Chapter 168 168. Do you expect the shadow to help you fall in love...

Author: Yuyu Kuaidong

Chapter 168 168. Do you expect the shadow to help you fall in love...

Finally, darkness enveloped the city like a thin skin.

Garbage recycling trucks appear on the road, people who have finally finished working all night, and young people who are tired from playing all night are walking with their heads down like a school of fish swimming upstream.

The number of people is not very large.

The prosperity of New Yokohama was somewhat damaged by the plague.

Before dawn, Nance returned to Class 9 and prepared documents in his office.

After the sun came out, the gaps between the green trees were silhouetted on the desktop, swaying slightly in the wind. He was immersed in looking at the computer, and sometimes he used his fingers to write and draw on the screen. In the distance, from the world outside the wall, passers-by came.

Sounds of verbal abuse and fighting.

Nance turned and looked outside.

There was a painful sound for a while, and then it calmed down.

Such small-scale chaos occurs frequently.

The impact of last year's snowstorm was really great. From south to north, and from east to west, many places in California are still in a state of severe famine. The heavy snow has cut off the land transportation channels from north to south, making the imperial capital's influence on California even greater.

The situation continued to decline, and California’s local bureaucrats failed to act, resulting in widespread starvation to death.

The spread of plague caused even greater panic.

There are far more homeless bodies on the streets of Shin-Yokohama than in previous years.

Leave the plague matter to Tokisaki, and I'll focus on food prices... Nance sighed slightly and returned his eyes to the screen, analyzing the current situation.

Du Xiuxian has been busy during this period of time.

How to distribute disaster relief and how to stabilize soaring food prices are his top priorities.

Through Sister Marlene's huge network of relationships, he gradually made secret contact with many local grain merchants in New Yokohama. He used the political resources of the imperial capital and the opportunity of the influx of northern capital into New Yokohama to win over as many of these grain merchants as he could.

, leave all the things that cannot be won over to Nance, and let Nance try to see if he can be coerced and used.

After Ma Lian was pulled onto the grain merchant's ship, she gave Du Xiuxian a list of die-hard grain merchants.

Then, the cunning fox kicked all the troubles to Nance like he was kicking a snowball, saying bluntly, "These are all your achievements in the future..."

Pooh!

Nance spat secretly.

The meaning of this move is to let him do it hard.

However, Du Xiuxian no longer had the energy to deal with those stubborn elements. During this period, he had been busy mobilizing food to maintain the distribution of basic rations for disaster relief, which had consumed all his energy.

It's a pity that the waterway for transporting grain has never made any progress.

The Kwai Chung Cargo Terminal was originally a breakthrough, but because of the plague, it was surrounded by the city hall under the pretext of finding an excuse. All cargo ships arriving at the port were unable to unload and could only wait for the day when the lockdown was lifted.

It is completely unrealistic to rely on the current grain stocks on the market to sustain the supply until new grains are released.

Du Xiuxian's actions have been hindered by too many complicated interests. Now he can only hope that Nance, a newcomer to politics, can clean up this mess in an unreasonable way.

As for whether Nance will be retaliated against in the future...

What does it have to do with him being a member of the imperial capital?

Although Nance is a political novice, he has been a demon of jealousy for so long, and he has become more and more skilled at guessing other people's thoughts. Naturally, he is very aware of the old fox's behavior that pushes him to the forefront, but he just doesn't want to do it.

It's just a matter of calculation at this juncture.

Of course.

He is not a naive and honest person either.

Du Xiuxian's daughter has not married him, so he will not be polite to the old fox.

Today you plot against me, and tomorrow I will ask Marlene to plot against you and the Li family. If you don’t want to trick me, I will write your name upside down...

After thinking wildly for a while, Nance returned his attention to the screen.

In terms of personal ability, he knows nothing about business. Therefore, he does not plan to participate in any grain business wars. He can just leave that to Marlene. He is responsible for supervising Marlene and teaching some people who are not afraid of death.

