Chapter 6801 Exploding Heart

Chapter 6801 Exploding Heart

"Has Cao Zixiu broken into the Kabul Valley?" Chen Xi had just finished playing with his child and lay down to rest with Zhen Mi when he received the news from Chen Ying in the outer courtyard.

"Forget it, I'll go see what's going on first. Is it that serious?" Chen Xi rubbed his cheeks, trying to wake himself up. He comforted Zhen Mi, put on his coat and started to walk out. It was already quite cold in Chang'an late at night.

When Chen Xi arrived, Jia Xu, Li You and others had already taken their seats. Since Liu Bei had not been in Chang'an during this period, he just asked someone to find a way to notify them. It can be said that everyone who could come has come.

"Are there any battle reports?" After sitting down, Chen Xi asked Fa Zheng, who looked tired. Fa Zheng, who had been working hard to take care of the children and do housework recently, was obviously much more tired than before.

"Here, it's a big surprise. We won it as soon as we said we would." Fa Zheng handed the battle report to Chen Xi with a tired look. "The loss was not big. The most difficult stage has passed. We lost about 3,000 people. It's incredible."

"That only proves that when Sikong Cao was in office, the officers and soldiers under his command did not work hard. After he was replaced, things got much better." Zhuge Liang said calmly. He had no dissatisfaction with Cao Ang's entry into the Kabul Valley. Official business is official business, and private affairs are private affairs. Zhuge Liang can still distinguish these matters very clearly.

"Wait for the result. Just sit tight. We will continue to advance as before. If we are repelled, just treat this battle report as non-existent." Chen Xi said calmly, then looked at Fa Zheng, "If it was just the intelligence from Kabul, you probably wouldn't have informed me, because for this kind of thing, it's too late to inform me tomorrow morning. After all, the result is already determined."

"The results from Northern Europe are out." Guo Jia was silent for a while before speaking, "The battle reports from Kabul arrived one after the other, so I thought about it and felt it was necessary to inform you. It just so happens that I am notifying you of both at the same time."

"What's the result in Northern Europe?" Chen Xi asked with a raised eyebrow.

The negotiations between the Han Dynasty, Kushan and Rome have finally been concluded. Kushan is willing to contribute most of its energy to carry out the plan to kill Odin, and the Han Dynasty has also contributed a small part, which is barely enough for Rome to call on the Mediterranean Utopia to disintegrate the entire Odin force.

Then after the three parties finalized their respective tasks, Rome began to take action. After careful calculations, the Mediterranean Utopia was launched in Rome this morning. The entire ceremony was launched head-on, and the effect was just as the Han Dynasty had estimated. The fully deployed Mediterranean Utopia could extract and control the essence of heaven and earth. For aliens, who are life forms created by the essence of heaven and earth, it could be called a dimensionality reduction attack. Almost all the aliens affected were instantly dissociated into the essence of heaven and earth.

"Isn't this great? It's exactly what we estimated before. It was also our plan that the aliens would be annihilated by this attack mode." Chen Xi asked in confusion. Wasn't this the plan they had prepared before? What went wrong?
"It's good, but something went wrong." Fa Zheng said with a trace of sadness on his face, "The Roman Empire took advantage of too much, which caused problems in the final stage of the Mediterranean Utopia. Although the Odin Group was hit, it was not completely annihilated."

Chen Xi was full of question marks. Wait, what were you saying? What was the reason for not annihilating Odin? Can you tell me again?
"The Roman Empire took advantage of us too much. They used part of the cloud energy we took from the Kushans," Fa Zheng said helplessly. "As a result, the cloud energy allocated to the Mediterranean Utopia was insufficient. In the end, the spell was not fully deployed and only most of Odin's guards were annihilated. Then Odin fought desperately to break through the battle line and led the remaining troops to the Atlantic Ocean."

Chen Xi was completely numb. If anything else had jumped into the Atlantic Ocean, the Han Dynasty and Rome would have won. But Odin led his remaining troops into the Atlantic Ocean. This was a last-minute attack on humanity, right? Was there something wrong with Rome's brain?

"What exactly is going on?" Chen Xi exhaled, suppressing the unnecessary thoughts in his mind. "Rome shouldn't be so unwise. The disaster of Odin is much farther away from us Han Dynasty than Rome. The first to suffer the disaster must be the Roman Empire. Under such circumstances, they don't want to take down Odin as soon as possible, but actually embezzle the resources squeezed out of them by us and Kushan. What are they thinking?"

"The situation in Rome is worse than we thought. Although we have been receiving news that Rome is in chaos, the Roman Empire can still control the overall situation. But after this wave of incidents, Rome told us the truth. The food gap in the Roman Empire is much more serious than previously estimated." Fa Zheng said with a serious expression.

"Doesn't the Claudius family have a considerable amount of food reserves?" Chen Xi raised his eyebrows and asked, "And even if the food shortage is serious, why do they want to embezzle the cloud resources transferred from us and the Kushans? This stuff is not edible, what are they doing?"

