Me and countless me.

Chapter 207 Liu Xiu's Defense Breaks
For a moment, Liu Xiu wanted to stab the man in front of him with a sword.

It was not because the other party had ill intentions towards his beloved big sister Yin Lihua, but because Li Ke said Yin Lihua's name to him under such circumstances.

Yin Lihua was the daughter of a wealthy local family and also his beloved elder sister. Her gentle temperament always made him forget the troubles of the world. Just by looking at her face, she could eat two more bowls of rice. Liu Xiu didn't think that the man in front of him, who was obviously from a wealthy family, didn't know who Yin Lihua was.

At first I thought the person in front of me was a good person, but now it seems that he is just a scoundrel.

However, Liu Xiu still agreed with what the man in front of him said.

"Yes...I would marry Yin Lihua."

If she were not a girl, she would also want to marry Sister Yin Lihua, but unfortunately, she is a girl, and Sister Yin Lihua's marriage is not something that a small person like her can have the final say in. It is just that there is an 80% chance that Sister Yin Lihua's future marriage will not be very happy.

However, after this interruption, Liu Xiu no longer had the idea of ​​taking Li Ke as a concubine. Although she was not a lady from a wealthy family, she was still a legitimate relative of the Han royal family and had some pride in her heart.

Li Ke flirted with her and said he wanted to marry other women. It was obvious that he was a pervert, so she pulled her hand back, looked at the fields by the roadside, and abruptly changed the subject.

“But the harvest this year is not very good.”

At this point, Liu Xiu wanted to sigh. Although their family was not a commoner, they could barely be considered powerful. However, if the harvests continued to fail and those high-ranking officials continued to exploit them, her family would also go bankrupt.

This is also the reason why her elder brother continues to gather followers.

When necessary, you can rob others to maintain your own family, otherwise if you become a civilian...

Thinking of this, Liu Xiu shuddered.

She knew what it was like for the common people who rented her own land. A woman would go to work in the fields the day after giving birth. Sometimes a pregnant woman would even work in the fields wrapped in grass leaves. The whole family only had one pair of pants and lived in a thatched hut, living with snakes, insects, rats and ants. Even rats were just meat for a snack.

She didn't want to become that kind of person.

Li Ke also fell silent. Near his home, because of him, the farmers on his land could still survive, at least they could wear clothes, but here...

Looking at the farmer who had not even a rag on his body and only some grass leaves wrapped around his lower body, Li Ke was silent.

No matter how poor a person is, he or she will always have clothes to wear. This is only the case in the New China. For a long time, being naked was the norm for the lower-class people.

Otherwise, why would clothes full of patches be pawned at pawn shops?

"Yes, the harvest is not good. I'm afraid many of these farmers won't survive the winter, but they still have to farm here..."

Li Ke looked at the farmer in the distance and sighed deeply. For a moment, he forgot about Liu Xiu and started thinking about his future behavior.

He has no magical powers, and only has the strength to barely defeat a hundred people. Many things are very troublesome to do, but fortunately he still has this strength to barely defeat a hundred people.

He also looked at the condition of the fields. Unless someone provided disaster relief, the farmers here would starve and would not survive the winter.

But they have not rioted or fled yet. What they are betting on is that the wealthy families here are willing to give them a chance to live, and that the court will not levy corvée and taxes on them.

In this case, even if half of the people in the family die, they can still be alive after boiling the bodies.

Then, Li Ke heard Yin Lihua beside him speak indifferently.

"So they are stupid. Although they are pitiful, they are really stupid."

Liu Xiu looked at the farmers with his red eyes, and spoke under Li Ke's stunned gaze.

"You're almost dead and you still want to farm. Isn't that stupid? If it were me, I would probably find a way to get some wine right away, drink and have fun, and then..."

Liu Xiu originally wanted to say that he was bringing a group of people to rob, but he suddenly remembered that the person next to him was not his childhood friend, so he stopped talking.

Li Ke stared at Liu Xiu in amazement, with only one thought in his mind.

"Is Yin Lihua's way so wild?!"

