Outside the Great Zhou Capital.
Countless refugees were desperately waiting for food outside the city.
In rows of haphazardly constructed shanties, decaying corpses, human excrement, and various indescribable smells mingled together, creating an incredibly filthy and foul environment.
Under such circumstances, diseases rapidly spread from person to person, compounded by famine and crime, leading to a daily increase in the death toll.
Yet more refugees continued to flock to the capital in search of any slim chance of survival, such as the possibility of receiving porridge from some generous benefactors.
Considering the growing chaos outside the city, officials reported the situation to the Emperor of Great Zhou.
The Emperor in his early twenties glanced at the memorial presented to him and tossed it aside impatiently.
