Chapter 995 Gambling

"Hurry up and leave when you get it, don't block it here, and delay the people behind to get the food."

Looking at the somewhat moldy potato in his hand, the young man couldn't believe that this was his daily ration.

I couldn't help asking: "Didn't we still have a piece of bread yesterday? Why do we only have one potato today? How can we live?"

The official in charge of distributing food scolded disdainfully: "What nonsense! Why don't you think about it yourself?

If it weren't for you bunch of refugees, there wouldn't be a shortage of food in the city. Now it’s causing everyone to go hungry together, it’s good to have something to eat, and you still want to pick and choose, so get out of here! "

In the face of hunger, the ugliness of human nature is fully exposed. The influx of refugees has harmed the interests of the local people. Although the new government is trying its best to suppress the conflicts between the two sides, the conflicts between the two sides have never stopped secretly. As the situation continues to deteriorate, this contradiction has become increasingly intense.

Regardless of the changing situation in Paris, the government has changed several times, but the middle and lower-level officials are basically the same people.

Seeing that the new government is about to end again, the bureaucrats have become crazy, as long as they can make money, there is nothing they dare not do.

The first unlucky ones are naturally the foreign refugees. Anyway, these people are helpless, and their death is for nothing. Naturally, they are the most bullied targets.

Does the new high-level government really not know?

not necessarily!

The enemy was too cunning, and directly resorted to siege tactics without entering the city at all. Even if the new government had all kinds of calculations, there was no room for it.

Originally planning to instigate the low-level soldiers of the aristocratic coalition army, but now they are separated by rows of mines, and the two sides cannot connect.

In this context, if the top leaders of the new government do not want to go to the guillotine, they can only wait for the climax of the revolution.

The food stored in the city is limited, and the only way to last longer is to reduce the population. The bureaucrats at the lower level are doing something wrong, and the top government may not be happy to see it succeed.

Thinking darkly, if the refugees do not clash with the locals, then the hungry people will target the new government with hatred.

Human greed is unlimited, and after tasting the sweetness of skipping food for reselling, it can no longer be stopped. It is not surprising that this scene appeared,

"What? There is only one potato, is this going to starve us to death!"

"There's only one potato. Someone stole our rations, right? One potato is going to drive us to a dead end."

"No, I have to get bread today!"

...

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The gunshot rang out, and the scene fell silent for an instant. In the face of soldiers with live ammunition, it is really difficult for unorganized refugees to summon up the courage to resist.

"Troublemaker, kill!"

"The food that we give you for free is all saved by us bite by bite. If anyone feels dissatisfied, you can not, no one will force you!

If you want to receive relief food, follow the rules. If you don’t have enough to eat, that’s your own problem. Now how many people in Paris can eat enough, and everyone is hungry, why can't you? "

The murderous words of the middle-aged official suppressed the chaotic scene, leaving only pairs of glaring eyes.

There is no right or wrong in the adult world, only pros and cons. Looking around, you can see that most of the refugees who came to line up are young and strong, and it is rare to see the old and weak. It is self-evident what happened behind this.

Everyone is working hard to survive, there is nothing to blame, and no one is cleaner than the other. If you want to survive in this troubled world, you have to be ruthless.

...

In the presidential palace, Daniel, who is the leader of the government, is looking out the window at this moment, with countless worries on his brows.

The crisis belonging to Paris has just begun. It is autumn now, and the main contradiction in Paris is food. After a while, heating will become a new contradiction.

"It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice." Daniel racked his brains, but couldn't think of a way to solve the shortage of supplies.

If it is before raising the butcher's knife against the nobles, there is still a possibility for the two sides to compromise. For an intact Paris, the Bourbon dynasty will probably make a deal with them, and it is not difficult to get a preferential treatment.

It is no longer possible. In the previous purges, the revolutionary government had already soaked up the blood of the aristocratic group. Surrender is a dead end, and the only way to survive is to carry on.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, the cruel reality tells Daniel that this "line of hope" is becoming more and more illusory.

