Douluo, beat the Silver Dragon King at the beginning

Chapter 218 We abandoned the empire

The unity of the Tiandou Empire is based on common interests.

If he really did what Xue Beng said, then mutual supervision might turn into complicity, because he almost brought down the entire Tiandou Empire's nobles.

The nobles are basically related to each other. If they have common interests, they don't care who the emperor is.

And this common interest is the empire's disaster relief funds.

First of all, greed for ink is essential.Even if they are not greedy for ink, they can at least make new food out of old food, or play the trick of floating chopsticks.

Moreover, Xue Beng said it himself just now. The idea of ​​letting the victims eat bran will definitely give the nobles some new inspiration.

Xue Beng clearly knows what the nobles are, they are a group of guys who eat people without spitting out their bones.Once the disaster relief funds are in their hands, each of them can spend it to extract greater profits.

The nobles of the three western provinces know that even if someone comes to supervise, as long as they are willing to give up some of their interests, the supervision will be in vain.

As for other nobles, they have also thought of this. As long as they can be sent to supervise, they will definitely get some benefits.

Xue Qinghe thought for a long time and did not see the loopholes in Xue Beng's idea.He felt that as long as there was supervision, the disaster relief funds could at least be used properly. Even if some of it went into someone's pocket, it could not be completely avoided.Moreover, since the situation has changed, as long as disaster relief can be provided in the name of the empire, this is what Xue Qinghe seeks.

After making a decision, Xue Qinghe issued an ultimatum to the nobles, saying that they would resolutely implement the disaster relief.

The nobles had already calculated their interests and looked at each other tacitly, so they all expressed their compliance.

After that, Xue Qinghe finalized the amount of funding based on the number of nobles in the three western provinces, and deployed twice as many personnel to implement the ideal supervision.

The meeting ended successfully when disaster relief decisions were made.

After Xue Qinghe solved a worry, he couldn't help but feel very tired, and was the first to walk out of the Congress Hall.

After Xue Qinghe left, the other nobles communicated with each other with their eyes and set the signal for drinking in the evening.

Xue Beng was the last to leave, in order to observe the reaction of the nobles.Seeing that everything was as expected, he left with brisk steps.

The idea proposed by Xue Beng will turn the disaster relief funds into a big cake, and let every noble person have a share.

As for whether those poor victims can be properly resettled, that is not something that Avalanche needs to consider.

Don't forget Fang Yuan's purpose in coming to the Tiandou Empire. That would bring disaster to the country and the people!

However, Fang Yuan could not bear to watch so many people starve to death.

After returning to his residence, Fang Yuan sent demon spirits to the Tiandou disaster area, where he wanted to make a big move.

Fang Yuan instructed the demon spirit that if the people in the disaster area were not properly resettled, they would be led to mistakenly believe that the empire had abandoned them, secretly inciting public resentment and anger, and it would be best to organize the victims to launch riots.

As for the next actions, Fang Yuan told the demon spirit that he would not receive further instructions until he organized the victims.

In order to facilitate communication with each other, Fang Yuan gave a demon spirit a piece of Origin Dragon Scale.He also told him that if he didn't understand something, he should ask him in time and he was strictly prohibited from making unauthorized opinions.

The demon spirit took the order and left Tiandou City that night, rushing to the western disaster area before the relief funds were released.

Fang Yuan immediately inquired about the disaster situation and learned that the victims had begun to eat grass roots and tree bark.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan instructed the demon spirit to investigate the entire disaster area first so as to assess the number of people affected and its impact.

It took the demon spirit more than half a week to finally complete the investigation, and Fang Yuan assigned him to carry out operations in the areas with the largest number of people affected.

When the demon spirit arrived at the designated location, the empire's disaster relief funds also arrived in the hands of the local nobles.

It can be said that everyone had a tacit understanding and immediately allocated half of the disaster relief funds and put them into their own pockets.

Then, the remaining half was divided into [-]% and given to the supervisors as hard work fees.

After a while, only [-]% of the actual available disaster relief funds were left.

At the beginning, the victims could receive a meal of old grain porridge every day.But within three days, it became one meal every two days.

Half a month later, the nobles saw that the victims did not starve to death on a large scale, and the gruel was gone.

Three more days later, when the victims went to collect relief food again, they found that there was nothing for anyone to eat.

It's good to be able to eat bran. In some places, the relief grains are actually leftovers from leather making, and even crushed straw.

Bran still costs money, but scraps and straw don’t even cost money.

The nobles worked together and showed the spirit of turning waste into treasure. For this purpose, they even exchanged what they had.

Can you imagine that the leaves of sweet potatoes, which can only be grown in the east, will appear on a large scale in the west, and they will also appear in the hands of disaster victims as relief food.

The victims have no choice. Now they don't have any grass roots or tree bark. It would be nice to have something to fill their stomachs.

A few days later, rumors emerged in the worst-hit areas.

"Erga, do you think we are still subjects of the empire?"

"Why not? As long as we are alive, we will always belong to the empire!"

"But I heard from the patrolling guards last night that a certain prince said that the victims were no longer citizens, saying that we are now a burden to the empire."

"Nonsense. If it's really a burden, the empire gave up on us last year. How could it still provide us with food?"

"Haha... Grain, is that for human consumption? Last year I could still eat rice porridge, but this year I can't even eat gruel. I can't even poop out after eating the food provided by the empire."

"Hey, don't say that, the empire must be in trouble. I've never noticed before that sweet potato leaves are more fragrant than day lilies!"

"You...Oh, forget it, I'd better save my energy."

A month has passed, and there are still no large-scale deaths among the victims, and the nobles have become even more reckless.

Although the relief food provided before was not suitable for people to eat, it was still possible to survive.

But now, the nobles actually asked people to mix soil with salt to make mud cakes, which were distributed as relief grains.

Now, the victims can receive relief food every day, but no one will reveal their joy.

An old man huddled in the corner holding a mud cake, looking at the sky and sighing.

"Did the empire really abandon us? Grandpa told me that there had been droughts before, but at that time, the empire did not let anyone eat dirt!"

A young man staggered by. When he heard the old man's words, he shouted excitedly:

"No, we abandoned the empire! News has come from the imperial capital that we disaster victims are no longer the subjects of the empire, and we have no need to stay in this country."

"Young people, you can't say that. Without the empire, can we still be considered human beings? We have our land here, and our ancestors are buried here. If we leave here, who will be willing to accept us? Without the protection of the empire, We are not even slaves!”

"Of course, old man, haven't you heard? Wuhun City in the south is a place that is willing to treat civilians well. I heard that the civilians there can have enough to eat and live a prosperous life. Anyway, sooner or later, you have to stay here Starving to death, I want to find a new place to live as soon as possible while I can still move.”

(End of this chapter)