Moreover, this improvement is very comprehensive, including science and technology, ideas, economy, military strength, etc.

After a period of time, the Holy Roman Empire will undergo a complete change, and other surrounding countries will be left far behind.

However, after all, they are both on the same continent and there is not much barrier between them. The changes in the Holy Roman Empire were soon discovered by other neighboring countries and began to follow suit.

Like the Reformation, this is a big thing that will affect the entire Christian world. Even if other countries are slower, they will not be slower too much.

The change of ideas spreads too quickly, far exceeding the changes in economy and technology.

In terms of science and technology, of course, other countries cannot develop as comprehensively and so advanced as the technology of Leiber City, but in some aspects they have also conducted some research.

For example, there were special research institutes in the French Empire, and the research objects were nothing else, but the new muskets that Eugen originally invented.

As trade unfolds, it is inevitable that these guns will flow into foreign countries. The rulers of the French Empire are also quite visionary. After seeing the power of new muskets, he immediately realized that such muskets would change the form of war and might even change the large political landscape.

To this end, he immediately ordered to start research, wanting to copy this new musket technology and have the ability to produce it himself.

On the other hand, the Principality of Hanover is like a "spy" of the British Empire, continuously transporting the science, technology and various products exposed in the city of Leber to the British Empire.

However, what they can see is the final product, but they know very little about the theory of inner self, so they can only explore it little by little.

This is also the reason why Eugen is confident in showing his technology. After all, these science and technology are not considered powerful technologies in Eugen's view. He has even decided to show all the results of the first industrial revolution and technologies such as steam engines.

Then, Leibir City secretly carried out the research and development of the second and third industrial revolutions. By then, when other countries vigorously promoted the results of the first industrial revolution, they had already mastered technology that was far more advanced than them.

Other countries consume a lot of resources but end up falling behind them in terms of technology. In this case, Lebre City can have a huge advantage.

Of course, we still need to take advantage of the results of the first industrial revolution. Although this plan is grand, it is still in its infancy and is not too anxious.

However, just as all situations were developing smoothly, an unexpected problem suddenly came before Eugen.

In order to support the affected areas such as Sicily, Eugen ordered the purchase of grain across the country. Everything went very smoothly, but as time went by, the price of grain suddenly increased a lot.

Because the amount required is relatively large, the price increase in grain is reflected in the commercial trade table of Lebir City, which suddenly a huge trade deficit appeared and a large amount of funds were consumed.

However, this time, it was not because someone maliciously raised the price due to it, but because the food in the entire empire was in short supply.

There was a famine in the entire empire! There was not enough food in the empire.

It is actually very normal for such a situation to occur. After all, during this year, the entire empire experienced a large-scale war of six months, as well as terrible diseases and disasters. Wars and disasters will make farmers unable to farm with peace of mind, farmers cannot farm, and naturally they cannot produce food.

This is a big problem. After all, people are iron and rice. If they don’t eat, people will starve to death and cause chaos. If they can’t even eat, how can they engage in commercial trade and no other production can be carried out?

In fact, the emergence of this problem was not accidental, but a sign of prematureness. It was just that Eugen had never paid attention to this situation before, which led to the problem appearing a little at a loss.

The Italian Peninsula is one of the very important grain producing areas of the empire. When the Black Death broke out, there was almost no grain output here, and a lot of the grain was rotten in the fields and no one went to harvest it.

Later, the problem of the Black Death was solved, and farmers on the peninsula also began to sow new seeds, and it is expected that a new batch of grain will be produced in the autumn.

There are still two months left before autumn. As long as you can survive these two months, the problem of famine will be solved.

Another large grain-producing area in China is the Leber City area of ​​Eugen. Although it has been affected by war before, the situation is still very good overall, and grain output can also be maintained above the baseline.

After this period of time, the inventory of grain has been consumed. On the one hand, the remaining grain must support domestic internal consumption, and on the other hand, it must be transported to the Italian Peninsula and Sicily in the south, which seems a bit stretched.

In this case, Eugen had no choice but to purchase grain from the outside.

This outside does not refer to the outside of the city of Leber, but to the neighboring countries around the Holy Roman Empire.

The most suitable one is naturally the French Empire. During this year, no disaster occurred in the French Empire, and the Black Death did not spread in the end, so the food there was relatively sufficient.

In addition, the British Empire was also one of the choices, but there was a strait between the British Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, and the transportation conditions were relatively poor.

In addition to the French Empire and the British Empire, other countries along the Mediterranean coast were also one of the choices. With the help of sea transportation, a large amount of food can be transported at one time, and the transportation speed is also relatively fast.

After understanding these situations, Eugen did not hesitate and directly wanted to purchase grain from other countries in the name of Lebir City Commercial Group.

The food in other countries is definitely much cheaper than the food in their own country. As long as it can be transported to the empire and sold at a relatively low price, even if it will be compensated for some freight, it is acceptable for Eugen.

After all, what he wants is a stable development environment. If a famine breaks out, it will definitely have a great impact on him, and the development progress of Lebir City will be greatly delayed.

In that case, his losses will become greater.

Eugen is not a short-sighted person. If it were someone else, he might have taken advantage of the opportunity of food shortage to make a fortune, but he would not do this. What he wants is stability.

Only stability can bring prosperity.

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Chapter completed!