He didn't even realize the importance of food in times of war!
At the moment, inside the Imperial City, the remaining wealthy few spent each day in fear. To avoid being robbed of their food, they had fired almost all their staff. But this hardly mattered anymore, because there was no more vegetables, no meat left in the city. The little food left had been infested with insects or grown moldy.
They still had countless treasures of gold and silver hidden in their houses, secretly stashed away from the Emperor's searches. But at this point, they couldn't exchange it for any fresh food because no one was doing business in the entire Imperial City market anymore.
"Why is it like this? Didn't small countries always export food to us?" Yake roared in anger.
"Because we had Black Dragon attack those countries before, they've all shrinked back. Their fields remain unattended; they no longer have the capability to export," Tilian said.
