Cassius says this directed toward Pindarus
Internment of Japanese Americans. The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps in the western interior of the country of about 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific Coast.
The correct answer here is B. The supplies they have are severely depleted thanks to the vandals that have destroyed not only their homes but also all of the provisions they had in stock. They are trying to feed the remaining population, 7000 of them, by rationing food from the single barn that was not destroyed.