Large-scale operations further exacerbated an already severe situation. Now, the price of grain had completely exceeded what ordinary people could afford.
Those in the middle-income bracket with some savings could still hold out. However, the lower classes could no longer even afford black bread mixed with sawdust, a situation that ignited the current chaos.
"Doesn't the Governor care?" Vick frowned. If something like this happened, the Lord would likely have intervened already.
It was known that when Hamlet's farm owners had used similar tactics, the Lord had personally stormed their operations, and all those individuals were thrown into labor farms for re-education.
"Of course, they care!" Walter replied with a smile. "Those individuals are quite determined. They dispatched the city defense force, which killed quite a few people. Many others were driven out of Ovando City, temporarily quelling the chaos."
