Chapter 6581 Natural and man-made disasters

Chapter 6581 Natural and man-made disasters
Perennis was tongue-tied for a moment, then he reacted instantly. Compared to other elite talents, the danger of the Feast of Corpses was too great. While the worst that could happen after using the Demon Disintegration was death, the Feast of Corpses was notoriously poisonous, so it was better not to mention it.

"Let's put Jiang Guang aside for now. His explosive power is due to special reasons. Just tell others not to follow his example." Perennis glanced at Letas and said casually.

"Is that so? That makes sense." Letas did not delve into what Perennis had said before about Bing or something like that. He was a smart man, and he thought it was better not to know some things that he shouldn't know, so that he could live more freely.

"Let the veterans of various countries continue to delay. Our three empires will be ready soon, and the Kushans will soon transmit the energy." Perennis thought for a while and reminded again. Now the three empires are stepping up construction in East Africa.

"Actually, I'm more worried about whether there will be another accident." Letas said with a serious expression, "After being cursed by the world consciousness, our luck is always a little bad when facing non-human creatures, so it's inevitable that I'm a little worried."

Perennis nodded when he heard that, but he said calmly, "Luck is only one of the influencing factors. The world consciousness can only do so much. After being knocked unconscious, the remaining instincts can only reach this level. As long as we do our best, luck cannot change the result. What we consider is the loss afterwards, not whether we can win."

Letas nodded when he heard this. Perennis' words were still trustworthy. After getting this guarantee, Letas took Perennis's weapon and handed it to Roton, then continued with his work. The teleporter had a lot of things to do every day.

In Chang'an, Chen Xi looked at the East African intelligence summarized to him every day with a somewhat gloomy expression. The locust plague was too loud, and now it was time to count the days until the third wave of super locusts took off. Once the super locust plague took off, it would be meaningless for the three empires to do anything in the local area.

Even if the locusts that took off only accounted for one-tenth of the local locust larvae, their scale would reach an astonishing 400 billion, which really drove Chen Xi crazy.

"Send Shengzhi from Youzhou to East Africa to assist Rome in completing the construction of the magic circle as soon as possible. Well, let Xianhe go with him. Let's solve the problem in East Africa first, and then engage in the logistics industry. It doesn't matter if it's ten days late." Chen Xi replied after reading the expedited letter sent by Guan Yu. After all, delaying will not solve any problems at this time.

"Then there is the Kushan Empire. They will provide the subsequent energy loss. In this way, our original plan can be adjusted." Guo Jia looked through the information copied by Severus. The Kushan side had already given a reply, but did not say how to solve it. They just said that they would release enough energy to East Africa at that time, and the Han Dynasty and Rome could use it at will.

"It didn't say how it was delivered?" Chen Xi asked curiously. The westernmost part of Kushan is about 2,000 kilometers away from East Africa, which is not a short distance.

"It's not confirmed yet. The Kushan Empire is also gradually strengthening its management. Many large-scale secret techniques are broken down into several links and then combined in the end. So our people can only understand a part of it." Guo Jia shook his head and said, "But Vasudeva I dared to say this in front of Rome, so there should be no need to worry about energy reserves."

The reputation of the empire is still very important. Since Vasudeva I said this, he must be absolutely sure in this regard.

"Then put up protective measures as well, and use them directly if anything unexpected happens." Chen Xi said with his eyes half closed, with a bit of coldness. He was originally developing things well, but because of the locust plague, many things had to be put on hold. Even now, he had to focus most of his attention on the locust plague. Chen Xi could no longer tolerate it.

"There are still seven days before we take action against the locust plague?" Chen Xi suddenly asked.

"Yes. Once the Kushan energy reserves arrive in East Africa and the magic circle is fully activated, the Han and Romans will use all their existing means to completely resolve the locust crisis as quickly as possible." Guo Jia flipped through the article and gave his own judgment.

"That is, three days before the third round of locust plague we estimate will take off on a large scale. We can still keep up with the time." Chen Xi calculated the days and felt that the situation was not too bad.

