84 Imperial Theatre

Montenegro converted a government mansion near the university into a grand theater that can accommodate more than 1,000 people. The theater has a large stage, with more than 1,000 seats on three sides on the first floor, and more than 20 private rooms on the building, and the private rooms are surrounded by railings on one side facing the stage. There are more than 400 actors of all kinds recruited from all over the world. The musicians and dancers of the Montenegrin family were also incorporated into the Grand Theater. According to their strengths, they are divided into chorus group, sketch group, acrobatic group and drama performance group. The sketch group and the acrobatic group let them play separately. The lead singer of the singing group is a song "plagiarized" from later generations in Montenegro. The drama collected many stories of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms persecuting the common people, some of whom killed slaves and were buried, those who forced slaves to work in mines, and those who could not survive and sold their sons and daughters. Adapt, turned Qin Jun into the only savior.

It also recruited some college students who were good at speaking, including Chen He and Li Yang, who spoke last time. After passing the training, in their mouths, the Qin War to Annihilate the Six Kingdoms became a righteous and just war to liberate slaves and common people.

When the theater was built, the various programs were rehearsed. King Qin personally named the Grand Theater "Imperial Grand Theater" and inscribed a plaque.

On the first day of the opening of the theater, King Qin brought more than 1,000 civil and military officials, princes and nobles to the theater. Montenegro as the chief director. The first chorus "Loyal to the Country" made everyone proud.

The second acrobatic scene amazed everyone.

The third skit made everyone laugh.

The fourth drama tells the story of the great drought in Zhao State, where the slave owners and nobles still exploited the people, arrested the male owners who could not pay the debts, and forced the hostess to sell their sons and daughters. The heroine sang "Selling Children's Songs":

The poor family has children, and the poor are also delicate, how can the flesh and blood be thrown.

Hunger and cold do not protect life and death, cut intestines and sell children as slaves.

At this time, when will I see you, I will lick my child's face all over my body.

There is a life to redeem the child, and there is no life Jiuquan to sigh.

Tell your son not to worry about your grandmother, who will you be sick when you are worried?

Holding his head and crying, the sorrow was boundless.

The monarchs and ministers in the theater were all moved to tears, and many generals from poor backgrounds felt the same way and couldn't cry!

The plot of the drama turned, the Qin army entered the Zhao State, rescued the male protagonist from the prison, and the family was reunited. In the end, the husband and wife sang "Husband and Wife Return Home" to a perfect end.

This scene turned the audience's hearts directly into the ground from the joy of the sketch to sadness, and with the most perfect ending, it was gripping and touched everyone's hearts.

The fifth is a speech by Chen He, a college student, explaining the development of human social productive forces, and that it is a historical necessity for the Qin State to launch a war to overthrow the rule of the slave owner class in order to free the slaves and civilians of various countries, and it is an advanced social system to replace the backward system.

There was a cheer from the audience.

The performance was very successful, and many ministers who had been on the battlefield had to take off their official uniforms and go to the battlefield again! They said: "After decades of fighting, I always thought that we were invaders, but today I learned that we are rescuing the slaves and people of other countries!" ”

Montenegro invited King Qin to the stage and asked him to say a few words as well.

King Qin slowly walked up to the stage, Zhao Gao behind him, bowing down, holding King Qin's long auspicious clothes.

"From today onwards, the Qin army will no longer kill and surrender to merit, and those who harass civilians will be dealt with by military law! Let everyone in the world know that we are the teachers of justice! King Qin's face was expressionless, and his voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly.

The troupe was divided into ten small troupes, and three groups were immediately sent to the front line of the Yan Kingdom to perform, and the other six groups took turns to perform in various counties and counties across the country. Left one group to perform at the Imperial Theater every two performances for a month, and the venue was full. After reading it, many young people rushed to the government to petition, wanting to become a soldier immediately, not a title, and only willing to contribute to the rescue of slaves from various countries. The situation reported by the counties was similar, and the morale of the people was soaring throughout the country.

This summer, the Qin army captured Dai County, and Dai Wang Jia fled north with thousands of people into the vast forest. The Yan army lost the city and lost the land, and the Yan capital Jicheng was also captured by the Qin army during the autumn harvest. Wang Qian's army continued northward.

Good news from the north! The county of Ile sent back the caravan, this time much smaller in size, with only twenty camels of ten peaks, and it also departed from Ileh in the spring, and walked for six months. On a snow-capped mountain halfway through, he met Qin Feng's team heading west. This time, I still brought back different varieties of cottonseeds, condiments, spices, etc.

The cotton planted in Beidi County and Shangjun County has achieved a bumper harvest, and the fist-sized cotton balls are white and flawless. Due to the limited quantity, part of it was made into medical cotton and sent to the front, and the rest were all sent to the weaving workshops in Shaofu, where they were spun into thread, woven into cloth, cut into clothes, and part was bounced into quilts. The ministers in front of them were full of praise for this kind of cotton clothes, which were denser than kudzu cloth and linen, soft and warm. The king of Qin ordered that the first batch of cotton clothes be given to the peasant families who entered the Qin, and the rest to the meritorious soldiers who fought in the north.

The joy of cotton has just passed, and the sweet potatoes that have been planted in Neishi County have also been harvested, although there are only thousands of catties, but King Qin has eaten sweet and soft sweet potatoes, and he has been pleasantly surprised by the fried vegetables of sweet potato leaves. He has already seen the future of the empire, everyone has no worries about food and clothing, and every family lives and works in peace and contentment!

