How Am I Still Alive?

At the moment of the long night, there are countless monsters and ghosts, and the city's guards are under heavy pressure.

With just one glance, Lu Pingan saw the woman's fatigue and helplessness. It was the accumulation of physical fatigue, and more of it was the helplessness of mental and physical exhaustion. It was a kind of hard work that could not see the dawn. Lu Pingan used to often I saw similar micro-expressions on Xia Qin's face.

At this time, compared to a group of "scholars" running around the world, a traveling merchant is obviously more popular, especially when he can really produce goods.

". So much food, so cheap?! Great, we just have a headache for the winter. Cough, this is very helpful for us."

The female knight's excitement was beyond words, and even the other knights became much more friendly.

Hearing this, Lu Pingan had a subtle expression.

The grain reserves he took out were naturally not products from his hometown. They had already sold for sky-high prices in the capital, and Lu Pingan himself couldn't even figure out that the cross-plane trade was hundreds of times the trade income.

Perhaps, he can seriously consider whether it will be profitable if he transforms into a smuggler.

This time, he just stockpiled grain habitually after the grain was produced, and bought some local crops, including meat, a wheat-like staple food called "Kak", and various tuber plants that are convenient for transportation. , are the types of food commonly used by local people, and they are also high-quality products of the holy city.

He received the goods in the capital, since as a merchant, he naturally couldn't give it at a fair price, so he unscrupulously offered three times the price, and waited for the result of the counter-offer, but the other party regarded it as a savior, making people speechless can be said.

"Has your food increased so much? Ah, then I'm at a loss. You have to make up for us. You know, using the transmission ability of the Church of the Traveler's God requires not only money, but also resources and connections."

What Lu Pingan said is still the truth. After all, the teleportation needs to consume divine power. Of course, the God of Travelers will not open it endlessly to the locals, but the previous few teleportations of the explorers are all free (Lu Pingan: I consumed connections, gods consumed resources, that's right)

".I can make the decision, increase the price by two levels, and give you a local trade license. If you can get more, I will have more rewards here."

Gritting her teeth, Catherine made a promise.

She also has some understanding of the rules of "teleportation", and has no idea how the fake merchant on the opposite side brought so many goods.

But now the food shortage is so big that as long as there is a life-saving straw, she can't let it go. She just asks the fake businessman opposite to sell more food.

Fake businessman? Yes, she could tell at a glance that the other party was not a businessman at all.

The skin, clean hands and feet, and cheeks that are not exposed to wind and rain can be described as aliens, but after being surrounded, they are still not nervous, and even eager to try, which clearly shows their true identity.

"Soldiers, professional fighters, and they should be very strong. Strange, what are they going to do in the Black Forest at this point in time."

If the above can be explained forcibly, "delivering food" itself is too nonsense.

The consumption sent over has long exceeded the equivalent weight of big money. Selling this price is not even a fraction, and it is not for charity.

But at this time, it is not the time to think about these things. The one who can bring food and daily necessities to this area is the friendliest guest of the local knight order.

And when she returned to the city, she played a trick.

The convoy did not enter through the usual side entrance, but asked the guards to open the gate, and slowly entered the arena under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"Bang!"

A grain truck broke down at this time, and a large amount of Kake Mai was scattered all over the ground, which caused exclamations from others.

And there are still ten cars ahead of such a car. But Lu Ping'an and his party know that half of them are stones that have just been stuffed into the bag.

The spies of the Knights are also on the move. Today is not going to happen. Everyone in the streets and alleys knows that another batch of foreign grain merchants has come, and the pressure on the city's grain will not be too great. That way, there will be fewer profiteers who drive up prices. The residents of the district will live a little more comfortably.

Lu Pingan and his party could also see her careful thinking. After all, this is really not clever, but it has not been exposed. Lu Pingan is not really here to make money, and it is not good to offend the Knights.

After entering the city, the two sides separated directly.

"We have to report the situation to the lord, and we will visit you in person tomorrow. Thank you for your generosity, and we will discuss it in detail at that time."

The knight captain said so, and then left first, but before leaving, she asked a knight to "escort" the businessmen to the local hotel.

Obviously, this also took on the job of surveillance, but since it was made explicit, it was still relatively friendly.

Lu Pingan also needed some guides, so he walked and chatted with the knight named Hui En.

After chatting, I found out that the situation here can no longer be described as bad.

The long night has lasted for more than five months, and when it just happened, the scholars, astronomers, and wizards above all said that it was a normal astronomical phenomenon, and it would last half a year at most.

It's just that today, there is no sign of the end of the long night. On the contrary, there are more disasters.

In this situation, the nobles and knights found a local astrologer, only to find that the building was already empty. They contacted other city-states, but they got the same inquiry-style response full of anxiety.

Some remote areas have not received news or letters from the Holy Capital for half a year. This is normal in previous years, but in this obvious disaster year, it makes people feel bad.

The long night in the past half a year is disastrous for crops, and food shortages are inevitable. Coupled with people sweeping goods, some areas have had food crises as early as two months ago.

Even the knights in charge of public security had their food cut in half, and had to go out of the city to hunt to make up for the food shortage.

"The biggest headache is that the mutated beasts once a few months ago have become so frequent now. Some people say that all the wild beasts outside have mutated."

The mutated beast that the knight was talking about was probably a monster, but in the eyes of Lu Pingan and his party, this is normal. The increase in the level of pollution in the world has caused a large number of monsters to become demonized and mutated, isn't it everyday?

"Poor Doug's family, they took a risky trip to buy food, but they didn't get any food and no one left. Fortunately, their children ran out and came to ask for help."

If an accident happened to an ordinary businessman, even if they were rescued, the Knights would not come so quickly.

These merchants were entrusted by the lord to go to neighboring territories to buy grain. It can be seen from the empty grain cart that they made a trip in vain.

It was also because of seeing the grain truck that Lu Pingan made up his strategy in an instant.

These days, the area affected by the long night is not one city or one place. The whole world is affected. There is no food in the local area, and the other places are not much better. Even if there is food in the disaster year, they may not dare to sell it.

This is exactly the opposite of the big merchants and nobles who opened warehouses to sell grain in the holy city. The merchants and nobles in the lower areas also sensed the crisis, but desperately grasped the straw in their hands, which indirectly exacerbated the food crisis.

And the food crisis that has caused countless human tragedies is just the appetizer of the disaster that this city has encountered.