Previously, Europa players had hoarded a lot of troops in the city to garrison, and judging from the number of troops, the materials hoarded in the city's material warehouse should not be too small.

However, the result was a surprise to Xia Qi.

I don't know if the other party disposed of a lot of materials before the fall of this city, and only a small part of the materials that finally fell into Xia Qi's hands.

According to a rough estimate, those arms and food supplies will support an army of 10,000 people at most, and it will be consumed for almost a month.

Seriously, as a border city, the material reserves are really a bit small.

According to Xia Qi's idea, such a material reserve has to start in a quarter, and it is not good to hoard too much, in case it falls, it will be all cheap enemies if it is too late to deal with it.

Of course, it could also be because the Europa player is currently so poor that he can't directly take out a quarter's worth of supplies.

If you think about it, it's really possible.

In previous naval battles, they seemed to be very struggling.

After thinking about it, Xia Qi decided to make a private visit to Weifu.

first wore casual clothes, and then took Yuan Ye, who was also dressed in civilian clothes, and another personal guard, into the urban area of this port city, wanting to inquire about the information and confirm the situation of the city by the way.

This continent and the central continent where Great Xia is located, after all, are separated by two seas, and it is difficult for even the spies of the embroidered clothes guard to sneak into this continent across the ocean.

Of course, now that they have taken over a city, it is only a matter of time before they have the embroidered guards send someone over.

However, the current Xia Qi does not have the time to wait for a few months, wait for the spy to arrive, and then start collecting intelligence.

All this, now, can only be played by him himself.

He didn't mean to swagger through the city with a large army, which was not long ago the enemy's territory, and it was a little too arrogant to swagger through the city.

What if there are rebels in the city, just rush out and give him a few shots.

He didn't want to be the trigger for a world war.

If he could, Xia Qi didn't want to go to the enemy territory in person, but now the spies of the embroidered guards had not yet arrived, and the soldiers on the warship either didn't speak Europa, and even those who could speak Europa almost had an obviously unfamiliar accent.

Locals can hear it just by listening to a few words.

In this regard, the locals must be very wary, and it is too difficult to get information.

After coming and going, he had to come by himself in the end.

With a system, he can communicate with any civilization and any race without restrictions.

As for Yuan Ye and the other two personal guards, they only need to follow him without saying a word and act as bodyguards.

As a result, not long after the trio entered the city, they were robbed.

One can imagine how chaotic the city is right now.

Of course, in front of Yuan Ye's two personal guards, these stinky fish and rotten shrimp were not enough to see at all, and they were all put down with three punches and two kicks.

If it weren't for Xia Qi's suggestion that the two of them should not be killed, then there would be a few corpses lying here.

Ignoring the bastards who had been knocked unconscious, it took a while for the three of them to finally enter the street. His attention quickly shifted to the surrounding streets and shops.

This is a typical industrial age city, far away, you can still see a whole row of large chimneys, at this time is constantly emitting exhaust gases, the air quality of the whole city, can be said to be how bad it is.

The garbage on the ground and the muddy sewage in the drains made the whole street look dirty and messy, and it was also filled with a strong odor.

The three of them followed the road and finally went to the city center.

Normally, the center of a city is the most economically developed place in the whole city, and both the security and the environment should be much better than the peripheral areas.

But actually

On the other hand, the city center is better than other places, but it is not much better.

The whole street is also dirty and messy, and on both sides of the street, the glass of many shops has been smashed, obviously, it was bought by someone for zero yuan, and even more than one wave.

After a round of observation, in the exchange of locals, Xia Qi also got a lot of information.

In fact, as early as more than two months ago, this port city began to have a food shortage, and the price of food in the entire city directly increased nearly six times in a short period of time.

However, it doesn't matter if it is doubled or not, because nowadays for ordinary citizens, it has reached a point where they can't buy food even if they have money.

The shortage of various materials has caused the Europa player's territory, even the currency has depreciated, even if a large denomination of paper money falls on the ground, it is like garbage, and the people around him do not bother to pick it up.

"Let's go, let's take a look."

"Your Majesty...... Young master, let's send someone over here to take a look later." Yuan Ye said cautiously.

It doesn't matter to the two of them, but if something happens to His Majesty, it will be a dead death.

In this regard, Xia Qi said softly, "Don't worry, it'll be fine."

So saying, he raised his feet and walked towards the alley.

In the deepest part of the alley, there is a black market, and there are at least five or six black markets like this in the city.

And this news was learned by Xia Qi from a local uncle.

Because of the sharp depreciation of the currency, no one is willing to sell goods even if they offer a price that exceeds the original price several times.

Now the city has returned to barter.

Thus, the black market came into being.

There are people coming and going in this black market, it seems that there are really a lot of people, and the appearance of Xia Qi and the three of them did not attract the attention of others.

Many of the people who sell their goods basically spread a plastic sheet on the ground and start a business.

It is worth noting that all of these people have a common trait, which is that each of them carries a gun.

