The road to national restoration that began at the end of the century - #128 - Chapter 129: Everyone will only complain that they earn too little

Yes.

Execution of condemned prisoners by cannon.

This is one of the “great” features of Takagi Kingdom.

Compared with the shooting executions commonly used by the Crurod Empire, bombardment with cannons is definitely considered a “waste”.

But what can be done?

The Takagi Kingdom was originally a country built on violence.

In the past, the founder of the Takagi Kingdom expelled the original ruling forces through conspiracy to usurp the throne. Now the royal family of the Takagi Kingdom is naturally very worried that the people of their own country will follow suit and attempt to usurp the throne. Therefore, the execution of death row prisoners with cannons (in the Takagi Kingdom, anyone who disobeys His Majesty the King is a death row prisoner) is naturally the best “ruling method” today.

But compared to this, when Mike looked at the polished rice being transported away by truck after truck, he quickly thought of another thing.

Who among those black-haired kobolds can eat this food?

Probably not.

After all, the Akijin Empire regarded rice as a staple food that other foreigners were prohibited from eating. It was a staple food that every subject must eat throughout their lives and had no other choices. Therefore, even if the black-haired kobolds, an intelligent race that also grows rice, grow rice, the results will inevitably become tributes to the Akitsu Empire. And to everyone’s surprise, the rice would be polished and processed repeatedly into the polished rice most favored by the pig-headed people of the Akitsu Empire.

But in this way, no one knows that these pig-headed people have polished off all the nutrients that should be contained in the rice, resulting in a de facto waste of food.

In pursuit of the so-called superior life and the so-called excellent taste, the pig-headed man has no idea how much waste he produces by polishing rice. According to Mike’s own observation and estimation of these wastes, every grain of rice will be polished by the pig-headed man until it is only 40% of its original volume.

Simply unforgivable!

Even if it doesn’t taste good, the parts that have been polished off are still edible food!

Especially now that he is looking at the polished rice in the warehouse, each grain of which is shiny and whiter in color, he is really getting more and more annoyed.

Such waste of food is a crime!

It is an unforgivable crime against the race that eats rice all over the world and dare not say that they can have enough to eat!

What’s more, it was precisely because of the pig-headed man’s polishing that Mike sighed when he looked at the polished rice in front of him.

The nutritional value of polished rice is not as good as that of rice whose outer layer of rice bran is simply polished. As a result, consumers who eat polished rice have to eat more, resulting in more food consumption.

This is why an ordinary pig-headed soldier needs to eat 230 grams of polished rice for one lunch.

For Japanese people, the consumption figure of this staple food can be reduced by 30 grams. And Rimai people can use ordinary rice, or bread and buns.

He is not as pretentious as the pig-headed man at all, and will directly rebel if he has no rice to eat.

Yes.

rebel.

The pig-headed man has such a “good temper” that if he doesn’t eat rice, he will die – not me, but you.

Many pig-headed men who voluntarily join the army join the army just so that they can eat refined rice every day.

If anyone dares to ban polished rice, these soldiers will not dare to come openly, but secretly they will definitely shoot down the person who gave the order.

And according to historical summary, at least more than a hundred pig-headed officers or other officials were killed with cold shots.

Everyone knows that being a soldier is not about enjoying happiness. It is very normal to suffer hardship and even death.

Therefore, the greatest unified belief of the people of the Akitsu Empire – eating polished rice is the greatest source of combat motivation for every soldier who is lucky enough to serve in the army.

If anyone dares to deprive such a source of power, the soldiers’ guns are the best answer.

Thinking of this, Mike was helpless.

It was such polished rice that allowed the Pig-headed people to rise into a nation with advanced weapons and equipment. It was also because of this polished rice that no one knew how many Japanese and Mai compatriots were starved to death by the Pig-headed people.

In short, now that one-third of the Northern Province has been taken back, it means a good start.

Especially the pig-headed people in the Eastern Province seem to be unaware of any special circumstances and have not launched an attack on the Crurod Empire for a long time.

Is it possible…

Don’t think too much yet.

There’s no point in overthinking it now.

After all, no news is pretty good news.

But compared to his current job of disposing of “excess” supplies for the army, Lison in the Negan Empire received news three nights later that his father-in-law Enzo had escaped from prison.

That’s right, the black-haired kobold escaped from prison.

Jeanne: “So now I don’t dare to go back to see my dad.”

Jenna: “Haha.”

Jeanne: “Stop laughing, you know my dad’s temper…”

Jenna: “It’s just four black men running away…it’s okay. It’s absolutely impossible for them to escape beyond the national border. Our country’s border guards are not blind or stupid. Even if these black men choose to use their own time at night, It is also impossible to carry out latent activities with the innate night vision ability. The detection vehicles and detection towers of the border defense forces can make them understand that there is no escape. What’s more, the aerial reconnaissance forces of the border defense forces can also do it. It’s not a decoration.”

Jeanne: “What about the sea?”

Jenna: “You know how to swim, so you won’t go out for a swim at this time, right? Except for the beach and port in front of the hotel opened by your parents, where the water flow is relatively gentle, there are various rocks and turbulent currents everywhere else. I accidentally went down to feed the fish.”

Listening to Jeanne and Jenna’s conversation, hugging them to bed, and getting ready for the nightlife, Lison was naturally a little worried that his father-in-law would vent to him.

But if you think about it seriously, this should be impossible.

At most, his father-in-law never looked good on him because of Jeanne’s incident. At other times or under other circumstances, he probably wouldn’t have any harsh words to say to himself.

If you really want to cause trouble… I guess there is only one person, or a group of guys, who will really get into trouble. If those black-haired kobolds didn’t have enough luck, they would never be able to successfully escape from the pursuit of Enzo’s father-in-law.

Especially brother Jeanna, who is a master of water spells. It was difficult, very difficult for those black-haired kobolds to escape from her hands.

Moreover, Enzo’s father-in-law is not a holder of traditional concepts who can only use cold weapons. There are still many gunpowder weapons that should be used. Especially when more modern firearms and even various explosives are available.

As for Enzo’s father-in-law, he is an expert in firearms and has mastered many modern combat tactics.

Even the pig-headed man’s wave-energy rifle and wave-power pistol, he still knows how to use.

It’s just that he has never been very fond of using firearms, preferring to use more traditional magic to solve problems.

Although doing so will easily leave traces of spell power, thereby exposing one’s identity, and will also allow some professional veterans to suppress and hunt to a certain extent.

After all, although what Enzo’s father-in-law did was not illegal (if it was really illegal, Lison and the others would not be able to escape the trial), it was always a gray business, a kind of business that wandered between legality and illegality. special business between boundaries.

Selling prisoners of war or something like that is not a serious business in itself.

However, there is no way around it. Compared with the traditional selling of arms, reselling black-haired kobold prisoners of war is definitely a very profitable business. After all, everyone has to live without money…

To put it bluntly, who would dislike someone who makes more money?

Everyone will only complain that they earn too little.

So…

“Enzo.”

“Search this dense forest for me! No firearms or explosives of any kind are allowed. I don’t want to invite the nearby border guards.”

“But…if the fugitives meet the border guards…”

“No. These four black men who ran out are definitely…well! There!”

Following Enzo’s order, the four black-haired kobolds who originally thought they could hide in the grass near the hotel were naturally re-captured by Enzo’s men…