Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 376 Hunger is also a weapon (Second update, please subscribe)
It is unimaginable that a modern war can cause damage to a city. After the defeat of the Argentine army, it is said that there are still about [-] citizens left in Buenos Aires. Gunshots and shouts.

Sometimes they also heard cries and unintelligible speech from neighbors' homes.When those people left, through the glass window, they could see that the neighbor's man was taken away.

was taken captive.

It wasn't until this time that they were a little lucky that they didn't join the civil defense team, otherwise they would probably have been taken away as prisoners of war.

After a few days of sweeping the city, the remnants of the city and the robbers who took advantage of the chaos have been wiped out. At the beginning, apart from the soldiers wandering around, there were hardly any ordinary citizens in the market.

It wasn't until three days later that the market slowly regained some vitality.Contrary to one's expectations, the South China Army, dubbed "barbarians" in official discourse, was extremely civilized.They neither seized the houses of the residents, nor did they rob property, nor did they rape the women.

And as the occupying army, they quickly restored the order in the city. Compared with the chaotic scene when thieves and robbers took advantage of the fire when they first entered the city, everything is so orderly now.

"Argentina is dead..."

Regardless of whether they are willing to face it or not, in the hearts of those citizens, this is a doomed thing. Even the provinces are still resisting, but now it is only a matter of time before they die.

The citizens of Buenos Aires waited for that moment with ambivalence, with a hint of relief in their grief, a long sigh of relief that this nightmare is over, at least a large part of them are In this way, as long as Nanhua occupies the city, they have nothing to do with this war.

What will happen to Argentina and Buenos Aires in the future is not a question for them to consider. Life must continue, even if they have to speak Chinese starting tomorrow.

In fact, during the war, most people were obedient citizens.When the restless citizens discovered that this army was more civilized than they had imagined, they had to face a reality—the shortage of food and the skyrocketing price.

But in just three days, many ordinary citizens of Buenos Aires have fallen into an existential crisis.

In fact, Buenos Aires originally stored a large amount of living materials, and even requisitioned tens of thousands of tons of wheat and other food from the pier, but when Sarento evacuated, they ordered the stored food to be burned warehouse, and transported away the tens of thousands of tons of wheat on board.

In the past few days, in order to prevent the troops from fleeing, the Nanhua Army outside the city had imposed a strict blockade on the city, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving, and all food sources were completely cut off for a while.

Buenos Aires, a city surrounded by farms, is experiencing food shortages for the first time.In front of the bakery, women lined up anxiously. They didn't know if they could still buy food when it was their turn, but what was certain was that the prices were skyrocketing.

"God, you are really a businessman, such a little bread costs a peso, why don't you go and rob!"

"Robbery, ma'am, the real robber is Sarnto. He took all the food, and set fire to the ones that couldn't be taken away. As God can testify, the flour has increased more than ten times now..."

The struggle between the baker and the women is always constant, and despite their complaints, one must eat.

When people are cursing the greed of profiteers, of course some people will say it there.

"If you think it's expensive, ask those South China people why they don't allow people to enter the city..."

Of course, no one would ask at this time. Of course, some citizen representatives went to the occupation army authorities to ask when normalcy would return, and the answers they got were very simple.

"Now our blockade is a last resort. Once the resistance elements hiding among the citizens give up their resistance, we will immediately lift the blockade."

As for the food needed by the citizens, the occupying army authorities of course stated that they would raise as much as possible, so that they could be more patient.

"Food is a weapon!"

Taking over a military binoculars from the attendant, Zhu Xianhai stared at the city. If there were no accidents, he would ascend the throne and become emperor here.

Maybe somewhere else, who knows?
The emperor, this is of course his choice, and the republic and the like must not be chosen, because they are taking care of the emotions of everyone in South America!

After all, there are so many countries in South America, such as Chile, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay... These countries will definitely be part of Nanhua in the future. The easiest way to integrate these countries is to become the emperor.

"By the grace of God Haotian, kings and dictators of Nanhua, Araucania, Patagonia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay..."

