Liu Erzhu took the water and drank several big gulps. He drank most of the bottle in one breath. He reluctantly put down the water bottle until he was about to suffocate. He took another bite of the compressed biscuit and mumbled something while chewing it.
He said thank you.
Ye Han waved his hand: "Don't be anxious, eat slowly."
Liu Erzhu had no time to answer and nodded gratefully.
Ye Han looked at it and said, "Okay, don't ask any questions. Let's wait until this kid finishes eating."
A piece of compressed biscuit that was difficult to swallow was eaten cleanly in just a short while. Liu Erzhu drank the last drop of water in the plastic bottle and licked his fingers one by one without wanting to finish.
Ye Han couldn't laugh or cry for a while, and asked patiently: "Liu Erzhu, how long have you not eaten?"
"It's been a day." Liu Erzhu said sheepishly, "I haven't eaten anything since I escaped from Linyi.
"Escape?" Ye Han's eyes flashed coldly, and he suddenly opened the high-profile door, "You are a deserter!"
"No, no, no, I'm not a deserter!" Liu Erzhu shook his head violently.
"Then what do you mean by escaping from Linyi?" Ye Han asked sharply.
Liu Erzhu was stunned, blinked, and looked at the lieutenant rank on Ye Han's collar: "You don't know about Linyi?"
"What's wrong with Linyi?" Ye Han frowned, and the Sichuan pattern was so deep that it could kill a fly.
A trace of bitterness appeared on Liu Erzhu's face: "Linyi is in chaos, it's completely in chaos..."
Ye Han grabbed Liu Erzhu's collar: "What's the mess? Why is it the mess? How is it the mess?"
Liu Erzhu almost burst into tears: "Platoon commander, platoon commander, can you let me go first?"
The veteran also advised: "Ye Pai, put him down and let this kid talk properly."
Ye Han finally calmed down and took a few breaths after letting go of Liu Erzhu: "Sorry, I was too excited."
Liu Erzhu forced a smile: "It's okay, I understand."
The veteran's eyes were unkind: "Don't say it's useless, what happened in Linyi?"
Liu Erzhu looked surprised: "You don't know?"
"I know why I don't need to ask you!" the veteran said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense, you said you didn't tell me!"
"I said, I said it's not okay!" Liu Erzhu shrank his neck, "What about that, do you know that food prices are going up?"
Ye Han nodded: "I know a little bit."
Liu Erzhu grinned and spoke.
Since the issuance of the harvest order, rumors of a poor grain harvest have spread like wildfire, and the ensuing grain rationing has made things worse. The price of grain in Linyi immediately followed the market, one price a day, doubling up, setting off a wave of
Panic buying trend.
The Linyi City Government did not hesitate to impose price limits and severely punished several unscrupulous grain merchants. However, a large number of people still committed crimes. However, there are some people who do not know what is going on. The more the price increases, the more crazy they become.
They robbed people, causing the grain market to be filled with smoke and chaos.
In just a few days, the grain on the market was sold out. Linyi City immediately opened its grain reserve to sell grain at a fair price to stabilize grain prices.
In less than a day, the huge grain depot was sold out.
Although purchase restriction measures have been taken, the government's efforts have not achieved the desired results. Compared with the huge population base, the food stored in a grain depot is really a drop in the bucket.
It is said that the government should continue to sell grain at this time, hold on to grain prices, and even transport grain from other places to stabilize grain prices. However, the reduction in grain production is a foregone conclusion. The grain gap in Linzhou, a major grain-producing province, is so large, and even more so in other provinces.
Needless to say, to put it simply, the grain stocks held by provincial and municipal governments are not sufficient. If they are released without hesitation, although grain prices can be suppressed for a period of time, grain prices will inevitably rebound strongly after a period of time.
How can we maintain the stability of the rationing system if we cannot have enough grain? Therefore, after selling out a grain depot, the Linyi Municipal Government decisively stopped the subsequent sell-off plan.
However, there are too few ordinary residents who can buy food. The stable society and sufficient supply that have lasted for decades have made the vast majority of people not have the habit of stockpiling food. The demand of residents to buy food is extremely urgent. So
Not long ago, I could eat whatever I wanted. I walked into the vegetable market and walked around, but I was not hungry for anything and I didn’t know what to eat.
But now I can't eat anything. The little food I get every day can only last me half-hungry. The feeling of being hungry is definitely not pleasant.
So a large number of Linyi citizens took to the streets and demanded that the government sell enough food.
This was originally just an ordinary petition, but more and more citizens gathered, and all kinds of rumors and gossip were flying all over the sky. It didn't take long for the crowd to be filled with all kinds of negative news, and some excited citizens were surrounded regardless.
They visited a grain warehouse on the edge of the city and asked the government to "open the warehouse to release grain."
If society was still as balanced as before a few months ago, no one would come to the grain depot to make demands, and no one would stop citizens from buying grain. But because of the insect plague, everything has changed. The only thing the residents have is
The requirement is food.
If the government hadn't responded quickly enough and mobilized an army to surround the grain depot, the grain depot would have been breached by angry residents.
In front of the army, the residents regained some sense and began to elect representatives to negotiate with the government. Under tremendous pressure, the government also made some concessions and agreed to increase the daily food ration.
Everything seems to be changing for the better, but some people are dissatisfied with the government's concessions and hope that the government will make more concessions.
The government representatives naturally refused to agree and only said that they could continue to discuss. As a result, the crowd, which had just calmed down, became commotion again.
A young man lost his mind in anger and had a quarrel with the soldiers protecting the grain depot. He continued to beat and curse him.
The soldiers endured and endured, giving in and giving in. However, this man got even worse and started tearing apart the soldiers' equipment, shouting, "Kill me if you can," and tried to snatch the rifle from the soldier's hand.
When repeated warnings failed, the soldiers decisively fired shots into the air. The sound of gunshots stunned the rioting crowd. After a brief silence, the crowd fell into complete riot, constantly attacking the soldiers' defense lines and snatching away soldiers.
weapons.
I don’t know who snatched the grenade from the soldiers, without hesitation tore off the ring and threw it into the grain depot, killing three soldiers on the spot and injuring six or seven others.
Finally, a soldier who couldn't bear it opened fire, and a man who tried to seize the gun fell in a pool of blood. However, the sound of gunfire not only failed to bring back the crowd's sanity, but turned into the last straw that broke the camel's back. The crowd went completely crazy, fighting with the guards.
An extremely fierce conflict broke out among the troops at the grain depot.
Soon, the conflict evolved into an armed confrontation and quickly spread throughout the city. Linyi City declared a state of emergency and implemented a curfew, requiring residents to stay at home, but it still failed to prevent the further escalation of the conflict.
