Especially the third and fourth village chiefs, they are the oldest and have the most children in their families.
My daughter-in-law would make a fuss with them every day because her child was an illegal resident and could not take the imperial examination. She would cry every day, and they were so afraid to go home that they were worried to the point of baldness.
Sun Meng didn't wait for them to speak, and said, "Stop it, all of you!
I know what you guys want to say. Don't be like a demon all day long. You can't move or take a step forward when you hear the words "household registration" and "imperial examination".
Aren't there enough people being cheated?
Tell me yourself, just because of such a trivial matter, how much money did you spend? You almost lost your life. Why don’t you learn your lesson?
I'll go in right now and chase away Huo Laowu, that guy who spreads evil words to confuse the people.
To prevent him from disrupting the morale of the army and making you all go crazy, with your hearts set on the Huo family army!"
The third and fourth village chiefs hurriedly stopped Sun Meng who was about to go in and chase Huo Jingxuan away, "Brother, don't you always say that you advocate democracy?
Why is he so overbearing this time and doesn’t even let us speak?
You are a lonely person. If one of you is full, the whole family will not be hungry.
But my brothers all have large families to support, so how can we not make plans for our children’s future?
Let alone the fact that it is certain that our children can study and take the imperial examinations, even if there is a slight possibility, we must seize it and give it a try. We cannot let our children blame us!"
The others who had children at home nodded in agreement.
Sun Meng felt that something was wrong. "What kind of magic potion did Huo Jingxuan give you that makes you trust him so unconditionally?
It's a foregone conclusion. He himself is in a difficult situation and can hardly save himself, so how can he care about you?
Have you forgotten that he was sentenced to exile and now he is planning to rebel?
You all know how high the chances of a rebellion being successful are. From ancient times to the present, the number of successful rebellions can be counted on the handful of hands.
But as for those who have failed, even if you add up your hands and feet, you still can’t count them.
"It's not that easy to achieve success, just take a break!"
"We just believe what Huo Jingxuan said, not for any other reason, just because his last name is Huo, we believe him." Those people retorted.
The fourth village chief couldn't stand it any longer. "Even if Huo Jingxuan wanted to rebel, so what? At least he is a real man who dares to think and act.
As for us, we are like mice, hiding in this corner, living in hiding from the sun.
Big brother, go and have a look, you will see how many of our brothers cannot even marry a decent wife because they don’t have a household registration. They dare not to marry, for fear of delaying others.
Our lives have become increasingly difficult in the past two years. The master's expenses are increasing, and we are no longer able to make ends meet.
If we don’t find a way out, we will all starve to death!”
The third leader thought of something else, "Brother, have you ever thought about this? The four countries are about to go to war.
Since Huo Jingxuan dared to choose to rebel at this critical juncture, he must be powerful.
What if he wins and destroys those three countries? What should we do then?
Now he comes to negotiate with us politely and discuss the matter of recruiting us.
I’m afraid that next time, he will directly send a large army to attack us, using the Huo family’s cavalry to crush us.”
The military advisor also advised Sun Meng, "Big creditor, what the third and fourth camp leaders said makes sense. We are indeed different now and we must find a way out.
If we continue to follow the old path, to put it bluntly, it will only lead to a dead end.”
The second village chief couldn't stand it any longer, "It's not as exaggerated as you say, we are doing fine now!
It is so nice to have food to eat, drink to drink and be free and unrestrained.
Why do you want to follow that Huo Laowu? I've heard that the Huo family's army is notoriously strict in its military discipline. Are you really willing to be controlled by others?"
No one else bothered to pay attention to him, he was just a fool.
If everyone hadn't been tolerant of him and taken care of him, he would have been reborn many times just because of his recklessness.
Just at this moment, a pigeon flew over, and everyone became worried when they saw the pigeon.
You don't need to look at them to know that the master is asking for money again.
Sure enough, after Sun Meng finished reading it, everyone's guess was confirmed.
But this time, he really asked for one million taels of silver. Even if they had mountains of gold and silver, they couldn't afford such a huge sum!
When everyone saw this, they were so angry that they were about to smoke.
The fourth village chief was especially angry and tore the note into pieces.
Still not feeling satisfied enough, he threw it to the ground and stomped on it several times.
"Crazy, all crazy!
It became easier and easier to ask for money, and his mouth became bigger and bigger.
In the past, money was only asked for once every three months or half a year, sometimes it was ten thousand taels, sometimes it was tens of thousands of taels.
The most he would ask for at one time is 100,000 taels, why is he asking for 1 million taels this time?
Why do you need this? You can't eat so much even if you eat it as a meal, and you're not afraid of choking to death."
This time, even the usually taciturn Wuzhaizhu couldn't stand it anymore and complained, "Brother, we have done our best. If we had known this would happen, we shouldn't have cared about them in the first place.
We all came out of this on our own, and you were the one who built the team.
We didn't receive any favors from them, but instead ended up becoming wanted criminals and homeless because of their family.
It's time to part ways. We have helped them enough, and we have already repaid the old general.
We don’t owe her anything.”
The last sentence almost mentions the name.
This time even Sun Meng was puzzled, why did the mistress always ask for money recently?
Especially after Prince Jing took the lead in persuading him, the amount increased exponentially and the frequency became more and more frequent.
Not to mention that his brothers had complaints, even he was filled with anger and didn't know where to vent it.
Besides, they don’t have that much money in their accounts right now!
He can't make money, so where can he give it to her?
Sun Meng cleared his throat, glanced at everyone, and said, "Alright, alright, don't be angry anymore.
I know what you think. From now on, I won’t give them a penny.
We really don't have much money in our account. We'll hold a meeting later to discuss whether to disband or join the Huo family army and see what everyone thinks.
But, after all, the old general has taken good care of us, so I think we should help him overturn the case before taking the next step, otherwise I will always have a knot in my heart that I can't untie, and I will feel uncomfortable. "
The fourth leader sighed and thought Sun Meng was too stubborn.
"Brother, we want to do that too, but how easy is it to overturn a verdict?"
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