The expected revolutionary climax did not erupt for a long time, and Daniel knew that the revolution had failed again. It's not that they don't work hard enough, it's that the enemy is too strong.

From the moment the royalist party reached a compromise, the strength and weakness of the two parties were doomed. Behind the Bourbons there is the Continental League, and behind their stature there is nothing.

Even the United States, which was originally inclined to them, is now unable to withstand the pressure of the European Union and provide support to them at this time.

"Boom boom boom..."

The knock on the door brought Daniel back to reality, and he said slowly, "Come in!"

The young man said out of breath, "Mr. Danielle, our negotiations with the enemy have failed. They refused to open an opening and let the people out of the city on the grounds that they were worried that we would pretend to be refugees."

"understood!"

Danielle replied indifferently. As if this is just a trivial matter, not worth paying attention to at all.

This is also to be expected. politics

The rule of law is cruel, and the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty is imminent, so it is natural not to want to make troubles at this time.

Opening an opening to let refugees out of the city may seem like a minor problem, but it is actually asking for trouble. I don’t need to talk about millions more mouths. The key is to increase the risk of restoration failure.

There are millions of people in the city of Paris. If these people are kept in the city, the revolutionary government will be overwhelmed in a few months. Nothing to do, the Bourbons can lie down and win.

If all these people are released, all material crises in the city will be resolved. Then there is nothing to say, we can only fight street fights with the revolutionaries.

Not to mention the painful price, the question is, will the refugees be grateful to the Bourbon dynasty?

the answer is negative.

People's hearts are complicated, maybe everyone will be grateful at the beginning. But this kind of gratitude will not last, and soon everyone will turn to hatred due to a series of problems such as untimely resettlement and insufficient material supply.

Coupled with the instigation of the revolutionaries, there might be an anti-hunger uprising outside the city. Similar things have never happened in human history.

If they really wanted to let the refugees leave, the revolutionary government would have done it as early as the beginning of the civil war, and there was no need to wait until now.

If the coalition of nobles launched an attack immediately after arriving, then the refugees would be the best cannon fodder, which could be used to consume the enemy's strength.

As an extreme idealist, in Daniel's eyes, as long as the ideal can be realized, everything can be sacrificed, including his own wealth and life, let alone a group of refugees?

After pausing for a while, Danielle added: "Myron, notify me to start the backup plan. At this point, I can't take care of so much."

The young man's face changed drastically, and he hesitated: "Mr. Danielle, are you really going to do this? The enemy may not be fooled. If the enemy doesn't come, then..."

"No chance!"

"Live or die. This is a gamble. If you win the bet, France will be an ideal country without oppression and exploitation; if you lose the bet..."

At this point, Danielle's words stopped abruptly. If they lose the bet, they are all dead, so naturally they don't need to know what will happen next.

...

"Hand over the food, or I will kill you!"

"boom!"

The middle-aged man who was surrounded launched the attack first. At this time, food is life, and in order to survive, he has to fight.

Similar scenes are played out in the streets and alleys of Paris every day. In the face of hunger, nature's most instinctive survival of the fittest is presented.

The police, who were supposed to maintain order, gradually withdrew from everyone's sight at some point. Except for the official gathering area and the main avenue, they are hardly seen in other areas.

In order to survive, more and more people began to form groups. Gangs of underworld forces emerged one after another, and various vicious crimes such as robbery, rape, and murder emerged one after another.

The government's indifference finally aroused public dissatisfaction. The anti-hunger movement sprouted from the refugee camp, and soon spread to the workers and citizens of Paris.

On October 21, 1893, a massive anti-hunger march broke out in Paris, and the shouts of the people were directly transmitted to Carlos' headquarters outside the city.

Whether to launch a siege has once again become the focus of controversy among the nobles.