Chapter 329 Shadows and Problems

At the same time, the Qadir family.

In the study room of patriarch Frank, where Frank used to be, a figure shrouded in black mist was sitting there. Charles and Moulton stood in front of him with low eyebrows. Their humble attitudes were even more humiliating than when facing Frank. Even when you are humble.

"I wonder what the envoy's instructions are?"

"Where's Frank?"

A male's hoarse voice came from under the black mist. During the Glorious Festival a while ago, the entire Yalinks was covered by divine magic. Their people had to leave here temporarily, so Frank's current whereabouts were unclear.

"Father, he has gone to practice. He has been coughing and vomiting blood a while ago..."

Having said this, Charles quietly glanced at the person in the dark mist, but could not see his face. Charles lowered his head a little disappointed and continued: "Father, he said that during this period, if the envoy needs anything, he can contact me. Contact me and I can make the final decision.”

"That's right...it seems like Frank has figured out the key point..."

There was a weird laughter in the black fog, and after a moment, he said to Charles: "In that case, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Please give your orders."

"Gather all the elites of your family and head to the mines of Haildrom."

"ah?"

Charles was startled: "The Haildrom Mine has been sold to that Tang En——"

"I know, but..."

Black Mist suddenly stood up and said with a sinister smile: "Haierdrom is no longer a mine. Now, it has become a gate...a gate to another world..."

"door?"

"Yes, that opens the door to the underworld."

"Underground world!?"

Charles was shocked: "Since the second Chaos Invasion War, all passages to the underground world have been blocked!"

"So, this is God's will..."

The black mist man murmured: "The leader must still be waiting for our arrival... He has been dormant for a hundred years and finally achieved a great cause. We will surely welcome a glorious future under your leadership!"

"what did you say?"

"Don't ask so many questions, just follow my instructions!"

The black mist man said coldly: "Gather those elites and get them fully armed. This time, there will definitely be a big battle!"

Charles felt a chill in his heart: "Yes!"

"Yes, since you are so dedicated, I will give you the power you have been waiting for."

Charles looked ecstatic. The next moment, the black mist man suddenly appeared in front of Charles. Black tentacles split from his body, lifted Charles up, and then several tentacles penetrated directly into Charles. Between his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, an ecstatic Charles laughed wildly as he accepted the power from the black tentacles. His body quickly expanded in a circle, the protruding blood vessels gradually turned black, and soon his eyes became black and bright. …

"Huh...power...this is the feeling of being full of power..."

After Charles landed, he clenched his fists. Explosive power surged in his arms. A black light flashed in his eyes, his pupils returned to normal, and the knotted black blood vessels on his arms also returned to their normal color.

He glanced at Molton casually, and Molton felt a strange and chilling feeling.

Charles raised a contemptuous smile at the corner of his mouth, and lightly touched the wall. With a loud "boom", the entire wall turned into fly ash. A maid who just passed by outside saw that the study was shrouded in darkness. Wu's figure was immediately stunned.

"Strange, monster..."

The black mist man said casually: "Get rid of her and don't let the news leak out."

"no problem!"

Charles had just gained strength and was about to give it a try. He stretched out his hand with a grin, and the thick black mist gathered into a ferocious python and wrapped around the maid. With just a slight squeeze, the maid was sucked dry of her life force by the python and transformed into a python. Became a pile of withered bones.

"hiss--"

Charles felt the surging vitality fed back from the giant snake, and a strange flush appeared on his face. The indescribable sense of pleasure made him intoxicated. Now he finally understood why since his father received the blessing, He would kill several people every now and then.

Molton, who had never had a chance to express himself, looked at his brother with envy and fear. He finally got the power he dreamed of, so next, it would be his turn, right?

But……

Like his father Frank, Moulton also felt the indescribable strangeness from Charles.

Is it really what I want to gain this kind of power and become like this?

"Molton, there is no need to envy your brother," the black mist man said to Molton, "Perform well and offer your loyalty to the great Lord of Darkness. You will also receive the same blessing. By then, your family's dedication will be Let you become the right-hand man of the Lord of Darkness."

"Yes! I will work hard!"

Molton hurriedly lowered his head, except for a layer of cold sweat on his head.

damn it! What are you thinking about?

strength! All it takes is strength!

My father and brother have both received blessings, and I must keep up!

Ellington.

"So, this is why you want me to work overtime!?"

The angry Grandia almost couldn't restrain herself and pounced on Tang En to take a bite: "Are you crazy!? One hundred thousand people! Three months of food! It's impossible for me to ripen it in such a short time! Why don't you? Just kill me!"

"Wrong, not 100,000 people."

Tang En corrected him: "It's a hundred thousand dwarves. The underground dwarves are also dwarves. As for their appetite... you can refer to Brian."

