"System Notification: Due to the prolonged drought, the locust plague is rampant, and the lack of effective countermeasures, Yan Province's crop production has decreased by 80%! Duration: 120 production cycles (480 days in-game, 40 days in real life). All players in Yan Province are advised to take countermeasures to prevent losses …
(New territories have a four-week food production protection period, and will not be affected by the disaster! Special areas, special territories, and special crops may not be affected by the disaster!) "
Soon, Yan Province, where Yang Rui was located, also experienced a reduction in food production! Fortunately, Yang Rui was prepared. After completing the first stage of the [Food First] quest, Chi Zhong had not stopped buying food from the Advanced Market. In the past few days, he had accumulated more than 200,000 units of food.
Apart from that, Yang Rui had also planned for it. During the process of upgrading the mountain village to a town, the system also gave him an additional reward of upgrading a building. Yang Rui naturally chose to upgrade the market without hesitation. The market in Mountain Town was instantly upgraded to a Special Market.
Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for a Special Trade Market to appear in a main city that was not a state. However, Yang Rui had managed to upgrade his territory to a Special Trade Market when he was still in a small town.
"Special Market: Special Building. Tax rate in the three civilizations' area is 1%. Tax rate in the neighboring civilizations' area is 50%. It can be used for long-distance transactions in the three civilizations' area and all neighboring civilizations' areas. It can be upgraded to a Super Market …"
The completion of the Special Market meant that the food crisis that had engulfed the entire three civilizations' area could become an opportunity for Yang Rui. Although the Special Market did not allow global transactions like Yang Rui had expected, it was already rare to be able to trade with the neighboring civilizations' areas.
However, the tax rate of 50% was ridiculously high. Moreover, the system would not give players too big of a loophole. It was believed that plots like the food crisis would occur at the same time in the various civilizations' areas. I won't let the players do too many unscrupulous things!
Even so, the Special Market's ultra-long range of transactions still contained huge business opportunities. Especially since Yang Rui was the only one who owned one at the moment. If he grasped it well, he could still earn a certain amount of wealth!
However, the System's announcement about the food production in the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region didn't end there. The System's notification didn't stop. It wasn't only the Yan Province, the Ji Province, and the Yangzhou Province. It wasn't until all the 13 provinces of the Great Han Dynasty were included that the System finally stopped.
Among them, the smallest reduction in grain production was 60%, and that was in Liangzhou and Bingzhou, which had low grain production to begin with. The rest of the provinces had reduced grain production by 70% to 80%! Moreover, the duration of the game lasted for more than a year. This was definitely the system trying to steal the Han Dynasty's talent!
The world's food supply had been severely reduced! The price of food was definitely going to rise soon! The most important thing was that this was definitely a sign of unrest!
Sure enough, in less than two days, the average price of food in the high-class market almost doubled, reaching 9 coppers per unit! Furthermore, the price was still rising vigorously!
Fortunately, according to his observations over the past two days, the food production in Mountain Town and Shimo Village was not affected by the system's food production. He was still using the Territory Attribute Scroll to increase his production by 100%! This should be the special situation mentioned by the system notification!
Mountain Town had more than 5,000 mu of arable land. Although it was all 'barren' land, the yield of sweet potatoes had reached 15 jin/mu (4 game days per cycle). That meant that the daily yield of sweet potatoes in Mountain Town was close to 20000 jin!
In addition to the yield of 5,000 mu of land in Shimo Village, Yang Rui was getting close to 30000 jin of food every day! Shimo Village had a lot of arable land, and all of them were 'fertile' land. However, there was a lack of sunlight in Gourd Valley. Even after Yang Rui had planted sweet potatoes there, the yield was still not high. It was only about half of Mountain Town's yield!
Yang Rui had decided to plant crops that required less sunlight in Shimo Village's arable land. This was also the reason why he had chosen the Lingzhi mushroom as the reward for leveling up the town.
