The day after writing that article and finalizing the publication of the Ronninger affair through Fluorite, Gastens left Roswell. Daisy and William dropped him and his entourage off at the station. After a brief farewell, Gastens stepped on the train back to the province of Ensten. The announcement of this issue of "EZVIZ" will definitely arouse the close attention of the Royal Police to "EZVIZ" and the people who have participated in the creation of "EZVIZ". Daisy has her father with her, and she should be fine. He Gastens didn't dare to show his head rashly, and he was arrested again, but there was really no one to save him.

And the departure of Gastens did not have any effect on the progress of the whole incident. On the fourth day after the publication of "EZVIZ", the day after New Year's Day, mass demonstrations and protests broke out in many major cities, and people took to the streets with flags and placards, shouting that they would thoroughly investigate the truth of the Roninger massacre and bring Charlie Roning to justice.

"Your Excellency, Prince Dawn Gibson has arrived."

The servant, dressed in the traditional costume of a noble squire, stood in front of the Grand Duke of Ronin with a respectful attitude. Grand Duke Luo Ning, who was nearly seventy years old, coughed twice and put down the "Fluorite" in his hand. The newspaper has now become a specter that has been repeatedly banned, and its copiers are everywhere.

"Dress me."

Charlie Ronin stood up tremblingly, and the two maids behind him hurriedly stepped forward, one supporting him and the other helping him dress. The old-fashioned aristocratic costume, which is more than 200 years old, still fits well under careful care. The medals on top of each other echoed with the movements of the maids.

It took twenty minutes to get dressed, and the old man, who had put on his full formal suit, seemed to regain his strength, and he shook off the maid's hand, and walked slowly but surely into the parlor. Prince Dawn Gibson was already waiting in the living room, and when he saw Grand Duke Ronin, he hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to hug him.

"Uncle Luo Ning, I came to see you on behalf of my father this time, isn't it embarrassing for me that you are dressed so formally?"

"If you don't wear this, are you going to shackle me and take me to Roseville at once?"

Grand Duke Ronin's voice was low, but it was very powerful. Dawn Gibson apologized again and again, helped Grand Duke Ronin to sit down, and then asked about Ronninger.

"Uncle Ronin, please forgive me directly. Now the matter of Ronninger has been poked out, and there is news of them everywhere. Demonstrations broke out in more than a dozen large cities such as Roseville and Vane City. The National Police Agency was a little overwhelmed. Many people are asking, why did you slaughter the city, my father asked me to come over, I also want to hear if you have any troubles. In any case, over the years, you have seen and remembered your help to my father, and you will never be ungrateful. ”

Grand Duke Ronin did not immediately answer Prince Daun's question, he sat on the sofa and breathed softly, the breathing sound was long and even. It took a long time for the old man to speak in a somewhat lonely voice.

"My son, your brother, Snow, died in this riot."

After saying this, the old man fell silent. The whole room was breathtakingly quiet. After another moment, Dawn Gibson broke the silence.

"I know, Uncle Ronin, I'll report this to my father."

"That's my only son."

"I know, Uncle Ronin."

Once again, the room fell silent. This time there was a longer silence, and Archduke Charlie Ronin clearly did not want to speak. The old man has lived a very majestic life all his life, but it is not smooth in the inheritance of future generations. Four children were born before and after, three girls and one boy, all of whom died halfway. The only youngest son, Snow, was a child that the old man only had when he was forty-nine years old, and he spoiled him like something. Seeing that this child spent his childhood safely, lived past his youth, and was about to grow up and take over the hereditary title of Grand Duke Luo Ning, he didn't expect such a come, and was crushed to death in the riot by a despicable, unknown dregs. When this kind of thing happens, no one will be able to control themselves.

Dawn Gibson stood up and bowed to Grand Duke Ronin.

"Uncle Luo Ning, if there is nothing else, I will go back first."

"The Glacier Defense Line, our Luo Ning family has been guarding it for six hundred and twenty-seven years."

"I know."

"Let's go."

"The boy is leaving."

After a brief conversation, Dwayne Gibson turned away, and Charlie Ronin sat down on his huge couch and fell silent. When Dawn Gibson looked at him for the last time, he felt that the couch looked like the mouth of some giant thing, as if it was about to swallow him in one gulp.

