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Chapter 131

With Hudson's return, the Mountain Territory quickly became lively.

The uproar of the poisoning incident has long been simmering among the local nobles, and everyone is full of anger, and now there is only one leader who is instigating trouble.

The truth is not important in front of interests.Who will carefully study whether it is wrong to give a shit basin to a competitor?

The loss caused by the locust plague is so great, you have to find a way to make up for it, right?

Crying children have milk, so if you don't make a big deal, how can the big people above see it?

As the main figure of the local aristocratic faction, Hudson naturally has high expectations from everyone.

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"Everyone, the timing is not right. The kingdom is investigating the locust plague, and it is preliminarily determined that the mastermind behind the scenes is a major force in the mainland.

Now we don't have enough evidence in our hands to testify. It's just a question of the severity of the disaster. They can completely push it to the mastermind behind the scenes.

The involvement of this matter is far greater than you imagined. Even the Governor's Office does not have much say in this issue.

At this juncture, we still strive to fight disasters first, and don't get caught in the fire. "

Most of the people present were their own people, and Hudson didn't want them to be used by others, jumping out and stepping on thunder at this juncture.

If the younger brothers were involved, he, the boss, would not be able to escape.

Talking and fighting are two completely different concepts.

"Battle of words", Hudson has been "deadly fighting" with the nobles of the Northland.It looks like it is endless, but in fact it has no effect on both parties.

Private business can continue as usual.

Once it's done, it's different.The outside world mistakenly believes that the mountain leaders are strong and strong, but Hudson is very aware of how weak his own strength is.

Except for the veterans who have seen blood and have been trained to become real elites, the rest are all appearances.

It's okay to put up a formation, but if there is a fight, they will kill cattle and sheep.

The combat power is higher than that of ordinary serf soldiers, and how far it is from the real elite can only be known by fighting.

Without continuing to train for a year or so, Hudson really has no confidence to let his own soldiers go to the battlefield.

"Baron Hudson, such a good opportunity, are we going to let it go?"

Baron Ezekiel asked unwillingly.

As the loser in the previous round of battle, Baron Ezekiel had nothing to gain except some fame.

With the passage of time, even these false names are slowly fading.

The real nobles, when encountering problems, first think of two powerful factions, Baron Cayo and Hudson.

Fame only brought Ezekiel convenience in interpersonal communication, and when it came to tangible benefits, his opinion was no longer important.

"The kingdom needs stability, which is the need of the overall situation. As nobles, we must put the interests of the kingdom first.

We can settle the grievances with those guys from the Northland slowly in the future.The most important thing for us now is to fight against the locust plague.

The autumn harvest is greatly reduced, and we can still work hard to keep the spring grain for the next season.

This locust plague is unusual. Not only is this year's autumn grain production greatly reduced, but next year's autumn grain harvest will also be difficult to harvest too much.

The food crisis alone is enough for those guys to bear it.

Wouldn't it be nice to see them unlucky?

Why jump out and rescue them?

Isn't the lesson from last time not enough? "

Hudson sneered and mocked.

Wanting to use him as a gunman is simply a dream.

Now that they are fighting with the nobles of the Northland, they have to work hard.Only if they win, will those guys have food to survive the famine.

As far as Hudson knows, in order to reduce food consumption, all the northern nobles are artificially reducing the number of slaves under their command.

Some ruthless ones ground the locusts into powder and added them to bread making. Many serfs with weak physical resistance also died.

It is enough to prove how difficult life is for those guys.

Although the production of locust powder was pioneered by Shandi, Hudson only took locusts alone, and he didn't dare to ask for the army of locusts gathered together.

Even if locust powder is made, it is only added in a small amount, accounting for less than one percent.

With such a small dose, even toxins can be overcome.

They were all forced out. After reducing the supply of rations, the nutritional supply of the slaves must be guaranteed.

One grasshopper a day can be regarded as seeing meat.

Seeing no response from the nobles, Baron Ezekiel suddenly became embarrassed.

