Through Time Chapter 458

Cloudy Dreams, on a small island.

At this time the flat areas of the island are small fields.

The grain inside the fields is almost ready to be harvested.

The farmers on the island all have a few smiles on their faces.

Now that the outside world is in turmoil, it is a great blessing to be able to have a small wooden hut and a field inside the Yunmengze.

What’s more, the tools and seeds are provided and the taxes charged are extremely low!

What is there not to like about this?

Farmers have always been a very contented group of people.

Off to the side, in an empty field unsuitable for farming, young farmers are being trained.

In fact, at first they were not very interested in taking part in the training, they only wanted to farm, not to fight.

It was only a few of the chiefs who later said that if there was a war in the future, some thieves would come and rob the food.

Only then did everyone join in, they had all fled to this place and there was no way to retreat.

They would fight anyone who still tried to rob their food fields.

So now, throughout the dozens of islands in the Yun Meng Ze, tens of thousands of farmers are farming and training.

It looked like a thriving state.

Only their chiefs, at this time, were sad and frowning.

“The grain is all slowly starting to ripen now, and I guess the chiefs will soon be sending letters in the next few days.”

“What should we do?”

Chen Sheng said with a few moments of unease.

Wu Guang gritted his teeth and said.

“What’s the matter, the chief has said it, just let us shout our names.”

“We don’t have to fight the Qin army, we just have to put up our banners and farm honestly.”

Hearing this, Chen Sheng said, in no good humour, that

“You just shout inside Yun Meng Ze, no one will know even if you shout to the heavens, at least, you want to be heard, right?”

“Also, the chief said that he also had to take a trip to the edge of the county to be seen by the Qin army before he could do so.”

Wu Gang clacked his lips and said that

“If only the Holy Maiden were here, with her martial arts skills, she could just take advantage of the night to kill the magistrate on one side, and then we could take the county by force with our men, it’s not impossible to take the county.”

Chen Sheng shook his head and

“The Holy Maiden is not here, what’s the point of thinking about that?”

Looking to the sturdy Peng Yue, who was on one side of

“Peng Yue, can we fight against the Qin army if you keep bringing these peasants with you?”

Peng Yue shook his head and said that

“We are now trained with just over three thousand men, and even if there are only three hundred Qin troops in the county, we will definitely lose.”

Chen Sheng’s mouth twitched as he heard this and said.

“Not so much, three thousand men can’t even beat three hundred of the other side?”

Peng Yue continued to say that

“The Qin army is well-trained and well-equipped.”

“Whereas we now have only cloth and bamboo and wooden guns, we are unable to fight against them.”

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang both collapsed at once.

Indeed, others hit you and killed you with one blow.

If you hit someone else, you scratch an itch.

It’s impossible to fight.

“Of course, there’s not no way out.”

Pangetsu suddenly spoke at this point, and

“As long as we don’t spare our lives, we can definitely take the county, and if we can’t beat three thousand, five thousand is still no problem.”

Chen Sheng rolled his eyes and said.

“If you dare to fill it with the lives of peasants, the chief will fill it with your life first.”

Hearing these words, Peng Yue did not get angry, but instead revealed a smile.

It was such a peasant family that he dared to stay here.

“A hard attack won’t work, so we’ll have to take it wisely.”

These things were also learned at the farmhouse, except that after thinking about it for a while there was no clue.

Annoyed, Chen Sheng walked outside, but saw some peasants kneeling at the water’s edge, and couldn’t help but ask

“What are they doing there?”

Peng Yue said casually.

“They’re worshipping the spirits. ”

“Ghosts and gods?”

Chen Sheng’s heart stirred, and he had some vague idea.

Just then a farmer hurried in and said that

“A letter from the chief!”

Chen Sheng’s eyes lit up as several people instantly found their backbone and said.

“Bring it over quickly!”

Looking at the incoming letter, Chen Sheng’s eyes grew brighter and brighter, and finally could not help but exclaim that

“The chief is truly a man of God!”

The two men on the side had read the contents of the letter and were also extremely shocked, how could they not have thought that the chief could actually come up with such an idea.

Chen Sheng changed his previous hesitation at this time and began to distribute tasks without hesitation, the

“Wu Guang, you go and collect strips of cloth and write ‘Great Chu Rises, King Chen Sheng’ according to the chief’s words!”

“Peng Yue, you go and have someone catch some big fish, and two evil dragons.”

Peng Yue agreed with extreme alacrity.

Wu Guang, however, frowned slightly and said

“Why is it Da Chu Xing? Didn’t the chief take the name of the King of Zhao?”

Chen Sheng said, without good humour.

