A group of ragged men were standing in the fields, holding an assortment of peasant weapons.

"Rebellion! Rebellion! Damn it! We can't survive, and these officials can't survive either!"

"It's a rebellion!"

A group of people waved flags and shouted.

A short, smart-looking man in the crowd said, "Brother Gou! I heard that the Yan State border is giving us food. They're willing to give us a bowl of porridge for anyone who comes over, no matter which country they are from."

"Can the people of Yan be so kind?" Chen Zhanren's vicious reputation is known to all the people of Rong.

"Brother Gou, that was on the battlefield. When two countries fight, it's a life-or-death struggle. They definitely won't show mercy. Besides, we've robbed them a lot. But we're just ordinary civilians. The Queen of Yan won't target us. The food at the border was personally ordered by the Queen to be delivered to the border to help us."

Dog Brother had a look on his face that was neither smiling nor crying. "I never thought that the one who would finally take care of ordinary people like us would be the emperor of another country? Our own emperor only wants to send troops to kill us. What a bastard emperor!"

The clever little man said, "Brother Gou, there are only a few people in our village. If we rebel, we'll be suppressed quickly. Otherwise, we can go to the border of Yan State to fill our stomachs first. It's not far from here anyway. We can see what to do then. Besides, I heard that many of our people have fled to Yan State."

Dog Brother glanced at the villagers. They were all so hungry that their cheekbones were prominent and their faces were pale. "Okay, Xiao Mu, I'll listen to you. Let's go fill our stomachs first, and then we'll discuss what to do next."

Xiaomu was the one who was chosen from the group of beggars to be a waiter in Liulizhai. He came to Rongguo to work and was then sent back to Yanguo. Because of his cleverness, he was assigned a task by An Jingzhi, specifically to infiltrate the people of Rongguo and incite the lower-class people. Afterwards, he would be rewarded based on his merits and maybe even get an official position.

Xiaomu agreed on the spot when he heard it.

He had been working in Rongguo for two years and was quite familiar with the area. He could speak Rongguo dialect fluently. After working as a clerk for two years, he was very good at reading people's expressions.

This group of people led by Gou Ge is the third wave he has brought over.

After walking for half a day, Gou Ge and his companions arrived at the border of Yan State. They took a detour along the mountain road and passed through a gap in the mountain to reach the border of Yan State. They found that there were indeed many people from Rong State queuing up to get porridge, and not far from the border of Yan State, there were those Rong State soldiers who were eyeing them covetously.

"Xiao Mu, I didn't expect that the Queen of Yan State would be so kind and actually give porridge to the people of Rong State like us."

A group of people including Gou Ge were squatting in a corner with the drinks they had queued up for.

"Brother Gou, in fact, after hearing about our Rong Kingdom, the Emperor of Yan was very worried about us, the lower-class people. However, as the Emperor of Yan, she couldn't interfere in the affairs of our Rong Kingdom. She could only distribute porridge at the border."

"I heard that the Emperor of Yan said something during court a few days ago. I'll recite it to you: When prosperity comes, the people suffer; when decline comes, the people suffer. No matter what conflicts there are between the two countries, the people at the bottom are innocent."

Xiaomu imitated the performance vividly, as if he was there himself, and added his own understanding. The performance moved the people around him deeply.

This group of despicable people from Rong State were chased and killed by their own emperor, but the emperor of the enemy country actually cared about their lives.

"Unfortunately, we arrived too late. A group of Rong people had already been admitted, but the Emperor was not happy, saying that the Emperor of Yan was stealing our people. So we can't go in even if we want to. I just inquired, and the first group of Rong people who entered have already been allocated land and settled down."

"Really give them land? Why? Why is the Emperor of Yan so kind?"

Xiao Mu said to the crowd that had gathered around him, "What do you know? How can we possibly guess what's going on in the minds of these powerful figures? The Emperor of Yan is very generous. We're just ordinary people, not soldiers or officials. They won't target us. The first group of people who went in not only gave us land, but also six months' worth of food. When you harvest this food, you can just return it. There's no tax on it in the first year."

"How do you know so much?"

Xiao Mu pointed to the person surrounded by the crowd on the other side and said, "I just heard it from there. The person surrounded was the first group of people who went in. If you don't believe me, go and listen for yourself."

When the others heard this, they all walked over there.

I only heard the Rong citizen standing in the middle vividly describing how their lives were after arriving in Yan State. In short, the Yan Emperor treated them equally and was considerate of them. He not only gave them land and food, but also allowed them to bring their families over to settle down.

Gradually, many people came out from the border of Yan State to share their new lives.

Of course, these people were all real people from Rong State. Some of them recognized their fellow villagers. For a moment, everyone was even more envious of these first people who joined Yan State.

"It's a pity we came late, otherwise we could have gone in."

"It's all our emperor's fault. If it weren't for him, the Emperor of Yan would definitely not have rejected us." Someone whispered.

The others woke up as if from a dream. Yes, the Emperor of Yan was willing to receive them and settle in Yan. If their emperor had not refused, they could have gone in now and would not have to starve.

"Oh, it would be great if our Majesty was the Emperor of Yan."

I don't know who suddenly sighed.

This sentence was like thunder in their ears. The people of Rong were a little scared at first, but then they thought of their current situation and glanced at the Rong soldiers in the distance who were staring at them covetously. Infinite courage rose in their hearts.

"That's right! If our emperor was the Emperor of Yan, she would definitely not watch so many of us starve to death!"

"They even saved people from countries other than their own. If we were citizens of Yan, how wonderful our lives would be!"

After bringing up the topic, Xiaomu quietly left the crowd.

In fact, the Emperor of Rong State was eager for Yan State to take away all of their excess population.

At present, these people are the most unstable factor, but he has no food, so he can only ensure the army first. Anyway, there are people everywhere, and once they get through this period, there will be time to slowly develop the population.

However, the people that Yan State took in did not simply want the population, they wanted all of them.

Only when the people who are taken in first live well can we highlight how miserable the others are.

If the Emperor of Rong issued an order not to allow them to go to Yan State, I believe the anger of the people of Rong State towards the Emperor would reach its peak.