Chapter 2 The World and the Present

"The Yan people are extremely cunning, and they even hide their blades in the name of offering maps, and want to assassinate the king......"

"Wow!"

The people next to him all gasped and listened carefully to Ji Ying's story of this thrilling story. It wasn't until he heard that the king was okay that he breathed a sigh of relief, and cursed the assassin and Yan Guolai one after another, and at the same time rejoiced:

"The king is protected by heaven, and nothing will happen."

It can be seen that, at least for now, in the minds of ordinary Qin people, King Yingzheng is still an existence as high as the sky, and he is extremely respected.

Only Heifu felt sorry for Jing Ke, and couldn't help but chant softly: "The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never ......return once he is gone."

When he came back to his senses, he found that several people in the room were looking at him with strange eyes, and Heifu quickly closed his mouth and prevaricated with a smile: "It's a northern ballad I heard from my brother, and he went there when he was in service." When the local people heard that the soldiers were going out on the march, they often sang this song to show that they would see death as home, and they would not return if they did not break the enemy. I think that if the king is assassinated, he will send troops to attack Yan, and the army will go, I can't help but think of this ballad, don't blame the second and third sons. โ€

"It's majestic and unusual, and it's moving." Ji Ying and the others didn't suspect him, and they didn't take it seriously, and continued to talk.

Heifu was lost in thought.

He heard from his eldest brother that three years earlier (230 B.C.), Korea had been destroyed by what is now Namjun Tae-su-teng; A year earlier (228 BC), the Zhao capital of Handan was also occupied by the Qin army, and he also participated in that battle.

Now, Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin has also happened, which means that the Yan Kingdom will soon be finished!

As a history buff, Heifu knows the next script: as revenge, King Yingzheng of Qin sent a large army to attack Yan, and next year, Yan will be broken, Prince Dan will be killed, and King Yan will retire to Liaodong.

At the same time, the Qin army was still storming the city of Daliang, and the Wei state would soon be destroyed.

In this way, the Qin State has swept through the north, and the sword of King Yingzheng of Qin is about to point to the Chu State in the south!

"In other words, in two years, the Qin-Chu War will break out in full force."

Heifu counted his fingers, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, those seemingly distant world events were closely related to him, and with the victories of the Qin army again and again, the pace of death was slowly approaching him.

Qin's war against Chu lasted for several years, and at its most intense, the Qin general Wang Jian mobilized 600,000 men...... Nanjun is close to the Chu State and is a heavy place for conscription, and Heifu, as a local soldier, will definitely not be spared.

When the conscription order is handed to him, what should he do?

Escape!?

The idea was only fleeting, and it was immediately rejected by Heifu.

No way! The Qin State was very harsh on the "dead" who evaded military service, once they were caught, not only would they be punished as slaves, but even their families and neighbors would be implicated and punished, and if one person escaped, the whole family would suffer.

Even if you do escape, where can you escape? Although Anlu County is not far from the Chu State, as long as you are careful, it is not difficult to avoid Guan Liang and touch the past, but the unification of the Qin State is the general trend, and the destruction of the Six Kingdoms is only a matter of priority.

Even if you leave the Central Plains, it's useless, and in the future, Qin Shi Huang will conquer all regions of the known world, how can you say that? "Within Liuhe, the land of the emperor. Wading quicksand in the west, and reaching the north in the south. There is the East China Sea in the east, and Bactria in the north. Wherever people go, there are no subordinates. "Even if Heifu escapes to the ends of the earth, he will eventually fall under Qin's rule.

Besides, although the people of the Qin State have to pay heavy taxes and deal with intensive labor and military service, they are a little more miserable than the rich Central Plains, and the spiritual world is not as rich as the people of the Qi State, but the most important point is that it provides a fair and just upward channel for the people of the lower classes, that is, the military merit system!

