Just when the Qin State was making a fuss about this scandal. In the country of Qi, it is changing dramatically.

"Newspaper. Serious civilian riots broke out in the Jibei area. A minor official of the government panicked and broke into a county government and reported.

"What?" An official in the government exclaimed in shock.

"What do you say? Say it again. The officer immediately asked.

"There are serious civilian riots in the Jibei area. They have taken three cities. The mob killed the local officials and opened the local granary and treasury. All belongings were looted. The petty official said.

"This." The official touched his beard in shock at this time.

"Can all this be true?" A man dressed as a military general stepped forward and asked.

"Small sentences are the truth." The official said respectfully.

Hear such an answer. The general began to observe the petty official. The petty official's clothes were in tatters, which shows that he had experienced a fight. There was also a trail of blood on his arm. There were blood splatters on the clothes. The blood was already blackened. It can be seen that quite some time has passed. Seeing this, the person who looked like a military general stepped forward and whispered to the official at this time.

"My lord, the last general thinks that this official is telling the truth. In the Jibei area, it seems that there has indeed been a riot. At this time, the last general said to the officials.

"I've seen this. However, now the entire government can't send people to suppress it. Do you know how many soldiers we have? "This time. The official said.

"Less than a hundred. The civilian riots numbered thousands, to say the least. There are less than 100 people fighting against it, it's simply ・・・・・・," the official shook his head at this time.

"This." The military general didn't know what to say at this time.

There were originally few officials and soldiers in the Qi State. The state is able to maintain a standing army of 200,000 is already quite a lot. There are very few soldiers in the place. Most of them are hired on a temporary basis. The number of soldiers was in one county. Only about a hundred people remained. Because they only need to be in charge of the local security situation. The rest are not needed at all.

In the case of the town at that time. A hundred or so soldiers were enough for such a city. At that time, with the development of the times, especially the urban population. The number of people who have lost their land in rural areas has exploded. Cities are becoming more and more populated. The number of soldiers could not be adjusted for a long time.

Plus the relationship of war. Most of the soldiers were transferred directly to other places. Carry out tax collection work. All of a sudden. They lost quite a lot of manpower. In the palace, there are simply not so many people to defend their towns.

"We don't have enough soldiers. I can't hold it at all. There was no garrison there. We better surrender. At this time, the official said.

"My lord, no. The mob will be cruel, and we will be flesh and blood. I'll just hold on to the town. At this time, the military general said. In fact, he only has 100 people under him. What the general said was a bit excessive. Speaking of which, it is the local public security chief. Naturally, there are not many people.

"But I can't wait. It's a dead end. The official said anxiously. To retreat is to die. To enter is to die. It was a difficult choice for him.

"This." The military general was in trouble at this time. They don't know what to do anymore.

And at this time. The rioting civilians had a new move.

The rioting civilians were disciplined at first. Or rather, they also obey the order between them, but, soon, they begin to lose this order, and they begin to go crazy.

"Whoa." A chain sound. A rioting commoner uses a blunt object to open the door to a warehouse, which was the warehouse of a local nobleman. There was a lot of stuff hoarded inside.

"Woohoo." A dull voice opened.

"Oh." A large number of civilians looked at this treasure house with curious eyes, and a large number of various materials were piled up in it, not only materials, but also all kinds of gold and silver. and a wide variety of bronzes. These bronzes were used for sacrificial purposes. These things are only used during sacrifices. They are usually stored in a critical warehouse.

"Rob it." This time. A man shouted loudly. So, he took the lead and rushed out first.

"Rob it." Soon the people behind quickly followed.

"This one is mine. This one is mine. "They began to scramble for everything they could get their hands on, and they wished that everything they could touch with their hands was their own.

"That's what I want to see. This is what I want to see. "Civilians began to loot their booty.

The rioting civilians suddenly entered a state of anarchy, with no one to control it, and no legal basis to speak of, where there was no moral restraint, and the moral binding force had become zero.