But Li Ke fell silent immediately afterwards, because in the historical records he had seen, it was not the first time that Liu Xiu led beasts to eat people, massacred cities and robbed them, and asked his subordinates for dividends from the robbery.

So it was understandable that Yin Lihua was like this, but he still couldn't help but speak up.

"What makes you say that?"

After Li Ke asked the question, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, because it was a well-known fact that the Han Dynasty was about to perish.

However, Liu Xiu was also frightened by Li Ke's surprised attitude, and she asked in disbelief.

"Isn't that what all the rich and powerful do?"

This is what she had seen since she was a child, and all the wealthy families did the same thing. If one did not want to be eaten, the only option was to eat others. The person in front of her was obviously from a wealthy family, so why was she so surprised?
Li Ke: “…………”

Li Ke was silent for a while, and then he realized that he had made the same arrogance of judging people in the past with the eyes and moral standards of future generations.

In this chaotic era, a person with a background like Liu Xiu would have no chance of making a name for himself unless he became a bandit.

Many of my comments about him are purely because I am Wang Mang.

"I know, but a prosperous world shouldn't look like this."

"But the world isn't prosperous, is it?"

The more Liu Xiu looked at Li Ke, the more she disliked him. She thought that Li Ke was simply mentally ill. What did he mean by a prosperous world?
Even she, a relative of the Han royal family, has to go out on the streets to collect tolls. Can this still be called a prosperous world?
Li Ke felt that Yin Lihua's words were indeed a bit offensive, but it was also the fact.

Yin Lihua was born locally, so for her, this is a real rule.

"Nowadays, all the wealthy families are wolf packs, counting on someone who stands out, has strength, and distributes wealth fairly to be the leader. If they don't become wolves, how can they survive? Isn't the reason for the current situation in the world because the wolf lords are not fierce and powerful enough?"

Liu Xiu looked at the farmers in the distance. She also sympathized with them, but there were many Han royal family members like this. She couldn't even save them, so how could she care about their thoughts? She didn't want them to be without clothes or even eat people in winter. After all, the wealthy families collected head taxes, so the more people the better. But the wealthy families didn't allow it, and the Han court didn't keep its word. So the people below didn't protect themselves like wolves, but sympathized with the civilians. Isn't that crazy?
Take care of these civilians, then who will protect them while their homes and walls are broken into and looted?

"Besides, this kind of thing should be considered by the emperor, right? After all, he is the master of the world, not us."

Liu Xiu said this very naturally. She had kept these words in her heart and would never say them out loud even if she died.

But looking at the person in front of him, Liu Xiu couldn't help but want to tell him that he was right and that his path was the most correct in this era.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to be a good person, but this is an era of cannibalism and her strength does not allow her to be a good person.

"If I were like the young man in front of me, who didn't have to worry about his career or his family's lack of food, I would also sympathize with them. But now, I only think about how to let them live a little longer, at least until the time to pay taxes."

Liu Xiu spoke as if it was natural and he had no shame at all, while Li Ke was completely silent.

Because what Liu Xiu said was right. If he was not from modern times, if he was not born as Wang Mang, if he was not cheating, he would just be one of countless hungry wolves, a hungry wolf waiting to take a bite from those aging wolf kings.

A hungry wolf eats hungry wolves weaker than itself, and after eating, it challenges the aging wolf king, and finally becomes the wolf king. This is the core of the struggle for hegemony and also the experience of Liu Xiu's rise.

But unfortunately, the Wang family is such an old wolf.

The Wang family was powerful, but they did not have enough talent. They were even so hungry for talent that even someone like him, who had been studying away from home for so long, had to be dragged away to be the heir. Needless to say, the Wang family was short of talent.

And because the Wang family was so large, after he came to power he had to use people from the Wang family, otherwise they would be swallowed up by others. However, the Wang family had no talented people, which made Wang Mang's political decrees a complete joke and did not have enough power to deter others.

Liu Xiu, on the other hand, completely regarded himself as the Wolf Lord. He knew very well that his subordinates were a group of hungry wolves, so he was even hungrier than the hungry wolves and ensured that the hungry wolves under his command could survive.

