Ordinary farmers have not realized the problem yet, and they are immersed in joy. The knowledgeable farmers are aware of the problem, but they will not think that the Pompeii family is at fault.
Because the Pompeii family promoted agricultural technology, this resulted in a bumper harvest.
In the eyes of most people, this is selfless.
But there is a small group of people who definitely hate Pompeii.
"Abominable Pompeii."
Fancia, a large farmer and aristocratic family member, is such a person.
Fancia's family has been farmers for generations. They annexed land, expanded serfs, and relied on the wealth gained from the land to maintain a decent life for the nobles.
This time, the storm that broke out from the New Party hit the central and southern parts of Orange. Large numbers of nobles lost their fields and their serfs.
But the White Eagle Territory was different. Three of the five lords of the White Eagle Territory were assassinated and two escaped. Before the new party could take action against a large number of nobles, they were driven out and killed by the Pompeii family.
Therefore, a large number of farmers and serfs were retained.
When the Pompeii family began to promote agricultural technology, these farmers also realized this problem. If more food is produced, the price of food will inevitably be hurt.
But they also had to introduce Bas cattle to fertilize the fields with serf manure.
Because even if they don't promote agricultural technology, food prices will definitely drop. If they also promote agricultural technology, the losses may be smaller.
And now that the results have come out, the food production of the entire White Eagle Territory is probably 40% more than in previous years. According to the current population in the territory, it is definitely not enough to eat.
Food prices will definitely plummet.
For farmers, it doesn't matter, as long as they have enough to eat. But for farmers, it is definitely a major blow.
Farmland is no longer as profitable as it used to be, and the iron rice bowl for generations is gone.
"Abominable Pompeii."
Fancia's home is a large independent villa located in Windsor. Fancia is a fat, plump, wealthy farmer and businessman.
He has a wife and three children at home.
It was the eve of dinner, and Fancia was sitting at the dining table, constantly cursing Pompeii.
"Please keep your voice down. If you are reported to the city hall and accused of cursing the lord, that will be a big problem." Fancia's wife walked in with a plate and persuaded her.
Fancia immediately did not dare to curse anymore, because now the reputation of the Pompeii family was at its peak, the white eagle coat of arms was flying high in the sky, and everyone needed to look up.
It is indeed a terrifying existence.
"There is no other way. There are not many options for farming. I plan to sell the serfs and most of the fields, collect funds, and then find ways to start other businesses."
Fan Xia unbuttoned a button on her shirt, twisted her neck and said.
"With the current situation, if you sell serfs, your land will definitely not be worth much," said Fancia's wife.
"If you don't sell it now, it will definitely be worth less next year. Don't forget that White Eagle Territory is located in an endless deep forest. Opening up the deep forest can create countless farmland. Farmers don't care about food prices. They will use hard work to increase the amount of farmland.
income."
Fancia said.
"This is also true." Fancia's wife sighed.
"After I sell the farmland, I will go to Pompeii. I heard that Governor White Eagle plans to develop Pompeii into a metropolis like the Golden City. There are business opportunities everywhere. Since we can no longer rely on farmland to make a living, we can only rely on business.
"
Fancia said.
"Be careful, we don't have much money." Fan Xia's wife was a little worried.
"I know." Fancia said.
"Abominable Pompeii."
Fan Xia whispered softly.
As a result of the chain reaction of the great harvest, large farmers realized that farming was not a good way out. They would sell their farmland, serfs, and go into business with gold coins, and nothing had more business opportunities than the developing Pompeii.
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As a result of the chain reaction of the bumper harvest, grain merchants began to suppress grain prices.
Most of the entire Kingdom of Prussia has plain terrain, and unless disasters like drought occur, harvests can generally be good.
Orange is a major grain-producing province.
There is a Grain Merchants Union in Orange, which is a membership-based federation. Before this, in order to suppress the Silver Wings, Luther sought help from a wealthy man, Mr. Aardman.
This Mr. Adelman is the chairman of the Grain Merchants Union.
But now that the entire Orange is divided into four territories, the close ties between the grain merchants' alliance no longer exist. Some grain merchants were even sent to the gallows by the new party.
The big grain merchants led by White Eagle survived under the famous name of Pompeii.
At present, the city hall has not stepped forward to regulate grain prices, so the current grain prices are actually controlled by these large grain merchants.
On this day, eight big grain merchants held a meeting in a villa in Pompeii.
These eight grain merchants formed the current White Eagle Grain Merchant Alliance, headed by a grain merchant named Hiltu.
These grain merchants are very wealthy.
Hiltu's villa in Pompeii is quite a high-end villa. It not only occupies a very large area, but is also very elegantly decorated.
In the living room of the villa, Hiltu was sitting in the host's seat, with his legs crossed, drinking coffee. Seven grain merchants were sitting in the guest seats, also drinking coffee.
Four maids are standing by ready to serve.
"Thanks to the White Eagle Emblem, we all survived. But also thanks to the White Eagle Emblem, our food buying and selling has become much more complicated."
Hiltu sighed.
Grain merchants sit together and plan to suppress grain prices. But this is not decided by them, but by the market.
When commodities are produced in high yields, prices naturally fall.
Grain merchants are not holy mothers, and they cannot buy grain at a loss.
"I plan to customize the price to 50% of last year's price. What do you think?" Hiltu thought about it, put down the coffee in his hand, and asked.
A grain merchant took out a cigar, reduced it, and asked the maid to help light the fire. He blew out a smoke ring and said, "The question now is, even if we buy grain at 50% of the price, who will we sell it to?"
No matter how many residents there are, they can't digest so much food. And the Kingdom of Orange outside White Eagle Territory is at war, so we can't transport food out."
"In the end, the grain we purchased can only be left to rot in the warehouse."
This is a more serious problem. It is no longer a problem for grain merchants to suppress grain prices, but a problem of unwillingness to purchase grain.
The purchased grain cannot be sold and is left to rot in the warehouse.
This doesn't make any sense.
"There is still a war outside. If the war ends, the agricultural technology of the White Eagle Territory will probably be extended to the entire Orange, and even the human kingdom, and the agricultural structure will undergo major changes. By then, food will really not be available.
It’s valuable now. What I want to do now is not to do the grain business, but to change and run other businesses.”