Onyxia didn't know what she thought of Varian, but he was so embarrassed now that he didn't know what to say.
She saw this and smiled, knowing that she should show the charm and reserve that an intellectual beauty should show, as well as the right amount of understanding.
"Oh, by the way, I actually have something to ask you, Your Majesty Varian. It's about funding. There are rumors that this year's food harvest will 'still' be poor, so the price of food in Stormwind City has increased again.
, and the large-scale influx of refugees into Stormwind City is also a problem, so I would like to ask you to purchase some food from Lordaeron or Gilneas if possible."
"Food...is someone hoarding food again?"
Varian frowned when he heard this. The situation in Stormwind City has not been very good in the past few years. To be precise, it has not been better since the orcs ravaged here. The enclave of the Cursed Land is no longer of use.
Hours later, a large area near Night Town was plunged into eternal night due to a magical curse, and food production was also continuously reduced.
In this case, if the nobles continue to hoard food and sell it at high prices, many people will starve to death.
"Oh, I didn't say anything like that. I was just telling you normal business information."
Onyxia spread her hands to show that she didn't say anything.
Varian sighed. He hated politics for this reason. Everyone knew what the other person meant, but they had to use roundabout ways to speak.
He reluctantly took a small piece of bread as thick as his finger, which was used to dip meat sauce and soup. He counted fifteen pieces from it, then put five of them aside and put the remaining ten pieces aside.
The root was handed to Onyxia.
"Miss Onyxia, how much can you eat?"
"Oh, well, I've been a little hungry recently, so um..."
Onyxia looked at the bread on the plate and took out three loaves. Then she thought for a moment and took another loaf.
Varian suddenly took a breath. The food left for Stormwind City was only 60% of last year's?
He looked at Onyxia in shock.
"Only 60% of last year's food? Many people will starve to death!"
Onyxia shrugged.
"Oh, I don't know where you got the news."
She showed an innocent expression, Varian rubbed his temples with a headache, and then asked.
"Who did it all?"
All he wanted now was to cut those bastards in half from head to toe, but unfortunately, he couldn't.
"I don't know that. You know, slandering a colleague is a very serious stain. And it involves business secrets. How do I know?"
Onyxia spread her hands again.
Varian nodded, took a deep breath, and then asked again.
"I want to form an organization responsible for transporting food for disaster relief, but in order to avoid suspicion, any member of the family involved in food trading cannot participate. Can you give me a list of people who are not allowed to participate?"
"I don't know that."
Onyxia shook her head decisively, and then spoke lightly as Varian tried to suppress his anger through deep breathing.
"But I can tell you who can participate."
"Who is there?"
"I, Bolvar, you."
"…………"
Just tell me that almost all the nobles are doing it!
Varian slammed his two fists on the table. He was angry at Onyxia's narration, but more importantly, he was disappointed with the nobles in the country.
"However, many of them are just nobles who are worried that their families' subjects will not be able to eat food, and some are to resist the orcs who will inevitably come to plunder. You know, Ironforge is easier to defend and harder to attack than the snowy Ironforge.
, it’s more relaxed here.”
When Onyxia said this, she took out another loaf of bread from the plate, broke it in half, and put the broken half on Varian's plate.
"I can support so much, but I have to pay it back next year, and as for the interest, you know, I can't pay for the shipping fee. I can pay it back with food or money, but Varian, if it's still like this next year
, you have to worry, my suggestion is to quickly find ways to restore food prices, for example, increase production or something."
Varian looked at the loaf and a half of bread that Onyxia handed over, knowing that she could help him get an additional 15% of affordable food from the nobles' price hikes and hoarding, but the problem was that they had to pay back the price.
of.
But at this time, it is not easy anymore, and there is no choice.
"Thank you very much, Ms. Catlana. I will buy the remaining food from His Highness Tenaris. This year's problem should not be big. In addition, I will urge Jonathan to regain the Western Wilderness as soon as possible. Next summer, it should be
I can pay it off."
Varian rubbed his temples. He had reasons and qualifications to ask Li Ke for food, but when he thought that this paladin used all his belongings to help his Stormwind City smooth out some deficits, if he pressed again
What he said was not in line with the rules, but also went too far.
So when he was chatting before, he didn't mention the five loaves of bread in the Western Wilderness at all, because he didn't expect any harvest in the Western Wilderness this year.
After talking about this, Varian and Onyxia had a not particularly embarrassing breakfast.
And what Li Ke said...
"Ah, staying up late is such a bad habit."
Lying in the arms of his little elf maid, Li Ke was enjoying the fragrant elf's knee pillow and stroking her thigh. Li Ke felt very sad.
Although he really wanted to sleep now, the fact was that he couldn't.
Jennifer and the servants he brought have begun to accept the palace, and Jennifer and the mayor also went to summon the peasants to start rebuilding the mill and bakery.
But there are still many things to do. The first thing is to listen to the nonsense of these nobles.
"So, you have dealings with the DeFoster family, and you have also colluded with a lot of nobles to slander your business competitors as Defias thieves. OK, time and address, who is participating."
Li Ke asked while listening, while the nobleman knelt on the ground with a look of guilt and sadness, telling what he had done. Li Ke's slave elf quickly wrote the evidence of the nobleman's crime on a short table.
, not only bound it into a book, but also recorded a separate copy. After hearing the same event, I would take it out separately and arrange it in the order of the timeline.
In just four or five nobles, she had already written down most of the crimes committed by these nobles in the past thirteen years, as well as a lot of black material about their own family and other families.