Chapter 162: The Black Curtain (7)
"Alright, let's go back first. www.biquge.info"Before leaving, Ao Xingfeng took a deep look at the upturned soil.
Back in the city of Sintia, the ministers had been waiting in the council chamber for a long time.
"Lord!" Seeing Ao Xingfeng enter the hall, the ministers bowed neatly and greeted him.
After three or two steps through the crowd and sitting on the throne, Ao Xingfeng spoke: "What's so urgent?"
"Without the resources of the undead, we may not be able to afford such a large population. One of the ministers sighed with sorrow on his face.
"Yes, there is simply not enough food to feed the entire city, and there are no merchants to move goods, and the development of Sintia City is becoming more and more deformed. Another minister chimed in.
Since providing a stable supply of troops to the undead, the undead will attach a lot of food as assistance every time they transport resources, but the undead convoy has not been visiting Sintia City in the past two months, not only the people need food, but even the huge insect swarm in the deep valley is a headache for Ao Xing.
At first, I just thought that the undead had an important battle and delayed the time, and the insect swarm was still rioting, and in two months, the number of insects had reached more than 100,000! A whole mountain wall was dug like honeycomb coal, Ao Xingfeng was even worried that the mountain wall would collapse that day, and originally considered that if he took the initiative to find the undead, he would be bargained, but now the situation is forced, Ao Xingfeng has to temporarily put down his arrogant face for the sake of his subjects.
"Well, send an envoy tomorrow to inquire what the situation is, and how long can the food in the city last?" Ao Xingfeng asked.
"If we were rationed normally, we would probably be able to last for about a week. The storekeeper said, flipping through the small notebook.
"Then the ration will be halved temporarily, and it should take half a month to find a way to deal with it. Ao Xingfeng ordered.
"Yes!" replied the storekeeper.
"Xia, do you have any thoughts on this question?" asked Ao Xingfeng.
As the patriarch of the Tianyi clan, Xia holds an important position, and she also has a lot of say in the parliament, and often puts forward good proposals, and the other ministers also respect her very much, and she is not discriminated against because she is a woman.
"If we don't want to destroy the bad environment in the valley, I think we need to develop the territory outside the valley, the city of Sintia is developing rapidly, but the outside of the valley is still primeval forest, if we cut down a large area of woods, we should be able to get a good fertile and wide cultivated land. Kasumi said.
"Patriarch Xia, don't forget, we have an agreement with the undead, will such an act be considered a provocation?" said the foreign secretary in charge of handling relations with the undead.
"Within 100 kilometers of the valley is our territory, as long as we take care not to exceed the demarcation line, we are free to do whatever we want in this territory, not to mention that there is such a large area of cultivated land that can solve our great problems. Xia said seriously.
"It's not good that we've been in a situation where we're in a position of control, just as we are now, and once they are gone, the fatal question of where to eat is like a knife in our hearts. ”
"In the beginning, the population of Sintia was small, and the output in the valley was sufficient, and as the undead continued to transport the population, the burden of food increased. Saying that, Xia glanced at Ao Xingfeng resentfully, as the lord of the city, Ao Xingfeng was a shopkeeper one day, and he didn't know what he was doing when he stayed at home all day, every time the council encountered this kind of problem, he would always find an excuse to escape, and he had no consciousness of being the master at all.
Ao Xingfeng scratched his head in embarrassment, he was a more freewheeling person, at first he just wanted to build a shelter for Tia, and he didn't think too much about the development of the city and started to act, and when the city was first built, he became the shopkeeper, and everything was handed over to the people below to do, when the city was still small, these people's ability could still cope.
And now that Sintia City is getting bigger and bigger, all kinds of problems are coming to the door, and the shortcomings of this group of soldiers are highlighted, and the problems are becoming more and more dwarfed.
"It is necessary to find some subordinates with excellent internal affairs skills. Ao Xingfeng muttered to himself.
Looking at Xia's heroic back, Ao Xingfeng was very glad that Xia was there, otherwise Sintia City would have collapsed due to various problems, but the affairs increased Xia became more and more tired, and he didn't have a capable assistant, he did everything himself, Ao Xingfeng was also very heartbroken, even if he wanted to help, but these complicated problems were like reading a book from heaven in his eyes, and it would be good if he didn't help.
When the meeting ended, the crowd dispersed.
"I'm sorry for you. Ao Xingfeng stopped Xia, patted Xia's slender shoulder, and said with gratitude and distress.
"Alas, the problem of education has to keep up, and a huge city can be without a city lord, but not without basic officials. Xia said exhaustedly, looking crumbling.
"Take a break, I'll figure it out. Ao Xingfeng let Xia rest in his arms, but his thoughts flew there.
In the afternoon of the same day, Ao Xingfeng flew to the insect nest alone and ordered several king insects.
"All the insects obey the order! Immediately rush to the outside of the valley to gather!" After giving the order, Ao Xingfeng hurried to the city gate without stopping.
"Open the gates and let the army of insects come and go as they please. ”
At the same time, the soldiers were ordered to stand on both sides of the road, and ordinary citizens were forbidden to cross the border, which attracted the attention of the citizens of Sintia, and they ran to both sides of the road to see what was going on, and it was necessary to mobilize the army so much.
The soldiers tried their best to maintain order, and soon there was a loud rumbling sound from the depths of the valley, and the whole valley shook slightly.
"Hey, brother, what the hell is going on? A citizen inquired about the situation with the soldiers who were maintaining order.
"Our beast army in Sintia is leaving the city, and I know so much. The soldier did not explain impatiently, the beast army, also known as the Zerg, was a special force that Ao Xingfeng propagated to the people.
All the people of Sintia City have known that there is such a powerful army, but in the past, it was usually the undead who guarded the road, and these ordinary people were very afraid of the undead, so they had never seen the appearance of the insects with their own eyes, of course, there were some exceptions, some darers saw that the undead did not attack him, and saw the picture of the swarm running wild on the side of the road.
Such a novel and mysterious thing has naturally become the capital of some daredevils to boast about in the city taverns.
Boom, people raised their heads to look at the yellow sand that had been lifted up in the depths of the valley, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva, what kind of army would make such a huge movement when marching?
A huge Zantal insect (cockroach) flew at the front of the insect army, its hideous and ferocious appearance frightened many women and children, even the tall and strong men were frightened to pee their pants, and the soldiers who maintained order were frightened to the point that their faces turned pale.
Zantar Worm: It is a creature with excellent recovery ability, which can absorb soil nutrients to treat mutilated or damaged tissues, and its properties are increased tenfold after joining the insect colony! This insect is also known as cockroaches, and can quickly recover even the most serious injuries by burrowing into the ground. Cockroaches grow extremely thick carapaces by absorbing compounds from the soil, especially rare earths and metals. The firepower of small arms is useless against these creatures, and they are also nearly immune to fire.
The glandular secretory duct of the salivary gland secretes an enzyme that makes the cockroach's already corrosive saliva more deadly, and the synthetic liquid is squirted out forcefully through the expansion and contraction of the surrounding muscles, which can penetrate the armor and violently dissolve the flesh from the excess. If cornered into hand-to-hand combat, cockroaches will smash their foes with scythe-like blades on their backs, and these possessions are so hard that they can easily shred armor and synthetic steel.
This kind of creature is very terrifying in interstellar warfare, in such a backward world, except for a few powerful warriors or magicians, it is almost invincible, and the swords of ordinary soldiers, even the boulders of catapults, cannot cause damage to them, but they can easily kill soldiers.