In the soul space, Dion projected his memory fragments on the big screen of the institute in the form of a video.
"Our convoy crossed the border and entered the territory of the Holy Acropolis, and found that the actual situation there was worse than what they said." The picture on the screen continued to change with Dion's thoughts.
Dead bodies can be seen everywhere in the white snow.
Dieng pointed at the picture on the screen and said to the officials of Muxi City present: "These people heard that there was endless food in Muxi City, so they took their whole family and fled to the west. They escaped the pursuit of the sentries.
They escaped the attacks of ferocious beasts, but ended up freezing to death or starving to death near the border."
Todd asked Cumberland: "How many refugees from Saint Acropolis have been accepted by our border post?"
After thinking about it, the latter gave an answer: "Less than a thousand people. According to the accounts of those who fled, I am afraid that 20,000 people fled to the western border, and less than 10% of them survived."
Todd was silent for a while, then turned his attention to Joe, who was in charge of agriculture: "Is the food in Muxi City still enough?"
The monk scratched the Mediterranean Sea above his head and said to the king: "Muxi City's food reserves must meet the needs of four places at the same time, namely Muxi City itself, the rebuilt Silver Ring City, the Holy Acropolis that agreed to provide assistance, and the
There are barbarian camps in the north. Judging from the stock figures, it can only be said to be barely enough..."
Dion suddenly said at this time: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the food aid provided by Muxi City is a drop in the bucket for the Holy Acropolis. In addition, after we entered Watch Town, the control of all the convoys was handed over to the Holy Acropolis.
Acropolis, so conflicts occurred in Watchtown."
Everyone turned their attention to the big screen again, and Dion's memory video continued to play.
Watchtown on the screen has long been covered by heavy snow. The hungry and cold people of Holy Acropolis huddled in their homes, relying on the flames lit by a few firewood, slowly waiting for death.
When the convoy from Muxi City entered the town, the news of the arrival of food spread to every household like it had wings.
Men, women, and children in ragged clothes, carrying the largest pots and jars at home, rushed towards the food convoy driven by the soldiers of the Holy Acropolis. They stretched out their bony hands and begged the driver loudly for even a morsel of food.
Seeing this, Todd recalled the happy and prosperous Watchtown he had visited in the past. He frowned and asked Dion: "If I remember correctly, Watchtown is located at the throat of the Fallen Star Mountains. Because of tourism and
How could the food, which is famous throughout the continent, have fallen to this level?"
Dion replied: "Your Majesty, Watchtown does have unique geographical advantages and tourism resources, but it also depends on whether the people who manage the town have the ability to take advantage of it."
Emerson added at this time: "The people of Holy Acropolis do have a very high level in terms of military and equipment, but when it comes to the management and economic development of the kingdom, they are like a group of wanton lunatics. Take Watchtown as an example.
They imposed heavy taxes on all industries in the town and
Each checkpoint charges high tolls. This method did gain a lot of wealth in the short term, but it completely hit the economy of Watchtown. No tourists are willing to patronize there anymore, and even the merchants in the north would rather take a few more detours.
Ten kilometers from the North Quarry into the Yuexi Plain."
The words "killing the goose and taking the egg" suddenly came to Todd's mind.
Dion gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty, please continue reading."
The picture from the first perspective has changed.
Seeing that the people in the convoy were indifferent, the hungry refugees took courage and reached out to the pile of food in the car.
A commander of the Holy Acropolis brandished his long sword and cut off the arm of a refugee while shouting loudly: "These are the food to be taken to the royal city! You bastards! Who dares to touch it?
I’ll chop off anyone’s head!”
Seeing the anger among the people, Dion from the first-person perspective drove his horse to find Gordon, the head of the mission of the Holy Acropolis, and said to him: "We should leave some food and distribute it to these civilians."
Gordon touched his beard and said in embarrassment: "The nobles in the royal city wrote a special letter, asking us to bring all the food to the Holy Acropolis. In the letter, they even used the words
This sentence - kill anyone who wants to get their hands on this food."
Dion said anxiously: "We can't just watch these people starve to death..."
Before he finished speaking, the scene gradually got out of control.
When they learned that all the food was aid from Muxi City, but had been monopolized by the nobles of the Holy Acropolis, the refugees who were overwhelmed by hunger and anger burst out with infinite courage and strength in the face of the bright swords and guns in front of them.
.They picked up all the tools in their hands that could be used as weapons, rushed onto the carriage, attacked the soldiers of the Holy Acropolis, and dragged bags after bags of food off the carriage.
