Popular Resentment Boiled Over

Meanwhile, within the city lord's residence in Black Stone City, various internal problems had been cropping up one after another lately, leaving Yan Sheng utterly overwhelmed.

But more than anything, it drove him completely berserk!

"Damn it, these wretched commoners!!"

After learning of the latest developments, Yan Sheng could not swallow his anger. On the spot, he swept everything on the table onto the floor.

At that moment, Yan Sheng had clearly been driven into a rage by those troublemaking commoners.

"These ungrateful bastards! We might as well kill them all!"

Lately, all kinds of rumors had been flying wildly throughout his state. Coupled with the people causing trouble, they had left him unable to enjoy a moment's peace.

Some had even shouted slogans such as "Stop the war and open the granaries to distribute grain," which made Yan Sheng want to curse his mother.

After investing so many troops and suffering such heavy losses over the course of this year, could they simply stop fighting just because they said so?

As for opening the granaries and distributing grain, that was even more ridiculous!

By now, Yan Sheng had a clear understanding of the situation. This year, both their spring plowing and autumn harvest had been affected, and their grain yield was even worse than in the previous two years.

Under these circumstances, he naturally had to prioritize ensuring food supplies for his soldiers.

After setting aside the grain for that purpose, along with the reserve grain stored in the granaries against emergencies, he had already distributed all the rest.

And now they wanted him to open the granaries and distribute grain? They were practically making a joke out of him.

In his eyes, these commoners were simply unreasonable.

What Yan Sheng did not know, however, was that although the