——————————

Aki Waitan, a buddy at the Abundance Grain Store, knew that as long as he did the slightest thing wrong now, these people in front of him would eat him raw.

This little grocery store in Blackwood would not have had anything to do with it anyway. Aki Waitan has always felt that he can only be in the company of insignificance for the rest of his life. Even some strange things he had encountered, such as men in black robes asking about the price of food, only asking if they didn't buy it, etc., were just a little insignificant splash in his long life.

But now, those who marched through the streets because of the Ronninger affair and hunger have smashed open the doors and barricads of the grain store, allowing the cold wind of deep winter to blow into the grain store that has not yet opened. Some of them were armed with weapons, some were bare-handed, and the only thing they had in common was the green light in their eyes.

"Say! Where is the grain! ”

The leader was called Noop Vitra, five big and three thick, not tall, with fierce eyes. Archiv Waitane was forced into a corner of the grain store by him, and remembered his boss's request.

"Aki, if someone storms the grain store and something like Ronninger happens, you tell them that the grain is only the ones in the warehouse, and the rest, you don't know anything, remember?"

"That's right! Where is the grain! You black-hearted grain merchants are hoarding! No one who starves to death is afraid of God's damnation! Hand over the grain! ”

"Yes, hand it over!"

The crowd besieging the grain store was agitated. Aki looked out through the gap in the crowd, and all he could see were people. He had to deal with these people every morning, they lowered their eyebrows and pleasing their eyes, stayed up late to line up, and the first thing he said when he saw Aki was often "Okay, give me more food", and the feeling of being prayed for sometimes made Aki feel good.

But Aki didn't know why those obedient food buyers had become such murderous thugs. His gaze lingered on the smashed barricade of the grain store, answering the questions of the thugs in front of him.

"That's it...... That's all......"

"Impossible! You're selling more food than this every morning! Why is there so little today? Say, "Have you hidden the grain?" ”

"yes, it's hidden!"

"Hand over the grain!"

"Hand over the grain!"

The leader, Nupp Vitra, stepped forward and grabbed Aki by the chest and lifted him off the ground, "Boy, listen to me, if there is no food, I can't guarantee what these people behind me will do, whether you can see the sun tomorrow, no one knows." Anyway, you're just a part-time worker, tell us where the food is, and we'll spare you from dying. If you don't say it, we'll eat you! ”

Aki shuddered, looked at the fierce eyes of the person in front of him, hesitated for a few seconds, and gave an answer.

"The grain and granary are in the courtyard of No. 7 Xilanhua Road."

"Oh!!!!!"

The crowd erupted in loud cheers, and the odd Mp Vitra dragged Aki out of the grain store and pushed him to the front of the line. A large procession followed Nupp and Aki towards their destination. The deep winter wind blew into Aki's body, which was not wearing a coat, and the blow made him chill. But even so, the people around him were filled with what can be called fanatical passion. They howled and screamed, gathering more and more people along the way. These people converged into an increasingly powerful stream of people and rushed to their destination.

Located in the yard at No. 7 West Lanhua Road, the destination for storing grain.

Along the way, Aki saw that almost all the grain stores had been smashed down, and expensive rye and even more expensive wheat were scattered on the ground, like abandoned pets.

"Ahh

Aki sneezed, and he felt like he was going to freeze to death without his coat. Noop Vitra, who was pushing him forward, noticed him trembling and turned his head and shouted behind him, "Give me a coat!" ”

Someone threw a coat from behind, and Knoop draped it over Aki, pushing him on. But the team didn't advance long before it was stopped. It was a line of policemen, all carrying steam backpacks.

The procession fell silent, and the people stopped about ten meters in front of the police queue, while the people behind continued to advance, compressing the distance between the two.

"You can't go any further!"

"We want food !!!"

"You can't go any further! Give me back! The town hall will give everyone food! ”

"You liar! You don't have any food at all! The granaries are empty! We want food! ”

The shouts of the people in the crowd were louder, and those shouts were coming from behind them, fearless. Standing in the first row, Aki and Knoop could already see the steam coming out of the pressure relief holes of the steam rifles.

