At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 630: Return of "Hu Hansan" and Questioning Politics
Memphis, an unnamed dilapidated house, where Thor and nine others hid, waiting for news.

After the sun rose to the sky, a dusty-looking man rushed in and said, "Something bad has happened. Sobek has been arrested."

Tuo'er said anxiously, "What happened? There were more than 30 leaders going together, how come they were captured so quickly?"

The visitor was so tired that he was out of breath and didn't speak for half a day.

"Come on, Buster!"

After Buster caught his breath, he said angrily, "The others are traitors. I saw them still talking and laughing. It was Brother Sobek who was arrested, and the city lord announced that Sobek would be hanged tomorrow."

Tuo'er said angrily: "Brother's worry is indeed justified."

Thor took out two Confucian spears from his waist and said, "Let's go save big brother now!"

But Knum, who was traveling with him, grabbed Thor and said, "Don't worry. We are Sobek's only hope now. Going out to rescue people now is courting death. Let's do it at night when it's quiet. At the same time, we must prepare a retreat. There are thousands of soldiers in Memphis. Even if we rescue people, if we can't retreat, all of us will be killed. Buster, take three people and find a way to get out of the city. Thor and I will go and find out where Sobek is imprisoned. The rest of you stay and rest. We will act at night."

They were lucky. Bast had found a way out. Memphis was built with plank walls. One section of the wall had collapsed. Since the advent of globalization, the nobles of Memphis had not enough money to spend, and naturally had no money to maintain the infrastructure of Memphis. Unimportant places like the wall collapsed piece by piece. And Khnum also found out where Sobek was imprisoned.

That night, Tuoer and ten other people rushed into the prison. All of them fired at the jailers with their Confucian rifles, shooting directly from outside the prison into the inside.

"Brother, where are you?" Tuoer shouted anxiously.

Sobek said happily: "I'm here!"

Thor opened the prison and released Sobek and asked, "What happened in the City Lord's Mansion? Why are you the only one locked up, while everyone else is fine?"

Sobek suppressed his anger and said, "The others have become the city lord's lackeys. They have become the new tax farmers and will continue to help the city lord exploit the civilians of Memphis."

Khnum said anxiously: "Now is not the time to talk about this, let's leave here first."

"it is good!"

Sobek and his men broke out of the prison, found a gap in the city of Memphis, and fled back to their village.

Outside Memphis prison.

It was already the second day when the news of Sobek's escape reached the city lord's mansion. Teodotu went to the prison himself, only to find that the bodies of the dozen or so jailers he had arranged to guard him were lying on the ground in a mess, with blood all over the prison. They had died in a very tragic way, and each of them had been shot several times.

This scene made the city lord Theodotus' pupils tighten. He never expected that Sobek actually had accomplices in Memphis, and these accomplices actually had so many muskets. Judging from the bullet holes, there were at least dozens of them. He shuddered at the thought that there were dozens of muskets in Memphis that were not under his control.

A guard dug out a bullet and said, "Lord, this is a Confucian spear of the Han Dynasty. It can fire six bullets at a time. It is more powerful than a musket in close combat. Judging from these bullet holes, Sobek's men have at least 6 Confucian spears."

When Theodotu heard this, he said viciously: "Those damn profiteers really dare to sell anything."

Although Theodotus could not control the situation in the countryside of Memphis, it did not mean that he was unaware of the large amount of arms flowing into the city of Memphis.

"Let the new tax farmers lead their men to surround Sobek's village. Don't let Sobek escape."

"As ordered!"

After Sobek and his men fled back to the village, they immediately gathered all the villagers and said, "Our negotiations with the city lord have failed. The city lord has colluded with other rebel forces and wants to impose taxes on us. Now we have no choice but to fight."

"Are we the only ones left?" The villagers looked terrified. They thought that after the negotiations were successful, they would be able to live a good life in the future. However, they did not expect that not only did the negotiations fail, but other rebel leaders were also recruited.

Sobek said: "The enemy is very powerful now. We must hide first, contact more oppressed people, and accumulate strength."

But the villagers were even more worried: "What about our land? What about our belongings?"

