Chapter 1298 The Undercurrent That Surfaced

The God-descendants occupied Jiangcheng for more than three months. During this period, they coerced the people to threaten Nirvana City, and gained a lot of benefits.

In terms of food alone, Nirvana City has not given much in the past three months. If it weren't for the support of the goblins and the continuous growth of crops, Nirvana City's own food supply would have collapsed.

The gods are like parasites attached to Nirvana City, constantly sucking blood.

Three months have passed, and the season has entered winter. Even if the buds are struggling to grow, the crops will grow slowly in the cold environment. Under the cycle, Nirvana City is approaching the verge of food shortage.

In response to this situation, the top leaders of Nirvana City are as big as a bucket.

"Your Highness, in ten days, there will be another request for food, but now the food in the warehouse is given to them, and we can only use it for half a month."

The official in charge of the city treasury reported to Gong Xiaobai with a crying face.

"How long does it take for our farmland to harvest?" Gong Xiaobai asked, rubbing his aching head.

The official in charge of the farmland replied: "It will take at least another month."

"It's been so long, isn't there a half-month blank period?"

Gong Xiaobai was silent for a moment.

"Save it up, for example, implement the rationing system as before, can it survive?"

The city treasury official shook his head.

"No, the half-month mentioned by the subordinate is already considering the implementation of the rationing system."

Gong Xiaobai's face was ugly, and he looked at Yaya who was sitting beside him and said, "Yaya, can you prepare a potion that can shorten the growth cycle of crops?"

Yaya said in embarrassment: "It can't be done. Plants cannot be spawned indefinitely. Now the crops in the field have been spawned twice, and if they do it again, not only will they not be able to promote growth, but they will not be able to bear fruit directly afterwards."

The current crops are generally spawned twice by the force of nature and once by medicine, which is already squeezing their life potential and reaching the limit.

If it is spawned again, although the crop will not die, it will cause it to fail to bloom and bear fruit.

Seeing that the road on Ya Ya's side is impassable, Gong Xiaobai turned to look at Mei Mei.

"Auntie, can you ask for it again from the goblin clan?"

Charming showed a embarrassed look.

"In the past three months, we have borrowed food every month. Although the goblins didn't say anything, it's not an option to go on like this."

Borrowing again and again, like a bottomless pit, no one can stand it.

Because the two sides are allies, although the goblins didn't say anything on the surface, they must have opinions underneath.

"And as the weather gets colder and colder, the crops will basically stop growing after a month at most. They also need to store food for the winter. If they borrow it this time, they may not be able to give it out." Charming said.

"..."

"Then what should we do now? In addition to the gods, the food given to Jiangcheng is also needed by the hundreds of thousands of city residents. But if we give it to them, we won't be able to hold on. This..."

Gong Xiaobai has grown up.

"Your Highness, it really doesn't work. Let's go to negotiate with the God-descendants to see if we can provide less, at least to survive this winter." An official suggested.

"No, this is absolutely not possible."

Charming first rejected the proposal.

The official asked depressedly: "My lord, why not? Do you think that negotiating with them has no results, so you vetoed it? In fact, you can give it a try and work hard, in case they agree."

The other people present shook their heads when they heard this.

This case is too naive.

Now it's me for the fish, and the man for the knife, why do people talk to you, and pin their hopes on a robber who has held a city hostage, isn't it too naive.

Charming sighed: "Don't pin your hopes on the descendants of the gods. Let's not say that they won't agree. Even if they do agree, we can't and dare not give them less food."

Everyone was puzzled.

Some officials asked, "Why, if they really agree, why can't we reduce food?"

Charming looked at the doubtful eyes of everyone, sighed secretly, and said with a wry smile: "Do you think the gods will tighten their belts and go hungry because of the lack of food, or will they withhold the food that should have been provided to the citizens of Jiangcheng?"

Everyone suddenly realized.

But that's not it.

The food provided by Nirvana City to Jiangcheng every month is not only for the gods, but also includes the hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangcheng held hostage by them.

If the food is reduced, the first thing the gods have to do is to ensure that they can eat enough, and the rest will be distributed to the citizens of Jiangcheng. This is obvious.

"If we really want to negotiate, the god-descendant side has agreed. Not only is this not a good thing for us, but it is a bad thing." Charming continued.

