Edwina confiscated a total of 400,000 pounds of grain from the three elders' homes. In fact, they had more than that, but Wenna didn't want to do anything wrong. These three families maintained hundreds of servants, and there were many
The domestic servants come from retired soldiers and freed gladiators, and Wenna does not want to push them into a riot.
Next, she has to distribute food to civilians, which is a bit tricky. Hunger can make people crazy. If there are not enough manpower to maintain order, civilians are likely to rob food, and even cause conflicts and deaths and injuries.
There are still a dozen guards and attendants left in Wen Na's castle, and Reggie also brought 30 guards with him on this trip. These forty people will face more than 4,000 civilians in the city, which makes Wen Na's heart
Hanging up again.
Reggie asked Sulit to call back all the soldiers from the border, because he knew that a hundred people could not hold the border, and he also believed that Sophia would not attack Zhilin City easily.
He allocated one group of soldiers to assist Wen Na in distributing food, and asked the other group of soldiers to closely monitor the movements of the Punishers.
It’s hard to imagine how vicious this group of sanctimonious villains would do. Reggie was even worried that they would burn out the grain in the granary just like they did in Shattering Snow City. He issued a rare arrest-to-kill order to the soldiers, and for those who behaved suspiciously
For those who are punished by Heaven, soldiers can immediately resist arrest. If the opponent resists arrest, they will be shot without mercy.
In addition, Reggie also left himself a backup plan. One hundred thousand pounds of grain could only meet the urgent need. He asked Suixue City to send an additional 500,000 pounds of grain immediately. However, Suixue City's wharf had not been repaired yet, so there were restrictions.
Due to land transportation capacity, it will take at least ten days for all the food to be delivered.
After intense preparations, Wen Na began to distribute food to civilians in the central square of the city. The situation on the first day was beyond everyone's expectations. There was no looting, no conflict, and no Heavenly Punishers came out to cause trouble, because
In total, only about twenty civilians came to receive the food.
Reggie didn't know how to comfort Wenna. People's hatred for her had overcome hunger.
Of course, all of this is inseparable from the Heavenly Punishers. They are still distributing the pitiful bread and attacking Wen Na with vicious words.
It seems that the method is even more cruel. Chris once warned Reggie not to easily provoke the Punishers, but he should never show any sympathy to them. Reggie only remembered the second half of the sentence.
He was trying to find a suitable reason to arrest all these punishers. When Nipoli learned about this, he immediately stopped Reggie's action.
"Sir, we cannot do this. The God of Punishment has not done anything that violates the law. If you arrest people at will, you will not only offend the civilians, but also shake the majesty of the law."
"That's why I have to find a suitable reason to arrest them," Reggie said. "Am I going to watch the Heavenly Punishers keep setting up a bread stall and slander their governor in the most vicious words every day?"
Wen Na sighed and said: "This is not considered slander. This is the fate I deserve."
"Don't be so depressed, Viscount Sheila, we have other ways," Nipoli said, "Tell me where the best baker in the city is?"
Wen Na was startled: "Why are you looking for a baker? Do you want to make bread like a punishment from heaven?"
"Why not?" Nipoli said, "The bread of the Punisher is dry, hard, and most of it is moldy. If not forced by hunger, who would eat that kind of thing? We make the best bread
The chef bakes bread directly in the square, think about it, who can resist the sweet taste?"
"Do you think we can attract all the common people with that sweet smell?" Reggie looked at Nipoli with disdain, "My mermaid, you are really an optimistic person. Do you think the common people have such faith?"
Are you easily shaken?"
"Of course it's not that easy," Nipoli shook his head, "but if the God of Punishment no longer distributes bread, this sweet taste will become extremely tempting."
Hearing Nipoli's words, Reggie showed a sinister smile, and Modessa, who was standing beside him, also smiled.
Wen Na didn't understand what Nipoli meant. She looked at everyone blankly and asked: "How could the Punisher stop distributing bread?"
"If an accident happened and all their bread disappeared, they would have no bread to distribute." Nipoli gave a relatively euphemistic explanation.
"Hahahaha," Reggie stood up and said, "It turns out we are all passionate people."
"What does it mean to be a person of temperament?" Nipoli was a little unfamiliar with this word.
"That's what a vicious person means," Modesa stood up and said, "Leave this matter to me, a disaster will happen within three days."
Reggie said: "It's best not to be a fire, that would be too explicit."
"Don't worry, it's not an ordinary disaster," Modesa said with a smile. "To others, it looks more like a punishment from the gods."
…
On the same day, Modeza first sent a messenger to Shattering Snow City. To complete this task, he needed two other helpers.
He also sent several guards pretending to be strangers to inquire about the news in the city. It is not difficult to find out the information about Zhilin City. Five pounds of bread can make a girl stay with you for the night. If you give her twenty pounds of bread in one go, she will
Naturally, he can tell everything he knows.
Modessa quickly discovered the gathering place of the Punishers. They occupied three castles, one of which stored their food.
In the next two days, Modesa will investigate every detail in the castle. During this period, the situation on Wenna's side has also improved somewhat.
According to Nipoli's request, she found a baker. Although the baker was unwilling to serve the succubus, he chose the gold coins between the whip and the gold coins.
The smell of bread attracted many residents. The first batch of bread attracted the first batch of onlookers. A little girl wrote her name in the register and took away a piece of bread and forty pounds of grain. The little girl could not take it.
