Overlord of the late Qin Dynasty

Chapter 58 Joining the Army ([-])

"My Xiang family made friends with heroes, and recruited rangers to prepare for the future! I paid tribute to Yingzheng's fine wine, and became Yingzheng's ministers to be able to use Yingzheng to hide my identity! Better prepare for the day's return to Chu!"

After finishing speaking, Xiang Yu changed his tone and said to Fu Kuan and Ge Ying: "Fu Kuan, Ge Ying! Both of you are from Chu, don't you want to revive the old Chu? Do you want to continue to live in the name of a subjugated person? In this world? Are you willing to be a ranger all your life and be ridiculed by the people of Qin all your life?"

"Of course I'm not reconciled!" Fu Kuan replied, and then he said: "We also hope that the Chu Kingdom can be restored, and we Chu people can escape the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty and live a good life!"

Fu Kuan and Ge Ying have been in frequent contact since Xiang's family moved from Xiangfu in Xianyang city to Xiangjiazhuang outside Xianyang city!It can be said that they can talk about everything.Therefore, even though the two of them have been together for a short time, they have become people who tell each other what they think in their hearts!
"But! Qin has an army of millions of tigers and wolves, as well as countless money and food, and excellent equipment! Even if we raise troops against Qin in the name of restoring the country, even if we can gather tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of horses, it will be useless!"

"It should be noted that the number of soldiers and horses is not the key to victory, the key lies in the quality of weapons, armor and sergeants! We were able to gather a large army, but we did not have enough weapons to equip the rebel army. In the end, we could only end up being defeated and killed!"

"Also, don't talk about making weapons privately! Nowadays, Qin Fa clearly stipulates that people in the world are not allowed to collect weapons privately, and even a kitchen knife used at home must be registered and recorded! The ore used to make weapons, once purchased in large quantities , the government will know! Why are you talking about making weapons privately?"

"Even if we can manufacture weapons! So what? Can the weapons manufactured privately be comparable to those of the Qin army? Can all the rebels equip them?"

Fu Kuan and Ge Ying said each other, and Xiang Yu and Xiang Bo fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Xiang Yu said: "My uncle has already discovered several mines on Jinting Island, all of which are iron mines! The former borrowed blacksmiths and carpenters from Momen for this service. We need a large number of blacksmiths to make weapons! I Xiang's profits from wine and salt are used to manufacture weapons, and there are people from the Momen. I don't believe that the weapons manufactured will be weaker than the standard equipment of the Qin army! I, Xiang, have already controlled Jinting Island, the people on the island are willing to join Xiang's great cause against Qin!"

"Why did I ask Yingzheng to hold a martial arts competition? It is because my Xiang family lacks talents, and even less generals who can fight! Also, I want everyone in the world to know the existence of my Xiang family. Once the real identity is announced in the future It can attract a large number of people with lofty ideals to join the army!"

"Hahaha!" Fu Kuan laughed suddenly, which interrupted what Xiang Yu had said.

Xiang Yu was very curious why Fu Kuan was laughing, so he asked, "Brother Fu, why are you laughing?"

"Xiang Ziyu! Xiang Ziyu! Qin has millions of soldiers, countless money and food, and rules the world with strict laws; Qin governs the world with strict laws, how can the world be chaotic? If it is not chaotic, how will your Xiang family raise troops? Now that you are worried about raising troops, you have no choice. It will be available, it is really ridiculous!" Fu Kuan looked at Xiang Yu with contemptuous eyes, as if he was laughing at Xiang Yu's naivety, and also seemed to be laughing at why he had a relationship with Xiang Yu.

"Brother Fu! If you live under harsh torture and cruel laws, your life will become more and more difficult every day! The tax burden will increase every day, labor and military service will be paid every month, and you will not have enough food and clothing! What will you do? Hmm!" Xiang Yu said with a smile.

"Yingzheng, he is a wise lord! It is true that he is able to rule the world, annex countries and rule the world by law, and make the world temporarily stable! However, he does not know how to govern by torture alone. And ruling the world is not enough! He did not let the nobles and gentry of the original six countries join his court, and did not give the local tyrants the opportunity to become officials. If the ambitions in these people's hearts cannot be stretched, they will become the overthrowers of the Qin Dynasty. the cornerstone of his rule!"

"Also, although Ying Zheng was very wise and courageous when he unified the six countries! But now he has begun to have the desire to enjoy himself. Now he has Wang Wan and others recruit civilian husbands to build the Afang Palace and gather beauties from the six countries with them. It is clear proof! The construction of Efang Palace cannot be completed in one generation, at least two or even three generations are needed to build such a large and numerous palace; The government will definitely impose excessive taxes on the local area! The common people are already dissatisfied with the harshness of the Qin law, and there are countless tax burdens. Can they bear it? The common people who can't bear it will definitely hold it With the belief that you must die, you rise up against Qin!"

"However, the nobles and gentry of the original six countries will also take advantage of the chaos in the world to raise troops! At that time, when the world is full of wars, my Xiang family can also raise troops in Kuaiji to raise the banner of anti-Qin!"

"Ziyu, what you said is just a family's idea! If Yingzheng can repair the Qin law and reduce the taxes of the people in the world, isn't what you want to be impossible?" Ge Ying questioned.

"Hahaha!" After laughing for a while, Xiang Yu said, "You don't know Ying Zheng! He is a man with great ambitions! His current title of First Emperor was granted by himself, in order to let the people of the world and future generations recognize him. status, he must have enough or even higher credit than the Three Sovereigns and Five Sovereigns!"

"The Southern Expedition to Baiyue and the Northern Expedition to the Huns are Yingzheng's capital! But the expenditure of these two armies alone can exhaust Yingzheng's court, so he will not lower taxes! Increase until people in the world can't bear it!"

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Xiang Yu talked a lot with Fu Kuan and Ge Ying, and both of them agreed to become Xiang's subordinates to contribute to the restoration of Chu.Although Xiang Yu was unable to subdue the two of them, he also left a heavy stroke in their hearts.

On the second day, after Xiang Yu finished studying in the palace middle school, he came to Xiangjiazhuang with Wang Li and others.

During the practice of martial arts, Xiang Yu suddenly asked: "Zi Lie! Did Master Wu Chenghou say when the army of [-] northward reinforcements will set off?"

"It should be a few days! I don't know! My grandfather won't talk about this in front of me!" Wang Li said a little depressed.

"I'm so envious of those fierce generals and sergeants who fight on the battlefield! Sometimes I think it would be a great thing if I could go to the battlefield to kill the enemy!" Xiang Yu sighed after hearing this.

"But we are not old enough to join the army!" Li You said a little depressed.

Li You is 15 years old this year, and he will be able to join the army next year. He planned to join the army secretly before he told his father Li Si.

(End of this chapter)