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On the second day of the magic exchange conference, Aaron's food export ban passed across the strait and reached Weilan.

News of Levind's export ban and the soaring price of food in the international staple food market came almost immediately.

The speed is very fast, obviously using many special information transmission methods.

It seemed that in just the blink of an eye, the relevant news spread throughout the streets and alleys. While the common people in Weilan didn't feel much, the high-level government officials were already panicking.

Because everyone knows in their hearts that Weilan does not have enough food.

If we can't buy food from the Witt Continent, many people will go hungry.

The news came in the morning.

At night, the panic at the top was like water on the top of the mountain, overflowing all the way to the bottom.

By the morning of the third day, food prices in Weiland City began to rise uncontrollably.

The panic atmosphere in the city naturally spread to the magic exchange conference.

When the conference began, mages from all over the alliance began to whisper and discuss.

As foreigners, they did not have to worry about the food shortage in Weiland, but many mages originally planned to stay in Weiland.

Now that something like this happened to Weilan, people suddenly felt a lot of hesitation.

These mages are all outstanding people, their brains and knowledge are far beyond ordinary people. They can naturally see the current strange and somewhat terrifying international situation, so they are worried that Weilan will not be able to handle it and big problems will arise.

In the venue, Aaron's former minister of state, Ruifa, was also discussing the matter with his old friend Ruvacado.

"This is a bit troublesome, and the consequences will be huge."

Ruifa whispered.

Ruvacado nodded slightly and said immediately: "At least our Kaa has not announced an export ban, and Weilan can still buy food from Kaa."

Ruifa grinned: "Kaa did not issue a ban, but Kaa has the largest number of people and the least land. It is short of food. At this time, it is difficult to protect oneself, so how can there be time to support Weilan."

"In my opinion, Levander and Aaron must have discussed it. The purpose is to besiege Weilan in terms of food and seize profits from Weilan."

Rubacado remained silent because he knew that Ruifa was right.

After a long silence, he said again: "Although Weilan is short of food, it is only for a year or two. It is not that she has no food at all. It will be over after a while."

Ruifa immediately pointed out: "It depends on how lacking it is."

"If it's a little short, with the Duke's reputation, it will definitely survive. If it's a lot short, and someone is provocative, there will definitely be a big problem."

When a person's stomach becomes hungry, all etiquette, morality, loyalty and beliefs will be thrown away and transformed into a pure beast. The only option left in his mind is 'fill his stomach'.

At this time, if anyone could fill their bellies, it was their father.

Whatever their father says is right, and if they are allowed to rebel, they will rebel, and Aaron and Levander must be very happy to play the role of 'father'.

Especially Aaron, they are used to being the father of Weilan.

Not only do there still exist a large number of people in Aaron's country who want to take back Weilan, the traitorous son.

There must still be a lot of filial sons and grandsons in Weilan who want to welcome their father back and continue to be the foolish eldest son who is favored by his father.

Aaron is so close, the two sides are flirting with each other, and they hit it off immediately, which will definitely bring huge trouble to Weilan.

In the past, Ruifa would have been indifferent to this.

But now, he was worried.

He was planning to spend the rest of his life in Weilan, but he didn't want this place to become a mess and ruins.

His words were very reasonable. Ruvacado didn't know the status of Weilan's grain storage, so he had nothing to say again.

But he never wants Weilan to have problems, not only because of personal emotions, but also because of his own interests.

Because he set up a new training class in Kao, specifically to transport mage talents to Weiland.

The Duke gave him at least 200 og for each one he transported, and he lived an extremely decent life on this income.

If something happened to Weilan, his training class would not be able to continue.

After holding it in for a long time, he finally said: "Don't worry, the Duke will definitely have a way to solve it."

Ruifa spread his hands: "The Duke is a high-level mage and not a god. How can he still conjure food out of thin air?"

"Besides, even God can't control this."

"Look at the Principality of Bohemia, which is such a large grain-producing country. Meereen, one of the three natural holy cities, is located within the Principality. Aren't people still starving to death?"

Ruvacado was completely speechless.

He was in a bad mood.

At this moment, a group of black guards appeared in the front row of the venue again. The Duke appeared again, and then once again stepped onto the podium at the venue.

