"It won't be easy to take over this city. It's easy to imagine how fierce the retaliation from those with special rights will be."
Lin Xi was prepared to seize power in Shen City and overthrow the current ruling system. This was equivalent to a rebellion before the apocalypse. However, with great strength and the Heart of the City, he had the foundation and qualifications to rebel.
Among his companions, there weren't any pure intellectuals. Only Wang Wei and Zhen Tian had studied management and economics before the apocalypse. They could barely be considered useful talents.
But it was nothing. Once they took over the city, there would be talents as long as there was food.
"Food is the most important foundation. If we want to take over this city, the first thing we need to do is to control the food. Without food, the basic needs of the citizens can't be maintained. The citizens will rise up and overthrow us without the need for the officials."
Lin Xi's intelligence was at the level of an ordinary person, but as long as he wasn't an idiot, he could understand this.
"There are some special cities with farms. For example, Jinling can directly use the function of the city hall to build a farm."
There were good and bad special cities. Putting aside the changes after leveling up, at least in the initial stage, the Heart of the Plant and the Heart of the Legend couldn't compare to the Heart of the Three Kingdoms and the Heart of Shu Mountain. Lin Xi didn't have any extravagant hopes to open up a top-grade city.
He only hoped that the city's functions were more comprehensive. They could change jobs and allow ordinary people to have the possibility to become stronger. They could build buildings like farms and pastures to produce food. It would be best if there were defense towers and pharmacies. Of course, it would be even better if they could directly buy equipment.
"With a farm, we can solve the food problem. With a job change system, the cohesion of the city will be strengthened."
Lin Xi thought for a while and said to everyone, "In this city, the original evolvers and job changers should unite if they can. We shouldn't be too greedy for those that can't be roped in. In short, as long as the city is built, there will be no lack of people coming to join us."
"Even if there is a job change system, we won't lack ability users."
Everyone nodded. At this time, the doorbell rang. Ally directly used "The World" to open the door and returned to sit on the sofa.
At the door was the octopus-faced Huang Bo. He had just raised his hand to press the doorbell when the door suddenly opened automatically. His originally heavy heart was startled.
"Welcome."
Lin Xi had a good impression of Huang Bo. From their previous interactions, he could tell that Huang Bo was a good man who served the people wholeheartedly. Moreover, he was an evolved person, which was very rare.
Huang Bo, Nie Xu, and the bricklayer who could mend the road. The three evolvers were not bad, but the last two had died.
Octopus squeezed out a smile with difficulty.
He left precisely from the manor where those in authority resided. He tried to convince those four to give Lin Xi the title of 'City Lord' in name, temporarily acknowledge the other party's authority. They hid behind the scenes, as for the contribution point system, they could operate in secret, but they failed.
Handing over power to someone else, an evolved human, in ancient times, was like asking an emperor to hand over the throne to the leader of the martial arts world. How was that possible? Power had always been in the service of politics. They could give Lin Xi the lofty status of the city's "guardian", and they could promise everything the young man asked for in terms of privileges, but they had to be in control, and they had to give.
Instead of being snatched away by the other party!
"It's difficult …"
Huang Bo sighed. He could only try his best to be the buffer and glue between the two sides, and strive to prevent Shen City from suffering too much damage.
If those people manipulated a riot, the damage would be even greater than the Gathering of Eight Heroes. At least the Gathering of Eight Heroes did not kill too many people. Think about it, what would happen if millions of people who could not eat started a riot?
Lin Xi was very strong, but strength did not mean everything.
It was easy to destroy order, but difficult to establish order. What Lin Xi did would cause the whole city to collapse, and he would also become infamous. Creating rumors … To put it in a more civilized way, it was to control public opinion. Before the apocalypse, the government and the capitalists had manipulated this to perfection.
When they wanted to make Lin Xi a hero, he was a hero. When they wanted to knock him down from the clouds and create a devil and a villain, he was a devil. Civilians were the most stupid and the easiest to be deceived.
Huang Bo felt that he had to stop the riot in the city. He came here to persuade the other party to give up the ridiculous idea of seizing power and becoming the City Lord. In the current situation, stability and harmony were the most important things.
However, before he could speak, Lin Xi spoke.
"Huang Bo, you are one of the core people in this city. You must know where the city's granary is. Could you please map out the location? I will send someone to take over."
Hearing this, the tentacles on Huang Bo's face twitched. The other party was too young and too naive … It was true that food was important, and it was not strange that he could think of food, but food was all he saw? What else was there? Especially the management system.
The military and police system, as well as those rebellious evolved people.
