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Efficiency has been improved to several levels!

You have to know that the natural photosynthesis of plants, which converts inorganic matter into organic matter, requires dozens of extremely complex biochemical reactions and takes several months. The theoretical energy conversion efficiency is also very low, at about 2%.

Artificial synthesis of starch only requires eleven steps, and the energy conversion rate is increased to seven percent.

After entering the 22nd century, based on the needs of interstellar travel and the establishment of nuclear fusion reactors, artificial starch synthesis has once again ushered in a technological innovation blowout. The energy utilization rate has soared directly to about 20%, and the eleven steps have been reduced to six steps!

In addition, the intelligent brain also has technologies for artificially synthesizing wheat flour, corn flour, etc. After all, these things are just synthesized from some inorganic substances. Although the technology is more difficult, it is still based on the same principle!

While explaining the principles of magic, Lynn extended his right hand.

The water vapor and carbon dioxide in the air were quickly stripped away, followed by a strong flash of lightning, and various trace elements were integrated into it under the control of mental power.

Using the void as a pot and magic as a shovel, the inorganic is transformed into the organic...

Lin En demonstrated his artificial bread-making skills in front of dozens of wizards!

About fifteen seconds later, tiny particles of powder began to emerge in the air, floating together and forming a spherical shape.

This scene, which seemed like creation out of thin air, amazed all the wizards of the Iyeta School!

"water!"

Lynn spoke again, and more water vapor was converted into liquid water and poured into the powder. Then, the dough was kneaded quickly with the [Mage's Hand]. The ball quickly deformed and twisted under pressure, and finally, it was baked directly using microwave heating technology.

The dough, which was only one finger thick, immediately expanded due to the heat and turned into a square bread brick that was four fingers thick!

It only took about three minutes in total!

“This is my magic bread!”

Lynn urged the [Hand of the Mage] to place the bread brick on the square table.

Alok, Kevin, Philip and others immediately gathered around, with dozens of pairs of eyes staring at the bread bricks on the table, amazed at the magic trick that Lin En had created...

"Can it be eaten?" Lydia reached out and poked it. It felt soft, not like the bread she bought in the market, which was hard enough to be used as a shield or weapon.

"Of course!" Lin En said with a smile, otherwise why would he make these things.

Hearing Lynn's affirmative answer, Lydia immediately tore off a piece and put it in her mouth.

"How is it? Does it taste good?" Lin En asked hurriedly. Although he added a lot of trace elements in it to enhance its nutrition, it is hard to say how it tastes.

Lydia frowned and thought for a long time before she found an adjective.

“It tastes like clouds!”

The girl's comments made Philip and the others extremely curious, so they shared the food one by one, and then they understood why Lydia said that.

Because this kind of bread is soft and not hard at all, and tastes even better than white bread. The only drawback is that it has no taste.

If you can eat it with some bean paste, it will definitely be delicious!

"It seems that from now on we don't have to worry about food anymore!" Philip said excitedly.

Lynn's bread-making technique is really amazing. It means that in the future, wizards will no longer have to carry any food when traveling far away. When they are thirsty, they can just extract water vapor from the air, and when they are hungry, they can perform a bread-making technique. It is so convenient.

"I wonder what level of magic this is. Can apprentices use it? How much magic power does it consume?" Kevin asked a substantive question, which is its applicability.

This is related to the scope of application of this technique.

"From the perspective of spellcasting difficulty, casting the complete [Magic Bread Spell] should be considered a third-ring magic!" Lin En said after pondering.

Kevin frowned slightly. There were only two thousand three-ring wizards in the parliament. Even if all of them cast this spell together, they would not be able to supply the entire kingdom!

Fortunately, Lin En quickly spoke up. "We can separate each process and build corresponding alchemy arrays to make it, which will be much easier."

"If it were just synthetic starch, it would be even simpler!"

Of course, you can't make bread with starch alone, but there is absolutely no problem with it being a daily food for the poor!

It only consumes carbon dioxide, water, electricity and magic power!

The first two are everywhere, while the latter two require the council's reserves of lightning stones and magic stones.

"But... wouldn't the consumption be too great?" Kevin hesitated again. The energy consumed in the daily food rations for three million people could not be a small amount!

"Don't worry, it won't be long before we don't have to worry about energy issues anymore." Lynn patted Philip on the shoulder and said with a smile.

They discovered a new magic stone mine not long ago. As for electricity, isn't there a nuclear fusion reactor that is about to be built?

In fact, the Federation’s artificial food technology was only truly widely used after nuclear fusion and antimatter annihilation technology were developed!

After dispelling the doubts of Kevin and others, Lynn turned his head to look outside the door and spoke.

"Lord, come in!"

After receiving the order, Lord, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, walked in quickly on his artificial leg.

After entering the door, the first thing he saw was the bread on the square table, which was only half torn.

In the eyes of Lord, who had very limited knowledge of magic, this piece of bread was conjured out of thin air by Lin En using magic!

It is a miracle created from nothingness!

No wonder Lord Lin En dared him to sell off nearly half of the wheat reserves in just a few days!

"Come and have a try!" Lynn reached out and stuffed the remaining half of the bread to Lord.

The latter was also very excited. He broke off a piece and put it into his mouth. It was so soft and melted in his mouth.

"It's just like the clouds!" Lord said with emotion. "If this magic bread can be delivered to the market in large quantities, no one will buy wheat anymore."

I just wonder what kind of expressions those wealthy merchants and nobles who are frantically collecting grain will have when they see this thing?

