Doomsday Code

Chapter 159 Not ashamed to ask questions

At this moment, the Black Dragon King felt that he heard waves of sad singing in his ears. The voice seemed to be singing: "Snowflakes are flying, the north wind is whistling..."

But when he came to his senses, he found that it was not singing, but gusts of cool breeze blowing from the sky.

Then the originally clear sky quickly became covered with dark clouds, and then heavy rain fell with the cool breeze.

At this moment, he only felt the cold icy rain hitting his face, and the warm tears mixed with the cold rain.

The Eight-Faced Demon Spiders watched as their king remained motionless like a statue after the roar, and they had no idea what was wrong with their king.

At this time, Chen Cheng also braved the wind and rain and followed the chaotic flow of people into Huidun City.

Before Chen Cheng could find a piece of cloth to wipe the rain off himself and Daha, he saw Torre coming to him with an anxious look on his face.

"Where have you been, kid? Why haven't I found you for such a long time?"

When Chen Cheng was still thinking about what excuse to use, Torre took his hand and said:

"Don't waste time here. The Earl needs to discuss something with you."

As he said that, Torre pulled Chen Cheng towards Huidun's castle.

Just as he was being pulled away by Torre, not far behind him, Finier was holding a towel in her hand and watching his departing back.

At this moment, Finier's face no longer had the anxiety she had when she couldn't find Chen Cheng before. It was enough for her to see Chen Cheng appear safely.

At this time, the old butler came over with an umbrella and said:

"Miss, it's a mess outside right now. You should follow me back to the mansion. Chen Cheng is not that easy to get lost. I believe he should be with the Earl now."

Finier handed the towel in her hand to the butler beside her and said:

"Let's go back."

In the residence of Earl Huidun, Chen Cheng shook off Torre's hand and said:

"Why are you in such a hurry? Find me a dry cloth to wipe it. You don't want me to go in and talk to the count with rain all over my face, do you?"

As he spoke, Chen Cheng shook his hair that was wet by the rain.

Torre also showed an expression of admiration, and then looked around and didn't see the maid. He had no choice but to tear off a piece of cloth from his body and hand it to Chen Cheng:

"Just wipe it with this."

Chen Cheng took the piece of cloth with some disgust, but he had no choice but to make do with it.

After wiping it casually and finding no more water coming out, Chen Cheng knocked on the door.

dong dong dong.

As soon as the knock on the door sounded, Huidun inside let him in.

At this time, Huidun was sitting on the sofa, with piles of documents on the coffee table in front of him.

When he saw Chen Cheng coming in all wet, he was a little surprised:

"What have you done? Why are you all wet? You should go change your clothes first."

When Chen Cheng saw the piles of documents on the table, he knew that this must be an important matter, so he waved his hand and said:

"Forget about changing clothes. It's not too cold here. Let's talk about what you want to talk to me about."

Chen Cheng sat down opposite Huidun, then unceremoniously picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of hot tea to warm himself.

Huidun really had something important to discuss with Chen Cheng, so he stopped trying to persuade Chen Cheng and started talking about business with him.

"This beast tide crisis affected the entire Western Province, and our Wisdom Shield Territory was the hardest hit area. Except for this city, more than 80% of the other buildings and land in the territory were severely damaged.

Fortunately, thanks to your previous reminder, most of the people have moved into the city, so the casualties are still within a controllable range.

It’s just that the economic losses this time are too great.”

At this point, Huidun's face was already full of fatigue, and then he sighed heavily and said:

"The most important thing right now is not the economic losses, but how the hundreds of thousands of mouths in the city will survive this winter.

The food stored in our city is not enough for this winter, and there are not enough houses and cold-weather supplies either."

Having said that, Huidun took out a list of materials from the pile of documents and showed it to Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng took the document but did not read it immediately. Instead, he waited for Huidun to continue.

"Of course, Governor Mo Duonik said before he left that he could allocate some supplies and food to us, but this beast tide affected the entire western region, so I'm afraid he won't be able to provide us with too much."

Chen Cheng nodded after hearing this, and then he looked at Huidun and said:

"Then I wonder what you think, Count?"

Huidun rubbed his brows and said:

"All I can think of now is to take out some supplies to calm people's hearts, and then order the confiscation of supplies in the city and implement a rationing system to hold out for this period of time while waiting for the State Council to come up with a relief plan."

After Huidun finished speaking, he looked at Chen Cheng. He wanted to see what his military advisor thought.

However, Chen Cheng hesitated for a moment and said:

"This method is quite standard. According to your method, most people may be able to survive, but I am afraid that the Wisdom Shield Territory will be nothing but a pool of stagnant water in the future."

"Alas, there is no other way. This is the best solution that Topis and I can think of. Let's save people first. As for other things, we can't think too much about them."

As he said this, Huidun slapped the table.

Then he looked at Chen Cheng and said:

"I wonder if you have any other ideas. If you do, please tell me."

Chen Cheng looked at Huidun and asked:

"I wonder if that old fox Bruce has come back yet. You'd better keep a close eye on his little fat boy."

Huidun didn't know why Chen Cheng suddenly asked this question. Although the Sto family was wealthy, what they lacked now was not money... Of course, they also lacked money, but what they lacked most now was food and winter supplies.

It is impossible for Bruce's family to provide the food and winter supplies needed by hundreds of thousands of people, otherwise they would not be a business family but a local aristocratic family.

Although Huidun didn't understand why Chen Cheng asked this, he still said calmly:

"Briusto should be on his way here as soon as possible. After all, the factory he founded in the territory also suffered heavy losses this time."

Upon hearing that the external roads of Huidun City were relatively smooth, Chen Cheng nodded first, and then said:

"Also, Count, you have to do one thing first. Send people to seal off all the roads leading to and from Huidun City."

Chen Cheng's decision to block the road made Huidun even more confused. He no longer cared about his own face and asked Chen Cheng directly what effect this would have on disaster relief.

When Chen Cheng saw Huidun asking, he was very satisfied with Huidun's attitude, because Huidun was not ashamed to ask questions and would consult his subordinates about knowledge he did not understand, and this character trait was very important for people who wanted to achieve great things.

If you want to achieve great things, you have to learn from those who are less knowledgeable than you. Those who achieve great things do not need to be experts in some things, but they have to know everything, instead of putting on airs and pretending to know everything when they do not. In that case, it is easy for them to be deceived by their subordinates.

At this time, Chen Cheng gave Huidun a meaningful smile and said:

"bank."