Pig Killer

Chapter 304

"Since the unification, the common people have been farming peacefully. If the Second Emperor hadn't gone crazy, the imperial court wouldn't have declined so quickly. It was like a horse whip running wildly all the way." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his dark eyes and said, "The contrast is obvious."

"Unification is the general trend." Shen Hui'e looked at Zhang Jixian with her shiny black eyes and said, "To be honest, if it weren't for the sins of the Second Emperor, we wouldn't have had the opportunity to rise up." She said slowly and forcefully, "The old emperor unified the world and distributed the land of the princes to the common people, with a tax rate of 15%. Most people like it."

Shen Hui'e added meaningfully, "Of course the descendants of the destroyed countries don't like it very much. They lost their military power, financial power, land ownership... they lost everything, everything!" She stared at Zhang Jixian with clear eyes and continued, "Falling from the clouds to the dust, the gap is huge. What they want most is to restore the glory of their ancestors. They really think it is a restoration of the country!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jixian avoided her apparently gentle gaze with a guilty conscience.

"What country are you trying to restore?" Huang Zhongchang snorted, "They are just pretending to be powerful, all for their own benefit. I don't believe that the Yu family will keep the king forever." He sneered, "When the dust settles, it will be his death date. When people get old, any accidents can happen."

"Don't even mention whether we have descendants. Even if we have restored our country, will there still be chaos and war, and the people will suffer for hundreds of years." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a dead look and said, "Food is the first necessity of the people. What do we care about most? Eating is the most important thing. Ensuring that the majority of people on this land have enough to eat is the greatest merit and is our eternal pursuit." She said with cold eyes, "Whoever prevents us from having enough to eat." She clasped her fists and said murderously, "Kill the gods if you meet them!"

"Uncle Zhang, farming is the foundation." The tiger looked at him with its big, black eyes and said, "Only when you have enough food can you do other things."

"You have a clear goal, but the other forces are not as far-sighted as you think?" Zhang Jixian kindly reminded them, "They just want to split the land and become king!"

"This is very simple." Shen Hui'e pulled the corner of her lips slightly, and uttered two words with her red lips, "Destroy it!"

"Cough cough..." Zhang Jixian was so frightened that he kept coughing.

"It's not obvious. Even if we split the land and crown ourselves kings, we will still fight in the future." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at them and said, "We will still be destroyed."

"Can't we coexist peacefully?" Zhang Jixian pursed his lips and said to them.

"No! This matter is not negotiable. Unification is the general trend." Shen Hui'e looked at him with deep and penetrating eyes and said, "We will have to unify sooner or later. We will unify as we fight."

"Why don't you ask others if they are willing to keep fighting?" Zhang Jixian looked at her with his dark eyes.

"It's the general trend, so it's not up to individual will." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her deep and clear eyes and said, "If you go against the trend, you will be drowned by the torrent of history."

"Go with the flow and take advantage of the situation." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with clear eyes and said, "Mr. Zhang, this is the reality." His eyebrows twitched and he said, "Or do you want to restore the country?"

Zhang Jixian's eyes flickered when he heard this. He thought seriously and shook his head, "Why would I want to restore a kingdom? My father was just a court official. The royal family was destroyed."

"It's hard to say." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and said, "The Yu family rebelled in the name of restoring the country."

"They are raising the banner to recruit soldiers. They are all descendants of Jing State, eight thousand sons and daughters." Zhang Jixian said with a wry smile, "But I don't have a single soldier. Even if I raise the banner, no one will join me."

"What about the old people from my hometown?" Huang Zhongchang asked curiously.

"They are scattered. It's been a generation. Only we old people still remember them. Who among the new generation still remembers them?" Zhang Jixian looked at them with clear eyes and said, "It's too close to the capital. People like us from our homeland are strictly controlled. Unlike the Yu family, who are far away from the emperor, their secret actions are difficult to detect."

"If there were someone here, my family wouldn't be broken up." Zhang Jixian looked at them with his bottomless black eyes.

Zhang Jixian turned his dark eyes and looked at them and said, "Your ideas are different from others'. What should we do? Some things cannot be done just by thinking, unless you have the strength to swallow a tiger and clear all obstacles."

"We'll take it slow if we have time." Shen Hui'e looked at them with eyes as gentle as jade and said, "Will history allow us to choose unification or to divide the land and become king?"

Zhang Jixian opened and closed his mouth when he heard this, and finally said, "We will choose unification."

"Uncle Zhang, your mind has changed so quickly." Da Chong looked at him in surprise.

"It's easy to change the country, but difficult to change one's nature. This has been your long-cherished wish." Shen Hui'e said to him with raised eyebrows.

