The captured Qingzhuang of Hufu Township was ransomed and 800 of them were ransomed.
Some of them were redeemed by Zhang Fu. After all, the Zhang family is the most wealthy family, occupying half of the farmland in the village, and the family is well-off. Even though they were exploited several times by Qin and Wei, they could still squeeze out a little more if they squeezed hard. food.
What surprised Zhao Tuo was that most of the people redeemed by the Zhang family were blood relatives, but many of their own servants were abandoned.
You must know that in this time of war and chaos, young servants are the guarantee to protect the family, and they are also the force of the wealthy to intimidate the countryside.
When asked, Chen Ping explained this way: "If there is enough grain, Mrs. Zhang would naturally want to redeem those servants. But now that Mrs. Zhang can no longer afford more surplus grain, even if we are in the next few days, For months, I’m afraid I’ll have to eat porridge.”
"The food is only enough to redeem some people, so we can only abandon those child servants. After all, distant relatives are the foundation of today's world. As for the child servants, after the autumn harvest, as long as there is food, we can naturally recruit a group of more. "
Zhao Tuo understood. He had previously thought of family force, but had ignored that in this era, blood clan is the foundation of the world.
This may also be because when he came to this world, his parents had died and his family was ruined. Zhao Tuo had not enjoyed the benefits of blood clan, so he ignored this.
"And in this way, Zhang's reputation in the village will naturally be improved by giving up the servants he can recruit with food and keeping his blood relatives. These days, reputation is also a kind of capital." Zhao Tuo thought thoughtfully.
At this time, he saw Chen Ping standing aside and hesitated, and asked, "Do you have something to say?"
"Gongcheng is kind to Chen Ping, and he has something to say in his heart, but he doesn't know whether to say it or not."
"That's what you have to say."
Zhao Tuo was sitting upright. If someone like Chen Ping opened his mouth, he would definitely have something important to do.
Chen Ping took a deep breath and said: "If it were anyone else, Chen Ping would definitely not dare to say it. But Gongcheng is a wise man with a benevolent heart and saved the lives of thousands of people, so Chen Ping boldly told me .”
"What Chen Ping has seen recently is that because of this exchange of people for food, there has been widespread resentment among the people in the countryside. Many people are scolding the Qin army for being greedy and cruel, and they are quite hateful. The people's hearts are not in Qin, even if the Qin State destroyed Wei Sheji , but the other day..."
Chen Ping didn't finish his words, but Zhao Tuo understood.
Chen Ping was hinting to himself that there was something wrong with the policies implemented by the Qin State here. Even if they occupied the land of the Wei State, the people here would not return to the Qin State at all.
Especially those Wei people who were unable to raise food to ransom their families because of their poverty, they would definitely harbor hatred towards the Qin State. As long as there were more Wei nobles leading troops to fight back, these people would definitely rise up and gather in response.
To put it bluntly, the Qin people occupied this land and had hatred but no kindness to the Wei people. Especially the matter of searching for food offended everyone from the rich to the bottom.
Although Chen Ping didn't say it, Zhang and his son would definitely have resentment in their hearts.
Zhao Tuo knew that what Chen Ping said was right. Among the reasons for the collapse of the Qin Dynasty in history, the loss of the people's attachment to the six kingdoms was also very important.
Otherwise, if all the people's hearts in the world were to return to Qin, how could Chen Sheng and Wu Guang happen?
However, Zhao Tuo also understood Wang Ben's approach.
For the commander of the Qin army, ensuring victory in the war is the key.
The Art of War states: If you use the food for the country, the food will be provided to the enemy, so the army will have enough food.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the foot of Daliang City, eating horses and chewing horses, consuming countless grains and grass every day. In addition to the support of the Xingyang granary, plundering grain from all over the Wei State was also a method of war, which could relieve the pressure of food supply in Guanzhong.
