Chapter 1015: Gambling
Chapter 995 Gambling
“Get it and get out of here, don’t stand in the way and delay the people behind you from receiving food.”
Looking at the somewhat moldy potato in his hand, the young man couldn’t believe that this was his ration for the day.
He couldn’t help but ask, “Wasn’t there a piece of bread yesterday, how come there’s only one potato today, how can this let us live?”
The official in charge of distributing the food disdainfully chided, “What a waste of words! Why can’t you think for yourself?
If it weren’t for you refugees, there wouldn’t be a shortage of food in the city. Now you’ve dragged everyone along with you to starve, it’s good enough to have food, but you still want to pick and choose, get out of here!”
In the face of hunger, all the ugliness of human nature was exposed. The influx of refugees had harmed the interests of the locals, and even though the new government was doing its best to suppress the conflict between the two sides, secretly the conflict between the two sides had never ceased. As the situation continued to deteriorate, this conflict became increasingly white-hot.
Although the situation in Paris has changed and the government has changed several times, the middle and lower officials are basically the same as before.
Seeing that the new government is going to be finished, the bureaucrats have become crazy, as long as they can make money there is nothing they do not dare to do.
The first to suffer were the foreign refugees. Anyway, these people have no one to turn to and their deaths are in vain, so naturally they are the most bullied.
Does the new government really not know?
Not necessarily!
The enemy was too cunning, directly adopting siege tactics, not entering the city at all, even if the new government has a thousand calculations have no room to play.
Originally there was also a plan to turn back the bottom soldiers of the Noble Union Army, but now they were blocked off by rows of mines, and the two sides couldn’t even make contact.
In this context, if the new government does not want to go to the guillotine, then it can only carry on and wait for the climax of the revolution.
The city’s food reserves were limited, and the only way to last longer was to reduce the population. While the bureaucrats below are doing whatever they want, the top government is not necessarily happy about it.
The darker side of the story is that if the refugees don’t clash with the locals, the underfed population will turn their hatred against the new government.
People’s greed is limitless, and once they’ve gotten a taste of what they can do with their food, they can’t stop. It’s not surprising that the scene in front of them appeared, the
“What? Only one potato, is this to starve us to death!”
“Only one potato, it’s not as if someone has misappropriated our rations, right? One potato is going to drive us to the brink of extinction.”
“No, I have to get bread today!”
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“Bang, bang, bang ……”
Gunshots rang out, and the scene instantly quieted down. Facing the soldiers with loaded guns, it was really difficult for the unorganized refugees to raise the courage to resist.
“Those who make trouble, kill!”
“All of this food given to you free of charge is saved by us bite by bite. If anyone feels dissatisfied, they can not want it, no one will force you!
If you want to receive relief food, then follow the rules. If you don’t have enough to eat, that’s your own problem. How many people in all of Paris have enough to eat right now, everyone is starving, so why can’t you?”
The middle-aged official’s murderous words suppressed the tumultuous scene, leaving only a pair of angry eyes.
There was no right or wrong in the world of adults, only pros and cons. Looking around, one could tell that the refugees who came to line up were mostly young and strong, and it was already rare to see the old and weak, what was happening behind the scenes was self-evident.
Everyone was struggling to survive, there was nothing to point fingers at, no one was much cleaner than anyone else. If you want to survive in this chaotic world, you can’t do it without being ruthless.
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In the Presidential Palace, Daniele, who was the leader of the government, was currently probing his head and looking out the window, and there were countless sorrows between his brows.
The crisis belonging to Paris has just begun, it is now fall, the main conflict in Paris is food, and in a while heating will also become a new conflict.
“The ingenious woman can’t cook without rice.” Even Danièle, racking his brains, could not think of a solution to the lack of supplies.
If it was before the butcher’s knife was raised against the nobility, there was still a possibility of compromise between the two sides. For the sake of an intact Paris, the Bourbons would most likely make a deal with them, and it wouldn’t be hard to get a favorable treatment.
