(2-in-1 Grand Chapter)

The guards were all flesh and blood, and they felt very uncomfortable when they saw their compatriots in the fields gnawing raw wheat stalks, and even for a while they had no wheat stalks to gnaw on.

However, it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, and the more elite the soldier, the more so.

After receiving Bolton's order, the guards quickly divided into two teams, one team entered the field to guide the civilians away, and the other team prepared fire folds and fuel, and under the command of the commanders of each team, planned the direction of fire cultivation according to the topography of the Danyu Plain.

Soon, perhaps noticing what the guards were holding, a civilian foraging in the fields screamed: "They're going to burn the fields!" ”

This shout directly made the scene fry, and the civilians looked at the Guards one after another, and when they saw the fire and fuel, they all became panicked:

"The gods are above... Those cans are full of fuel?! ”

"They have fire in their hands, stop them!"

"What are you going to do?! Why burn these straws?! ”

"Dog officer! Don't give you a way to live, do you?! Fight with them!! ”

...

The crowd mood is like a high-intensity explosive barrel, which explodes as soon as it is ignited, and there are only more than 1,000 guards who enter the field to disperse the civilians, but the number of civilians is in the hundreds of thousands, and Bolton did not give the order to attack, and the guards did not dare to fight back without authorization after being punched and pushed, and they could not stop it, and they were quickly squeezed out by the sea of people.

Just when the civilians were rushing in anger, suddenly, Du Mingwei shouted loudly: "Protect His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The accompanying guards of the consul's residence were ordered, and more than 100 people quickly formed a shield wall in front of Bolton to prevent the civilians from continuing to approach.

When the civilians in the front row heard Du Mingwei's words, they were stunned for a moment, and subconsciously shouted: "His Royal Highness the Prince? ...”

A cry came out, and the exclamation suddenly spread everywhere, and the surging crowd slowly subsided, and everyone looked at Bolton blankly.

Burton didn't want to reveal his identity, but when Du Mingwei shouted, his identity suddenly couldn't be hidden.

A civilian tentatively asked, "Are you really His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

"Bolton van Dogoland, no doubt." Since he could not hide it, Bolton did not hide it, he briefly introduced himself, gave the civilians a military salute in return, and said in a deep voice, "Now that you know my identity, please cooperate with the royal family and withdraw from the fields." ”

A man subconsciously stepped back and asked in horror, "What are you going to do if we pull out?" ”

Bolton was not good at lying, and with his character, he did not bother to make up those false lies, and he said truthfully: "To tell you, according to the order of His Majesty, it is now necessary to remove all the wheat stalks in the Danyu Plain and plant blood essence grass instead, and in order to improve efficiency, I intend to use fire farming." ”

"Fire farming... No... Can't burn !! The man opened his arms to protect the bunches of wheat stalks behind him, and exclaimed, "This is all the food that everyone has worked so hard to grow, why did you burn it?!" ”

Burton has a bad temper, and if he wants to change to a nobleman, he has so much, and he just slapped it.

But Bolton was proud and not humiliated since he was a child, and his temper was even daring to contradict his father, but he was very patient when facing the commoners, and he explained bitterly: "Fellow citizens, please listen to me. I'll not hide it from you, these are extraordinary times, and Doguland is going through an existential crisis—"

"As we all know, there was an outbreak of the Zoo Epidemic crisis in Doguland 27 years ago, and later the source of infection was controlled with the help of the Purified Blood, and the Blood Essence Grass is necessary to make the Purified Blood."

"This year, there is a shortage of blood essence grass, and the despicable Far Eastern Dynasty took advantage of the danger of people and began to embargo blood essence grass on us, resulting in the inability of purified blood to be produced in time, and we were forced to rely on ourselves and cultivate blood essence grass independently, and the only place in the entire kingdom that meets the cultivation conditions is only here, Danyu Plain."

"I know you're having a hard time right now, but please also think about the royal family, if we fail to cultivate the Blood Essence Grass in time, resulting in the depletion of the reserves of Purified Blood, the tens of millions of infected people in the epidemic areas around the kingdom will all be out of control, and the beastial epidemic of 27 years ago will come back again, it will be a catastrophe!"

"So... Please, everybody! Please understand our distress! ”

The civilians present were both adults and children, and the children may have only heard about the bestial disease and had no specific concept of it, but many adults, especially the elderly, had experienced the catastrophe and knew how terrible the beast plague was.

