Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

"Are these people crazy? The remnants of the nobles of the six countries don't want to destroy their countries, they also want wealth and glory. But why are you, a bunch of common people, going to be pawns?" Qin Mian shouted anxiously.

However, the soldier smiled bitterly and said, "Your Excellency, we have already gone up to dissuade them, but it was of no use at all. We were even beaten by a group of civilians and fled in disgrace!"

Hearing this, Qin Mian was so angry that he cursed: "A bunch of unruly people! A bunch of unruly people!"

He grabbed a porcelain cup and wanted to throw it on the ground, but after hesitating, he put it back on the table.

"What exactly do they want to do? Are they really going to start a chaotic war again?" Qin Mian thought anxiously.

He looked at the captain and asked, "What should we do? Should we send troops to suppress them?"

However, the captain's face also looked unhappy.

This city was one of the most prosperous places in Zhao State at that time, and more than 90% of its people were from Zhao State.

If military means are used to suppress the rebellion, then most of the people of Zhao will choose to rebel against the Qin Dynasty!

This is absolutely intolerable!
"Sir, what should we do? Are we just going to stand here and watch?" the centurion asked anxiously.

Qin Mian paced back and forth in the room anxiously.

The current situation is really bad!

If something really happened to Your Majesty, who can suppress it?
Prince Fusu? Indeed, Prince Fusu is indeed a wise king!

But we have to admit that objectively speaking, he does not have the strength to suppress all six countries!

How can we solve all this? ...

Ask for help? No way!
Now, His Majesty's life or death is uncertain, and the entire Qin Dynasty is in chaos!

Qin Mian walked back and forth in the hall with a grim look on his face.

Although the troops led by Meng Tian and General Wang Ben are large, it is too difficult to wait for their reinforcements!

You know how vast the area of ​​Daqin is?

By the time the general's support arrives, the truth will probably have already been revealed!

Even without waiting for the arrival of the general, the unruly people of the six countries might rush forward as soon as they hear the news of the arrival of the army!

What's worse is that facing the encirclement and suppression of so many "enemy forces", can they really deliver the message?
"What should I do..." Qin Mian paced back and forth in the room anxiously, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

However, misfortunes never come alone, and blessings never come in pairs.

Just as he was frowning and thinking carefully about how to solve the problem without any clue, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the door!
A scout, pale-faced, stumbled into the hall, looking extremely anxious.

"Sir, it's bad! Something terrible has happened! The remnants of the Zhao State have surrounded us!" he shouted in panic.

Qin Mian didn't react for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Surrounded? Surrounded where?"

The scout swallowed hard and answered, "Sir, the place they surrounded is... right here."

Qin Mian's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and his eyes were filled with anger.

"What did you say? Say it again! They surrounded the county magistrate's mansion?!" he roared in disbelief.

"Are they crazy? What on earth do they want to do? How dare they attack the officials of the Qin Dynasty so boldly!" Qin Mian asked angrily.

Seeing Qin Mian's furious look, the scout became even more anxious.

He hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency, there are about thousands of them coming here together, saying... saying they want you to abdicate!"

"They also said that since you have been in office for many years and have always spoken for the people, you can be considered an honest official, so they would like to invite you to join the Zhao army!" the scout continued.

Hearing this, Qin Mian's face became even uglier and his eyes turned red.

"Arrogant! Too arrogant!" he roared, "How dare they! They want me, a county magistrate of the Great Qin, to rebel? To join the army of the Zhao State? This is such a shame and humiliation!"

Qin Mian's eyes were red as he recalled that when he first came here, he was focused on people's livelihood and worked diligently to benefit the people.

But now, all of this seems to have been trampled upon.

He really wanted to give an order to suppress all these rebel troops and kill them here.

He knew that although there were thousands of peasants on the opposite side, which was several times their number, the soldiers guarding here were the most elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty.

The Qin cavalry is the best in the world, and a thousand of them can easily kill them all.

However, Qin Mian finally realized that he couldn't do that.

Because if this were really done, it would be equivalent to declaring a complete war on the six countries.

