Chapter 596: Thinking about it carefully makes me feel cold all over my body
After the two people, one thin and one strong, made eye contact, they immediately left with a tacit understanding, preparing to continue to add fuel to the fire and make this storm of public opinion more intense.
The people of the Youxi clan became more and more vigorous in scolding, and the more they spoke, the more cheerful they became. In their mouths, Mr. Jimo became an ignorant, incompetent person.
To be honest, Mr. Jimo is not that unbearable. A direct descendant trained by generations of princes will not be any worse, no matter how bad he is. What's more, Mr. Jimo is now full of fighting spirit and enthusiasm for work.
However, we are afraid of comparison in everything. In the face of Yao Yun's great achievements, Master Jimo was immediately turned into a scumbag. His little efforts were regarded as insignificant in the eyes of his tribe. Instead, it attracted the secret comment of "occupying the latrine and not shitting".
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We haven't even played yet, but Mr. Jimo's mediocre ability was brought out to criticize him~ After a fight, the thin man continued to add fuel to the fire:
"I heard that the young master planned to take charge of Guanling City himself. As a result, Mr. Jimo occupied it and even moved out Mr. Hu and brought in an elite division. The young master did not want to fight with each other, so he had to give up!"
Passer-by tribe member A: "What! Young Master is going too far."
Second person from the passerby clan: "This is absolutely true. When the elite troops of Xiguo Zhenguo settled in Guanling City, the king promulgated many policies that benefited the people. I was there at the time. I remember clearly that the young master is capable.
If the young master had been in charge of Guanling City for a longer time, we would never have been in such a difficult situation!"
For a while, the surrounding Youxi clan members stretched their necks to listen, with anger building up on their faces and lingering for a long time.
Not to be outdone, the strong man responded to his companions and fanned the flames: "What is this? The most annoying thing is that when the young master opened up the wasteland of Chishui, he proposed that the tribesmen who migrated last year should live on both sides of Chishui. Unfortunately, the young master refused to let him, saying
Why do we belong to him and not to the young master? It makes no sense!"
"What, there is such a thing!"
If the anger before was just the venting of accumulated anger, then after learning the "shocking truth", the surrounding people of the Xi clan were suddenly in an uproar.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile farmland on both sides of the Chishui River have produced a bumper harvest, yielding four or five stones per mu, and auspicious stingrays have descended from the sky. Everyone in Guanling City knows about this, and everyone is envious and jealous from the bottom of their hearts.
If they could live on both sides of Chishui, their lives would probably be so perfect.
Before, everyone just silently envied and longed for it in their hearts, but now they heard that the young master had intended for them to live in Chishui River, but the Jimo master sternly rejected it.
At this moment, the crowd was in an uproar, shouting and cursing one after another, and their words became more and more unbridled and unscrupulous.
"The stupid Jimo, he is really too much!"
"Last year we also opened up wasteland for farming. People on both sides of the Chishui River produced four to five stones per mu. Our land in Guanling City produced only one or two stones per mu. This Jimo master is very bad. He just doesn't necessarily make the people of the clan live a good life. Let us follow him in Guanling.
Lingcheng suffers!"
"Who says otherwise? Mr. Jimo is really shameless. When did we belong to him? We belong to the Youxi clan. In the final analysis, the young master is the head of the clan. Who does Mr. Jimo mean to him!"
"That's right, the young master is the master of the Youxi clan. We came to the Xi Kingdom to seek refuge with the young master, not to follow his orders, Master Jimo!"
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In all the streets and corners of Guanling City, this scene was staged one by one under the mysterious thrust. For a time, the city was full of storms and the people were excited. Although it did not lead to a mutiny on the spot, it also began to shake the Jimo master's position in Guanling City.
dominance position.
By noon, there were very few Xidu caravans that used to come in endless streams. Even if there were any, they were just a few scattered small caravans.
This disappointed the people of Guanling City who had been waiting here early in the morning. There were too many people but not enough food. None of them dared to show weakness. They squeezed their heads and rushed in. Even "blaming Mr. Jimo" was temporarily ignored.
However, the results turned out to be extremely disappointing for the people.