Specifically, it was Akasaka Shuichi and those big grain merchants.

I heard Sister Marlene say that after President Yamamoto died, Akasaka Shuichi personally took over the matter of collecting grain. The reason may be that he was reluctant to part with such a big piece of fat, or maybe he was holding back his breath and wanted to make peace with Nance.

Let's have a head-on showdown.

Nance is naturally happy to see this happen.

Not to mention that old and new grudges can be settled together. If this kind of battle is successfully won in the end, he will definitely win a huge amount of wealth. With money, plus enough reputation and connections, he will do something more powerful when the time comes.

Meaningful things will no longer be delusions.

At this time, he already had a hazy thought in his heart that was difficult to clarify.

It won't be long before he will find the final way to become a demon, but right now, this idea has not yet become clear.

"Dong~"

There was a knock on the door.

Nance looked up.

There are two heads popping out from the crack in the door.

The younger one among them had a fierce grimace, obviously trying to scare him.

"Ha~!"

Li Qingxian jumped into the house, curled his hands into claws, and looked over with a wink.

Ah... so scary..." Nance quickly patted his chest.

"..."

This acting was so fake that Li Qingxian suddenly lost interest, curled his lips, walked to the chair in front of him and sat down. The person following Qingxian was naturally Li Qinglian. She was wearing a white skirt, with a bright and clear smile, and her eyes were full of life.

Hui.

When my sister made a face just now, she even stuck out her tongue on her face. After seeing Nance's lackluster performance, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Why do you come over here when you have time?" Nance asked them with a smile, "Didn't Miss Irene let you come over to her reporting station?"

"It's still early, mother asked me to bring you some breakfast." Li Qinglian put a small thermos box on the table, opened the lid, "Yao Zhu lean meat porridge, you eat it while it's hot."

“It smells so good~”

Nance sniffed it and took a few bites eagerly.

When the soft hot porridge is eaten into the stomach, it feels warm, and the fatigue of getting up early feels like it has been swept away.

"Are you going out today?" Li Qinglian asked with a smile.

"Let's go find Ma Lian in the afternoon and then meet with Du Xiuxian."

"By the way, I saw Shi Qi in the corridor just now. When she saw me bringing you breakfast, she asked me to tell you that when she and Marlene go out, Marlene will pay for all necessary and non-essential expenses.

money."

"Oh. What a money man..." Nance smiled.

Li Qingxian, who was opposite him, snorted slightly and looked at him with disdain: "Uncle, you are so useless!"

"Why am I useless?" Nance asked curiously.

"All the money in the family is taken care of by women, isn't it useless?" Li Qingxian looked at him. He originally wanted to make a more contemptuous expression, but he couldn't help but yawned, and his whole face suddenly turned pale.

Becoming lazy, "If you can come up with a lot of money, I won't have to work and I can sleep whenever I want...ah~"

After that, she really closed her eyes and fell asleep on the table.

"I really envy you. You can sleep anytime you want..." Nance stretched out his hand and rubbed her pink hair.

"Speaking of it, I have a headache about this." Li Qinglian sat down on the chair next to him by the window, took a notebook and pen from the table, and glanced at his sleeping sister: "When I woke up, how did I feel about her?

My temper seems to be much stronger than before."

"This is what children who lack family care are like." Nance looked at the little hedgehog's delicate face, smiled, and turned back to comfort his sister: "You are still young, and your personality is easier to correct. You don't have to worry."

Li Qinglian looked at him and winked slyly: "Then I'll trouble you, brother-in-law~"

"Easy to say!"

Nance patted his chest in assurance.

The title "brother-in-law" is quite useful to him.

In the bright morning light, Li Qinglian was leaning against the window, humming a beautiful melody softly, holding a pen in his hand and writing something in a notebook happily.

Nance looked sideways at her from time to time.

Whenever she found Nance peeking at her, she would half-bend and salute, saying: "My dear, please concentrate on your work."
To be continued...