After conquering the tax farmer's home, the villagers of Sobek actually had some property, but the most difficult thing for them to give up was the land. They had only obtained the land for a few months and were reluctant to give it up.

Sobek advised: "The land exists only as long as the people live. If the city lord kills us all, then the land will belong to him."

But even though Sobek kept persuading the villagers to follow him to escape, most of the villagers were still unwilling to do so. They even became impatient and hateful towards Sobek.

They thought that since the city lord had recruited other rebel leaders, why couldn't he recruit them as well? It was Sobek who had brought disaster upon them. They naively thought that as long as Sobek was driven away, the conflict between the city lord and them would no longer exist. It didn't matter who they paid taxes to. After they had land, they could live a good life in the future.

Sobek went away for three days but the villagers were unmoved. However, the situation outside was becoming increasingly unfavorable to Sobek. After the city lord issued an order, the newly appointed tax farmers were very active in drawing a line with Sobek. Each of them brought 30-50 people to prepare to encircle and suppress the rebel Sobek. The number of soldiers in Memphis City increased. On the fourth day, Sobek fled his village with people who believed in him.

As soon as Sobek and others left, the city lord surrounded the village with more than 2000 people.

The villagers flattered him, "Lord, we are willing to be good citizens. We have driven away a thief like Sobek."

The city lord asked, "Where did Sobek go?"

The villager pointed to the west and said, "Sobek's accomplices fled in this direction."

The city lord said, "Everyone, go after them." Then he pointed at a young man and said, "You will be the tax farmer of this village from now on."

After the city lord led the army away from here, the young man smiled grimly at the villagers of Sobek and said, "You didn't expect that the Pothinus family is back again. Whoever took anything from my house, please give it back to me. Whoever ate my food, please spit it out. I will settle all the accounts one by one."

The young man was the second son of Pothinus. When Sobek led the villagers in an uprising, he was studying in the temple and thus escaped. When the city lord wanted to deal with Sobek, he spent all his family's property in Memphis and once again got the position of tax farmer in Sobek village.

"Go, move out all the valuable things in the village." Pothinus' second son said viciously.

Whenever someone found something belonging to his family, he would kill that person in revenge. Before long, the village was flooded with blood. But even so, the other villagers could only tremble in fear and did not dare to resist.

The city lord Theodotus was determined to kill Sobek as soon as possible. Thousands of people wanted to surround Sobek and his men and wipe them out completely. However, the 40 young and strong men following Sobek were too mobile. Not only did they repeatedly escape the city lord's encirclement, he also took advantage of the main force of the tax farmers to surround him and fight back.

Now the other villagers also understand that they have been deceived by the city lord and the original rebel leader. After a negotiation, the taxes they should pay have increased, and they have to send troops to encircle and suppress Sobek and his men. All their interests have been betrayed by the rebel leader.

Therefore, whenever Sobek led his men to the countryside, they were welcomed, and Sobek also helped the villagers to clean up the tax farmers who had become their lackeys.

On April 46, the 3th year of the Han calendar, in Wu County, Kuaiji County.

"There is always so much new things in the city, and I have to make the best of every penny. The muddy ground is covered with new cool nights, and I drink white-eyed fried dough sticks and Dawan tea. I am afraid of getting sick, and I look forward to going home~~~~. (This was written by Xirang John with a long beard, but it does express the sadness of the workers, so I borrow it here.)"

Xu Aimin, who was inspecting Wu County, smiled and said, "The education of our Han people is good. Even the laborers on the construction site can speak eloquently. Although the rhythm is not right, the poems are full of life."

"Your Majesty, this is our negligence. We will find someone to remove the writings right away." The complaining mood in this poem is beyond words. People in Kuaiji County are extremely worried. They have prepared for a month to entertain the emperor, but they did not expect such a thing to happen. This will affect people's future.

Xu Aimin smiled and said, "No need to remove it. This poem is good and can be included in the Han poetry. People in the future can also understand the life of our Han Dynasty by reading this poem."

The Han official who was entertaining the guests said awkwardly, "Isn't it a bad idea to include it in Han poetry? It will damage the image of our great Han as a wealthy society."