After moving so much food, she stood on the roadside, wolfing down bread and waiting for her family. A middle-aged man suddenly rushed up, snatched away her bread, and kicked over her flour sack.
"Little beast! You actually betrayed the gods! You actually accepted the alms from the succubus!"
The man was yelling loudly, and the flour was spilled on the floor. The little girl shed tears and tried to put the flour back, but the middle-aged man stretched out his foot and kicked her.
"You are such a disgrace to Zhilin City, I am ashamed of you!"
Just when his toes were about to touch the little girl, the middle-aged man was forced to take his feet back because Nipoli's sword was pointed at his neck.
"Who are you? Are you the Punisher?" Nipoli yelled, "Tell me your name!"
The man was stunned, looking at Nipoli's clothes, he should be an official, and there were two soldiers behind him. Not to mention in such war-torn times, even in peacetime, there would not be an official to take care of this kind of thing.
Nosy.
More and more people were watching, which made the man more and more nervous. He didn't know how to answer Nipoli's questions, but this move was consuming Nipoli's patience.
"I'm asking you a question! Are you the God of Punishment?" Nipoli's sword edge stretched forward an inch, and the man could already feel the stinging pain on his neck.
"I'm not a punisher, I'm just a civilian."
"Since you are not a punisher, why do you want to bully a little girl?"
Everyone is puzzled by Nipoli's question. What is the inevitable connection between bullying a little girl and the God of Punishment?
Nipoli shouted to everyone: "The Heavenly Punishers have been abandoned by the gods. They have shown their evil nature. Think about what they did in Zhilin City! They robbed your property and killed your people.
Relatives, they call everyone devils, and shamelessly call all this the will of the gods. Now they have been spurned by the gods, their minds have been confused, and they will become more shameless and crazy, and they
Your behavior will also be severely punished by the gods!"
Everyone looked at Nipoli in astonishment. Similar criticisms often appeared in the mouth of the God of Punishment, but today Nipoli used it on the God of Punishment.
"I now suspect that your mind is confused," Nipoli looked at the middle-aged man, "Tell me, why did you bully a defenseless little girl?"
The man looked flustered and said: "Because, because she accepted charity from the devil..."
"You all heard it! He called a defenseless girl a devil!" Nipoli shouted, "Did you all hear it? How shameless such words are. What is wrong with this girl? This is the consul.
She accepted the grain and bread given to her by the consul because she was hungry and wanted to live. Is it wrong to live? This man regards everything as a devil. Isn't this a punishment from heaven?
Is it the nature of the person!"
"I didn't say he was a devil!" The man shook his head desperately, "I'm really not a punisher!"
"If you are not a punisher, apologize to this girl now. If this girl refuses to forgive you, I will call the law enforcement officer and ask him to whip you in the street and punish you with hard labor!"
The man hesitated for a long time and whispered to the little girl: "I'm sorry."
The little girl was too frightened to say anything. Nipoli shook his head and said, "What did you just say? I didn't hear it!"
The man said loudly: "I said sorry!"
"Who are you sorry to?"
The man took a deep breath and said to the little girl: "Sorry, young lady!"
Nipoli turned to the girl and said, "Have you forgiven him?"
The little girl nodded tremblingly, and Nipoli turned to the man and said, "You have soiled her bread and grain, and you must make compensation."
"But, but I have nothing to compensate her. I, I only have this..." The man took out a small piece of bread, which he had just received from the Punisher.
Nipoli covered his nose and frowned: "Cursed food, smell the stench yourself! Move it away. Do you want to use this kind of thing as compensation?"
The man blushed and put away the bread, and Nipoli shouted: "Go to the consul to collect your bread and flour, and then pay it to the girl as compensation."
"Yes, yes, but that consul is..."
"What do you want to say?" Nipoli raised his sword again, "You want to say that she is a devil, right? You are going to reveal your nature again, right?"
"I, I, I don't have it," the man said, pointing to the square, "I'm going to get my food right now."
The storm subsided and the crowd of onlookers dispersed. Nipoli returned to the castle. After a while, the man and the little girl appeared in front of him.
Nipoli took a bag of flour from under the table, handed it to the man and said, "This is your reward. You did a good job just now."
The man took the flour, turned to the little girl and said, "Hurry up and say thank you to the adults."
The little girl thanked Nipoli respectfully. She was the daughter of this middle-aged man, and they were "actors" hired by Nipoli. The father and daughter originally lived outside the city, but came to the city because of the war.
They took refuge there, so people in the city didn't know them.
"Take your food and leave the city immediately and live in the military camp, otherwise the God of Punishment will cause trouble for you." Nipoli took out another bag of bread and handed it to the little girl, "Take this and go
Tell your relatives and friends that if they can also act, ask them to come to me."
"We can play it again." The man said expectantly.
"Don't be so greedy," Nipoli said with a smile, "If you can find a suitable candidate, I will also pay you. People have already remembered your appearance, and this scene cannot be played a second time."
The father and daughter left with a lot of gratitude, and Reggie walked into the room through the secret door behind the bookcase.
"I can't believe that a businessman can be so vicious." Reggie looked at Nipoli with an indescribable smile on his face.
Nipoli said with a serious face: "Sir, I think you have some misunderstandings about the merchant industry. If you knew how merchants squeeze out competitors, you would think that everything I do is not vicious at all."