At this time, when they heard Bolton say this, they were all stunned, and their eyes were full of confusion and panic.

Just when the civilians were at a loss, a woman shouted, "So what do we do?" ”

Bolton felt that the voice was familiar, and when he looked over, he realized that it was none other than the woman he had given him dry food when he entered the city, and she still held the little girl who looked like Solandelle in her arms.

The woman walked out of the crowd with her daughter in her arms, first bowed humbly to show her respect for His Royal Highness, and also thanked Bolton for giving her dry food before, and after bowing, she asked in a mournful voice: "I can understand the intention of the royal family now, but I also want to ask His Royal Highness the prince - what should we do?" ”

"Burn the wheat stalks of the Danyu Plains and plant the blood essence grass... Yes, this does ensure the supply of purified blood, and ensures that infected people in epidemic areas everywhere do not get out of control... But what about us?! ”

"We don't have any food now, and we have been forced to go to Danyuping to eat the wheat that is not yet ripe, and even to gnaw the wheat stalks raw. We're living so hard, and you're going to burn our only hope of living? Are we not the people of Dogurand? Aren't we worthy of the royal family?! ”

Bolton would not have any fear in the face of thousands of troops, but at this time, in the face of the woman's questioning, in the face of the innocent gaze of the little girl in her arms, he didn't dare to look at them directly, but just hung his head and muttered: "I came this time, I have brought food for everyone..."

As soon as they heard that there was a food suspension, the atmosphere at the scene heated up rapidly, and the civilians suddenly burst into cheers for the rest of their lives, hugging each other and crying:

"There's alms! That's great! The royal family did not abandon us! ”

"We're finally saved... Woo..."

"Baby, Dad will go to receive the food in a while, you don't have to be hungry anymore!"

"Dad, you eat first, you haven't eaten in days."

...

Just as the crowd cheered and celebrated, the woman looked at Bolton deeply, and when she saw his eyes dodging, the woman seemed to realize something, and asked silently: "Your Royal Highness, please allow me to ask you one more question-"

"The alms-food you brought... How many? ”

Bolton didn't know how to answer this question, he had the answer in his heart, Du Mingwei had already helped him settle the account, but he couldn't say anything, he could only look down at the ground.

The general who was dusted on the journey didn't even have the courage to look directly at a woman at this time.

After a while, Du Mingwei behind Bolton helped him say the answer: "His Royal Highness the Prince has transported a total of 360,000 tons of relief grain to Danyu City this time. ”

These civilians had not read much and had no concept of numbers, but they only felt that the unit of "10,000 tons" sounded very large, and they began to cheer again one by one.

The woman was not carried away by the huge numbers, and maintained the most basic calm, and asked Youyou: "I can only do laundry and cooking, I haven't read books, and I'm not good at arithmetic, and I ask Your Highness to tell me truthfully - how many days is the 360,000 tons of grain you brought enough for the people of Danyu City to eat?" ”

At this point, Bolton had nowhere to escape, and he lowered his eyes and said, "Two months..."

The cheers came to an abrupt halt as if they had been cut off by a sharp blade, and everyone stared blankly at Bolton.

Gradually, exclamations abounded:

"Can only eat for two months? How is this enough? ”

"The harvest season in various places will be until next year's blessed season at the earliest, and only two months of relief grain will be distributed, and we will be asked to eat soil in the next few months?!"

"No! Unless the grain is replenished, the wheat straw in the Danyu Plain must not be burned! Otherwise, everyone will starve to death! ”

...

The woman looked at Bolton sadly and said faintly: "Your Highness, we can understand that the royal family is in trouble, but I ask you for one thing on your behalf... Could you please go back and think of another way with His Majesty the King? ”

"In the past few days, we have been hungry all the time, hungry ourselves, hungry families, hungry everyone, and even many people have watched their relatives starve to death... Do you know how harrowing that scene was? ”

Burton's fists were clenched, his nails were already sunk into the flesh, and his eyes wandered and he said, "This time, the royal family is sorry for everyone... But please understand that this is for the sake of the big picture. If this is not done, more people will die in the event of an outbreak of bestiality. ”

The woman wiped her tears and sobbed: "You are a great general, a person who does great things." In your eyes, the so-called casualties may be just a number, and if you can save the majority by giving up the few, you will do it...