My previous comments about him were indeed not very good.

But that doesn't prevent him from saying it's Liu Xiu.

after all--

He is Wang Mang!
So Li Ke nodded to Yin Lihua.

"Yes, you are right. No matter who the emperor is, he will eventually eat people. The only difference is the way of eating. Some people can make the guys under them willingly be eaten, but some can't do it, not even the Wolf King can do it."

Li Ke looked at Liu Xiu and felt more and more that he was very useful to him. Not only because he was Yin Lihua and marrying her would cut off one of Liu Xiu's dragon veins, but also because his thoughts and character could serve as his mirror, allowing him to always understand that this was a world of war, so that he could put away the arrogance of a time traveler that appeared unconsciously in him.

So, Li Ke held Yin Lihua's hand again and looked at Liu Xiu affectionately.

"So come and help me, okay? I am powerful and influential, and your eldest brother probably just needs an opportunity to make a fortune. You come to my side to accompany me, and your eldest brother will work for me with my help. Maybe in the future he can also win a position as one of the Three Dukes."

Liu Xiu was startled for a moment, but did not struggle to break free from Li Ke's hand. He looked at Li Ke in surprise.

"You, why are you so arrogant? Who are you?"

Li Ke smiled.

"I am not talented, but I am the king of the Wang family..."

When he mentioned his name, the corners of Li Ke's mouth twitched, and then he spoke.

"Wang Mang, I plan to change my name after a while, but the name I plan to change to is a bastard, a piece of shit to me, so I am a little hesitant now... But speaking of it, this bastard is your fellow countryman."

Li Ke didn't blush or gasp when he talked about Liu Xiu. Indeed, he already knew that the reason he completely denied Liu Xiu was because he was Wang Mang.

but--

Is there anything wrong with Wang Mang scolding Liu Xiu? His scolding of Liu Xiu has nothing to do with Liu Xiu's ability, okay?

And after this failure, his entire family would be killed by Liu Xiu. If he succeeded, he would kill Liu Xiu's entire family. So as Wang Mang, it was normal and reasonable for him to scold Liu Xiu!
Even if Liu Xiu was in person, he dared to scold him!
Liu Xiu had never heard of the name Wang Mang, but she knew Wang. Now in the court, the three dukes and the queen were all from the Wang family. It was no exaggeration to say that she could cover the sky with one hand.

If she followed Li Ke, and if her brother was good enough, it would not be impossible for him to become one of the Three Dukes.

But for Liu Xiu, she cared more about another thing, that is, who is the bastard that Li Ke mentioned? For Liu Xiu, this matter is very important.

"who is it?"

Liu Xiu raised his handsome eyebrows, while Li Ke smiled.

"This person is quite capable, but his ability and mentality are problematic. He is a bastard and a jerk. But his name is quite good, it's Liu Xiu."

Liu Xiu was silent. She subconsciously pulled out her hand and wanted to kick the bastard in front of her, but her hand did not come out. She also saw Li Ke's focused gaze, and suddenly she felt disgusted, speechless, and wanted to beat someone up.

She kept repeating in her mind, "Big brother wants a career, big brother wants a chance to make a name for himself!" With these words, Liu Xiucai resisted the urge to kick Li Ke down, took a deep breath, and spoke with a fake smile.

"Brother Wang, cursing someone behind their back is not a good thing... A gentleman like you shouldn't do that..."

But Li Ke just smiled.

He stood up in the carriage, revealing a frank temperament. Li Ke didn't know why, but in front of this woman, he dared to speak his mind! It even felt like a child's fighting.

then--

"I dare to say that to your face!"

As he spoke, Li Ke took a deep breath and was about to shout out towards the county town in front of him.

"Liu Xiu!! You! Are just a Ji…"

However, before Li Ke could finish his words, Liu Xiu, who could no longer bear it, kicked him. His delicate little foot kicked Li Ke directly on the waist, and the defenseless Li Ke was kicked out of the carriage!
(End of this chapter)