Not to mention using these 1,000 captives in exchange for food, even without these 1,000 Wei people, when the military supplies are exhausted, the Qin army will also order forced conquests without reason, even if they scrape off a layer of land, they will also have to use the military rations.
Get enough.
As for what people in Wei eat, that is not up to Wang Ben.
This is the main contradiction between the Qin army and the Wei people after they occupied Wei.
Chen Ping saw this and made suggestions to Zhao Tuo.
His words were obviously for the sake of the Qin army, but in fact he recognized Zhao Tuo's extraordinary status and hoped to use Zhao Tuo to change the Qin army's policy in Wei and give most Wei people a chance to survive.
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Zhao Tuo stared at Chen Ping in front of him with burning eyes. Based on his understanding of Chen Ping, this person has always been very selfish in doing things. He did not expect that today he would take the risk to advise him for the sake of these Wei people.
This is me. If it were someone like Huan Zhao, I'm afraid he would have chopped off Chen Ping's head. But if it were Huan Zhao sitting here, with Chen Ping's intelligence, he wouldn't take this risk.
"Historically, it is said that Chen Pingshan came up with strange schemes and tricks, and his skills were cunning, and he also had selfish motives in doing things. Now it seems that when he was young, he also had the blood in his body to plead for the lives of his fellow villagers."
Zhao Tuo sighed in his heart, as expected, people will change over time. Chen Ping was also a passionate man before he became the old bastard in history.
However, understanding is understanding, but Zhao Tuo cannot change this kind of thing. He said sincerely: "I understand what you mean. But I am only a five-hundred-year-old master, and I am not a noble but a public servant. This kind of thing is not something I can decide."
Chen Ping sighed secretly in his heart. He saw how extraordinary the young man in front of him was. He was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he had a title of public service and could lead an army alone. He thought he had a good status in the Qin army, so he took the risk. Looking at it now
, and sure enough it still doesn’t work.
But just because it doesn’t work now, doesn’t mean it won’t work in the future.
Chen Ping stood up, bowed his head to Zhao Tuo, and said respectfully: "Although Chen Ping is just a villager, he can still see that Gongcheng will have great power in the future. If Gongcheng can occupy a high position in the future, he will be in the prime position.
Assistance, please also ask the public to be kind and kind to the people of the world."
In response, Zhao Tuo just smiled.
But immediately, he remembered something and couldn't help but point at Chen Ping and said: "Since you can see that I can soar into the sky in the future, can you, Chen Ping, also see that you have the ability to govern and help the world?"
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"Chen Ping, Chen Ping, do you have the ambition to dominate the world?"
Chen Ping was stunned.
Before his eyes, the scene of slaughtering meat for the villagers in the past appeared.
"This person can actually know my heart?"
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On the fourth day, a ray of morning glow just appeared on the horizon, and a thin mist shrouded the countryside.
The Qin army had already been fully armed and loaded the collected grains onto carts of collected oxen and horses, totaling more than 1,700 dan, which was a considerable sum.
Zhao Tuo left one hundred men to garrison in Humo Township and take charge of the defense here. Then he took 900 men to escort grain and 200 young Wei people who were about to become slaves and set out on the road outside the city.
At the moment of departure, the countryside was filled with emotions of sadness and anger.
The old and weak women and children who were about to lose their loved ones because they could not pay for the food, lay on the wall of the township gate and cried bitterly. The two hundred Wei people who were escorted also mourned and howled, and they couldn't bear to leave. The scene was very desolate.
The Qin army raised their spears and halberds and waved their whips to drive the Wei people onto the road.
Zhao Tuo stood on the chariot and looked at this scene with no expression on his face.
The time he was at at this moment was still in the unification war where Qin destroyed the six kingdoms.
But Zhao Tuo seemed to have seen the fall of Qin a few years later.
If deeper changes are not made, even if Zhao Tuo can kill Zhang Er, Wei Bao, or even Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, I am afraid it will not change the final outcome of destruction.