After receiving Viscount Roster's orders, the Golden Merchant Guild sprang into action.
Any area where land prices had dropped to about 30% of the original—no need to ask, just buy.
Countless amounts of real gold and silver started flowing from Viscount Roster through Dragon Bank into the hands of Golden Merchant Guild agents, ultimately transforming into land deeds that were taken away by delivery personnel and sent to Golden Merchant Guild directly-operated stores.
Many people didn't understand the Golden Merchant Guild's behavior. Land prices had already crashed this badly—why keep buying?!
In the heartland of the Gray Fort Empire.
In the castle of the Emerson family—the world's largest landowner and grain supplier.
The Emerson family patriarch sat in a chair by the fireplace, silent.
As if contemplating something.
Back when he'd first seen the enormous yield of Golden Spike Grain, he'd immediately chosen to dump large quantities of his family's grain.
