Bahamut came and went in a hurry. After signaling the captain of the guard to escort Ajer back to the dungeon, Ivan thought carefully about what Bahamut said before leaving.

Ivan had a vague feeling that the meaning of what Bahamut said before leaving might be far beyond his imagination.

But considering the current situation, it doesn't seem to make much sense to continue to dwell on this matter.

So Ivan temporarily put aside all the problems in his mind and continued to concentrate on the work in front of him.

After that, he didn't have to wait too long. News of the defeat of the Black Iron Army quickly came back from the front line.

It can be said that Ivan was mentally prepared for this result.

Although their remaining elven army was also in poor condition at this point in time, after weighing the pros and cons, Ivan still immediately ordered the army to regroup and regain the second line of defense.

As for the other countries that fell, they may not have that spare power in a short period of time.

In this process, the only thing worth celebrating is that the ordinary people in their country have basically completed their evacuation ahead of schedule.

Therefore, despite the massive fall of the country, the casualties of ordinary people in their Elf Kingdom cannot be said to be zero, but they have been preserved to the greatest extent.

Under this premise, every planet in their Elf Kingdom is notoriously sparsely populated, so even if it receives a large number of additional people, there is no need to worry about insufficient living space.

Of course, there are undoubtedly things to worry about.

For example, food...

When a large army fights, in order to ensure their condition, soldiers eat three meals a day, which will increase their food consumption.

Under this premise, they need to recruit young and middle-aged people to join the army to supplement the front-line troops. This will also reduce the domestic young and middle-aged labor force in disguise, and directly affect the farming efficiency and food production.

But now, the problem is even bigger.

The fall of a large number of territories directly caused their Elf Kingdom to lose a large area of ​​food-producing land. The food pressure suddenly fell on the remaining planet territory. This matter was enough to make Ivan feel anxious for a while.

Their Elf Kingdom has never been a big food-producing country, and its food reserves are also limited.

In the previous expedition, they didn't need to worry about the food problem at all. There was nothing to say about this. However, the continuous war with the Black Iron Empire had already emptied their little food reserves.

Nowadays, there is already a food shortage in the domestic market.

For this reason, in order to avoid complete depletion of food, Ivan issued a decree as quickly as possible.

That is, on the premise of ensuring the food supply of the army, all elves, including himself, began to save daily food consumption, starting from three meals a day to two meals a day, or even one meal a day.

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At the same time, in order to ensure that the price of food on the market will not skyrocket out of control due to food shortages, all domestic food production and sales have been controlled by Ivan as early as when they were still fighting the black iron army.

Grab it in your hand.

Nowadays, it is not difficult for Ivan to control food prices and sell food.

Of course, doing these things well will only allow them to last longer and buy them more time, but it will not fundamentally solve the problem.

After all, the current food production capacity of their Elf Kingdom lies there.

If you want to solve this problem in a short time, the best way right now is to buy food!

But who doesn’t know what’s going on in the known universe right now?

Nowadays, various cosmic countries are either taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, or they are holding on to their troops and resources and guarding their own one-third of an acre of land without daring to act rashly, acting like cowards.

As one of the important resources that cannot be ignored, in today's era, let alone those big grain-producing countries, even ordinary human space countries will definitely have sufficient food reserves in a short period of time.

But because food has become more important and can still affect the lifeblood of a country, this means that even if people have sufficient food reserves, they may not be willing to sell it to you.

Before the turmoil broke out, the one with which their elven kingdom had the best diplomatic relations and the closest contacts was the Black Iron Empire.

However, the irony is that today's Black Iron Empire is the biggest enemy that caused their Elf Kingdom to fall into such a desperate situation!

At this moment, Ivan quickly sorted out a list in his mind. After completely falling out with the Black Iron Empire, there was basically no force in the second universe that could sell them food.

Even in the surrounding universe, Ivan couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a while.

In the end, the only answer that could be reached was the 'Yip Chamber of Commerce'.

In fact, Ivan had considered the Ye Chamber of Commerce from the very beginning.

Although many things have happened since the turmoil broke out, the relationship between their Elf Kingdom and the Ye Chamber of Commerce has not actually changed much.

The fundamental reason is that they are too far apart.

The Elf Kingdom is in the second universe, while the headquarters of the Ye Chamber of Commerce is far away in the seventh universe.

Although these seven universes are not lined up, there is still a considerable distance between the second universe and the seventh universe.

This not only prevents any conflict between them, but also greatly increases the difficulty of supporting each other.

This is also the main reason why Ivan put the Ye Chamber of Commerce aside at the beginning. It was really too far away...

But now after a round of screening, he seems to have no other choice.

Although he was at loggerheads with the Black Iron Empire, Ajer knew the importance of obtaining intelligence.

Therefore, he pays attention to information on the international Internet almost every day.

Under this premise, he certainly knew that Ye Qingxuan had returned to the Ye's Chamber of Commerce after missing for many years. With Ye Qingxuan's return, although the Ye's Chamber of Commerce did not directly announce the replacement of the president, everyone knew that Ye's Chamber of Commerce

The current top leader of the Chamber of Commerce has changed from Ye An before to Ye Qingxuan now.

In the early years, when the Elf Kingdom had just come into contact with external forces and the international community, Ivan met Ye Qingxuan.

They get along quite happily with each other, and they have established a good relationship.

Therefore, compared to Ye An before, Ivan undoubtedly trusts Ye Qingxuan more.

Now that after the screening, Ivan basically had no other choice. He finally sent a request for help to the Ye Chamber of Commerce, hoping to purchase enough food from the Ye Chamber of Commerce to tide them over in the Elf Kingdom.

Difficulties this time.

Of course, at the same time, other nearby forces had the mentality of giving it a try, and Ivan was not left behind. After all, what if it works?
Chapter completed!