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Chapter 22: Shepherding the People on Behalf of the Emperor

"Li Aiqing, with so many people, do you have enough mana?"

Seeing the dark crowd in front of him, He Lingsi asked with some concern.

Empress Dowager He woke up last night when Li Qingyuan gathered the refugees, but she didn't say anything at that time.

Just like these lower-class refugees didn't care who the emperor was, even though these people were nominally considered subjects of the Han Dynasty, He Lingsi did not feel that he had any obligation to save them.

The reason why the imperial court opened its granaries to provide disaster relief was not because it felt pity for these refugees, but because if these refugees all died or rebelled, there would not be so many cattle and horses to work next year!
Although essentially everyone has two eyes and one nose, the gap between the upper class and the lowest class is much greater than the gap between humans and pigs.

Friends who are familiar with the Three Kingdoms period should all know that the highest official of a prefecture or county during the Three Kingdoms period was called a governor. The authority of a governor was similar to that of a later Jiedushi, and he was basically the only one responsible for any government affairs within his jurisdiction.

To shepherd the people on behalf of the emperor, the word "shepherd" is used very vividly!
Not to mention He Lingsi, the nominal supreme ruler of the Han Dynasty, even the ordinary nobles never regarded these grassroots people as human beings.

In their view, the common people are no different from cattle and horses in captivity, and sometimes they are even worse than cattle and horses in captivity.

After all, cattle and horses can be considered valuable assets and cannot be wasted too much, while refugees are renewable resources like weeds and can be wasted as much as they want without any concern.

After a day of getting along, He Lingsi knew that Li Qingyuan was a strange person with magical powers. In the words of the Han Dynasty, he was an ancient qigong practitioner!
For those refugees, whoever can give them a bite to eat is a real living god. The reason why Zhang Jue was called the Great Sage Teacher was because he fed rice porridge to the victims who could not survive.

As for He Lingsi, who is at the highest level of the empire, she said that she had read the records in the Lantai Collection and was not unfamiliar with these people with special powers.

From Chisongzi in the pre-Qin period to Li Shaojun in the Emperor Wu period, these were all masters who could capture objects from the void!
In He Lingsi's opinion, Li Qingyuan is similar to those people. He knows some skills that seem incredible to ordinary people, but he is not qualified to be called a god.

Don’t think that the concept of killing monsters and leveling up is only found in later online novels. The imagination of the ancients was actually no worse than that of later generations, and they all had their own unique insights into unknown things.

The ability to capture objects out of thin air is indeed very shocking, but it is still far from the imagined immortal with thunder in the left hand and strong wind in the right hand. Unless Li Qingyuan can demonstrate more powerful spells, He Lingsi will not really regard him as a god. At most, he is just a reserve god!

So it is really an insult to the intelligence of the emperor that those time travelers are regarded as gods just because they perform a few magic tricks or street tricks!

"If you feel that I can't do it, you can come and try it yourself!"

Looking at Empress Dowager He sitting next to him, Li Qingyuan couldn't help but lick his lips.

It's really frustrating to have such a stunning beauty by your side but not be able to eat her.

"Lord Li, why do you recruit these refugees?"

He Lingsi quickly distanced himself and then asked.

It is true that Empress Dowager He knew that the guy in front of her had always coveted her, but she was the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty, so it was naturally impossible for her to let him succeed.

Or maybe?

Even if the other party can succeed, we must not be so casual!

He Lingsi may be an idiot in politics, but when it comes to how to control men, He Lingsi says he is definitely the best in the world!
The reason why she was able to rise from a palace maid to a powerful empress dowager was not only because of her good looks and figure, but more importantly, her ability to control and please men.

The main reason for her failure was that Dong Zhuo did not play by the rules at all. What he wanted was the country and his people. Although Dong Zhuo liked women, he was not willing to sacrifice his country for women.

You have to know that even Diao Chan, who was known as one of the four great beauties, was something Dong Zhuo was going to give to Lu Bu under Li Ru's persuasion. The main reason why he didn't give her away was because Diao Chan's tea art level was too high, otherwise there would be no so-called chain of beauty traps.

"Youcai! How many people are there?" Without answering He Lingsi's question, Li Qingyuan stood up and asked the number one lackey he had just recruited.

Fan Youcai, the mature-looking guy, was originally a peddler doing small business. Compared with others, he knew a few words and could do addition and subtraction within 100. He could definitely be considered a high-level talent today.

"My lord, we have already recruited more than 800 people, but we haven't figured out the exact number yet!"

Originally, Fan Youcai called Li Qingyuan "Tianjun", which means he believed that he was a divine messenger from heaven.

But since Li Qingyuan ordered him to be responsible for recruiting refugees for him, Fan Youcai immediately changed the address to Lord. I don't know where this guy learned it from.

Li Qingyuan did not correct this, as long as it was the meaning!

But don’t underestimate this guy, he is just an unknown little person. If he hadn’t met Li Qingyuan, he might have starved to death on the road in two days, but this guy’s ability to do things is really good.

In just one morning, Fan Youcai found these more than 800 people from somewhere. It was really unbelievable.

Li Qingyuan didn't see a single living person the whole afternoon yesterday, so much so that he thought there was no one within a hundred miles!

As a result, Fan Youcai and his group of refugees found people for him from all kinds of strange places in minutes, just like the monsters in the game that were refreshed at a regular intervals.

"Let's arrange for them to have a meal first!"

Normally, Li Qingyuan should stand up and say some words of mobilization or incitement to his men, but when he stood up, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

There was no way. Faced with thousands of disaster victims who were about to starve to death, he really didn't know what to say.

So he simply drew two circles in the air with his right hand, and then muttered something that no one could understand.

'bang bang bang-'

Three snakeskin bags immediately fell from mid-air. One of the bags broke open and the golden bean cakes inside immediately rolled out.

The refugees who were originally kneeling immediately became agitated when they saw the bean cakes. One of them who was extremely hungry immediately turned into a wolf and pounced on them.

"killed!"

Li Qingyuan said indifferently.

Fan Youcai immediately rushed forward and cut his neck with a knife.

The chopped-off head rolled far away, with half a bean cake still dangling from its dead mouth.

"The Lord has kindly given you lowly pigs and dogs a chance to live. You must always be grateful for the Lord's kindness. If anyone dares to rob, this is what will happen to him!"

Fan Youcai lifted up his head and yelled at the group of people.

Good guy!
Seeing the other party's servile appearance, Li Qingyuan felt that he was absolutely suitable for the position of Grand Chamberlain.

(End of this chapter)