Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 7
"Shannv doesn't know something," the village chief said with a sad face, "the scourge of war is unavoidable."

After asking, Lin Xiaoxiao realized that the era she came to was not peaceful.

Zhou Tianzi's power is weak, and the princes and kings are fighting for hegemony.

Big countries eat small countries, and big countries attack each other.Today I hit you, tomorrow you hit him, the war between the princes almost never stops.

The state of Hu is bordered by the state of Qin in the north, the state of Hua in the west, the state of Zheng in the south, and the state of Lu in the east.Except that Hua State is a small country like Hu State, Qin State, Zheng State, and Lu State are all powerful countries.

In recent years, the war between Qin, Zheng and Lu has never stopped, and almost all the small countries bordering it have been annexed.

A small country like the Hu State does not have the strength to participate in the war, so it can only tremblingly flatter and survive among the big countries.

Hu Guo did not dare to refuse any request made by the other party, and he had to give gifts to the three powerful countries almost every year.

About ten years ago, the situation changed.Hu Guogong married Zheng Guogong's daughter, and Zheng Guogong also publicly stated that he would never invade Hu Guo.

At that time, Hu Guogong was very happy.The Hu people also thought that life would be easier with Zheng Guo as their backer.

In the following years, Qin State and Lu State did not bother Hu State because they were afraid of Zheng State, but even so, Hu State's life did not get better.

Although there was no need to give gifts to Qin Lu, Hu Guo sent more and more tributes to Zheng Guo.

In recent years, Zheng Guoyin has become the overlord of the world.

First, he fought with Emperor Zhou, and the emperor was defeated steadily.After a battle with Jin, he almost captured the Duke of Jin.After that, more than a dozen small countries were destroyed one after another, and now the territory of Zheng State is the largest among the vassal states.

Zheng Guo was constantly at war with other countries, and every time there was a war, he would ask Hu Guo for money, food and people.

Hu Guogong did not dare not agree to Zheng Guogong's request, so he could only continue to collect taxes, food and soldiers in the territory.

Therefore, although Hu State did not go to war with other countries, its situation was similar to that of the defeated country.

After more than ten years, Hu's treasury has long been emptied by Zheng Guoren.The Hu people were poor and had no clothes to wear, they were hungry and skinny, and there were fewer and fewer males.

Although Wuzhang Village is located in a remote place, there must be no shortage of people who should pay money and food.

You must know that most of the villagers in Wuzhang are savages.Under normal circumstances, wildlings do not need to pay taxes to the government while they are not protected by the government.

However, in recent years, the savages in Hu State have been forced to pay money and food.

After the autumn harvest this year, the city sent people to collect another batch of grain.Fortunately, as winter approached, Zheng Guo entered a period of military truce, and this time there was no forced conscription.

This is the fundamental reason why every family in the village has no food surplus.

Fortunately, Wuzhang Village is close to the Little Kunlun Mountains, and every family has saved a little mountain goods.Before the road was blocked by heavy snow, they could only take the mountain goods to the city to exchange for some rations.

But people in the city are also short of food, so there is a shortage of food this winter, and every family has no food left.

Wuzhang Village is considered to be in good condition.I heard that in some villages people have starved to death.

Speaking of which, the public loser prepares a lot of food, which is for the child who is about to be born.Now Lin Xiaoxiao has the child's share, and when Gongshu's wife gives birth next month, Gongshu's family will not have enough to eat.

When it came to this topic, the village head and the elders were filled with righteous indignation, and their expressions were excited and resentful.

"Then Zheng's Tu'er, I don't know when it will calm down?" Tu'er is Zheng Guogong's name.

"Thieves suddenly did it on purpose, trying to torment our Hu country in a different way. If this continues, without other countries attacking, the people of Hu country will be in dire straits, and the country will no longer be a country."

"A thief is a wolf with ambition, disrespects the emperor, and bullies a weak country. It is not a crime of war, but the weak are bullied."

"The Zheng family is sudden and unrighteous, and they are not clear about public knowledge. In a few years, Hu Guo will probably go to the country."

In this day and age, speech can't be restrained.The people can insult the unjust king.It is very common for people such as the village chief to call Zheng Guogong by his first name.

Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know how to comfort the old people.She has no real experience of the plight of Hu Guo for the time being.

Lin Xiaoxiao doesn't remember much about the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The only thing I remember deeply is that Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, but now it seems that there are still many vassal states in the world.

"Would countries often be destroyed in wars among the vassal states?"

"Yes, our Great Zhou Dynasty originally had more than 70 vassal states, but now half of them are gone."

"In our village, there are people who fled here after the country was destroyed. The Zhong family who lives in the east of the village, his family's ancestors were merchants in Zhongli country, and they fled here after Zhongli country disappeared."

"Then who is the strongest vassal state now? Isn't it Qin?"

"No, Zheng Guo is the strongest around us, Qin Guo is not good enough. Although Qin Guo also annexed several small countries, its strength is not as strong as Zheng Guo."

"I heard that Qin State sent a proton to Chu State last year."

"Although Qin is a powerful country, the countries around him are also very strong. It is inevitable that they will be afraid of each other and restrict each other. Restricting their hands and feet is not as fast as Zheng's development."

Lin Xiaoxiao remembered that Qin Shihuang and his father had been hostages in Zhao State, and that Crown Prince Yan had been hostage in Qin State, and that Jing Ke assassinated Qin, who was later brought up by Yan Crown Prince Dan, but she didn't remember that Qin State had sent a proton to Chu State.

It seems that the era she traveled through is not exactly the same as the history she knows.

With a better understanding of the current environment, Lin Xiaoxiao is also more aware of the importance of finding food.

The sky is bright.

Many children from the village went to the public loser to watch the fun.

The villagers are very curious about Lin Xiaoxiao, a mountain girl.The adults restrained themselves, but the children couldn't control it.A group of children circled around Lin Xiaoxiao.

Seeing that it was still early, Lin Xiaoxiao simply took the children and the three children of the public loser into the mountain for "treasure hunting".

There is a red pine forest at the foot of Xiaokunlun Mountain.

It is already winter and I missed the season of picking pine nuts.But the small animals in the pine forest will surprise people, especially the squirrels.

In order to survive the winter, squirrels will separate and hide food such as nuts and mushrooms.Tree holes, burrows, especially places covered by mud and withered grass, may hide the food reserves of squirrels.It is said that a squirrel can store several kilograms of grain for winter.

Lin Xiaoxiao's goal is to provide winter rations for small animals.She has done this kind of thing before, so she has some experience.

Lin Xiaoxiao specifically asked the children not to take all the food they found, but only half of it.

The funny scene is that they were spotted by a squirrel during their actions.

Squirrels don't hibernate.It may be that Lin Xiaoxiao's group made too much noise and attracted the attention of a squirrel.Then when they took away the food reserves, the squirrel looked like it was about to cry from a distance.

It's not good to bully little squirrels, but the children of the village need food.

While Lin Xiaoxiao apologized to the little squirrel, she still took half of the food reserves.

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