Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 200 Black House
The follow-up to the Battle of Changping,
For black households,
It must be a heavy workload.

Because he had to consider how many "talents" Xinxia could accept, and how many Qin could move to the Western Regions.

If there are too many people,

This travel expenses and resettlement,

It's a problem again.

If they didn't think of a good solution, given the character of Bai Qi, the contemporary god of death, he would most likely bury the captives alive and solve the problem at the source.

Although the black households do not have much talent,
The reason why Hei was put in charge of the trade routes in the Western Regions was largely because of his ancestors' honesty and hard work, which won the appreciation of the King of Qin and those nobles.

But if he has the conditions to do good things, he should try to do more!

It is said that after death, mortals will enter the kingdom of ghosts and gods to live.

In the ghost kingdom, ghosts and gods will reward good and punish evil according to what the dead ghosts did in their lifetime.

The black household didn’t know the exact situation, after all, he had never died.

According to these rumors,
The descendants of the Hei family could not help but think:
If you do good deeds, what if you can accumulate virtue for your ancestors?

If the people of the Hei family are virtuous, will their life after death be better?
Ugh,
Thinking of this,
Everyone has to die one day.
Illegal residents need to make more preparations!

He put on an expression of "very tired but still working hard", and finally suddenly slapped his head:
"I want to make a suggestion to the king!"

"What advice do you want to give?" Lu Buwei asked him.

“It’s also about making money!”

Heihu rubbed his hands, thinking that sending hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war to the west was really a pipe dream.

It is impossible for Xinxia to take up too many "talents".

So, after the news of victory at the front was sent back to Xianyang,

Hei Hu then asked to see the King of Qin and expressed his ideas:
"I heard that the number of prisoners captured in the Battle of Changping was too large, which made Wu Anjun very distressed."

"Therefore, I privately think that we can let Zhao pay to redeem the people, which will not only reduce the burden on Qin, but also further seize Zhao's wealth."

"But this cannot cause the loss of too many people in Zhao. When they recover in the future, it will harm Qin!" said the King of Qin.

Heihu said, "We can send the young and strong to the Western Regions, and send the old and weak back first!"

So the King of Qin agreed to his suggestion and asked him to go to the front line to tell Bai Qi about this matter, and by the way, go to Zhao State as an envoy to inform the King of Zhao.

The black household scratched his head, he didn't expect that he would be forced to work overtime.

But the king's order is hard to disobey,
He had no choice but to go.

Lu Buwei also went with him.

After all, the war was over, and Qin was going to release some prisoners back to Zhao, so he could just hitchhike back to Handan.

When Bai Qi heard the news, he felt relieved.

His way of fighting has always been to annihilate the enemy alive rather than to capture cities and territories.

Because the country's focus is on people, not land.

If the survivors lose their land, all the people and land will be regained naturally in the future.

If you keep the land but lose the people, the empty city will be just a thing in your hands.

Therefore, Bai Qi was called the "God of Killing" by the world, simply because he tried his best to "kill enough" in the war.

Before the war,

There were not many captives, and the Qin State had sufficient capacity to transport them to the Western Regions and turn them into cargo.

But now he has 400,000 men under his command, so transportation is bound to be difficult.

Bai Qi is planning to find a reason to kill a group of people!

Well now,

His sin of killing can be alleviated a little.

But Bai Qi still had a question: "How can I convince the King of Zhao to pay the money?"

Heihu looked at Lu Buwei.

He doesn't have too many conspiracies in his mind, and when he wants to do bad things, he is very direct.

Fortunately,

On the way, Lu Buwei had already given him some advice.

Seeing Hei Hu's eyes shifted to him, and Bai Qi also looked at him, Lu Buwei stepped out and said, "I am doing business in Handan and have many connections. I can return first and spread the news of the captives."

"The Zhao people are now defeated and in a state of panic. They do not have the courage to fight back against the Qin army."

"They will naturally ask King Zhao to redeem their relatives."

"Okay!" Bai Qi nodded directly, "Then you guys go ahead and do it, but I won't delay it for too long!"

Even if they were only fed once every three days, hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war were still too many.

Subsequently,

Lu Buwei then successfully returned to Handan with the black household.

He quietly slipped back home and asked someone to tell Ying Yiren that everything was going well on his side, and then he started to implement the plan of "buying and selling Yaohe".

