Chapter 394: Second meeting with the above (7)
"A meal? A real meal?"
"Dialogue on the spot?"
The three staff members couldn't help but glance at the prisoners who were still standing in the distance and watching them.
"I want to give it a try." Deputy Minister Su decided decisively, "The prisoners you brought back are very valuable. Once the logistics are in place and they are resettled, we will interrogate them one by one. If they can talk freely, it will save us a lot of costs."
“Does this quick method solve vocabulary?”
"No, vocabulary is accumulated through accumulation. Start with daily letters, then gradually increase the difficulty. In the end, you will even be able to understand wizard books."
“What does it cost to reach this height?”
"It doesn't cost much, just eat it often, it's just daily food."
"Oh my god, this is considered daily food?"
“Really, agricultural experts will be very interested.”
“Or is it grown?”
"Come on, stop chatting. Do you want to eat or not?" Deputy Minister Su looked at the two colleagues unhappily.
"Eat, eat, eat."
"Want to eat? Then let's go somewhere else. You can't have a conversation with a group of former nobles. Their vocabulary belongs to the aristocratic language. We have to start with the commoner language."
“…There are civilians among your prisoners?!”
"The ones that are caught easily have the fewest people."
Yenne opened the portal and went over first to place the awning and table.
Everyone followed, and when they came out, they found that they were still at the edge of a large farmland, but this time they saw crops.
“Is this… pasture?”
"Yeah, Clover."
"Why grow this? Do you raise livestock?"
"No, they are used to attract herbivorous beasts. They attracted carnivorous beasts. Don't go too far. There are big carnivorous beasts outside."
Ye Na's words made them subconsciously reach for their guns first.
"Are you planning to use the grass to attract herbivorous animals and then raise and tame them?" An idea suddenly occurred to Deputy Minister Cheng.
Ye Na gave him a thumbs up in return.
"As expected of Vice Minister Cheng."
“Is it effective?”
"It's OK. The number is increasing anyway. I also placed salt blocks on the periphery. I believe it will attract more exotic animals."
"Good boy, with food, salt and water, maybe this method of captive domestication will work after a while?"
"The prisoner-of-war camp cannot be placed here."
"Then we can spread them out along the highway and continue to live in tents. We need to arrange for factories to make prefabricated houses that fit their heights, which will take time."
"The town at the rear needs to be cleaned up for the staff to live in."
When the deputy ministers of the three major departments met, they decided on the location and placement of the prisoners with just a few simple words.
"Ms. Ye Nai, where are the civilian prisoners?" someone came over and asked.
"Over there." Ye Nai pointed at the alfalfa field, "Go around and look over there."
Everyone immediately moved to another location, and Ye Nai followed, but she stopped before she had gone far, took out the apricot awning and tables and chairs, and laid out the food. As soon as the deputy ministers passed the alfalfa field, they saw the densely packed tent area illuminated by the campfire at night.
Among the captives captured by Ye Na, wizards were the largest in number. There were nearly 20,000 in total, of which more than 10,000 were wizards. However, most of them were low-level wizards and apprentices. There were not many middle and high-level wizards. They could hide and run, so they were not easy to catch.
The place where Fro and others were first settled was a place for reclamation nearby and could not be extended further away. Therefore, the large number of wizards captured later could only extend towards the direction of the alfalfa field.
So as soon as the deputy minister and his companions walked around the alfalfa field, they saw the prisoners' tent area without having to stand on tiptoe to look far away.
"Oh my god, are there so many prisoners here?"
"Do these prisoners have tattoos on their bodies?"
"No, they're not soldiers, they have wizard tattoos!"
"...So many wizards?!"
"Quick, retreat, retreat!"
After confirming that the nearest wave of captives were wizards, everyone ran and returned to Ye Na's awning.
"Eh? You're back so soon?"
Ye Nai was putting a new bunch of cherry tomatoes into a large stainless steel bowl. When she saw them running back one by one, she smiled innocently.
"Ms. Ye Nai, those captives are wizards!"
"Yeah, they're just wizards. Don't worry, they're all very well behaved."
"You have a tent but you sleep outside?"
"It's hot."
"No, aren't you afraid that so many wizards will cause trouble if you put them together?"
"No, just place a ban on it."
"Ban, ban? Can it prevent wizards from using their powers?"
"can."
"I see there are quite a few wizards there?"
"Yes, there are quite a lot of people, more than 10,000 people."
"hiss!!!"
"How daring of you to put more than 10,000 people in one camp!"
"How would I know that the more they catch, the easier it is to manage them if they are thrown together. Just distribute the food once, and the rest will be divided among themselves. I don't need to worry about it."
It stands to reason that people who have reached the position of deputy minister should have developed the ability to remain calm in the face of any situation, but this time they really couldn't hold it back. Ye Nai's behavior was too bold.
"Although you didn't lock them up with a wall, they are surrounded by wilderness and full of dangerous animals and plants. Wizards without power dare not wander around. Are you trying to make them voluntarily go to jail?"
"Yes, if they want to die, they can die. I don't care much about their lives. Although there are many of them, there are actually very few high-level wizards with high status. They can run and hide, and they are powerful and difficult to catch. Most of them are low-level wizards and a larger number of apprentices, and they are all busy clearing the land."
"They no longer have the power of wizards, but they still have the power of their bodies, and they have tools in their hands. Aren't you afraid that they will unite and cause trouble?"
"Don't be afraid, they are not united at all." Ye Nai grinned, "Wizards look down on each other, no matter what level they are. They all think they are better than each other in some field. It's strange that they can unite. Now that I have placed a ban on them and they have lost their power, they are temporarily quiet. They don't make trouble or work, they just eat for free every day, and they complain that the food I give them is too simple and insults their wizard level. The work of clearing the wasteland is done by low- and middle-level wizards and apprentices together with civilian captives. But they have a lot of people, and the speed of clearing the wasteland is quite good, so I won't bother with them."
"What do you feed them every day? Why do they have such a big problem with it?"
"I didn't mistreat them. The food was from another world. I intercepted the alien team that was sending food to Blue Star and robbed the food to feed so many captives. I treated every one of them well. They complained about the food every day and asked for meat and wine. I sold all the stuff I had for money."
"How can more than 10,000 people have such a big grievance?"
"No, no, it's the middle and senior wizards who are causing trouble. The lower-level wizards and apprentices are still very obedient. They are not in a position to boss me around, and they dare not confront me. You should be careful after you take over, and don't be led astray by them. Don't spoil them if they want to eat or not. Even though they scold you every day, you can't skip a meal, and they scold you while eating, just ignore them."