I, the prince in distress, send money

Chapter 170 Interlude

The sound of pencil writing and drawing on A4 paper, the "rustling" sound, was like a death ghost, constantly howling at Chris who was holding the pen.

+I'm hungry. I need food. Food...+
Chris scratched his head, looking at the application documents for increasing/purchasing food supplies, confused.

Are all the players in this Tiger Group pigs? Are they all such big eaters?

Chris was a little confused, but didn't think much about it, because all these foods had to be purchased with the merits and money of the Mountain Tiger Regiment.

For example, this week, the Tiger Regiment recharged over one million yuan, and most of the money was used to buy food, and a small part was used to buy various basic medicines and medical supplies such as bandages.

Chris didn't care what Xiaodao and his friends were going to do. He had given them the money anyway, so even if they used the food to feed the pigs, Chris wouldn't lose out. In fact, thanks to the crazy spending of the Tiger Regiment, he had enough funds to feed the refugees and prisoners of war.

So, what is a player?
Players are our bread and butter.

Therefore, Chris hopes that the Tiger Group will continue to spend money... No matter what they want to do, as long as they don't do anything cruel and evil, he won't care and has no energy to care.

He is too busy.

How to say it, Chris underestimated the players' abilities. The army of players he released on the map was like turning on the dyeing mode, quickly eroding the white color that originally belonged to the Republic and dyeing it into the green that belonged to Prince Chris.

Town after town, village after village.

Among them, there are some outstanding regiments, such as the Han and Tang Warriors Regiment. Chris didn't know how they managed to completely incorporate an entire town.

Then they gathered all the people in the town, men, women, young and old, and used horse-drawn carriages, donkey-drawn carts, ox-drawn carts, and carts to form a logistics fleet that ran between Bolas Fortress and Oncandra, opening up three safe passages.

You know what, this kind of logistics business not only allows the Han and Tang Warriors Corps to easily support thousands of NPCs, but also has the spare capacity to recruit and train a 200-man escort team... equipped with cold weapons.

With these NPCs, Han and Tang Warriors only needs to send out a dozen players as leaders and instructors to make money continuously from the logistics business.

However, this is not the limit. Chris heard that the commander of the Han and Tang warriors was still planning to go to other places to recruit the rebels and prepare to set up a second transport team.

Chris still supports the actions of the Han and Tang Warriors Corps. They are helping him occupy those places in disguise.

To show his support, Chris also provided the Han and Tang Warriors with several technical NPC followers to reduce their training troubles. He also provided policy support, including tax exemptions, business introductions and other things.

Chris's main idea behind doing this is just one... not to provide much help, but also not to cause unnecessary trouble to the players.

Supplies are always available. Chris provides 24-hour online service. Even if players come to visit him late at night, he will get up from the bed and open the shopping platform to buy the supplies they urgently need.

Chris is really busy, and this is not a joke or pretentiousness.

There are more than 20,000 refugees, prisoners of war, and original militiamen who are counting on him. It would be strange if he is not busy.

If there were a complete civil service system, even a leadership team and grassroots at the village level in 21st century China, Chris would not be so busy.

He doesn't have it, or this system is still being cultivated and he is still studying in night school.

"Well, if it doesn't work out, let's just hold a second round of the civil service exam."

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Being able to eat enough is definitely a good thing.

Asa had heard similar truths before, but he was too young to understand them.

It was not until natural disasters and famine struck that Asa's family and even the entire village were forced to flee. He went hungry for nine meals in three days and then realized what it meant to starve to death.

Three of Asa's family of five starved to death during the escape. Only he and his mother managed to escape alive to Bolas, and then lived in a refugee camp, where they had a full meal after a long time.

Later, Asa became a militiaman and owned fifty acres of land near Bolas.

However, this land is not important, because the land on a hillside is all sandy and red soil, and can't grow any crops. It can only grow potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams, and the yield is low, which can only make a living all year round. It is completely different from the land owned by the militia in Biqi Town.

Even so, when Asa and his mother got the militia deed, he still cherished it very much. He specially asked a carpenter to order a small wooden box that was anti-theft and moisture-proof, put the deed in it, and then hid it in the most secluded place in the house.

Yes, with land comes a home. Asa's new home was at the foot of the hill to the left of Fort Bolas, given to him by Prince Chris the day he joined the militia. So, when the Republic's Third Infantry Regiment attacked, Asa eagerly signed up to fight. During the battle, he and other militiamen held firm on Train Hill, fighting for a day and a night in a trench with flintlock rifles, prepared to die on the battlefield.

They cannot retreat. If they retreat, Prince Chris will lose. If he loses, the militia will lose their land and homes, and everyone will have to flee again.

Therefore, after the victory of the war, there was no need for Prince Chris to mobilize. Most of the well-fed refugees and militiamen "spontaneously" carried out internal cleansing of the followers of the Alanka priests around them.

This includes those who already believe in the Mother Earth, and they also follow suit.

Everyone knew what happened inside Bolas Fortress, and everyone knew that someone had betrayed Prince Chris and everyone.

Is the door that those traitors want to open just the door to Bolas Fortress?

No, what they wanted to open was the gate to hell. They wanted to send down all the people gathered here who depended on Prince Chris for their lives.

It's a matter of survival and they don't deserve to be forgiven.

Therefore, in corners that Chris did not know or see, many people were killed by their neighbors.

Asa also participated in the incident and stabbed one of them to death with his own bayonet, while his militia captain watched from the side and urged other militiamen to stab him as well, so that everyone had a share.

Everyone was afraid of leaks, and they all knew Prince Chris's rules.

Therefore, Asa and his men did everything to the extreme. Once they were sure that someone was a fanatical believer in the Mother Earth, they would kill their entire family without leaving a single one alive. They would stuff the bodies into the stove and burn them to ashes, and would beat the bones that could not be burned into powder with hammers.

It is impossible to count the exact number of deaths, because new refugees arrive every day and people die every day.

The reason why those who died was not because Chris did not feed them enough or did not give them enough medicine was because some of them had been exhausted from long-term hunger and walking. When they saw hope, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Once the breath is released, the person dies.

The doctor players gave these people first aid, using emergency injections, stimulants, and glucose drips, but they could only save a portion of them. Most of them closed their eyes forever in hope.

So, for Chris, he really didn't know how many refugees were under his command. As long as someone deliberately concealed the facts and didn't report them, he wouldn't know.

Some players who have been living with NPCs do know about this kind of thing, but they never say anything and don't report it. They just discuss it in the game forum and lament the authenticity of the game.

Why not report it?

Because this incident was the undercurrent caused by their proposal and leading demonstration.

Why do this?
Because it's fun.

In the end, it was Connie's people who discovered the clues and quietly reported it to their superiors, and then Connie went to find Chris...

"Let's just end this matter here and pretend it never happened."

After a moment's hesitation, Chris gave his instructions.

"Don't investigate further."

Chris could easily guess that, apart from the players, no other group had the organizational ability to connect so many people to work silently.

Therefore, there is no need to investigate. Even if you investigate to the end, nothing good will come out of it.

However, this also made Chris realize his lack of control over the grassroots.

How to do?
Let’s learn from the wisdom of our ancestors. What was the baojia system like in the Ming Dynasty?
Let's try it on Bolas's side later, but we have to wait until the war is over, because no one can implement the system. Even the best system is useless.

Asa didn't know about this behind-the-scenes story. He was just proud of himself for helping Prince Chris clean up the traitor.

The only flaw was that the culprit, Priest Alanka, ran away and no one knew where he was hiding. Asa and other militiamen searched for him for a long time but couldn't find him.

This is such a pity.

(End of this chapter)