"Because of the grain-making technique, relying on the Mediterranean Utopia and the vast cloud reserves, the grain-making technique can produce food that the Romans can rest assured about." Zhuge Liang said with a sigh, "This is how part of the cloud was consumed by Rome."

"Is the situation in Rome so serious?" Chen Xi frowned. "It shouldn't be like this. Where are their food reserves? And I heard that the first round of food and grass from Yuan's side has been sent over, which has greatly alleviated the pressure on the Roman Empire. How can it still be so serious?"

Because of the special rice seeds given by the Han Dynasty and the forced enthronement of the Yuan family by Rome, Rome has successfully obtained the first wave of new grain. In theory, the biggest crisis has passed, but now it feels more and more serious.

"Our previous observations showed that the situation was not too serious and that it should be stable. Even if unrest broke out, it would only occur in certain provinces. But the current situation is different from what we expected." Guo Jia looked at Chen Xi expressionlessly and said, "There was a grain borrowing between Roman provinces, and the method of borrowing grain was rather rough."

No matter how the Han Dynasty played, it was at least a big government. The tax farming system of Rome led to different tricks among the provinces, and the barbarians at the bottom suffered different exploitations. This time, when the conscientious Roman citizens only took 80%, the barbarians seemed to have no chance to survive and could only explode.

Originally, Sergio meant to stir up the unrest himself, and then demonstrate the Roman Empire's superhuman ability to suppress it, suppressing it directly and letting other guys with ideas and ambitions think carefully. In addition, he also wanted to let the rebels in the Senate calm down and not collude blindly, and increase their strength.

As a result, Sergio failed. The riot he instigated could not be suppressed for three days, and then fire broke out everywhere.

To be honest, it was just like Chen Xi wanted to use the Shield Guard to force Kushan to develop attack, but the Shield Guard's armor was too thick, making the attack-type talents completely useless. No matter how much he continued to strengthen it, he couldn't penetrate it. So Kushan also started to develop defense, so that Chen Xi's follow-up move was not even thrown out.

The same thing happened on the Roman side. Their original plan was to stir up unrest, and then crush the enemy in three days, relying on violence to completely destroy the other side's ambitions. However, the Second Parthian Legion, which was sent to carry out this plan to wipe out the rebels, was too brutal. They said that you rebels do not understand the difficulties of Rome. The country has prepared food for you, but you did not receive it on time and are still causing trouble at this time. So they killed all the rebels.

This caused the rebels to develop a rebellious mentality. Damn it, you have food but you don’t give it to me, right? I’m going to fight you. As a result, the extinguished fire turned into sparks that flew in all directions, causing the entire Roman territory to be filled with barbarian uprisings.

There was no way. Rome did have food, and what the Second Parthia said was indeed correct. Even if Rome’s food was not enough for everyone, it was at least enough for 80% of the people to live as before. But the problem lay in the remaining 20% ​​gap.

The more difficult the times, the more some people want to take more, so that even though there is food, the barbarians cannot get it. The behavior of the Second Parthia is like completely exposing the dark reality that the barbarians could barely accept and putting it on the table - there is food, but you can't get it.

What else is there to say? I’m going to fight you. I’m going to die anyway!

Then the Roman Empire was suddenly filled with war, even in Severus' hometown. There was nothing they could do. The locals had no food to eat, so what were they waiting for but to rebel?
Before, they were waiting for relief food and support from the country because they had basic trust in the country and the government. They believed that they would handle this matter well and at the very least would give them food and would not let them starve to death.

Now we find out that the so-called trust is all bullshit. There is food, but we can't eat it. They want us to starve to death. What's the point of talking about it? Let's just do it.

It is just like the very classic sentence in the thousands of years of Chinese history, but the core that most people cannot see through - using legal means to solve the problem is that I give the law a chance and I respect the law and the government. It is not that I must ask the law and the government to solve it, but I respect you based on your past performance and let you do it. If you can't do it well, I have the power to solve the problem. Why? I have a knife!

This is what is happening in Rome now. Although the barbarians are oppressed by Rome, living in Rome is still much better than living in the wilderness. In addition, there is room for improvement in Rome. So no matter how badly they say it, the barbarians living in Rome still have the desire to become Romans and become the best people in their hearts.

Even if you are lying in the mud, even if your back is bent by life, as long as you can still see the good life of others, you will inevitably wish to be in it. The same is true for the barbarians. Barbarians are also human beings, so the barbarians are also waiting for Rome's rescue.

The conscientious Roman citizens only took 50% to 80% of the relief food and fodder. Although there was very little left for the barbarians, at least the barbarians could get it. At least it made the barbarians realize that the Roman Empire still remembered them. It was a little less, but at least the country remembered to give it. They thought there would be more in the future, and they just had to hold on a little longer and get through it.

It can be said that this is the core reason why the barbarians of the Roman Empire did not cause large-scale unrest. After all, in this disappointing reality, the barbarians have been almost tamed by Rome. As the fuel for the continued prosperity of the Roman Empire, they have great expectations for the Roman Empire.

