Me and countless me.

Chapter 350 A wonderful connection

The history of war is mostly about the killing of entire families or the killing of entire families, but the knowledge of this history is often limited to the Chinese people.

Anyone in China who wants to do big things is basically prepared to have their entire family killed if they fail, or to kill someone else's entire family. In the entire Chinese cultural circle, killing an entire family is considered the highest threat.

However, for ordinary people in the Celestial Empire, the biggest threat is not to kill the whole family, but "Ancestors, unfilial descendants..." and "Dad, Mom, I am unfilial." Basically, when these two sentences appear, big things will happen.

No matter what it was, it was definitely a big deal. But the person who was now calling him ancestor was not Li Ke.

"Ancestors, I am really from the Celestial Empire! Lord Li Mingguo! I am really from the Tang Dynasty! I am a descendant of the Tang envoys, and the children of the Tang envoys are basically from the Tang Dynasty! Please forgive me for my Chinese bloodline!!"

A warrior was dragged away by Li Ke's men, crying and screaming. Then a large group of warriors began to shout that they were also people of the Tang Dynasty, and that they were children of people of the Ming Dynasty. This made Li Ke's head hurt.

because--

What these bastards say is true.

The marriage and blood relationships in ancient times are actually very different from those of modern people. From this era, there is even a system of walking marriage left over, that is, a woman just wants to have a child, and it doesn’t matter how many men she sleeps with or whose child it is.

Moreover, borrowing sperm is a very normal thing. Although Japanese people also care about bloodline, they care more about family name. As long as the child has their own surname, then there is no big problem. As for whose sperm the child is, people don’t really care.

This is actually a manifestation of the scarcity of means of production and social class oppression, but such a discussion is too annoying. However, Li Ke still knew some of the situation.

"There actually is a group of Japanese people who want to join the Ming Dynasty."

Li Ke couldn't help but mutter.

Yes, the reason why these Japanese shouted that they were people of the Ming Dynasty, or even descendants of the Tang Dynasty, was to let Li Ke, the person sent by the Ming Dynasty to conquer Japan, know that their hearts were with the Ming Dynasty. Even if Li Ke told them without hesitation that he was born in this place and only his soul was original from the Celestial Empire, these people didn't care at all and kept saying that they were ruled by the Ming people.

It is hard to tell whether they were unwilling to be defeated by a farmer's son, or whether they could make themselves seem unstoppable as long as they were associated with the Ming Dynasty.

The fact is——

is also like this.

"Shut up! Our master is a wise and powerful man. You have repeatedly committed murder and used peasants to test your knives. Even if you were once from the Tang Dynasty, you are still a sinner in front of our master, Lord Li Mingguo!"

Tiandao Zaoxing spoke without hesitation and rebuked the warriors who cried and shouted that they were from the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and then spoke proudly.

"We are people who have been educated by the upper country under the guidance of our lord! How could we associate with beasts like you! Executioner! Behead us now!"

At the end, what Tiandao Zaoxing spoke was not even Japanese, but Japanese-style Chinese with a strong colonel flavor. However, Li Ke felt a little melancholy when he heard this, because he had been speaking Japanese since he was a child, his mouth shape and tongue had changed a little, so -

Li Ke rubbed his face painfully, then looked at Tiandao Zaoxing, who was extremely proud of speaking Chinese, and showed an expression of subway, old people, and mobile phones, and then made a summary.

"You guys have lost your conscience!"

After saying this, Li Ke burst into tears, because he found that what he said now really had the flavor of a Yancha three generations of ancestors!
"Dad, Mom, I am an unfilial child. I now speak in the same tone as Dazuo..."

The moment Li Ke, who was in tears, finished speaking, the warriors' heads fell to the ground one by one, along with their parents, brothers, wives, and children.

Although killing even children was indeed a bit excessive, it was not an excessive thing for the Japanese in the Warring States Period.