"Well, there's no point in referring to me, right?"

Brian scratched his head, his face turned red after being looked at by a circle of people: "My appetite is relatively large among the dwarves."

"Then let's calculate the discount. Brian, you can eat fifteen silver coins a day, and they will calculate it as ten silver coins."

Fiona said crisply: "Let's calculate the amount of food a dwarf eats in a day based on ten silver coins. Ignoring exchange rate fluctuations, one hundred thousand people per day is worth ten thousand gold coins, and three months and ninety days is worth nine hundred thousand gold coins. of food.”

"It doesn't look like much."

Nekojiro Vanilla said curiously: "I made 20 million gold coins from the previous auction of patents. This gold coin is nothing, right?"

Fiona and Tang En looked at each other and smiled helplessly: "Vanilla, you may have misunderstood one thing... having money and having food are two different things."

Vanilla looked confused: "What do you mean?"

Although she is a cat-eared girl, a cat-eared girl with tendon meat is really not cute. Tang En shook his head and got rid of some bad thoughts and explained: "Although nine hundred thousand gold coins are not enough For Ellington now, it's nothing, but if it were replaced by food, it would be terrible, even if you have money, you can't buy it."

Fiona flipped through her book and said: "Ellington has had a rare harvest this year, harvesting 1,130 tons of wheat. Coupled with the continuous purchase of grain from outside, and the recent rapid ripening of grain by Grandia, we The total grain reserves have just exceeded 3,000 tons."

"Only 3,000 tons?"

Before Vanilla opened her mouth, Tang En was stunned for a moment: "What is this food enough for?"

In his previous life, figures ranging from hundreds of millions to hundreds of millions made Tang En numb. Suddenly hearing such small grains made him feel a little awkward.

"My lord..."

Fiona was helpless: "This is already a lot! 3,000 tons of grain reserves can feed 10,000 people for at least half a year. Do you know how many towns can't even guarantee food for the winter? How can we Grandia deserves a lot of credit for doubling the food reserves in a short period of time!”

Grandia immediately raised her chest and raised her head proudly.

"All right……"

Tang En once again deeply realized the importance of agriculture. If the emergency grain reserve does not have a reserve of three to five years, it is impossible for people to feel at ease, right?

Or is this a hangover from a farming civilization?

"The original plan was that 3,000 tons of grain would be enough to survive the winter, but I didn't expect the recent influx of a large number of outsiders, so the grain reserves are still stretched thin, and the reserves of various vegetables and poultry meat are also urgent..."

Speaking of this, Fiona noticed the blank expressions of people in the circle. She was suddenly stunned and laughed dryly: "Sorry, I digressed. Back to the topic, 3000 tons is three million kilograms. Converted to imperial units, the current price of grain is 1 A silver coin is about 0.8 kilograms, which means it is worth about 3.75 million silver coins. The recent exchange rate of gold and silver coins has been almost stable at 1:98, so it is about 38,300 gold coins."

After speaking, Fiona glanced at Vanilla: "Now do you understand what a serious problem we face?"

"ah?"

Vanilla still looked confused.

Tang En smiled wryly, spread his hands, and said, "In other words, according to a rough calculation, we need to raise twenty-four times our current food reserves in the shortest time to meet Barrod's requirements."

Fiona added: "And in addition to this, for our own winter needs, we also need to prepare at least 3,000 tons of grain for our own use. It should be noted that in addition to the 1,100 tons of wheat harvested previously, , we have been purchasing the remaining 1,700 tons for more than two months, and there are still 200 tons of grain that Grandia has worked hard to ripen in the past half month."

"Then now comes the problem."

Tang En clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention: "Is there any way we can collect 71,000 tons in the shortest time - preferably within a week, with a total value of 900,000 gold coins? Where’s the food?”

"There's no way..."

"Unless you go to various towns and raid the grain markets one by one..."

"But that will inevitably cause food prices to skyrocket, and then cause panic buying, which will then cause panic among the people, and may lead to a war..."

"Brian, how much food can be sold in Durandon?"

"Sell? Brother, don't be ridiculous," Brian curled his lips, "He even asked me a few days ago if he could buy some grain from you!"

At the end of the discussion, a circle of people looked at Grandia in unison.

Tang En tilted his head and muttered to Fiona: "The only way..."

Fiona nodded: "Yes, it's the only way..."

Grandia's rosy little face suddenly turned pale. In her eyes, Tang En and Fiona seemed to be demons with green eyes. She shook her head vigorously: "Impossible! That's impossible! Don’t force me, if you force me I will—ahhhh!!!”

Seeing Tang En suddenly stand up, Grandia immediately became furious and screamed miserably, startling everyone in the circle!

"Don't be excited, don't be excited...Actually, you are thinking wrong..."