Chapter 670 Starving

Wu Shuang searched for a day and finally found the talent she was looking for.

The person they found was a middle-aged man named Gu Feiyuan, who was the former general manager of a company. He said he could resolve the matter, so Wu Shuang sent him over.

I asked, "How do you plan to resolve this?"

Gu Feiyuan said, "I've thought about it roughly and I think that unifying Hangzhou without using force would require three steps. The first step is investigation. We need to find out exactly how many survivors there are in Hangzhou, and understand their numbers, quality of life, resource needs, and everything else."

"Now that we know all this, we can begin the second step: bribing the smaller teams. We need to find a way to bring these scattered teams into Hangzhou, give them jobs, and provide them with a safe place to live. Next, we should look for medium-sized and large groups that urgently need cooperation, establish trade relations with them, and build long-term cooperative relationships that are mutually beneficial. But we can't rush this; we have to do it one at a time. After all, given Longfor's current size, it's impossible to achieve everything in one fell swoop."

I nodded; what he said made a lot of sense. I asked, "So, what's the third step?"

Gu Feiyuan said, "The third step is to create our own land and resources. The environment around Longhu is not suitable for planting. If we want to develop steadily, self-sufficiency is a must. Although we grow some fruits and vegetables now, it is not enough to be self-sufficient. Therefore, it is best to open up farmland."

"In addition, we must be tough. We must eliminate those who interfere with us and seize all their resources. This is the three-step plan I can think of right now. Among these three plans, investigating and developing our own resource areas must be carried out simultaneously, the faster the better."

Wu Shuang did not directly agree with Gu Feiyuan's three-step plan. After all, these plans sounded good, but implementing them would be very difficult.

While finding these survival teams is relatively easy, it is extremely difficult to ascertain the number of people and resources within these teams.

As for the matter of digging up farmland, just finding a suitable location is a very troublesome task. It's practically impossible to cultivate anything in the entire city of Hangzhou. Are we supposed to find a park? That's possible, but managing it would be a huge hassle.

However, everything is difficult at the beginning. Wu Shuang asked Gu Feiyuan to prepare a detailed plan. If the plan was feasible, then they would do it. If the plan was not feasible, they would think of another plan.

In the time that follows, Gu Feiyuan will probably be preparing a detailed plan.

...

Time flies, and another day has passed quietly, until evening.

The group of people, who had been starving for three days, seemed to be reaching their limit.

I didn't come empty-handed this time; I brought some hot food. As soon as the aroma wafted out, the group of people in the cell couldn't contain themselves any longer. They all rushed to the cell door, and a dozen pairs of eyes were fixed on the food in my hand. They were all starving; they hadn't eaten or drunk anything for three whole days. Who could stand that?

I tapped the food in my hands and called out to them with a smile, "What, want some?"

"Give it to me now!"

"I'm starving! Please... please..."

"Please, give me some food! I'll tell you anything you want!"

"..."

Various pleading voices kept coming, and I didn't know what to say, but I was satisfied with their reactions.

This is exactly what I want.

I said, "Don't rush. I have five meals here, enough for five people. If you want to eat, you'd better answer my questions honestly when I ask you questions later. If you don't answer honestly, I won't give you any food."

They all readily agreed, promising to tell the truth.

I couldn't possibly believe them all, so I said, "Who wants to go first?"

They were all incredibly excited, which was understandable, since the food was right in front of them; it was hard not to get excited.

I asked the person next to me to bring someone out at random. Then, I took the food and went into another room to wait for them to come over.

After the person was brought in, I looked at this stranger. As soon as he came in, he pounced on me, seemingly trying to snatch the food. I kicked him directly. Because he hadn't eaten for three days, he didn't have the strength to resist and was kicked to the ground.

I frowned and said angrily, "If you keep doing this, don't blame me for not giving you anything to eat."

He glanced at me with a look of fear in his eyes, then retreated into the corner.

I couldn't be bothered with him and said, "I only have one question for you: when Chu Fei was still alive, how many of his men were in Longhu? I need to know their specific names."

The guy thought for a moment, then looked at me with a panicked expression, "I...I don't know!"

I frowned and said, "Don't know? What do you mean?"

The guy said, "I... I really didn't know! Chu Fei never told me about this, and I don't know how many people in Longhu are his people. I really didn't know!"

I stared at him and asked, "You're not lying to me?"

He shook his head hastily, "I wouldn't dare lie to you, I really didn't know. If I knew, how could I not tell you!"

I nodded: "That's true. If you knew, you would definitely have told me. Okay, you can go back now."

"Oh? Then, the food..."

I sneered, "You know nothing and yet you want to eat? Have you no shame?"

Upon hearing my words, he went berserk and rushed over to grab the food. Fortunately, there were other people in the room who stopped the madman, dragged him out, and locked him back in his cell.

Then, the second person was brought to me.

I said calmly, "That person didn't get to eat because he said he didn't know anything. Do you understand now?"

The guy in front of me was calm and nodded, saying, "I know, I know, I'll definitely tell you."

I smiled slightly. "Alright, then let me ask you, how many of Chu Fei's men were in Longhu when he was still alive? I need specific names."

Upon hearing my question, the man in front of me frowned, pondered carefully, and said, "I... I don't know exactly how many people there are, but... but I do know that there are a few people who have been in contact with Chu Fei."

I smiled and said, "Tell me, who are those people?"

Then, the guy started saying the names of several people. He named five people, and then he said, "I only know these five names, I don't know the others."

(End of this chapter)