"Zichuan, I think you should not think about completely solving the locust plague. The third round of locust plague has actually started at this time, but it is not large-scale." Zhuge Liang stopped his work and said to Chen Xi, "However, the scale of the locust plague in East Africa, even if it is not large-scale, is far greater than that of ordinary locust plagues."

Chen Xi was silent for a long time after hearing this. This was an undeniable fact.

"Now we have to prepare for disaster relief." Zhuge Liang said concisely.

"We are rescuing them. We are rescuing them. Rock sugar and other supplies have been transferred from Jiangnan and are heading to Central Asia via the Northwest Corridor." Chen Xi said with some helplessness.

"The major families are now constantly sending people to Xinzhou to find ways to connect with food and grass. Although the families have not yet reached the point of being completely destitute, as the rice in the rice jar becomes increasingly empty, the people under their command will become more and more crazy." Li You said with a cold expression, "A large-scale riot has now broken out in Central Asia, and the naturalized population not under the rule of the Han Dynasty has begun to attack each other."

Chen Xi glanced at Li You and asked, "What do you mean by starting to attack each other?" Why are you being so conservative? Do you really think I don't know what happened in Central Asia?
"The bandit army naturally gathered around the original Central Asian bandit leaders and began to attack the wealthy families stationed in the local area." Li You didn't care about Chen Xi's eyes and continued to tell the story. Chen Xi remained silent after hearing this.

"We are all in this situation, what about Rome?" Chen Xi looked at Guo Jia and asked.

"Civil unrest has broken out in Spain. In Gaul, because of the amount of taxation, the local Germanic peoples, Scilly, Marcomanni, and others have gathered together and had a large-scale conflict with Roman citizens." Guo Jia gave a direct reply without even looking at the intelligence in his hand.

"Actually, the local barbarians are not to blame for this incident. The Roman citizens collected all the seeds and grain from the locals and had no intention of letting these people survive. These barbarians could no longer tolerate this and rebelled. Although the Roman high-level officials received accurate intelligence and understood the essence of the matter, they chose to stand behind the Roman citizens." Guo Jia said with some admiration.

"Pompianus didn't care?" Chen Xi asked with some shock. "Besides, the tax rate for this kind of tax should be public, just like the eastern provinces, at least there is a standard number."

"Zichuan, are you sure you don't know the reason?" Li You glanced at Chen Xi and asked. Chen Xi was silent for a while and couldn't help but sigh.

How could he not know? Chen Xi could still estimate the degree to which the orders issued by Pompianus would be distorted at the lower levels, but Chen Xi did not expect that Roman citizens could be so crazy. The degree of exploitation was too outrageous. Chen Xi originally thought that collecting 80% on the surface was crazy enough, but with the strength of Rome, such forced collection could still be maintained by relying on its own strong strength.

As a result, what happened in the Roman Empire was no longer a collection of the official 80% and allowing farmers to secretly hide some of their grain, but the actual collection of all the grain.

"I always find it incredible. If the cost of taxation is greater than the benefits brought by taxation, then it is impossible to continue to levy taxation. How could the Roman Empire levy such a tax?" Chen Xi said to himself with some doubt.

"You are only considering the normal situation. This is not a normal situation now. Even if the cost of taxation is infinite, people still have to survive." Li You said coldly. He has always had the deepest understanding of the evil of human nature.

"What about the eastern province?" Chen Xi asked with some curiosity.

"Ganasis is indeed a capable minister. Although the tax has not reached the agreed level, the eastern provinces have basically maintained stability. Even if there is some unrest, it has not affected the overall situation." Guo Jia gave a quick answer.

After hearing these things, Chen Xi had already constructed the current situation of the Roman Empire in his mind. How to say it, it was very bad. At least the riots in places like Western Europe and Gaul were a foregone conclusion. And unlike the previous situation where they could not win and fled in all directions, this time they would starve to death if they could not win.

As a result, the scale of the unrest in Rome might be very large. If it cannot be suppressed directly at the beginning, it might happen again. The world has suffered from Rome for a long time.

