"It was only later that the gentlemen in the city said that the water in the well was not good and that there was blood in it. Drinking it was delicious, but it would actually damage people's lifespan. Later, people gradually stopped going there to fetch water."

"But the gentlemen surrounded the well and built a big yard, so no one could drink the good water from it."

Sui Lingbo asked: "What does this mean?"

The old farmer rolled his eyes at him: "What the gentlemen said may not be true."

"But if the old men say something is bad, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is bad. It's just that these old men wearing silk and satin don't want you to do anything."

"We just don't know how to read."

"We are not blind."

The old farmer muttered something.

Sui Lingbo said: "Aren't you afraid that it is true, as the family claims, that Li Guan took you as a shield and didn't treat you as human beings at all?"

The old farmer laughed: "What a joke."

"As if we won't be oppressed here."

He pushed the wooden trolley, pushed the celebrity Sui Lingbo away with his shoulder, and cursed: "Old scholar who smells sour, get out of the way, don't block the road!"

Sui Lingbo was stunned, then just smiled and didn't take it seriously.

In August of the eleventh year of the Apocalypse, the Qilin Army and the people entered the country of Ying. Among the people in various parts of the country, there were also refugees who fled and wanted to join the Qilin Army. Therefore, the officials of the country of Ying were furious. Unlike Zhongzhou, the Zhongzhou bureaucratic family was very angry.

People have very little control.

However, Yingguo's requirements for the people are extremely strict and they are almost not allowed to stay away from the place where they live. However, there are always people who lose their land and family for various reasons and become refugees without land, property and houses, wandering around.

These people have no land, no way to farm and grow food, and they cannot pay taxes, but they still have to spend money for disaster relief. In the past, the officials of the country did not like these refugees, and they would not allocate land to these refugees -

After all, this land belongs to their family.

There is no way they can cut the flesh out of their own bodies.

You can't completely abandon it.

They just kept the refugees from starving to death, allowing them to become a cheap and cost-free labor force. But when this group of refugees saw the hope of life and planned to leave, they realized the problem.

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These refugees cannot be allowed to leave.

Leave here and go to the eighteen states in the south of the Yangtze River. This place is different from the Ying and Chen states. After more than ten years of war and confrontation, there is a lot of land that has not yet been reclaimed.

These refugees will soon become good families.

Become the most important backbone of a force.

They began to mobilize their own power. On the one hand, they began to guide public opinion and reduce Li Guanyi's reputation. However, they found that it was difficult to achieve success. Then, because of their reputation, it was absolutely impossible to send troops to rob and kill the people. Instead, they were stuck.

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Wenhe's strategy worked successfully.

Li Guanyi's move was clearly a cut-off on their bodies.

But they just couldn't attack.

Li Guanyi led the people across the river, but General Ying Guo intercepted and killed the people. As long as such a thing happened, the next day, Jiang Wanxiang would be furious and send Jiang Su to chop up the person who did such a thing.

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In the city of Cangxi in the state of Ying, there was a general who defended the city, named Yan Baotai. He had always been harsh to the people, and the annexation of land by aristocratic families was extremely serious. However, he was good at disguising himself and managed to withstand the inspections from the imperial court in the capital of the state of Ying.

It was always fine, but this time, the Qilin Army arrived, and the people under his command were in a state of excitement. When Li Guanyi's troops passed here, he had people cut off the waterway, and sent 5,000 troops and Mohist agency leaders to prevent them from passing through.

When Li Guanyi came out, Yan Baotai shouted:

"Where is Qin Wuhou going?"

Li Guanyi did not answer. Wen Lingjun stepped forward and returned the greeting with a quiet voice:

"My lord has returned to Jiangnan. What does the general mean? Why did he stop us?"

Yan Baotai burst out laughing, and instead of answering, he laughed and said: "It turns out he is the young master of the Wen family. Your father and I were still friends back then. We had a few more drinks, but you don't recognize your uncle. Of course I know Qin Wu of the Qilin Army."

Hou's fiefdom is in the south of the Yangtze River."

"However, this is not the place for your Qilin Army. This is the territory of my Daying Kingdom. This place is the border of my Daying Kingdom. Without my lord's password, how could I let you leave?!"

"Stay here!"

"When this general writes a letter and reports it to the court, if His Majesty gives the order, then I will let you leave. Otherwise, I will not be able to obey the order!"