Moreover, the children of samurai of this era never regarded peasants as human beings. Things like a ten-year-old boy killing a peasant was considered a symbol of bravery in that era.

That is to say, Li Ke strictly stipulated that warriors could not kill people at will, and used high salaries to support the lower-level warriors and soldiers, thus consolidating his own manpower to a certain extent.

The high salaries naturally come from these warriors whose homes have been confiscated and their families have been exterminated. If they don't kill these children who may seek revenge in the future, these warriors themselves will not feel at ease spending their money.

So everyone was united. In order to get more money, the warriors under him needed to kill the entire family of the hostile warriors with a legitimate reason. Therefore, they had many ways to settle accounts with these hostile warriors, and even held public trials. That was why so many farmers came to watch the criminal law.

Moreover, they all accused these warriors of not following Li Ke's rules and teachings, which was why Li Ke presided over the beheading ceremony.

He came here to kill people and make money, and he also endorsed his subordinates in killing people and making money and dividing the land.

So it looked like a public trial, but in reality it was just a process of dividing the spoils. But except for the person who was killed, everyone was very happy.

The peasants were happy because the land was in Li Ke's hands and they only had to pay 30% rent, which was already an incredible tax. The warriors were happy because they could get welfare benefits based on their military merits, official positions in Li Ke's court, and welfare subsidies for their wives and children.

But some people are still unhappy.

"This guy!"

The girl named Higurashi Kagome looked at the corpses and heads of the children in shock and couldn't help falling to the ground. Although Coral, who was standing beside her, felt a little reluctant, she knew that this was the cruelty of war.

As for Towa and Setsuna, Towa showed a look of reluctance on his face, while Setsuna was calm. Even Ling was very calm, although she felt a little bit reluctant, she didn't take it too seriously, which made Kagome Higurashi quite unbelievable.

It's so funny. During the Warring States Period, there was no day when such a thing didn't happen.
"Higurashi Kagome, how could someone like you be afraid of such a thing?"

Sango, who had always wanted to find an opportunity to kill Kagome, looked at Kagome crying because of fear, and became more and more suspicious that Kagome was the murderer who killed her own demon slayer clan.

Because no matter how dumb a demon hunter is, he will not cry because of the warriors being killed on the execution ground. Although he will feel sad, he will not be scared to this extent!
I was even scared to the point of falling to the ground!

Coral absolutely didn't believe that such a person could kill her entire family!
"This, this is a tyrant! This is definitely a tyrant! There are children there!"

Kagome didn't understand why everyone around her was so calm, so she couldn't help but shout. And Yongyuan held Kagome's shoulders and spoke softly. "Sister Kagome, don't get excited. This is a war, and this is not our era, so..."

She was also very reluctant, but she also understood that it was not something she could decide. After all, they had escaped secretly and were in someone else's territory, so sometimes she had to be patient.

"But……"

Higurashi Kagome opened her mouth and wanted to say something. She really wanted to reprimand Li Ke for being so cruel that he even wanted to kill a child. But just when she impulsively wanted to find Li Ke, Tiandao Zaoxing took Li Ke's notice and began to announce.

All in all, they are just other measures in Li Ke’s territory.

Labor service was paid with food and only 30% of the farmland tax was collected. No matter if it was a ninja or a farmer, as long as they made contributions, even if it was just production contributions, they could become officials or even samurai. Children without families would be adopted by his government, provided with basic food, lodging and clothing, and taught some simple skills to make a living.

Coral and Setsuna were stunned by the series of conditions and measures. Ling even subconsciously clenched her hands and stared at Li Ke, who was half leaning on the chair with an expressionless face.

At this moment, she felt a strong impulse and feeling in her heart.

She had a strong urge to follow Li Ke and see if Li Ke really intended to do this. She felt that Li Ke was very lonely, as if the cheers of the people around him had nothing to do with him, as if this was the terms and agreement of heaven, not something he had implemented!
Almost instinctively, Ling expressed the only feeling she had when looking at Li Ke.