What I said just now was good, everyone put pressure on the baron of the mountain, forcing the boss to take the lead in making trouble with the nobles of the North.

As a result, when the matter came to an end, Hudson made a group of "temporary allies" who were not firm stand back back with just a few words.

Whether he was persuaded or unwilling to confront the Mountain Baron, no one could say clearly.

In short, no one wants to take the lead.

Facing Baron Ezekiel's eyes asking for help, everyone wandered away, as if they hadn't seen anything.

Feeling the importance of strength again, Baron Ezekiel is more and more eager to break the situation.

In the existing political structure of Wright County, the local nobles are mixed with Hudson, and the northern nobles are mixed with the Baron of Sith, so there is no room for display.

The situation in Wyton County next door is similar. Although the northern nobles are divided, most of the local nobles look at the face of Baron Cayo.

His background determined that Baron Ezekiel could not play happily with the northern nobles, and among the local nobles, Barons Hudson and Cayo were on strict guard against him.

In the small teams formed by each of them, there is no place for Baron Ezekiel.

If you want to form a gang, you will also be targeted by all parties.

Neutral nobles are not stupid, so how could they mess with such an empty-headed guy like him?

No matter how powerful his tricks are, it's not enough for everyone to weigh the pros and cons.

If this pattern continues, it won't be long before the reputation he has painstakingly accumulated will be completely consumed.

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In Dardir City, affected by the changing situation, a group of northern nobles also sat together to discuss countermeasures.

It's just that the topic they discussed was not who to fight with, but how to raise enough food.

"Dear Baron Sith, this day is really difficult, please help to find a way!

Affected by the plague of locusts, Bote's autumn grain storage was less than one-third of the normal output.Originally, the area sown was small, but it caught up with this wave.

In order to reduce food consumption, I have ordered all the citizens to stop having children and reduced the food supply.

The food standard, including my lord, has been lowered.

Now I don't even dare to eat a meal of barbecue, and I change everything to stew, so that my subordinates can get a little bit of meat.

But this is still a drop in the bucket.

According to the current grain stocks in the territory, if we persist for another three months at most, the cooking smoke will be exhausted.

However, the plague of locusts is still raging now, and anyone who can move in the territory has joined the battle to exterminate the locusts.

But the locusts seemed to be in a steady stream, and after killing one crop, another crop came again, and they couldn't be killed completely.

Judging from the current situation, Qiu Geng can't count on it either.How to live the next day, I don't know now. "

Baron Bazel said worriedly.

Although there are suspicions of exaggeration without cooking for three months, the food shortage does exist.

In order to deal with the crisis, Bazel really did his best.Now the slaves in the territory have begun to catch and eat locusts.

Even knowing that locusts are poisonous, it is better to be poisoned than to be starved to death.

With strong physical resistance, some orcs survived, while more orcs were lying on the hospital bed and howling.

If nothing else, these guys who lay down are now eliminated.

Not only were slaves miserable, but life as serfs was also miserable.The rations have been greatly reduced, and driven by hunger, many people also eat locusts.

Watching all this happen, Baron Bazel still turned a blind eye.

For Botland, reducing the population is the only effective way to deal with the crisis if no new food sources can be found.

"Okay, Bazel. At least there is a small river in your territory, so you can get some fish supplies.

My territory is miserable, except for the bare land, there is nothing left.

Those damned locusts didn't even spare wild vegetables.

If this continues, I will have to eat dirt. "

Justin Knight teased bitterly.

There is no worst, only worse.

Perhaps in the eyes of the local nobles, the locust plagues suffered by the northern lords were lighter, but the losses suffered by everyone were devastating.

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Listening to the constant complaints from the crowd, Baron Sith only felt his scalp go numb.

"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight; if you want to hold a rose, you must bear its wounds."

Enjoy the bonus of being the boss, but also bear the obligation of being the boss.

Among other things, the prosperity of business and trade in Dadir City before was supported by these boys.

Now the younger brothers are almost hungry, how can he, the boss, not show it?

It's a pity that Baron Sith is also short of food. Although he snapped up a batch in time, the locust plague will never end!

