Chapter 43: The Battle of the Autumn
Wu Qi's spirits perked up, and he immediately realized that his opportunity had come, although the slave army was only from lowly slaves, but Wu Qi never forgot the promise he had made, at a critical juncture, it was such a group of people who dared to fight for themselves with their lives, and used their lives to pave a way for themselves, even if they had their own selfish intentions, but it was a fact that everyone had fought side by side, and Wu Qi did not intend to really break his promise.
The first time Wu Yong walked into Xiangyang City with people, the slave army had completely given up resistance and consciously surrendered, it is no wonder that although the people of Gaojiazhuang seem to be extremely vicious, but they are bearing the name of the rebels, after all, it is not right, and there is still hope for victory with them, and more importantly, it is possible to get freedom, and the people in the north camp of the city led by Wu Yong are the representatives of the court of the Great Shang Kingdom, which belongs to orthodoxy in the true sense, and the slave army is a rabble in the final analysis, and the source is more complicated, and the people who defeat Gaojiazhuang in one go for a common goal can, It is even possible to get the approval of the imperial court afterwards, and it is also possible to get the freedom promised by Wu Qi, but if you really want to be free after killing the people in the north camp of the city, it is not possible at all, you must know that behind the camp in the north of the city stands the powerful Pingyang County, after Pingyang County, there is also Hubei District, and after Hubei District, there is the entire big merchant country, with thousands of slaves in their own country to confront tens of millions of big merchants, it is tantamount to ants biting elephants to kill themselves.
The reason why slaves are slaves is not that these people are all fools, on the contrary, it is precisely because these people have become slaves, and they have been bullied and abused for a long time, so they will be more humane, and when necessary, they will be more open-minded than others, which can be easily seen from the posture of those little girls who are just eleven or twelve years old can stare at Wu Qi like staring at their prey and are very bold to go up. The fact that the slaves could fight for the ethereal promise of the castle lord's mansion is proof of this, but that is based on a little hope, and as for the desperate death of the people in the camp north of the castle, only a true madman would do such a stupid thing. Slaves are just slaves, not madmen.
After the slave army surrendered, they were soon imprisoned in the Wu manor in the north of the city, all weapons were confiscated, and food was strictly controlled. These guys helped their son, after all, more than a thousand corpses were lost under the city, and there were many crippled people, it stands to reason that the surviving guys of these people can't make much waves, but before that, they were short-lived by launching a riot, no matter what the purpose, a riot is a riot, and the process must be with killing and crime, and if those former sufferers make trouble, it will be a big trouble. At this time, Wu Yong's words undoubtedly have great authority, but rules are rules, and the slavery system that has been practiced for tens of thousands of years is not something that can be abolished if you want to.
Wu Qi also had a headache, he was really not interested in the women arranged for him by the slaves, not to mention the yellow and thin faces of these little girls, and their eyes were as big as hungry wolves, which made people very uncomfortable. The reason why Wu Qi did not express any objection when Wu Yong set out to detain his subordinates was also due to this consideration.
Now Xiangyang City is in ruins, Wu Qi is a second ancestor with no ambition, he can seize the opportunity to do a lot of things at this time, but this guy is hiding in Fengyue place drunk and dreaming of death, in this regard, not only Wu Yong shook his head and sighed and hated iron and steel, even Mrs. Li, who has always maintained her son, is also opposed, but Mrs. Li and her husband also have different opinions, you said that you are a little rabbit cub who goes to drink flower wine every day, but you bring two singers back, every time you go to listen to a song, spend so much precious time, you might as well spend more effort to coax Situ Wei and Xin LingEspecially Xin Ling, what a good girl, you said that you are not too young, and you are wandering around the Fengyue place all day long, why can't you learn something useful?
It turned out that Wu Qi was able to get high-standard treatment in Fengyue Places during this time, which was not only the reason why it was difficult to do business in Fengyue Places recently, but also the factors behind Mrs. Li's operation. Other people like Mrs. Li have already had several grandchildren at her age, only Mrs. Li, a woman in her thirties, is still alone every day in charge of the affairs of a large family, this woman likes to have something to do when she is fine, even Mrs. Li is not exempt from vulgarity! Through this period of frightened life, Mrs. Li doesn't care about any face, and has already released her words in private, no matter which woman in Xiangyang City, as long as you can conceive Wu Qi's child, you will marry immediately, even if you are from a low background. You must know that after this major change, the status of the Wu family in Xiangyang City is not what it used to be, this news is amazing, in the circle of women in the Fengyue place is tantamount to a strong earthquake, this kind of power is unimaginable to others, so during this time, Wu Qi will be treated exceptionally differently in the Fengyue place.
In a large reception room, Wu Yong, Zhang Kai, Wang Laowu, Pang Laosan and others all attended again, and the main content of the meeting was clichΓ©, and they were still grinding on the prior agreement.
Wang Lao Wu said: "Lord Wu, the villain really doesn't want to disturb the adults today, it's really the mother-in-law at home is too noisy, she has been chattering in her ears 24 hours a day, and she doesn't stop for a moment, and the two big girls in the family don't go to school anymore, so they paint their eyebrows and rub powder in the mirror every day, saying that they want to be ready for the most beautiful side at all times." β
Pang Laosan said: "Yes, after I went back yesterday, the villain's concubines also took turns to cry in front of them, so that the villain's illiterate old man hid in the study all night, you said this ......"