Today, all forces in the entire Qin territory are ready to move, waiting for a spark to rise.

This time, letting so many people besiege the county magistrate of Daqin was obviously an attempt to cause trouble.

If he couldn't help but take action, he would definitely be used against him by the other side.

At such a critical juncture, if any large-scale chaos occurred, it would definitely not cause a simple rebellion, but an unimaginable chain reaction.

Once a massacre breaks out here, the consequences will be irreversible.

No one can mediate, no one can stop this, the six countries will be in complete chaos, cities will fall into chaos again, and the six countries that were originally suppressed will rise again...

The situation of Qin's unification of the world will be shattered again, and the people will enter an era of complete suffering.

"How foolish!" Qin Mian said with an unpleasant expression, "They are really foolish! Why are they so easily deceived!" He shouted excitedly, "Your Majesty, has something really happened to you?"

As a county magistrate, Qin Mian finally calmed down.

He took a deep breath and gave the order in a deep voice: "Order the army to defend the county magistrate's residence and not to retreat. Do not kill civilians unless it is absolutely necessary! Tell the soldiers to cover their guns and not to kill anyone until the last minute!"

He knew that the people of Zhao State had already been provoked.

If a soldier killed people at this juncture, it would inevitably cause a huge chaos.

If people were killed at that time, there would be no doubt that the people of Zhao State, who had already been suppressed to the extreme, would most likely turn to rebellion!
And perhaps a large number of the Zhao people who were originally wavering will join the rebel camp!
This is absolutely unbearable pain for them!
Especially if a fight really breaks out, the result will be something no one can bear!
But if you just keep running away, the outcome will obviously not be good!
If we retreat, they will think 'even Qin State would not do this', and then they will become more unscrupulous!

"What a bunch of damn bastards!" Qin Mian cursed angrily, "Do you really want to return to the chaotic era of the Seven Kingdoms?" At the same time, Qin Mian, who was anxiously trying to appease the people in the Huangcheng County Magistrate's mansion, formed a sharp contrast with the remnants of the Zhao State who were in charge of this place.

The remnants of the Zhao State watched all this with confidence.

On the high attic, a middle-aged man who looked to be around forty years old was sitting under the pavilion.

He warmed the wine and brewed tea, looking indifferently at the Huangcheng County Magistrate's Mansion not far away.

Here he can take it all in.

Just then, several old figures walked up.

Although they look old, they all have the aura of people who have held high positions for a long time and come from wealthy families.

It is obvious that he is an old man who is highly respected.

But now, facing the middle-aged man in front of them, they knelt on one knee without hesitation, spoke with great respect, and there was even an imperceptible fanaticism in their eyes.

"Your Highness, the information from the front has come back." They said respectfully.

"Oh? Please get up quickly, my three lords. Is there any news from the front line? Let me see." The middle-aged man said this and then opened the bamboo slips in their hands.

After briefly flipping through it, the middle-aged man suddenly sneered.

"Hehe, they actually defended the county magistrate's residence? And they even asked the soldiers to cover up the tips of their guns? They really thought it through. As expected, the county magistrate of Qin State, although he looks like nothing, he still has some brains."

Hearing the middle-aged man speak, several old men in the back responded respectfully, "Sir, are you going to take action? Are you going to anger the people?"

The identities of these old men are extraordinary. Each of them is the patriarch of the Zhao survivors in Huangcheng and surrounding cities.

When the State of Zhao was powerful, these people were the patriarchs of several major families.

Although the State of Zhao was destroyed and crushed by the Qin State, they still insisted on their determination to restore their country.

But at that time, Ying Zheng was like a mountain pressing down on their hearts, leaving them with no thought of resistance at all.

This determination lasted for decades, until they were almost in despair and even felt that they would go to the coffin with this determination, only then did they finally receive this good news!

Ying Zheng seems to have passed away! The six kingdoms seem to have started a new uprising!
So almost as soon as the man appeared in front of them, they knelt on the ground respectfully and mobilized all the strength they had accumulated over the past decades!

