Chapter 440 Riot·4
When Purficott stepped into the ninth block under the escort of four steam knights holding shields, the fighting here had subsided.
The streets were full of people who had been chopped down by the Guards Cavalry. Bodies lay across the streets and blood flowed freely. Even in a calm and rational state, Purficott could not help but sigh. The deaths of these people felt unworthy.
Her crown can give her reason and calmness, but it will not deprive her of emotions, so even in a calm and rational state, Purficott can still express her emotions.
But no matter whether it is positive or negative, she will not let her emotions affect her thinking.
But this was not the time to be sentimental. Perficott came to the church in the neighborhood. This was the relief center before the riots. It was also the first place to be attacked when the riots broke out.
At this time, the place was in a mess. The food stored in the relief point was looted, and most of it went into the stomachs of those who had turned into corpses.
This has something to do with the policy formulated by Purficott, that is, the food at the relief sites is not much, only enough to last about a week, in order to prevent too much food from being hoarded, and someone to steal or get rich. Private pocket.
So even if these rioting people break through the relief point and grab the food here, it will only be enough for them to eat for a few days.
Not to mention that part of the food at this relief point has been distributed, and some of it has been embezzled by the staff of the relief point themselves, leaving even less.
Purficott could only shake her head helplessly. She knew that these people did not have enough to eat, but according to her calculations, even if someone embezzled the food for the relief, as long as it was not too excessive, it would remain at a level where they did not have enough to eat. There is no problem in not starving to death.
As for those who are excessively corrupt, Princess Anne and her knights are naturally responsible for dealing with them.
In fact, Purficott has received relevant reports before, listing the corruption situation at various relief centers in Langton City, and some of the serious ones have been put on the list for execution.
It’s just that things are still going through the process, not that fast.
So in Purficott's view, although Langton's current situation is bad, it is not so bad that he cannot survive.
But at that time, she might have been influenced by heretics and her mood was not normal. Now that she calmed down and thought rationally, she found that she had indeed gone too far. At least she did not take into account the influence of people's hearts.
The greed of the people makes the staff responsible for distributing relief food more and more aggressive. At first, it may be just a bag of Little Mac deducting their own ration, and later it will be the ration of the whole family, and then the whole family. A week's ration for a person...
Greedy desire is like a growing poisonous snake. It will continue to grow because of desire, and its appetite will become bigger and bigger.
In the beginning, maybe just a little profit can fill the gully of desire in the heart, but as the desire expands, even if it swallows everything in the world, it will no longer be able to satisfy the endless greed.
Even in the face of a butcher's knife, just like the famous saying, if there is a 100% profit, they dare to trample on all the laws in the world; when there is a 300% profit, they dare to violate Commit any crime, even if it means risking hanging.
Therefore, killing cannot stop corruption. In the original world, a certain emperor who was born as a peasant demonstrated it personally with the use of bald grass. It was indeed useless.
Those who can be greedy will still be greedy, even if it means taking away the last grain of food from other people's mouths. Seize the mud swallow's mouth, whet the iron needle, scrape the golden Buddha's face and search carefully: find something in nothing.
Quails search for peas in their crops, egrets chop the fine meat from their legs, and mosquitoes eat fat from their bellies. Thanks to the old man for taking action!
Because of this, the food that Purficott had originally calculated to be sufficient, even slightly wealthy, became insufficient in the hands of this group of people.
As a result, the people in Purficott's plan were originally just dissatisfied, but it evolved into a state of riots if they were instigated by someone with intentions.
And this is another point that Purficott failed to calculate. She ignored the speed of changes in people's hearts.
For ordinary people, if they have something to eat, they can indeed endure a lot of oppression. After all, as long as they can survive without starving to death, who would be willing to risk their lives?
But when the last bite is not guaranteed, even the most docile sheep will turn into a man-eating beast.
Because they want to live, and no one can stop the willpower that bursts out when people face a desperate situation of life and death.
If the people are not afraid of death, why should they be afraid of death?
With thoughts rolling in his mind, Purficott walked into the church, looked up at the statue of the All-Father sitting on the golden throne, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Perhaps Quanfu once faced the same choice before sitting on the Golden Throne?
How to save the people in darkness and despair? Father Quan has given the best answer.
But the price was that he turned into an immortal skeleton and sat on the golden throne forever.
Purficott thought about everything in a rational and calm state, and found that it was absolutely impossible to simply support the people in this way.
Doing nothing will breed laziness, and laziness will breed other emotions, such as dissatisfaction, resentment and jealousy. People's hearts are always unsatisfied, and it will turn into a new disaster when their desires are hard to satisfy.
If she wants to stop this, she must prevent the people from doing nothing.
Maybe you should revise your current plan? Such a thought flashed through Purficott's mind.
Modify the plan and build huge shelters in the empire to protect the people, not to save them in the doomsday, but to prevent them from collapsing before the doomsday comes and all plans are implemented smoothly. It has become a source of trouble.
Thinking of this, a new plan in Purficott's mind quickly took shape. She felt that the construction of the Langton shelter could be stepped up, and at the same time, the local cities could also follow the rules.
Although this will increase the workload for her and others, Purficott feels that this is an acceptable price in order to avoid a situation like today that she does not want to see happen again.
And if you are too busy, there is also the Golem Computer. This powerful computing device paired with mechanical logic can replace many managers.
As for the expenses and consumption caused by the expansion of construction...Perfect looked at the Philosopher's Stone in his hand. Perhaps the technology on the fifth page of the Jade Record can play its role. .
Thinking of this, Purficott saluted the statue of his father, prayed devoutly to this god to bless his plan, and then turned around and left the church.
(End of this chapter)