"We want food! Grain! Hand over the grain! ”

The people in the back row were still pushing and shoving, and the people in front of them were already close to the muzzles of the policemen's guns in their chests. I don't know who it is, and I don't know why. It seemed that all of a sudden, the sound of gunfire rang out.

————————

"There was also a riot in Blackwood", Imperial Chancellor Emile Owen stood in front of Paul Gibson with a serious expression, "Your Majesty, something must be done".

"What measures?"

Paul seemed to be distracted, and he was stunned for a moment before he reflexively asked a question.

"Ronninger's business, the price of food."

"Deal with grain merchants, our military spending will not be enough."

"Your Majesty, if you don't deal with it, something big will happen."

Paul Gibson was silent. He now faces a dilemma: if he wants to deal with the price of grain, he must deal with the hoarding of grain merchants, but these grain merchants have always been dependent on the royal family for survival, and have provided great support for his wars. If the issue of food prices is not addressed, similar riots will occur frequently, and his rule may even be threatened.

"Your Majesty?"

The emir asked again, "The ministers are still waiting." ”

"What do you think?"

Emile Owen's own family was also one of the grain merchants, and Paul asked this to see the sincerity of his family.

"Deal with grain merchants and punish them severely."

"What about your own home?"

"Your Majesty can give you a way to live, food and money are things outside the body, only the support of Your Majesty is the guarantee of our Owen family's inheritance."

"What about military spending?" Again, Paul asks the crucial question.

The emir was silent for a while, and then gave another answer.

"Your Majesty, when the pig is fattened, it can be killed."

Hearing Emile's words, Paul looked at him with some surprise, and after a long time, he let out a soft breath and leaned back on the cushion.

"I see, tell the outside, ten minutes later, emergency meeting."

"Good!"

The emir nodded in response, and turned to go out the door. Paul looked at Emir's back, looked at it for a moment, and laughed softly.

————————————

"I thought that His Majesty would be more powerful, but a few riots seemed to break his mind, which is really disappointing."

Paul Chung sat on his favorite couch in the hut, with a glass of lunding in his hand, grinning. Martinez and Brooklyn sat across from him, their expressions relaxed.

"After all, he has never been a real emperor, and although the Great Magister suppressed him a lot before, he also helped him carry a lot of pressure. Now there is no backer, on his own. He wasn't an invincible being like a magister, and he was definitely worried about his position now. People, once they start worrying about their position, they become suspicious and anxious, and no one can resist this law. ”

Martinez responded with a grin, still holding the copy of "Fluorite" in his hand.

"Blackwood's riot, also arranged by you?" , Brooklyn cares about something else. More than a hundred people had died in Blackwood's riots, and she was a little uneasy as a possible emissary.

"We didn't arrange it, it was just a few shouts, and they started fighting on their own. In the final analysis, it was the emperor and the grain merchants who did too much on their own, and this is not how the money was made. If you look at my pyroxene, it's tripled, and it's discounted for the military, isn't it okay? ”

Gurakos was still grinning. But Brooklyn was a little upset for some reason. She stood up and walked out.

"I'll go out and breathe."

Paul Chung and Brax looked at Brooklyn and laughed as they saw Brooklyn go. After laughing for a while, Paul Chung changed the subject.

"The emperor has begun to thoroughly investigate the grain merchants, and it is estimated that he can calm the anger of many people."

"But Ronninger's business, he hasn't done it yet."

"If my son had died, I would have slaughtered the city, understandably."

"But those mud legs and blue dogs don't intend to understand, and those communists, this newspaper has had a lot of influence lately, don't you care?"

"That's what the emperor is worried about, what I care about is when he will move Luo Ning, Luo Ning and the army of the Southern Theater, but his biggest reliance on the spring offensive. If they break up, won't that one come to me? ”

"When the time comes, the debacle of Tulucas will be over, right?"

"That's nature."

With that, the two started laughing again. After laughing for a while, Paul Chung stood up, "I'll go out for a walk too." ”

"Hmm."

Martinez watched Paul Chung go out, picked up "Fluorite" again, and looked at it carefully.