The soldiers quickly launched a counterattack, cutting off the heads of civilians with their swords, splitting people's chests with their axes, and the shrill screams spread throughout the convoy, and the bright red blood stained the white earth.
When she saw a sharp spear piercing a mother holding a baby, the pale Mary put down the coffee cup in her hand, stood up tremblingly, and whispered to Todd: "Sorry, Your Majesty,
I need to go out for a while..."
Todd nodded slightly to her.
Mary stumbled open the door to the conference room and walked outside without looking back.
The picture on the screen is still continuing.
"Stop!" From the first-person perspective, Dion drove the horse under him, used his bayonet to deflect a spear, and shouted to the soldiers of the Holy Acropolis on the convoy: "Are you crazy?!"
With the intervention of Gordon and the Muxi Knights, the massacre of the riot was stopped in time, but more than twenty civilians died.
Dion looked at the room full of Muxi City's top officials and said in a sad voice: "Everyone here, I saw this scene when I was patrolling the perimeter of the mission's camp that night."
The scene in the memory changed again. As night fell, those who died during the day were gathered in the square of the town and burned.
A group of civilians took advantage of the darkness and sneaked to the corpse pile. They used sickles to drag the burning corpses out of the fire, then used hatchets to dismember the corpses and looted them all.
Listening to the gasps from the people around him, Todd stared at the picture and asked in disbelief: "This is?!"
Cumberland closed his eyes: "Hunger can turn humans into demons."
Friar Joe wiped his face: "I know the pain of hunger. It is definitely the most cruel punishment God has given to this world!"
Dion closed his memory screen and said to everyone in a pleading tone: "Everyone, as you can see, Watchtown has become a hell on earth due to lack of food. If there is no food from Muxi City,
These civilians can only wait to die. If possible, maybe we..."
There was a loud bang.
Emerson banged his fist on the table and shouted loudly: "Dion, find out your identity! You are the head of the mission of Muxi City, and you represent Muxi Kingdom no matter when and where."
Will, should safeguard the interests of Muxi Kingdom!"
Emerson stood up from his chair, walked to Dion, looked at this petite young man with a stubborn expression, and said in an unprecedented stern tone: "Your power is given by the king, and you
The power comes from the people of the kingdom! If you want to use the power in your hands, if you want to use this power, you must stand from the perspective of Muxi Kingdom and think about all issues! Remember this for me at all times
, if it weren’t for Muxi Kingdom, you wouldn’t even have a chance to stand here and make a request!”
Friar Joe looked at the frozen scene on the screen, shook his head slightly and said to Dion: "I understand your feelings, but we have no reason and no ability to take care of these civilians. We just implemented the agricultural development plan this year, and food has always been
We are in a tight situation. You should also know that even if we send enough food to Watch Town now, what about the rest of the entire Holy Guard Kingdom? Is it possible that we have to intercept the food belonging to Muxi City and give it all to those people?
Send it?"
Todd sighed heavily and said quietly: "Dion, your responsibility is to establish and coordinate the diplomatic relations between Muxi City and the Holy Acropolis. This is your most important task."
Dion took one last look at the tragic scene in the picture, turned his head and bowed to the king: "Your Majesty, please forgive my confusion. I was wrong about this matter."
Todd waved his hand: "Taking a step back, even if we transport food to the Holy Acropolis now, do you think those nobles will distribute the food to Watch Town? The answer is naturally no, they will only give the food to the Holy Acropolis.
We hide them all in secret and watch the common people of the kingdom die of hunger and cold one by one."
Seeing that the whole room fell into silence, Cumberland looked at the map in front of his computer and suddenly asked Dion: "When do you plan to leave for the Holy Acropolis?"
The dejected Dion whispered: "The mission will stay in Watch Town for a few days, waiting for the snowstorm to stop. In addition, the weapons, armor and obsolete war horses promised to our country by the Holy Guard City will also be transported to Watch Town in these two days.
Please pass it to us."
Todd nodded: "Dion, when you hand over these supplies, remember to inform me of the time at the meeting in advance."
Seeing that there were no problems with others, Todd closed the soul space and returned to his palace in the real world.
Huggins, who was standing aside, saw Todd open his eyes and asked softly: "Your Majesty, is the meeting over?"
"Um."
Todd stood up from the chair, moved his head, neck and arms, and asked Huggins, "Have they arrived?"
The latter nodded and said: "Master Terrence has taken Wayne and is waiting in the audience hall."
"Did you also bring the report I asked them to write?"
"Yes, the scholar named Wayne has been sorting out the relevant data of the soul experiment these days. According to his description, this experiment has great academic value. If it continues, it can even reveal the secrets of matter and spirit.