This question is in a sense unsolvable.
The reason is that the total amount of food is limited. After the evil month, the flow of food in the kingdom will enter a state of shortage. Not to mention the skyrocketing price, it may not be possible to buy it. The shortage of grain will not be relieved until the wheat fields are harvested. Autumn is the season with the most frequent grain transactions, and it will rise rapidly during the evil moon.
Of course, these transactions are generally for merchants and nobles. As for those penniless refugees and mice, no matter how much wheat they have, they can only enter the cold winter hungry.
According to Barov's many years of experience as assistant to the Minister of Finance, major cities are waiting for the wheat ears to mature at this time, and it is unlikely to sell food in large quantities. No.
Open source does not work, it can only save money.
Cut the food supply in the whole city, reduce the daily purchase quantity, let the residents change from eating bread to drinking porridge, and stick to it until the day of the harvest. This is also the most likely suggestion from Edith.
Then he can refute the inappropriateness of this approach one by one from the aspects of His Majesty's promise to exchange food, the fact that it contradicts the propaganda, and the panic of food shortage.
Looking at Edith's eyebrows and flipping through the list, she knew that this trouble was not easy to solve.
Before long, she should ask herself what to do.
Thinking of this, Barov couldn't help rubbing his beard. The so-called control of the overall situation requires not only being skilled and sophisticated in government affairs, but also clear about the characteristics of the city. For example, when he was in the capital, he could recite the price of the special products of the Alchemy Association and the number of silver mines shipped from Silver Light City every month without thinking. These are not things that he can remember in a short time.
The hallmark of Neverwinter is witches.
Barov knew that there was a green-haired woman named Ye Ye in the Witch League, who could make the wheat field grow at an incredible speed. When she didn't care about maintaining the land, she could even make the wheat ripe once a day, and the wheat ears that were produced were not at all. Gold number one can be compared.
In other words, as long as she is asked to manage a field of wheat and focus on rapid grain production, the current gap can be filled.
Of course, he also knew that His Majesty was letting Ye Ye control the Hidden Forest in the west to build an early warning line of defense against the devil, but since there are still several years before such an enemy appears, he is not in a hurry to stop for two or three months.
And this is the part that Edith has absolutely no way of knowing.
No matter how talented she is, and she has been involved in managing the affairs of the North since she was an adult, it is impossible for her to know this completely unfamiliar city within half a month of arriving in Neverwinter, let alone understand the abilities of every witch.
She wouldn't even understand why the Ministry of Education's office was connected to the archives, where the Minister of Education would be there from time to time and had the power to look at all documents.
After a while, Edith put down the list and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
"This trouble is not difficult to solve."
"Um..." Barov nodded first, then froze for a moment, "What?"
"Before the development of Yougu Town, most of the land in the north was not suitable for growing wheat, so in the spring, the food would be very tight, so the local lords set their sights on the east and the Kingdom of Dawn."
"You mean" he suddenly realized something.
"Since you can't grow or buy it, you can only grab someone else's." Edith said easily, "Isn't that the case now? Your Majesty's army is attacking the Falling Dragon Ridge. I heard that Spee In order to resist her, Earl's younger brother has won over a lot of local nobles, right? Now that we have all the reasons and means, let's kill them one by one. Guess how many golden dragons and food are hidden in their basement?"
"The lack of grain is only a small amount of grain left to allow flow. In fact, most of the grain produced by the kingdom has been divided up by the nobles. They can use this grain to control the free people and peasants in the territory, and they can also earn money during poor harvest years. Take a large sum of golden dragons." Her voice was not fast, but her voice was chilly in Barov's ears, "If you turn over the Falling Dragon Ridge, I don't think it will be a problem for tens of thousands of people. If it's not enough, the Southeast There are still several cities in the Ministry area waiting for His Majesty to claim.”
"They are all nobles..." Halfway through speaking, the steward closed his mouth, that's right... After His Majesty occupied the southern border, they were no longer. As long as the attack is neat enough, these seizures are enough to fill the granary of Neverwinter again.
And unlike Wangdu, Falling Dragon Ridge is a city that has completely fallen to His Majesty, and it is also the key to the southern border. At that time, the City Hall will not only directly send people to assist Earl Speer to build a new government, but also copy the laws, planning and education of Neverwinter in the city. Therefore, it is beneficial to the stability of the city to remove all those nobles.
What puzzled Barov was why Edith accepted the will of abolishing the aristocracy so quickly? Even if it is himself, even if he supports His Majesty's orders wholeheartedly, it is not so quick to adapt... And she is the successor of the Duke of the North.
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Back in the Diplomatic Building, Edith pushed open the door and saw Cole lying on the side of the table, flipping through a thin book.
"what is that?"
"Uh... I bought it from the convenience market. It looks like a picture scroll, but it also has a story. It's very interesting to read." The younger brother raised his head, "You look very happy?"
"Is there?"
"In Eternal Night City, it's rare to see you smile like this," Cole pouted, "are we really not going back?"
"It's only for now. When your father replies, His Majesty should allow you to return to the North." Edith sat opposite him, reached out and picked up the cover, only to see the words "Witch's Diary" printed on it.
"how about you?"
"I want to stay here."
"Why," Cole wondered, "is City Hall so interesting?"
"It's not the city hall that's interesting, but Roland Wimbledon's city hall is interesting," she corrected with a chuckle, "Do you know how I can accomplish something in Evernight City?"
"Just tell your father."
"Almost, the order, naturally many people will do it. Now that I think about it, it has nothing to do with me, just because of my identity, and my father will follow my advice... Of course, only in the fief of the Kant family." Edith said with great interest, "But here, my identity not only does not work, it even hinders. There are almost no nobles in the city hall, and they don't care if I am the daughter of the Duke of the North, everyone is there. Do things with ability, do you understand what I mean?"
Cole shook his head.
"Everyone is willing to listen to you, not because of your identity, but because of your own ability. It is still valid even if you leave the fief. Your Majesty is right about one thing. The division of feudalism seems to have great power, but it also limits what the nobles can achieve. The upper limit. From the current point of view, he is fully capable of expanding his territory to the entire continent, and the city hall will also become a behemoth, and the area under his jurisdiction will extend to every corner of Graycastle. Once you gain approval, in one sentence , even the whole kingdom will work for you. Why do I stay in that little fief, you say?"