One hundred and eighty-sixth I am Li Wei, I bring salt for Zelandia(1/2)
For the vast majority of the residents of the Silver Federation, their life is to go about their daily work while being on guard against the next attack from the orc tribe, hungry white dragons or trolls who don't know when.
They all know how dangerous and short life is in this desolate and undeveloped continent, which also teaches them the meaning of mutual help and cooperation.
As the people of the Federation faced orcs, giants, dragons, and more dangerous creatures, the differences between dwarves and elves, humans and native outsiders became less important.
The residents of the Silver Federation are also convinced that they have a promising destiny, but the bright future does not make them ignore the fact that dangerous beasts and cruel enemies are always watching.
Therefore, the people of Silver Moon have always held a strange kind of optimistic pragmatism. People living in other continents may find it difficult to understand this spirit.
This kind of optimism also needs to be based on a certain material basis and on the premise that the Federation can provide them with a solid rear.
But at this moment, these people who had to leave their homes and come to Silvermoon City to seek shelter due to the invasion of orcs became a little hesitant when faced with various problems of insufficient preparation in the city.
Because basically 70% of the land in the Silver Moon Federation is mountains and forests. The eternal wasteland, which is suitable for large-scale reclamation, is full of various beasts. It has also been ruled by the troll tribe and the frost giant tribe.
, and covet their good neighbor Silvermoon City.
The only areas available for reclamation are the few plains on both sides of the Riven River and the northern farms newly developed after the establishment of the Federation on the outskirts of Silverymoon City.
Therefore, even though the priests of the earth goddess Chantia have been working hard to improve planting technology and help the people increase their grain yield per acre, due to various conditions, the annual grain output is still not sufficient.
The reason is also very simple. Since the establishment of the Silver Moon Federation, they have had to take on the additional responsibility of supporting the dwarves.
They are a group of large food consumers who do not produce food at all and even have demand for spirits.
And these dwarves who are located in the three key locations of Mithril Hall, Adebaba Castle and Felba Castle in the northernmost part are also responsible for guarding the northern border of the Federation and resisting large-scale invasion by orcs.
Therefore, the Silver Moon Federation must purchase a batch of grain from Kaishui City and Amn in the south every year.
But now that the autumn harvest of the northern farms has just been completed, most of them have been robbed by orcs. Therefore, even farmers with little knowledge know that the federal food this year will definitely not be enough to survive the winter.
Purchasing food from various shops has almost become the only choice for civilians, but with food prices rising day by day, even some middle-class people find it a bit difficult, let alone those refugees seeking asylum from the north.
Recently, many refugees have chosen to violate the ban and enter the dangerous Moon Forest for hunting because they cannot afford food. However, it is now late autumn. In order to store enough fat before the first heavy snow falls, the predators in the forest have
Humans are also a good hunting choice in their eyes. After the successive disappearances, not many refugees dare to insist on going out of the city to hunt.
At this moment, these businessmen would rather unite to resist the new decree issued by Ms. Alustriel than accept the measures to calm down the good prices, almost knocking the last hope of the people to the bottom.
So he even looked at Li Wei, the new supporter, and his eyes became unkind.
But Li Wei seemed to turn a blind eye and continued to think about himself:
"Residents of Silvery Moon, friends in the mall, my name is Levis, I come from the distant Zelandia, and I am also the founder of a small Hogg business group.
"Yes, I am also a businessman, a businessman who runs around the continent of Corel for profit.
“Wherever there is profit, we businessmen will appear.
"Profit is the ultimate goal that we businessmen strive for, and it is also the meaning of being businessmen.
"And we merchants are also the lubricant on the entire Corel continent, allowing various city-states to exchange what they need.
"It is precisely because of this freedom of commerce that the city-state economy can flourish.
"I respect Silvermoon City and Alustriel's policies, and I can understand Ms. Alustriel's painstaking efforts to maintain order in Silvermoon City.
"But please also ask Ms. Alustriel to respect the operating rules of the market and respect the meaning of our pursuit of profits as businessmen!
"Business needs progress, competition, and the rule of law, but most importantly, we need a fair and just environment.
"If Ms. Alustriel insists on interfering with decrees, she will kill this fairness! Silvermoon City's business will also lose its vitality and its original vitality, and business will eventually leave Silverymoon City.
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"As I said before, business needs freedom! It also needs fairness!"
Li Wei's words immediately won the applause of all the businessmen, who all felt that this elf pretty boy looked very pleasing to their eyes.
On the other side, Knight Commander Jero's face became more ugly than ever.
