I don't know when, it started to rain continuously in the sky, and the rain fell on Bolton's exquisite armor, splashing fine water. Drops of water kept dripping from his face, and his eyes were lonely as he sobbed due to an uncomfortable stomach.

little girl.

Gome walked carefully behind Bolton and said in a self-reproaching tone: "Your Highness, it was the decision made by Inspector Lin Gengsen and I to let the civilians enter Danyu Plain. We really couldn't bear to see the civilians starve to death and be killed.

Forced to do this, if Your Highness wants to accuse us, please punish both of us."

Lin Gengsen also followed, and his tone was extremely painful: "That's right, Your Highness, we can just bear the blame... Please don't embarrass others..."

Du Mingwei sighed softly, squinted his eyes and stared at the fields full of hungry people in front of him, and said silently: "Your Highness, let me explain to you. Opening the Danyu Plain to the common people is actually drinking poison to quench thirst."

"Let's not talk about the health problems of eating those green wheat ears. These wheat ears are not yet mature. Now let civilians eat them. Even the wheat stalks will be chewed off, which will cause huge damage to the subsequent production."

"Assuming that one acre of land could feed five people in the past, but now it is eaten by civilians in advance, it may actually only be able to feed three people - and this is without setting fire to the fields."

"If the current situation continues, even if the royal family withdraws the order to cultivate blood essence grass and allows the wheat ears in Danyu Plain to continue to grow, the output will be severely damaged due to premature destruction of wheat fields, and it is very likely that it will still be

Some people will not be able to eat."

"In other words, some of the people you see now are destined to die."

Bolton stood in the rain, silent. Behind him were the most elite soldiers in the kingdom, and in front were the toiled and toiled people of Danyu City. Their eyes were staring directly at Bolton, and the gazes coming from all directions seemed like

It turned into walls, making him unable to breathe.

Finally, something in Bolton's eyes seemed to have collapsed. He slowly closed his eyes, pointed at the messenger beside him, and said two words deeply:

"Food relief."

The personal guards, noble officials, civilians... everyone was stunned when they heard it.

The messenger looked at Bolton blankly, and then at the civilians who were just as dumb as him...

It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, especially for a messenger like him. It is not allowed to question the orders of his superiors, so he said nothing, turned around and left to deliver the order.

Seeing Bolton's eyes blank, the lieutenant general felt that he was acting emotionally, and he suddenly became anxious.

The deputy general's status in the Guards Corps is second only to Bolton. He is not comparable to ordinary soldiers and has a great say. He immediately held Bolton's arm and shouted: "Your Highness! You have the king's order!"

Bolton's tiger body trembled, and he came back to his senses as if he was waking up from a dream. He shouted sternly to the messenger: "Stop!"

The messenger hurriedly stopped and waited for the next instruction.

As soon as Bolton finished drinking, he fell silent again in the face of the restless civilians.

The scene was silent except for the sound of wind blowing and rain falling.

I don’t know how long it took, but Du Mingwei took the lead and knelt down in front of Bolton. He said nothing, but it was silent and more like a sound.

Immediately afterwards, other officials and nobles followed suit and knelt on the ground with their foreheads pressed to the ground. Common people from all directions also knelt down in groups, like chopped down wheat stalks.

Surrounded by the bowing crowd, Bolton's newly aroused fierceness seemed to have been extinguished again. He raised his head and faced the increasingly heavy rain, and let out a long sigh.

"Food relief." Bolton repeated these two words without saying anything more, turned around and left, his desolate back gradually disappearing into the rain.

...

Danyu City was saved—at least for the time being.

Bolton did not burn Danyu Plain, but preserved it intact, giving the civilians of Danyu City hope to survive in the future.

On the other hand, since the wheat ears in Danyu Plain have not yet matured, and there is a shortage of food in the city, in order to ensure that the crops are not destroyed, and to prevent food poisoning caused by eating green wheat ears, Burton collected Andre's food.

All 360,000 tons of relief grain were given to Danyu City.

Compared with the huge number of people in Danyu City, this amount of relief food is far from enough, but at least it temporarily relieves the urgent need.

On the day of the food relief, the people in Danyu City were filled with excitement. The common people were grateful to Prince Bolton for his wise decision, to His Majesty the King for sending the savior to Danyu City, and even more grateful to Prince Andre who worked hard to raise the food for everyone.

On the day when Bolton led the Guards Corps to leave Danyu City, the streets were already crowded with people. The dark crowds were separated on both sides by the cordons drawn by the Guards, but their enthusiasm did not diminish at all. They held the newly received gifts in their hands.

Donating food, shouts of thanksgiving swept across like a wave.

Facing the grateful people, Bolton did not respond. He just silently rode out of the city with his regiment, completely losing the vigor he had when he first arrived.

The lieutenant rode beside Bolton and lowered his voice to ensure that only Bolton could hear: "Your Highness, please forgive me for talking... I think you have made a big mistake in this matter."

Burton asked silently: "What is right? What is wrong?"

The deputy general said in a deep voice: "With Wang Ling on your side, you should plant the Blood Essence Grass no matter what. This is for the sake of the overall situation."

Bolton gave a short sneer and said expressionlessly: "You mean, if the people don't let us burn the fields, I don't need to pay attention to them. I can directly issue an order to burn them, including their people and their fields, right? Burn the people."

Turning it into ashes, maybe it can make the land fertile and make the blood essence grass grow faster, right?"

The deputy general pursed his lips and whispered: "We obey you unconditionally. If you really give this order, we will also execute it."

Bolton's eyes seemed to be on fire. He pointed to the relief grains held in the hands of the civilians and said seriously: "Open your eyes and look at those grains! Those are all raised by my second brother's hard work day and night! How many days has he

I stayed up for several nights and was so tired that I vomited blood, just to raise more food and save a few more people. Even before I fell into coma, I was thinking about the thousands of people in Danyu City!"

"Second brother is worried about the country and the people, and his heart is full of tears. You want me to be a butcher? You want me to burn the people he cares about into ashes?! If I do this, how can I have the face to see him in the future?!"

The lieutenant general was speechless. Firstly, he really did not dare to contradict His Royal Highness when he was angry. Secondly, he did not know how to answer. He could only sigh secretly, feeling sad that Bolton had received such a dilemma.

I don’t know how long the silence lasted, but the deputy general muttered in a low voice: "Your Highness, we won’t talk about what has happened. Have you ever thought about how to explain it to His Majesty when you go back?"
Chapter completed!