Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton

Chapter 841: Chapter 471 Yes, But Cannot Burn the Fields_3 Chapter 841: Chapter 471 Yes, But Cannot Burn the Fields_3 “The Sorcerer Alliance and the Council of the Undead both sent people looking for us, willing to offer every convenience to help us resume production, as long as the produced supplies are sold to them,” Feiwo said.

Contending for the people’s hearts requires resources; if one can’t even produce enough food, and everyone is hungry, who would submit to your rule? Therefore, landlords who can produce grain have become the primary targets for both sides to compete over initially.

Originally, Northern Wind City had no advantage in this aspect; the grain produced wouldn’t even compare to a fraction of the output from the southern main grain-producing regions, and even the city’s own grain had to be brought in from outside.

However, both sides took notice of the existence of the water dam irrigation area. From the position of the Magicians’ Ladder, one could directly see the irrigation area, although it had been neglected for a while now.

Thus, someone approached Feiwo, hoping he could arrange for manpower to revive the cultivation in the irrigation area, with the produced grain to be sold to them.

Feiwo wasn’t the one to call the shots, so he said he would consider it. He had just finished discussing this with the silver coins, when a second group approached him with even more generous terms, also requesting that the produced grain be sold to them.

The silver coins’ eyes turned, and they immediately had Feiwo express that he would consider the offer and made a show of escorting the second group out.

Unexpectedly, no sooner had the second group left than the first group came back with even richer terms and expressed they were willing to pay in advance.

Before Feiwo could agree, the second group also returned, and the two parties nearly came to blows right at the doorstep of the City Lord’s Mansion.

Negris’s eyes bulged as he exclaimed, “So, with just an ‘I’ll consider it’, you managed to drive the grain price up to ten Demon Crystals per ton? They even paid a deposit of twenty thousand Demon Crystals in advance, promised to buy up all the grain, and to provide every convenience to assist you in resuming production?”

The silver coins nodded and said, “I didn’t accept the deposit, nor did I agree to any other conditions. I only said it wasn’t my decision to make, and that we’d bid on it at harvest, with the highest bidder getting the grain.”

“Why didn’t you accept the deposit?” Negris asked, puzzled.

“We can’t accept it; they don’t need the grain, what they need is to monopolize the source. Even if they had to burn the grain, they wouldn’t let the other side have it. So, the deposit can only be accepted from one party, but if we accept one party’s deposit, the other would surely find a way to burn the crops,” said the silver coins.

Ange, who was boredly fiddling with an Array formation with his hands, suddenly lifted his head and stared at the silver coins.

The silver coins hurriedly waved their hands, “It’s not me who burns it, it’s them.”

Anthony added, “This is a struggle for the dominion over the Plane, and it’s quite ruthless. If anyone accepts the deposit, that family’s grain harvest next year will undoubtedly suffer. If many people accept deposits, next year’s grain production will certainly plummet, which would lead to trouble.”

“That’s too cruel; doesn’t Your Majesty stop them?” Negris inquired.

“Your Majesty is trapped inside the Annihilation Boundary; currently, it’s probably the upper echelons of the Council of the Undead managing these affairs,” Anthony replied.

“What should we do?” asked Negris.

“It’s simple; as long as everyone refuses to accept the deposit and insists on auctioning off the grain after harvest, to the highest bidder, then at least the grain will be safe while it’s still in the fields,” the silver coins said.

“How can we get everyone to refuse the deposit? Many people don’t think that far ahead. I was even wondering why you didn’t accept the deposit,” Negris remarked dejectedly.

“There’s only one channel that can alert everyone to our warning, and that is through the House of the Deceased. We can analyze the situation to everyone by issuing a bounty, and most people will definitely become vigilant,” said the silver coins.

“However, the House of the Deceased is under the control of the Council of Undead, so they might delete our warning. If we use the Highest Power Mark, it will expose that others possess even higher authority. Hence, I wish to ask the Lord if we may use the Highest Power Mark?”

Of course, such a decision requires Ange to make.

“We may, the fields cannot be burned.”