Yan Baotai's attitude was very tough. Li Guanyi led the people and was unwilling to fight with them. After Yan Baotai returned, he discussed with his advisers and staff. On the one hand, he quickly sent troops and horses, and continued to send more troops to block the road in front, without allowing them to fight.

Li Guanyi's headquarters passed.

On the one hand, he suppresses the people under his rule, especially the refugees.

"Even if you die, you will have to die under my general's rule."

"How can I let you go and join Jiangnan?"

"You just have a low life. If you die, you will die. If you reincarnate early, it will be a good thing, but you will ruin my reputation!"

Yan Baotai was angry. His advisers asked him if he wanted to report to the imperial court. Yan Baotai looked solemn and said: "Report to the imperial court? Now everyone in Daying Kingdom is dealing with the Chen Kingdom and the Turks. If Li Guanyi is allowed to go back, wouldn't it be raising a tiger?"

To cause trouble?"

"I will be outside, and I will not accept your order!"

"This general will not conflict with Li Guanyi, nor will he kill him. He will just block his road and prevent him from leaving!" Yan Baotai sneered: "He has tens of thousands of mud-legged people under his command.

If there are six or seven people in a household, that means at least hundreds of thousands of people."

"Once you pass through our country, you can still bring people with you. How many will there be in the end?"

"A hundred thousand households? Hundreds of thousands of people rushed over with dry food. They were using the flesh and blood of our Daying Kingdom to help Li Guanyi rise. My lord can see this, but he can't do it or stop it."

"As ministers, I want to share your Majesty's worries."

"Such a thing that will ruin your reputation deserves to be done by someone like this general."

Yan Baotai said again:

"Besides, Li Guanyi's troops have so many people that there is no need to use weapons at all."

"People eat horse chews every day. How much food can they carry if the cabin is deep enough? I heard that they need supplies wherever they go. Once there is no food, these people will immediately riot. Li Guanyi can restrain them

Can you live there?!"

"When the refugees under his command starve to death, won't it prove that Li Guanyi's so-called reputation for benevolence is nothing but nonsense!"

"Besides, it's autumn now. Daying is located in the north and the climate is very cold. Starting from this month, the weather will get colder day by day. Those untouchables are only wearing a single layer of clothing and are still near the water. In a few days,

It will start to get cold."

"Once there is no food and people start dying due to wind and cold, there will be a plague."

"Humph, Li Guanyi, Li Guanyi."

Yan Baotai said bitterly: "If you want to trample on His Majesty's reputation and gain the reputation of benevolence in the world, where is such a good place in the world?! This general will not allow you to get what you want, so you are trapped here.

Die, lose this famous name!"

Li Guanyi's Qilin Army waited here for two days. Both Wen He and Wen Ling sighed. Their talents had long seen Yan Baotai's purpose, which was considered a conspiracy.

Wen He said softly: "It depends on what the lord wants to do."

"If you fall out, the road ahead will be difficult. Emperor Ying will not openly send troops or openly quarrel with each other, but as an important weapon of the country, the king will not stick to his word like a gentleman.

It's natural to do something to disturb us."

"After all, if it were me, I would definitely do this."

He sighed and said, "Actually, it's pretty good."

"After all, this kid didn't soak the corpses in the upper reaches of the river. In fact, he only needed to find the corpses of a hundred pigs and sheep, catch them with fishing nets, and put them on top. The water would just wash away, and the corpses would not be discovered by then. But we

Those who drink water downstream will not be immune to the plague."

"It won't take long, I'm afraid something will happen."

Wen Lingjun looked at Wen He as if he had seen a ghost.

Wen He smiled and said: "This move will hurt Tianhe. It seems that the opponent won't be able to use it."

Li Guanyi looked at the tea in his quilt. He had been drinking tea before. After listening to Wen He's words, he suddenly felt that he couldn't drink anymore. Li Guanyi grinned and said: "Sir, we still have food.

How many?"

Wen He said: "We have prepared a lot of dry food. When the people came to vote, they also brought their own rations. The Angry Scale Dragon King killed the fish. If he saves some food, he can still last for three days."

Li Guanyi said: "Three days..."

He sat there quietly.

On the second day, Li Guanyi asked to see Yan Baotai. Yan Baotai still stood at the gate and laughed and said: "Qin Wuhou is so majestic. I, the general, cannot stop you, nor dare to intercept the Qilin Army!"

"Everyone can go, I will personally take you out of the customs, but these homeless people have to stay here."
To be continued...