Originally, they rebelled against unreasonable taxation, but now they are extremely destructive.

"Ahh In the mansions of the nobility. A group of men are chasing several women.

"Catch them. Let the grandpas have fun. The men used obscene words to stimulate the woman, and the women ran away desperately. The nobles have fled. They knew that no one could control them in such a situation. It is said that this is just an ordinary mansion for the nobles to enjoy temporarily, and there are relatively few people here.

"Haha. Grab one. As he spoke, a stout man grabbed a woman. He forcibly dragged the woman into a room. Then there was a loud cry of women in the house, but only the men entered, and no women came out.

The social fairness of Qi has been seriously broken. Women have become a resource that is severely unevenly distributed. A lot of men are short of women. They can't get married. That is, not being able to satisfy one's desires, even if there is a war. But it is not possible to consume too much labor. In addition, the society is in turmoil in a sharp upheaval. The distribution of wealth in society was extremely uneven, and the aristocracy took the opportunity to accumulate wealth in a frenzy, and they amassed a large amount of the wealth of society and all the kinds of resources they could think of gathering. Including women. This has led to a sharp imbalance in society. This imbalance leads directly to the possibility of social riots.

However, after such social riots, they will rush to find their balance. Especially in the absence of local government control, this balance will quickly tilt in the other direction. Thus, such anarchy occurs continuously.

"You shouldn't do that." A soldier brandished a bronze sword and scolded civilians without any order. But they didn't pay any attention to it, and they still grabbed everything they coaxed. Everything has become so disorderly.

"We're turning into a mob." Shizi sighed. In fact, they are indeed becoming like this. Not only did they take revenge on the aristocracy for the imbalance in their hearts, but they also focused their eyes on the merchants, and all kinds of wealthy families, who, in their opinion, deserved revenge. So, the irrational mob focused on the rich merchants.

All of a sudden, they began to suffer severely.

The riot became a riot in the truest sense of the word. Civilians have become a greedy mob who rob whatever they see. At the same time, they are desperate to possess everything, and there is no way. Too few social resources are allocated to them. At the same time, they have nothing left in their hands. This has led to the revenge of the rich in society formed by this unfair distribution. It's a twisted revenge mentality. Unfortunately, this mentality still exists, as long as the social distribution is unfair. This hatred of the rich has always existed.

The area of Jibei of Qi State. Small-scale riots were formed. But the riots are spreading. There is no one to control them. This fuels their arrogance.

"Open the gates, if you don't, we'll get in." This time. A mob gathered. Preparing to attack the next city, they had sacked the one they had occupied, which was still smoking, and the fire had consumed the nobles' houses and the misery of the common people.

"My lord, what are we going to do?" The gatekeeper of the city asked.

"This." At this time, the official's face was pale, and he didn't know what to do.

"Damn. If we don't open the gates, we will attack the city. At this time, the thugs below shouted loudly.

"The cannons are ready, everyone takes their guns, shoot me." This time. The head of a thug shouted loudly. And behind him were more than three hundred men, and they were gathered together to attack a city.

"Bang bang. Bang bang. "The sound of musket fire soon rang out. Qi has large and small weapons workshops all over the country, and these handicraft workshops provide a variety of guns and ammunition for the front line, which gives these thugs a stable source of weapons, and they only need to rob a few weapons workshops to have stable weapons. With weapons, they have more places to rob.

"Boom." At this time. There was a loud roar.

This is a bronze cannon of the Qin State that was copied by the Qi State. After continuous exploration and exploration, the craftsmen of the Qi State finally learned to cast this artillery. Moreover, they also knew the use of coal ash and the use of iron molds to cast guns, so that the manufacturing process and cost of guns were greatly reduced, and the quality of guns was improved to a certain extent, but they still lacked certain machinery and equipment to perfect their finished products.

"Whoosh." Cannonballs whizzed. But the shells flew directly into the city wall and fell into the city, and the rioters were not professional artillerymen, and artillery fires shells require a certain amount of training. Especially some theoretical training.