Chapter 792: Unloading the mill and killing the donkey
Once upon a time, Victoria in the eyes of the summer breeze was a paradise.
The city of Harpy, which has the privileges of the infected in the south, is even more livable than Colombia, a technological powerhouse, and the presence of gangs poses no threat to him, and has even become a stepping stone to the rise of Black Feather.
At the beginning of life in the Rhine, the distant mountains predicted that something great would happen in Victoria.
At that time, he did not know what this so-called major event was, he thought it was a natural disaster, a man-made disaster, or even a terrorist attack like Chernobog.
However, he never imagined that the events in the distant mountain prophecy would be far beyond his expectations.
If the Chernobog incident in 1096 was a full-scale outbreak of the contradictions between the Ursas infected, then today's Victoria is staging the [prequel] of Usas's extreme rule.
Unlike the unitary Ursas, who was extremely dominant, Ursas still stands.
But the chain reaction caused by Victoria's "prequel" may push the country into the abyss.
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The snowflakes never stopped that night, and from the north to the south, it was as if even the sky was sad about what was happening in this country.
Kuroba's convoy headed south, following the wave of the infected's flight and leaving the north.
In fact, this was also their last chance, just 3 days after they rescued Vina and returned to the south, the entire north was put under full martial law by the Central Army.
A large number of troops were mobilized to the junction of the north and the south, and the strong smell of gunpowder wafted through the country.
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Even now, Xia Feng still couldn't figure out why Verin had made such a stupid choice.
Of course, this may not be her choice alone, but as the ruler who inherits the throne, she still has the ability to veto.
Crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, unloading mills and killing donkeys are the dirty methods commonly used by capitalists.
Over the years, the large workforce provided by the infected has helped Victoria become an industrial powerhouse.
Nowadays, the rapid rise of Yuanshi Technology has repeatedly reduced the value of traditional labor, and now it has become a dispensable state.
Yes, the presence of the infected increases security risks, such as crime, riots, and even mass infections caused by improper disposal of corpses, and the expulsion of the infected is imperative given the current development of the Empire.
Survival of the fittest, by pushing a small group of people to hell, leads a larger group to heaven, as rulers, though cold-blooded, but resolute.
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However, there are many ways to expel the infected, including the previous tidying up, increasing taxes, forcing the infected to leave on their own, etc., all of which are long-term effective methods.
Just like a class, the class teacher wants the male students not to have long hair, and they can reach a consensus through a variety of methods, such as emphasizing the rules, putting mental pressure on the long-haired students, arranging sanitary labor, treating them differently, and so on.
However, if the head teacher doesn't say a word, just after the regulation is made today, he takes a clipper the next day and pushes all the boys' heads into boiled eggs, then it will inevitably lead to conflicts.
Even if the contradictions do not break out at that time due to various reasons, the seeds of contradictions will be planted in people's hearts.
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Because of years of wanton oppression, the upper echelons of the empire treated the infected as lambs without teeth and claws, and wanted to drive and slaughter them at will.
Indeed, a single wolf can run around chasing hundreds of sheep, and with Victoria's national power, expelling the infected does not seem to be risky.
But the flock doesn't rebel because there isn't a leader who is big enough to set a subversive concept for the flock.
If this leader convinces all sheep that sheep do not need to eat grass, but are born to eat meat, wolves are the food for sheep.
Turn revolt into a given concept, and a terrifying conflict will be born.
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Black Feather's convoy headed south in the wilderness, and it was silent in the car, and no one spoke.
Xia Feng's gaze drifted to Vina's face from time to time, wanting to confirm whether she was still crying, and to his relief, Vena's tears were so precious that they were rare to see a few times in his life.
A few days later, the convoy returned to the city of Harpy, and his black and white twin also made it through the 12th cycle, having been in his body for a full 1 year.
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Eastern suburbs of Hapi City.
Just as Black Feather's team car was about to drive into the city, Xia Feng suddenly saw a large group of people standing in the wilderness on the outskirts, with a rough estimate of at least more than 10,000 people.
"Ah Guang, what's going on over there!"
"I don't know, why are there so many people."
A few days had passed, and the natural disaster in Notting City had settled, and he couldn't figure out why so many people were standing in the icy wilderness.
Suddenly, Xia Feng looked stunned, as if he remembered something.
"Ah Guang, drive the car over."
"Okay."
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In the eastern suburbs, large crowds sat on the ground, some using limited tools to set up simple tents to block the wind, while others leaned against each other to keep warm.
At first glance, it looks like a miserable refugee camp in the movie.
Pushing the car door, Xia Feng walked towards the crowd with an anxious expression, and in the process, he even saw a lot of straw mats wrapped in human shapes arranged on the periphery, which should be dead corpses.
Standing in front of the crowd, Xia Feng shouted loudly.
"What's going on here!"
Hearing his voice, the hollow-eyed people in the wind and snow raised their heads when they heard the sound.
When they saw Xia Feng's face clearly, their eyes glowed with hope.
"Lord Xia Feng, you're finally here!"
"Great, we finally arrived, Lord Xia Feng really didn't lie to us!"
At this time, Xia Feng saw several familiar faces in the crowd, these people seemed to be the infected people he had brought out from Notting City before.
A young man who looked fairly young walked up to Xia Feng and said excitedly.
"Lord Xia Feng, you don't have to worry, we have been following the arrangement, after coming out of Notting City, we gathered in the eastern suburbs of Happi City, and no one ran around."
As he spoke, his expression suddenly darkened.
"We didn't go into the city, we didn't go to other cities, and even if we did..... Some people didn't survive the cold, and we didn't run around. ”
At this time, a group of soldiers in military uniforms came to Xia Feng on the periphery of the crowd.
"President Xia, you are finally back, these infected people don't know what evil they have been, they don't eat soft and hard, they just don't leave here, and they don't even let us deal with the dead corpses, saying that they must wait for you to come, look at this ....."
Looking at the yellow and thin faces that were crumbling by the cold wind, Xia Feng pursed his lips and unconsciously clenched his fists.
Because of the suddenness of the incident, he went to the north without mentioning the placement of these infected people brought out of Notting City, and it has been almost four or five days since this back and forth.
Unexpectedly, he just said casually at the beginning, asking many of these infected people to wait for him outside the city, and these people fulfilled it so firmly.
Even if you are hungry and cold, you don't have to find a way to survive, what a lot of trust this is.
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Xia Feng exhaled in the cold wind and said to the officer next to him who was dutifully guarding the infected.
"Brother, leave these people to me, please dispose of the dead bodies."
In the past, it would have been impossible for the military to allow individuals to house infected people, no matter what happened, but nowadays, the so-called regulations are meaningless.
These soldiers are all from the Southern Military Region, and as soldiers, they know very well what will happen when the world is in turmoil due to a natural disaster.
"President Xia, then please, we have to rush back to the military headquarters after we deal with it."
"Leave it to me."
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After explaining the army, Xia Feng turned around and took a deep breath, shouting loudly at the infected in front of him in a loud voice.
"Brothers and sisters, I've been waiting for a long time, now listen to my command, everyone enters the city from the entrance of the East City, and goes to the Celt neighborhood, I Xia Feng said that I will bring you out of the natural disaster one by one, and now, I will let you live one by one!"