Zheng Hong was talking with saliva flying, his old face flushed red, but when he looked up, he found that Zhao He was looking at him as if he were a fool.
I immediately realized that I had lost my composure.
He quickly bowed and said, "I am filled with righteous indignation and have lost my composure!"
Zhao He took a deep breath, looked at him angrily and said, "Captain Zheng, Zhang Yuan actually has these resources, why didn't you tell me earlier?
When I asked you what use people like Zhang Yuan were, how did you answer me?
You say, 'The Marquis of Huating is a decayed old man, like a dead tree in the mountains, which cannot burn if used as firewood, and cannot support anything if used as wood.' If we were to force a point of merit in him, perhaps we could say that his appearance is acceptable."
Zheng Hong's old face turned slightly red, and he felt a little embarrassed. He couldn't say that he was afraid that Zhang Yuan would steal his limelight.
And to be honest, these words were not said by him, but by the deceased Lin Changli. He just smiled and nodded.
But Zhao He would definitely not agree with this at this time.
He could only stammer, "This is my fault. I only said that he was a guard dog, but forgot that he also guarded some resources."
Zhao He heard that what he just said was almost priceless, and now it has become "some resources".
He shook his head and was too lazy to say anything more.
But he suddenly remembered something and frowned, "And where did the natives under Nan Luoying come from? Which unit are they from?"
Haven't all the natives in this city left?"
"That... I don't know either, but seeing as there are many women among those natives, they must be mostly from the Qingyun Cave and other upper three caves, or perhaps there are also people from the Muyi tribe."
Zheng Hong hesitated again.
Suddenly remembering something, he said hurriedly, "I know. It must be that the demon girl Yun Panpan from Qingyun Cave had hooked up with the emperor when she was in the city. Your Highness and his subordinates were watching outside the demon girl's house, but they were killed. I'm afraid it was the emperor who did it!
And then the witch suddenly left, causing Your Highness to reprimand His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi. I'm afraid that was also because of this.
Tsk tsk, this emperor is so treacherous!"
In fact, Zhao He also remembered it without him saying anything.
However, he thought more than Zhao He, but he couldn't quite understand it for a moment.
Suddenly, I finally remembered what I was worried about.
His expression changed involuntarily, and he couldn't help but cry out, "Not good, something's going to happen to my father!"
"What?"
Zheng Hong was stunned when he heard this, and was a little confused. Why did he suddenly talk about "Father"?
But Zhao He didn't have time to explain to him in detail.
He then asked anxiously, "Captain Zheng, this time I want you to tell the truth. No lies!"
“…”
Zheng Hong didn't know how to answer for a moment. He wanted to say, "I have always told the truth," but he found that this sentence itself was not true.
Finally, he could only nod with a flushed face and said, "I understand. Your Majesty, if I lie again, I will not be allowed to go to Yinshan after my death!"
"That's too much."
Zhao He heard what he said.
Yinshan, also known as Zushan, is not any mountain on the map of Daqin. According to legend, Yinshan is at the end of the earth and is the place where the souls of the dead go after death.
The ancestors' spirits also live here.
Only by entering Yinshan after death can people reunite with their ancestors and receive the protection of the heroic spirits of their ancestors and the gods of the Qin Dynasty, such as the Mother of Yinshan, so as to avoid the suffering of cold wind and rain.
If a person has committed serious sins or feels guilty towards his ancestors, he cannot go up to Yinshan Mountain. He can only wander in the wilderness all year round, suffering from wind and rain, and having no place to go.
And they will not receive sacrifices from future generations.
Lack of food and clothing.
You can imagine how miserable it is.
Therefore, in the Qin Dynasty, not being able to go to Yinshan after death was a serious oath, and being expelled from the clan was also a severe punishment.
Even someone as suspicious as Zhao He could no longer doubt it after hearing what Zheng Hong said.
Otherwise, Zheng Hong would immediately turn against him, and no one in the world would be able to accuse Zheng Hong of being fickle.
He immediately asked solemnly, "Actually, I just want to know how many soldiers Captain Zheng still has who can fight."
Zheng Hong almost vomited blood when he heard this. It was just a small thing. Why didn’t you ask me earlier? Why did you even ask me to swear?
But when he thought about it carefully, he found that he really couldn't say it.
But since he had already sworn an oath, he couldn't lie any more, so he said frankly, "Your Highness, if the Dahuang County soldiers were fully staffed, there would be 5,000 men. However, because Zhang Yuan has been constantly squeezing out food and wages, the court often can't pay them all, so there's no way they can support that many soldiers.
The actual number of people available is about 3,000, and they have been sent to various counties and passes, and some are more than one or half a village. Now there are less than 2,000 people in Dahuang City.
Among them, some old soldiers were only fit to serve as postmen or to guard farms and valleys.
There are only about 1,400 to 1,500 men left who can fight."
When Zhao He heard this, his face couldn't help but turn a little dark.
He had known that there were many vacancies among the soldiers in each county, but he had never expected the vacancies to be to this extent.
You talked about five thousand people for a long time, but in the end there were only fourteen or fifteen hundred people.
How dare you swear like this?
But now there was nothing he could do, so he could only ask, "Have you gathered these fourteen to five hundred people?"
After he finished speaking, Zheng Hong said awkwardly, "Your Highness, I haven't finished speaking yet?
The soldiers I mentioned are those under the jurisdiction of Dahuang County, but not all the soldiers in the county are under my command. Some of them are also under the jurisdiction of the four inspectors.
There are also more than a hundred people guarding the county magistrate's office.
There were also some private soldiers of various powerful people stationed in the county.
so……"
"So what? So, it's already like this, is there anyone else?" Zhao He was well-mannered, but he finally got angry at this time.
You are a county commander and you only have 1,400 to 1,500 men under your command, and there are even some inflated soldiers among them. Why don't you just die?
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