That afternoon, after bidding farewell to Cheng Yaojin and his party, Xiao Han stood alone on the city wall for a long, long time.
It wasn't until Xiaodong timidly stepped forward and asked him in a low voice if he should go down to eat that Xiao Han, who was awakened, realized that it was almost dusk.
"Why……"
Raising his head and looking at the only trace of gorgeous sunset left on the horizon, Xiao Han sighed, and then suddenly asked Xiaodong, "Xiaodong, do you think I'm stupid?"
"ah?"
Xiaodong, who had climbed up to the city wall, was a little confused by Xiao Han's sudden question. He didn't react until a while later and hurriedly shook his head and said in surprise
"How is it possible? Lord Marquis, you are the smartest person in the world! Otherwise, how could the rebels, who were unable to be defeated by so many people, come to you and be beaten to the point of losing their armor and being completely wiped out? So then
What strange and weird things others can't think of, but you, Lord Marquis, can think of them?"
"The smartest?" Xiao Han rolled his eyes and said bitterly, "But they are plotting behind their backs and plotting against each other. Lord Marquis, I don't seem to be able to plot against them..."
Originally, it took a lot of courage for Xiao Han to say this sentence. After all, it is harder to admit one's own shortcomings than to admit the excellence of others!
But Xiao Han never thought that when Xiaodong, who had always been his number one loser, heard this, the expression on his face suddenly changed, and he became disgusting, looking like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh!
"Are you laughing at me?" Xiao Han became angry and raised his leg, ready to kick him!
When Xiaodong saw it, he hurriedly covered his butt and hid behind him. While hiding, he did not forget to beg for mercy, "Misunderstanding, Mr. Hou, you have misunderstood Xiaodong! How can Xiaodong dare to laugh at you? Xiaodong said that you are a fan of the authorities."
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"Humph, I don't even dare to measure you!" Xiao Han retracted his legs angrily, and glared at Xiaodong and said, "Then tell me, what kind of fanboy am I?"
Seeing that Xiao Han didn't really want to kick him, Xiaodong came over with a playful smile and said, "Master Marquis, you have forgotten! You taught us before that monkeys and donkeys are not about brains, but about who can run faster, then
Aren't you stupid?
Those who only want to scheme against others and trick others are things only incompetent rats would do!
A great talent like you, Lord Marquis, should be upright and open-minded! When you encounter those who are dissatisfied, you give an order, and the juniors will immediately rush up and teach them how to behave again! How convenient and enjoyable is this? It is better than squatting down.
It's a hundred times, a thousand times worse to scheme against people in the gutter?
"Oh? It seems like this... right?"
In the final analysis, people like Xiaodong and others are considerate. They are not like Lao Cheng, who stabs people's lungs with every sentence, so much that he can hardly breathe!
Now it's fine. After a few simple words, Xiao Han immediately felt that the originally gloomy sky suddenly became clear! Once the dark clouds cleared away, a smile bloomed again along with the corners of his pursed lips.
That’s right! A ruler is short and an inch is long! There are no perfect people in this world!
Even if I admit that you know how to scheme and plot, so what!
If you calculate it and calculate it, can you know what the world will look like in ten years?
But I don’t need to calculate, I just know it!
For example, Yuan Tiangang is a wise old man. When he brags to death, he only dares to say that he knew five hundred things beforehand.
Years later, five hundred years later!
But I not only know that after five hundred years, but even after a thousand years, the family will be clear!
While you are still thinking hard about how to defeat the enemy, I have already begun to study the general cannon!
While you are still studying how to occupy more land and feed more people, I have already sent people to find new crops that can trigger rapid population growth!
Do you know what a steam engine is? What a howitzer is?
An idiot who can't even understand how to throw a cannon, yet he keeps thinking about plotting and scheming all day long! He's an expert at internal fighting, but an outsider at external fighting, and he still thinks he's so great!
Nonsence!
If I waste my time and learn from you those stupid calculation methods, that would be called not doing my job properly!
"Where is the word 'like this?' He is like this!"
Secretly catching a glimpse of the smile appearing on Xiao Han's face little by little, Xiaodong's heart that had been hanging in the air finally relaxed!
