Special Chapter: IBTMITL

Chapter 276

"Now the East also grows wheat."

Perez muttered as if to remind himself.

The eastern part of the empire, which is very different from other parts of the empire in terms of topography and climate, cannot produce wheat, the main food.

That was the common sense of the East, which had continued for a long time, and the biggest weakness of the East.

Because of that, they always had to keep an eye on the central and other regions.

But now it's changed.

Because the East also had the technology to produce wheat on its own.

"In the meantime, Larane has been through a lot. She was studying wheat production that fits for the East while avoiding the eyes of others at such a distance from Luman."

Larane blushed slightly at my compliment.

"I didn't do it alone. Without the scholars of Lombardi sent by Tia, I would not have dreamed of it."

But I shook my head.

What I said was not an empty word.

Even after having a leak along the way, Larane did not stop researching wheat production methods.

It was a pain in the carriage coming here from Luman, so I said everything.

"Scholars are literally just people who have knowledge and do research. It's Larane who has brought those people together and led them all the way here, so you don't have to be too humble."

"Thank you, Tia."

As she answered, Larane smiled wider than ever before.

At that moment, I remembered what my grandmother, Soura, once said.

"There are flowers that grow better in other places than where they were originally born and took root."

Larane, who left Lombardi, where she was born, and came to the East, was in full bloom.

As if she had finally found a place to take root.

I put my hand on Larane's shoulder and turned towards Perez.

Still half-dazed, he was still fiddling with wheat with his fingertips.

At the same time, his gaze could not leave the ripe wheat field.

"In the meantime, Patriarch Luman has been through a lot."

"Patriarch Luman?"

"He needed a trick to do research here and there secretly. So he had to pretend he was completely on Chanton Sushou's side."

How pathetic his eyes were that secretly looked at me whenever we met at the conference.

It wasn't once or twice that I almost burst into laughter whenever I looked at Patriarch Luman like that. He looked similar to Avinox but was much more blunt.

"Ah."

"Yes, Perez."

"This wheat production in the East will make a big impact."

"That's right."

It's not unexpected.

It was just a change that would happen immediately.

"First of all, Sushou's influence on the East will be greatly reduced. Because Luman will no longer have to depend on the South for food."

Now, the Luman family was ready to jump into the central political arena as one of the main pillars of the empire in earnest.