Chapter 418: Burning City

"It seems that everyone knows the news of the lack of food in the city..."

Hu Shinan leaned against the window sill of the restaurant, looking down at

the Shidan grain shop across the street.

The crowd crowded in front of the store has blocked the street. Among them,

there are both large households and ordinary people. Even if these people do

not know the true inside story, the rise in food prices is a fact. As long as

they are not people who have a large amount of surplus food at home, they will

worry about what to do if they cannot buy food.

Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that there are still people selling,

even if the price is a little bit more expensive, it is a normal idea for

ordinary people to buy some.

"You are an expert, and you can see results immediately." Another young man

sitting at the table raised his glass to him and said, "Mr. Hu, I toast you."

"Where is this!" Hu Shinan laughed and walked back to the table to clink

glasses with the youth. Although the other party was younger than him, he did

not dare to put on airs in his age.

only because this person is from the Privy Council.

He calls himself a Pelican and is a probing head.

Of course, Hu Shinan knows what a pelican is—it is a bird that is often seen

on the banks of Jiangnan Lake. It is shaped like a goose but has a huge jaw.

It can swallow a fish that is larger than its neck. Sometimes They will also

catch pigeons, free-range chickens and other birds, which are ugly and greedy.

"Actually...I didn't do anything." Hu Shinan politely said, "You provided the

money, and you also provided the plan. I just helped with it and implemented

it."

"Mr. Hu, you are too polite." Pelican smiled disapprovingly, "There is no

shortage of ideas in this world, but people who do practical things. You are

the president of Liuzhou Food Industry. You have extraordinary knowledge,

contacts and channels. , And these are the keys to turning ideas into

reality."

Speaking of this, Hu Shinan can't help but feel a little smug.

Indeed, it is necessary to coordinate the grain merchants in Liuzhou and

Gyeongju to reach an agreement, and at the same time, let the grain shops in

Shenju unanimously start to increase prices. This is not a veteran who has

been immersed in this industry for decades. It is absolutely impossible. So

smooth.

He worked for the Privy Council, and he also took a fancy to the benefits of

it.

Once the price of food in Shenzhou soars, the first place to put out the fire

must be the two neighboring states. In fact, the current double price is

enough to make a small profit.

But according to the meaning of the Pelican, the Privy Council is obviously

not satisfied with this result.

What they want is "the collapse of Shenzhou."

In other words, it will continue to rise until someone can't afford food and

die.

How many times is that? ten times? Twenty times?

The reason why Hu Shinan can become the leader of Liuzhou's grain industry is

due to the soaring grain prices caused by a flood more than ten years ago.

This opportunity now seems to happen again.

"But it's a pity to burn the food that I bought..." Hu Shinan turned his head

and looked into the distance-outside the rows of streets, gray-black smoke was

tumbling and rising. That was the rice noodles purchased by the Privy Council

burning. Whether it was coarse grains or flour, they were thrown into the fire

pit without blinking.

This is all money...

Especially after the rise in food prices, Hu Shinan felt even more regretful.

"Because we have no time to transport the grain back to Liuzhou. You should

know better than me what is the key to the looting of grain." Pelican said

unmoved.

There is no doubt that the answer is "supply and demand gap."

"The gap on the market is not equal to the actual gap." He picked up a piece

of pork belly with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. "Putting too much

food on himself can easily become a guilty person. In that case, why not

simply Burn the fire?"

Because that way, I won’t even stay back.

Hu Shinan opened his mouth, then took the words back.

——All the merchants want is to make money, and the Privy Council’s goal on

this point is not consistent with them.

What they want to do is to sprinkle money into the water, rely on the power of

a country to be born in Shenzhou to create a food shortage.

I am afraid that the scale and influence of this famine will far exceed any

previous natural disaster.

"Dear folks, please don't panic! The General Government of Food Issues already

knows that it will never make you hungry!" At this time, an uncoordinated

voice came into the wing from the window.

"Huh?" The two got up and walked to the window together-they saw several men

and women squeeze into the crowd to shout, repeating these slogans, this

action gradually attracted the attention of the masses.

The little book booth that book friends used before has gone down, and now

basically they are using \Mic\Mic\Reading\\ .

"Are they...?" Mr. Hu frowned.

"The Jinxia City Affairs Bureau is stationed in the White River City Branch,"

Pelican smiled, "It's a complicated name, right? You understand it as an

independent government office set up by the three princesses."

"The government can only rely on shouting?" Hu Shinan was puzzled. He didn't

care much about Princess Guangping's situation before, "And... Jinxia City is

in the east of Shenzhou, right? How could they be aware of the situation here

now?"

"I guess they are using the name of the General Bureau to build up their own

momentum. Who made the branch just recently established." Pelican waved,

called a subordinate, and whispered a few words in his ear, "Go ahead." "

"Yes."

After a while, someone mixed into the crowd and shouted at the people in the

branch, "You lie, I came from Jinxia City! There is not enough food there. It

is because the Princess has taken in overseas people. Hundreds of thousands of

mouths went out!"

"The folks, don't believe in the nonsense of these people! There is so much

food in total, and suddenly there are more than 100,000 people. How can you

divide it?"

These words were immediately echoed by some people.

"I seem to have heard people say before that the refugees from Leizhou were

indeed taken in by Jinxia."

"Isn't the matter about overseas people...have been mentioned in the weekly

paper?"

"How many people should there be in these two waves? There won't be hundreds

of thousands, right?"

The people in the affairs branch obviously did not expect such a situation to

happen, and they were a little stuck for a while, "But the General

Administration made it clear that there is no shortage of Jinxia—"

"Of course there will be no lack of words! Otherwise, how can you bluff

everyone?" Someone immediately interrupted him, "Guys, if you believe it, you

will put your life in the hands of others!"

"I said...Have the consciences of you people been eaten by dogs? I never

thought that if Jinxia is really short of food, you are killing people by

doing this!"

"Yes, it's murder!"

"Get out, UU reading www.uukanshu.com murderer!"

With the help of Pelican's men, the situation on the scene became chaotic.

Facing the suspicious eyes of everyone and the condemnation from time to time,

several people in the affairs branch showed a trace of fear. They moved back,

trying to get out of the crowd.

At this moment, Hu Shinan clearly saw a person walking around behind a woman

in the chaos, and took out a dagger.

may be just a collision in the crowd in the eyes of outsiders, but the woman

in the office of the affairs branch slumped with her waist, her face pale.

"It's... it's fatal!" someone exclaimed.

There was an uproar at the scene, and the crowd quickly dispersed to the

surroundings, leaving a blank space around the assassinated woman.

Many people were squeezed down in the process, shouting, crying, and crying

for help continued.

The chaos can no longer be controlled.

The people from the affairs sub-bureau also had no time to take care of the

others. They hurriedly picked up the woman and left without even noticing that

the other party's shoes had fallen off.

Only a pool of blood stained with muddy water remained on the ground.

The pelican raised his mouth slightly.

The branch office was stabbed in service, causing casualties, who should be

accounted for? What is truly terrible is not lack of food, nor famine, but the

hostility, fear, rejection, and doubt among people.

The human heart is the root of the turmoil.

He has already evoked the wildfire in these people's hearts. As long as they

are supplemented with fuel, this fire will surely burn the city.