He quickly laughed and continued to joke, "If you don't believe it, look at the people below the city. Not to mention the people from Ningcheng, even the prisoners will give a thumbs up when your name is mentioned!"
"Humph, nonsense! Do you think they really want to go up and rebel with swords? As long as they can have a full meal, who is willing to put their heads in their belts and do this kind of business where they can't see tomorrow?"
With his worries gone, Xiao Han's mood suddenly became very good. Whatever he looked at, it always seemed so pleasing to the eye!
In fact, it is different from what many people think.
Regarding the captured rebels in Ningcheng, except for a very small number of people who were resentful, most of the remaining people could not hate Xiao Han.
They would rather hate Li Zhen, hate the supervisor with the whip, hate the fat county magistrate who assigned them tasks, but they just don't hate the mastermind behind their defeat and arrest, Xiao Han!
Of course, this is not because Xiao Han has a handsome face that everyone loves, nor is it because he exudes "bastard spirit" all over his body. No matter who sees him, he must lie on the ground and bow his head!
All this is just because they all understood that when the army was defeated, Xiao Han could clearly kill them all! But the young marquis did not do that. Instead, he spared no effort and punished them.
Just let them work to atone for their sins.
As for work?
They are farmers and tenant farmers. What's the point of doing a little work? Not to mention that after finishing the work, there is always a bowl of fragrant rice porridge to eat!
We have food and clothing. Although the living conditions are poor and the work is a little tiring, compared to the farmers who were trapped at home and almost starved to death, this is a life that they can't even imagine!
Because of this, Ningcheng was able to gather so many prisoners, and there was still no major riot. Even the escape of prisoners rarely happened.
"Hey, brother?"
At the temporary shack in Xicheng, the gang leader carefully looked around to make sure there were no guards watching them. Then he cautiously asked the middle-aged man sitting on the ground who looked quite kind-hearted and asked, "They don't lock the door."
With us?"
At first glance, the middle-aged man sitting on the ground looked like an honest and humble person. At this moment, when he heard the leader asking himself, he scratched his head and said with a naive smile, "Locked? Why should it be locked? Why should it be locked?"
How to work?" "Master Hou, it's time to eat..."
That afternoon, after bidding farewell to Cheng Yaojin and his party, Xiao Han stood alone on the city wall for a long, long time.
It wasn't until Xiaodong timidly stepped forward and asked him in a low voice if he should go down to eat that Xiao Han, who was awakened, realized that it was almost dusk.
"Why……"
Raising his head and looking at the only trace of gorgeous sunset left on the horizon, Xiao Han sighed, and then suddenly asked Xiaodong, "Xiaodong, do you think I'm stupid?"
"ah?"
Xiaodong, who had climbed up to the city wall, was a little confused by Xiao Han's sudden question. He didn't react until a while later and hurriedly shook his head and said in surprise
"How is it possible? Lord Marquis, you are the smartest person in the world! Otherwise, how could the rebels, who were unable to be defeated by so many people, come to you and be beaten to the point of losing their armor and being completely wiped out? So then
What strange and weird things others can't think of, but you, Lord Marquis, can think of them?"
"The smartest?" Xiao Han rolled his eyes and said bitterly, "But they are plotting behind their backs and plotting against each other. Lord Marquis, I don't seem to be able to plot against them..."
Originally, it took a lot of courage for Xiao Han to say this sentence. After all, it is harder to admit one's own shortcomings than to admit the excellence of others!
But Xiao Han never thought that when Xiaodong, who had always been his number one loser, heard this, the expression on his face suddenly changed, and he became disgusting, looking like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh!
"Are you laughing at me?" Xiao Han became angry and raised his leg, ready to kick him!
When Xiaodong saw it, he hurriedly covered his butt and hid behind him. While hiding, he did not forget to beg for mercy, "Misunderstanding, Mr. Hou, you have misunderstood Xiaodong! How can Xiaodong dare to laugh at you? Xiaodong said that you are a fan of the authorities."
!”
"Humph, I don't even dare to measure you!" Xiao Han retracted his legs angrily, and glared at Xiaodong and said, "Then tell me, what kind of fanboy am I?"
