Chapter 306

Less than half an hour after Meng Ying left, the first convoy rolled onto Hope Avenue!

It was a small noble's convoy, with exactly five vehicles.

These were carts pulled by two horses each, and each could carry at least two thousand jin.

At twenty copper coins per jin cost and seventy sold, the profit was fifty copper coins per jin—on one trip, this noble could earn fifty gold coins!

That was more than many commoners earned in months!

Potatoes were currently in far greater demand than supply; even if this noble made only one trip per day, his monthly income would easily reach fifteen hundred gold coins!

This was just a small noble!

Small nobles typically earned only a few hundred gold coins per month!

Only slightly larger nobles saw monthly incomes surpassing a thousand gold coins!

Not every noble was like the Slo family, with tens of millions of gold coins in assets!

Across the entire eastern region, with millions of people and hundreds of nobles big and small, there was only one Slo family!

This small noble could instantly multiply his income several times over by selling potatoes—would he refuse?

Nobles were shrewd.

Immediately, even larger convoys appeared.

This convoy had over a dozen carts!

These nobles were too eager!

One hour after Meng Ying announced the news, the place became unprecedentedly bustling.

Besides nobles, there were vast numbers of commoners.

These commoners often teamed up in groups of two or three; some used ox-drawn carts, others without oxen pushed hand carts.

Ten commoners even carried sacks, ready to each carry one hundred jin.

It was profitable!

One thousand jin yielded five gold coins in profit!

Ten people pooling together to buy one thousand jin meant each could earn half a gold coin—fifty silver coins.

The round trip was forty kilometers; if they moved fast, they could make exactly one trip per day.

This was just one day's income!

In a month, that amounted to fifteen gold coins—double what they earned working for nobles!

As for the level of hardship, it was roughly the same.

Once they earned money, they could pool resources to buy a wooden cart or similar—efficiency would rise further!

These commoners, long accustomed to poverty, would seize this rare opportunity no matter how hard or exhausting it was!

This was precisely the effect Lin Yan wanted.

By profiting through the grace of the Great Flame Lord, how could they not be grateful to the Flame Lord?

And those who saved on living expenses by eating the Divine Beans would likewise be grateful to the Flame Lord.

This laid the finest foundation for future wars of faith!

And it also sold off the surplus potatoes.

Lin Yan's Kingdom now had too many potatoes.

Even if they consumed them themselves, they could never finish them all.

Think of it: over half of the Miracle Wasteland, stretching hundreds of kilometers long and tens wide, was covered in potatoes.

In the Misty Mountains, even larger than the Miracle Wasteland, potatoes filled every inch.

On other plains of Lin Yan's Kingdom, potatoes still grew.

The average harvest cycle for potatoes now was less than two months.

Why? Because Lin Yan's Kingdom had more and more magicians—and the bonus from Lin Yan's title, Civilization Flame, was extraordinary!

The bonus from the Civilization Flame title, in fact, touched upon a kind of rule-based power; at its peak, it might even reach the level of fundamental laws.

Otherwise, how could Lin Yan, with the highest-tier Civilization Flame, have obtained a Law?

With so many potatoes, even if Lin Yan's population of two million multiplied several times over, they still couldn't consume them all—even accounting for the giants' enormous appetites!

So selling them off was perfect.

And the reason Meng Ying set the limit at one thousand jin was simple: Lin Yan's Kingdom accepted only gold coins!

The cost of one thousand jin was exactly two gold coins.

Through this method, gold coins from the Hilin Kingdom flowed steadily into Lin Yan's coffers.

At the same time, Lin Yan's Kingdom issued procurement requests: these potato-transporting convoys could also bring back Goods of the Kingdom for Lin Yan to purchase.

This scattered vast quantities of Lin Yan's gold coins outward!

In fact, Lin Yan's Kingdom had already begun minting silver coins.