Chapter 34: Chapter 34: A Slight Stir Can Affect the Whole Situation_1

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Time passed quietly for two days.

Wang Shouzhe spent these two days in the Changning mansion, cultivating his mind and spirit, enjoying some spiritual tea, practicing cultivation; he was leading a rather comfortable life.

However, outside the mansion, the world had changed within these two days. With the intensification of wheat irrigation, the first wave of insect disaster broke out with a thunderous momentum, spreading across the entire Changning Guard City area; all the clans were in chaos.

As a reduction in crop yield was inevitable, the prices of agricultural by-products — other than the staple foods strictly controlled by the Daqian government office — started to rise. Even the business of salted and smoked fish from the Wang family's fish stalls improved greatly, with prices also significantly increased. In the scenario of a shortage of staple food, salted and smoked fish, which can be preserved for a long time, can also maintain life's continuity.