Heroes of the Invincible Knight

The majestic Snow City is still shining under the sunlight,

But from the street, the city of Piaoxue, which was supposed to be bustling and lively, showed a bit of desolation.

It was a good time of spring, but there were not many pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, a few pedestrians were in a hurry, their faces were full of anxiety, and they lost some of their previous self-confidence.

The caravans traveling on the bustling main street were less than one-third of the original, and there were only a few shops on both sides of the street with their doors open and barely operating.

It has been more than a week since the news of Marquis Wade's retreat to Helborough came since the Jingbei Army suffered a fiasco in the wilderness.

The news of this defeat was too loud, and the soldiers who failed to return to the team were scattered everywhere, and the news could not be suppressed at all. Within a few days after the top management of Piaoxuecheng received the information, the matter had already spread.

At this time, the tavern in an alley was still quite popular.

After the number of caravans plummeted, many men working in the city were temporarily out of work, and could only gather in this remote tavern to drink some inferior rye wine, talk eloquently, and pass the time.

"I said, the Jingbei Army seems to be quite capable of fighting, how could the group of ogres in the wilderness be beaten like this."

"Who knows, the Jingbei Army hasn't suffered such a defeat for many years, and now people are panicking."

"I heard that the ogres from the west have already captured several small nobles' castles, and they killed them like a dog."

"Hmph, I can't control other places. If the ogre really hits this Piaoxuecheng, the man in our Piaoxuecheng is not a soft egg."

"Yes! There is still a family living in this snow city. If the ogres dare to come, we will fight with them!"

"I don't believe it, this ogre can still break this Snow City!"

"Come, drink!"

The atmosphere in the tavern suddenly became warm.

Although the ogre is scary, after all, it is too far away from these people who live near the Snow City all the year round.

They couldn't understand why the Jingbei Army, which seemed to be mighty and majestic and iron-clad, couldn't defeat a group of savage races that were furious and blood-drinking.

Of course, I don't understand, but I don't understand. After all, the Northland has a strong folk style, and there are many men who dare to work hard, especially the residents of Piaoxuecheng. Everyone has one or two weapons.

If the Lanster family wanted to recruit young Zhuang to defend the city, they could easily recruit hundreds of thousands of Ding Zhuang with good quality.

……

There is definitely no shortage of soldiers in the north of the source, but there must be more than just these things that the superiors need to consider.

Lint was sitting in his house at this time. The light in the room was very good, and the light was transparent.

But obviously Lint's mood is not as bright as the room, or since the defeat of the Jingbei Army, Lint's mood has not been better.

The tea on the table had been cold for a long time, and Lint took another sip of the tea as if he didn't know it.

"Master, the tea is cold."

Sander still stood aside, reminding him carefully.

"Well, did you bring back the grain you purchased from the river valley last time?"

Lint put down the cup and didn't add any more hot water, but turned to Sander and asked.

"The first batch of food has arrived, and the second batch has just left the river valley. The dark cavalry has been arranged to **** it. It should be foolproof."

"What about the third batch of grain?"

"The merchants on the other side of the river valley said that the supply of goods is a little tight, and they would rather pay our liquidated damages than give us food at the previous price."

"These gang of profiteers."

"Then increase the price and bring the grain back at the price they gave."

Lint's tone was very calm, as if he had expected this situation long ago, and even if the other party breached the contract, there was not much anger.

Before the Jingbei Army was dispatched, Lint allocated a large amount of funds to arrange for his men to purchase a large amount of grain in the valleys with abundant grain reserves.

Although the site of the river valley is not large, the land is very fertile. The supply of food has always exceeded the demand, and the price of food has always been very cheap.

Lint ordered millions of stone grains at one time to prevent accidents. Naturally, it is impossible to complete the transaction with such a huge amount of purchases.

The whole transaction was divided into three parts. After Lint paid the deposit, the grain merchants in the river valley began to raise grain.

That is to say, there is plenty of grain in the river valley, and the warehouses everywhere are basically full, but the first batch of grain was raised in a few days, and now it has been shipped to Piaoxue City.

But shortly after the second batch of grain was loaded, the Jingbei Army was defeated, and the news of the massive eastward invasion of the ogres in the wilderness reached the river valley.

The second batch of grain has been handed over to Lint, and naturally it will not be affected, but the third batch of grain is still in the hands of the merchants in the river valley.

The northern land suffered from the ogre disaster. No matter what happened in the future, the output of food in the coming year will be greatly reduced, and the shortage of food is almost a foregone conclusion.

Under such circumstances, grain merchants began to hesitate to sell, and the price of grain naturally rose. The price of grain has doubled compared to the price when Lint ordered it.

It is naturally impossible to sell the grain that has not been released from the warehouse now for a Lint at the previous price~www.wuxiahere.com~ As for how many people in the North will starve to death due to this kind of grain storage?

I'm sorry, this is not within the consideration of grain merchants in the river valley. Since the beginning of business, my conscience has been lost.

"Is there any news from the Royal Capital?"

"not yet."

"Hey, let me know as soon as there is news from the Royal Capital."

"Yes"

Don't look at how much preparation Lint made at the beginning, but once this kind of thing happens, no amount of preparation is enough.

More than one million stone grains seem to be a lot, but if they are sprinkled into this huge snow city, they can last for another month or two.

If the ogres continue to destroy eastward, half of the people in the entire northern region will be hungry next year.

Right now, all we can count on is that the capital will send dragon knights to help. We don't need much, as long as one or two dragon knights come, the passive situation in the Northland at the moment will be greatly improved.

"Report!"

While Lint was still a little nervous about the lack of supplies, a guard hurried to the door.

"speak"

There was only Sand in the room, and Lint directly asked the guard to tell the information.

"The elders are about to hold a meeting of elders in the council hall, saying that they want to discuss the next city management issues."

"boom!"

Lint slammed his fist on the table heavily.

"Hush!"

It's a pity that the angry state didn't last for a second, and Lint hissed in pain. Sander's mouth twitched, looking like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

"Let's go, I want to see how the elders plan to manage Piaoxue City."

No longer fighting against the table, Lint took Sander to the council room without any haste...

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