Chapter 806

"We have lost a third of our population, but there are still five hundred million left. Everyone is very resentful." "On what grounds can those people come to Daxia to live in comfort while they cannot? The public has discovered that some European officials have used their connections to secure spots for their entire families to come to Daxia—supposedly to farm and pay off debts. This has ignited public fury." "Now, many citizens are protesting in the streets, demanding to come to Daxia to work off their debts. They are holding banners, shouting things like: 'Share the burden, repay the debt together,' 'Working to repay debt is only right,' and 'No one can strip us of our right to go East to farm'..."