Durin's Diary

Chapter 786 Insurance
Du Lin told Anta about his sister. She was very happy and said that it was no problem to send her over. As long as she was in the academy, she would help Du Lin keep an eye on her and would never let Natalia suffer any loss.

"But what do you think about the hotel incident? It's spreading like wildfire. Some say the Sidney royal family is double-dealing, some say the nobles framed them, and some say it was done by Jun Gu." At this point, Anta looked at Du Lin and said, "Say something too. I feel like the current situation is like the world war you mentioned will start tomorrow."

"How could that be? We've only just started." Du Lin smiled and waved his hand.

Eleven mentioned that there were two world wars in his timeline, both fought before humanity escaped gravity. The First World War was caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. This event triggered a chain reaction in international relations, ultimately leading to the outbreak of all-out war.

Sarajevo, located in the Balkan Peninsula, is known as the powder keg of Europe. Nationalism and the power vacuum after the decline of the Ottoman Empire exacerbated tensions. Against this backdrop, the assassin Gavrilo Princip was a member of the Serbian nationalist organization "Black Hand" and advocated resistance to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's control over the Balkan Peninsula.

The Crown Prince was assassinated. The Austro-Hungarian Empire believed that the Serbian government secretly supported the assassination and demanded that Serbia accept the harsh July ultimatum, including allowing Austro-Hungarian investigators to enter Serbia for investigation.

Serbia partially accepted the terms of the ultimatum but rejected those that compromised its sovereignty. Austria-Hungary used this as an excuse to declare war on Serbia on July 7.

War broke out. While the Sarajevo incident was the immediate trigger, its root causes lay in imperialist contradictions, rival military alliances, and intensified nationalism. The rigidity of the international system and miscalculations (such as Germany's "blank check" support for Austria-Hungary) rapidly escalated local conflicts into global war. This war, which lasted from 1914 to 1918, resulted in an estimated 2000 million deaths and completely reshaped the world order of the 20th century in Eleven's timeline.

But it's completely different here.
First of all, Sidney's empire is nothing. His eldest prince has three children that are not his biological children. Considering how good he is to his children, it is probably a question whether he can have children. If he can't have children, the throne will be passed to him by finding a brother to adopt. So, the unpleasant word "jun gu" destroyed him. Does the second prince who is in power now really hate Jun gu that much?

Maybe, but you said he would explode for his brother and Jun Gu. Du Lin is not looking down on him. This kid has never been taught to be an heir since he was a child. He knows nothing about politics. It would be good enough if he could pass the throne to the next generation.

Secondly, Jun Gu is from Sidney, and there are no foreign forces. Even if one of the nobles and the royal family wants to "introduce" foreign forces, the other side must think carefully about whether it is really okay to go it alone - after all, Bosnia in the First World War was just one of the countries on the peninsula, and Sidney is surrounded by Farol in the south, the Eastern Territory and Austria-Switzerland in the east, and the Northern Kingdom in the north. The rubbish small countries in the middle are the kind that history doesn't bother to teach, and even Du Lin can't remember them.

With these two points, there is actually no need for a third one.

"You can't fight me, trust me."

"I believe you, but others don't think so. I heard that food prices have gone up again recently."

After Anta said this, Du Lin, who had been slumped in the recliner, immediately sat up: "What, food prices have increased again? Tell me what's going on."

"I heard it from Lina too..." The couple fell silent as soon as their eyes met.

Du Lin found himself getting anxious - this little female dragon really didn't give him a moment's rest. Would she form a grain ABCD (joint grain merchants) on her own? If that was the case, Du Lin would really have to peel off the dragon scales.

By the way, this ABCD was said by Eleven and Du Lin. Du Lin could only say that it was the first time in his two lifetimes that he heard that four groups could control 80% of the world's grain trade and form a monopoly influence on the international grain market through capital, logistics and pricing power.

In comparison, the previous conflict between Du Lin and the Goddess of Wealth was just a minor incident.

………………

He shook Lina over and asked again.

The bad news is that there is indeed a food ABCD.

The good news is that this ABCD group is not from Lina's group. Even her Silver Dragon Mountain breeding base is having trouble affording meat due to the current increase in feed prices.

Silver dragons eat too much. My suggestion is to marry a grassland elf, so that they won’t have much to eat in the future.

Daju started to come up with bad ideas.

If Eleven had eyes, he would probably roll his eyes. And Anta slapped his forehead.

"Am I warning the world, or just reminding these desperate guys?" Du Lin slumped down on the recliner. "I'll go investigate which four companies they are."

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The Three Saints Society gathered intelligence very quickly, and the Military Intelligence Bureau was not much slower. Soon, the four groups in this alternate world version appeared on Du Lin's desk.

First, there is APM (Amsterdam Paris Midland)

The full name is Amsterdam and Paris Grain Union, headquartered in Amsterdam, it is the largest agricultural production, processing and manufacturing company in the Low Countries. Its business covers grain and oilseed processing, etc. They have completed the integration with the previous Sidney Grain Group.

It is difficult for Du Lin to explain such a fusion. In order to deal with the nobles, you drag the merchants to the table. My Clegane, you must be crazy.

But it doesn't matter. At worst, we can just close the door and let the North go. In the past, the serfs on this land yearned for freedom, and in the future, all living beings on this land will yearn for food and clothing. The times are progressing, and the ways in which capital dies will become more diverse.

The second is Bohr Fisheries

The headquarters is located in Barcelona, ​​south of Sidney, which is the Sidney city farthest from Paris south of the Niublis Mountains. It is currently the largest fish processor in the West.

Can this thing be considered food?

Daju was a little confused.

·Just tell me whether this thing can feed people.

· Eleven is right.

Barcelona is like a huge bathtub to the south. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides, east, south and west. Only the area in the mountains to the north is not even suitable for living with potatoes - because it is full of Chaos guys and aliens. There is not even a train in Barcelona - everything depends on shipping.

The third is Carthus

Headquartered in the south of the Northern Kingdom, Alkin Territory is the largest and only grain company, with businesses covering the entire grain industry chain including grain export, warehousing, and logistics.

Wholly owned by Duke Alkin.

When Du Lin heard the news, the only feeling he had was despair - the Alkin family invested everything, how come I didn't know that my father-in-law was so good at playing games.

The last one is Desmond (Dyce Mondstadt)

The full name is Desmond's Great Woodland Food Supply System, headquartered in the Great Woodland.

Du Lin looked at his tigress... Forget it, what does Yara know.

(End of this chapter)