The people's eyes gradually became numb and desperate as they watched the merchants' voices rising, Ms. Tagda, who seemed to have no intention of refuting, and Knight Commander Jero, who was at a loss what to do.
But just when everyone thought that today's political and business battle would come to an end, Li Wei, who was regarded by everyone as the focus, showed a big smile, and then the conversation suddenly changed:
"Business needs freedom and fairness, but!
"As businessmen, we also need a bottom line and conscience!
"We need to assess the situation."
"Huh???" As soon as Li Wei said these words, the businessmen who originally thought they were in sight of victory were immediately dumbfounded.
When did they need a bottom line and a conscience? What are those things? Does it have anything to do with them?
I saw Li Wei continue: "Because this is my first time to Silver Moon City, so before leaving, I brought some small gifts to Silver Moon City, hoping to use them as a gift for our Zelandia and Huo Huo.
A business card from the Georgian business group.”
As he spoke, he turned his head and said to Jero: "Knight Commander Jero, my friend, can you organize the people to retreat some distance? I need an open space."
"I'm very happy." Jero passed by Levi not too happily, and whispered: "What the hell are you doing."
"It's a good thing, just watch it." Li Wei said with a smile.
Jero glanced at Ms. Tagda, who smiled and nodded at him, making Jero even more confused.
Half a minute later, the businessmen, who were also confused and a little uneasy in their hearts, retreated more than a hundred feet behind at Li Wei's signal.
Only then did Li Wei look around at everyone. Under the spotlight,
Snapped.
Snapped his fingers.
The ring on his finger sparkled in the sunlight.
next moment.
There was a loud bang.
I saw a giant 'container' that was 36 feet long, 7.5 feet wide and 9 feet high appeared out of nowhere, and then hit the vacated site heavily.
Perhaps due to the violent collision, the hatch cracked open on both sides, and the huge hatch suddenly fell in front of the wide-eyed eyes of the people of Silver Moon City.
Then countless silvery things poured out towards the open space in the square.
Like a mountain!
Like the sea!
The little human girl who had not been able to receive the food screamed excitedly:
"Fish! Such a big fish!! Tiger Shark!!!"
"Come on, Chantia, there are so many fish!"
Although the Riwen River in Silvermoon City also produces fish, I am afraid that no one here has never seen so many tiger-striped fathead fish piled together in their lives.
This container contains twenty tons of fat-headed fish!
But this is just the beginning.
Snapped!
Another large container fell down and was stacked on top of the previous one.
Then countless processed Caverns rat meat was poured out.
"Rabbit?" The girl had never seen a bamboo rat before, so she thought it was hare meat.
Li Wei was seen snapping his fingers continuously under the ecstatic and shocked eyes of the people.
Every time a finger snaps, a huge container crashes down, which means enough food to supply tens of thousands of people for several days.
The mountains and seas of food have an indescribable and suffocating impact on people who are generally short of food in this era of the world!
And the loud sound of metal collision hit the hearts of all the merchants present like a battering ram, their faces turned pale, and their two bodies trembled.
Before Li Wei could stack the containers as high as the Supreme Palace, a businessman whispered in the man's ear and hurried away.
Of course, Levi noticed their actions and couldn't help but smile in triumph.
When someone starts to sneak out of an alliance that does not have much binding force, it basically indicates that it has begun to disintegrate.
Because Levi eats so much, such a container of food is often just as much as one meal for Levi.
Tiger and the others are really worried that with Levi's appetite, which can be said to be a starving man, if he goes to Silver Moon City and eats the whole city, there will be a diplomatic accident.
So before Levi left, Tiger and the others prepared at least enough food for Levi for a month.
Now it has become Li Wei's mortar ammunition to severely attack this group of temporarily formed business alliances in Silver Moon City from all over the world!
Seeing that the containers were in danger of overturning if they were piled any further, Levi finally stopped his crazy behavior when everyone's eyes were almost numb.
It's time to reap the fruits.
So Li Wei faced the hopeful eyes of the people of the Silver Moon Federation, opened his hands, and said the words they had been waiting for:
"These foods are gifts that I, Levi, give to all the people of the Silver Moon Federation on behalf of Zelandia and our Hog Merchant Group.
"It is also our specialty in Zelandia, tiger striped fathead fish, Caverns rat meat and mushrooms of the Myconoid brand.
“I now declare that in view of the fact that the Silver Moon Federation is being invaded by the orcs, our Zeelandia and the Hog Merchant Group, adhering to the spirit of humanitarianism, will donate sawfat fish, Cavans rat meat, and mushrooms to the Silver Moon Federation free of charge.
To be continued...