The director was kidnapped from behind by Maban, and he couldn't turn his head back, and he couldn't see what Maban's expression was now, he only vaguely felt the sound of breathing behind him become steady.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Mad's voice sounded faintly, telling his past: "You were born in the rich Danyu City, but I am different, I grew up in a barren village, where the environment is barren and the economy is sluggish, I have never eaten much since I was a child, and I know the taste of hunger better than anyone else." ”

"When I was 6 years old, there was a great drought in the township, and the already infertile fields were not harvested, and there was a famine for half a year. I can assure you, growing up in Danyu City, you've never seen a famine like before. ”

"It was a hell on earth, the dead died forever, the survivors had no dignity, the children were not uncommon, and the children who had not yet grown up were exchanged like animals for each other's cooking. So many people died in every house in the village, but there were no bones to be seen on the road, because they had already been eaten by the hungry victims. ”

"In order to keep me alive, my parents cut meat every day to feed me, cut here and there, until there was no meat to cut, and finally died tragically in front of me... They used their own blood and flesh to make food, and I survived that famine. ”

"That's when I realized one thing—the most basic and important thing in the world—food. Food is the power source of marching and fighting, the necessities of people's lives, and the fundamental cornerstone of a country's rule. ”

"Without food, no matter how strong an army is, it will not be able to fight, no matter how rich the people are, it will not be able to survive, and it is nonsense to maintain the rule."

"So, when I grew up, I devoted myself to the farmland, followed the farmers to learn the characteristics of crops, learned how to farm, and turned my back to the loess and faced the sky, and later I was fortunate to be favored by Lord Lan Xian, and went to school to study more esoteric agricultural knowledge, and after graduation, I worked in a corner of the town, and finally became the grain officer of Danyu City."

"For me, it doesn't matter what fame and glory are, I only care about one thing - whether the people can eat enough. People who can eat enough are people, and people who can't eat are animals, and I want them to be people, I don't want them to be animals. ”

"Why do I risk killing my head to open the floodgates, you ask? Because saving one more grain in the warehouse can save thousands of people from becoming animals, as long as everyone can live with dignity... What if I have a pockmarked spot? ”

After listening, the director slowly closed his eyes, and there was only the sound of the Qingjiang River surging around.

After a short silence, the director reopened his eyes, his eyes were clear, and he said silently, "You are looking for death yourself, I can't stop you." You kidnapped me, not me to help you. ”

With a grateful look in his eyes, he let out a heavy "um" and walked towards the embankment junction with the supervisor in tow.

At the junction, the embankment guards were whispering about the fires in the city, and when they saw Maban holding the supervisor hostage with a knife, followed by a little beggar, they were immediately frightened, and hurriedly drew their weapons and surrounded them from all sides.

Madara pointed at the guard with a knife, and then crossed in front of the supervisor, shouting, "Get out of the way!" Whoever dares to stop him, I will cut his throat! ”

The guards looked at the director in confusion: "My lord? ...”

The supervisor looked weak and didn't bother to speak.

"Bang!" At this time, the beggar next to him punched the supervisor in the ribs, and said to the guards with a fierce face: "Why don't you get out of here?" Otherwise, Lao Tzu will kill him! ”

The beggar's punch was extremely heavy, and it hit the weakness, the supervisor almost felt incontinence, his face turned the color of pig liver, and his eyes were round and staring at the beggar, as if to say: Why are you really here?!

The beggar glared back secretly, and the meaning in his eyes was: How can you really convince them if you don't come?

The guards saw that the supervisor was in pain, and they were afraid that the adults would be beaten to death, but they could not afford this dereliction of duty, so they hurriedly let the company go.

In this way, the three of them successfully entered the embankment hub room, locked the door, and pushed the tables and chairs to block it.

Turning around, a huge and complex gear machine appeared in front of him, this is a mechanical bearing designed by the alchemist of the Hitch family, with more than a dozen metal control rods, which are connected to the various gates of the embankment, controlling the flow of the Qingjiang River and the drought and flood around Danyu City.

The director had already relented, first giving the beggar a kick in retaliation, and then pointed to the lever in the center of the console: "The middle, the longest one, is the lever at Gate No. 1. Only by opening Gate No. 1, the northern part of Danyu City can be completely flooded, and the water surface should only be above the knees of adults, and there will be no danger to the lives of children and the elderly. ”

It has to be said that this water level is a good balance point, which will not threaten the safety of personnel, and can flood into the eight granaries located in Beicheng, whether it is to cut off the spread path of the flames, or to take water on the spot to extinguish the fire, it will greatly improve efficiency.

"Thank you." Ma Ban didn't say anything pretentious, let go of the supervisor, and walked directly over to prepare to pull the gate.

Suddenly, the supervisor stepped forward and pressed Maban's hand and asked deeply, "Really think about it?" If you don't open the gates, you can stay out of the way, and it's useless to have any responsibility. Open the gates, and you'll be half-footed in the coffin. ”

Without any hesitation, Mamada nodded heavily.

The director didn't say anything more, let go of his hand, and pointed to the side of his face: "Punch, sharp." ”

Ma Ban directly filled up his strength, and slammed a punch into the supervisor's face, knocking him directly to the ground and falling into a coma.

Madara said "thank you" to the unconscious supervisor again, then walked to the console and looked at the lever of Gate 1...

This fateful moment, it is impossible to say that you are not nervous, and many pictures flashed in Maban's mind, thinking of the appearance of his parents cutting meat and feeding him, thinking of the woods and countryside full of hunger, and thinking of those hungry people who have become animals...

Food...

The people live on food.

As long as you can save the granary, why die?

Madara took a deep breath and reached for the lever...

"Bang!" Without warning, before he could touch the lever, he suddenly received a blow to the back of the head.

As darkness flooded his vision, Mamada fell uncontrollably to the ground, and he looked behind him in astonishment to find the beggar carrying a chair in his hand.

In his blurred vision, the beggar crossed his body and stood in front of the console, reaching out to hold the lever.

The beggar turned around and grinned at Madara, "Originally, I didn't want to die, but I think that if there were more people like you in the kingdom, everyone's life would be better, and there would be fewer and fewer beggars like me." ”

"Mada-sama, I can see that you are an ideal person, so don't waste your life here. Kill your head, just let an inconsequential little person like me do it for you. ”

"You must climb up, and then you will be the master of the people!"

Mamada's vision was shrouded in darkness, and the moment before he lost consciousness, he heard the sound of a pull rod in his ears.

"Boom!"

Open the gates! Flood discharge!