章 1048: Diplomacy before violence

Ren Xiaosu still had a lot of potatoes in his possession, but he did not let the refugees have them. It was not that he did not have any compassion but that he could only lead them to the Prosperous Northwest if they remained hungry.

When was a person most irrational? Was it when they were experiencing complete starvation? No.

Rather, it was when a person was completely starving and realized they were about to have something to eat.

Ren Xiaosu felt from the bottom of his heart that the Zhou Consortium did not care whether these people lived or died. The Wang Consortium also treated them as a weapon, and the Qing Consortium could not take them away either. Therefore, the only way for the refugees to survive was to head to the Prosperous Northwest.

He would not let these people starve to death. Once the steam locomotive arrived in the Northwest with them, Ren Xiaosu would immediately distribute potatoes for everyone to eat.