Black Knight From Blue Star

Aenolia's food situation is indeed serious.

The aristocratic class is in a better position, with a lot of food reserves, so it won't be a big problem for them to survive for another three or four years.

But for ordinary civilians, food has indeed reached a period of shortage.

Moreover, more than a year ago, Hadi purchased a large amount of grain, and merchants from Enoria also transported a lot of their own grain to Hadi for sale.

This has resulted in food insecurity across the entire country.

"Ten thousand tons per quarter is too outrageous." Hardy shook his head: "It's impossible."

"Then how much can you supply each quarter?" Jose asked cautiously.

Hardy thought for a while and said, "Let's break it in half."

"Okay." Jose nodded, looking relieved: "With these grains, we should be able to survive for a while."

Aenolia is not completely out of food, it just has low food reserves.

If 20,000 tons of grain are imported a year, it can alleviate the huge gap.

The most important thing is that it is very difficult to buy food now. He has traveled to several nearby countries, and only Hadi can provide it.

As for other places, the prices are either very high or come with very stringent terms and conditions.

"In addition, we also want to buy some ordnance." Jose said suddenly.

"You even lack weapons?" Hardy couldn't help but frowned: "You Enolia craftsmen are the strongest in the world."

Jose smiled awkwardly: "There were quite a lot before, but we also sold a lot."

Previously, Yejieka and her brother were competing for territory, and most of the ordnance was imported from Aenolia.

I don’t know how they bypassed France and transported the ordnance to Amaikan.

Food is actually relatively easy for Hardy to handle.

The warehouses are now full of dried fruits from the elves. As the prince of the elves, Hardy naturally wants to help sell these dried fruits.

But as for ordnance... it's a bit troublesome.

But then he suddenly thought of someone.

Prini.

Seeing Hardy's hesitation, Jose suddenly became anxious: "Hardy, you have to help."

Hardy nodded and said: "I will find a way to do this, don't worry, but the price of the ordnance cannot be less."

"How about a 40% premium!" Jose immediately shouted excitedly when he heard Hardy relent.

"OK."

Seeing Hardy agree, Jose let out a long sigh of relief.

Before he came here, he came with the worst plan.

But unexpectedly, the progress was unexpectedly smooth.

And Hardy didn’t raise the price too high.

The two chatted for a while, and Jose excused himself as he had other things to deal with.

Hardy sent Jose out of the city lord's mansion and back to the study.

Then Petola came in.

"Why do you want to help Enoria?"

"They are to the east of us. The longer they resist, the more time we can buy here."

Petola sighed: "I understand the truth, but the price you gave is too low. If I were to at least double the price, I would be willing to sell it to them."

"For this kind of thing, you either don't help, or you help with responsibility." Hardy smiled and said: "Enolia's combat effectiveness is indeed not strong, but they can still resist for a period of time. Besides, it's still possible. There are many undead people to help them."

Tiana has already said that although the player army was retreating steadily under the batman's offensive, it... indeed greatly slowed down the speed of the batman's push.

The harder Aenolia weakens the opponent and the longer it takes, the stronger Hardy's accumulated strength will be.

What's more, a new generation of brave men is growing up.

Abby Yabe's current strength is indeed far from Hadi's, but Hardy knows that if Abby Yabe is given another three to five years, her strength will be similar to Hardy's.

This is the terrifying thing about the combination of the Phoenix bloodline and the Saintess bloodline.

Even Aibi Yabei can use the natural magic of the elves and is good at the human magic system.

This is not much better than the partial Phoenix bloodline!

In addition to Abby, there is also the E.P.R trio from the Magic Academy, who are desperately trying to analyze the Batman's spell system and the Batman's body structure.

In addition, the elves are also accumulating strength.

Just waiting for the upcoming decisive battle.

Sophie nodded: "Just have your own ideas. I'm just giving you a suggestion."

After saying that, she left again.

Everyone in the City Lord's Mansion is very busy now, and there are many things that need to be dealt with.

And Hardy thought for a moment, then rode out of the city lord's mansion and came to a small town next to Louisian County.

This is an area surrounded by woods, but there is a stone road leading into the woods. Before I even got close, I smelled a strong smell of charcoal.

Once inside, I found that it was a bit smoky and the view was obviously restricted.

Moreover, there are not many people in this small town. There are only old people and men walking on the street, and there are not many children and women.

