Three Kingdoms Mythology World

“What’s going on? The negative buff of Poverty of the Earth is so strong?!” Lin Mu’s face suddenly darkened after hearing the announcement.

This kind of announcement had also appeared in the previous life, and it also appeared after Liu Hong's death. However, that buff only reduced the production by 40%, and had no impact on the mature season. Moreover, there was no so-called [Drought Demon] appearing, it was just a change in the celestial phenomena.

Even so, the Han Dynasty was still very short of food.

As the spiritual energy becomes richer and martial arts flourish, the people will need more nutrients and vitality, and the amount of food they consume will be terrifying.

Take a fully staffed army as an example. Two hundred thousand soldiers would consume at least four million units of basic food every day. This is still the basic consumption. If they experience a war or high-intensity training, the consumption will only double or several times. Of course, the number of units consumed for high-level spiritual food will be lower.

Now, the harvest is only once every three months, and the yield is reduced by at least 300%!!

Unlike the Great Wilderness Territory, where villages are not built to increase holdings, the amount of grain produced in the territories of ordinary lord players is not high. It is just enough to raise a few soldiers and be self-sufficient.

If you want to develop strong military strength, it is impossible without spending money.

Even Jiang Chenglong and others are constantly developing by spending money. Occasionally, they may have a good income, but they will not exchange the money out, but will continue to invest in it.

Among the player lords, only those territories that focus on developing agriculture will have sufficient food and will also sell food.

In short, after years of development, a complete and healthy supply and demand relationship has basically been formed in the player circle.

Now, this balance has been broken!

Countless Chinese players were excited at this moment, and their emotions instantly dropped to the freezing point. Because, whether they were Ranger players or Lord players, this announcement affected their vital interests.

The most obvious and direct manifestation is that food prices in the trading market have skyrocketed!

10 copper coins...20 copper coins...30 copper coins...

However, there was still no market for this. The food that had been unpopular before was sold out in an instant, and hundreds of pages of trading market interfaces were reduced to 0!

There was wailing on the Huaxia channel.

Having just experienced the pain of equipment, now comes the pain of food. Why are there so many disasters... This is still the Huaxia region which is far ahead. If it were other regions, they might have been wiped out directly.

"Damn... It was a bad idea. If I had known earlier, I would have stockpiled unlimited food!" Lin Mu looked at the changes in the trading market and the wailing in the chat channel, a trace of regret emerging on his face.

In the early days, Lin Mu had been hoarding grain. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he made a fortune and continued to collect grain and store it in his territory. However, with a series of gains in the output of the Great Wilderness Territory, even the emergence of poverty did not have much impact, and the stored grain continued to grow. Later, in order to limit the growth rate, the Great Wilderness Territory even stopped collecting grain for a time.

Because as a reborn lord, he did not expect the situation to be like this today.

"Could it be that the Creation Martial Vein has changed, causing changes in other causes and effects? Has the drought demon in the land of China been resurrected?" Lin Mu guessed secretly in his heart.

After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't figure it out, so he stopped caring about it. He sent a message to Chang Yin and others, and found that agriculture in the Great Wilderness Territory was not affected. Whether it was farmland, the Qilian Mountains, or the overseas islands, nothing was affected.

The Great Wilderness Territory is isolated from the rest of the world like a paradise.

"I should be able to make some good money again this time." Looking at the soaring food prices, Lin Mu still had a smile on his face.

There is a lot of food stockpiled in the Great Wilderness Territory. Even though there was no large-scale purchase in the later period, it still accumulated to a terrifying level.

Even if it is old grain, there is a lot of it.

Lin Mu sent a message to Xu Bao and others, asking them to prepare and start selling the old grain. As for the price, he did not continue to wait.

As time goes by, the negative impact of this buff will become greater and greater, and the price of food will become higher and higher.

There will definitely be starvation among the common people, and there will definitely be a lot of people starving to death!

While earning money, he also gave everyone hope. He could also gain prestige. However, selling old grain does not mean selling all the stored grain at once, but selling it slowly. Moreover, he is not a saint, and he will not love others without limit. He just wants to harvest a wave of gold coins, expand the island, expand the territory, expand the army, and control more cities!

In addition to sending messages to merchants like Xu Bao, Lin Mu also instructed Chang Yin and others to stabilize the food supply and demand in the counties under their control and try to prevent starvation. Even if every citizen only had one meal a day, as long as they could save their lives and not starve to death, it would be fine. In addition, there are other actions, such as the expansion of the Qili Shelter Pavilion, which can also be started...