Zhang Kai didn't say anything about the nonsense of the concubine woman, but the words in it were soft and hard: "Lord Wu, this Xiangyang City seems to have been pacified, but the generals in this army have not been able to see the king of Xiangyang, I am afraid that after a long time, it will inevitably give birth to chaos, this mutiny is not daring, but seeing that the autumn harvest season is not far away, if the army continues to be so slack, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not affect the autumn defense, the orcs in the northern grasslands are all inhumane beasts, and now a little carelessness may cause a huge disaster." β
Zhang Kai was born in the branch sequence of the Zhang family, which belongs to the kind that is not far away, Zhang Kai is very resourceful, otherwise he would not have been able to be on an equal footing with Pang Laosan and others in his early twenties and have a faint leading trend, so of course it is not comparable to Wang Laowu and others.
Zhang Kai's words were not entirely bluffs, and Wu Yong couldn't help but consider them and treat them carefully.
After Wu Qi came up, he immediately got a headache condition, taking a concubine.
Wu Qi was speechless, why was his father so enthusiastic about this kind of thing during this time?
Wu Qi frowned and said: "Ah, Lord Wu, my lords, I actually have no objection to this kind of thing about taking concubines, but out of honesty with everyone, I have to confess one thing to you in advance, you may not know me as a person, I study very scum, don't look at the usual grades are so-so, but what? Actually, you don't know, I cheated in the exam, which even Lord Wu doesn't know!" Also, I'm a very irresponsible person, nostalgia for Fengyue places is even more commonplace, I have provoked a lot of women, and in the end it's all gone, I can't say which woman will rush out to scold the street one day, I don't have any ambitions, I just want to eat and wait for death all day long", Wu Qi felt that what had been said was almost enough, so he began to strike while the iron was hot, and said tentatively: "Are you sure that now you are still willing to let the young lady at home follow people like me?"
I can't help but say that Wu Qi is still a bit level, and he pays attention to one truth in everything, that is, instead of refusing himself, it is better to let the other party take the initiative to give up, so that in addition to leaving enough face for the other party, things will become very simple. But he didn't count the problems he said were not a problem at all in the eyes of the few bigwigs on the other side, what does it matter if you say that you study scum? You are a nobleman, how much does it matter if you study well or badly? As for Huaxin, who doesn't have a few concubines? You say that you have no ambition, you don't need any ambition at all, just lead the troops to fight for you, just a few brothers will go for you, you say that you don't have any ambitions, if you really take all the military power in the hands of the big guys at once, then the brothers have to think about it! Wu Qi is not a roundworm in their stomachs, of course, it is impossible to guess everyone's thoughts.
A few guys said politely: "The prince laughed, this matter has already been judged, and the eldest husband is difficult to chase after him, so the prince should not shirk anymore." β
Wu Qi was completely speechless, he had degraded himself like this, and these guys didn't know what was going on in their heads, so they grabbed themselves and refused to let go.
However, Wu Qi is a person who is absolutely unwilling to admit defeat easily, and if he can't make a plan, he will have a plan, Wu Qi said: "Everyone, this autumn defense period is coming soon, as the king of Xiangyang, I Wu Qi has the responsibility to go to the front line of the war in person, or wait until the end of the autumn defense period to talk about this matter?" Wu Qi's opposition now is of little use, because if only the father pouts this matter, it is okay to say, the problem is that even the mother is supportive, Wu Qi can go-for-tat with his father, but he really can't do-for-tat in the face of his mother, because he doesn't want to see his mother's disappointed face, in addition, the slaves in the north of the city manor are not treated in time because they are injured, and people die almost every day, Wu Qi is not hard-hearted after all, and he can't turn a blind eye, so he can only change their situation first. Now the best thing to do is one word - drag, drag him for a few months.
However, Pang Laosan and the others were not easy to fool, and finally forced Wu Qi to let go, how could Pang Laosan give up halfway? The prince wants to go outside the city to guide the autumn defensive battle, of course, this is the best thing, with the presence of the prince, the soldiers must be like a rainbow, the autumn defensive battle is of course not a problem, but after all, the camp outside the city is not as good as the city, it just so happens that the villain has two daughters who stayed in the field for a long time when they were young, so let them follow the prince to make the bed and fold the quilt and serve tea and water, so as not to have no one to speak when the prince is lonely. β
Wu Qi was completely speechless, and wanted to say something to excuse himself, but Wang Lao Wu spoke first: "This matter is absolutely inappropriate, Pang Laosan, who of your daughters doesn't know that they are as tall as you and are running to catch pheasants and rabbits, but it is a bit difficult to say that this bed is stacked with tea, water, cooking and laundry, it is a little difficult, it is better to let the villain's two daughters follow the prince!"
Wu Qi was depressed to death, and then he remembered that the two concubines in front of him married a lot, so they gave birth to a lot of daughters, and their daughter Wu Qi is not a stranger, although they have not had much dealing, but they often do some things in school to gang up and bully other girls, and the leaders all claim to be the eldest sister, and in the school, they belong to the two relatively large forces among the girls' sons. Because both sides belong to big forces, they are also relatively famous, and if they go out of the city this time, they will definitely be indispensable to these children's eldest sisters.
Wu Qi can't wait to give himself a big mouth now, it's all this stinky mouth, and he could have passed the test by recruiting two girls casually, so it's okay, it's lively now.
Now it's no longer possible to retreat, Wu Qi can only have a heart, then stay up to the end and see who can't survive first. Anyway, the autumn defensive battle can't end in a day or two, and he doesn't believe that he can't survive a few girls, so he just needs to act when the time comes.