Even if all the food was seized, it would cause chaos in the city if there was no one to distribute the food.
"I …"
Huang Bo was about to speak, but Lin Xi interrupted him, "I know you want to persuade me, but don't say that. Some people will definitely not be satisfied with losing their privileges. Just like in the past, when the emperor was overthrown by the rebels, they would hysterically resist with all their strength.
However, I can tell you that in the face of absolute power, all conspiracies are useless … I have enough power to deal with the counterattack, and the order in this city will not collapse. "
Lin Xi looked at Huang Bo, calmly and seriously saying slowly, "I only wish to ask you one thing. Are you standing on my side, or are you standing on a certain someone's side?"
"What's the difference?" Huang Bo probed.
"If you stand on my side, you are a friend. If you stand on someone else's side, you will immediately turn to dust."
Huang Bo took a deep breath. His mouth opened and closed as if he wanted to say something, but the violently shaking tentacles showed that he was not calm. Sweat flowed down his octopus face. After a full five minutes, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "I will do it with you."
Without life, there would be nothing.
Of course, Huang Bo didn't plan on divulging the matters decided by the four people in authority. This was his principle as a person. The four of them could also see through his nature, or else they wouldn't have cursed Lin Xi in front of him.
Following Lin Xi only meant that he would follow orders. He would not take the initiative to do other things. This was a way of leaving a way out.
This was a battle where no smoke could be seen … One side had overwhelming power, while the other side controlled power and order. Which side won in the end had nothing to do with him for the time being. He just had to do what he had to do.
"Shen City currently has five large granaries that store food. The total storage is 3.29 million tons. There are 680,000 tons of cooking oil and some meat … Other than the local food in Shen City, most of the food is from the surrounding cities. It can be said that there is no shortage of food. According to the current consumption, it can last for more than a year, but … we have to plan for the future."
"Because the surrounding farmland was destroyed, Shen City's current annual production of food is only about 400,000 tons."
"Okay."
What Lin Xi was most worried about was the food shortage in Shen City. Since there was enough food, other things could be carried out.
"Huang Bo, draw out the locations of the five granaries. Before we build the special city, we have to control the granaries."
"But what's the use of just occupying them?"
Huang Bo could not help but ask, "Do you have the ability to transport food? Do you have the energy to distribute food to the civilians? Also, every granary is heavily guarded. There are even some armored warriors — the first batch of Five Elemental Armor soldiers from Shen City's research institute. "
"If the people who go are weak, they might even be killed."
"Hmm, this is a problem … But let's take it first."
Lin Xi noticed Huang Bo's words and asked curiously, "Has Shen City really developed the Five Elemental Armor?"
"It's just that there are some immature and flawed concept products. They are still being perfected."
"As long as there are finished products, that's good enough."
Lin Xi thought of the T45 Power Armor, the Rocket Armor, the Steel Wave Armor, the Heaven Wing/Sea Wing Transformation Armor, the Plasma Cutter Cannon … Shen City's research ability should be quite good. Since they had some experience in researching the armor of the armored warriors, they should be able to analyze these.
"I'll go to the Food Management Committee first. The rest of you, go and occupy the granary."
Lin Xi ordered the people around him. "Northern Qi Ji is a super boss. Ally has Zakun's statue. You guys can control one granary. Ning Shuixin, Wang Feifei, bring the two girls to one place."
"Uncle Ox, with the addition of Wang Wei and Zhen Tian, your team is quite strong. In order to avoid encountering powerful enemies, I'll have Master Raccoon, the Five Peerless Heroes, Master Chicken, Master Bear, and Master Crocodile join your team."
"Many And Many, Li Qi, Ninth Uncle, Hero Yan, Senior Sweeping Monk … Li Qi, you're quite strong now. Many And Many has an immortal body. Ninth Uncle has the Steel Wave Armor. Hero Yan is a qi practitioner. You guys can occupy one granary."
Lin Xi frowned after giving the order. They were still missing two granaries. Unfortunately, they didn't have enough manpower. To prevent conflicts, each granary had to have overwhelming strength. They also had to prevent Shen City's locals, such as evolvers and job seekers, from joining forces to counterattack.
"We're still missing two granaries."
Zhen Tian suggested. "How about we separate Northern Qi Ji and Ally? With Northern Qi's firepower, suppressing one granary is not a problem. Ally has Zakun. As long as Zakun is released, the enemy will probably run away in fear. "
"Yes, that's true." Lin Xi nodded. "Ning Shuixin, Wang Feifei, each of you bring one person to the granary … Be careful … As for the last one …"
"I'll go!" Many And Many volunteered. "I alone am enough!"
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