Stimulated by their noble titles, the amount of food these merchants finally produced was surprisingly high.

Obviously, all these grains cannot be from this year.

After Robert Smith sent someone to inspect, he soon discovered a lot of old grain, which had been stored for at least a year or two.

This made him sigh at the keen sense of smell of those merchants.

It is estimated that as early as a year or two ago, when they realized that grain production began to decline, the merchants had slowly started to stockpile grain.

By then, if a famine breaks out, they will undoubtedly be able to make a fortune by taking advantage of rising food prices.

And even if famine doesn't break out, it doesn't matter. At worst, if you sell the old grain at a cheaper price, you won't lose much in total, but once you get it, it will be a big profit!

But no one expected that this wave would be more profitable than they expected.

After all, before this, none of them could have imagined that such a huge and powerful empire would have a national disaster break out at this moment?

Normally, they can't buy a title no matter how much money they spend, but now the opportunity has come!

As long as they can successfully obtain a knighthood or even the title of baron, not to mention contributing food, they will be happy even if it involves pouring in some money!

As I said before, they are no longer short of money, what they want now is status!

The big merchants who had achieved their wish and successfully obtained the title were all beaming with joy, and they all said that under the name of their chamber of commerce, the granaries in each city could be used by the empire as they wished.

In this regard, Robert Smith naturally would not be polite to them.

He quickly issued orders and announcements, set up disaster relief points in various cities, and began to distribute food and relieve refugees.

This approach can be said to have most directly stabilized the situation within the empire.

Of course, this is just the beginning.

After his people figured out the root cause of the decline in grain production in recent years, Robert Smith decisively ordered that all the frozen crops be cleared away and planted directly in those fields in the spring of next year to make the yield more stable and able to adapt to the harsh growing environment.

of crops.

In today's situation, he no longer has any requirements on the types of crops, what matters is the yield!

As long as he can stabilize his output, he can survive this wave!

At the same time, compared to Robert Smith, who was too busy stabilizing the internal situation and didn't even have time to take care of the war situation in the East, the situation with the orc civilization was a different story...

Thanks to the food provided by Robert Smith for his orc army, coupled with the food production of the orc civilization, which has basically not been negatively affected by the climate, it has been rare for the orc civilization to have some food reserves in the past few years.

Under this premise, Raymond Soucy, who rushed back to his territory in a hurry, after confirming the situation in the western border, immediately gathered an army aggressively, preparing to wipe out this enemy that invaded his territory.

During this period, the orcs were civilized in the Western Territory. The severe cold in winter did not cool down the war. The sound of intensive shelling and gunfire continued to echo on this battlefield in the Western Territory.

In the hands of each dwarf soldier, the eight-barreled Flame Dragon Cannon roared wildly, and the violent firepower slaughtered the enemies in front of them in a strafing manner.

Blood splattered and screams filled the field. However, the fall of a large number of orc soldiers in the front row did not stop the orc army that had completely gone berserk.

Accompanied by a wild roar and heavy steps, a group of tauren infantry wearing armored beasts appeared on the battlefield.

The appearance of this force undoubtedly caused an obstacle to the previously unstoppable Western Army.

Although the firepower of the eight-barreled Flame Dragon Cannon is powerful, it is a hand-held weapon after all, and it is obviously impossible to reach the level of destructive power of a cannon and armor-piercing projectiles.

In this way, one can imagine the situation on this side of the battlefield.

The bullets fired at the past were constantly bounced off the outer armor of the armored beasts. This group of tauren infantry appeared, and it can be said that they instantly supported the front line of the orc army. Withstanding the firepower, they continued to approach the Western Legion.

come over.

At this moment, the distance between the two parties can be said to be getting closer and closer.

In this regard, the dwarf soldiers holding eight-barreled flame dragon cannons were not afraid of this, and the entire army had no intention of retreating.

Seeing an opportunity, Du Yuanzhi moved his hand, and the signal flare was quickly sent out. Another trump card of the Western Army was officially unveiled at this moment.

Heavy steps trampled on the ground, causing a series of dense muffled sounds. In the military formation of the Western Army, figures like steel monsters rushed into the battlefield.

Attack versus attack, both sides did not hesitate at all. Under the protection of the armor of the armored beast, the enemy's tauren infantry could be said to have shown unusual bravery. In the blink of an eye, the relationship between the two sides

The distance has been shortened to within a hundred meters.

The orc army in the berserk state advanced crazily, but the newly entered army unhurriedly spread out their formation, and then raised their weapons.

Then, he saw the moment when the enemy orc soldiers entered his shooting range and pulled the trigger at the same time.

The next second, there was only a muffled sound of 'boom', and from the long metal barrel, ferocious fire snakes were spitting out with roars like beasts emerging from their cages!

At this moment, appearing on this battlefield in the Western Territory is none other than the Wild Boar Arsonist!

That terrifying high-temperature erosion doesn't matter how hard your armor is. The special military fuel can penetrate almost every hole. It can easily spread through any small gap.

The rifle in his hand was scrapped on the spot, and the nearly forty-meter-long ferocious fire snake instantly completely engulfed the group of tauren infantry who were rushing at the front.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Wild Boar Arsonist is definitely the most terrifying of the several special units that Luo Ji has created in recent years!

As soon as he appeared on the scene, he gave the enemy orc army a hellish experience.

The enemy orc soldiers who were charging forward with a fierce and unafraid attitude one moment under the hail of bullets, were turned into charcoal in front of the terrifying flamethrowers at the next moment.

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If the advantage of the Eastern Army lies in the powerful mobility and flexible offensive style of the cavalry army, then the advantage of the Western Army is undoubtedly its ferocious and almost unreasonable firepower!

There is no need to say more about how terrifying the accumulated firepower is with the conventional five-stage rifle phalanx, the eight-barreled Flame Dragon Cannon unique to the dwarves, and the explosive output of these wild boar arsonists!
Chapter completed!