Xu Aimin said seriously: "Isn't this poem true? How can it affect people's image if they speak the truth? Instead of trying to clean up this poem, you might as well solve the real people's livelihood problems. Why did the craftsmen use mud to pave the new cool night? Have you solved their problems?"

At this time, the newly appointed governor of Kuaiji County, Liu Heng, comforted his subordinates: "Your Majesty, we have worked very hard, but the population of Kuaiji County has increased too fast. Now the population of Wu County has exceeded 300 million, which is more than the population of Chang'an City. Even so, Wu County is still increasing by people every year. The Han officials in Kuaiji County have to arrange jobs for people every year and solve their food, clothing, housing and transportation problems. The rapid development of Kuaiji County is inseparable from the contributions of tens of thousands of Han officials in Kuaiji County."

Kuaiji County has become the economic center of the entire southern Han Dynasty, and its population even exceeds that of Neishi County, becoming the first county in the Han Dynasty. Every year, a large number of people flock to Kuaiji County in search of opportunities to stay here, and Kuaiji County is also experiencing rapid urbanization. In 40 years, the urban population has increased 30 times, which has led to Wu County becoming almost a large construction site. Almost every year, old urban areas need to be renovated, roads need to be widened, and infrastructure needs to be built.

Although these projects required a strong labor force, most of them did not require any skills and the functions required were extremely large. The first job of the migrant workers who came to Kuaiji County was on the construction site. It can be said that these infrastructure projects changed the fate of many people.

Xu Aimin still had to give face to his confidant, so he did not continue to delve into the issue, but smiled and said: "I heard that you used the advanced experience in Chang'an in Kuaiji County."

When Liu Heng was in Chang'an, he liked to go deep into the people, listen to their opinions and solve problems for them. This won the favor of Xu Aimin, who regarded Liu Heng as a like-minded comrade. Last year, he promoted Liu Heng to the position of prefect of Kuaiji County, giving him a higher stage and wanting him to play a more important role.

Liu Heng smiled and said, "I have also received instructions from the Supreme Emperor to do something practical for the people."

Xu Aimin smiled and said, "I came to see the advanced experience of your Kuaiji County."

Wu County, Anping Theater.

Anping Theater was the largest theater in the entire Kuaiji County. Its layout was somewhat similar to that of later movie theaters, expanding from low to high in a fan shape. This theater could accommodate 1200 spectators.

At this time, the theater was already full of people who came to watch the government. Xu Aimin struggled to find a seat to sit down with the help of Liu Chang. Liu Chang and his men arranged seats around Xu Aimin so that they could protect the emperor.

This caused Xu Aimin's dissatisfaction, and he whispered to Liu Chang: "Are you doing this to isolate me from the people?"

Liu Chang smiled bitterly and said, "Master Xu, there are too many people here. Even if we do this, I can't protect your safety."

Xu Aimin looked at the lively crowd around him and said with a smile: "I never thought that the people of our Han Dynasty would be so enthusiastic about participating in politics. This model is worth promoting."

At this time, on the stage, a group of chief officials of Kuaiji County, represented by Liu Heng, were sitting in the center.

To the left of these people were hundreds of representatives of the wise men of Kuaiji County, and to the right were reporters from dozens of newspapers and periodicals, mainly the Kuaiji Daily.

A reporter stood up and said, "Getting a permit has always been the most troublesome thing for the people in Kuaiji County. People even joked that Kuaiji County has too many permits. Kuaiji Daily reported a farmer named Cao Fu who wanted to work in Kuaiji County and wanted to apply for a labor permit. The county clerk said it would take a month. It's just a simple permit, but it takes a month to process it?"

At this time, Cao Li, who was in charge of the archives, stood up with a cold sweat and said, "This is done according to the documents issued by the court. Any certificate must be processed within 22 working days."

The reporter continued, "According to the clerk, the labor permit is handled by the county government, so it takes some time. Do you think it's stuck in the county?"

Xu Aimin almost laughed out loud when he heard this: "This reporter's words are too tricky. The person who asked the question is sweating profusely."

Many of the other people watching couldn't help but laugh.

"This is not 10 times better than opera, no wonder there are so many audiences."

(End of this chapter)