One day, the little girl came to tell Ahsoka Tano that the Milano family from the village had moved away. They had acquaintances on Salust and had found work there, so they were planning to go join them.
"Salust? Isn't that part of the Duchy of Dawn..." Ahsoka Tano frowned.
"Shh~~~~" The little girl hurriedly raised a finger to her lips. "My mother only told me after the Milano family moved away. You absolutely mustn't tell anyone!"
"Don't worry, I won't. And don't tell anyone else either." Ahsoka smiled and patted the little girl's head.
But her heart was filled with doubts. She had noticed that the Imperial officers seemed completely unconcerned about people emigrating.
If they had come here to organize production, shouldn't they have been stricter about emigration? With their current high-pressure policies, anyone with the means and a ship would surely leave. In the long run, where would they find enough laborers?
But there was no answer to that question, and Ahsoka Tano could only continue living quietly.
More than a month later, after the second batch of high-energy crops began to sprout, the farmers of Raada Planet noticed something was wrong. These high-energy crops had extraordinarily developed root systems that could burrow several meters underground to absorb nutrients. They even grew aboveground, covering vast stretches of farmland entirely!
Not even weeds could grow around these high-energy crops! Large numbers of fish in ponds beside the fields also died, yet the Imperial officers merely coldly ordered the farmers to chop up the dead fish and use them as fertilizer.
These crops also needed more nutrients and more water. To tend them, the Imperial officers began increasing the farmers' workloads.
The overburdened farmers once again wanted to resist. It was said that uprisings had also broken out in