Did she turn out to be so cruel? Meisha was questioned by Anthony and soon began to doubt her life.
"When you have the ability to save lives, it would be cruel not to do it, especially when it will leave you with endless troubles. Thousands of dawns are waiting for you to save, but you cower in your own safe territory.
Ignore their painful wails outside the pass. Without adults' food, do you know how many people will starve to death?" Anthony asked sadly.
Meisha's heart became heavy and she shook her head.
Anthony sighed: "I don't know the specific situation of the Principality of Us, but based on the situation in the Holy Church's jurisdiction, the food gap in the entire plane may be as high as five percent."
Five percent? That’s not a big number? Huh? Holy Church? His Majesty Anthony? Acting Pope! Mesa finally realized who the mysterious cloaked man in front of her was.
Anthony obviously saw the disapproval in Mesha's eyes and shook his head: "This is not a problem of five percent. When five percent of the population in the entire plane has no food, what does it mean? It means that the price of food can be increased indefinitely.
, until five percent of the population completely starves to death."
"Add in hoarding, uneven distribution, inconvenient transportation, war chaos, etc., this number may increase several times. In order to prevent themselves from becoming one of the few percent, hungry people can do any cruel thing, such as killing
The minotaur ate it."
Warnia came and caused misfortune, she looked around blankly with her bull's eyes: Why do you want to eat the minotaur?
Lisa, Nigris, Roger, etc. were all silent. Of course they heard what Anthony meant. If you can eat minotaurs, you can eat other things, such as the same kind. If it really comes to that point
, a hungry creature can definitely do such a thing.
Rogge suddenly said: "In the past, when the Undead Empire encountered this kind of situation, it would directly launch a natural disaster of the undead. Instead of killing the same kind, it would be better to send them to death."
Everyone from the Abyss of Rest looked at Lisa, because Feilin almost made the same decision. If Lich Dungeon could not solve the food crisis, Feilin was ready to launch a natural disaster of the undead.
Anthony continued: "Although there is a gap, can we do nothing? We can completely control food, crack down on hoarding, organize to resume production, and find substitutes for non-staple food. The five percent hard gap, as long as we manage it well
, can completely make up for it.”
"As long as the control is good, the hard gap can be completely made up, but all this can only be achieved with efficient organization and unified distribution. If you are only satisfied with resisting the enemy outside the country, it will be equivalent to giving up the territory of Uzbekistan.
Of those poor farmers, this number may be as high as 25%. Based on the population of the Principality of Us of 5 million, 1.2 million people may die."
Meisha's legs were a little weak. This number was too big. She couldn't stand still just thinking about it. So many people died because of her... It was none of her business.
Meisha struggled and said: "But if I send troops into the territory of Us, it will be my loyal soldiers who die. What if I fail?"
Oh, you are very clear-headed and a qualified leader.
Anthony nodded approvingly: "You should have this concern, but it doesn't exist now because we support you."
As Anthony spoke, he shrank behind Ange and patted his chest vigorously. From that posture, it was obvious that this "we" included Ange.
Ange didn't want to fight and interfere with his farming, so he slipped the collar of his clothes behind his back and carried him back.
Anthony shrank his neck and smiled.
"Hahahahaha..."
“Ahaaaaaah!!”
Seeing Anthony deflated, everyone laughed like crazy, especially Nigris, who laughed the most exaggeratedly: "I'll let you talk about it all day long, Ange won't let you do this."
Anthony scratched his head sheepishly and started laughing himself.
Meisha looked on with fear. Is it okay for everyone to laugh like this? Isn't His Majesty the Vicar angry? Why is it that among these people, the Vicar's identity is not so easy to use?
After a burst of laughter, probably because it was rare to see Anthony deflated, Luther was in a good mood. He stood up and patted his sword and said: "Sir Anthony, let me help you. I and my dragon-patterned steel core, mithril, filigree, magic pattern, earth-covered and forged
Ouch, Ouch, the sword will help you.”
Before he could finish his words, Luther was beaten so hard that he ran away with his head in his arms, but he still read out the name of the sword in full while running.
Lightning also patted his chest with his hoof: "Sir Anthony, I will help you too."
After a bit of joking, everyone simply went to pack their luggage and organize their equipment. Looking at them like this, it was not so much helping Anthony as they were bored and looking for something to do.
Looking at this 'army', Mesa couldn't help but feel moved. She knew the strength of the Us Principality very well, having been a neighbor for so many years.
If Ange's people help, we can indeed capture the Principality of Us at a very small price.
In this way, there is no need to hoard heavy troops at the border or allocate food relief. As Anthony said, there is a shortage of food in the entire plane, and Meisha is no exception.
The Principality of Rosa is not a grain-producing country. It used to buy food, so the food pressure was very high. However, because of this, several large grain storage fortresses were built, and the food was relatively sufficient.
But who knows when this disaster will be over? If light can't get out, no matter how big the grain fort is, it won't last a few years.
The best way was to end it once and for all, and this time it was Us who drove the refugees to her first, so she was forced to take action. As long as she used the banner of rescuing the refugees, she would occupy the moral high ground, and no one could condemn her.
