Chapter 877 Butcher He Er
After Qin An received the report from the special forces, he knew that Zhao Gao's 50,000-strong army was ten miles away. Although Zhao Gao and the army did not meet up, it did not mean that they would go more than ten miles away.
General Cheng asked: "Master, the opponent is faster than we expected. We only have 5,000 troops. Even if we include the county government officials, we only have 6,000 troops.
It may be difficult to deal with the siege of an army of 50,000 people. I wonder if the Emperor Master has any good ideas? "
Qin An said: "Yes, but what I want is to try not to provoke a war and directly persuade them to surrender."
"They came directly towards the Imperial Master, and Zhao Gao was filled with hatred for the Imperial Master. How could they surrender?" General Cheng said.
Qin An smiled and said: "Zhao Gao really won't surrender, and I don't need him to surrender, let alone not allow him to surrender."
"That……"
Qin An stopped General Cheng from continuing because he knew what the other party wanted to say.
"Although Zhao Gao will not surrender, others will. What I want to convince is that the 50,000-strong army is here, not Zhao Gao.
As for those generals, if they want to surrender, then it's best. If they don't want to surrender, I will kill them. "
"The emperor is wise." General Cheng said, "By the way, now the nobles of all sizes in the city, as well as the leaders of the anti-Qin forces, have come to the city wall.
Does the Imperial Master have anything to say to them? "
"That's fine." Qin An said.
Later, Qin An came to a group of nobles and leaders of anti-Qin forces. They were all from Zhao. If possible, they still wanted to help the Zhao army.
So Qin An brought them up in order to prevent them from helping Zhao Gao and the others.
"See the Emperor's Master." The nobles and leaders of the anti-Qin forces saluted Qin An one after another.
Qin An waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite, I have called you here today for three purposes. The first one is to let you take a look at the offensive of the 50,000-strong army.
The second one is to let you take a look at Da Qin's current military strength, and the third one is to ask you.
Do you want an era of peace or an era of constant war?
It will take two hours for an army of 50,000 to attack the city, so it will also take two hours to show you the military strength.
What we can do now is ask you to answer me, what kind of era do you want? "
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. They felt that Qin An was making fun of them.
Peace and war, everyone knows to choose peace, and who is crazy about war.
Seeing that no one answered, Qin An smiled and said, "If you don't answer, I think you want war, because war can get you the benefits you want."
"What are the benefits of war?" One person spoke up. Judging from the fact that he was not dressed like a noble, he was the leader of the anti-Qin forces.
Qin An asked: "What's your name?"
"My name is He Er." He Er said his name directly. He had already thought that if he could be called up, the government must have grasped something about him. There was no use in hiding it.
General Cheng nodded slightly to Qin An.
Qin An was sure that He Er was not lying, and continued to ask: "If you do a good job, how many people do you have under you? Also, why did you gather a force?"
He Er said in a deep voice: "Since the Imperial Master can capture us here, he must have mastered everything about me, so why bother asking me again?"
General Cheng said angrily: "Just say what you are told. Why talk so much."
"Hmph." He Er snorted coldly, "I'm just an ordinary butcher, and there are about a hundred people who eat with me. If I don't gather them together, I'm afraid everyone will starve to death.
The imperial court never cares about our life or death, why can't we still find food for ourselves? "
"How dare you slander the imperial court? I think you don't want to live anymore." General Cheng said angrily, "Someone, take him down and chop him down."
Immediately two soldiers grabbed He Er's hands.
arm.
"Stop." Qin An shouted coldly.
The two soldiers immediately stopped moving and stood aside.
General Cheng immediately said: "Master, they are making irresponsible remarks about the imperial court. According to Qin law, they should be punished by beheading."
"That's the old Qin law. The new Qin law has been changed a long time ago. Anyone can talk about the imperial court, officials and the current majesty.
Whether His Majesty is a wise king, a tyrant or a coward can be discussed. Everyone, including me, can talk about it.
As a real man walks between heaven and earth, what can't he say? Is it because you have done something wrong that you are not allowed to speak out?
There is no such truth in the world. Remember, it is better to guard against the people's mouth than against the river. "
Immediately, Qin An waved the two soldiers to retreat and continued: "He Er, you are right, the court did not do a good enough job three years ago.
But it must be different now. Along the way, many people have planted potatoes. They are high-yielding potatoes, with an output of thousands of kilograms per mu. Don’t say that your family doesn’t grow them. "
"It's sown." He Er said, "Here, on behalf of my men and the whole village, I would like to express my gratitude to the Emperor Master.
Without Emperor's potatoes and corn, I'm afraid we would never know what it feels like to be full for the rest of our lives.
There is also salt, which is something that only nobles can enjoy. Now we can all use it, and the price is very cheap. The methods of making salt are even made public. As long as you don’t want to spend money to buy it, you can make salt yourself.
We keep these great kindnesses in mind, but we have already left a record in the government and are members of the anti-Qin forces.
The imperial court will kill us sooner or later, so I don't dare to disband my men. "
"There is no need to disband. Since you are butchers, then do your job as butchers. Just register with the court and know that you are butchers.
And I will set up a slaughterhouse here to slaughter some chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle, sheep, etc. Qin An said, "If you follow me then, even if you can't become rich, at least you can have meat for every meal."
Not only that, you can take the extra wages home and buy clothes for your family and various other things.
Not only you, He Er, but also other anti-Qin forces, you can walk on the streets openly.
If anyone dares to arrest you for rebelling against Qin, I will be the first to not spare him.
But if you think it's okay and you have become my people, then you start to act arrogantly and oppress kind people. Then I will be the first to spare you.
Leaders of all anti-Qin forces, I declare once again that I agree with the existence of anti-Qin forces, but you cannot own weapons or do anything evil.
At the same time, China cannot be divided. Any attempt to divide China is treason and tantamount to rebellion. .
And this time is not unlimited. Your opportunity only lasts for one year. After one year, those who have not come forward will be arrested by the court. "
