I Created Scientific Magic

Because this bread was soft and fluffy when bitten into, not hard at all, and the taste was even much better than that of white bread; the only downside was that it was rather tasteless.

If it could be eaten with some bean sauce, it would definitely be a delicacy!

"It looks like from now on, we no longer have to worry about food!" Philip said, extremely excited.

Lynn's bread-making skill was simply amazing, meaning that in the future, wizards would not need to carry any food when traveling far. When thirsty, they could just extract water vapor from the air, and when hungry, they could just cast the Magic Bread Skill; it couldn't be more convenient.

"I wonder if this counts as a multi-ring spell, can apprentices use it too? And how much magic power does it consume?" Kevin, however, raised a substantial question, which was about its accessibility.

This concerned the scope of application of the spell.

"Judging from the difficulty of casting, completing the 'Magic Bread Skill' should be considered a three-ring spell!" Lynn said thoughtfully.

Kevin's brows furrowed slightly. There were only two thousand three-ring wizards in the council, and even if all of them cast this spell together, it wouldn't be enough to supply the entire kingdom!

Fortunately, Lynn quickly spoke up, "We can separate each step and build corresponding Alchemy Arrays for production, which would make it much easier."

"If it's just about synthesizing starch, then it would be even simpler!"

Starch alone naturally couldn't make bread, but it was absolutely no problem as a daily staple food for the poor!

It only needed to consume carbon dioxide, water, electricity, and magic power!

The first two were everywhere, and the last two would require the council's Thunder Stone reserves and magic stone reserves.

"But... wouldn't such consumption be too great?" Kevin hesitated again, as the daily rations for three million people wouldn't be a small amount of energy consumed!

"Don't worry, it won't be long before we no longer need to think about energy," Lynn reassured, patting Philip on the shoulder and smiling.

They had recently discovered a new magic stone mine, and as for electricity, wasn't there a nuclear fusion reactor about to be completed?

In fact, the federal technology for artificial food was only widely adopted after the development of nuclear fusion and matter-antimatter annihilation technology!

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

"Laud, come in!"

Having received the order, Laud, who had been waiting outside for a long time, now walked in briskly with his prosthetic leg.

Upon entering, his gaze immediately went to the half-piece of bread left on the table, torn to pieces.

With his very limited understanding of magic, Laud saw this piece of bread as something Lynn had conjured out of thin air using magic!

It was a miraculous creation out of the void!

No wonder Lynn had dared to order him to sell nearly half of the wheat reserves in just a few days!

"You should try some, too!" Lynn handed the remaining half of the bread to Laud.

The latter was also overwhelmed with emotion, breaking off a piece and putting it in his mouth, where it melted instantly like fluff.

"It's really like a cloud!" Laud remarked. "If this kind of magic bread could be massively delivered to the market, probably no one would buy wheat anymore."

Who knows what expressions those nobles and rich merchants, who are frantically hoarding grain, would have upon seeing this thing?

Laud thought to himself, but he didn't forget the matter at hand and immediately pulled out a secret envelope from his bosom.

"Lord Lynn, this is a list of names collected by the council's spiritual energy wizards, they are the culprits trying to inflate grain prices and create chaos in the kingdom."

These nobles hid behind the scenes, relying on remotely controlling various merchant teams to buy up large quantities of wheat, and even killed many of their confidants responsible for operations, in a vain attempt to cut off the possibility of tracing back to them.

However, under soul searching, no secret could remain hidden. Those spiritual energy wizards spent days following the trail, eventually tracing their way up, as after all, the nobility were still planning to make moves and couldn't avoid continuing to send people to make contact with the caravans.

Duke Gard, Marquis Mortan, Earl Bell, Earl Heerde…

The list was long and nearly covered all the major nobles in the northern part of the kingdom. If this was a year ago, each name on the list alone would have been enough to affect the stability of the entire kingdom.

"There's also information about that one, according to the investigations of the wizards, he seems to be involved in the plan to throw the kingdom into chaos as well!" said Laud in a rather cryptic manner.

Lynn nodded, not particularly surprised, without the other party's tacit approval, how would the nobles dare to make such a big fuss.

But this also saved him the trouble of having to find another excuse...

"How much grain has been released now?" Lynn asked casually, putting away the scroll in his hand.

"About ninety thousand tons of wheat, totaling one hundred and seventy-three thousand six hundred Imperial Gold Coins…" reported Laud excitedly.

This was simply robbery!

What's more important, though, was that this was only just the beginning. They still had half of the wheat not yet sold off, and that was the real jackpot. After all, given the current trend, wouldn't it be easy to inflate the price of one kilogram of wheat by a hundred or two hundred times?

After contemplating, Lynn felt it was probably about time.

Although the nobles had accumulated wealth for generations and were very rich, the cash they could produce was probably only around a million Imperial Gold Coins, possibly not enough to buy up all the wheat.

After sharing the pleasant news, Laud carefully reported some bad news. "Due to the skyrocketing wheat prices, large-scale famines have emerged in the western and northern territories of the kingdom."

Although the council ostensibly controlled the entire kingdom, in reality, they held absolute authority only over the 'sanitized' southern, central, and freshly conquered eastern territories, while the rest still lay under the nobility's control.

Now that the nobles were busy buying wheat to make money, naturally, nobody could spare a thought for the lives of the poor in their domains.

Laud was very aware that this star of magic was quite concerned about the poor, so he tried to choose his words carefully when describing the scene where famine-stricken people were everywhere, gnawing on grass and bark.

However, what surprised him was the lack of anger or worry on Lynn's part; rather, he instructed with a smile,

"Perfect, let Ryder take some action. Bring some grain there and distribute the flintlock guns we got in exchange to them!"

This... this... distributing guns?

Laud was utterly astonished; he did not expect Lynn to use such a brutal method to resolve the issue.

Or rather, from the moment when he started releasing the grain to lure the nobles into the game, this star of magic must have already planned out the follow-up strategy.

"Your wisdom is like a vast ocean of smoke..." Laud quickly flattered, though there was a hint of sincerity in his tone.

The nobles' blind actions effectively meant they had lost the people's support. Now, with the distribution of grain and guns, they would be able to take back the western and northern territories of the kingdom effortlessly and also win the hearts of the people.

Lynn did not pay heed to Laud's praise and continued to inquire about the progress of the grain collection plan he had ordered.

"Indeed, a small portion of caravans sold their grain, but most of it is still being sold to us by the citizens of the kingdom at low prices," replied Laud truthfully.

"That really is... surprising." Lynn was a bit taken aback but also realized that this proved the effectiveness of their long-term strategy to improve the standard of living for the populace.

You should know that the market price for wheat was several times their purchasing price, yet the citizens were still willing to sell the grain to them at a low cost.

A smile appeared on Lynn's face, and then he suddenly said coldly, "Tonight, lower the purchase price of wheat to fifteen copper per kilogram!"

"Yes, Lord Lynn," said Laud, wiping away the cold sweat from his forehead. He had not understood why this star of magic insisted on buying grain at prices far below the market rate, but now everything was clear.

This was no grain purchasing price; it was clearly the countdown to unsheathing the butcher's knife!