With less food, the descendants of the gods will not be starved, but the people of Jiangcheng will definitely suffer. It is impossible to say that people will starve to death.

Once people are starved to death, it is hard to say that the descendant of the gods will not take advantage of it and add obstacles to Nirvana City.

For example, he preached to the citizens of Jiangcheng that the reason why people died of starvation was because there was not enough food in Nirvana City.

The common people don’t care what the reason is that Nirvana City didn’t provide enough food. They are more concerned about whether they can live. After knowing that people starved to death because Nirvana City didn’t provide enough food, what kind of emotions do you think they will have?

If the god-descendant tribe uses this matter to provoke them again, there is no guarantee that there will be no troubles, or some disasters will be planted.

So no matter what, you can't go to the gods to negotiate.

After the charming reminder, everyone thought it through and found it difficult.

"This won't work, and that won't work, so what should we do now."

The officials yanked at their hair irritably.

Looking at the frowning crowd, Gong Xiaobai couldn't help saying subconsciously: "It would be great if uncle was here, he must have a way to solve our current predicament."

His words, after being heard by everyone, really resonated.

"Yes, if the commander-in-chief is here, this matter must be easily resolved by him."

"Well, just like many things in the past, once the commander took action, all problems were solved."

An official said suddenly: "Let me tell you, if the commander-in-chief left earlier, even if Jiangcheng fell into the hands of the gods, he would definitely be taken back, and it would not happen to be occupied for a full three months. "

"yes."

One piece agrees.

Almost everyone felt that if Chen Fang had been there at that time, the gods would not have been able to occupy Jiang City at all, and Nirvana City would never have fallen into the current situation.

"bump."

A loud slap on the table suddenly sounded, startling everyone, and they all looked over.

I saw a young man sitting beside Gong Xiaobai staring at them.

"You guys are talking useless things. When are you talking about being handsome or not? Is he really that powerful?"

"Even if he is really as powerful as you said, people don't know where he is now, is it necessary to mention him here, can he solve the problem, or can he produce food."

The young man, Barabara, said a lot of things, most of which were saying that the people on the scene were too useless to give useful advice, only to say useless nonsense.

And there are many gossips against Chen Fang.

It is said that Chen Fang is a commander in chief, but he can't be there when Nirvana City needs it, and he doesn't know what to do when he goes out.

It's useless to be scolded in front of people, and all the officials present looked ugly, but the fact is, after all, they really didn't think of a way to do this, so they could only swallow their anger.

But people who are close to Chen Fang, such as Gong Xiaobai and Yu Mei, are not happy.

You can scold the people below, or scold them themselves, and you have nothing to say, but you can't scold Chen Fang.

What is a vegetarian meal.

Nirvana City was able to develop to what it is now. In terms of it, Chen Fang is at least half of the credit, or even an exaggeration, it can be 80%.

If it weren't for Chen Fang, even if Nirvana City could be built, it would be destroyed in one incident after another.

Also, what qualifications do you have to teach Chen Fang a lesson? Today, every person in Nirvana City counts as one. Even Gong Xiaobai, the lord of the city, is not qualified to teach Chen Fang a lesson. You are just the spokesperson of an alliance of aristocratic families , What qualifications do you have to clamor.

Gong Xiaobai looked unhappy, Charming turned cold, Yiyi Yaya and Luoluo sisters also showed disgusted expressions.

"Pu Luo, no matter what the commander does, he has his reasons. You are not qualified to comment."

Mei Mei looked at the young man named Pu Luo and said coldly.

"As the spokesperson jointly recommended by the nobles and the family, I am not qualified to comment. In this Nirvana City, except for the palace, I can't say who is who."

When Pu Luo spoke, his expression was unusually arrogant, and his attitude was even more rebellious.

"Nirvana City was built and developed under the auspices of my master. His contribution is unparalleled, so no one is qualified to comment on him." Luoluo stood up and said angrily.

Puro smiled disdainfully.

"No qualifications, okay, let me just talk about qualifications. If it weren't for the support of us nobles and aristocratic families, Nirvana City would have fallen into a famine two months ago. If it weren't for our help, Nirvana City's economy would have collapsed at that time Now, if it weren’t for us, it’s uncertain whether Nirvana City would still be here, why have you all forgotten these things, are you saying that I’m not qualified now?”

