Online Game: Island War

"Other channels?" Sai Ramon looked at Lei Jiu puzzled, wondering why the island owner in front of him was so eager to get food all of a sudden. If there is no harvest in autumn due to the floods in the past month, there will be no food crisis, right?

After all, he has stated again before that the Ninth Chamber of Commerce does not involve in grain transactions.

"Sai Ramon, we are old friends who have known each other for many years. I will not hide it from you. Earlier, I learned through special channels that there will be a catastrophic climate anomaly that will last for two years in the large sea area where Huanghuang Island is located.

This climate anomaly naturally does not affect the seabed, but for us land creatures, it is disastrous.

Although Huanghuang Island has a certain amount of grain reserves, if natural disasters cause the island's two or four grain harvests to be greatly reduced or even completely eliminated, we will definitely not be able to sustain it!

I hope you can help me! "

What Lei Jiu said was sincere, and at the same time, he decided in his heart that if Seramon was willing to help, even if the two parties cut off contact after a year and a half, he would not let the other party suffer.

After pondering for a long time, Seramon shook his head, "I'm sorry, Lord Master, with the authority and connections of our Sera family, we really can't help you.

Even if there are people or forces who can secretly circumvent the empire's regulations and control the grain distribution channels, they are not accessible to our Saila family! "

"Is there really no other way? If you can help, Huanghuang Island will never let you and your Sera family suffer!" Lei Jiu didn't believe what Seramon said.

If there was really no other way, Salamon would not have pondered for a while just now. He was clearly weighing gains and losses just now. It is estimated that this move would consume their family's connections or human resources.

The refusal afterwards must be because of the psychological balance and felt that the gain outweighed the loss.

In order to obtain food and ensure food reserves, Lei Jiu put on a face and worked hard in a low voice.

It's a pity that after making a decision, Salamon refused without any hesitation, insisting that there was nothing his family could do.

In the end, Lei Jiu, who worked hard to no avail, had no choice but to agree with Sai Ramon that Huanghuang Island would hire another 20 fishing boats to increase the production of sea goods. This time, the other party readily agreed, since it was the original business of the chamber of commerce.

Fishing boats of the Ninth Chamber of Commerce,

Fishing operations are carried out under the sea, and its efficiency is much higher than that of Huanghuang Island's own fishing boats.

Because the fishing depth is different, even if they operate at the same time, the fishing efficiency of both parties will not be affected by the other party.

only...

This is only the last guarantee!

If there is a situation where food is eaten up in the future, it is natural to use these seafood on top, and people cannot really starve to death.

Lei Jiu naturally didn't want things to develop to that point in his heart, after all, it was not the first year when the island was just started.

At that time, the island was poor and poor, and supplies were extremely scarce, and the islanders were willing to suffer with him as the island owner.

But now that life is better, if we suddenly return to the days when we can only fish every day and fish every day, it will not be impossible to overturn his rule as the island owner. After all, the reason is natural disasters, but Lei Jiu's prestige will inevitably be affected hit.

Now on and off Huanghuang Island, the laws and regulations promulgated by the cabinet can be carried out without any obstacles and without any opposition, which has a lot to do with the respect and trust of the islanders for Lei Jiu, the island owner.

This kind of prestige is formed by the life of the islanders getting better and better under the leadership of Lei Jiu.

Once this stable happiness is suddenly and violently destroyed, people's hearts will inevitably fluctuate.

Explain that this is a natural disaster? Is it force majeure? Is it the fault of Chuangshishen (system)?

The people of Huanghuang Island have basically never received a materialist education, and they will think whatever you say.

Otherwise, there would be no need for so many emperors in ancient China to condemn themselves when a comet appeared!

This kind of fluctuation of people's hearts will not lead to too serious consequences, even if people are really starved to death, after all, this is not caused by mistakes in the system or administration.

But even if it was a force majeure like a natural disaster, Lei Jiu didn't want to disappoint the islanders.

Of course he was not omnipotent, but he hoped that he would establish an image of omnipotence in the minds of the islanders.

Even if the administrative power of the island is basically delegated to the cabinet, the island owner is essentially a dictatorship. The image of the supreme ruler in the hearts of the islanders is still very important to the rule itself.

Having said so much, the conclusion is that even if Lei Jiu does nothing, many people on Huanghuang Island will starve to death in the end, and his rule will not be overthrown.

However, Lei Jiu's performance has always proved that he is not a meddlesome fish. As long as it is possible, he wants to do his best.

Advantages are built bit by bit.

Since this disaster is global and affects all players, he naturally hopes to widen the gap with other players in this incident, rather than being approached by others in terms of overall strength.

Disappointment came out from Sai Ramon, and Lei Jiuyi didn't have any ideas for a while.

In fact, the source of the food he hopes to obtain through the Ninth Chamber of Commerce is still the Raya Continent. Because the deep sea itself has no food suitable for human consumption except for various fish and seafood.

If a deal can't be negotiated now, then there's even less hope later.

After all, the Raya continent cannot escape this global catastrophic climate. Soon, affected by natural disasters, the Raya Continent will cut off the export of food, and even if he finds a trading channel, he will not be able to get the goods.

However, since Saramon refused to help this time, there will be no extra involvement when the two parties sever relations in the future.

 …

The dark clouds all over the sky dissipated, the sun shone brightly, and the flood gradually receded.

The islanders began to clean up the silt on the streets and roads, and tidy up the fields. Countless crop plants were blown down by the wind and soaked in water.

The torrential rain for two consecutive months not only destroyed and soaked these plants, but also made the difficult growth process of these crops worse.

Fortunately, the crops and plants in the game world are more tenacious than the real world, and many of them survived.

When the sun shines on the earth again, their vitality gradually recovers.

However, before Lei Jiu and the islanders were happy, new problems began to appear.

"My lord, there hasn't been a drop of rain anywhere on the entire island for a month!"

Um?

Frowning slightly, Qi Wenchuan's words immediately aroused Lei Jiu's vigilance.

Now the area of ​​Huanghuang Island is not too small. Although the rainstorm has just passed for a month, there is no precipitation on the entire island. It is indeed not normal. It is not a relatively dry winter.

In addition, now is the two-year catastrophe period clearly pointed out by the system, and any abnormality may be a precursor to a catastrophe.

"What is the water level of the rivers, lakes and reservoirs?"

"The water level only returned to normal more than ten days ago. The torrential rain in the past two months has caused too much water to accumulate on the island!"

Hearing this, Lei Jiu pondered for a while, "Since the water volume in the rivers and lakes is enough for agriculture and the daily life of the islanders, then close all the sluice gates of the reservoirs first!"

"Island Master, what do you mean... There may be a drought in the future?"

"You must guard against it!"

"But in the current season, there may be another rainstorm in the future, and then..."

Qi Wenchuan's worries are not unreasonable, but compared with floods that have already had some experience in dealing with them, droughts are equally or even more terrifying!

"Ding! Alien stars have appeared, and the global climate has changed drastically. Huanghuang Island is located in a large area of ​​sea area. The climate will continue to be dry in the next 22 months, and there will be no rain! Please take precautions in advance!"

"Ding! Huanghuang Island is protected by the god of the sky, and it has captured abnormally severe weather fluctuations, and activated the weather rules to force the disaster to dissipate!"

"Coercive measures failed!"

"Activate disaster reduction climate rules!"

"Cut cuts failed!"

"...", now Qi Wenchuan doesn't have to worry, the system speaks directly.

Floods caused by heavy rainfall can be reduced, but droughts caused by no rainfall cannot be reduced?

Anyway, once the situation is confirmed, the next step is to concentrate on dealing with it...