Now it was no longer possible. In the previous purges, the revolutionary government had been stained with the blood of the aristocratic clique. Surrender is a dead end, the only way to have a chance of survival is to carry on with death.
Although unwilling to admit, but the cruel reality told Daniele, this “a ray of hope” becomes more and more illusory.
The expected climax of the revolution, the delay in the outbreak, Daniele knew that the revolution failed again. It was not that they didn’t try hard enough, but that the enemy was too powerful.
From the moment the royalists reached a compromise, the strength and weakness of the two sides were doomed. The Bourbons had the European Union behind them, and they had nothing behind them.
Even the United States, which originally favored them, simply could not stand up to the pressure of the Continental Union and provide them with support at this time.
“Knock knock ……”
A knock on the door sounded, pulling Daniele back to reality, and slowly said, “Come in!”
The young man panted and said, “Mr. Daniele, our dealings with the enemy have failed. They refused to open an opening to let the people out of the city, citing fear of us pretending to be refugees.”
“Got it!”
Daniele replied indifferently. It was as if this was just a trivial and insignificant matter that was not worth taking to heart at all.
This was also something to be expected. Politics was cruel, and with the success of the Bourbon restoration on the horizon, it was natural to not want to make a fuss at this time.
Opening an opening to let the refugees out of the city may not seem like a big problem, but in reality, it is asking for trouble. Not to mention the millions of extra mouths, the key is to increase the risk of restoration failure.
There were millions of people in the city of Paris, and keeping them there would have eaten up the revolutionary government in a matter of months. Without having to do anything, the Bourbons could just lie down and win.
If all these people were released, all the material crisis in the city would be solved. Then there’s no choice but to fight the revolutionaries in a street battle.
Not to mention the heavy price to be paid, the question is whether the refugees will be grateful to the Bourbon dynasty for this?
The answer is: no.
The human heart is complex, perhaps at first everyone will be grateful. But this kind of thankfulness will not last, and soon they will turn to hatred because of a series of problems such as untimely resettlement and insufficient supply of materials.
Coupled with the provocation of the revolutionaries, an anti-starvation uprising might break out outside the city. It’s not like something like this hasn’t happened before in the history of mankind.
If they really wanted to let the refugees go, 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 aristocratic coalition army arrived and immediately launched an attack on the city, then the refugees would be the best cannon fodder that could be used to consume the enemy’s strength.
As an extreme idealist, in Daniele’s eyes, as long as the ideal can be realized, everything can be sacrificed, including his own life can not be, let alone a group of refugees?
After pausing for a while, Daniele added: “Myron, notify them to activate the backup plan. At this point, we can’t worry about that much.”
The young man’s face changed drastically as he hesitantly said, “Mr. Daniele, do we really have to do this? The enemy may not fall for it, just in case the enemy doesn’t come, then ……”
“There is no such thing as an eventuality!”
“It’s either live or die. This is a gamble, if you win the gamble France is an ideal country without oppression and exploitation; if you lose the gamble ……”
At this point, Daniele’s words came to an abrupt end. If they lost the gamble, they were all dead men, naturally they didn’t need to know what was going to happen next.
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“Hand over the food or I’ll beat you to death!”
“Bang!”
The surrounded middle-aged man grabbed the first to launch an attack, by now at this time food is life, in order to survive not to fight.
A similar scene is staged every day in the streets and alleys of Paris. In the face of hunger, the most instinctive survival of the fittest of nature was presented.
The police, who were originally supposed to maintain order, gradually withdrew from everyone’s sight at some point. Except for the area where the officials gather and the main street, they can hardly be seen in other areas.
In order to survive, more and more people started to organize themselves. One after another black force gangs came into being, robbing, raping, killing all kinds of vicious crimes are endless.
The government’s indifference finally aroused the discontent of the people. The anti-hunger movement began in the refugee camps and soon spread to the workers and citizens of Paris.
On October 21, 1893, a huge anti-hunger march broke out in Paris, and the cries of the people were carried directly to Carlos’s command outside the city.
Whether or not to launch an attack on the city once again became a point of contention among the nobles.
(End of chapter)