The Queen's Engineering Army

Chapter 123 Eunuch Liu Ming
"Xiaocui, what's wrong with you?"

The young eunuch Liu Ming saw Xiao Cui sitting on a remote step crying, so he stepped forward to show concern.

"No, nothing." Xiaocui wiped away her tears when she saw someone approaching.

"Did Madam punish you again?"

Liu Ming also felt the same way. They are all slaves, and they will often be scolded and made things difficult by their masters.

You can only endure a little grievance by yourself, even if you are all slaves, you may not be able to cry to each other, some people are just bad, waiting to see your jokes.

Among the servants, it's not that they feel sorry for each other, and they may trample on each other.

Liu Ming and Xiao Cui have a good relationship. They support each other and sit and chat when they have nothing to do.

"No."

How could Xiao Cui open up about that kind of thing?

"Don't be upset, I'll give you something nice." Smiling, Liu Ming took out a small piece of sugar cane from his bosom and handed it to Xiaocui.

Xiao Cui was curious about what he was holding behind his back, but when he saw the small piece of black sugarcane, he suddenly thought of something bad, covered his mouth immediately, and ran to the side to vomit.

"Ok?"

Liu Ming frowned, looked at the sugarcane in his hand, and asked in doubt: "Didn't Xiaocui like to eat sugarcane the most before, why did she throw up after seeing sugarcane today, could it be...?"

Liu Ming walked over and asked with a complicated expression: "Tell me, are you ready?"

Just after she vomited, Xiaocui felt a little funny when she heard this nonsensical question, and scolded, "What are you thinking? I'm in the Chu Palace, how could I possibly be pregnant, unless it's..."

Xiaocui's face darkened, unless it was the King of Chu who came to her, but she was of low status and it was impossible for the King of Chu to come to her. Moreover, Zheng Xiu was a very narrow-minded person and would never allow such a thing to happen.

So it was destined that Xiaocui would be a slave for the rest of her life.

"Xiao Cui, do you want to be a concubine?" Liu Ming asked suddenly.

"What, what, what did you say?" Xiaocui was frightened and looked around, lest others hear it and hear it in Zheng Xiu's ears.

Having stayed by Zheng Xiu's side for a long time, I know Zheng Xiu's insidiousness and viciousness, if there is even the slightest disloyalty, his life may be lost.

"Don't worry, I will help you. You look so good-looking. As long as the King of Chu is drunk, I will give you a chance. As long as you can conceive the child of the King of Chu, the mother is more expensive than the child, and it will definitely change you. fate." Liu Ming planned for Xiao Cui.

Xiaocui's expression was tense, and she was both excited and frightened when she heard this passage. She also wanted to change her destiny, and she didn't want to be a lowly slave for the rest of her life, and the only way was to conceive the child of the King of Chu.

But he was also afraid that Zheng Xiu would deal with her severely if he found out.

"You, why are you helping me like this?" Xiaocui asked puzzled.

"Because I don't want to see you being wronged again. If you can really become the concubine of King Chu in the future, my life will be easier." Liu Ming happily scratched his head.

"Thank you." Xiao Cui glanced at him gratefully.

"Hey, do we still need to talk about this?" Liu Ming looked at Xiaocui with a smile and said, "I will never forget your kindness in helping me. I was lying on the bed in the palace and was about to die of illness. Only you gave me I need to make some medicine so I can get through it.”

"I didn't do anything, I just boiled medicine for you." Xiaocui felt that it was human nature to do so.

"You may think it doesn't matter, but it is a life-saving grace to me." Liu Ming said seriously.

There seems to be something else in the eyes.

Xiaocui felt a little uncomfortable, and it was impossible for her to have anything to do with an eunuch, so she turned around and said, "By the way, Madam has something to do with me, so I'll be leaving first." After speaking, she fled the place.

"I will definitely help you." Liu Ming said firmly as he looked at Xiaocui running away.

The king of Chu ordered Zheng Long to lead eight thousand Chu troops and Mi Yuan to Dahan Village the next day.

