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Chapter 444: Chapter Four Hundred Forty: The Destined Rupture

“We don’t need to do anything.” Mi Jin smiled mysteriously, as if he had everything figured out. Meanwhile, Mi Zhen looked puzzled. “Do nothing?” “Correct.” Mi Jin nodded, explaining, “The 1.6 million civilians in Xiling, how much food do they need to survive? The Tang Family, even with all their food, wouldn’t be able to provide for them. Not even to win over Du Sha.”

This is similar to when Chengzhou was hit by a flood, and the two clans went to take in refugees. Ordinary civilians didn’t even qualify to be refugees because they held no value. The biggest difference with this flood is that it will submerge the entirety of Xiling, including all the cultivated lands within its borders. This means for the upcoming years, food will be the most crucial strategic asset in West Longzhou. Whoever has food controls the situation at least until the Lingjiang River stabilises and the powerful families redistribute their territories anew.”

“Red Cloud Mountain is a mine, with a very thin layer of soil. Only a small piece of land, where the Red Cloud Village is located, can be cultivated. However, the Du family only numbers over a thousand people. Even if they had been storing grains for hundreds of years, they wouldn’t be able to support such a large population.” Mi Jin made a slashing motion with his hand, “Even if the population was cut in half and only 800,000 remained, the Du family wouldn’t be able to support them. But do you think our compassionate Hero Du would watch a million civilians starve right in front of him?”

The reason civilians hold so little value in the eyes of the clans is that they lack a clear understanding of their own status. As long as they can scrape by, they reproduce like rabbits. With the increase in the number of children, their life becomes more and more destitute. Forget about practicing martial arts; even having enough to eat and wear becomes a luxury.

Such a tense existence would inevitably lead to mass deaths amongst the civilians in case of a minor natural disaster or a famine. There was no need to deliberately control the population as natural disasters and human-caused disasters automatically kept the population at a reasonable level.

Anyway, after a disaster, within twenty years, a new batch of civilians would appear. Hence, to people like Mi Jin and Tang Zhi, the number of civilians was merely a statistic.

cruel than letting the flood wash them away. Of course, Du

Family and the nine great clans?”

divided into twelve parts, the Tang and Mi Families would share eight parts, the Xiao Family would have one part, and the rest of the influential families would share

Wan, Bai, Pei Wet, and Zhu unquestionably stood at the top in Xiling. And it was their

four great clans of Pan, Bie, Bai, Wan to decisely commit to the Mi Family. The competition for the control of Xiling s influential families had barely started, and the Mi Family

in his eyes. Mi Shen’s surprising performance might be the only thing worth

south, due west, due

Luo’s voice echoing throughout the city due to his unique broadcasting ability and the surprisingly fast Immortal Wind Cloud Body Technique, he had flown a circle over Xiling in just an hour. His amplified voice reverberated off the white clouds in all directions. With his enhanced vision, he could clearly see the civilians running back to their homes, gathering their ‘ half-grown vegetables and grains and stuffing them into sacks. They even wanted to carry the large pickle jars on

days to prepare, they didn’t want to abandon any of their possessions. Some families even moved everything from inside their house to the courtyard,

angry. With only three days until the flood arrived, it would have been