Merchants told the people of Guanling City that an insect plague broke out this year and people everywhere were affected, so there were many people helping out. There was no shortage of helpers in Xidu, Chishui, Licheng, Baima and other places.
The people in the market were all downcast and worried, thinking of their long-awaited families at home and the children waiting to be fed, and everyone's face was filled with sadness.
Their hopes were in vain, and the extremely depressed people once again focused their complaints on Mr. Jimo. Even the cowardly and fearful Guanling natives couldn't help but whisper, "Young Mr. Jimo!" under their breath!
People who fall into the water are always panicked and anxious. At this time, as long as there is a way out, they will grasp the life-saving straw and refuse to let go.
Soon, the merchants "revealed" some news privately:
It is said that after the young master Xihou was granted the title of marquis, he thought about the hardships of the people in Guanling City and couldn't bear it. He wanted to take back Guanling City. Master Jimo sternly refused. The young master had no choice but to retreat and settle for the next best thing.
Opening up 100,000 acres of fertile land, as long as the people of Guanling City defect to him, he will not refuse anyone who comes...
After the merchants left, it didn't take half a day for the news to spread throughout Guanling City, making everyone aware of it.
As for the well-informed and decisive person, soon after learning the news, he ran home in a hurry, packed his bags, took his family, followed the merchant's carriage, and went to the young master!
People have a herd mentality, especially the illiterate common people. When they saw others defecting to the young master, they considered the situation of their own family and realized that they couldn't survive anyway, so they gritted their teeth and fled to Xidu.
Where there is the first one, there is the second one, and then a trend becomes surging.
At noon on this day, Mr. Jimo was drinking and drinking with Wuma, Miao Lao and other members of the Youxi clan. It happened that the person they were talking about was Yao Yun.
"Two clan elders, put your hearts in your stomach. With our father and king supporting us, how dare Yao Yun dare to launch troops against Guanling City? It's just a bluff. Look, several days have passed.
Yao Yun didn't even fart, so you think he's a coward or not? Is he a shame?"
Mr. Jimo was high-spirited and his face was full of disdain for Yao Yun. Who wouldn't say harsh words?
"Haha~"
The two clan elders smiled kindly and nodded in agreement. However, deep down in their hearts, they were still a little worried.
At this moment, a general in armor shouted out in surprise outside the palace.
"Sir, something bad has happened. Countless people are flocking out of the city, saying they are going to join the young master!"
Mr. Jimo's proud smile suddenly froze, and he was a little confused: "They are seeking refuge with the young master. Which young master are they going to? What are you doing to eat? Why don't you stop them."
"Sir, the general stopped me. If the general hadn't taken action in time, I'm afraid half of the people in the city would have escaped. The people in the city are okay. Once the city gate is blocked, the people can't get out, but the people in the mountains and villages
I’m afraid...they all went to Xidu."
The hearts of the two clan elders were stunned. The young master had indeed taken action, and his action was an earth-shaking magical power.
"What exactly is going on? Report it quickly!"
When the general informed him and explained the whole story clearly, both Mr. Jimo and the two clan elders had very wonderful expressions on their faces.
The Chishui River yields four to five stones per mu and attracts auspicious stingrays. Everyone knows that this is too tempting for the common people and tribesmen. Using this as bait really pinches the weakness of Guanling City!
If the people in the city are bent on defecting to Yao Yun, his blockade will not be enough. He cannot lock the whole people in the city, otherwise they will go out, which is impractical.
"It turns out that Yao Yun has been silent these past few days." Mr. Jimo's face was ashen: "He... is so cruel. He is trying to make Guanling City become an empty city. Their target is not Guanling City, but the city itself."
The clansmen under the Young Master’s command.”
He remembered that day a year ago, when he proudly announced to Yao Yun that he had returned to Xidu, bringing with him a fourth-grade elite army and 50,000 Youxi clan members.
Originally, he wanted to hit Yao Yun, but he never expected that Yao Yun could not help but show a meaningful smile instead of getting angry.
At that time, he couldn't understand or guess that smile.
But now...
That smile...
Thinking about it carefully, a chill came over Mr. Jimo's heart.