The Hero Who Troubles the Heroes

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A desk was suddenly lifted, and all the exquisite stationery and other items on the desk were scattered in the office.

"Where did his food come from?!"

Conradin roared in the office.

A few people standing in the office lowered their heads and shivered, even if their feet were pressed by the heavy desk, they did not dare to make a sound.

Conradin, who was full of anger, kicked the chair, and the wooden chair made by the elf was kicked against the wall and smashed into pieces.

"how is this possible?"

"how is this possible?!"

Conradin walked around like a headless fly in the office. Since February, he has asked the envoys in Greentown to confirm whether the Elf Royal Court will help Charles cash the food coupons.

Until yesterday, the official reply from the Elf Royal Court was that they would not provide any food assistance to Charles.

However, just today, Conradin, who was waiting for Charles to come to the door, waited for the latest news from the North: the Temple of Harvest announced that it would start exchanging enough food coupons for the McGarden family.

The previous actions of the Harvest Temple were very concealed, and no one knew who the grains transported by the grain fleets heading north belonged to.

The sudden news completely disrupted Conradin's plans. Those things he thought would be a bargaining chip suddenly lost the ability to bargain with Charles.

After a while, Conradin gradually calmed down.

Now that the matter has come, he has no other way to do it. He can't go to the church and set a torch to burn the food, so he might as well just wipe his neck.

Conradin waved to his subordinates in the office, and said, "Go north with the delivery coupons and bring back all the food, at least you won't lose money."

The floods in the south destroyed a lot of farmland this time, and a large number of farmers were displaced, which made the food production in the south hit a new low, and the disaster situation was no easier than in the north.

As long as these grains are in hand, Conradin estimates that after selling it, he can make up for the shortfall after being swindled by the northern nobles collectively.

Several of Conradin's men limped away. He looked at the mess, and then found a clean place to sit cross-legged.

He was recalling all kinds of information, thinking about what was missing.

Charles' grain cannot appear out of thin air, but he has estimated the grain output of the countries in the southern region, but even with the Elf Royal Court, he can't conjure up so much surplus grain to support Charles.

Just when Conradin was puzzled, his teacher, assistant and uncle Manfred walked in with a serious face.

After the lottery ticket was played out last time, Manfred persuaded Conradin to stop engaging in this kind of trick, and as a result, the stubborn Conradin got into a bit of trouble with him.

Later, when Alfred came to visit, Manfred thought that he should receive him politely, at least let himself go to negotiate with Alfred, but Conradin only sent a squire to send Alfred away in the end.

Manfred, who walked into the office now, saw the ground was in a mess, and couldn't help frowning.

Sitting on the ground without looking up, Conradin said to Manfred, "Is there something wrong?"

Manfred said: "The latest news from the North."

Conrad was startled, and a bad premonition suddenly enveloped him. He asked, "Good news or bad news?"

Manfred said: "On the same day, the five northern countries promulgated a new tax policy, and all grains shipped abroad will be subject to a tariff of ten times the retail price."

Conradin, who was sitting on the ground, was stunned for a moment. The next moment, he felt cold in his hands and feet, trembling all over, and the cold sweat on his body kept pouring out.

After several minutes, he murmured, "The trap... This is a trap at the beginning..."

Manfred sighed secretly in his heart, Charles's actions are still traceable, and this can't be regarded as a trap at the beginning.

For hundreds of years, the McGarden family has been huddled by the maple forest to live their small lives, helping the orcs in the north during the disaster years, and it was not until the family was devastated a few years ago that they began to walk on the stage.

Who would believe such a family that lacks aggressiveness when you say that he wants to trap and murder you, a prince who is far away from him.

At the beginning, the McGarden family's food delivery coupon business was reasonable and normal, and it was a normal business speculation operation. Everyone was doing business in a peaceful manner. After all, the orcs in the north were settled and everyone could live comfortably.

But when Conradin entered the market, the nature of the matter changed.

If Conradin was only doing business according to the rules, the nobles of the North would not say anything. But as soon as he came up, a southern aristocrat made it clear that he wanted Charles to smash the scene, so the northern nobles couldn't help but think about it.

Manfred estimated that it was from this time that the nobles of the North began to conspire to make this incident a trap for Conradin.

