I have a practical question that I want to seek an answer from you. 】

A perfect post, read the content in the 6-9 book forum!

[Earth-loving: Haha, I am honored to have the opportunity to communicate with Mr. "Agent" alone. If you need any help, please feel free to ask. 】

Harvey couldn't help but curl up his lips and smile slightly. The impression that this forum's founding member has always given him is that he is gentle and polite. As a spellcaster of noble origin, his position is very upright. Although he is unwilling to get close to the faction of the Federation, he has not directly turned to the church.

This can be seen from the fact that he took the initiative to help forum members and kill church witch hunters in Barkley. In the subsequent forum referendum, he also promised to use the power in his hands to help the Federation expel the church forces in his country.

[Kel'Thuzad: Free help is not in line with the purpose of the forum. I currently need a detailed information about the border grand duke of the Principality of Barkley, including his birth surname, family origin, fiefdom power, armed forces and other information. As for what price to pay for the exchange, you can ask for it. 】

It is not difficult to collect information about a neighboring lord in the real world. Even if Harvey asked his "secret police" to do it, it would only take a few more days. However, he took the initiative to ask the "Earth-loving One" in the forum to indirectly test his attitude and opinion.

You must beat the dog, but it is necessary to ask the suspected owner's attitude first, which is a necessary courtesy.