Chapter 464: Kindness and Charity
In the secret room of the Southern Restaurant, Xiao Yao discussed many details with Wang Yi and Li Beiqing, and then arranged their next tasks, and then took advantage of the fact that there were still many beggars and poor people receiving alms from the General Commercial Bank, and let the two of them leave the Southern Restaurant unnoticed!
When the steamed buns and copper coins were almost distributed, Xiao Yao stood on the balcony on the second floor of the Southern Restaurant in high spirits, looked at the beggars and poor people who were still holding the steamed buns and copper coins delivered in the name of Xiao Yao, and said loudly: "Hello people of Yecheng! I'm Xiao Yao from Chen State, Xiao Shilang! It is the young owner of this general firm, and the commander of the forward brigade of the Chen Kingdom, and the demon from hell who defeated your Qi State and defeated Gao Changgong, and killed and captured tens of thousands of your soldiers! ”
Sure enough, Xiao Yao's arrogant self-introduction made everyone's eyes widen, looking at this person who claimed to be a demon, but was very kind, and gave steamed buns and copper coins to himself.
"But I don't think I, Xiao Shilang, am a demon, if I am called a demon because I killed and captured the enemy on the battlefield, your god of war Gao Changgong slaughtered 30,000 soldiers of our Chen State in Xuzhou, and now the bones of these soldiers are not cold, so should Gao Changgong be a demon among demons? As a soldier, since he has been on the battlefield, he must have the consciousness of death, and if he is killed by the enemy, he can only blame himself for his inferior skills, and find the reason for the defeat in himself, instead of being like a resentful woman, who will only complain about the opponent! Xiao Yao said disdainfully.
"On the battlefield, everyone is their own master, of course, they have to fight to the death, but after the war, I, Xiao Yao, are kind to the people and prisoners, haven't you heard of a place called Laogai Town that I established in Huainan? The people there were all soldiers of your Great Qi army, and after I defeated and captured them, I didn't kill them, nor did I let them join my army, and asked him to die for me! Instead, I gave them a field to cultivate, and now they are living a good life in Huainan with enough food and warm sleep, and I believe that even if I want to let them back to Qi now, they don't want to come back! Xiao Yao said loudly.
"The reason why I am here to tell you this, to tell you this fact, and why I am giving you steamed buns and copper coins, is to tell you that I, Xiao Yao, am a great and good person with a bodhisattva's heart, and not those who have been defeated by me who slander what I say, demons from hell! This time, I came to Yecheng in person to have an armistice and peace talks with your Qi court! If an armistice and peace treaty are signed, then our Chen State and your Qi State will not continue to fight, and the people of the two countries will be able to live a stable life without war again! And I will also ask our general trading house to increase trade with your Qi country, so that more goods will come to Yecheng, and let all the goods of Qi country be sold to Jinling City, and finally make everyone rich! Xiao Yao said excitedly.
Xiao Yao's demagogic and passionate speech made those onlookers burst into warm applause, and of course, the beggar disciples arranged by Li Beiqing also played a leading role!
So, under the cheers and warm applause of the tens of thousands of beggars and poor people in Yecheng, Xiao Yao continued to enjoy the strict protection of the forbidden army, and finally returned safely to the palace of Qi, and Gao Wei, the emperor of Qi, was even more expectant, and personally came to the gate of the palace to welcome Xiao Yao's return!
"Shiro, why are you only coming back now? There's something fun out there, it's dangerous and boring, and you know I'm waiting for you to come back and have some more fun with me! Seeing Xiao Yao come back safely, Gao Wei said excitedly.
"How can Shiro be able to be greeted by His Majesty in person, it is really flattering to Shiro, and he is sincerely afraid! Moreover, His Majesty has a lot of opportunities, how dare Shiro take advantage of His Majesty's precious time to deal with political affairs to drink and have fun! However, when I was outside the palace just now, in order to eliminate the misunderstanding of the people of Yecheng about Shiro, I asked our general trading house to send steamed buns and copper coins to the beggars and poor people in Yecheng in the Southern Restaurant, so that they would know that I, Xiao Shilang, am also a good person who is willing to give! Xiao Yao pretended to be frightened and said, but he despised Gao Wei countless times in his heart, he would only drink and have fun all day long, and ignore political affairs, the state of Qi has an emperor like you, if the country is not destroyed, God will not agree!
"I don't care about those messy troubles, all day long it's either that there is a shortage of food here or bandits there, either this official is corrupt and perverts the law, or that official is promoted to a knight! In fact, they have already taken care of these things, and they presented them to me to see, just to ask me to agree to stamp a seal! Now that Shiro and I hit it off at first sight, they have similar interests, so of course I want to have some fun with Shiro! Gao Wei said excitedly and expectantly, the fun methods that Xiao Yao told him last night really made him stunned, it turned out that people can still have fun like this!
"Your Majesty's words are extremely true! Life is in the world, but in just a few decades, if you don't have fun in time, when you are old in the future, you can't drink enough wine when you see it, you can't bite your teeth when you see food, and even when you see beautiful women, your old and frail body can't move, haha! Xiao Yao deliberately flattered Gao Wei and said.
"Yes, yes, yes! Shiro, what you said is really reasonable, if you can't enjoy yourself, you will dominate the world and become an emperor through the ages, so what, you are not a dead man? At that time, my father was only over 30 years old, and he had only ascended the throne for a few years, and the beauty had not enjoyed enough, and the wine had not been drunk enough before he suddenly died, I could see how reluctant he was before he died, and he passed away with regret, so I was willing to hold the beauty every day, drink wine, eat delicious food, and live happily for more than ten years, and I was also satisfied, regardless of what the country would become in the future, and what the court would become! Anyway, I won't be able to see it after I die! Ha ha! Gao Wei also laughed and said that he had already regarded Xiao Yao as a confidant, so he told him what was in his heart!
"National affairs cannot be changed by one person, and since they can't be changed, then why waste your mind on doing these futile things? Although Shiro was ordered by His Majesty of our Chen State to occupy Xuzhou, but Your Majesty, your Qi State still has a large area of land in the Central Plains, and the Zhou State army is also firmly blocked by your Great Qi army in the west of Luoyang, Your Majesty is as stable as Mount Tai in Yecheng, as long as you keep the Central Plains well, Your Majesty can still live a carefree, happy life in heaven and earth! Xiao Yao said.
"Shiro's words really speak to my heart! Now that Zhou Chen and Qi are in the Three Kingdoms, everyone can't win against everyone, why do you have to rack your brains to worry about these nonsense that dominates the world! Forget it, Shiro, let's stop talking about these boring things, quick, let's continue to drink and have fun, just do what you say! Gao Wei said excitedly.