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Chapter 2229: Are the Ming people really out of food?

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    Paris, with the cutoff of food imports from the Ming Empire, this prosperous city soon seemed to have lost its vitality and quickly became withered.

    This capital of France in the old days is now the capital of the Seine Province in Spain. Its scale and prosperity far exceed those of the capital of the Spanish Empire. It is one of the few metropolises in Europe with a population of one million.

    However, at this moment, the entire city is shrouded in famine. Even if the citizens have money, they can no longer buy food. The hateful food merchants now regard the food in their hands as more valuable than gold and have no intention of selling it.  It means that even though the price of food has increased more than ten times, they have enough profits.

    But they were still not satisfied. The Ming Empire tightened grain exports, allowing these grain merchants to see room for rising grain prices in the future.

    They didn't even look at the profits of more than ten times in front of them. Instead, they waited for the price of food to increase to dozens or hundreds of times in a few months before selling it. By that time, the food in their hands would really be as good as gold.  , as valuable as silver.

    Without food to eat, the hungry people would do anything. Bandits and robberies broke out all over Paris in a short period of time. Theft had become a common occurrence.

    The hungry crowd has already eaten all the mice, so just stealing things or something is nothing at all. Even if the situation worsens, it is possible to exchange food for food. After all,  When you are hungry, you no longer care about so many things.

    "This can't go on like this."

    "Immediately send a message to His Majesty the King. Please allow me to use the army to forcibly confiscate the food from those merchants and distribute it to the hungry people. Otherwise, the whole of Paris will be drowned by hunger."

    Torres, Governor of the Seine Province, looked at the hungry people on the streets of Paris in front of him and thought of the chaos that had occurred in recent times, and he was also worried.

    "yes!"

    When the officials under my command heard this, they also hurriedly went to handle it. At this time, the telegram from the Ming Dynasty was a good thing, and they could be contacted quickly even across a long distance.

    ¡°Your Majesty the Governor, Your Majesty the Governor!¡±

    "I'm back, I'm back!"

    At this time, an official came back in a car in a hurry, looking dusty and in a hurry.

    "Afeilai, how are you?"

    "Have you bought food?"

    Seeing the person coming, Torres immediately asked.

    The Afelai in front of me is the official he sent to Hong Kong to buy food.

    "I bought it, I bought it."

    "I contacted a noble from the Ming Empire through some connections. This noble has a huge network of connections in the Ming Empire. He dared to sell Ming grain to us, but the price was 10 times the previous grain!"

    Afelaila nodded and told his story in detail.

    ¡°10 times the price?¡±

    ¡°Although the price is much higher than before, it is still acceptable.¡±

    "Hurry up and ask him to send you as much food as you can."

    "Now you can buy food at 10 times the price. In a few months, it may be dozens of times higher. It's hard to say."

    When Torres heard this, he immediately said.

    In the past, if I heard a price ten times higher, I would definitely scold my mother, scold this Ming Dynasty person for being greedy, and scold this Ming Dynasty person for being greedy.

    But now, ten times the price can be said to be the lowest food price in the market. After a while, the price of food may be even higher, so if you can buy more, buy more food as soon as possible.

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    "yes!"

    "I have asked him to send ten shipments of food, which is enough to alleviate the current food problem in Paris and the Seine Province."

    Afelai said quickly.

    "Okay, well done."

    "Immediately set up a grain sales point. Each household is limited to buying only 5 kilograms of grain per day. The price will be sold at 10 times the price. We are not making money."

    When Torres heard this, he immediately expressed admiration.

    It was indeed right to send this Ah Fei to Hong Kong. Even if it was ten times the price, he would dare to make the decision to buy the food back first. If it were anyone else, I guess he would not have the guts.

    But it was also his bold decision to buy it for himself??It's not a big deal.

    "Don't talk about it anymore."

    ¡°I just received a call from His Majesty the King, saying that we have regained the supply of food in all parts of Spain, but the price is ten times more expensive than before.¡±

    "I'm a little doubtful now. Are the Ming people really out of food?"

    "Or we want to take advantage of this disaster to increase food supply."

    Torres smiled, then thought about it and talked about the Ming Empire¡¯s restriction on grain exports.

    The people of the Ming Dynasty announced in a high profile that they would strictly limit the export of grain. However, through various connections, everyone was able to find some powerful Ming Dynasty merchants to buy grain. However, the price was ten times more expensive than before.

    "Sir, why do you say that?"

    Afelai on the side asked puzzledly.

    "Because when I was studying in the Ming Dynasty, I went to Liaodong Province in the Ming Dynasty and witnessed the mechanized agriculture of the Ming Dynasty. The vast plains were all covered with grain. With the advancement of the harvesters, there was a continuous flow of grain harvest."

    "The grain produced by the Ming Empire in one year is enough to feed hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty for several years. Even if there is no harvest this year, the grain of the Ming Empire should not be able to go out."

    Torres shook his head as he thought about it, unable to figure it out.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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