The Hero Who Troubles the Heroes

Mason City, an important city in the southern part of the Biberach Kingdom, the most important ceramic production place in the Northland, where Charles and Mordred once played themselves.

There are many workers engaged in ceramic production here, and food is mainly imported from other places.

The third prince, Budd, who became the lord of Mason City after the Blue Crystal Incident eradicated the local aristocracy, had a headache because of the food issue. Since the drought, the shortage of food and the high food price have caused the workers to Excruciatingly miserable. If the city has citizen satisfaction, the city is already on the verge of red-faced.

Bud once pulled his face for food and wrote back to the capital to ask for help from the second sister, Princess Rose, who was already in power, but what he got in the end was a large stack of food coupons from the McGarden family.

At that time, Bud's heart was broken, and the subsequent series of twists and turns made him even more broken. It wasn't that Bard believed in Charles, who had known him for many years, but since the news of the destruction of the granary and the purchase of food by the elves in the south of the Elf Tree Sea, he, like the other nobles in the North, thought that Charles was out of food.

Unlike those big landowners and nobles, those nobles can exchange delivery vouchers for investment. Anyway, they have food in their warehouses, at least they won't starve to death. But on Bud's site, there was a large group of workers waiting for food. There was no real food, and the delivery coupons alone were of no use to him.

After February, the food in the warehouses in Mason City became less and less, and at this time, it was no longer possible to buy large quantities of food on the market.

Fortunately, a caravan brought in some "white jade meat" from time to time, which eased the dissatisfaction of the citizens a little.

One day in mid-February, Bishop John of the Harvest Temple Church in the south of Mason City came to Bud and told him that the McGarden family's food was starting to arrive at the church one after another.

Budd, who was very surprised, immediately sent people to follow Bishop John to the church to find out. Later, the inquirers came back and reported that a fleet full of grain was parked on the river next to the church, and the workers were unloading bags of grain from the boat.

February 22, 1922, according to the divine calendar, was not the day that Charles chose to pick up the food coupons for some bad taste.

It is customary in this world to take the last day of every month as a rest day, which can also be regarded as the "Sunday" of various temples. Even slaves can theoretically rest on this day.

Charles initially took this day in late February as the day to start exchanging food coupons, taking into account that people who travel not far or near would spend one day at the pick-up point to exchange food on the 21st after going to church on the 20th. , get food in the first time.

On this day, the Harvest Temple churches around the major cities in the Northland, which are the delivery points, have been prepared, and the churches and newly built warehouses are full of fresh food.

The bags of these grains are different from the previous sacks. The two sides of the bag are hot with a piece of slime tape. One side is the golden sickle symbol of the Temple of Harvest, and the other side is the red maple leaf coat of the McGarden family.

Because exchanging food in the entire Northland is a very complicated job, Charles and the others outsourced this work to the Temple of Harvest.

Although the Harvest Temple has declined, the basic organization and online store are still relatively complete, and there will be no trouble in transportation. Moreover, their clergy and food counterparts, handing over the exchange of food to them is considered professional work by professionals.

Early in the morning on the 22nd, Bud and a few knights rode to the church south of Mason City.

The weather was extremely cold in the early morning of this day. The temperature that had been slightly warmer dropped again due to the influence of the cold air from the north not long ago. The branches on the roadside were covered with hoarfrost.

The tree trunks on both sides of the road are bare. Not long ago, a large group of victims who escaped from the disaster passed by. Mason City was nervous for a while.

Fortunately, Bishop John of the Harvest Temple came to take the victims away, but the bark of the trees and grass roots on the ground were eaten up along the way, and even the slimes who hibernated underground in winter did not escape.

The nostrils of the galloping warhorse blew white air, and Bud on the horse's back was still very anxious.

He didn't know how much food Charles could get here. If the food was just a drop in the bucket, he would have to make other plans.

Near noon, Bud and his party finally came to the church of the Harvest Temple.

A simple camp was built outside the church, and a large number of disaster victims lived there temporarily.