This expectation meant that as long as the Roman Empire returned a little bit of welfare, the barbarians would be able to imagine more things in their minds, and then they would think that they were part of Rome and continue to fight for the Roman Empire.

Until the Second Parthia exposed this farce, the barbarians who had been able to deceive themselves finally exploded. There was so much food and such incredible grain-making technology, but we couldn't eat it. Damn Rome, I'm going to explode you.

If we don't know that some things exist, we can still muddle through and live in self-deception, even if we are actually aware of them. However, the human brain is the most amazing thing in the world. They will exaggerate and make up stories for their own sake, relying on imagination, faith and other things to deceive themselves, and then struggle to survive in difficult situations.

But if the trick is exposed, then an explanation will have to be given, and now the Roman barbarians need such an explanation. It would be fine if there was really no food, but you have food and the means to produce it, and yet you treat us like this? I'm furious with you!

"I see. I can understand the Roman barbarians' idea." Chen Xi said expressionlessly, "That is to say, Rome relied on the supermodel cloud energy provided by us and Kushan to use grain-making technology on a large scale in its homeland to produce a large amount of starch for several places with serious unrest. In the end, it not only failed to solve the problem, but also made the problem worse, right?"

Nonsense, how could it not get serious? The barbarians are rebelling, and half of the more than 100 provinces of Rome have experienced large-scale barbarian riots. In this situation, using grain-making technology is like adding fuel to the fire. Well, it's even more exaggerated than adding fuel to the fire. What is happening in the Roman Empire now is no longer a barbarian rebellion, but a riot caused by the confluence of Roman citizens and barbarians in non-core areas.

That’s right, the Roman citizens living near the border areas chose to join forces with the local rebellious barbarians, and the local citizens who were supposed to suppress the barbarians also rebelled.

There was no way out. These local Roman citizens originally thought that Rome was really short of food. After all, it had suffered a locust plague. They saw with their own eyes that their fields had been eaten up by locusts. In this situation, the country was willing to rescue them, so they were naturally satisfied and loyal.

This is also why the barbarian rebellions had little impact before, because the local citizens were working hard to suppress the barbarians. But when there was a large-scale unrest in the Spanish province and the Roman citizens in the Spanish region were fighting desperately to maintain stability in the core area as much as possible, the Roman Empire used its grain-making technology to directly produce thousands of tons of starch, and the Roman citizens in the Spanish region were directly shocked.

I originally thought that the country was out of food, and they were even trying to save money. They didn't dare to eat as much meat and fish as before when fighting. But you guys turned all the wood in the sawmill into starch when you shone your light. Then what was the point of me saving money before?
The Roman citizens in Spain who saw this scene began to wonder what the point was of fighting the barbarians for a few bites of food. Claudius, in particular, said in order to reassure the locals that Rome had enough food and there was no need to worry about food and fodder. Food would be delivered continuously in the future, and once the food was not enough, the Claudius family would activate the secret grain-making technique they had seen before, and hundreds of tons of starch would come out in an instant!
Then the local citizens rebelled, "Fuck you, Claudius, I thought you were really short of food. If you weren't short of food, wouldn't you give us more? I thought the country was short of food, so I didn't dare to eat more. I even organized people to fight with the barbarians for some food, and many people died. Now you tell me that there is enough food, and there is no need to do this, damn it!"

If the Roman citizens who had already gone to war with the barbarians over food and fodder had such thoughts, then what did the Roman citizens who had not gone to war with the barbarians but received this news think? The facts show...

Anyway, the country still has food. As a citizen, I will take 90% and feed myself first. As for the barbarians, we will just have to wait for the next wave of rescue.

If those Roman citizens with conscience only took 50% from the perspective of the country before, then those Roman citizens who still take 50% now are not having conscience but having brains. This situation is the same not only in the third century but also in the twenty-first century.

Then the question arises, did the Roman Empire really have so much food?
Of course not. If there was, there would be no need to do this. I would have taken it out long ago and stabilized it in place.

The Roman citizens took away 90% of the food and fodder, and only got 10% of it. But it goes without saying what would happen to the barbarians, whose population was several times that of the real citizens.

In short, Rome is now in the midst of war and fighting everywhere, even in many border areas, Roman citizens are leading barbarians to fight against another group of Roman citizens. Under such circumstances, it would be a miracle if Rome could completely suppress it.

It can only be said that the development of the situation has completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Did the Roman Empire say what to do?" Chen Xi looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "This situation sounds even more exaggerated than the Yellow Turban Rebellion here."

"The current idea is to suppress it, but it's very difficult." Zhuge Liang said with a sigh, "However, given the foundation of the Roman Empire, as long as the food problem is solved, it shouldn't take long. In addition, the unrest will stop in winter. After all, with this year's climate, Rome may snow, which is very fatal to many places in the Roman Empire."

"Forget it, let Rome finish off Odin's disaster on its own. Let's retreat first and not worry about that side. I think Rome will be in chaos for a while." Chen Xi thought for a while and said with a sigh.

The wake-up ceremony failed.