After all, there is no food to eat, so why think about it? Just do it. If you can't win, you will die. If you don't fight, you will die too. You might as well rebel. At least if you rebel, you may still have a way to survive. At worst, you can even pick up a Roman to eat!
"Is there a detailed assessment?" Chen Xi asked Li You, "How big will the turmoil in Rome be, how many people will die, how much will the overall strength decline, etc.?"

"We estimate that most provinces close to the west may riot. On the one hand, there are many barbarians in the area. On the other hand, the western provinces also suffered disasters during the second round of locust plagues. The taxes were imposed before the second round of locust plagues. Even if Rome wants to change them, it will take time." Li You said expressionlessly, "Assuming that the number of locusts in the third round of locust plagues exceeds 100 billion, Rome may lose 4 to 5 million people, and we may also lose hundreds of thousands."

"Will we also suffer a population loss of hundreds of thousands?" Chen Xi frowned, feeling somewhat unbelievable. With his current level of construction, there would still be such a large population loss?
"It's mainly the naturalized population from Central Asia. Now the Han family is trying their best to protect the local people and the naturalized population and treat them equally. But when the time comes that we are out of ammunition and food..." Li You stopped here, but what he wanted to express was self-evident.

This is inevitable. The so-called integration is useless without several generations. There are differences among the races themselves. Everyone present knows what choice will be made at the last moment.

Morality and etiquette only exist when people have enough food to eat. How can they be safe when a group of people are about to starve to death?
It is true that the Han aristocratic families in Central Asia will certainly persist, but there will always be some who cannot hold on. At that point, the only choice for the Han aristocratic families who do not want to cause chaos is to open Wu Fort and lead their own people to fight to the death with the enemies outside Wu Fort. In this way, regardless of victory or defeat, they will reduce their own food and grass pressure, as well as the most important moral pressure.

"What about the Kushan Empire?" Chen Xi asked, pressing his temple. He could understand the Han family's approach, and he knew that at that point, such an approach was almost natural. Even the elites of the Han family would personally lead these people to try for a possible chance of survival, but it was somewhat uncomfortable.

"We can still hold on." Li You said concisely.

The situation of the Kushan Empire was the best compared to those places affected by the second round of disasters. On the one hand, the second round of locust plagues had already exhausted the Kushan Empire, and on the other hand, the Kushan Empire itself had sufficient food reserves.

After the imperial will was formed, Vasudeva I was prepared to carry out universal military service in accordance with the Northern Nobles, so he stored a large amount of food and fodder. In addition, after the Northern Nobles people moved south, they had suffered a lot and would not allow the Brahmins to abandon the land at will.

Therefore, relying on the favorable geographical conditions of the Indus River and the Ganges River, which allow three harvests a year, the Kushan Empire's grain reserves are still not a problem at present. Instead, the chaotic management of middle and lower-level bureaucrats has greatly affected the distribution of grain. However, the Kushan Empire has always been in this tune. After having the people of the Northern Kushan Empire, it has even gotten better. After all, the militarized management that has always been in place is still of some use.

But that's all for now. If a third round of locust plagues comes in like the second round, the losses of the Kushan Empire will rise explosively. But considering that the Kushan Empire has three harvests a year and only needs to hold on for four months before new food arrives, it is not very fatal. Overall, the losses will be much lighter than those of Rome.

However, if we take into account the management chaos that has existed in Nangui for thousands of years, if it really suffers a third round, the humanitarian disaster will be more serious than the natural disaster. This is why Vasudeva I, who was aware of this, actively suppressed the locust plague in East Africa.

After all, natural disasters can be deceived by various means to fool the lower classes, but natural disasters plus man-made disasters cannot be deceived, and it is easy for them to explode due to the superposition of the two. Therefore, Vasudeva I was also very active in suppressing the locust plague.

"Let Xu Yue go over as well and push the third round as hard as possible." After hearing about the situations of the other two families, Chen Xi felt that they still couldn't be careless.

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