Throne of the North

The food crisis in the Crucible City came earlier than expected.

Originally, it was thought that it might take half a month, but it broke out after only ten days.

"There are no fish in the Crescent Lake anymore, and no food can be salvaged at all!"

"The potatoes outside the city have long been looted by the cult, and even the farmland has been destroyed."

"There is not a grain of wheat in the granary, and even the mice there are starving to death."

"We want food! We want food!"

Ryan, as a viscount noble, was also invited to the Crucible City Council. As soon as he came in, he saw that Lord Moriarty was angrily throwing the exquisite silverware on the table to the ground.

"This group of damned scoundrels, scoundrels! They should all be hanged on wooden poles! They dared to ask the nobles for food."

The surrounding nobles were also very angry. They didn't expect that the group of mud legs were so bold.

But since they didn't suppress it directly, it has already shown the seriousness of the matter.

The Furnace City cannot be without nobles, but it cannot be without civilians. Even the nobles in this city are not as extremely exploited as those nobles in the North Wind Province, because generally speaking, they are just huddling together for warmth in this Furnace City.

In the cold winter, the pressure of survival is the most critical.

The lack of food starts from the slaves at the bottom, but in the end, the nobles will also lack food, and the granaries in their own manors cannot support them for too long.

Appearing here, it is said to be to suppress the Furnace City. In fact, it is also these far-sighted nobles who are beginning to panic. They are not worried about the civilians and slaves, but they are also afraid that they will have no food in the future.

And even guys like Baron Hatton understand that only slaves can produce more wealth, so they spend a lot of gold coins to buy food. Of course, the nobles here will not be unaware.

It was okay before, the population was very large, but now there is only the Furnace City left. If these tens of thousands of people are lost, the future will be very sad.

"Who of you will go and suppress this group of unruly people?"

Moriarty finally calmed down and sat on the upper seat looking down. Of course, he couldn't personally show up as a Grand Duke.

It is said that this Grand Duke is also a wizard, one step away from the Grand Mage. In fact, the only ones who can suppress him are the three Grand Mage.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse, maybe that's the saying. The nobles are still nobles under the winter, and they can still control more power and rights.

No one spoke in the entire parliament.

But at this time, Ryan stood up.

"I'm new here, let me go for this matter."

"Since Viscount Wittman is willing, then you go."

Moriarty looked at Ryan kindly. He didn't expect that this young man would take the initiative to stand up and face the responsibility of this matter.

"I will restore peace to the Crucible City, but...what about food?"

Ryan looked at Grand Duke Moriarty.

"We can't rely on illusions to fill our stomachs. If the cultists come again, we're afraid we won't have any soldiers."

Hearing Ryan's words, Grand Duke Moriarty's expression also became ugly. The reason why he chose to suppress them forcefully was that he was unwilling to give out food.

Fortunately, Ryan continued to speak at this time.

"Those mages should still have some food in their hands, but I don't know if it's enough."

"We have to give out some food, show them something to eat, and then let them hurry out of the city to farm. If it doesn't work, harvest in advance, so that it can be mixed with soil and snow, and it can also fill their stomachs for a while. As long as they can survive this year, they will be better next year."

Hearing this, some nobles also nodded frequently. As long as they didn't take their food, they were happy.

"The Mage Academy still has a lot of food, but they need to use wild beasts for experiments, so the consumption is also high."

Moriarty revealed the bottom line, which made Ryan understand.

Sure enough, the most food in this city is still in the hands of those mages.

To some extent, it was because these nobles were also mages that they were able to store a lot of food in their manors.

Ryan left the parliament and led the parliament's soldiers, about 70 or 80 people, to the other side of the Crucible City.

The food crisis in the Crucible City was called a mud-legged riot, but in fact, they were just asking for food, because no civilians or slaves crossed the street that ran across the north and south.

When Ryan came to this street called the Crucible City, the crowds of people almost scattered at the fastest speed.

Any noble could suppress this turmoil, but this was not what Ryan wanted.

In the shocked eyes of the crowd, Ryan jumped directly to a house in three or two steps and said in a loud voice:

"As you can see, I am a noble."

"The evil demon followers looted our farmland and took away our food for the winter. In the southern sea, the winter is getting colder and colder, freezing the Crescent Lake, resulting in no fish."

"The Crucible City, which has a history of more than 100 years, finally ushered in the biggest crisis today, but this is definitely not the last time!"

"I came here not to kill you, but to give you food!"

Ryan's words, especially the word food, finally made many people who were starving come out.

"But noble lord, we have no food, and we will definitely not survive for more than a few months."

The winter in Exner continent comes several months earlier than that in the frozen land territory. In July and August, they will usher in the bitter north wind, blowing away all the temperature.

Even in the Furnace City, nearly half of the year is in winter.

An elderly man was crying and complaining that the weather would get colder in a month at most. There were not many ways to go out to find food in that weather. If you leave the Furnace City, you might freeze to death.

"I will ask the archmage to give you food for three days at most!"

Ryan stretched out three fingers, then told these people to go home, and turned to walk towards the direction of the mage tower.

Looking at Ryan's leaving back, the civilians in the Furnace City finally showed a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

Considering many aspects, Ryan certainly didn't want too many people to starve to death in the Furnace City. He also wanted to pull people to his frozen land territory and become his own people.

But many things here don't belong to him now.

But soon, he will be able to reap his own wealth.

Looking at the tallest building in the Crucible City, the three standing wizard towers, Ryan was a little curious about what kind of people these three great wizards were.