Bud saw smoke rising from the camp from a distance, and several priests from different temples were distributing rice porridge to the victims.

When he was two or three hundred meters away from the camp, Bard could hear the loud roar of the dwarf priest who forged the temple.

"The newcomers line up, otherwise you will be kicked out not only without food!"

"Whoever dares to make trouble will be hanged after being beaten!"

As the dwarf priest spoke, he pointed with a long spoon to the other side of the camp, where there were several high wooden poles hanging from people who died and then died.

Among the victims, there were some people with bad intentions. Some of them were suppressed by the priests as soon as they came to the camp to do something, and then they were hung on wooden poles to warn those with bad intentions.

Bud came to the camp and found that the man hanging on a wooden pole was still fresh, shivering in the cold wind.

After the greeting, he asked Bishop John, who came to greet him, "Why, is someone making trouble here again?"

After seeing the scale of the camp, Bud couldn't help but worry. If someone maliciously provoked the victims to make trouble, it might lead to troubles in Mason City. Although the city could not be breached, if the ceramic workshops and pottery fields outside the city were damaged, it would be enough for him to have a headache.

Bishop John glanced at the person hanging on the wooden pole, and said, "I don't know where the idiot came out of, and actually sprinkled soil into the freshly cooked porridge, and said that only people who are really hungry will come to eat. , put an end to people who come to eat and drink."

"[Agricultural foul language], is he a fool to be a faithful believer of our God? This is blasphemy against my God!"

Bud and the knight behind him looked at the guy hanging on the wooden pole with contempt. There was a lot of bacteria and viruses in the soil, and the soiled porridge had to be re-cooked for at least an hour before it could be eaten again. .

This is also because the priests are merciful. If they had handled this matter, they would have chopped up the kicker on the spot.

Then Bud asked Bishop John to take him to the warehouse. He would not be relieved until he saw the food.

At this time, the main hall of the church and most of the guest rooms at the back were cleared out as temporary warehouses, and the young and middle-aged among the victims were organized to build the warehouses behind the church.

In a warehouse that has been repaired, people pushing carts are transporting truckloads of grain into the warehouse.

Seeing that the warehouse was full of food, Bud's hanging heart was relieved.

He asked curiously, "Does this food come from the sea of ​​elf trees?"

Bishop John said, "These grains were brought from the south by the temple."

Bud opened a few bags of grain and took a look. It was all white rice, not moldy or spoiled, nor was it aged grains for many years, but agricultural products from the south.

The next thing was simple. Bud gave Bishop John all the food delivery vouchers for February, and asked him to notify the fleet to transport the food directly to the port in Mason City for unloading.

Bishop John said that it was just a matter of adding a little shipping fee~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Bud agreed without thinking about it. Compared to the stability of Mason City, that point of shipping is really sloppy.

The next morning, almost all of Mason City drove to the port area.

The news that the city owner, Mr. Bud, had found a large amount of food had spread throughout the city last night. Many people even braved the cold wind and waited outside the port in the middle of the night to see if they could buy food the next day.

Bud was also prepared for this. He ordered the grain to be sold directly outside the port area after unloading the ship. Each person could only buy one bag.

In order to prevent people from buying more food, the person who bought the food must dip the index finger of his right hand in blue dye to make a mark.

Then in the Adventurer's Guild Tavern in the city, the one-armed old mage washing dishes in the back kitchen and the city defense army soldiers in charge of selling food stared at them, and the old mage's right sleeve was empty...

This little episode did not make waves in Mason City. Although the price of grain is not low, Master Budd promised that there will be grain in the future, but the river can't be transported so fast in shallow water.

In any case, the dissatisfaction caused by the lack of food in Mason City finally subsided.

With a sigh of relief, Bud sat in the office and concentrated on studying a policy on foreign trade tariffs issued by his second sister in the name of his father the other day.

At the same time, a question popped up in Bud's heart that the nobles of the North were thinking about - where did Charles get so much food?

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