Hardy rode around the town on horseback, attracting the attention of many people, but after seeing Hardy's appearance, no one dared to look at him.

Soon, he came to a tall building.

There were several women at the door who took off their heads and held them in their arms while chatting.

When they saw Hardy, they all screamed slightly, stood up immediately, and shouted sweetly: "Your Excellency Hardy."

To be honest, seeing a few people standing in a row with their heads in their hands and still talking, no matter how beautiful these heads are, is still a little scary.

Hardy smiled at them and asked, "Is Pliny here?"

Before these women could reply, the second-floor window of the hut was pushed open with a bang, and then a headless female body leaned out: "I'm..."

Hardy looked up and saw Pliny's head under his arm, smiling happily at him.

Several headless horsemen nearby hugged their heads and walked away happily, leaving Prini and Hardy the opportunity to be alone.

A few minutes later, Hardy sat in the room, face to face with Prini.

The headless girl is wearing a very close-fitting long dress, which looks loose but is actually soft and clings to the surface of her body, showing off her figure at a glance.

It also has a hidden astringency.

She put her head on the table, then looked at Hardy with a smile and said, "After so long, you are finally willing to come and see me."

"It's not like I don't see you usually. Don't you often come to the Elf Forest to chat with me?"

"That's different. I took the initiative to find you because I miss you." Pliny smiled happily: "But this is the first time that you took the initiative to come to me."

Hardy knew what she meant and understood her feelings.

It's just... thinking of old Hardy, Hardy didn't want to get too close to her.

After all, there is still a thorn in my heart.

Normally it's nothing, but when I see her face, the thorn will move, pricking my head and feeling uncomfortable in my heart.

It's just that after so many years, the thorn seems to have been gradually smoothed away by flesh and blood, and now he won't feel uncomfortable seeing Pliny again.

It just feels a little weird.

Hardy said seriously: "I came to see you this time because I have a serious business."

"Yeah, I know." Pliny smiled sweetly.

Perhaps Hardy felt that it was a bit heartless to come to her when he had something serious to do.

But in Pliny's view, Hardy's willingness to come to her in person is a big victory and an important node in the long-distance love race.

"A few years ago, your father threw a lot of craftsmen over here." Hardy looked at her and asked with a smile: "How many ordnances have you made now, and how many have you sold?"

Eight years ago, Plini's father packed up almost all his craftsmen and gave them to Hadi.

There are more than two hundred people. In this world, skilled craftsmen are high-quality technical talents.

This is a great fortune.

But Hardy did not accept it, but gave it all to Plini.

After all, he knew that these craftsmen were actually a dowry.

And Pliny couldn't find a place to raise these craftsmen, so Hadi could only allocate a piece of land for her in the woods and give her money to build a blacksmith town.

And Pliny is the mayor of this town.

"There should be nearly 7,000 sets of full-body armor, including lances, spears, chain armor, etc., all around 15,000."

Hardy was a little surprised: "So many."

"Because I didn't sell much, and when I was really short of money, I asked Sister Tiana to help find some customers." Pliny said with a smile: "I know sooner or later, these things will help you, so I don't want to Sold."

Hardy looked around. The furniture in this wooden room was quite simple. They were just sawed wood and put together without even painting.

It seemed very shabby.

Looking at it this way, Plini seems to be very poor.

But considering the seven thousand sets of full-body armor and a large number of other weapons, it became clear that Pliny was actually extremely rich.

These equipments of hers can equip a powerful elite army.

"This time, I want you to mobilize some ordnance and sell it to Enoria."

"Okay." Pliny agreed without hesitation: "These things are yours, you can do whatever you want with them."

"No, it's yours." Hardy said seriously: "You spent eight years saving this."

Pliny shook her head, with tenderness in her eyes: "My current life is yours, and my people are also yours, not to mention my things. Besides, I live in your territory now. Logically speaking, I If you do anything commercial, you have to pay at least 70% of the taxes.”

"In my territory, taxes are not that high."

Prini chuckled, very happy: "I know, this is just a statement. Hardy, although you have not taken the initiative to see me in the past eight years, I have always been very happy. Because you are here, just By my side, if I miss you, I can go to you, I never feel uncomfortable. I stay here not because I want to make money. The Headless Horseman's material desires are already very low. My only thought now is to help you. I will do my best to help you. , and stay by your side." (End of chapter)