The Duke's expression looked very calm, without any anxiety or irritability, and there seemed to be a hint of joy and pride in it.

This detail immediately reassured Ruvacado, and he said confidently: "Sometimes, the Duke is more powerful than the gods. He will definitely have a solution this time!"

Ruifa spread his hands and said nothing. He felt that his old friend was a little fanatical.

After a while, the Duke's heavenly voice came from the stage.

His tone was as gentle and clear as two days ago, and no emotion could be heard, as if the panic about food shortages flying around outside didn't exist at all.

"Quiet, everyone, please be quiet~"

The Duke's reputation was still very high. Soon, the buzzing and whispering in the venue disappeared, and every mage focused on the podium.

Many people had a hunch that the Duke's urgent speech would be about food issues.

Ruifa whispered, "I'm afraid the Duke is not in the mood to continue holding the conference. He will probably announce an emergency suspension."

Luwakado shook his head without hesitation, "Impossible! The Duke said it would last for half a month, so it must be half a month. Not to mention stopping in the middle, it won't be less than a minute!"

Rifa began to think that Luwakado was a little unreasonable, just like a fanatical naturalist.

He decided not to speak anymore and focused on watching the Duke's reaction.

After the venue was completely quiet, the Duke's voice continued to be heard from the podium.

"I think everyone has heard some bad news. Aaron and Levender issued a food export ban almost at the same time, and the international food price soared instantly."

"Last night, the price of a ton of potatoes was 14 Ogg, and this morning it broke through 20 Ogg, and it is still rising."

"Potatoes are still cheap. Flour, even the most ordinary rye flour, costs more than 25 Ogg per ton, while it only cost 5 Ogg before the New Year."

"There are also many unscrupulous merchants who mix sand and gravel into flour and sell the stones at sky-high prices."

These news are very shocking, and many mages are beginning to feel uneasy.

Because the situation is a little out of control, not to mention Weilan, their own country will definitely be greatly affected.

This made every mage present lose interest in the meeting, and they planned to leave early and go home to deal with this terrible change.

Rifa couldn't help but whispered: "Not only will Weilan be in trouble, but many people on the Wit Continent will also starve."

There are many pure urban populations on the Wit Continent who have no land of their own and rely on their salary to support themselves.

Many low-income urban residents spend every copper coin carefully and have no emergency savings in their pockets.

These people have a very poor ability to cope with changes in the external environment. Now that food prices have skyrocketed, their lives are bound to be greatly affected. In all likelihood, they will go bankrupt, become homeless, wander the streets, or even starve to death.

Society is a whole, and no one can stay out of it.

Therefore, if food prices do not return to normal quickly, large-scale turmoil will soon occur in the Wit Continent.

The knowledgeable former Minister of State Aaron could not help but curse in his heart.

‘These kings only have their own thrones in their hearts, and have never treated civilians as human beings! ’

At this time, the Duke’s voice came from the stage again.

“But I want to say that no matter what happens, this magic exchange conference will proceed normally, and all the planned schedules will not be affected in any way.”

Luwakado winked at his friend: “See.”

Ruifa spread his hands: “Now it’s not a question of whether the Duke will open it or not, but whether the mages are willing to continue to attend the conference.”

He felt that many mages were ready to leave.

The Duke's voice came again from the stage.

"The export ban on Aaron and Levender, as well as the surge in international grain prices, did have a significant impact on Veran."

"I must admit this, but as the Duke of Dawn of Veran, we had anticipated all this months before it happened and made some arrangements."

"I know you are all very curious and want to know what arrangements we have made."

"I shouldn't have said it, or rather, I wanted to announce it later because the new results are not yet particularly mature."

"But since the situation has reached this point, everyone needs confidence, and I can only announce this immature result of magic in advance."

As soon as these words came out, the mages at the meeting were all surprised, not knowing what the Duke meant by this.

Many mages who were planning to leave and go home also stopped leaving.

The Duke did not say it directly, but waved his hand.

Many servants suddenly appeared in the meeting hall, each of them holding a tray with a stack of small round bread that looked like coarse wheat bread on it.

The servants began to distribute the buns, and soon, all the mages present were given one.

Ruifa and Luwakado also received one each.

Ruifa was a little confused: "What does this mean? Does it mean that Weilan has a lot of food?"

