Chapter 839 Movement in the dark

Chapter 839 Movement in the dark

The reason for the protest was that the people were unhappy with the recent changes that we had implemented.

During this time, we had implemented agricultural changes by having the citizens change what they were to grow.

We handed out all the new seeds and had them change after the last harvest.

So currently, there were many empty fields in this country which was why people were worried.

It had been over a month since the forceful changes that Noah had put in place and most of the fields were empty...Well, they weren't completely empty since there were still sprouts that came out of the soil.

It was just that it took too long compared to the usual crops that the citizens grew that they became anxious.

They didn't want to switch to these new crops in the first place, but they were forced to swap to the new crops because of the royal decree. As such, the only thing that they could do now was gather to protest this royal decree.

This was a matter of their livelihoods, so these people were ready to fight for it.

Or rather that's what it seemed on the surface, but it wasn't as if the citizens would rise up that easily.

Not to mention, the prime minister had done quite a bit to make sure that people would be placated during this time.

There were supplies of grains that were still being sent to the various regions, though the grains were a bit less compared to usual since there were less lands growing grains now. At the same time, the new lands hadn't finished development yet, so they weren't able to grow new grains to supply the kingdom.

That was why it would take some time for the kingdom to adjust.

But to make up for that, the prime minister had given each citizen a subsidy so that they wouldn't be aggrieved during this time.

He had made sure to compensate them fairly for their losses during this time, which was a large blow to the treasury.

So why would these people protest?

There was only one reason for that.

I wasn't worried that he would actually do anything to her, but I didn't want to see her being jumped at by another man.

The prime minister realized his mistake, so he quickly gave a cough to calm him down.

After calming down, he said, "It was my mistake. Please tell me who it is that funded this protest."

Haley raised a brow to look at the prime minister since this was also her first time seeing him like this. But she just gave a nod and opened the folder to read, "The Yumen Company and the Tarda Company."

The prime minister immediately knitted his brows the moment that he heard this.

He was silent for a bit before turning to look at Haley with that same frown on his face to say, "Are you certain of this? I've already given them more than enough benefits that they shouldn't have done this."

Haley just shook her head and said with a bitter smile, "It seems like you've underestimated how greedy they are. Once they smell blood in the water, they are like hungry sharks."

The prime minister knitted his brows even more when he heard this.

After a long silence, he said, "Let me handle this. I'll make sure that they rue the day that they chose to betray me."

Seeing this, I had no doubt that the prime minister would be able to take care of this without a problem, but there was something else that I had to say.

"Why do you think that it's just them?"

The prime minister was surprised to hear this before knitting his brows again.

It didn't take long for him to realize his mistake.

He took a minute to reflect before saying, "I'll keep investigating and come back with a plan tomorrow."

I gave a simple nod in response.

As long as the prime minister didn't lose himself in a spiral, I had no doubts in his abilities.