Not only reincarnation is a science, but also crossing, those novels who become the concubines of the Qing family, the sons and grandsons of the princes as soon as they open their eyes, are really envious of the black husband. If he also has a good background, of course, he is more suitable for drunken dreams and death in other countries and doing whatever he wants, but as a commoner with no background but full of ideals, it is better to stay in the Qin State.

"What are you criticizing? If anyone talks nonsense and slanders the king and the government, don't blame the old man for committing adultery! โ€

At this time, the housekeeper slowly brought the hot soup, not forgetting to warn him.

Everyone didn't dare to say anything, they looked at each other, stopped talking, and got up to take the hot soup.

Ji Ying, who talked a lot, just took a sip, and complained: "Uncle, this hot soup is not hot, is it not boiling!" โ€

Lao Sheren glared at him: "If you don't like to drink, go out to drink rainwater!" โ€

Ji Ying stopped complaining at this time, and only muttered quietly behind the old man's back.

Heifu laughed in his heart, although this inn is not big, but it is properly repaired, and it can play a role in sheltering the rain. People had to bow their heads under the eaves, no one dared to anger the old people, and they were driven outside to get drenched in the rain.

After casually dealing with Heifu and the others, Lao Sheren entered the kitchen again, and when he came out after a while, there was an extra young girl behind him, wearing a brown dark coat, holding a tray of food boxes in both hands, and followed behind Lao Sheren step by step, which should be his daughter.

Although this woman is not pretty, she still immediately attracted the attention of the fireside soldiers, and the temperamental Ji Ying wanted to whistle, but she didn't dare after all, but she just got up and looked at the fine food on the tray, swallowed her saliva and asked, "Uncle, who is this food for?" โ€

She still didn't have the good luck to deal with them, and sneered: "It was sent to the doctor in Zuoshe, if you want to eat, you can raise the title first!" โ€

Doctor, the 5th level of the twentieth rank of the Qin State, is already a medium title.

Ji Ying had to squat down again, staring at the girl's twisting waist for a long time, until she disappeared from view, and then said indignantly: "I saw that there was not only polished rice and white rice, clear syrup water, but also meat on that plate!" Sheren also took his daughter to send it in person, didn't he want the doctor to take him as a concubine? This is not ashamed, and he really did it! โ€

"After all, he is a doctor, and his treatment is naturally different from that of our soldiers."

Heifu couldn't help but sigh, he was not as cynical as Ji Ying, but sat down silently, and took out the food that his mother had prepared for him from his blanket: "้คฑ" (hรณu), which is to expose steamed rice to dry food, although it can fill the stomach, but the taste is really not flattering.

He could only smell the fish and meat coming from next door and swallow the dry rice. What reached the ears was the respectful flattering words of Lao Sheren, compared to the attitude just now, it was really different.

This incident made Heifu understand more that the Qin State was a hierarchical class society, and the treatment was completely determined by the title.

Not only is the food different, but the place where they live is also different, and ordinary people like Heifu and others who pass by can only squeeze and sleep on the ground. Those who do not change to the lower titles are equivalent to small staff members and can sleep in the Chase shop. Like the doctor next door, equivalent to the later generations of county bureau and department-level cadres, there is a special room to rest, and maybe the daughter of the housekeeper helps wash his feet and pinch his feet......

Alas, the gap between people.

By the time Heifu had finished his meal with the hot soup, it was already late at night. The old people forgot to add firewood to the stove in the big house, and the fire was quickly extinguished, and the surroundings became colder and colder, and the soldiers could only huddle together to keep warm.

The others had long since become accustomed to this treatment, and quickly fell asleep, snoring all over the room, but Heifu could not sleep, and he was still thinking about his future plans.

"People are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and they have been since ancient times."

In the dark, thinking back to what he had experienced these days, Heifu clenched his fists and secretly made up his mind: "I understand, if you want to live a good life in the Qin Kingdom, if you want to get rid of the fate of filling the ravine, the only way at the moment is to get the title!"