“This is the land of Chu, of course it is Great Chu Xing, besides, the chief has long since torn his face with the Xiang clan, who says that only the Xiang clan can represent Great Chu?”

“If, we can snatch the King of Chu from him, then we are the rightful ruler of Great Chu!”

Wu Guang heard this, then nodded his head and said, with a bit of admiration

“The chief is really powerful, only, why are you the one to claim the king? I can do it too.”

Wu Guang was still a little envious.

A smile appeared at the corner of Chen Sheng’s mouth and he said that

“Otherwise, how can we say that the chief has the knowledge of people, hum, just now these things are not I told you, can you think of it?”

“Alright, hurry up and get to work, make sure to make a noise in the next few days!”

Also, send some of those fish, send them to the city too!”

Wu Guang at once bristled and said that

“Got it.”

And also left to go and do something.

Chen Sheng waited for the two to leave, took Zhao Lang’s letter in his hand, and said that

“The chief really does know me!”

The slogan that the chief came up with last time was very much to his liking.

This time, he had only thought of some hints when the chief’s letter told him the whole approach.

What is this called?

It’s called knowing one’s enemy!

For a moment, Chen Sheng’s heart was infinitely filled with emotion.

Soon, everything was ready.

Early the next morning, there were fishermen fishing around Yunmengze.

Although the word had long been put out here that this was the land of the farmers and that bandits and the like were not allowed to enter.

But there was still nothing wrong with the fishermen fishing.

Only for some reason, the harvest today was particularly good, with a tail of big fish that almost jumped onto the fishing boats themselves.

The fisherman could not stop smiling, but did not notice that when he had gone, a human head emerged from the water.

After catching the fish, the fisherman went straight into town, where of course the fish had to be sold while they were fresh.

Soon the fish arrived in various parts of the county.

In the barracks of the county, the cook was preparing the ingredients and chopped open a fish straight away, only to find a roll of cloth inside, with writing on it.

Although he did not recognise it, he found it extremely surprising.

How could there be writing inside this fish belly?

Could it be the will of the water god?

The cook dared not delay and handed over the cloth in a hurry.

The cloth went all the way to the magistrate.

When the magistrate saw the cloth slip, his face instantly paled and he hastily asked

“Where did this strip of cloth come from?”

The subordinate said in a loud voice that

“It was taken by the cook in the belly of the fish.”

The magistrate said evenly.

“How dare you be so bold as to exile that cook, and never let the contents of this note get out and send another letter to…”

Before the magistrate could finish his words, a servant hurried in and said that

“Magistrate, it’s not good, many people in the city have taken out strips of cloth from the belly of the fish!”

The servant put a pile of cloth strips in front of the magistrate.

The magistrate looked at the strips of cloth in front of him and his heart fluttered.

He was originally a Chu legacy, and now that the Great Qin was in turmoil, he had no intention of pledging his loyalty.

He just did not want to draw fire so soon.

That’s why he saw that one piece of cloth and thought of destroying it.

But now, if the whole county is like that…

“Who is this Chen Sheng? ”

The magistrate quickly asked.

The two human servants looked at each other before saying that

“Magistrate, he is the leader of the nearby farmers, and these days, has been helping them and is little known among the people.”

The magistrate gave an oh, then waved his hand and said.

“Understood, you guys go down.”

The servant hesitated and asked.

“The cook and this strip of cloth…”

The magistrate waved his hand and said that

“The cook is not to be bothered with, well, the cloth, if you see it, collect it and destroy it.”

The rumours had spread and now the controls were actually of no further use.

As the magistrate, he was in contact with more information, naturally, than these people, and had known for a long time that

Great Qin, there is going to be chaos!

However, there was not much panic in his heart.

His family was already a local powerful man, otherwise they would not have been able to become the magistrate.

When the state of Chu was destroyed by Qin, his father was the magistrate, but now it was his turn.

Over the years, he had helped his family to make enough money, but he had not been promoted.

If he could seize the opportunity, this time, maybe, he could go further!

Of course, there is no need to rush too much now, let’s see what happens.

The magistrate didn’t care, the rumours soon spread around.

By the end of the day, the Qin troops were on the walls of the city, the

The night was uninteresting, and several Qin soldiers whispered about the

“Have you heard? Today many saw the will of the water gods from the belly of the fish.”

“It says, “Great Chu rises, King Chen Sheng!”

“Hiss, let me tell you, I actually know this Chen Sheng, the other day my elder brother had fled to Yun Meng Ze, and I heard that they were giving out seed tools and fields!”

“Really? I’m the only one in my family who has marched in and hasn’t starved to death, and the others aren’t doing well either.”

