Chapter 218: The plan of the passers-by
As we headed towards the interior of Thrace, there was little to say on the way.
As far as Panda is concerned, the country of Thrace is much stronger than Tara Khan in terms of social stability and people's happiness index, and it can even be said that there is a world of difference.
For example, in the villages they passed by, most of the villagers lived a stable life, with smiles on their faces, and there was no resentment lingering in the villages. More importantly, he often saw gray-haired old men in their 60s and 70s sitting in front of their huts and basking in the sun.
According to the panda's impression, it depends on how well the people in a region live, as well as their average life expectancy. A person with a high average life expectancy is better than a person with a low average life expectancy, even if there are thousands of problems. Or to put it bluntly, if the average life expectancy is high and there are problems, it is called white jade with slight flaws; if the average life expectancy is low and bright, it is mostly a reporter who has received money to wash the ground.
Of course, such as the legendary country that is always singing and dancing, hundreds of millions of low-caste pariahs don't even have an ID card. They can only drink Ganges water when they are hungry and sick, and those who are thrown into the Ganges when they die... The data really doesn't tell the story.
"It's no wonder that Thrace was able to swept half of the Western Continent. This country does have a strong foundation!" In the chat channel, he sighed.
He is not the only one who made similar exclamations, many of them are active in Thrace, and their feelings are almost similar to him.
The traversers have acquiesced that they are the masters of the Tarakhan Territory, and they are full of the consciousness of masters. At present, Thrace is their biggest imaginary enemy, so as long as they go out to travel, at least half of them have come to Thrace.
They are here to observe the enemy.
As their knowledge of Thrace gradually increased, so did the pressure on their hearts.
Such a powerful country, can it really resist only a mere Tara Khan collar?
No one is sure.
"If only we could give us a few more years," someone said.
What if you give them a few more years?
Of course, the traversers continued to upgrade, and upgraded to the point where they could fight thousands of troops with their own strength alone, and directly beat the Thracian invaders back.
In this case, the scientific research team suddenly said that if they just bought some time, maybe they would have a solution.
"How?" Everyone asked.
The leader of the research team, Han Feng, did not sell anything, and gave you a detailed explanation:
The main food crop in most of Thrace is a rice-like plant that does not require a lot of water, called "rice", or it can be thought of as a type of upland rice. The yield of this kind of crop is not very high, it is much lower than the rice in the impression of a few passers-by who have been exposed to farm work. Generally speaking, if the weather is good and the rain is good, after a year, the harvest will probably be enough for two years. If there is a little bit of bad weather, it will only be enough for one year to one and a half years.
Chill's plan was to grow a bacterium that would prevent rice from setting ears on a large scale, and then use birds to spread it to Thrace. The artificially created bacteria are not long-lived, lack the ability to mutate, and are generally quite weak. But as long as the timing is right, a wave of infection can reduce food production in parts of Thrace.
Given the national conditions of Israel, facing such a situation, it is of course necessary to mobilize grain reserves from elsewhere for disaster relief. Without the grain reserves, it is natural to be unable to fight the war, and it will be possible to delay for some time.
"How long can we delay?" everyone asked.
Cold Wind said that he hadn't calculated it carefully, but... it's okay to drag it on for at least a year.
"Can't we wait a few more years?" asked the fake count Anthony.
Han Feng reluctantly said that this move was actually a deliberate calculation, and it only caught Thrace by surprise. People are not stupid, they will react once they are hit, and then start to investigate. In order to avoid being traced, they must destroy all clues immediately after they do it, and then use some special methods to escape. If you do this once, you should be fine. If you do it the second time or the third time, the fool will know where the problem is...
"Unless you want to face an angry Thracian army for revenge, this can only be done once," he stressed.
No one wanted to face the Thracian army coming in anger, so they could only express their regrets.
Of course, there are also some travelers who are worried that this approach will seriously harm civilians, which is not what a good person should do. However, Hanfeng disagreed. He said that according to calculations, even in areas with relatively severe disasters, there would not be any real harvests. Unless the disaster relief was not timely, it was unlikely that people would die of starvation.
"But this will make the peasants go bankrupt." Someone who has studied ancient history said, "Many peasants are burdened with debts. If there is a serious reduction in production, they will not be able to repay the debts on time, and the result will be bankruptcy... The peasants go bankrupt, very miserable. of!"
In this regard, Han Feng can only say: "I can't take care of that much. If you are sympathetic, you can think of a good way to get the best of both worlds."
Of course, I can't think of a good way to get the best of both worlds, so those transmigrators who are pitiful and compassionate have no choice but to sigh.
After sighing, they couldn't help scolding the Thracian King Richard, if this **** didn't want to make a fortune, want to sweep the world, and want the world to be king, how could there be so much shit!
Then, more than one person decided to set off to assassinate Richard.
"This guy is the chief of all evils. As long as he is dead, there is no need to fight." Assassination squad leader Xing Zhao said.
"Assassination can't solve the problem." Wu Mian advised, "You see, from the end of the Warring States period to the Qin Dynasty, so many people assassinated Qin Shihuang, but they didn't see a solution to the problem."
"That's because they didn't kill Qin Shihuang!" Jian Shisan immediately supported his sister, "If Qin Wuyang didn't lose the chain, the matter would have been resolved long ago!"
"Even if Qin Shihuang dies, the state of Qin will also destroy the state of Yan."
"At least without Qin Shihuang, the pace of Qin's unification of the six kingdoms will slow down." Jian Shisan said, "What we are after is nothing more than this, let Thrace slow down the pace of aggression."
"Have you ever thought about one thing?" Panda suddenly said, "Assassination of King Richard, the reformists and the old-fashioned factions in Thrace, who have been fighting hard at present, are afraid that they will really get together, it is very possible It led to a civil war in Thrace. At that time, we don't have to worry about Thracian fighting, but for the Thracians, it is actually worse."
Jian Shisan suddenly became dumbfounded, and Xingzhao and the others had nothing to say.
Food production or civil war, which is worse?
It's an obvious thing to do.
In the end, the "Assassination of Tyrant Richard" plan designed by Xingzhao and the others was stillborn before it could be implemented. After a detailed discussion, the traversers decided to support the cold wind's plan and used the reduced food production to delay the pace of Thrace's aggression.
Although this is not enough, at least for them, the only way they can think of is this...