More than a dozen cats raised in the Xianyang Palace have seven or eight litters of cat cubs and gradually grow up, and countless princes and nobles do not hesitate to spend thousands of dollars to ask for a cat. It's just that the king of Qin ordered that none of them should be sent out, and all of them should be sent to each outer palace for feeding. Because there are almost no mice in the palace with cats. Rats are the biggest vandals of palaces everywhere.

Many people went to the palace to beg for cats, so they ran to Montenegro's house to see. The two cats in Montenegro have already become the female liver babies of the two nieces, and they also gave birth to four smaller ones this year. Many people sighed when they saw it: "This cat is not a kitten, but gold several times heavier than a cat." ”

When the first heavy snow fell in winter, Wang Qian's army had already captured the three counties of Guangyang, Shanggu and Yuyang in Yan State. Yan Wangxi fled to Liaodong County with a group of courtiers and tens of thousands of soldiers. Liutai Prince Dan continued to defend the Qin army in Liaodong.

Because the weather was too cold, when some local soldiers squatted down to in the field, their feet were frozen and numb, and they couldn't stand up, and when others found out, they were already stiff. A team of 10 men went out on patrol in the middle of the night and did not return. The next morning, in a leeward place, I found that the ten people hugged each other for warmth, all frozen together, and they couldn't pick it up. I had to build a big grave in the same place and bury them together. There are countless frostbite hands and feet, hands and feet are swollen, and when killing dogs, the urine bubbles that have just been picked off can spurt blood with a needle. There was no way, Wang Jian had no choice but to order: "Collect the troops and return to the city for the winter, and let the frostbitten soldiers go south to Julu County to recuperate." Let Prince Dan live one more year! ”

One day, General Wang Jian was in charge of the winter defense of various armies, Wang Ben stood up and said: "The Yan Dynasty is no longer able to fight our army head-on, rather than letting hundreds of thousands of troops consume military rations in the north, it is better to divide troops to the south to destroy Wei!" The last general was willing to lead 200,000 troops south to destroy Wei. ”

Wang Jian secretly rejoiced in his heart, his son was only in his thirties, whether he led the troops to fight, or the overall plan, he did not lose himself, and in some places he was even more decisive than himself, this is definitely not an impulse, but a self-confidence tempered by thousands of tempers, and a manifestation of the maturity of a commander of the army. But Wang Jian knows very well that the war of annihilation cannot be taken up by his father and son, and some of the credits are too great, and a catastrophe is coming. The destruction of Wei must not fall on Wang Ben's head. So Wang Jian said coldly: "I just received the letter from home, and your mother is seriously ill!" I can't leave, go back and see your mother! ”

"No!" Wang Ben responded. This reason made Wang Ben unable to refuse, after all, there must be only one mother, and the generals who can lead the troops to destroy Wei, Qin State has at least two slaps.

Yang Duanhe, the former army commander, said: "I didn't think that Wang Ben's words were reasonable, and the last general was willing to divide his troops to go south to destroy Wei!" ”

"Can Wei go down in winter?" Wang Jian asked rhetorically.

The generals were silent, and no one was sure that Wei would be destroyed in one winter.

"The Wei State is in a difficult situation for a while, and if the Qi State raises a large army to attack Julu in the coming spring, our army will immediately fight on three fronts, which is extremely dangerous! The giant deer must be heavily defended! Wang Qian's words left everyone speechless!

"The last general thinks that Wang Ben's words can be tried! The news from the Black Ice Platform that the monarchs and ministers of the Qi State are drunk and die every day, and no one is ready for war! Li Xin said.

"My Great Qin soldiers have a wide range of fine food, and they are 100% sure of breaking through all countries. If there is a shortage of food and grass in China, you may be able to give it a try. As a handsome, if you are 10% sure of victory, don't take the risk of 90% victory. The grain was eaten this year, and it will grow again next year, and the soldier's head fell off, which was a pain for the family. Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream! Behind every great victory, there are many soldiers who cannot return home. Wang Jian said.

"The last general has been taught!" Li Xin said.

"There was a little kid who was squatting on the ground and pooping with a stick in his hand! His mother asked, 'What are you doing with a stick in your hand?' The boy replied: 'There's a dog over there, and I want to prevent him from biting me.' Then the mother said, 'Don't be afraid, the dog is docile and never bites.' The boy replied, 'No matter how docile it is, I will guard against it, and no matter how docile a dog is, it may go berserk.' Children know this, let alone us? In the coming spring, the north and south sides of the battle, put the big granary of Julu in the mouth of Qi State, and bet that they will continue to be unconscious and not come to attack? After Wang Jian finished speaking, no one said anything more.

Qin's rule over the newly conquered counties was nothing less than a success. Every time a county is conquered, the first step is to immediately organize the local people to build roads, build water conservancy projects, build water-wheel mills, and promote cattle farming. The Qin State forbade the killing of cattle in private, and set up a cowherd in each township and li, responsible for feeding the cattle in a unified manner, until two thousand years later, people are still used to calling the cattle herder a cowherd. After the occupation of the grasslands, countless ploughing cattle were sent from the grasslands to all parts of the country every year. The second step was to force the slave owners and nobles to sell their land at a low price. The Qin State stipulated that those who had a fortune of more than 100,000 gold or more than 1,000 acres of fertile land were wealthy households and moved to Xianyang. This regulation forced many wealthy families to sell their land at a low price and split up their families. Some of the land was too much to sell, so it could only be sold to the government at a low price. The third step is to strictly enforce the title system. If he does not have a knighthood, he shall not have more than ten servants in his household. These are all accurate calculations, a rich family has a thousand acres of land, and ten slaves and the master's family are just enough to work. In this way, the local powerful forces have been greatly weakened, the labor force has been released, and the income and production enthusiasm of the common people have been greatly increased.