The Qin soldiers whispered, when suddenly a fire suddenly burst into flame outside the city walls.

The Qin troops were instantly alert and looked outside.

Instead, they saw the shadows of two huge evil dragons of Yunmengze appearing on the city walls under the light of the fire.

A shout, which did not sound like a human voice, also rang out all around

“Great Chu rises, King Chen Sheng!”

Seeing this scene, the Qin troops on the city walls could not help but feel their scalps tingle.

If it had been the enemy, they would have gone after it without hesitation.

The Great Qin, even if they were just county soldiers, were not something that could be stopped by ordinary people.

But now they were facing the invisible and shapeless ghosts and gods, and they dared not make a move, but were afraid!

And at that moment, not far from the fire.

Chen Sheng was looking at the place with Wu Guang and Peng Yue.

“Hey, hey, the chief’s ploy is really brilliant, I’m afraid that after today, my name, Chen Sheng, will resound in the Chu land.”

Chen Sheng said with a smile.

Wu Guang said with envy that

“If you become rich in the future, don’t forget me.”

Hearing this, Chen Sheng was also a little smug in his heart, but the figure of Zhao Lang soon appeared in his mind and he smiled back, saying

“As long as the chief is here, what are you worried about all this for?”

“Besides, we are doing this for the peasants of the world, not for our own personal gain.”

Wu Guang nodded back.

Only Peng Yue, who was on the side, looked at the peasants who were pretending to be gods not far away and said with a slight frown.

“Aren’t you afraid of offending the ghosts and gods?”

Although he was involved in this plan, he still had a fear of ghosts and gods in his heart.

Hearing the question, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang both froze for a moment, then burst out laughing and said that

“Our chief said before that good ghosts and gods will naturally protect the people, and what we are doing now is for the people, so they will not blame us.”

“And the bad ghosts and gods, if they dare to come and harm us, when we die, they will be killed as well!”

“So, whether there are ghosts and gods or not, whether the ghosts and gods are good or bad, as long as we do what we do and ask for what we want, then what is there to fear?”

Peng Yue was outright stunned.

Then, revealing a bitter smile, he said

“Chief, it really is the chief.”

“There is indeed truth in what was said.”

Wu Guang said with a smile at this point, and

“The last time the chief came over, you didn’t get to spend too much time with him, and later you will know that the chief is the wisest man in the world.”

Chen Sheng, who was at the side, also nodded his head in deep understanding.

The chief always managed to think with him every time.

When Peng Yue saw the two of them, his mind also couldn’t help but think of that extremely handsome and flamboyant gentleman.

Soon, it was late at night.

“All right, let’s go and call again tomorrow.”

Soon, Chen Sheng left with his men.

Early the next morning, the rumours in the county became more and more exaggerated, the

“Last night, the Water God sent the evil dragon to convey the decree and extol Chen Sheng’s name outside the city gates!”

“First with a fish, then with an evil dragon, is this really the will of the gods?”

“Hiss, do you still remember that it was here that the then First Emperor claimed his illness!”

“Rumour has it that he has long since… Now Chen Sheng is rising here again, this should be the will of heaven!”

“Alas, this world is really going to be in chaos.”

Time passed by in a flash, just as the farmers were hurrying to harvest their grain.

Rumours had spread to the counties around Yun Meng Ze, the farms!

The farmers, who had suffered so much from oppression, could not help but have the slightest illusion that the Great Qin was brutal and that their days might be better if Chu was restored.

Of course the fantasy now is not going to change their plight.

The grain they had just harvested had been taken away in the blink of an eye.

The officials say that now that the world is in turmoil, taxes have been raised again.

Although the First Emperor had previously had officials preach during his tour that taxes had to be raised by decree, who would dare ask to see it today?

There was just a growing hatred in everyone’s heart for the tyrannical Great Qin.

And the more they yearned for the rumoured King Chen Sheng.

I heard that inside the Yun Meng Ze, one only had to pay a very small amount of tax.

Of course, they were a bit reluctant to give up their current fields and go to Yunmengze.

On this day, it was already early autumn.

Most of the crops in the fields had also been harvested.

On a small island within the Cloud Dream Swamp, thousands of sturdy farmers are gathered together.

In the middle of the island is a high platform built of earth.

Chen Sheng, Wu Guang stood on it and shouted.

“The world is in chaos, and we peasants are worse off than dead!”

“And the kings and nobles of the world are drinking and drinking!”

“Gentlemen, it is better for kings and lords to have a son!”

With that, he bared his right arm, cut wood for a spear, and unveiled his pole as a flag!

Soon, countless peasants also carried the message far and wide.

And so the world shook!