Through Time Chapter 316

Liu Bang was followed by two men soon after he left the door.

One was literate and well-mannered called Lu Ò and the other, rough and airy, was Fan Kuai.

“Big brother, where do you want to go to play today? Hey, isn’t sister-in-law talking about you?”

Fan Kuai said in a gruff voice.

Liu Bang lazily said that

“Today the magistrate ordered that His Majesty was on a southern tour and asked me to collect the supplies and turn them in.”

“I’m too lazy to go, so I want to go out and hide for a while.”

As soon as Fan Kuai heard that, he shouted to

“That dog official has taken the opportunity to collect taxes again, big brother, why don’t we go and chop him up tonight while it’s dark!”

Liu Bang said in an unpleasant manner.

“What if we chop him up? Run away together?”

Fan Kuai muttered discontentedly.

“Big brother, I think you just can’t let go of this pavilion chief position.”

“Hey, you brat.”

Hearing this, Liu Bang raised his hand and was about to hit someone.

Lu, who was on the side, laughed and advised that

“Big brother is a man of great ambition, how could he covet this position.”

Only then did Liu Bang nod his head.

Fan Kuai said with mirthlessness that

“What big ambition do we need, we just have money to drink and eat meat and women to play with every day.”

Lu laughed.

“You are not even married yet, where will you get women?”

Fan Kuai muttered in a low voice to

“Don’t you have one, why should we be so clear in our brotherhood?”

Lu didn’t hear it clearly and was about to ask a detailed question.

At this time Liu Bang looked at the surrounding fields, and the farmers who were working in them, and said.

“I see that these days, the people seem to be using this new Qin plough.”

ÒNot paying any more attention to Fan Kuai, Lu nodded his head and said.

“It’s all the farmers who are helping out, more than ten farmers, they can share a Qin plough.”

“But it’s not like that everywhere, it’s only for those close to the county like us.”

“I heard that there could have been more, but they were just stuck with a lot of favours by people’s local gentry.”

Hearing this, Liu Bang was slightly puzzled to the point that

“Even so, this would have cost a lot, are the peasants so rich nowadays?”

The Nong and Mo families still had influence among the countryside.

But the Nongjia had always been stuck in poverty and could only give the farmers some minor help on a regular basis, but now they had suddenly become so generous.

LuÒ returned to that

“Well, I heard that they had gotten close to a rich chief.”

“Recently the fame of the White Lotus, the saintly daughter of the peasants, has been much celebrated among the peasants.”

“By the way, there are two others called Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, who are also quite famous.”

Speaking of this, Lu said, faintly puzzled, Ò

“On the contrary, the chief of this peasant family doesn’t even have a name, I wonder why?”

Fan Kuai, who was at the side, laughed and

“I think this man is a fool, most of the money has been taken by the powerful, and the reputation has been taken by the holy maiden.”

“He has nothing.”

“Hmph, it would be better to give me that money to drink and eat meat and play with women.”

Liu Bang, however, frowned slightly and suddenly had a thought in his mind and said that

“Don’t talk nonsense, this peasant chief is a smart one!”

At once, Lu Bang and Fan Kuai looked at Liu Bang in unison.

Liu Bang went on to say that

“Think about it, what kind of things are the farmers doing now?”

“Buying the hearts of the peasants of the world, not revealing their names, is to protect themselves, and setting up a holy woman to gather hearts.”

“It doesn’t matter if you are stuck with the powerful, instead you can stir up the peasants’ resentment (men).”

The more Liu Bang said, the brighter his eyes became, and finally he said to Lu Ò

“Lu Bang, is there a way for me to get to know the peasants?”

ÒLu nodded his head and said back that

“Nowadays, the farming family is also making friends with people from all over the world, so there should be opportunities.”

“Only, the Nong family is not here right now, so I’m afraid we’ll have to go to a larger county to see them.”

Liu Bang nodded his head and smiled as he said that

“I haven’t been out and about for a long time either, so I’ll go for a walk, and maybe I’ll even see the First Emperor’s carriage!”

The other two laughed in unison and

“Wherever big brother says to go, we’ll go.”

A Qin army of a hundred men marched down the road.

The group was extremely alert and looked around.

They had to be careful, because ten miles beyond them lay the Southern Tour of the Great Qin Emperor!

“Brother Long, how much longer do we have to walk.”

Hu Hai almost wailed to.

All these days they were scouting for the army, almost being driven along, and the experience was extremely bad.

Had he known he would have stopped pretending, wouldn’t it have smelled good to stay honestly in the palace?

Zhao Lang blandly arrived at

“What’s the hurry, we’ll be in the county soon, we should stay here for two more days.”

Hu Hai could only wilt and agree.

The tour was a little different from what Zhao Lang had thought.

It was not a tour around.

These days, at each place they visited, the First Emperor would receive the local officials and have someone go before the people to read out the decrees of the Great Qin.

It was extremely busy.

But this had nothing to do with Zhao Lang, who could not even get close to the periphery of the carriage, let alone see that One Thousand Ancient Emperors.

Every day he was basically being driven along by the large procession behind him, herded along.

And with his spirit constantly strained, he was even more tired than before when he had travelled from Liaodong to Yunzhong.

He just knew that his cheap old dad was also following along with the caravan, but up to now, the two of them had never met each other.

Soon the party arrived at the county seat, and someone had already prepared for it.

Once Zhao Lang entered the city, he arranged for someone to go down and investigate.

“Big Dog, Li Shang, Xi, you lead the men to check it out.”

Big Dog and Nu, were brought in the name of his personal soldiers.

Of course they were just the first wave of scouts, and there would be more to follow.

With one scout after another, that exclusive guard of the First Emperor, after entering the prefecture and taking over the city’s defences.

Only then did the First Emperor’s carriage slowly enter the county town.

This was not Xianyang, and no one could get near the carriage.

Zhao Lang could only lead his men to watch from a distance.

Looking at the carriage of the First Emperor, Zhao Lang could not help but say with some emotion that

“I don’t know what His Majesty looks like.”

Although he was a potential rebel, this did not stop him from having reverential feelings for the emperor who had unified China for the first time in the true sense of the word.

The same was true of the other sergeants.

Hearing this, Hu Hai, who was on the side, had long been overjoyed.

Hahahaha, the one person Long could hardly even meet was his father!

He hadn’t seen much of him!

If he hadn’t been thinking about the words of Qin Shi Huang, he would have wanted to announce his identity.

But he finally had some trouble holding back and said that

“O prodigal brother, don’t be in a hurry, you’ll definitely see it!”

“Just, don’t be too surprised if you see anyone familiar when the time comes.”

Hu Hai then almost didn’t say his name, but managed to hold back in the end.

Zhao Lang didn’t think much of it, but smiled and said that

“Well, I’ll make sure to bring you along when the time comes so you can have a good look.”

Hu Hai nodded his head desperately with great ambition, he couldn’t wait!

And at that moment, inside the carriage that was slowly entering the county, Qin Shi Huang was looking at the map in his hand with a slightly cold face, and said to Meng Yi inside the carriage that

“Admiral Meng, where do you think the remnants of the Six Kingdoms will attack me?”