Daqin: Prince Peerless, guarding Hangu for ten years!

Chapter 416: Bring Xia Yufang into the palace and recommend Lu Buwei!

drought?

Everyone's expressions froze slightly, and they looked around with some surprise.

Everywhere you look, the land is dry and the vegetation is withered.

Most of these people were starved to death, skinny and emaciated, and their clothes were in tatters. Even the corpses on the ground that had been dead for a long time did not look like they had been affected by the war.

What's more, the officers and soldiers of the Qin army have always been strictly disciplined and prohibited. With Ying Jun's general order, even if there is a huge hatred between the Qin people and the Zhao people, they will not violate the military orders and attack these people.

And the phenomenon of these refugees does not only exist in the countryside, but can also be seen from time to time in some counties and cities.

Moreover, since entering the Zhao territory, the closer to the outside of the city, the more serious the phenomenon of these refugees has become, and their number is several times that in the city.

It's no wonder, after all, in the eyes of these county guards, these people are just slaves of their labor. Life and death are irrelevant. Don't think that they will contribute some food to these people.

At this moment, Lu Buwei, who was standing behind him, listened to the discussion of several people, and slowly walked up and said: "Although you are slaves in the eyes of these officials, if it was just a drought, you would not be able to survive in such a short period of time." So many people were killed and injured in a short period of time.”

"In the final analysis, the biggest reason for this is the war!"

"As far as I know, although the strength of Zhao State is not as good as that of Qin State, it is not weaker than Qin State in terms of national strength. In addition, Qin State has fought successively, so in terms of national strength, it is actually not much different from Zhao State."

"It's just that King Zhao underestimated the strength of the Qin army and pinned all his hopes for this battle on the border city of Shicheng and the veteran general Lian Po. He even prepared a large amount of food and baggage for this purpose. Unfortunately, it was still defeated in the end. Got it!"

After listening to Lu Buwei's words, Yan Kuo, who was standing on the side, opened his eyes suddenly. He understood instantly and immediately said: "Sir, what you said is true. It took only one day to capture Daijun."

"According to the explanations of those ministers afterwards, in order to be able to defend Dai County, King Zhao even ordered the ministers to donate their food offerings and the food at home."

"But I only learned about the drought today! In order to kill the remaining Zhao people, I really didn't pay attention to these people. If it hadn't been for the general's order to have all counties and cities open warehouses to release grain to relieve the people, I'm afraid It will take a long time for the news of the drought to reach the palace."

"By then, I don't know what kind of tragedy it will be!"

Everyone looked sad, and they couldn't help but feel the same.

Although they were soldiers of the Qin State, their parents were just like these common people.

Living in troubled times, not only do we have to suffer from wars and the pain of losing loved ones all year round, but we also have to resist natural disasters at the same time.

The people of Zhao State are like this, and so are other countries.

However, Gai Nie's eyes were extremely firm and his heart was filled with expectation.

Maybe it's really just like what Yingjun said.

Only by unifying the world can we completely end this troubled world and reduce the occurrence of such tragedies!
"What's your name!"

Then Gai Nie looked at the little girl in front of him and asked in a deep voice.

"My name is Xia Yufang!"

The little girl answered seriously. In her eyes, although these were all Qin people, they had never harmed people in their villages.

Even these people are much better than those Zhao people who just make them work day and night every day.

At the very least, she could feel that the person in front of her was not a bad person!
"Xia Yufang!"

Gai Nie nodded slightly, glanced at the dead woman on the ground, turned around and asked, "Your mother is dead, is there anyone else in your family?" Xia Yufang shook his head, with two lines of tears left in the corners of his eyes again. But there was no crying like before.

Perhaps out of sympathy for this little girl, Gai Nie couldn't bear to ask: "In that case, are you willing to follow me into the palace?"

"Enter the palace?"

Xia Yufang glanced at his mother lying on the ground and said with a heavy heart: "I want to bury my mother first!"

Gai Nie nodded, and then arranged for two soldiers to be given to her. Then she looked at Lu Buwei who was standing next to her, and asked respectfully: "Since you have such talent, sir, why don't you join the Qin State as an official?" , but instead became a retainer under Wang Zizhu?"

Lu Buwei raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a smile:

"It's fate. As early as when I was in Handan, I met Ying Yiren, the son of Wang Zizhu. I was very happy to get to know him, so I stayed in Handan with him. Who knew that I would stay here for more than ten years. "

"Later, I thought it would be difficult to return to Qin in this life, so I forgot about my ambition."

Gai Nie nodded slightly. After all, Qin State had fought many battles against Zhao State. Even Bai Qi, the Lord of Wu'an who had never been defeated in the past, was particularly troubled when facing Handan.

It is reasonable to have such an idea.

"But now that the State of Zhao has been destroyed, and my husband has returned to the State of Qin, why not pick up the ambition of the past and contribute to the State of Qin?"

Gai Nie said with a serious expression.

Lu Buwei nodded in agreement: "That's natural, otherwise I wouldn't be here this time."

And the main reason why he came here was Yingjun.

At first, when Yingjun was exiled to Hangu Pass, only Wang Zizhu was left in the entire court, so naturally the throne belonged to Wang Zizhu.

Once Wang Zizhu succeeds to the throne, Yingjun will naturally lose the qualification to compete for the throne.

As the son of Wang Zizhu, Ying Yiren will naturally inherit his father's throne in the near future.

But who would have thought that just when the Qin State attacked Handan of the Zhao State again, Yingjun suddenly led his troops eastward out of Hangu, and even defeated Handan, which the Qin State had not been able to conquer for decades or hundreds of years. It was at this time that The battle made Yingjun famous, and also made King Qin fall into a choice.

It was from then on that Lu Buwei's 'investment' failed!

Not only did Ying Jun shine brighter and brighter in the court, but he also gained a very high prestige in the army. In the end, he was appointed as the prince by the King of Qin, but he had no choice but to give up Ying Yiren. Taking advantage of Zhao Guo's opportunity to re-plan the 'investment' objects.

Gai Nie raised the corner of his mouth slightly, showing a smile, and said quickly: "If this is the case, then after returning to the palace this time, I will recommend you to the general. I believe that the general will definitely use him after seeing his talents!"

When Lu Buwei heard this, he quickly stood up straight and saluted Gai Nie with great respect: "Thank you very much, Mr. Gai!"

As soon as the two of them finished chatting, Xia Yufang came back with two Qin army soldiers.

After watching a few people come back, Gai Nie asked Xia Yufang to get on the carriage, and then led everyone towards the palace.

Along the way, wherever you passed, you could see the Qin army officers and soldiers distributing food.

The people's hunger problem has also been temporarily alleviated.

But if the drought is not resolved, food distribution alone will not last long...

(End of this chapter)