Grit your teeth and do it.
After careful discussion with Anthony, Mesa agreed to raise the army in two days, and then went back to prepare.
After Mesa left, Nigris flew over, raised his short paws, nudged Anthony with his elbow, and asked: "What on earth do you want to do? Don't tell me that you are really kind and want to save those people."
Are you the landless peasants of Ouse?”
Anthony spread his hands: "Of course, I am such a kind person, otherwise what?"
After the joke was over, Anthony said solemnly: "On the one hand, I want to install nails in the western diocese. The locations of Us and Rosa are very critical. Secondly, what Us did is too bad and artificial.
Land annexation, if everyone does what they do, the common people in the west will no longer have a way to survive and will either become slaves or starve to death."
"Oh, you are afraid of causing a chain reaction, and it will be troublesome if everyone follows suit." Nigris suddenly understood, and at the same time he understood why, despite his busy schedule, Anthony specifically asked Ange to summon him after hearing that they were in the Principality of Rosa.
come over.
It was not easy for Anthony to come over. He had to be teleported to the Abyss of Rest first, then sent to the Kingdom of Heaven through the Stairway to Heaven, and then came here through the portal of Heaven. He had to go through several times, and the traveling expenses were several times higher.
"Now the entire plane is standing on the activated magic egg, and there may be an outbreak at any time. After the news about Us spreads, it will easily form a demonstration effect. Those unscrupulous landlords and nobles will look at it and think, hey, it can still be like this.
What? Not only can we eliminate excess population, but we can also annex land and obtain a large amount of cheap labor. We can also drive away refugees and impoverish our opponents."
"This is already happening in my diocese. I killed three archdukes and a king, but no one dares to do it anymore. Then help me tell the adults that I am short of food."
Nigris curled his lips: "You can tell it yourself."
Anthony had no choice but to walk over and said a few words to Ange. Ange suddenly stood up and shouted excitedly, summoning the little angel, zombie and others.
Nigris was stunned. When Anthony came back, he couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "What did you tell him? Didn't he want to farm? Why are you so excited?"
Anthony spread his hands: "Let me tell you, sir, there is a large salt lake in the Principality of Us. The composition of the salt in it is different from the salt we eat. Deyiyi will use it as fertilizer, which can replace plant ash."
"Pfft..." Nigris spat it out, looked at Anthony up and down in shock, and said:
"I finally understand. You were defiant on purpose just now. When you mentioned this potassium salt lake, Ange wouldn't refuse at all, but you didn't. You were deliberately looking for deflation. Although it was embarrassing, it also brought you closer.
You are so far away from everyone that even Luther Lightning is willing to joke with you. Oh my god, I kind of understand why you can climb to a high position every time you are reborn."
Anthony smiled slightly and said enigmatically: "A wise man once said that even if you want to achieve a shocking feat, you must do it as one of your own."
"Which wise man said that? How come I haven't heard it?" Nigris frowned, and there are wise men's slang that the God of Knowledge has never heard of?
Anthony said proudly: "The wise man's name is Piero."
"Zobada, isn't that what you said yourself?" Nigris was angry.
Anthony is actually quite dangerous. He is too far away from the inner circle, and his identity is very sensitive, which makes everyone feel separated from him. Over time, there will be a gap.
That is to say, the circle with Ange as the core is not a circle that likes to fight and fight. His relationship with Ange is also a strong faith connection. Otherwise, rumors would have been flying all over the sky and bad things would have been spread everywhere. As a human being, he
I have seen too many things in more than a thousand years, and I feel most comfortable staying here in Ange.
But just because he's too comfortable and doesn't care, he can't stop working hard to build a good relationship, right. Occasionally a little embarrassment can bring everyone closer. When it comes to building relationships, he's quite proud of it.
But Anthony's pride was gone by evening.
"What? Sir, he broke into the territory of the Principality of Us and wiped out Us's army? How many people did he bring? Three? Little angel zombies and lightning? Add potted saplings? I... Is my plan too complicated?"
…
Grand Duke Lenat of Us led his troops and drove the refugees forward along the way. Occasionally, he came across corpses lying on the roadside, and he directly picked them up with his sword and fell into the grass and woods under the road, without even bothering to collect them.
The Grand Duke's deputy said hesitantly: "It would be bad to just throw them aside like this. It would be bad if they turned into undead and harassed them everywhere."
Lennart waved his hands indifferently: "Don't be afraid, I'm not afraid of living things. I'm afraid of dead things. They're just undead. Just kill them again."
The deputy who may have read a lot of knight novels disagreed, but he didn’t say anything and changed the topic: "With so many people passing by, is it really possible to break into Rosa's territory? If Rosa closes the border, we will all be cavalry.
, you can’t defeat those infantry in the mountainous areas.”
Lennart smiled slightly: "Do you think your Grand Duke is the kind of playboy who knows nothing but only steals beautiful women?"
The deputy's eyes widened in shock: Isn't it?
To be continued...