This is understandable, though. After all, no matter how strong Haidu's economy is or how high its status is in the Great Xia Dynasty, it is still just a local city and has no jurisdiction over other cities in the surrounding area.

Take Nandu for example. The grain reserves in its granaries were originally intended for emergency use by several cities downstream of the Yangtze River. However, under Yang Tiejun's rule, he was unwilling to share these precious resources with other cities and instead held onto them tightly.

In his words, he was the police chief of Nandu, responsible only to the people of Nandu, and the fate of other cities was none of his business.

Yang Tiejun divided the supply of materials to the Jiangnan Grain Depot into three levels.

The first level consists of the resettlement areas established by Nandu; the second level consists of important scientific research institutions in the cities surrounding Nandu; and the third level consists of the cities under the jurisdiction of Nandu.

The highest level is Level 1, which receives the largest quantity and best quality of grain, while Level 3 is the lowest, receiving the smallest quantity and worst quality of grain.

Haidu, a city not under the jurisdiction of Nandu, was naturally not on the supply list of Nandu's grain depot.

Although the Nandu Grain Depot was originally built with the primary task of ensuring the supply of materials to Haidu.

But so what?

Now that the grain is in the hands of Nandu, Yang Tiejun can distribute it however he wants.

Therefore, Zhou Xuemin, the current de facto administrator of Haidu City, who is also the deputy mayor and police chief, has sent people to negotiate with Yang Tiejun on several occasions, but Yang Tiejun has ignored them.

He only said one thing: "You can have grain, but show me the order from above."

This infuriated Zhou Xuemin. It was the end of the world, where was he supposed to find someone to get him a transfer order?

However, despite his anger, he was helpless.

Before the natural disaster, he would never have taken Yang Tiejun, this country bumpkin, seriously.

But now it's an extremely cold apocalypse, and Yang Tiejun, this country bumpkin, somehow got lucky and, taking advantage of the natural advantages of the Nandu military town's location, managed to acquire quite a few large items in the early stages of the natural disaster.

Zhou Xuemin only managed to get some scraps from the Haidu Garrison Command; compared to Yang Tiejun, he was simply not in the same league.

Of course, given Haidu's status, it has also deployed a number of defensive weapons, but these are only effective for passive defense and their effectiveness in active attacks is greatly reduced.

In other words, Haidu is decent at defense, but it lacks the strength to expand.

Zhou Xuemin has always been selfish and self-serving, so naturally he wouldn't let his men fight Yang Tiejun to the death for the sake of others.

After all, if his men were to be lost, his position would be shaken.

Anyway, Haidu has its own granary, although it is only a small granary with a capacity of only 800,000 tons. But with the supplies from Haidu Port, he will not go hungry.

Seeing the once prosperous and thriving city of Haidu reduced to its current state, Qi Xiaowei felt a heavy weight in his heart.

This city, which still looks majestic on the outside, is riddled with holes inside.