Chapter 352: Various Situations After the Harvest (2)

Ordinary farmers have not yet realized the problem, they are immersed in joy. Insightful farmers are aware of the problem, but they will not think that the Pompeii family is wrong.

Because the Pompeii family promoted agricultural technology, which led to this bumper harvest.

This is selfless in the eyes of most people.

But there is a small group of people who must hate Pompeii.

"Damn Pompeii."

Vancia, a large farmer and aristocratic, is such a person.

Vancia's family has been farmers for generations. They annex land, expand serfs, and rely on the wealth from the land to maintain the nobles' decent life.

This time, the storm of the new party broke out and hit most of the central and southern parts of Orange. Large numbers of nobles lost their fields and their serfs.

But the White Eagle Territory is different. Three of the five lords of the White Eagle Territory were assassinated, and two escaped. The new party did not have time to take action against a large number of nobles before they were killed by the Pompeii family.

So a large number of farmers and serfs were retained.

When the Pompeii family began to promote agricultural technology, these farmers also realized this problem. More food output will definitely hurt the price of food.

But they also had to introduce Bass cattle and let the serfs fertilize the fields.

Because even if they did not promote agricultural technology, the price of food would definitely fall. If they also promote agricultural technology, the loss may be smaller.

And now the results are out. The grain production of the entire White Eagle Territory is probably 40% more than in previous years. According to the current population in the territory, it is definitely not enough to eat.

The price of food will definitely plummet.

It doesn’t matter to farmers, as long as they can eat enough. But for farmers, it is definitely a major blow.

Farmland is not as profitable as before, and the iron rice bowl of generations is gone.

"Damn Pompeii."

Fanxia’s home is located in Windsor City. It is an independent large villa. Fanxia is a fat, round and wealthy farmer and businessman.

There is a wife and three children at home.

It was the eve of dinner, and Fanxia was sitting at the table, constantly cursing Pompey.

"Keep your voice down. If someone reports you to the city hall for cursing the lord, that would be a big trouble." Fanxia's wife came in with a plate and persuaded.

Fanxia immediately dared not curse anymore, because now the reputation of the Pompey family is in full swing, and the white eagle emblem is flying high in the sky, and everyone needs to look up.

It is indeed a terrible existence.

"There is no way out. There are not many ways to farm. I plan to sell the serfs and most of the land, collect funds, and then find a way to do other business."

Fanxia unbuttoned a button on his shirt and twisted his neck.

"Selling serfs and land in this situation is definitely not worth much money." Fanxia's wife said.

"If we don't sell it now, it will be even less valuable next year. Don't forget that the White Eagle Territory is located in the endless forest. If we open up the forest, we can have countless farmlands. Farmers don't care about the price of food. They will use hard work to increase their income."

Fanxia said.

"That's right." Fanxia's wife sighed.

"After selling the farmland, I will go to Pompeii. I heard that Governor White Eagle plans to develop Pompeii into a metropolis like the Golden City, where there are business opportunities everywhere. Since we can't rely on farmland for food in the future, we can only rely on business."

Fanxia said.

"Please be cautious. We don't have much capital." Fanxia's wife was a little worried.

"I know." Fanxia said.

"Damn Pompeii."

Fanxia muttered softly.

The chain reaction of the bumper harvest, the big farmers realized that farming is not a good way out, they will sell farmland and serfs, and wave gold coins to do business, and there is nothing more business opportunities than the developing Pompeii.

…………

The chain reaction of the bumper harvest, grain merchants began to suppress grain prices.

Most of the Prussian Kingdom is flat terrain, if there is no disaster such as drought, it is generally a good harvest.

Orange is a major grain-producing province.

Orange has a grain merchant alliance, a membership system. Before this, Luther sought help from the rich man, Mr. Adelman, in order to suppress the Silver Wing Territory.

This Mr. Adelman is the chairman of the grain merchant alliance.

Now the whole Orange has been divided into four territories, and the close connection between the grain merchant alliance no longer exists. Some grain merchants were even sent to the gallows by the New Party.

The big grain merchants in the White Eagle Territory, however, survived under the resounding name of Pompeii.

At present, the city hall has not stepped forward to regulate grain prices, so the current grain prices are actually controlled by these big grain merchants.

On this day, eight big grain merchants held a meeting in a villa in Pompeii.

These eight grain merchants formed the current White Eagle Territory Grain Merchant Alliance, and the leader was a grain merchant named Xiertu.

These grain merchants were all very wealthy.

The villa that Hiltu had in Pompeii was quite high-end. It not only had a large area, but was also very well decorated.

In the living room of the villa, Hiltu sat in the master's seat, crossed his legs, and drank coffee. Seven grain merchants sat in the guest's seat, also drinking coffee.

Four maids were ready to serve at any time.

"Thanks to the White Eagle Emblem, we all survived. But also thanks to the White Eagle Emblem, our grain trading has become much more complicated."

Hiltu sighed.

The grain merchants sat together and planned to suppress the grain price. But this was not decided by them, but by the market.

The high yield of goods naturally led to a drop in prices.

The grain merchants were not saints, and it was impossible for them to buy grain at a loss.

"I plan to set the price to 50% of last year's price. What do you think?" Hiltu thought about it, put down the coffee in his hand, and asked.

A grain merchant took out a cigar, cut it, and asked the maid to help light it. He blew out a smoke ring and said, "The problem now is that even if we buy grain at 50% of the price, who will we sell it to? No matter how many residents there are in White Eagle Territory, they can't digest so much grain. And the Orange Kingdom outside White Eagle Territory is at war, and our grain can't be transported out."

"In the end, the grain we buy can only be left in the warehouse to rot."

This is a more serious problem. The grain merchants are no longer trying to suppress grain prices, but are unwilling to buy grain.

Grain bought but not sold, rotting in the warehouse.

This makes no sense.

"There is still a war outside. If the agricultural technology of White Eagle Territory is over, it will probably be promoted to the entire Orange Kingdom and even the human kingdom, and the agricultural structure will undergo major changes. By then, grain will really be worthless. I am not thinking about doing grain business now, but planning to change and run other businesses."

A grain merchant sighed and said.