As a type of fungal medicine, Lingzhi mushroom did not like too much sunlight. Moreover, it was a plant that liked moisture. Therefore, it was very suitable for Shimo Village's soil. Yang Rui had already planted all 5,000 Lingzhi mushroom seedlings in Shimo Village's arable land. However, it only took up 50 mu of arable land.
The current growth cycle of the Lingzhi mushroom was 30 game days. It was a long time! After the Lingzhi mushroom had multiplied, Yang Rui would decide whether to continue planting it based on the results of the production.
Actually, Gourd Valley was still very rich in resources. Yang Rui had already found a Level 9 Red Pine Forest in a corner of the valley. It stretched all the way to the top of the hill. After Yang Rui had built an Intermediate Sawmill nearby, he could now mass produce Level 9 Red Pine Wood!
Other than that, there was also an 'Average' rich Iron Ore in Gourd Valley. It was the source of the Iron Ore that Shimo Village used to make various iron products. It maintained the operation of Shimo Village's Advanced Blacksmith Shop.
After Shimo Village had submitted to Yang Rui, this Advanced Blacksmith Shop could be said to be one of the most valuable buildings that Yang Rui had obtained! However, there was only one Beginner Blacksmith in the Blacksmith Shop. He could only create some basic tools. If he wanted to fully utilize the Blacksmith Shop's capabilities, he could only find Advanced Blacksmiths or find the corresponding blueprints! For example, the special arrows that Shimo Village often used were created using blueprints. Of course, the blueprints for these arrows were now used by Yang Rui!
Other than the buildings, the talents of Shimo Village also played a huge role in the development of Yang Rui's territory. With the Shepherd Boy as an example, ever since he submitted to Yang Rui, there was finally someone who could take care of the Xiliang horses that he bought from the market in Mountain Town.
Furthermore, the Shepherd Boy had also brought people to capture the wild cows around Mountain Town. He had also tamed a small portion of them for Yang Rui's farming. With the Shepherd Boy's speed, although he needed four to five days to completely tame a wild cow, once the herd reached a certain number, they could reproduce on their own! When that happened, a large number of cattle would be used for farming, which would save a lot of labor. It would also greatly promote the development of farming in the territory!
Speaking of buying horses from the market, Yang Rui had already bought three batches of Xiliang horses, a total of 28 horses. They had all grown healthily under the Shepherd Boy's meticulous care. Furthermore, three of the mares were pregnant with foals!
After upgrading to the Special Market, the long-distance trading had extended to the civilizations around the Three Kingdoms Civilization Zone. Yang Rui naturally had to search for items in the market! He had also found a batch of Qianghu horses, a total of 20 horses. The price was 1,000 silver per horse, and the tax was 500 silver per horse. The total transportation cost was 200 silver, and the total cost was 302 gold! He had spent all of Yang Rui's stock in one go!
Before buying these horses, Yang Rui had obtained more than 30,000 kilograms of grain from the Special Market. The price of the grain was around 5 to 6 copper per kilogram. With the 50% tax, Yang Rui had bought the grain for almost 8 to 9 copper!
Although this price was lower than the Three Kingdoms Civilization Zone, it was still double the price of the same civilization zone! Clearly, the surrounding civilization zones had also suffered the same grain reduction as the Three Kingdoms Civilization Zone, raising the price of grain!
Furthermore, the timing was exactly the same! This made Yang Rui's idea of selling grain to make a fortune fall through! Currently, there was not much difference in the progress of the two civilization zones. Other than some unique items from the civilizations, there were not many valuable items in the Special Market!
[System Announcement: Due to the severe grain reduction in various regions, and the Han Dynasty's inability to deal with it, many people have lost their homes. Famine is rampant, and the hearts of the people are unstable. The system has pushed forward to the 6th year of Guanghe (Year 183), February … All player statistics remain unchanged!]
Ten game days after the grain reduction, another system announcement sounded in the Three Kingdoms Civilization Zone, pushing the storyline forward by nearly two years!
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