Seeing that Xiao Han didn't really want to kick him, Xiaodong came over with a playful smile and said, "Master Marquis, you have forgotten! You taught us before that monkeys and donkeys are not about brains, but about who can run faster, then
Aren't you stupid?
Those who only want to scheme against others and trick others are things only incompetent rats would do!
A great talent like you, Lord Marquis, should be upright and open-minded! When you encounter those who are dissatisfied, you give an order, and the juniors will immediately rush up and teach them how to behave again! How convenient and enjoyable is this? It is better than squatting down.
It's a hundred times, a thousand times worse to scheme against people in the gutter?
"Oh? It seems like this... right?"
In the final analysis, people like Xiaodong and others are considerate. They are not like Lao Cheng, who stabs people's lungs with every sentence, so much that he can hardly breathe!
Now it's fine. After a few simple words, Xiao Han immediately felt that the originally gloomy sky suddenly became clear! Once the dark clouds cleared away, a smile bloomed again along with the corners of his pursed lips.
That’s right! A ruler is short and an inch is long! There are no perfect people in this world!
Even if I admit that you know how to scheme and plot, so what!
If you calculate it and calculate it, can you know what the world will look like in ten years?
But I don’t need to calculate, I just know it!
For example, Yuan Tiangang is a wise old man. When he brags to death, he only dares to say that he knew five hundred things beforehand.
Years later, five hundred years later!
But I not only know that after five hundred years, but even after a thousand years, the family will be clear!
While you are still thinking hard about how to defeat the enemy, I have already begun to study the general cannon!
While you are still studying how to occupy more land and feed more people, I have already sent people to find new crops that can trigger rapid population growth!
Do you know what a steam engine is? What a howitzer is?
An idiot who can't even understand how to throw a cannon, yet he keeps thinking about plotting and scheming all day long! He's an expert at internal fighting, but an outsider at external fighting, and he still thinks he's so great!
Nonsence!
If I waste my time and learn from you those stupid calculation methods, that would be called not doing my job properly!
"Where is the word 'like this?' He is like this!"
Secretly catching a glimpse of the smile appearing on Xiao Han's face little by little, Xiaodong's heart that had been hanging in the air finally relaxed!
He quickly laughed and continued to joke, "If you don't believe it, look at the people below the city. Not to mention the people from Ningcheng, even the prisoners will give a thumbs up when your name is mentioned!"
"Humph, nonsense! Do you think they really want to go up and rebel with swords? As long as they can have a full meal, who is willing to put their heads in their belts and do this kind of business where they can't see tomorrow?"
With his worries gone, Xiao Han's mood suddenly became very good. Whatever he looked at, it always seemed so pleasing to the eye!
In fact, it is different from what many people think.
Regarding the captured rebels in Ningcheng, except for a very small number of people who were resentful, most of the remaining people could not hate Xiao Han.
They would rather hate Li Zhen, hate the supervisor with the whip, hate the fat county magistrate who assigned them tasks, but they just don't hate the mastermind behind their defeat and arrest, Xiao Han!
Of course, this is not because Xiao Han has a handsome face that everyone loves, nor is it because he exudes "bastard spirit" all over his body. No matter who sees him, he must lie on the ground and bow his head!
All this is just because they all understood that when the army was defeated, Xiao Han could clearly kill them all! But the young marquis did not do that. Instead, he spared no effort and punished them.
Just let them work to atone for their sins.
As for work?
They are farmers and tenant farmers. What's the point of doing a little work? Not to mention that after finishing the work, there is always a bowl of fragrant rice porridge to eat!
We have food and clothing. Although the living conditions are poor and the work is a little tiring, compared to the farmers who were trapped at home and almost starved to death, this is a life that they can't even imagine!
Because of this, Ningcheng was able to gather so many prisoners, and there was still no major riot. Even the escape of prisoners rarely happened.
"Hey, brother?"
At the temporary shack in Xicheng, the gang leader carefully looked around to make sure there were no guards watching them. Then he cautiously asked the middle-aged man sitting on the ground who looked quite kind-hearted and asked, "They don't lock the door."
With us?"
At first glance, the middle-aged man sitting on the ground looked like an honest and humble person. At this moment, when he heard the leader asking himself, he scratched his head and said with a naive smile, "Locked? Why should it be locked? Why should it be locked?"