Lord thought secretly, but he did not forget the important matter, and immediately took out a secret envelope from his arms.

"Lord Lynn, this is a list of people that the psychic wizards of the council have collected. They are the ones who raised the price of food this time and tried to pin the blame on the Cholera Kingdom."

Those nobles hid themselves behind the scenes, relying on remote control of various caravans to purchase large quantities of wheat, and even killed many of their confidants in charge of the operations, in an attempt to cut off their possibility of tracing the source.

However, there are no secrets under the soul search. The psychic wizards spent several days and finally found their way up along the line. After all, the nobles still planned to continue to make trouble, so they had to continue to send people to contact the caravan.

Grand Duke of Gard, Marquis of Mortain, Count of Belle, Count of Herder...

The list is very long, covering almost all the great nobles in the northern part of the kingdom. If it were a year ago, each name on it would be enough to affect the stability of the entire kingdom.

"There is also information about that person. According to the investigation of the wizards, he seems to be involved in the plan of the Cholera Kingdom!" Lord said very vaguely.

Lin En nodded. He was not that surprised. Without the other party's tacit consent, how could the nobles dare to make such a big fuss?

But it also saved him from having to find excuses...

"How much food has been released now?" Lin En put away the file in his hand and asked casually.

"About 90,000 tons of wheat, totaling 173,600 imperial gold coins..." Lord reported excitedly.

This is simply a money grab!

The most important thing is that this is just the beginning. They still have half of the wheat that has not been sold out, and that is the real big deal. After all, according to the current momentum, wouldn’t it be easy for the price of a kilogram of wheat to increase by one or two hundred times?

Lin En thought about it and felt that it should be about the same.

Although those nobles were very wealthy due to their generations of accumulation, the cash they could take out was probably only about one million imperial gold coins, which might not be enough to buy all the wheat.

After finishing the happy information, Lord carefully reported a piece of bad news. "Due to the skyrocketing wheat prices, a large-scale famine has occurred in the western part of the kingdom and the northern territory."

Although the parliament nominally controls the entire kingdom, it actually only has absolute control over the "cleaned" southern and central regions and the newly conquered eastern territories. The rest of the territory is still under the control of the nobles.

Nowadays, the nobles are busy purchasing wheat to make money, so naturally no one can care about the lives of the poor in the territory.

Lord knew very well that the Magic Star was very concerned about the poor, so he tried to choose his words carefully when talking about the scene of starving people everywhere gnawing on plants.

However, contrary to his expectations, Lynn did not show any sign of anger or worry, but instead smiled and gave the order.

"That's great. Let Redel do it. Bring some food over and distribute the replaced flintlock rifles to them!"

This... this... firing a gun?

Lord was shocked. He didn't expect Lynn to use such a brutal method to solve the problem.

Or in other words, when he gradually released food to encourage those nobles to join the game, this magic star should have already planned the subsequent response strategy.

"Your wisdom is truly vast..." Lord hurriedly flattered him, but there was some sincerity in his tone.

The nobles' mess was equivalent to completely losing the support of the people. In addition, by distributing food and guns, they could easily recover the western and northern territories of the kingdom and win over the people's hearts at the same time.

Lin En didn't pay attention to Lord's flattery and continued to ask about the progress of the grain collection plan he had ordered.

"It is true that a small number of caravans sold their grain, but most of them were the kingdom's subjects who sold grain to us at low prices." Lord replied truthfully.

"This really... surprises me." Lin En was a little amused and helpless, but this also proved that their strategy of improving people's living standards has achieved good results.

You know, the current price of wheat in the market is several times their purchase price, but the people are still willing to sell grain to them at a low price.

Lin En showed a slight smile on his face, and then suddenly said coldly, "Tonight, reduce the purchase price of wheat to fifteen coppers per kilogram!"

"Yes, Lord Lin." Lord couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. Before, he had never understood why the Magic Star would buy grain at a price far below the market price. Now everything is clear.

This is not the price of collecting grain, it is clearly the countdown to raising the butcher knife!

Chapter 457 Worthless wheat and the collapsed kingdom’s nobility!

September has quietly arrived, and the rushed-built train stations and railroad tracks connecting various locations have finally been completed thanks to the joint efforts of wizards and hundreds of thousands of workers.

However, the wealthy merchants and nobles in the kingdom have gone crazy because of the soaring food prices. In just one month, the price of food has increased five hundred times!

Every morning, countless caravans would be waiting outside the granary. The wheat shipped by airships would be sold out without even needing to be unloaded!

Because as long as they get their hands on the food, they can earn several times the profit by waiting for a day or two. Driven by such horrific profits, most people have gone crazy and lost their minds!

However, such madness has its limits, because the food in the hands of the parliament seems to be inexhaustible. The price of food shipped every day is gradually increasing. Now thousands of tons of food are thrown into the market every day!

To consume all this food would require hundreds of thousands of imperial gold coins, but they had almost spent all the money they had. Some wealthy businessmen had even mortgaged their entire fortunes!

But everyone knew that they had to buy up all the food, otherwise if the price of wheat collapsed, their wealth would be wiped out!

This batch of grain was finally forced to be purchased in batches by dozens of grain teams!

After buying the food, the wealthy businessmen and nobles could no longer sit still and sent people to check how much food the wizards had!

It is obviously not an easy task to sneak into the granaries of major cities to find out this during magic surveillance. Finally, the spies came up with a solution, which is to investigate in the workshops.

Wizards need to provide three meals a day for the laborers. If they don’t have enough food, the supply will inevitably be reduced!