Many stall owners directly put the loaded guns on the famous performance, which is not only to protect themselves, but also to deter some people.

Xia Qi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it really deserves to be a country where free dishes are cooked, and everyone carries guns. You must know that in Great Xia, the people don't say that they are armed with guns, but knives, bows, and crossbows, all of which must be strictly controlled.

Xia Qi was wandering around this black market, while Yuan Ye's two personal guards followed him closely, one left and one right.

The only thing that relieved the two of them was that His Majesty the Emperor did not take the initiative to come forward to talk.

This is also because you don't need to ask for information in the black market, you just need to listen.

Along the way, he obtained a lot of information and a preliminary understanding of the entire black market.

The black market is really a black market, selling everything, and even guns and bullets.

Fortunately, there are not many of them, otherwise, Xia Qi would have to consider turning around and going back to dispatch troops to ban all these black markets.

However, in this black market, the most expensive and at the same time the most sought-after, there is no doubt that food and medical supplies are the most expensive.

Even if there is generally no trademark and is suspected of being illegally produced pills, if you want to buy them, you need to pay a lot of price.

And those canned foods that can be stored for a long time are undoubtedly the most sought-after.

Some people who were relatively wealthy before the outbreak of the war took some luxury goods and wanted to exchange them for a can, but the other party also looked reluctant.

In the long run, some luxury goods can still retain their value to a certain extent, after all, the war will always pass.

But the problem is that if you can't get through it, any luxury will be in vain.

After fully understanding the situation in the city, Xia Qi returned to the front-line barracks, and then issued an order and began to send troops to maintain law and order in the city.

Something like a house robbery must not happen again. This port city, as an important frontline stronghold in Great Xia, must be well governed.

At the same time, if the city is to be restored to productivity, it may be imperative to accept the city's factories, and once they have them, there will certainly be a need for employees who can provide labor.

Naturally, these employees need to be found in this city.

As for the pay, it's even simpler.

Now in this city, food is far more valuable than money, and in Great Xia, food has never been lacking.

All you need to do is post a gem that manages three meals a day, and there are definitely a lot of people willing to work for him.

In fact, after Xia Qi ordered this matter and announced it through the city's radio and notices, the registration points everywhere were crowded with a large number of citizens the next day.

Fortunately, he was prepared and arranged enough manpower in advance, otherwise, he would really not be able to cope with it all of a sudden.

As for the recruitment and arrangement of positions in the future, there is no need for him to worry about it.

In the final analysis, for these citizens, whoever can give them a bite to eat is their food and clothing parents, and they don't care what camp is not the problem.

Of course, some diehards are not excluded, but Xia Qi doesn't care at all.

That kind of guy, after all, is only a minority, and the vast majority of people in this world will not be unable to live with their own lives.

Half a month later, the troops from the East China Sea had arrived smoothly on a material transport ship.

During this period, the recruitment and resumption of production in major factories were also carried out very smoothly.

At the same time, Xia Qi also recruited a lot of cleaning workers to clean up the garbage in the city and dispose of some corpses that had starved to death on the streets.

If those things are left alone, there may be an outbreak of disease one day, and they must be cleaned up as soon as possible.

However, even so, the limited number of jobs is still very scarce compared to the huge population base of the port city, which also makes the vast majority of citizens still unsettled.

In this regard, Xia Qi naturally couldn't let other citizens starve to death.

Once the famine is severe, it will be followed by an outbreak of epidemics, and at the same time, all of which will not be conducive to the subsequent rule of Great Xia.

In this way, he directly set up porridge shacks in the four areas of the city, and distributed some hot porridge to those refugees every day.

This is not because Xia Qi is kind, but because the rabbit will bite when he is in a hurry, and people are forced to be anxious, and no one can be sure that he will do something crazy.

So, give them a mouthful of porridge to drink, let them think a little, so that these people will be much more honest.

At the same time, in this state, the loyalty of those citizens to Europa players will also plummet, which is not a good opportunity for Xia Qi to brush up on people's popularity.

There are many things to do with one stone, and all he needs to pay is some food, so why not.

After all the workers were in place, the factories in those port cities also resumed production.

On the other side, in the shipyard in the port area, some warships of the East China Sea Fleet are undergoing maintenance.

After such a long naval battle, there will be some problems on each battleship, and it will take a lot of time to maintain it now.

The battleship is being repaired for the time being, and on this side, it is time to launch an attack and move forward.

At the same time, attacking from this port city was not something that Xia Qi picked randomly.

In the past, the No. 1 air reconnaissance team had carried out detailed high-altitude reconnaissance and extended from this port to the interior, and there was no dangerous terrain along the way.

As long as the strength is sufficient, the army of Great Xia will definitely be able to fight very smoothly.

In comparison, it was hell for the two Europa players.

The internal development of each territory is already a mess, and the Huaxia player, the Franc player, the Aztec player, and the two Sakura players have also launched an invasion towards their continent.

The threat of the armies of all sides is enough to make them go crazy directly!