This sentence made Luo Luo, who knew the truth behind it, almost hit someone with his hands.

What Pu Luo said was not a credit, it was clearly a crime, but Luoluo didn't know how to refute it, pointing at the arrogant Pu Luo and blushing.

Seeing her sister like this, Luo Luo stood up and said to help, "Hmph, you're still ashamed to say, if it wasn't because you secretly bought and hoarded food without us noticing, and because Nirvana City hadn't established a complete trading system , took advantage of the opportunity to speculate, and mastered most of the trading markets in Nirvana City."

"Two months ago, because we had no food, we almost couldn't fulfill the conditions of the gods, and how the market was chaotic and almost collapsed."

"Later, when Nirvana City was about to collapse, you stood up and settled it, but I really thought we were fools and couldn't see why you did this. Now you are ashamed to say that it is your credit, shameless."

After Luo Luo finished speaking, many officials of Nirvana City present glared at Pu Luo one after another.

Just as Luo Luo said, Nirvana City almost collapsed two months ago because of the people's deprivation.

It was the united nobles and families behind Pu Luo that caused the situation.

Maybe you will ask how there are nobles and families in Nirvana City.

It really does exist.

Moreover, these aristocrats and aristocratic families are still old-fashioned.

The source of it was the slaves imprisoned by the demons and wild beastmen who were rescued by Chen Fang when he led his troops into the southern border earlier, as well as the people who survived the two cities of Jiang and He and later migrated to Nirvana City.

At that time, some of these nobles and families were hidden among the slaves, and some of them migrated and settled in Nirvana City.

In the early stage, these nobles and aristocratic families were relatively honest and did not make any troubles.

But as Nirvana City gradually stabilized, these nobles and aristocrats and aristocratic families were not satisfied with the pursuit of wealth after initial accumulation and some recovery. They also wanted to intervene in the management of Nirvana City to gain power.

Therefore, under the contact and organization of people with good intentions, they made a secret alliance in the early stage, integrated the injured resources and wealth of each company, and when the management of Nirvana City was not paying attention, they shorted the market of Nirvana City little by little, and controlled most of the transactions under their control. hands.

After making some preparations, they did not surface immediately, but waited for the opportunity.

And this timing was exactly when the god-descendant race invaded Jiangcheng and threatened Nirvana City with the citizens. They felt that the timing had come and they began to make troubles.

At that time, because the food on the market was estimated to be sufficient until the next batch of crops matured, Nirvana City did not reserve it, and directly borrowed the missing part of the food from the goblins, and handed it along with the stored food to the gods. Completion condition.

But right after the food was sent out, the nobles and the aristocratic families united and secretly paid high prices to quickly clear the food on the market. As a result, the citizens of Nirvana City could not buy food, causing a food shortage.

The management of Nirvana City immediately conducted an investigation after noticing it, but you don’t need to investigate if you don’t want to. When the nobles and aristocratic families just took action here, those nobles and aristocratic families launched a spokesperson, that is, Pu Luo came out. It was they who told Gong Xiaobai and the others so clearly.

At that time, Yumei was very angry, and she wanted to find out those nobles and families and wanted to kill them.

But those nobles and aristocratic families are very thieves, on the surface they only let Pu Luo stand out, but they hide themselves so deep that they won't let you find them at all, leaving Deyou Mei and the others helpless.

The angry Meimei arrested Pu Luo at that time, but on the day Pu Luo was arrested, the nobles and aristocratic families who controlled most of the transactions in Nirvana City and controlled nearly 70% of the economy immediately plunged the entire market of Nirvana City into chaos.

Their purpose is to threaten and charm them, not to hurt Pu Luo, and at the same time make Nirvana City have to agree to their conditions.

The methods of the nobles and the aristocratic families were very sharp, and they almost collapsed the economy of Nirvana City in half a day. Faced with this situation, Meimei and the others were unable to deal with direct Muggles, and had to make a compromise in the end.

As a result, Pu Luo, as the face of the nobility and aristocratic family, entered the center of power in Nirvana City. Standing here today, he dared to slap the table and scold the officials of Nirvana City.