Facing the gazes of the crowd, Liu Kai shrugged to indicate his innocence.

"I apologize, leaders. I just couldn't help but feel happy and wanted to congratulate the Fourth Elder... oh no, congratulations to the new head of the Feng family."

At this point, Liu Kai smiled and looked at Feng Jianxing.

"Patriarch Feng, from today onwards, the Feng family and China are close allies and partners."

Upon hearing the words "head of the family," Kazami Yuki felt a surge of excitement.

But he immediately suppressed this feeling of elation, because he didn't know what Liu Kai was up to.

He immediately waved his hand modestly: "I also want to thank Deputy Director Liu for making the connection."

Liu Kai wasn't trying to take credit for himself, so he didn't respond to the suggestion.

Instead, he posed a question designed to lure the enemy in: "Since we are allies, we should help each other, wouldn't you agree?"

This question suddenly alerted Kazami Yuki.

He didn't want to answer, but looking into Qiu Xingzhou's eyes, he gritted his teeth.

"Deputy Director Liu is right. Allies should help each other."

"That's great! I'll thank Patriarch Feng on behalf of the tens of millions of survivors in China."

"I don't quite understand what Deputy Director Liu means."

"Then I'll be frank with you, Patriarch Feng. Recently, all the shelters are short of food. Your Feng family is so wealthy, shouldn't you lend a little money as a gesture of goodwill?"

These words made Kazami Yuki's lips twitch and his heart clench violently.

No wonder something felt off earlier; it turns out this bastard was after the Feng family's stored grain.

If no one were around, Kazami would probably have already started cursing.

This is supposed to be "sponsorship"? It's probably a huge financial drain!

His idea was exactly the same as Kazamigawa's.

The importance of food is self-evident; in this era, it is no exaggeration to call it a strategic resource.

Qiu Xingzhou and the others wore enigmatic smiles, then turned their gazes to Feng Jianxing.

There was actually a reason why Liu Kai suddenly interrupted here.

He knew Qiu Xingzhou wasn't stupid, and of course he knew the Feng family was involved in the grain business.

Therefore, it is likely that the topic of "supporting" food will be mentioned later.

However, if Qiu Xingzhou brings it up, then the causal relationship between these grains and Liu Kai will be greatly diminished.

Food is a valuable resource related to his "faith" energy.

Even if speaking up now seems a bit rash and immature to others, what does it matter?

Anyway, he's not that old, so let him be reckless.

Seeing everyone's gazes, Kazami forced himself to calm down.

He quickly forced a bitter smile onto his face.

"Deputy Director Liu really thinks too highly of the Feng family. It's true that they are in the grain business during peacetime, but grain is a perishable commodity. They buy and sell on the spot and don't store too much."

"Hehe, I'm not afraid of being laughed at, but even landlords don't have surplus grain these days."

Naturally, no one believed his attempt to elicit sympathy.

Liu Kai, taking advantage of his low status, did not need to maintain any sense of propriety.

He continued to "rashly" express his opinion on behalf of Qiu Xingzhou.

"Oh, Patriarch Feng, don't be so stingy. I just said we're all allies."

"At worst, we can consider it as us borrowing grain from the Feng family. Once the cold wave ends and agricultural production recovers, no matter how much grain we used, the Chinese government will repay you with 50% interest."

Upon hearing this, Kazami Yuki's lips twitched for the second time.

He felt an urge to swear at someone he couldn't resist.

50% interest? Are you trying to fob me off like this?

You're dying of thirst in the desert, I'll give you a bottle of water to save your life.

After we left the desert, you returned one and a half bottles to me?

What a joke. But it's impossible to curse someone in front of Qiu Xingzhou.

Even if it is inevitable that some aid will eventually be provided to China, Feng Jianxing would never admit that the Feng family has a lot of food.

He could only continue to feign poverty, saying, "Deputy Director Liu, you misunderstand. Since we are allies, discussing interest is too formal."

“If I had a lot of food, I would give it all away, but we have always been living frugally.”

After quietly finishing his performance, Liu Kai simply smiled mysteriously with his eyes narrowed.

"Is that so, Patriarch Feng?"

He thought to himself: Since you're still not being honest, then don't blame me for exposing your secrets.

"Isn't there still 80,000 tons of grain under your ancestral home in Yunhua Mountain? There shouldn't be any less in other places, right?"

80,000 tons?!

The moment this number was uttered, everyone was taken aback.

To Feng Jianxing's surprise, Liu Kai not only brought him out of the heavily guarded ancestral home, but also had time to find out that there was grain buried under the ancestral home.

Most incredibly, he even stated the total weight of the grain so clearly.

How exactly did they do it?

At this moment, Qiu Xingzhou was the most surprised.

As the leader of a superpower, he would not be surprised by a mere 80,000 tons of grain.

If there are so many under just the Feng family's ancestral home, how many more are hidden in other parts of the country?

Such a huge number, if distributed among the 30 million survivors nationwide...

Qiu Xingzhou had considered that the Feng family had a lot of grain, but he didn't expect it to be this much.

This was exactly Liu Kai's goal.

He also didn't know how much grain the Feng family had hidden, but he didn't want Qiu Xingzhou to be fooled by Feng Jianxing's pleading poverty.

Even a fool would know that Kazami would eventually hide money from the public.

But the more information they can get out of him, the stronger his "faith" becomes.

Qiu Xingzhou was the first to recover from his shock.

He gave Liu Kai a meaningful look before turning his gaze back to Feng Jianxing.

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