When these titles are added together, it is naturally the emperor of Nanhua!
Of course, these titles are legal in these countries.In fact, the so-called legitimacy is nothing more than strength.But it's just a layer of camouflage in addition to strength.

"Now, there are many women in this city. Their husbands and fathers lost their lives in the war. How do these women live? Ji Gao."

Putting down the binoculars, Zhu Xianhai turned to look at Zuo Zongtang and said.

"What do you think they live on?"

It is not easy for women in this era to live on their own!What can they do?In this city, they can hardly find any jobs!

"It should be very difficult! After all, in the past, most of them relied on men to earn money, and women only did odd jobs."

After visiting European countries for so long, Zuo Zongtang knew the situation of those women very well. Only in places with factories can women find jobs relatively easily.

Now even if they are maids, no one will hire them, because most of the rich people in the city have left the city.

Who would hire a maid for the poor?
Picking up the teacup on the table, Zhu Xianhai sat on the cloth folding chair, looked at the distance and said leisurely.

"Now, it is impossible for them to work odd jobs, the rich and powerful have fled, the resumption of factories is nowhere in sight, and many shops have been looted. In the next few months, Buenos Aires There are very few job opportunities that can be provided, and now that the price of goods is soaring, they need to live, so what kind of life can they rely on?"

After taking a sip of tea, Zhu Xianhai pointed to the stretch of tents in the distance and said.

"They can't just starve like this, just starve to death like this."

starve!

This kind of thing is absolutely impossible. For urban women, they still have other choices.

"Soldiers! We have hundreds of thousands of soldiers here, and their income is enough to support a family."

Putting the tea cup in his hand on the table, Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.

"When the supplies in the city are scarce, they can buy cheap food and some goods from military stores. As long as they are smart enough, I believe they can easily win the favor of women!"

This is what Zhu Xianhai is trying to achieve.There are so many bachelors in the army who need wives.Women are needed to reproduce for them.And those women in the city are potential targets.It is also the premise of the "second change" of the South American population, and the fundamental guarantee for the long-term stability of the empire.

"But, in this city, many women's husbands, sons or brothers died on the battlefield against us. Will they accept it so easily?"

Zuo Zongtang was a bit unconfident. In fact, if it was in the Qing Dynasty, it would be very simple. Just take it away. If you enter the city for three days without sealing the knife, all the men will be killed and the women will be taken away.

But it is different here, Nan Hua will definitely become the target of public criticism if he does so.After all, from the outbreak of the war until now, Nanhua has always stood on the moral high ground.

Even if there are troops to deal with the prisoners of war in private, it is done quietly and is not known to the outside world. Even when they are buried, they are not buried there indiscriminately. In order to avoid leaving evidence, they even deliberately buried those Captives being processed.

"In front of life, these are not important, for the sake of life, they will definitely compromise!"

Zhu Xianhai has no doubts about this. During World War II, many women in Western Europe devoted themselves to the German army, and even gave birth to children for the German army. Due to the pressure of life, women would never mind committing themselves to the invaders, at least European women would not mind.

If there are enough benefits, the women will even rush into the arms of the intruder.This applies to both Western Europe and Eastern Europe.

Picking up a piece of bread from the table, Zhu Xianhai smiled.

"Actually, life is just a piece of bread..."

Women have always been such a reality. As early as millions of years ago in primitive society, women depended on men to live and rely on men to provide food.

The same is true now, for the sake of food, committing to a man, there is nothing wrong with it.

Even if those men are intruders, it makes no difference to women.

"All we need is artificial scarcity of food so that we can indirectly help the soldiers."

When he said these words, Zhu Xianhai still looked like an expert.

In fact, he is not an expert at all, but just understands human nature.In the face of hunger, almost everyone will compromise.

"When we create this scarcity, our soldiers have the opportunity to get everything they want in this city with a loaf of bread or a can of food."

What can they get?

From women to wealth, they can get it all from this city.

Smiling proudly, Zhu Xianhai put the bread back on the dinner plate.

"In the presence of hunger, even a lady becomes a..."

(End of this chapter)