Chapter 570: Edith's Reason

This question is in a sense unsolvable. ?

The reason is that the total amount of food is limited - after the evil month, the flow of food in the kingdom will enter a state of shortage, not to mention the skyrocketing price, and it may not be possible to buy it. The food shortage situation will not be alleviated until after the wheat fields are harvested. Autumn is the season with the most frequent food transactions, and it will rise rapidly in the evil moon.

Of course, these transactions are generally for merchants and nobles. As for those penniless refugees and mice, no matter how much wheat there is, they can only enter the cold winter hungry.

According to Barov’s experience as an assistant to the Minister of Finance for many years, all major cities are waiting for the ears of wheat to mature at this time, and it is unlikely to sell grain in large quantities. The gap of thousands of people may be filled, and tens of thousands of people are satisfied no matter what. no.

Open source is not enough, we can only save money.

Cutting the food supply of the whole city, reducing the daily purchase quantity, and allowing the citizens to switch from eating bread to drinking porridge until the day of the harvest—this is also the most likely opinion of Edith.

Then he will be able to refute the inappropriateness of this approach one by one from His Majesty's promise of food exchange, the fact that the facts are contrary to the propaganda, and the panic of food shortages.

Seeing Edith's raised eyebrows looking through the list, she knew that this trouble was not easy to solve.

Before long, she would have to ask herself what to do.

Thinking of this, Barov couldn't help stroking his beard. To be in charge of the overall situation, one must not only be proficient in government affairs, but also have a clear understanding of the characteristics of the city. For example, when he was in the capital, he could recite the prices of the special products of the Alchemy Association and the amount of silver mines shipped from Silver Light City every month without thinking. These were not something he could remember in a short time.

And Neverwinter is characterized by witches.

Barov knew that there was a green woman named Leaf in the Witch Union, who could make the wheat field grow at an incredible speed. When she didn't care about maintaining the land, she could even make the wheat ripen once a day, and the ears of wheat she produced were not gold at all. No. 1 can be compared.

In other words, as long as she is asked to manage a wheat field and focus on quick food production, the current gap can be made up.

Of course, he also knew that His Majesty was letting Leaf control the Misty Forest to the west to build an early warning line of defense against the devil, but since this kind of enemy would appear for several years, he was not in a hurry to stop for two or three months.

And this is the part that Edith absolutely has no way of knowing.

No matter how talented she is, she has been involved in managing the affairs of the Northern Territory since she was an adult, and it is impossible for her to know this completely unfamiliar city well after half a month after arriving in Neverwinter, let alone understand the abilities of every witch.

She wouldn't even understand why the offices of the Ministry of Education were connected to the archives, and the Minister of Education often had other powers.

After a while, Edith put down the list and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

"This problem is actually not difficult to solve."

"Hmm..." Barov nodded first, then he was taken aback, "What?"

"Before Yougu Town opened, most of the land in the northern region was not suitable for growing wheat, so when spring came, the food supply would be particularly tight, so the local lords set their sights on the eastern region and the Dawn Kingdom."

"You mean—" He suddenly realized something.

"Since you can't grow it or buy it, you can only grab it from others." Edith said relaxedly, "Isn't this the case now? Your Majesty's army is attacking Falling Dragon Ridge. I heard that Spey In order to resist her, Earl’s younger brother recruited a lot of local nobles, right? Now that they have all the means and reasons, let’s kill them one by one. Guess how many golden dragons and grains they have hidden in their basement?”

"The lack of food is just that there is not much left in the food that is allowed to flow. In fact, most of the food produced by the kingdom has been divided up by the nobles. They can use this part of the food to control the free people and farmers in the territory, and they can also earn money during bad harvests. Take a large sum of gold dragons." Her words were not fast, but her voice was full of chills in Barov's ears, "If you search the Falling Dragon Ridge, I think the food for tens of thousands of people will not be a problem. If it is not enough, the southeast There are still several cities in the region waiting to be claimed by His Majesty."

"They are all aristocrats..." The steward closed his mouth halfway through the sentence, that's right... After His Majesty occupied the southern border, they are no longer. As long as they are quick enough, these seizures are enough to fill Neverwinter's granary again.

Moreover, unlike the capital city, Falling Dragon Ridge is a city that has completely fallen to His Majesty, and it is also a key route leading to the southern border. At that time, the city hall will not only directly send people to assist Earl Speer in establishing a new government, but also copy the laws, planning and education of Neverwinter in the city. Therefore, removing all those nobles will be beneficial to the stability of the city.

What puzzled Barov was why Edith accepted the order to eliminate the noble class so quickly? Even if he himself, even if he wholeheartedly supported His Majesty's orders, he still couldn't adapt so quickly... And she was originally the successor of the Duke of the North.

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Back in the Diplomatic Building, Edith pushed open the door, and saw Cole lying on the table flipping through a thin book.

"what is that?"

"Uh... I bought it from a convenience market. It looks like a picture scroll, but it's also accompanied by a story. It's very interesting to read." The younger brother raised his head, "You look happy?"

"Is there?"

"In Evernight City, it's rare to see you smile like this," Cole pouted, "Are we really not going back?"

"For the time being, His Majesty will allow you to return to the Northern Territory when father writes back." Edith sat opposite him, reached out to pick up the cover, and saw the words printed on it.

"how about you?"

"I'm going to stay here."

"Why," Cole wondered, "is the city hall so interesting?"

"It's not that the town hall is interesting, but Roland Wimbledon's town hall is interesting," she corrected with a chuckle, "Do you know how I can accomplish something in Evernight City?"

"Just tell your father."

"Almost, if you order, many people will naturally do it. Now that I think about it, it has nothing to do with me, it's just because of my identity and my father will follow my advice...Of course, it's only in the Kant family's fief. Edith said with great interest, "But here, my identity not only doesn't work, it even hinders it - there are almost no nobles in the city hall, and they don't care if I am the daughter of the Duke of the North, Everyone is doing things according to their ability, you know what I mean?"

Cole shook his head.

"Everyone is willing to listen to you, not because of your status, but because of your own ability. It is still valid even if you leave the fief. Your Majesty is right. The enfeoffment seems to have great power, but it also limits what the nobles can achieve. Upper limit. Looking at it now, he is fully capable of expanding his territory to the entire continent, and the city hall will also become a behemoth. The area under its jurisdiction will extend to every corner of Graycastle. Now, even the whole kingdom will work for you. Tell me, why should I stay in that little fief?" 8