Because the middle-aged man in front of him was none other than a descendant of the Zhao royal family!
His name is Zhao Yin, and his father and King Jia of Zhaodai are half-brothers!
Decades ago, when the Qin army attacked, his father personally led the army to cover the evacuation of several of their families, and finally died under the iron hoof of the Qin army!

I thought the young Zhao Yin had died as well, but I didn't expect he was still alive!

So the moment he appeared, all the family heads burst into tears!
And strictly speaking, Zhao Yin is now the last member of the Zhao royal family!
After decades of training, Zhao Yin is obviously no longer the young prince of Zhao.

Both his scheming and cunning have improved considerably.

"No hurry." Facing the proposals of several clan leaders, he smiled and shook his head. "Although intensifying conflicts can indeed cause unrest earlier, it will also plant hidden dangers. Moreover, the general trend is now established. Not only Huangcheng, but almost all cities in the entire Qin State have the forces of the former six countries ready to make a move. We don't need to be the first to make a move. If we are the first to make a move, it is bound to attract a counterattack from the Qin State's military forces."

Looking at the dense crowd in the distance and the Qin cavalry pouring out of the county magistrate's mansion to maintain order, Zhao Yin gently swallowed his tea.

"Just keep dragging it out, and let it continue to ferment," he said calmly.

"The longer the delay, the more the Zhao people's fear of Qin will gradually dissipate; the longer the delay, the more obvious the hesitation in the hearts of those who support Qin will become; the longer the delay, the more resentment in the hearts of the people will accumulate..."

Zhao Yin gently put down the teacup, glanced at the old men in front of him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"From the moment the people from the surrounding areas gathered to fight this battle, I saw the shadow of victory. Qin Mian was just struggling in vain."

"Moreover, if we can achieve victory without bloodshed, why should we let the people of Great Zhao sacrifice innocently?"

After hearing what Zhao Yin said, several old men nodded repeatedly, and their admiration for him grew stronger.

Take a look!

Take a look!

This is the real prince, this is the real wisdom!
He captured Huangcheng without bloodshed and always cared about the people. Who could be more suitable to be a king than Prince Zhao Yin?
Looking at the huge crowds of people gathering in the distance, Zhao Yin spoke lightly.

"This is just the beginning. Huangcheng will become an important base for our uprising."

"Huangcheng has a very special geographical location. As long as we take Huangcheng, we can continuously obtain resources and continue to grow stronger."

"When the time comes, we will unite with our Zhao brothers and sisters in other counties and prefectures, and we will surely be able to restore the supreme glory of Great Zhao in one fell swoop!"

Hearing this, several elders were so excited that they trembled all over and almost burst into tears.

They have been waiting for this moment, for this scene, for decades!

Just when they thought they would never get to wait for it in this lifetime, they heard such inspiring words. How could they not be excited?
"For the Great Zhao! For the late king!"

Many old men knelt on the ground respectfully and shouted in unison.

In the following period of time, Zhao Yin assigned many tasks to the old men, who respectfully accepted the orders and left.

After everyone left, Zhao Yin turned around and looked at the huge crowds of people and the extremely anxious Qin soldiers below, and sneered.

Ying Zheng is dead, the country is in chaos, and foreign enemies are all around.

All factors have come together. Let’s see how you, the Qin State, can turn the tables this time!

"It only takes a little spark to completely ignite this fire!"

“By then, even if Ying Zheng is not dead and has revived, it will be difficult to handle so many problems easily!”

"It's too late!"

Looking at what was happening in the distance, Zhao Yin smiled coldly.

"This is truly a godsend opportunity. Who would have thought that Ying Zheng, who unified the six kingdoms, would die so early!"

Looking at the people of Zhao State who were becoming more and more arrogant and whose fear of Qin State was gradually decreasing in the distance, the smile on Zhao Yin's face became increasingly gloomy.

"Your Highness, these Qin people are very cunning. When faced with provocation, they simply won't come out. What should we do? Should we attack forcefully?" (End of this chapter)