Their own territory is reducing ration consumption, so how can they spare time to help others?

"The situation you are facing is similar, but in the final analysis the biggest problem is the lack of food.

The locust plague affected such a wide area that nobles from all over the country suspended grain sales.In a short period of time, it is difficult for us to purchase enough food in the southeast province.

For the current plan, we can only organize caravans to go to other human countries to see if we can gain anything.

The country closest to us is the Kingdom of Hesse, but unfortunately, it is blocked by the Black Stone Mountains, so it takes a long detour.

It is easy to send people there, but it is a big problem to transport a large amount of food back.

Not to mention the long consumption time, the key is that half of the food will be consumed halfway.

The easiest way is undoubtedly to take the water route. Unfortunately, most of the coastal ports are controlled by the Dalton family.

Given Governor Pierce's hostility towards us, the possibility of giving us an excuse is very slim.

Even if one could make an excuse, the vast sea was extremely dangerous.It is not surprising that an entire army was wiped out at sea. "

Baron Sith's words undoubtedly poured cold water on everyone.

It's not that the boss doesn't want to find a way, it's that he has thought of all the ways, but there is no reliable plan.

There is not enough food to be bought internally, but the outside world can buy food, but the problem is that it cannot be shipped back.

The total population of the territories of the nobles in the North was [-] to [-], and if slaves were included, the population would exceed [-].

Animals also have to be considered, let alone cattle and sheep, the rations of war horses can't be deducted, right?To solve the food shortage, at least tens of millions of pounds of food must be imported.

Such a huge gap requires a detour of nearly a thousand miles, and land transportation is pure nonsense.

Shipping, unless you get the support of the Dalton family, no matter how many people go out, the whole army will be wiped out.

Within the kingdom, everyone needs to pay attention to food appearance and not go too far.

In the vast sea, it is very common for a fleet to go missing.Even if Wang Guo wanted to investigate, he didn't know where to start.

"We don't have food, but it doesn't mean that other people don't have food. Instead of lamenting here, it's better to talk to them directly and honestly.

Either sell us food and tide over this difficulty.Either we all leave and go to hell together. "

Baron Kettley said murderously.

There are too many grievances accumulated recently, and there is an urgent need for a channel to vent.Anyway, deep in the troubles of the July meeting, it is unknown whether he can get out.

The rest were worried about the consequences of doing so, but Lord Kettley didn't care.

If you win the bet, you will continue to be a nobleman here; if you lose the bet, you will run away.

Anyway, once the thunder of the July Festival exploded, he would still have to flee to the end of the world.

It's a good thing to have so many people with you in advance.

"Things, it's not up to this point.

We can also turn to the Kingdom for help.

Let's mobilize the connections behind us and work together to put pressure on the Dalton family. Our Governor cannot withstand such pressure.

When the time comes, he will naturally choose to compromise. "

Baron Sith hurriedly comforted him.

Reason told him that now was not the time to provoke conflict.

The local nobles did have food in their hands, but it didn't mean that they also stored a large amount of food in their newly opened territories.

"Neighbors hoard food, I hoard guns."

The premise is that the neighbors have stocked up on food.

If people don't have much food, even if they win the battle, it will be difficult to get the expected harvest, and it will only cause trouble for the upper body.

Baron Kettley suffered continuous setbacks and was about to break the pot. Baron Sith, who still had a bright future, didn't want to be with him.

Back to the background, Caesar III is not someone to mess with.

A guy who can only cause trouble and can't maintain local stability, why should he be a county guard?

Not to mention the illegitimate son of the Grand Duke, even the direct son of the Grand Duke, if he is unbearable, he can only be a rice moth

A conflict provoked by someone with a heart, was suppressed by the tacit understanding of the two giants in Wright County.

But the real problem of the locust plague still needs to be solved.

If there is a relationship, start the relationship, if there is no relationship, you can only save yourself.

Hudson became busy for a while, and to be precise, Bear Stearns became busy.

Facing the army of locusts, the efficiency of artificial locust extermination is really too low.