The order given to Mi Yuan is to persuade the bandits in Dahan Village to put down their weapons immediately and accept the imperial court's offer to serve in the Chu army.

If you refuse to surrender, let these eight thousand Chu troops attack Dahan Village. After the village is destroyed, no chickens or dogs will be left.

Mi Yuan happily accepted this task. He believed that he could persuade Su Lin to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. The only way out was to accept the imperial court's offer. Fighting against the imperial court was tantamount to striking an egg against a stone.

But Zheng Xiu had his own plans.

"The servant pays his respects to the madam."

Zheng Long bowed his head and bowed with joy. He was originally just a slave of the Zheng family, but now he has transformed into a general, wearing majestic armor, enjoying the admiring eyes of others, and his heart has been greatly satisfied.

He has been freed from slavery, but he also knows that Zheng Xiu gave him the position he has today, so in front of Zheng Xiu, calling himself is even more flattering, and he does not hesitate to belittle himself.

"Ah."

Zheng Xiu sat lazily on the soft couch, raised his eyelids and said, "Do you know what you are going to do this time?"

"My slave knows that I will lead my troops to suppress the bandits in the west of Chu, and cooperate with Mi Situ to recruit security. If those bandits resist stubbornly, I will lead my troops to destroy the mountain stronghold."

Zheng Long has already been summoned by the King of Chu, and he also learned that the purpose of this trip is mainly to recruit security, supplemented by strong attack.

As for the leader of the thief, he will deal with it after he is brought to Yindu.

"Whether the bandits surrender or not, I want you to kill all the people in the village, leaving no one behind."

Zheng Xiu's face turned ferocious, and his eyes were filled with bloodthirsty light.

"But King Chu..." Zheng Long was about to say that King Chu's order was not like this.

Angrily reprimanded by Zheng Xiu: "Slave dog, who gave you the status you have today? If the dog is disobedient, you have to kill it and send another obedient dog."

Sweat dripped from Zheng Long's forehead, and he quickly kowtowed to show his loyalty: "The servant will follow Madam's instructions."

Zheng Xiu nodded and chuckled: "That's right. Only in this way can you be a good dog."

"But your Majesty, the slave is not easy to explain."

Zheng Long's mouth was bitter, he didn't know how those bandits offended Zheng Xiu, and wanted to kill them all, this job is not easy.

Zheng Xiu waved his hand and said relaxedly: "You don't have to worry about this, after finishing this matter, I will personally explain it to you like the king."

"Here, you can rest assured that the servant has a wife."

Zheng Long thought it over, no matter what happens, he must stand by his wife's side, only in this way can he keep his glory and wealth.

The development of Dahan Village is getting faster and faster.

In the past two months, five or six groups of beggars have come, totaling more than 300 people.

Su Lin also dispatched many "population recruitment clerks" to Qin Chu Ba Shu, asking them to recruit those people who yearn for a better life in villages at all levels, and let them join the big Han Village family.

People in this era have a hometown complex. If it’s not that they can’t survive, no one wants to leave their hometown, so the recruits are poor people who can’t survive, or beggars from all over the place.

Up to now, the population of Dahan Village has approached the 4000-person mark, which can be described as rapid development.

The newcomers were all classified as second-class villagers and scattered to Dahan Village, Kuangshan Village, Nanhu Village and the newly built Handong Village.

Handong Village is not far from where the Orions originally lived. It is a newly opened village.

Because Kuangshan Village and Nanhu Village are mainly resource-gathering villages, all villagers serve specific resources and cannot accommodate too many villagers.

Therefore, most of the population is still concentrated in Dahan Village. The population of Guangdahan Village is more than 2000. For a village, the population is indeed too large, so a new residential village must be opened up, just to the east of the village, near the old Orion Village. local location.

As long as the plan is planned and the villagers are instructed to level the land, dig sewers, and build houses, a village will look like it in less than a month.

The newcomers moved in quickly.

(End of this chapter)