Chapter 523: A Golden Phoenix Flies Out of the Grassy Nest (2)_1

"Proclaim my decree. From this day forth, no merchant shall transport grain to the Northern Land." The Emperor calmly uttered the royal decree.

Despite the Third Prince's dissent, he was left with no option but to swallow his objections.

With the Emperor's proclamation, this news quickly made its rounds among the common folks on the streets of Daqin.

There was much public debate. While the Northern Land was Prince Lin's territory, it was also a border of Daqin. There were five hundred thousand soldiers stationed there, all hailing from ordinary families.

The Emperor's ban on the transportation of grain to the Northern Land was a death sentence, for it was widely known that the region was large yet sparsely populated, hardly suitable for crop cultivation.