Chapter 90: Money or Death
In Anyi Academy, Dean Wei Zheng looked at the gang of robber-like officers and soldiers in front of him, his beard was crooked, and he pointed at Gao Shun and said, "What are you doing here?" Any idea what this place is? You are so bold and lawless. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Gao Shun looked at Wei Zheng expressionlessly, and said: "Dean, we are also acting under orders, and the military order is like a mountain, I advise you to cooperate better, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin." β
As he was talking, sure enough, some people had already begun to resist. After all, these people are all children of a family, how can they accept such a reality and let them go to war? Isn't that a fantasy? Several students with bold and strong backgrounds clashed with the soldiers around them,
"Let go of me, who are you, I don't want to wear this prison uniform." The one who spoke was really a person from the Wei family.
Gao Shun glanced at it, waved his hand at a few soldiers, and several soldiers rushed up, punching and kicking the person who spoke.
Even if that person is cross, at this time, it is Xiucai who meets a soldier, and it is unreasonable. Now it's bigger than anyone's fist, where can he compare to a few veterans as a scholar, he was beaten to the ground in a few moments, and he didn't have the strength to shout.
Gao Shun shouted, "Who else has objections? If you have any opinions, please put them forward, and we will definitely discuss them. β
Seeing this, none of these scholars dared to say anything more, and they all obediently put on their military uniforms, and another issued a knife. According to Gao Shun's command, stand in line.
Well, yes, this one still works very well, and the effect is even better than expected. However, looking at these powerless scholars in front of him, Gao Shun still didn't understand, why did the lord let these people be soldiers? The army formed in this way is scared to death with low combat effectiveness, and the hundreds of people in front of him are not high enough to be cut down by one person.
In the carriage outside the academy, Wei Qi stared at Lu Bu with his eyes, trying to see any abnormal movement on Lu Bu's face. But Wei Qi was desperate, and Lu Bu looked completely confident, as if he didn't care about the consequences of doing so.
"Lu Bu, do you know that in this Anyi Academy, there are only people from our Wei family, and there are also children of all the families in the entire Hedong County, you are doing this to be an enemy of the entire Hedong County?"
Jiang Feng shook his head and said, "Enemy? Of course not, on the contrary, I want the whole Hedong County to unite. I want to let the people of Hedong County see how these great families they respect and rely on take the lead at critical moments. Listen to the voices of the people. β
At this time, the people who were attracted by the gongs and drums also came to the door of Anyi Academy, and everyone was talking.
"What's going on?"
"It seems that someone from the academy is going to join the army."
"Really? Can they fight? Look at those scholars with fine skin and tender meat, don't be taken captive as little ladies when you go to the battlefield. β
"What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd? I don't believe that those big families give up their children to go to war, and their own lives are valuable. Only the lives of our little people are not fatal. β
Just when everyone was talking, the gate of Anyi Academy opened, and Gao Shun led a team of soldiers out. The soldiers looked a little weird, good and bad, some looked like veterans, some looked like sick seedlings.
Gao Shun said: "Folks, the national disaster is at the head, and the yellow bandits are raging. Seeing that Anyi County was in danger, Anyi Academy took the lead and set an example for you, and wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy and defend the country. I hope that the villagers will also understand their good intentions, support our actions, and help us fight against the bandits together. β
When the people saw this, they naturally believed it, and for a time the crowd was in high spirits, and they all cheered and supported this action.
Jiang Feng saw that the situation was very good, and said to Wei Qi: "Wei Gong, it's time for you to appear, go and say something." I'm sure you're a smart guy and should know how to do it. β
Wei Qi's face was pale, Lu Bu's hand slashed first and then played so that he had no time to react at all, what could he do at this time? can only continue to play this scene.
"Folks, listen to me." Wei Qi got out of the carriage and walked to the door of Anyi Academy, "Everyone must have heard the news these days, the yellow bandits are now stationed dozens of miles away in Anyi County. General LΓΌ's army is confronting the Yellow Bandits, our last line of defense. If this line of defense is also breached by the Yellow Bandits, then we will be destroyed. What to do? Folks, we must defend our homeland by ourselves, and this is not the time to consider our personal interests, but the time for everyone to unite and fight against foreign enemies together. β
Wei Qi's words are still high-sounding, coupled with his own high prestige, these words moved the villagers to tears.
"Wei Gong is really righteous, little old man thanks Wei Gong for the villagers."
"Yes, folks. Wei Gong said so, and we also went to join the army to protect our hometown. β
"What does Wei Gong need, just say that we will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire."
Listening to the praise of the people, Wei Qi looked modest on the surface, but he hated Lu Bu in his heart.
In this way, all the spearheads are pointed at themselves, and no one will think that this matter was initiated by Lu Bu, but put the blame on the Wei family. In this way, it is equivalent to the Wei family offending all the landlords in Hedong County.
But does Wei Qi have any other choice?
He didn't have a chance to prepare at all, if he went to say at this time: The children of the Wei family can't join the army, even if they are facing life and death, it can't be the Wei family who dies, you little people's lives are not worth much, if you want to die, you just die, anyway, I want to protect the Wei family.
Then the prestige of the Wei family will be ruined, which means that they will be enemies with all the people of Hedong County, and the Wei family will really become the target of public criticism.
Between the common people and the landlords, he had to make a choice. Naturally, what he wants to choose is the common people, if he doesn't choose so, I'm afraid that the thousands of tenant farmers in his family will be able to defend the family. People's hearts are big, and this is still clear to Wei Qian.
So now that he has made a choice, Wei Qi has to face another cruel reality, how to save these children of the family.
These people are the younger generation of each family, if they die on the battlefield, it will be a fatal blow to each family, and there are basically not a few people left in their younger generation.
Of course, Wei Qi also knew that Lu Bu would not really let these people go to the battlefield to fight. His purpose is money, food and labor, and now Wei Qi is faced with a choice, money or death?
Wei Qi still has no choice, the money and food can be earned again after it is spent, and people cannot be resurrected after death.
I can't help but say that Lu Bu's trick killed two birds with one stone was indeed wonderful, not only getting money, but also inciting the people in the city.
Of course, the only drawback is that he will never be able to get the real support of the Wei family.