Luwakado did not say anything. He picked up the bread and observed it carefully. At the end, he took a bite and chewed it carefully.

As he chewed, a look of shock gradually appeared on his face.

Soon, not only did he find the abnormality, but many mages also found it and made some guesses. Gradually, some people showed shock on their faces.

Ruifa also gradually came back to his senses. He asked softly: "Is this not true?"

Luwakado did not answer. He was full of disbelief.

Because he had used this trick to deceive Count Robert and almost succeeded, but he did not expect that the Duke who had exposed his scam would now use the same trick.

But it was a scam. Since the Duke dared to announce it in front of so many thousands of mages, it should be the real thing.

He suddenly felt his heart pounding.

He certainly knew the great significance of this magical achievement, which had the power to change the world.

Then, the Duke's voice came from the podium,

"Yes, we, Weilan, accidentally obtained an arcane conversion array, which can obtain arcane power on a large scale. And based on this conversion array, we have developed a large-scale food-making technique that can transform "wood, weeds, straw" and other useless materials into edible flour."

'Wow~~~~'

The whole place was in an uproar!

Countless mages stood up in shock.

Many mages subconsciously squeezed the wheat bread in their hands, deforming it, and some began to taste the wheat bread carefully.

"The bread in your hands is all made of wheat straw, with a wheat aroma and a slightly rough taste, but it is enough to fill your stomach."

Ruifa took a bite of the bread, chewed it carefully, and then commented: "It's okay, but not delicious."

Luwakado also ate it, grinning: "More than okay? The taste is much finer than the bread eaten by many civilians."

After eating a few bites, he looked proud: "Rifa, my friend, the Duke has done something that even gods can't do."

Everyone knows what this means.

With this amazing magical achievement, Weilan will never be short of food. If this achievement is promoted, the entire Natural Alliance will no longer be short of food.

The food crisis that has been getting worse due to population growth will be greatly alleviated, and it may no longer be a problem.

And Weilan, who invented this magic achievement, is simply the savior of the alliance and the holy land of magic in the world.

Immediately afterwards, the Duke Weilan, who was like a god on the stage, announced another oracle-like message.

"I know that this achievement is enough to fill the stomachs of Weilan people, and even allow Weilan people to earn a lot of money."

"But as the main contributor to this magic achievement, I don't intend to do this."

"Here, as the Duke of Weilan, I solemnly announce that the basic arcane conversion array and the basic large-scale food making technique will be shared free of charge to the major kingdoms, principalities, and major magic academies of the entire Natural Alliance for everyone to study and improve."

"I do this in the hope that food will no longer be a weapon for the alliance countries to fight each other!"

"I hope that in a few years, there will be countless magic bakeries in the Natural Alliance, so that everyone can easily fill their stomachs."

"I hope that there will be no more hungry people in the alliance from now on!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole venue was in an uproar again.

Everyone knows the value of this achievement, and if such an amazing achievement is taken for oneself, it can almost bring all the wealth of the entire Natural Alliance to Weilan.

But the Duke shared this technology for free, and even said the grand wish of "no hungry people in the alliance", which even the mother of nature dare not say.

The key is that this wish is not a castle in the air, but can be realized!

What is the difference between this and the savior in myths and legends?

No, this is greater than the savior in myths!

‘Pa pa pa~~’

Not only did someone applaud, but then the applause became a whole, and then the applause soared to the sky and lasted for a long time.

Mages are the most intelligent group of people in the human race.

Because they are the most intelligent, they are also the most arrogant and will not easily be convinced by someone.

But now, this group of the most intelligent people in the entire Natural Alliance was completely convinced by Duke Weilan on the stage.

Ruifa is also the same.

His palms turned red from clapping.

Amidst the thunderous applause, he shouted to his old friend with all his might.

"Aaron's Lion, Kao's Black Rose, and Levender's Platinum Lord are all just a tiny bit of smoke in the long river of time."

"But the Duke of Dawn of Veran. No, the Duke of Rosen, is the real eternal man!"

"He used his wisdom comparable to that of the Creator and his mercy surpassing that of Mother Nature to divide the history of our Natural Alliance into the Age of Hunger and the Age of Paradise!"

"He is the savior of the Natural Alliance!"

"The Alliance. No, the entire human race will always remember his name!"