Colonel Keno, who was in charge of the military, had deliberately allowed the military and police to do whatever they wanted, causing the entire wealthy district to be filled with wails. The Consul had also heard about this. Unfortunately, the Consul now had to rely on the military to help him stabilize the situation. He could punish Colonel Keno, but no one dared to punish a large number of low-ranking soldiers.
Because the Consul had implemented the military, he had completely offended the wealthy and nobles. If he offended the military as well, he would really be alone.
Therefore, even though he knew that the low-ranking military and police were doing evil, the Consul could only pretend to be deaf and mute. Now that Ralph had been removed from his position and even chased out of the wealthy district, the Consul did not have any good ideas. The Consul did not even have anyone to ask for advice.
"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have been so cruel to Ralph …" The Consul sighed. He now regretted chasing Jiang Fei out of his residence. Otherwise, he could still invite Jiang Fei back. Even if Jiang Fei did not hold an official position, he could still be an advisor!
However, no matter how advanced medicine was in this world, there was no medicine for regret. Therefore, the Consul could only suffer in silence. The only thing he could do was to ask his subordinates to discuss with Keno and have him restrain his soldiers. That was all.
However, the current Keno was no longer the same as before. He was now in control of the military, and he no longer had to listen to the Consul's words. If it wasn't for the fact that the Consul had a legitimate status and that the soldiers under him might not be willing to rebel with him, he would have overthrown the Consul and formed his own military government.
Faced with Colonel Keno who did things his own way and even gave orders without permission, the Consul could not say anything. He now understood what it meant by 'it's easier to invite the devil in than to send the devil away' meant. Now, he was a little resentful towards Jiang Fei for giving him such a bad idea, but there was no way to solve it.
Compared to the chaos in the wealthy district, the slums and the commoners' residences were peaceful. This was because Lina's society had ample funds. They had stocked up a lot of supplies in advance. These supplies were distributed to every family, so they did not have a lot in stock. It was only enough for a family of a few people for about a week. Therefore, when the military had just started, the poor and commoners who had joined Lina's society were living quite well.
Although the military and police did all sorts of evil things in the wealthy district, they did not harass the commoners. The main reason was that these low-ranking soldiers were mostly commoners. They could not possibly rob their own families, could they?
As for the slums, the military and police did not dare to go there. This was because the poor in the slums were much more hot-blooded than the rich. Moreover, they did not have much money. Robbing them was equivalent to killing them. So, if they dared to rob them, they would risk!
In this way, who wouldn't be willing to easily rob the rich and make a fortune? Instead, they would run to the slums and risk their lives for some steamed buns?
The effort and the reward were so disproportionate that the military and police did not even think about robbing the slums. Therefore, the slums became the most peaceful place.
However, good days would eventually come to an end. Although the military and police did not rob the slums, after the food distributed by Lina's society ran out, the poor would still have to eat. However, now that all the food in the city was controlled by the military, the city was implementing a rationing system. Every family received a fixed amount of food. However, the poor in the outskirts of the city were not so lucky. They would not get to enjoy the benefits in the city.
In the beginning, according to the Consul's plan, the poor could also receive food. Although it would be less than the rich and commoners, at least they would be able to fill their stomachs.
However, Colonel Keno arbitrarily changed this order. He distributed the resources that belonged to the slums to the soldiers under his command. His goal was to make the soldiers support him more, but the huge number of slums had completely lost their food rations.
Keno was a soldier, he didn't have any experience in administration, so when he gave this order, he didn't think it through. He just wanted to give some benefits to the soldiers under his command. When he saw that the lowly commoners actually had food to distribute, he waved his pen and used the food for his own use.
As for what the poor would do after they lost their livelihood, he did not think about it. Even if he thought about it, he did not care. After all, he had the army and guns. What was he afraid of?
At this moment, Lina was also worried. Although she had money in her hands, the problem was that the military was now in control. All the food was in the hands of the military, and the merchants' food had been confiscated. Even if she had money, she couldn't buy it!
"What should I do …" Lina paced around the room anxiously. Suddenly, she had an idea!
"That's right! I have a sachet! " Lina's eyebrows relaxed instantly. Then, she found a small package that was hidden very well. Then, she rummaged through it to find the sachet that was suitable to open now.
"This is it!" Soon, Lina found the sachet that she needed and immediately opened it.
"Get someone to contact the middle-level officers and secretly buy food from them! Don't be afraid of spending money! "The content of the note was very simple, but it immediately solved Lina's problem!
"That's right! Why didn't I think of that! "Lina suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment.
As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. If Keno himself was stuffing his own pockets, wouldn't the middle-level officers in charge of the warehouse want to make some money? Now that Lina had Moon Crystals, as long as she was willing to spend money, there were many middle-level officers with authority who were willing to secretly sell food to them.
Although the military was now in control, all the resources were collected and distributed uniformly. It seemed like money and Moon Crystals were worthless, but that was not the case. The gamma space itself did not lack food. The main reason for the starving people was the economic collapse. The rich and merchants were not willing to provide food to the people for free.
Therefore, food was not a scarce resource. It was just that after the economic collapse, the people had no money to buy food to eat.
Under the military's control, money and Moon Crystals seemed useless, but the value of Moon Crystals was recognized. Otherwise, when the military was in control, Moon Crystals would not have been confiscated.
Then, Lina spread out her people. There were all kinds of people in her society, and there were many of them. There were many people from the civilian district. Among these people, some had families serving in the army, and some were even middle-level officers in charge of food.
With the help of these people, Lina's agent quickly used Moon Crystals to buy food. Although it was not cheap, the distribution of food made Lina's society more cohesive. Everyone believed that no matter what the situation was, as long as they stayed in this society, everyone would be able to survive! They would be able to live a good life!
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