After Guo Xi's deputy, An Fu, arranged a place for Wang Han and the others to stay, An Fu immediately called over servants and led the three children who had come into the city with Wang Han, along with the refugee couple, to wash up.
After resting for a while, Wang Han asked Anfu to take him to the granaries of various government offices in the city.
As evening fell, Wang Han filled all the government granaries in the city to the brim, and then followed An Fu to the city garrison commander's residence.
That evening, the people in the city and the refugees outside the city finally had a full meal.
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Meanwhile, in the city magistrate's mansion, under his leadership, officials of all ranks, merchants, and wealthy gentry from Xiangyang City had gathered there. Moreover, upon hearing that Wang Han could conjure up white rice out of thin air, many people couldn't help but have designs on him.
Looking at these people with ulterior motives, Guo Xi sighed helplessly. These people were all intricately connected, and he himself was among them. However, although he also harbored feelings for Wang Han, he was completely different from those others. Those people were like the greedy people in the fable who craved wealth; many of them were only after their own interests. To them, ordinary people were not even worth as much as pet dogs, except for objects of exploitation. At least he still had the country and the people in his heart. Like before, when these merchants had raised grain prices to one tael of silver per pound, preferring to let the grain rot in warehouses rather than lower prices for the starving people, if he hadn't used force to threaten them, probably half the people alive in Xiangyang City besides these merchants and officials would be gone by now.
"They've arrived." Just then, a servant rushed into the city magistrate's mansion to report.
"They've finally arrived." Upon hearing this, everyone became excited and rushed towards the gate of the city garrison, with the city garrison commander and the city garrison general Guo Xi leading the way.
"My lord, we have arrived at the city magistrate's mansion. All the officials, merchants, and wealthy gentry in the city have arrived today to welcome you." Anfu said to Wang Han as he led him toward the city magistrate's mansion.
"All the officials, big and small, are here. That really saves me a lot of trouble!" Upon hearing this, Wang Han nodded and suddenly stopped.
"Sir, what's wrong?" Anfu asked, somewhat puzzled.
“I don’t want to eat with them. I’ll eat with the city’s residents and the refugees outside the city tomorrow,” Wang Han said. With a wave of his hand, he opened a portal to a divine space behind him.
"Click click click..." "Splash splash splash..."
As Wang Han clasped his hands together, the sounds of clashing armor and heavy footsteps echoed behind the two men.
Upon hearing the sound, Anfu immediately turned around and saw that behind him, it was as if a huge, moving black curtain had been pulled up. Soldiers wearing ancient armor, holding ancient weapons, and with cracks all over their faces and bodies, were walking out of the black curtain in rows.
"Who are you people?" Upon seeing this, Anfu immediately drew his sword and stood between Wang Han and the ancient soldiers. "Sir, please leave quickly. I'll hold them off here."
"Bang." The next second, Anfu felt a pain in the back of his neck, and everything went black before his eyes. He lost consciousness.
"Damn it, where did these troops come from?" Inside the city garrison, all the officials, big and small, who had come out to greet them quickly stopped.
"My lord." Just as the city guards and others were filled with doubt and panic, a general dressed in Qin Dynasty armor came to Wang Han, knelt down on one knee and said, "My lord, what are your orders?"
"General Bai Qi," Wang Han said, "I want you to take this city tonight and control everyone in it. Bring all the officials, merchants, and tyrants before me. Remember, do not harm the ordinary people. Keep them under control and prevent them from causing trouble in their panic." He then picked up Anfu and turned to walk towards the general's mansion. He left with a final sentence: "Tomorrow at sunrise, I want to share a bowl of steaming white rice with the starving people and refugees on the city wall."
"Your subordinate obeys." Upon hearing this, Bai Qi immediately responded loudly, and then ordered the Qin soldiers who were constantly emerging from the Divine Might Space behind him: "All soldiers, follow me to take this city and bring everyone under control. Remember, do not harm the civilians. Just gather them together and manage them. Those who surrender will not be killed."
"We obey..." Bai Qi had barely finished speaking when a unified roar immediately rang out.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." The sound of footsteps rang out. These corrupted Qin soldiers immediately surged from the streets towards the outskirts of the city.
'The Qin army of 400,000 men, who died in years of war, can take over a city with only 400,000 people, including refugees. A good night's sleep is enough for them.' Wang Han thought to himself as he listened to the commotion around him, and then his figure disappeared completely from the street.
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The next day, before sunrise, as dawn broke, round and square tables were already set up along the city streets. Around each table stood ordinary people and ragged refugees, each holding an empty bowl and a pair of chopsticks. Before them were bowls of fragrant rice and small bowls of vegetables. Although the aroma of the rice made their mouths water, not a single person dared to touch the food. At the edge of the street beside them, burly, menacing Qin soldiers, armed and clad in armor with cracks, watched them intently.
As the sun rose, Wang Han led the refugee couple and the three children to the top of the city wall.
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