"But have you ever thought that we are all human beings just like you. Is there anyone who was born to be a victim of others? We want to live, is there anything wrong with that? ”

Bolton looked up blankly and looked at his yellow-skinny compatriots.

Suddenly, he recalled the scene before he was a child in the army.

At that time, Perseus asked him why he wanted to be a soldier, and he patted his chest and replied, "What else?" Defend the country! Whoever invades my homeland, Lao Tzu will cut off his head! Whoever bullies my compatriot, Lao Tzu will directly crush him! ”

Burton remembered very well that his father scolded him for his rough words, uneducated, and unashamed of a prince.

But for Burton, that's what he said in his heart, he has been dusty for more than ten years, and whenever there is a war on the frontier, he will charge forward, all for what he thinks in his heart.

Many people say that he has great achievements, and his fame and achievements are no less than his second brother, since Andre is called the "Prince of Mercy", he Boton should be the "Prince of Bravery".

But for Bolton, he had no ambitions, neither wanted fame to be admired by all, nor did he want to fight for an illusory title, let alone fight with his siblings, and he was not even interested in the throne.

became a king, and all kinds of affairs were entangled, delaying Lao Tzu to drink with the soldiers.

In his life, as long as he can defend the territory and protect his compatriots, it is enough.

But what now...

It is certainly not wrong to plant hemorrhagic essence grass to suppress possible outbreaks of bestiality.

But... What about the compatriots of Danyu City?

Before coming here, Bolton was ready for an iron fist, but this kind of thing is easy to think about, easy to say, but how difficult is it to actually do?

Tzu is not in charge of soldiers, if he meets the enemy, or faces someone who has unforgivable sins, the sword in his hand will definitely be faster than anyone else.

However, like this woman said, what did they do wrong?

They didn't do anything wrong, but they were just by their side as usual, by their families, living in peace and stability day by day, and finally being swept into the whirlpool of blood essence grass... Can they be blamed for this?

They're just people who want to live, what's wrong with that...

The woman wiped her tears and whimpered: "Your Highness, like us, you have a family, if it is your family that is affected here today, can you also do it?" ”

Bolton was silent, this assumption must not be true, no matter how depressed the royal family is, it will not become a famine, if it really changes, it can only be that the country of Dogurand is gone, this kind of discussion is meaningless.

But if you think about it, what if you don't come from the royal family? If you were born into a civilian family and encounter this kind of famine, suddenly a team of people comes over and says that they want to save more people, please sacrifice yourself.

What desperate words would be...

Occasionally, Burton's gaze swept over the woman's arms and landed on the little girl who resembled Solandelle.

The little girl with long white and blonde hair curled up, not in good spirits, but her big blue eyes were still full of innocence, staring at him silently.

This is someone else's daughter, not Solandale, and Bolton knows that.

But ask yourself, if it's really his sister in front of him, is there any way he can do it...

At this moment, the little girl seemed to be a little uncomfortable, reached out to cover her mouth, and her face became ugly.

She was still enduring it at first, but she couldn't bear it anymore in the back, and suddenly she began to vomit in a big gulp, which scared everyone around her.

The woman immediately hugged the little girl tightly and cried at a loss: "Baby! What's wrong baby?! ”

Burton also leaned forward with concern, squatted down and grabbed her hand: "Child, what's uncomfortable?" ”

The little girl leaned sickly into her mother's arms and murmured, "Belly... Upset stomach..."

Bolton looked at what the little girl had just spit out, there were green wheat in the mucus, and blood could be faintly seen.

The experienced farmer next to him quickly recognized it: "These wheat are all green, not yet ripe, it is difficult for adults to digest when they eat, she is so young, eating this kind of thing will definitely spoil her stomach..."

This situation reminded Burton of the time when Solandelle was sick.

As soon as my sister fell ill, the whole palace was in a hurry, the palace doctor urgently prepared pills, the father and queen mother stayed by the bedside all night, and the royal cook did not dare to sleep all night, for fear that Her Royal Highness the princess wanted to eat something and no one would do it, and the ministers who heard the news would come to visit from thousands of miles away.

And the little girl of the same age in front of her, when she was hungry, she could only eat the immature ears of wheat, and she couldn't digest it and vomited all over the ground, except for her mother, who was crying in a hurry, no one could help her, so she could only bear it sickly by herself.

Fate, how unfair...