Encounter Qin Shihuang on a deserted island

Chapter 271 Dare to strike at the emperor's feet? !
Wang Fu came out in the darkness with a gloomy face and said nothing.

In the darkness behind him, there were many friction sounds.

The group of soldiers involuntarily became alert, but immediately put down their weapons and fell silent.

In the darkness behind Wang Fu, a dozen or so ragged civilians walked out.

There were men and women, old and young, with exhausted faces, staggered up, knelt on the ground without saying a word.

This time, no one stepped forward to help, and everyone looked at this scene in silence.

Wang Fu walked up to Chang Yu's ear and said softly, "Do you know where they come from?"

"Half a day ago, where we passed by, they caught up all the way."

Hearing this, not only Chang Yu, but even Wang Jian and Li Si were in a state of confusion.

They rode for half a day, but they were able to chase them down within half a day
It's hard to imagine what kind of perseverance they have, but I can also feel the strong desire in their hearts.

If not forced by life, who would want to do this?

According to the old man, the people who can catch up are almost everyone in their village who can walk around.

I thought I would be able to catch up soon, but I didn't expect that this chase would last for a long time, and the dry food on my body had already been eaten.

At this moment, they are all exhausted and mentally sleepy, but they are all holding on to prevent themselves from fainting.

They knew that if they missed this opportunity, they might starve to death before long.

The local officials are not human beings. They withhold food and raise taxes. They just want to force the people at the bottom to death!

Today, it is still an era of famine, especially at the threshold of food reform.

Many officials do not believe in the imperial court, but believe that if they have food in hand, they have the right to speak.

Even if many people died as a result, wouldn't the responsibility be relieved by just prevaricating that they died of famine and starvation?

Li Si once asked why he didn't go to Xianyang City to report.

The old man and the group of farmers answered with wry smiles.

Local officials have ways to deal with the pipelines and trails.

Anyone who approaches Xianyang City, they will follow. If you want to report them, kill them immediately
Chang Yu thought he heard it wrong: "Do it in Xianyang City?"

He thought the old man would refute, but he nodded sullenly.

Everyone fell silent, even the emperor dared to do such a thing, did he really have the guts to eat a bear's heart and a leopard? !

In this environment, people starve to death every day, and human life can be said to be worthless.

Especially the people at the bottom, they are stuck with local officials, they have no choice but to resist and accept it.

If this situation is not stopped, after a period of time, that is, in the official history, when the first emperor died suddenly and passed the throne to Hu Hai, a peasant uprising would break out, causing the entire Great Qin Dynasty to be overthrown by angry peasants.

For the first time in history, a large-scale peasant uprising was led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at the end of the Qin Dynasty.

What happened this time just happened to happen, and how many of them didn't happen?
Just seeing the changes on the surface, the food planting spread out from Xianyang City as the center.

In fact, how many people know about the interest entanglements behind it?
If it wasn't for this encounter, maybe Chang Yu would never know it for the rest of his life.
On the surface, he is doing things for the court, but in fact he is working for his own officials.

Looking at the exhausted farmers kneeling on the ground, Chang Yu looked sideways at Wang Jian and Li Si.

It's useless just his wish, if the two of them agree, then things will be easier.

After all, they didn't come out to play, but went out with missions.

The mission was delayed due to certain things in the middle, and it would be hard to say if Shi Huangdi pursued it.

"If we don't care, they will all starve to death when we come back." Wang Jian's voice was cold and angry.

Although Chang Yu didn't make a statement, the meaning was already obvious. What else could Li Si say?

He could only nod with a wry smile, and murmured, "I will write a memorial to the king."

Hearing this, no matter how stupid a person is, they can understand what it means.

Immediately, together with the old man, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Having offended the group of soldiers, he quickly stepped forward to pull them up and comfort them.

"It's already dark, and it's too risky to travel at night."

"Let's settle for one night first, and we will set off at dawn." Chang Yu said.

They had no objection to this, and the group of soldiers quickly helped them go to the tents they had set up.

When they were stationed, they also made food. It happened that these farmers were also hungry, so they all sat down and ate together.

After half a month of transformation, the marching rations were no longer dry rations like pot helmets.

Mostly potatoes and sweet potatoes, a small amount of dried meat and fish.

This makes farmers who have never seen potatoes as food, holding them in their hands like treasures, they are reluctant to eat them.

"Will the seeds we plant now be this kind of food in the future?" A farmer asked in disbelief.

The other farmers were also very puzzled, and the group of soldiers knew a lot.

So, they explained to them one after another, or pulled out the pie that Chang Yu had drawn for them.

For Daqin's plan, they don't know what the concept is.

However, when it comes to food, how much yield per mu, their eyes are straight
Holding the potato in his hand, he looked at it in disbelief: "This is really auspicious."

Chang Yu and the others stood not far away, looked sideways at the soldiers and farmers, and then withdrew their eyes.

"We have about half a day to deal with these things," Lees said.

There was news from outside the region that the Huns cavalry were scurrying around the border.

At this moment, the place where they are staying may not be there tomorrow.

Knowing the existence of the enemy but not knowing its location is undoubtedly a very passive situation.

In case they arrived, the group of Hun cavalry ran to other places to make trouble.

When they also rushed to that side, they ran to other places
After coming and going, not to mention the soldiers, even the horses couldn't stand it.

Being chased by farmers on the road to sue was indeed beyond the variables in the original plan.

But it's really not good to leave it alone, maybe it's what Wang Jian said.

When they came back victorious, they saw the group of farmers starving to death among the fields.
These peasant households are only what they see, and the area under the jurisdiction of local officials is not small, how many have not seen it?
I dare not think deeply about this matter, I believe it is definitely the tip of the iceberg that has been revealed, and must be dealt with emphatically.

It takes half a day to deal with these matters and resettle the group of farmers. I believe it is possible.

Li Si also said immediately that he would write the memorial immediately, so that the first emperor could see it when he went to the morning court tomorrow.

After they deal with the matter, let the court come down to finish it, and it will not affect the overall plan.

That is, it will be harder to travel later, and it will waste an extra day to go back and forth.

But the people here have no objection to this. If they ignore it, they will not be able to use their energy to fight.

Most of the soldiers are the sons of peasants. Their parents, wives and children can't even eat. How can they have the energy to fight?
This matter is not only for the people, but also for the peace of mind of the soldiers.

Let them know that their parents, wives and children are not suffering when they are fighting on the front lines.

(End of this chapter)