Chapter 966: we are not god
"At present, merchants in Thrace and Western Laika are hoarding food and fuel, which is very bad!" In the chat channel, Locke said worriedly, "If this continues, it is certain that when the cold wave comes, these merchants will They'll sell food and fuel for sky-high prices!"
"Isn't it the normal behavior of businessmen to buy low and sell high?" Someone asked in surprise.
"Yeah." Panda couldn't help but say, "Not to mention in this world, even on Earth, this kind of situation is commonplace. 'You are cruel', 'You are playing with beans', 'You are Jiang'... these are It's happened to everyone."
"It's hard to make money! How can it be considered an ordinary 'buy low and sell high'!" Locke said angrily, "If it's not a necessities of life, no matter how low it is bought or how high it is sold, it is not considered a What's the problem. But food and fuel are necessary to survive the winter. If prices are artificially raised, I don't know how many people will starve and freeze to death this winter!"
When he said this, everyone fell into deep thought.
After a while, Liu Daoqing said: "I will issue a decree in Ellants that there will be an official guide price for grain and fuel this winter. If the guide price is more than 30% higher, it will be regarded as disturbing the national order and will be severely punished. "
"Where else?" Locke asked.
"Leave it to me on the Thrace side," said rock singer Sheehan Kaolin, "I have some sort of friendship with Thracian Chancellor Alan Vina, the seriousness of this matter. , as long as you tell him in detail, he should be able to understand."
"Then I will be in charge of Western Laika," said Templar Roland, "I can follow the path of the Church of the God of Order. Our church has a good relationship with the official Western Brunei, and we can also contact the Church of the God of Light. ...Well, I will contact a few more churches, and together we will remind the West Brunei Kasun officials, they should be touched."
"However... To be honest, you'd better not have your hopes too high." Roland changed the subject and said with some regret, "After all, Laika is also a republic built on commerce, and the consul's meeting is not binding on localities. Strong. Even if we can persuade the council of consuls, we may not be able to issue draconian orders."
"Actually, even severe orders may not have much effect." Liu Daoqing said, "Sell less in the open market and sell more in the black market. We have nothing to do. The king cannot send officials and knights to the grassroots to enforce the law. , this is something that the feudal system does not allow."
"Yeah, the situation in Thrace is similar, or even worse than them." Sheehan also said, "Since the war of independence in Ellands, the dominance of Thrace has dropped to the point where it can only be maintained. If the decree is issued, it is estimated that at best it will be pasted next to the city gate, and the more effect... is probably about nothing."
The pessimistic attitude of everyone made Locke very unhappy. He complained for a long time, and finally said that he would wander around the northern part of the mainland at that time. As long as he saw people who were hyping up food and fuel and driving up prices, they would all be hacked to death!
"Then there are probably many people he needs to hack to death..." Panda sighed, but did not persuade him.
Everyone knows Locke's character. Now that he has made up his mind, there is nothing anyone can do.
In fact, if he wasn't busy with disaster relief, Panda would be willing to help Locke kill a few profiteers - anyway, for profiteers, dying more would help society progress, so he wouldn't sympathize with those guys!
The movement efficiency of the traversers was very fast, and just one day later, the three countries of Elanz, West Brunei, and Thrace all issued a decree prohibiting the price gouging of food and fuel this winter.
As for Layton... Because of the natural environment, Layton people have always had the habit of stockpiling a large amount of food and fuel, but they don't care about the price gouging of merchants at all.
If you want to drive up, you can do whatever you want, as long as you're not afraid of going bankrupt.
For the Laytons, it is not the price of food and fuel that they fear, but the price of wine.
Wine is an indispensable part of life for the Laytons, however, the price of wine is relatively high, and it is impossible to store it in large quantities at home. Therefore, once the price of wine is raised, it will have the greatest impact on the lives of Layton people.
However, since the "Northern Wine", the price of Layton's wine has not been high. While enjoying the low price of wine, the Laytons are also full of friendliness and yearning for the two territories in the northern Terrera. In Layton folk, there are even legends such as "The North Terrera is full of wineries, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can drink all you can drink every night."
There is still a certain gap between this legend and reality, but thanks to this legend, many Layton people have come to work in the north. And when they come, they often don't leave.
Although it is not really full of wineries, as the region with the lowest wine price in the entire Western Continent, for alcoholics, if it is not heaven, it is at least the closest place to heaven.
After the promulgation of the decree prohibiting the price gouging of food and fuel, there was a lot of repercussions among the three countries of Airance, West Brunei, and Thrace. Those who are knowledgeable or more generous lords expressed their approval of this decree and expressed their willingness to actively support the implementation of the decree; but some more harsh or indifferent to the people's livelihood seem to be indifferent; even some lords sneered. .
"What on earth is the Queen thinking! This kind of trivial matter deserves a special decree?"
"The consuls are in a daze! The high price of food in winter is a good opportunity to make a wave of usury loans!"
"Our little prince doesn't care about the wallets of the nobles, but the livelihood of the pariahs? Hehe, he is afraid that he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to get some benefits!"
Statements like this have come and gone, and many nobles are even contacting each other to discuss how to deal with this decree.
The result of their discussion is to "ignore it".
In the Western Land, the king's decree has no coercive force on the lords below. If the lord is really determined not to enforce it, then the decree is just empty talk. Alanz's situation is not bad. Queen Katarina has great authority. Most people are willing to give her face. Even if they are not satisfied with this decree, no lord has publicly stated "I will not implement it". In Thrace, a large number of lords made it clear that because of the actual local situation, this decree could not be implemented, or at least could not be implemented well.
The transmigrators who got the news were very unhappy, and Locke was even more furious, gnashing his teeth and expressing that he was going to slaughter a group of social worms.
However, the most important thing for them at the moment is disaster relief after all. If the outbreak of the Great White Disaster cannot be prevented, many, many people will die, and everyone can clearly distinguish the priorities.
In the world of "Doomsday Panic", the panda, who was trying to collect magma, looked at Locke's gloomy face and couldn't help but jokingly said, "What are you doing with them? We are busy saving the world. This is God. Don't you think it's boring to fight with mortals as a 'God'?"
"I'm not God!" Locke said grimly, "I'm only responsible for sending those **** to see God!"