Chapter 460 - Chapter 460: Seed of Rebellion
Chapter 460: Seed of Rebellion
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“We would either starve here, or get pulled to defend the city gates.”
The conversation was held in a teahouse or a restaurant. They had some money, so they could come to this kind of place to eat.
But in another place, it could be said that the ground was full of corpses. These corpses had all starved to death, and many of them had numb faces.
Many of the people here were naked and dirty. Their faces were numb and lifeless. They did not even have the energy to hide their shame.
The starving man’s eyes were dizzy. He looked at the dead man on the ground with green eyes and could not help but pounce on him and take a bite.
He was immediately kicked away by an officer.
“Get out of here, go! Just starve to death! If we eat the dead, we’ll get infected and we’ll suffer too!”
The soldiers were there to burn the dead. They knew that too many people would cause the plague, so they did not dare to leave the bodies alone. They would take them away immediately.
However, the speed at which they pulled the dead away was far slower than the speed at which people were dying.
“We have to do such heavy work every day, but we can’t even eat more,” one of the soldiers complained. “I’m so tired!”
Another soldier started to complain, “That’s right. I don’t know what they’re doing, but I heard that the most important thing for our brothers in the camp is that they’ve been cut down on food. Could it be that the Imperial Court has given up on us? Have they stop the transfer of rations and grain?”
“I think so. Otherwise, why didn’t they give these starving people something to eat? Although they can’t be used for war, they’re good for blocking the city gates. If they starve to death, we’ll still have to carry them to burn them.”
They were all discussing the recent events and complaining about the courts stinginess.
Those people who were treated as disposable objects by the soldiers leaned against the wall with numb faces. They did not even move their eyes when they heard what the soldiers said.
Suddenly, a soldier whispered, “I heard that the Wei army is giving out porridge outside. As long as you are willing to submit to the Wei Kingdom, you can get a bowl of white porridge!’
“Plain porridge? That good? We can only eat black-faced steamed buns mixed with stones, and it’s really hard to swallow. I didn’t expect Wei Kingdom to be so generous!”
“Don’t they have the high-yield crops? If it wasn’t for the high yield, Dongyue wouldn’t have attacked Great Wei. Now, they’re retaliating!’
They sighed as they talked about this huge reversal, as if Dongyue was not their country, and it was far less exciting than this.
They did not take the people who were still alive on the ground seriously, so they naturally did not see the light that burst out in their eyes when they heard the words ‘free porridge’.
These people looked at each other and saw the desire in each other’s eyes.
Suddenly, the street was in chaos. Soldiers holding long swords hurried down the street and shouted, “Whoever dares to talk about the Wei Kingdom will be
killed without mercy!’
Instantly, everyone was silent like cicadas in winter. They shut their mouths tightly and did not dare to speak.
Although they were banned on the surface, they were still discussing this matter in private.
Moreover, people always had a rebellious mentality. The more they were not allowed to say, the more they wanted to say.
More and more people were talking about this in private, and they even formed a certain organization. Some people were in charge of looking out for officials and inform the rest when they see officials. so no one could catch them..