Chapter 1401： A threatening bad news

Next, the report is to Norman, the elven official in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture. The elves have been engaged in the work of increasing the value of agricultural output in the past year.

For the Airanhill Empire, this aspect of work is an important work to maintain the stability of the empire, and it is not inferior to front-line warfare.

The elves did not disappoint, and helped the Ailan Hill Empire to increase food production for three consecutive years, but only recently did they have a little problem.

Norman Fashen briefly introduced the data, and then said to Desaier: "From the current output point of view, in the new year, our total grain output may fall by 7%. This number has already It’s huge, so it’s necessary to revise the output."

Increasing food production is actually not a good thing, just as a reduction in food production does not necessarily mean disaster.

In the current Ailan Hill Empire, the area of ​​arable land is very exaggerated. On the other hand, the population that needs to be nurtured is relatively very small.

The population of less than tens of billions, scattered on hundreds of thousands of earth, is obviously already completely sparsely populated.

In this state, high grain yields basically don't make much sense. The food reserves have been sufficient for the entire empire to consume for more than ten years, and this number is still increasing.

At the same time, the scale of food-consuming industries such as winemaking can no longer continue to expand, because the population base is there, and there is no way to consume the production capacity of alcohol and other food products.

The resulting collapse in food prices has lasted for two years in the Ailan Hill Empire. If it weren't for the Empire's agricultural subsidies, the farmers who planted grain would have already gone bankrupt.

"There are many reasons for the reduction in production, including the serious fall in food prices and the industrialization of the two food production planets." Norman continued to use cold numbers to describe the development trajectory of a modern empire.

A planet that can grow food will definitely have a population, and where there is population growth, industrialization will naturally begin. This is simply a certain thing.

Mere grains are not valuable, so they need to be processed in order to obtain higher returns. Even if the local farmers do not think about these things, the local governors will think about these kinds of issues.

They must do everything possible to make the areas under their jurisdiction become prosperous and strong, so that they can have a beautiful score on their governing records.

As a result, several early immigrant planets with populations of more than one million have all begun to be deeply industrialized. After the introduction of robots, they began to rush towards the super manufacturing factory.

Seven planets are building star rings, and some regions are even considering plans for the construction of Dyson spheres. The fastest two are submitting applications, hoping to give priority to the construction of Dyson spheres in their regions to provide more powerful energy and support. Regional economic development.

Perhaps no one could have imagined that the speed of industrial development can be so fast. With the support of the epoch-making computer technology and technology tree, the industry of the Ailan Hill Empire is surpassing China in all aspects from the time when the Fengling 004 spacecraft was built.

Norman continued to emphasize the reasons for the sluggish agricultural data: "The most important one is our colonization plan, which failed to complete the expected goals, and population restrictions prevented us from completing the one-year short-term plan formulated last year."

"Of course, war is also on the one hand... When formulating the one-year short-term plan, we did not expect that war would break out with other forces in the new year." After he finished speaking, he also looked at Desaier.

Desaier still nodded, and then began to define the nature of the incident: "The reduction in agricultural production is not a fatal problem."

He glanced at Norman, and comforted: "When the war is over, the empire may immediately get an additional population of more than 3 million that can be used immediately."

"According to the information provided by the Jiuyou Sect, the total population ruled by the Heavenly Sword God Sect is between several billion and tens of billions...These are all human beings, and they can be used immediately after a little training." Desaier said. In this passage, it is like a slave trader.

"Of course, we are still evaluating further, but for the moment, fighting this war is still profitable." He continued: "After gaining more people, the price of food will stabilize for a while. In addition, ...With such a huge market, the empire can also gain new markets."

"Because the war started the robot production line, our development speed in other areas has been reduced by at least 5%, but it is still within the controllable range." Denosky added.

"There is also good news. Our population is further increasing, and the control of the planets in the core area is also increasing." Deans also added.

For Dessel, these are all good news, and it has slightly improved the atmosphere of the meeting.

"In short, the past year has been a good year. All the development of the empire has gone smoothly. This is your credit." He said with a smile.

...

At the same time, far away on the Hope 2 planet, in the increasingly compressed area controlled by the Heavenly Sword Shenzong, the third elder of Shenzong brought his direct line to somewhere on the front line.

The various news that the Heavenly Sword God Sect received recently made the frontline commander worried. The whole battle situation has become more and more unfavorable, and Shenzong's voice of doubt has been higher than ever.

Originally, Shenzong had already prepared to break this Cambridge, ready to retreat from Hope 2 planet-but another news that irritated them was reported to the third elder, the fourth elder and the fifth elder.

This news is more dangerous than other news, and it has even made them feel a deadly threat.

"You mean... I saw it with my own eyes. People from the Jiuyou Sect... appeared near here?" The third elder's face was as cold as frost, and he asked a swordsman with a bandage on his head.

The swordsman bowed slightly, and quickly replied: "Report to Elder Master, that the disciple has seen with his own eyes, black clothes and black robe, urging to control a black sword... It is a traitor of the Nine Nether Sect that can't be wrong!"

"This is difficult... They also have the Cambridge Method... Even if we retreat here, the rebels of the Jiuyou Sect, it is hard to say that they will join forces with these outsiders to kill the sect." Next to the third elder. An staff member lowered his voice and said.

"Do I not understand the truth?" The third elder snorted coldly, and then instructed the lecturer who was waiting respectfully on the side: "Reward this disciple who brought back news..."

After speaking, he walked out with a group of masters. Not far away, the rumble of cannons continued one after another, and the offensive of the Ailan Hill Empire began again.