"He seemed very sad that everyone was happy about this."

"sad?"

Coral looked at Ling with some confusion, not understanding why the little girl said that.

"Master Li Ke seems very sad that everyone is so happy as if it is New Year's Day because of these conditions. He seems to want to make everyone better."

"How can a guy who kills children be sad? And he even said he is a Ming citizen! Are there no good people in Japan?!"

Kagome spoke angrily, looked at Li Ke, and then also stood there in a daze.

Because like Ling, she also felt Li Ke's sadness and dissatisfaction, and it was not the dissatisfaction that other people took his things, but the dissatisfaction that these people were satisfied with him just because they were so kind.

She was shocked instantly, but for a modern person like her, Li Ke's rules and terms were really nothing to her. However, she also understood that this era was not the future after all, so she remained silent.

It's just clear that Coral is not going to remain silent.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Are you really a monster? Do you know that this is already the same behavior as Buddha! You are not worried about whether such a daimyo can maintain his arms and protect his territory, but you are questioning his kindness?"

Shanhu was extremely angry. Did their clan like to kill monsters and risk their lives to kill monsters all day long? It was because they had no money and no land!

For example, Li Ke divided the land among the trees and guaranteed that as long as she made meritorious service, she could become a samurai. Moreover, she wanted to be a daimyo with such low taxes in her dreams!

But at this moment, Shanshan poured a bucket of cold water on him.

"It's not that I'm worried, but with this kind of income, I can't protect my territory at all."

She calmly looked at the cheering civilians around her, and Kagome discovered that many of the civilians' faces showed not joy but fear.

"They are worried that Li Ke is a lawless person. Rather than letting Li Ke do evil and then perish, and their village being ravaged by samurai, they would rather follow those cruel daimyo who imposes high taxes but can protect themselves. Just watch, his decrees will definitely be difficult to implement."

As a person who has been wandering between humans and half-demons for many years, Setsuna actually understands human society better than Coral. After all, Coral's tribe is mostly in the mountains, and they will only accept commissions to eliminate demons when they need supplies. They do not communicate with other people at ordinary times.

But she can't, because the half-demon village is essentially a hub for trade between humans and demons, so she is very familiar with the situations all over the world.

It is clear that what Li Ke did will not be recognized.

However, at this time, Kagome Higurashi couldn't help but speak again.

"But if he can defend his territory and continue to expand it, wouldn't that be a good thing?"

Although she didn't like Li Ke killing the child, she also knew better what greater kindness was, so she couldn't help but refute it.

"Of course, that would be a... a..."

Shanna nodded, but was stunned for a moment, because she couldn't imagine what the scene in such a place was like. For a girl who had to think about survival when she woke up every day, she couldn't imagine such a place.

"moment……"

Yongyuan held her sister with heartache. She knew very well how happy she was in another world. She could eat any dessert she wanted, she would never starve to death as long as she wanted, and the care from her adoptive father Higurashi Sota and adoptive mother made her feel that it was a completely different place from the Japan of the Warring States Period.

Apart from anything else, it is obvious to the naked eye that oil lamps are not as convenient to use as electric lamps.

At this time, Kagome Higurashi spoke again.

"I want to ask him, I want to know what kind of person he is...Do any of you want to go with me?"

Looking at the man in front of her, for some reason, Kagome Higurashi felt that she cared extremely much, as if there was someone in her soul urging her to get closer to him, wanting to know what kind of person he was and whether he was a kind and right person.

And it was at the moment when Higurashi Kagome had this thought——

"Ok?"

Kikyo couldn't help but turn her head. She was currently in the orphanage established by Li Ke, playing games surrounded by those adopted children, and the dead children of Li Ke's soldiers and generals. But just now, she sensed her own spiritual power in the direction of Li Ke!
(End of this chapter)