On the huge conference table, the regent Kirilenko was sitting in the main seat, and the others were all powerful aristocrats in Kyoto.
"Because the Maxim Federation's economic blockade not only prevents us from importing food, but also refuses us to export various large-scale commodities, which seriously affects the economic development of the provinces. If this continues, the nobles everywhere will not be able to support it."
Duke Uzmi said calmly.
Although the matter is serious, the main industries of the Barral family are in Kyoto. After all, the Kyoto market is so big that it can be more or less digested and the impact will not be big, so when I talk about this, I am not interested.
Other nobles are not so relaxed. The iron ingots and various commodities produced in the territory are the source of their wealth. Now they are all unsaleable in the territory. The situation on the entire continent is extremely bad. No one dares to form a caravan to go out for trade at this time.
There are refugees everywhere, and who knows if they might become robbers when they are so hungry.
Large-scale trade also requires a large number of manpower. Without enough food, the caravan cannot go far.
To put it bluntly, everyone is now very poor and has no financial income, and life is getting more and more difficult. Let's sit together and talk about this issue.
Discussions went on and on, but in the end not even a decent solution was discussed.
The regent looked at Patrick and said with a smile: "I heard from the spy report that the province of Merlox has not been affected by drought and locust plague, and this year is still a good harvest year."
Patrick's eyebrows twitched, and he said without saltiness: "I heard about it, what next?"
Veins popped up on the Regent's forehead, and his voice couldn't help but feel a little colder.
"The royal family has reached a trade agreement with the Merlox Province. I heard that it has purchased nearly a hundred tons of grain from the Merlox Province. Recently, it even organized a large locust hunting team to clear out locusts near the river area."
Patrick couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Other nobles also looked happy, at least they heard good news.
The province of Merlox has money and food.
Alonso's breathing became rapid.
The higher Aslan gets, the more uncomfortable Alonso becomes.
"Then what?" Patrick said calmly.
Uzmi said nonchalantly: "Then I will ask you to set up a bridge and see if we can buy a batch of grain from Merox Province. If so, we can sell these goods to Merox Province."
Patrick was silent for a long time, finally shook his head and quickly changed his target.
"The relationship between Aslan and I has reached a freezing point. It's better for Uzmi to come forward. After all, your niece is now the lord of the main city of Kes."
Uzmi opened her eyes and said helplessly: "I am the one who killed her biological parents. I am afraid that I will never come back."
The regent eventually shifted his target to Duke Durandal.
"Duke Durandal, why don't you go as ambassador to the province of Merlocks? Let's see if we can open up a trade route. If necessary, we can give up the profits."
Duke Durandal was an old man with white hair. He sat quietly at the corner of the conference table and did not make a speech from beginning to end. He was a completely transparent person.
He has always been called a good old man in Kyoto and a famous scholar in Kyoto.
If you dare to despise him because you think he is a good old man, the end will be very tragic.
The more educated a person is, the more vicious he is to harm others.
Durandal nodded and said.
"Okay, I'll go to Merlot City myself and pay a visit to my old friend Cornwall."
Inside the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
The little emperor Shani was lazily eating a frozen sweet meringue cake. This was a meringue cake specially produced by Aslan for nobles. The color was mainly white and light green.
It is simply impossible to eat only one meal a day, let alone the little emperor who is still growing.
The egg white cakes are obtained by catching locusts from the Kyoto Imperial Guards, which not only reduces food consumption, but also ensures the combat effectiveness of the Kyoto Imperial Guards.
In order to facilitate the rapid transportation of locusts, several great magicians have majored in magic space in the past six months, expanding the magic space to eight cubic meters. Coupled with the flying magic horse being experimented, it can be returned in a few days.
Precisely because of the air transport, the royal family became more and more prosperous during this period. It even used this to win over many minor nobles in Kyoto, greatly increasing the strength of the royal family.
Vlada also sat aside and ate protein cakes. This was a high-calorie food, and considering his age, eating one piece at a time was enough.
Yitzhak was not angry and watched the two people enjoying themselves, so he tore off a chicken leg himself.
The breeding industry in Merlo City is now very developed, especially pork and chicken, which are two kinds of meat that even ordinary people can afford. This time the great magician brought back a 'cart' of meat.
But compared to meat, the little emperor and Vlada preferred to eat soft and glutinous protein cakes.
"The province of Merox has been unexpectedly quiet recently. Apart from focusing on business, it hardly participates in other affairs?" Yitzhak looked at Vlada and asked.
The little emperor stuffed the last piece of protein cake into his mouth and looked at Vlada seriously.
If you eat one meal a day, you can show the people that you are a majestic emperor, but you still need a portion of food.
Vlada put down the knife and fork in his hand and said with a solemn expression: "On the surface, we are just doing business, but secretly my people discovered something terrible."
"Um!"
Yitzhak and the little emperor couldn't help showing solemn expressions.
"Mello City seems to be on the line with the Yadong Subcontinent. Some time ago, I saw Mero City using a huge aerial vehicle to transport supplies to the Yadong Subcontinent. Now, a huge logistics base has grown on the border."
Rada told the most important information about this meeting.
"Yadong subcontinent?" Yitzhak couldn't help but get excited.
Regarding the Yadong subcontinent, anyone with some identity knows that place. It is separated by the ocean and several steep mountains, and the only exit is given to the owner by the Maxim Federation.
The Maxim Federation relied on plundering the wealth of the East Asian subcontinent to rise.
If Aslan really establishes trade relations with the Asian subcontinent, it will also be a constraint for the Maxim Federation.
"How is the Yadong subcontinent now?" the little emperor asked curiously.
Vlada said with a look of disgust: "It is very poor. The entire Asia-East subcontinent is divided into dozens or even hundreds of countries. War is the first theme there. The overall technological level is decades behind the mainland, but there is one advantage.
It must be said that the grain output of the Yadong subcontinent is very high, and more than 70% of the food of the Maxim Federation comes from the Yadong subcontinent."