"I hope so."

Xiao Chen didn't say much.

"Now there are only more than 7,000 people in Xiyun City, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they have no ability to make a living."

At this moment, Xu Lu looked at Xiao Chen and listened from his tone, and was still a little worried.

"If we follow your previous deployment, we need to pay for these old, weak, sick and disabled people to support them, and they will not bring any benefits to the city..."

"So what?"

Xiao Chen turned his head to look at Xu Lu and whispered: "Give up them and let them die for themselves?"

Xu Lu didn't say anything, he just frowned slightly.

In fact, Xu Lu’s concerns are very normal. These elderly, weak, sick and disabled people will directly lead to the operation of Xiyun City.

Now the business in Xiyun City has not started to operate at all, and there is not much food stored in the city.

If you have to rely on these stored grains to support everyone, you may lose food in the city in a few days.

Once food is out of stock, things will inevitably fall in this uncontrollable direction.

"These people may be other people's fathers and other people's grandfathers."

Xiao Chen looked at Xu Lu and said, "Once upon a time, they were also young men with high spirits. Now they are in their twilight years, and they have changed a lot again, and their breath has withered."

"If we want to control Xiyun City, the most important thing is not force. Some things are more important than force and cultivation."

Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Xu Lu sighed softly and said, "I understand everything you said."

"I want to take root in Xiyun City, gain the recognition of the people, and make people join Xiyun City, and I must win people's hearts. I understand all this."

"But now we have just come out of Mitsun Mountain and have nothing. Our own food and grass still need to be supplied by the Qian family and Qin family. Why don't we support these more than 7,000 people!"

When Xiao Chen heard Xu Lu's words, he also frowned. He immediately said, "Xu Lu, what you said is wrong."

"What does it mean to win people's hearts? Do you think we are just doing this?"

"If you are doing it, then don't do it. If you don't do it, you can save time to worry!"

Hearing that Xiao Chen's tone was a little unkind, Xu Lu shut up directly.

In fact, there is no conflict between Xu Lu and Xiao Chen in the core, and their starting points are the same.

But saying this is another thing.

What Xiao Chen thought was naturally the way to develop for a long time, while Xu Lu was responsible for the current survival.

At this point, the conflict between the two was highlighted, which was also the first major problem encountered by Xiao Chen's plan.

How to reconcile the conflict between the people who are supported and those who are capable of working.

In other words, why can they obtain food and supplies by doing nothing?

This matter begins to test Xiao Chen's leadership level.

And dealing with this matter will only be more difficult than normal practice.

Xiao Chen frowned, looked at Xu Lu, and asked, "You have finished your investigation. Have you figured out how many of these more than 7,000 people need to be taken care of?"

"About five thousand people."

Xu Lu replied directly: "These people are all people who are unable to leave Xiyun City, most of whom are the elderly."

"Some people are even starving to death at home. If Li Da and I hadn't visited the door and gave them food, I would probably have starved to death now."

Hearing these words, Xiao Chen immediately said: "Immediately organize people to distribute food to these people, find someone to be responsible for cooking for them, and make sure that no one is starved to death!"

When Xu Lu heard this, she looked directly at Xiao Chen and said, "If all the food and grass of the Qin family and Qian family are taken out, these 7,000 people will only be enough for one day."

"Tomorrow, everyone in the city will go hungry."

Xiao Chen frowned immediately. This matter was more urgent. If handled improperly, it might soon lead to the collapse of his power.

If you provide centralized supply to the people, there will be insufficient food and grass, and if you do not provide to the people, it will be difficult for people to gather.

"This matter needs to be resolved immediately, and the things that support the seven thousand people must be done."

Xiao Chen glanced at Xu Lu, then looked at Li Da next to him and asked, "Brother Li, you have been in Xiyun City for a long time, do you know where there are more wild animals outside this town?"

When Li Da heard this, he immediately knew what Xiao Chen was going to do. He immediately said: "There are deep mountains outside the two city gates, and there are many wild animals in the deep mountains."

"There are many hunters in the city who live on these wild beasts."

"Arranging people immediately and going out for hunting."

Xiao Chen looked at Xu Lu and said, "Use the meat and food of wild animals to mix with them, and try to last a few more days."

As he said that, Xiao Chen took out a gold coin card from his arms and threw it to Xu Lu, saying, "Take a few people immediately, go to the surrounding towns, buy food and grass, and you need as much as you want."

Xu Lu glanced at the gold coin card thrown out by Xiao Chen, and of course he knew what it was.

Xu Lu is not a person who is completely hiding in Mitsuji Mountain. When he has few things to do on weekdays, he will also go to the surrounding towns.

And Xiao Chen's gold coin card is obviously not an ordinary product.

"The fastest, I'm afraid it will take four or five days."

Xu Lu looked at Xiao Chen and said, "Even if the food and grass in the city are added to the surrounding wild animals, I'm afraid it won't be enough for these days."

"There is only this at the moment." Xiao Chen frowned and asked immediately: "Is there no place to store food in Xiyun City?"

"It's gone long ago."

Xu Lu shook his head and said, "The business road in Xiyun City has been stopped for more than half a month. In addition, the Qian family and the Qin family have closed all their stores, and a large amount of money and grain have been transferred to their family."

"And there is no granary under the command of the city lord in Xiyun City, and all the grain and grass are in the business."

"After the turmoil in Xiyun City, many stores were either robbed or burned, and a lot of waste wasted."

"A large number of people left Xiyun City and took away a lot of food and grass, which led to insufficient food in the city."

"Not only that, Brother Xiao."

At this moment, Li Da also looked up and said, "The arable land near Xiyun City is completely abandoned and no one planted it. This season may be without harvest..."

"If you want to rely on purchasing grain and grass to survive, Brother Xiao, your gold coins... aren't enough."

When Xiao Chen heard this, he sighed softly and said, "I understand."

"You guys will do it the way you are now. I will find a way to do what comes next."

Xu Lu wanted to say something, but when she saw Xiao Chen's appearance, she still couldn't bear to say it.

The situation in Xiyun City is worse than expected now. Although everyone is full of fighting spirit, if you can't eat enough for a long time, something big will definitely happen.

Li Da and Xu Lu looked at each other and didn't say anything. They then got up, picked up Xiao Chen's gold coin card, and walked out.
Chapter completed!