Lin Gengsen was shocked after hearing this and asked tentatively: "Do you want to manipulate public opinion and force the royal family to revoke the order to cultivate blood essence grass?"

Gomer refused to comment and said in a low voice: "You can't advance forward, you can't retreat. Both the front and back roads are dead ends, so we can only open up a new road ourselves. We cannot bear the responsibility for causing famine.

We cannot bear the responsibility of not implementing the executive order. In this case, one party must make concessions."

"It is impossible to get the people to give in. If they don't have enough to eat, no matter how docile the people are, they will be forced to turn against the people. Throughout history, how many dynasties have been destroyed by popular uprisings? There is no room for negotiation on this kind of thing."

"But it's different with the royal family. The Blood Essence Grass is not a rare thing. If we don't grow it, the higher-ups won't be able to get it? How can this make sense!"

"As long as the higher-ups find a way to negotiate with the Far Eastern Dynasty, there will always be a way to obtain the Blood Essence Grass, but the price will be relatively high. No matter how high the price is, it cannot outweigh the public opinion of more than 6 million people."

"That's why I want to commend that beggar. I first have to make it clear to everyone that a fire in the granary is something I absolutely don't want to see. Anyone who tries to put out the fire, no matter what method they use, is a hero in my eyes.

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"In this way, the people will not blame us for the burning of food. We can also establish an image in everyone's mind and gain their support."

"Judging from the current situation, it won't be long before the Royal City will send someone to deal with the cultivation of Blood Essence Grass. We officials cannot say 'no' in front of the royal ministers, but the people can!"

"What we dare not refuse, let the people who support us refuse it. People in the whole city are preventing us from pulling out the wheat stalks. What can the royal minister do? Can he still slaughter more than 6 million people?"

"Even if he really has the guts to massacre people, it was his order. Whether he does it or not has nothing to do with us whether it happens or not. Just let him bear all the responsibilities!"

Lin Gengsen was suddenly amazed after hearing this, and couldn't help but admire Gomer's hand. However, after thinking carefully, his eyes were still uncertain: "If we do this...can we really get away?"

Gome slowly closed his eyes and let out a long sigh: "Escape? Haha... We have been harmed by A Bao! This guy will die sooner or later, but he died just when we were planning to purchase instead of farming, and why?

We died quietly, without any noise... We had no way out from the moment we burned down the granary."

"It is no longer possible for you and me to escape unscathed. Now we can only try to distance ourselves from the relationship, get off the road of death first, save our lives, and then act according to the opportunity."

When Gomer said this, he held Lin Gengsen's hand tightly and said melancholy: "Old Lin, be mentally prepared. Don't think about escaping safely. As long as you and I can avoid torture and only spend a few years in prison, we will be fine."

It’s considered a success in overcoming the tribulation.”

People are like this. They hesitate when they have a choice, but become decisive when faced with a desperate situation. They are often the most open-minded when there is no way out.

Lin Gengsen flicked his sleeves and said grandly: "We are two old partners who have been together in Danyu City for so many years. We have nothing to be afraid of. Even if we have to go to jail, we must accompany each other as inmates!"

Gome couldn't help but smile bitterly and patted his arm: "With your words, I feel relieved a lot. Let's go, we still have a lot to do before the royal family comes."

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In the next few days, Danyu City's food shortage problem intensified.

The Danyu Plain has a spring-like climate all year round, with no fallow period and grain production all year round. Because of this, the people in Danyu City do not have the habit of stocking grain like other cities. They basically eat and buy what they have now every day.

However, since the fire in the granary during the Dragon Fire Festival, the food market in Danyu City has been greatly affected. Not only the price of food has soared, but there has also been a big problem with the supply of goods. Many businesses have been unable to sell food, and even if you have money, you can't buy it.

For the nobles, the impact of market conditions is not great. How many wealthy families don't have basements? They are already full, and it is more than enough to tide over the food shortage.

Even if there is really no food left, the worst possible outcome is that we will no longer be able to live in Danyu City and will go to other cities to seek refuge. Since there are plenty of real estate, we can just treat it as a vacation.

But for the common people, they have no such choice. The grain reserves in their homes have long been exhausted. Those who are related to the nobles can still borrow grain to survive, or buy grain at high prices to eat.

The kind of common people who have nothing to do and whose families are poor can only divide the little wheat left by each person, and divide as many portions as possible without starving to death. How many days can it last? Waiting eagerly.

The wheat is ripe this season in Danyu Plain.

As time slowly passed, the entire Danyu City became lifeless and shrouded in a gloomy cloud. There were even people on the streets who were forced to drag their families and begging on the streets because they could not afford to eat.

At first, the number of such people was not too large, but every day, their number increased. You could often see mothers begging on the street with their hungry and crying children, and fathers desperately trying to find a baby.

A job that allowed his family to put food on the table ended up failing him, and he could only sit beside his wife and children in despair.

On the sixth day after the Dragon Fire Festival, the first riot broke out.

Hundreds of civilians who had not eaten for several days gathered in front of the trading house, accusing the trading company of not selling the grain they had and deliberately hoarding goods to raise the price of food. Fierce conflicts broke out between the two sides. More than 30 civilians and a dozen trading house guards were injured.

People died in the conflict. More and more civilians came after hearing the news, and they almost broke into the trading house.

In the end, Gomer arrived in person and persuaded the civilians with sincere words without resorting to violence. He opened his warehouse and distributed some food to these civilians.

After receiving the life-saving food, they naturally left with gratitude.

But the problem is that the news will leak out, and other civilians will definitely be jealous when they see someone getting food from the consul's house. The news spread like this, and everyone came to ask Gomer for it.

In response, Gome showed an unprecedented love for the people and directly distributed all his own grain reserves to as many people as he could help.

With Gome taking the lead, Lin Gengsen and other officials followed suit and joined the ranks.

Although they only helped thousands of people, their love for the people touched countless civilians. Those who received the food were grateful, and those who did not received the food did not hold grudges and respected them from the bottom of their hearts.

However, this kind of meager relief is ultimately just a small episode and cannot erase the bleak atmosphere in Danyu City.

As time goes by, there are more and more hungry people on the streets of Danyu City, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more impetuous and depressing. The whole city is like a huge powder keg, which will explode if there is even the slightest spark.

On the tenth day after the Dragon Fire Festival, when the sun rose, the thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded outside Danyu City. The military flag rose from the horizon and rushed toward Danyu City. The golden laurel emblem on the military flag shone brightly in the sunlight.

It shines like a prairie fire.
Chapter completed!