The sudden change in the celestial phenomena and the birth of Hanba will also affect the Great Wilderness Territory. The negative impact is that the Great Wilderness Territory's grain reserves will be depleted, affecting the people's hearts and public security. However, there is also a positive impact, which is the gathering of the people. You can secretly start recruiting people on a large scale to become citizens, which can speed up the expansion of the affiliated territories...

Those who are most affected are not only the lord players, but also the great noble families, especially those with many retainers, who are under even greater pressure.

The young men were all panicking, and the hired farmhands also looked desperate at this moment.

They were already being exploited by the nobles and only had enough food and clothing, and now, they might even lose their lives!

The farmers at the bottom of the society have experienced a lot, and they know how much impact this incident has on them.

Many farmers, out of desperation, turned into bandits and robbed the grain stores of the wealthy households, then went straight into the mountains, just for a chance of survival.

This kind of thing does not happen over a long period of time, but happens immediately after a dramatic change in the celestial phenomena.

This situation is also true even for the eunuchs' family estates.

Although the eunuchs carried out this strategy of cutting off the source of the trouble, they did not make any prior preparations for the changes in the family's manor, just to avoid being too conspicuous.

After all, once this matter is exposed, they will definitely be abandoned, spurned, and hunted down.

As time went by, the impact became more and more serious. Not only the players, nobles, and peasants were in a frenzy, but also the remnants of the Yellow Turbans.

Countless Yellow Turban Army branches raised their flags and began to coerce the people, causing quite a stir.

With this change, the entire Han Dynasty instantly went from a prosperous dynasty to a broken, precarious doomsday dynasty.

The previous prosperous bubble on the surface was directly punctured, and the most terrifying and cruel side began to emerge.

The country's policies are not controlled by the emperor, but by relatives and eunuchs. Both have their own ulterior motives, and no favorable policies have been released. Instead, the most discussed issue is the suppression of bandits!

That’s right, it’s to suppress bandits.

The eunuchs began to use this strategy to eliminate dissidents and directly seized many officials and aristocratic estates.

…

In the huge and magnificent court in the sacred capital Luoyang, Empress Dowager He, whose makeup was exquisite and whose appearance was no less than that of her youth, sat beside Liu Bian, who was wearing a tiny dragon robe.

Today's court meeting was convened urgently. The reason was that the bandits in Sili dared to go to Koucheng and almost attacked Luoyang.

Although the decrease in grain production was discussed in the court, the matter was still too far away from the people present. It only affected their pockets but did not threaten their lives.

This time, the disaster caused by bandits may involve their lives and property, which cannot be tolerated!

In particular, organized bandits appeared in many places, as if they had planned something. It was rumored that some people used the temptation of food to directly force the people to attack the gates of the great noble families.

In short, within just a few days, even Sili was in chaos.

The only places that were not in chaos were Yangzhou and Yizhou.

Because of Lin Mu, thieves and bandits in Yangzhou didn't dare to show up at all. When they did, they were directly treated as experience babies.

As for Yizhou, due to the Liangzhou Ding, the impact on it was not 100%. Food was harvested at least once every two months, which was acceptable.

As for other states, things were not so good. Even Youzhou, which Lin Mu had begun to attack, was in chaos.

The remnants of the Yellow Turbans dared to appear right under the noses of the National Protection Army and the National Defense Army, which shows how serious the situation is.

This group of Yellow Turban remnants is not under the control of the Great Wilderness Territory.

However, the Great Wilderness Territory would not be without a response. Since the remnants of the Yellow Turbans have appeared in Youzhou, why not more of them appear!

Directly dispatch Yan Gongdu Daqushuai to deal with the chaos with the help of chaos and take control of the situation in his own hands.

Moreover, the Great Wilderness Territory could also take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and even threatened Liu Yu at one point.

"My dear ministers, if you have anything to report, please report it. If not, please withdraw the court." The Empress Dowager He's demeanor as a model mother to the country was fully demonstrated by her at this moment.

Although many people are unhappy with what Empress Dowager He did, this is all that can be done at this moment.

Officials like He Jin were in high spirits at this moment, as if they were the ones in control of the Dragon Court.

Everyone in the room had a different expression.

Even Cai Yong, Xun Shuang and others who rarely appeared stood there with extremely solemn expressions.

They are not worried about their own safety, but the general trend of the world! (End of this chapter)