It would be much easier to switch to the Earth Bear. Not only can the current locusts be killed, but the eggs in the ground can also be eliminated.

Especially locust eggs, that thing is even more stubborn.

The traditional method uses manpower and natural resources such as water and fire to kill, not to mention low efficiency, and many fish slip through the net.

After all, locust eggs are too small to be mixed in the soil, so they are easily overlooked by the naked eye.

The effect of fire is the best, but you can't burn all the land once, right?

The magic potion is also effective in killing insect eggs. Unfortunately, the price of that thing is high, and the output is pitifully low, and even the nobles are not enough.

Bear Stearns, who has the unique skills of exterminating insects, soon came into everyone's sight.

Under the cover of the gravity field, the locusts couldn't stand it, and the eggs couldn't stand it either.

Now there are bare areas everywhere, and there is no trouble of accidentally injuring flowers and plants, and the cubs can let the cubs toss about.

There is no doubt that there must be a fee to kill the locusts, and even the eggs will be dealt with, and there will be an extra fee.

Hudson was also very helpless when he met a bear who only recognized money.If this continues, the outside world still doesn't know how to arrange him.

The monster caused the trouble, and the master has to take the blame!

In order to facilitate bargaining, Bear Stearns insisted on learning to speak in advance, so that Hudson had no chance to make a difference if he wanted to be a middleman.

The harvest is not without, everyone thought that Master Hudson's bear had grown up!

The deterrent power of the mountain territory +10086...

It's useless to hide it this time. It is a "truth" that everyone recognizes that the Earth Bear can only use the common language of the mainland when he is an adult.

Bear Stearns, who was originally only two years and three months old, now has to announce that he is 230 years old.

As for Hudson, he was lucky enough to pick up a soon-to-be-adult Earth Bear.

Regardless of whether Hudson believes it or not, the outside world believes this statement anyway.

This time, no one doubted that Bear Stearns was the Earth Bear captured by the Holy See, and his age did not match at all.

The Earth Bear, which is approaching adulthood, is equally powerful in combat, and it is almost impossible to capture it alive.

In this world where the weak prey on the strong, the charm of the strong is unparalleled.

Hudson, who pretends to be Xiongwei, will receive the warmest welcome no matter where he goes now.

Even the nobles who complained about the high fees did not say anything anymore.

The top powerhouses in the mainland are willing to help exterminate the locusts, and it is too conscientious to only charge one silver coin per mu of land.

No, there are still people rushing to line up behind.

If it is not everyone's territory, and the unit is not ten thousand mu, this kind of charging standard is really not high.

Although the speed is a little faster, it can only show that the efficiency is high.In any case, Mr. Bear Stearns had to take a stroll over there himself.

In one day, the troubles of more than a dozen noble families can be solved.Seeing Bear Stearns making a lot of money every day, Hudson suddenly found himself a poor man.

In the past, it was Xiong who worked for him. He didn't expect Feng Shui to take turns, and now it was his turn to work for Xiong.

Although he managed to get a good price, according to the highest appearance fee standard of "Shen Bow Knight", [-] gold coins per day and overtime pay will be calculated separately.

But Hudson wasn't happy in the slightest.

His rationality told him that Bear Stearns' treasury must be emptied as soon as possible, otherwise this guy would be able to make a fuss.

After a deep introspection, Hudson found that he was not black enough.

The expenses for cultivation are reported too little, anyway, the energy is stored in his own compass.Even Bear Stearns would not know if the magic spar consumption was falsely reported more than ten times.

Reason: The strength has increased, and the energy purity required is higher.

There is no problem, energy purification must have loss, this is common sense common in the mainland.

Just need services, monopoly buying and selling, no room for bargaining.

Just add a little more for grassland rental and after-sales service. These visible costs can no longer be fooled by bears.

Perhaps it is also a good choice for Fudge Bear to develop the swamp.As long as Bear Stein is willing to contribute, the development progress will definitely increase greatly.

For example: before digging the trench, use magic to temporarily harden the silt on both sides.

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