And Conradin only set his sights on Charles at first, and as a result ignored the personal connections between the nobles of the Northland - if he had considered from the beginning that the king of the Kingdom of Lerick in the Five Kingdoms of the Northland was pursuing Charles' sister , Duke Redkin is Charles' grandfather, and the five princesses of Bischberg Kingdom have an ambiguous relationship with Charles in theory. Charles played with a group of second-generation royal nobles from the Kingdom of Biberach since he was a child, and the queen of Villingen Kingdom is Charles' mother. best friend—then he might not choose to oppose Charles in the Northland.

When it was slanderous and profitable, there was a hint from above, and the nobles below immediately cooperated actively.

And the previous visit of Alfred was to give this matter a chance to settle the matter peacefully, but Conradin turned it down.

Faced with the current situation, Manfred thought about the cause and effect after turning around in his head a few times.

Out of his responsibility as a teacher, he stood there and told his analysis to Conradin, who was sitting on the ground with his head lowered in decadence.

After listening to the teacher's analysis, Conradin said: "This is the end of the matter, then stop the loss in time, and sell all the grain in the Northland. At the current grain price, we will not lose money."

Manfred sighed and said, "Let me run to the north and get the funds back as soon as possible."

Conrad nodded.

However, it turns out that Conradin and Manfred still underestimate the greed of the nobles of the North.

And what happened next is out of Charles' control, and he won't control it either.

Now that the grain belonging to Conradin cannot be transported back to the south, it is equivalent to a fat pig from the south being locked in a pigsty in the north.

A big hand, which neither Conradin nor Manfred had thought of, moved again. After the five northern countries introduced a bill to temporarily increase the export tariffs on grains on the same day, the big and small nobles and businessmen received a message, and then their A kind smile appeared on his face at the same time.

When February was about to end, Manfred took a dragon flight to Mason City and found the city lord Bud.

Considering the developed handicraft industry in Mason City and the large shortage of food, he took this place as a breakthrough for selling the food he had on hand.

When Manfred stated his intentions, Budd quoted his purchase price.

Looking at Bud with a kind smile, Manfred seemed to be hit by ice magic, and the blood in his whole body seemed to freeze.

Bud leaned on the sofa and said to Manfred calmly: "This price is very good, it is already 50% higher than the same period last year."

"That's why we really lack food here, so I paid a high price."

Looking at Manfred who opened his lips a few times but couldn't speak, Bud continued to say in a nonchalant tone: "You can go to other places and ask, where is the price in my country that is better than mine? It's still high, so I ate the coffee table in front of me."

"This is impossible!" Manfred jumped up, "I checked the food price before I came here, and the current food price in the city is at least six times higher than the same period last year!"

Manfred had to jump up. On average, the cost of the food coupons purchased by Conradin was at least three to four times the cost of the food he had in the same period last year.

Although the large amount of grain sent by Charles brought the price of grain down slightly, it was still controlled by the nobles and businessmen at five times the price of the same period last year.

"Don't be restless, don't be restless." The smile on Bud's face was still so kind, "Everyone is happy to make money."

Manfred left in a rage~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He arranged for the food raised from the humble temporary warehouse of the Harvest Temple to be stored in the warehouse in Mason City and arranged for guards, and then set off to sell elsewhere. food.

After that, he spent half a month running around the Northland and found that the price Budd offered was indeed the highest price.

Manfred was very helpless. He knew that he had fallen into a big net woven together by the nobles of the North.

Spring is approaching, but this year, the entire Northland has not had a single snow or rain. Perhaps this year will be another year of severe drought.

Against this background, the price of grain in the market soared again, but the nobles and merchants who purchased Conradin's grain still insisted on the initial price.

At this time, a rumor began to spread among the people. A southern royal family member who was greedy and morally corrupt was holding a large amount of food and was unwilling to sell it. He wanted to see us northerners starve to death.

When Manfred discovered that something was wrong, several of their grain warehouses were attacked by "starved civilians" and the grains in the warehouses were looted.

In the end, Conradin made a heart-wrenching decision to sell those grains to the commoners at a much lower price than the market.

As a result, there was a serious stampede accident among the civilians who came to buy food. The city defense forces in various places blocked the scene immediately, prohibiting Conradin's people from selling food without authorization before ensuring the safety of customers, and put all his food depots "protected" "stand up.

When things got to this point, Conradin had to surrender.