"Individual power is insignificant. Even if you have the upper hand for a while, you will not be able to resist the general trend in the end." Zhang Jixian said realistically, "After so many years, I can clearly see the benefits of unification." He reminded them, "But you have to be careful, not everyone thinks this way. They are still thinking about the scenery of their homeland!"

"I know." Huang Zhongchang said with a pout.

"Even our own people may not accept your ideas." Zhang Jixian looked at them with his dark and deep eyes and said, "Although they have never seen a king or a noble, they envy the noble in their hearts."

"I know, there is a lot of resistance." Huang Zhongchang looked directly at him with his dark eyes, and then his gaze fell on his wife and asked, "What do you think?"

"No matter which path we take, no matter how the higher-ups fight, we cannot delay the common people's farming." Shen Hui'e raised her index finger and said, "This is the principle!"

"That's unlikely?" Zhang Jixian said without thinking, "In a fight, they just don't care about anything in order to win. It's not something you can control as you think."

"This is easy! Two lines in parallel." Shen Hui'e said quickly.

"What?" Zhang Jixian looked at her in astonishment.

"Since it is unavoidable, then the feudal system will coexist with the county system." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and penetrating black eyes.

"You are pushing the problem back, which only treats the symptoms but not the root cause." Zhang Jixian said to her with his eyes slightly narrowed.

"I know! Each generation has its own mission." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright black eyes and said, "Life is only a hundred years long. We can't possibly accomplish everything."

"Is this okay? Let's leave the problem to future generations." Huang Zhongchang smacked his lips and said to her.

"We can only do this slowly. You don't have the ability to swallow the other side in one go." Shen Hui'e closed her eyes and looked at them with her clear eyes and said, "You have to ensure that the common people can farm safely. It's time to test your political ability."

"Political ability?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her in confusion.

"Skills, methods! In the absence of a fight, even if you fight, you must hit the target with one strike and end the battle quickly." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright black eyes and said, "It is best to defeat the enemy without fighting. If you can fight, don't fight, and deter!"

"Then you have to be strong and have a crushing momentum." Huang Zhongchang looked at her with his dark eyes and said, "As long as we start fighting, there will be losses."

"We cannot drag the people into the quagmire of war." Shen Hui'e said to them with gentle eyes.

"Your idea is good, but it's too difficult to realize it." Zhang Jixian took a deep breath and said.

"Nothing is difficult for one who sets his mind to it." Shen Hui'e looked at them optimistically and said, "Everything is possible." She smiled and said, "Let's think about these slowly! Let's first decide how to participate in the alliance to attack the imperial court!"

"We have to start our movement during the summer harvest. It will take a month or so to get from Hedong County to Yu's house. If the road is not smooth, it will take even longer." Zhang Jixian thought for a moment and said, "How many people can you bring, second brother?"

"Someone has to stay behind to look after the house." Huang Zhongchang pondered for a moment and said, "Leave 10,000 people behind and we'll take 10,000 away! We can't take them all away, we have to look after the house."

"When do we set off?" Zhang Jixian asked immediately.

"We have to finish the spring plowing! We can't miss the farming season." Huang Zhongchang looked at them with his dark eyes and said seriously, "If people miss the farming season, the farming season will miss people for a whole year."

"Who stays at home?" Zhang Jixian said as he looked at them with his dark eyes slightly turned.

"Brother and brother-in-law, let them stay behind!" Huang Zhongchang said after thinking for a while, tapping his knee with his index finger.

"Brother is steady and calm." Zhang Jixian said as he looked at him with his black eyes flashing.

"My brother-in-law is good at training soldiers, and his own strength is not bad either." Huang Zhongchang said while looking at him with a smile.

"You might as well say that fourth brother is active!" Shen Hui'e shook her head and laughed when she heard it. This guy with a simple mind and strong limbs is indeed the one with the higher comprehension in martial arts among them.

"Yongwu!" Huang Zhongchang said with a smile, and suddenly remembered, "I remembered, you are back, where is my brother-in-law!"

"My brother-in-law is taking a long time to come back with the goods. I'm here to report on this trip." Zhang Jixian said with a smile on his face.

"Goods?" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows slightly, "It won't be empty when we leave, and it must be full when we come back."

"Most of them are medicinal herbs, which are what we lack the most." Zhang Jixian said nervously.

"You are really a businessman." Huang Zhongchang said with a smile, "If the medicinal materials business goes well, we can continue. Not only do we need it, but people eat grains and cereals, so it is inevitable that they will get sick."

"I sell silk and satin from the south as I go." Zhang Jixian said with a smile, "My brother-in-law is really smart."

"In today's world, there are not many people who dare to transport goods between the north and the south." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes.

"Yes! The road is not peaceful. There are bandits, robbers, vagrants, and soldiers. Oh my God! There are just one after another." Zhang Jixian said with lingering fear.

"Are you okay? Are our people injured?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with concern and asked.