Transmigrator's Guide to Conquering Another World-Chapter 471 - 435: Famine!

"Cough cough..."

As the Chief Shopkeeper of the Purple Treasure Pavilion and a Cultivator of the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, Yang Bolin sometimes slightly loses composure.

But situations like being caught off guard by a single sentence are rather rare in his daily life.

The reason is simple.

It's because the rabbits—or rather, the message Ma Ning received—came a bit too quickly.

That's right.

Just as Ma Ning said.

The South Territory is experiencing a famine!

Although since the end of Ancient Times, the Damo Realm has never had a legitimate dynasty.

However, as one of the overlords of the South Territory, Ziqiong City still somewhat controls certain 'territories'.

For instance, Linyuan City, a transit station where rabbits initially embarked on their Flying Ship, is under the jurisdiction of a branch of the Yang Family.

And others have married into or joined the Yang Family, thus becoming 'regular troops', periodically paying the Yang Family some Spirit Stones or supplies.

And since they have 'territory', the Yang Family naturally has to consider the issue of stability.

For example, Ziqiong Market after each beast tide ends.

This is not only a money-making platform for Ziqiong City but also an opportunity for other small cities to catch their breath and exchange resource information.

This allows the Yang Family to ensure basic stability in the area without putting in too much effort.

However, as the saying goes,

unpredictable weather, unpredictable fate.

If the emergence of beasts is considered a matter of fortune and misfortune for humans.

A famine.

Is a standard natural disaster, a crisis certain to occur before civilization reaches a certain level of productivity.

Historical records of famines are numerous, true human tragedies.

Often, the destructive power of a famine exceeds that of war.

For example, the Dingwu Famine of 1877 was truly a living hell.

The famine then killed more than tens of millions of individuals, one of the largest famines in Huaxia and even global history.

And due to historical population and territory reasons.

Huaxia was also historically the most famine-affected region, arguably without equal—the larger the area, the higher the occurrence probability, it doesn't relate to divine retribution.

It is precisely because of this,

that the instinct to farm has been ingrained in every Huaxia person's bloodline, never ceasing.

And the Damo Realm, due to its own civilization's technological path and influences like the beast tides, has a much lower risk resistance capability at the civilian level compared to the homeland.

Of course.

This also relates to the cultivation families having Spirit Fields, allowing them to self-supply unaffected by famine with Spirit Rice.

The saying "The rich feast, while bones freeze in the road" is vividly portrayed in the Damo Realm.

This famine first appeared within the 'territory' of Biyou City, one of the seven major overlords of the South Territory, and quickly began to spread outwards.

According to information obtained by Ziqiong City,

this famine seems to have little to do with soil fertility but is constituted by locust plagues and certain unknown diseases contaminating grain crops.

In fact,

when Ma Ning heard the word locust plague through the headset, certain unpleasant memories involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Masses, blinding yellow "dust" that left nothing alive in their path...

As someone born in Star City during the sixties, stinky tofu and locust plagues are deeply imprinted in Ma Ning's memories.

Typically,

a local locust swarm per square kilometer consists of around 80 million adult locusts,

A round of a small locust plague usually contains between 1 to 2 billion locusts.

A locust plague surpassing a hundred billion occurs, on average, every five years globally.

The largest locust plague on Earth happened in 1875, where the western Eagle State experienced the most terrifying locust disaster in human history.

At that time, 12.5 trillion locusts blotted out the sky, invading southern Missouri—yes, 12.5 trillion, or 12.5 teras.

These locusts formed a black cloud stretching 1800 miles, covering an area larger than California.

This locust plague entered the Guinness World Records as the largest animal aggregation observed in human history.

Curiously,

these locusts, known as the Rocky Mountain Locust, lived in a valley in the Rocky Mountains and only laid eggs there.

However, less than 20 years after that greatest locust plague in history, the Rocky Mountain Locust suddenly disappeared—yes, not a single one remained.

The Rocky Mountain Locust now leaves the world with only over 140 SCI-stuffed papers and some black-and-white photos, truly astonishing.

Such was the case domestically, let alone in the Damo Realm.

It must be known,

due to the existence of Spiritual Energy, locusts in the Damo Realm are many times larger than their domestic counterparts.

Among them, there are even grade-breeding monster locusts!

The famine caused by these locusts is even troublesome for Ziqiong City to handle.

For this reason,

some elders in the Yang Family came up with the idea of using a city in place of Spirit Stone.

They have witnessed the abilities of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Race to some extent, stopping a locust plague is evidently a piece of cake.

Thusly,

Ziqiong City can transfer some risk while also gaining favor from the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Race,

and reclaim some of the branch forces scattered externally, by all accounts making a great profit!

However, when Yang Bolin realized the secrets he intended to casually drop after the deal were so nonchalantly revealed by Ma Ning,

he quickly understood that the elders' calculations might fall partly through.

Sure enough.

Ma Ning lightly coughed and shifted his tone:

"Shopkeeper Yang, you and I are both seasoned business people, we understand that making profits through information disparity isn't shameful.

If you could gain the information first and make money, that's your skill. As long as you don't overly exploit, even your partners won't complain.

But now that both our information is equal, shouldn't we have a good talk about this part of the money?"

Looking at the smiling Ma Ning, Yang Bolin's expression flickered several times.

After all, having one's intentions exposed isn't particularly honorable, even if those intentions aren't excessively malicious.

However, Yang Bolin was also someone who'd weathered major storms, so he quickly adjusted his mindset.

After pondering for a moment, he then said:

"Shopkeeper Ma, although the issue of famine is troublesome, for your side, it's merely a trivial issue.

But regardless, the Yang Family's actions indeed have shortcomings.

Therefore, I take the liberty of making a decision, offering your side this price..."

With that,

Yang Bolin rolled up his sleeves and dabbed a little wine.

He wrote a number on the table in Damo script:

Four.

This 'four' certainly doesn't refer to Arsenal, but means that a city's price dropped from fifty thousand Spirit Stones to...

Forty thousand Spirit Stones.

A 20% discount.

To be honest, it indeed was a considerable concession.

Including happy sticks, the Yang Family's unpaid balance totaled sixty-six thousand Spirit Stones.

Meaning, the rabbits could exchange for about fourteen ten-thousand-person-capacity cities.

But this is merely a theoretical value.

Given different scales for each city, actually getting eight cities with some basic population and infrastructure is considered fair.

This number of cities clearly does not satisfy the rabbits' appetites; doubling that probably wouldn't suffice either.

Though Ma Ning had some other ideas, he needed concrete discussion with the command center.

Thus, after some thought, he ultimately decided to accept this price:

"Deal!"

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