Hei Hu, facing the very angry King Zhao who wanted to "kill him as soon as possible", also seemed very calm. Hei Hu's ancestral personality made him go with the flow.

All come,

Can you still run?
Just focus on doing your own tasks!
Why do you care so much?

When King Zhao heard that he had not only lost the battle but was also asked to pay money, he immediately became furious!
"How can such a thing happen in the world!"

But Heihu said, "But if we lose too many people, Zhao will be left empty-handed. What will we do in the future?"

“You lose money now, but you still have the opportunity to accumulate it later.”

"If people die and the country is destroyed, what is the use of having a lot of money?"

King Zhao knew that this was true.

But the money to ransom the prisoners of war was too much and he didn't want to pay.

"Get that person out of here!"

The King of Zhao did not dare to kill the Qin envoy, so he could only drive the black household away.

Heihu returned to the house specially prepared for envoys from various countries, lay down and fell into a deep sleep, not caring about the Zhao people guarding him at the door.

One day later,
The city of Handan became noisy.

Many people crowded in front of King Zhao's palace, hoping that he could redeem their captured relatives.

"We can pay for it ourselves, but is King Zhao unwilling to agree?"

"I heard that the Qin army is brutal and won't keep prisoners for too long. If I'm slower, my family will be killed!"

"What are you still hesitating about, Your Majesty!"

The King of Zhao was so angry that he asked his ministers, "How did Qin's request get out so quickly?"

The ministers did not know what was going on, so they just advised the monarch, "Your Majesty, you should buy back the soldiers from Handan first!"

"Handan is the capital of Zhao State and is directly under the jurisdiction of the king. It is the core of your power!"

"If the people of Handan become shaken and the prestige of the king is damaged, or even a riot breaks out, it will cause serious harm to you!"

As for people from other places,

Let them wait a while!
The life of a person with a capital hukou is more precious than that of a person with a local hukou!
King Zhao was helpless.

They had no choice but to follow this advice and redeem the people in Handan first.

Then he discovered with anger that most of those returned by Qin were the old, weak, sick and disabled, and healthy young and strong people were very rare!
The King of Zhao angrily summoned the guarded black household and asked him what Qin meant.

Heihu just stared with his clear eyes and said, "Isn't it good to be a veteran?"

"The soldier's age shows that he has served the country for many years and still has a strong patriotic heart and is willing to sacrifice his life for the country!"

"The life of the captives was difficult, and the old soldiers could not bear it. Wu'an Jun was kind-hearted and deliberately let the old men return first. Did the King of Zhao think that the old soldiers were useless and only the young and strong were worthy of being redeemed by Zhao?"

The King of Zhao was so furious at what he said that he drew his sword and intended to kill him!
But the ministers around him stopped him, allowing the illegal immigrant to escape.

……

At the end,
Zhao State really couldn't afford any more money.
The King of Zhao felt that Handan and its neighboring cities had been pacified, and that his position was secure and would not see any rebellion, so he stopped redeeming people.

When the King of Zhao was stealing money,
Bai Qi's side,

They had already picked out enough young and strong men and transported them to the Western Regions, getting rid of the burden on their shoulders.

He planned to stop the war against Zhao and return to Qin.

Bai Qi said to Hei Hu, "My original idea was to take advantage of the victory of the Battle of Changping when the Zhao people were completely discouraged and destroy the Zhao State in one fell swoop."

"But now seeing that the King of Zhao is still willing to pay to redeem his people, and the people of Zhao are not stingy with their own property and are willing to donate to this matter, we know that their determination is still there."

"And in order to win this war, the Qin treasury has been emptied, and the burden on the people is heavy. I cannot force myself to claim the credit for destroying the country!"

Heihu nodded and said, "It is wise to retreat while the tide is still flowing."

Then, he whispered to Bai Qi, "Your Majesty is old. Although destroying a country is a happy event, it will inevitably irritate the old man..."

The black household had served his father and grandfather, and he knew all too well what the old man had done wrong!
As people grow old,
The ability to judge will decline, and one will do foolish things. Moreover, as one gets older, there is always a sense of urgency that “time waits for no one”, and one wishes to get everything one wants before dying!

If Zhao State were to perish,

Would the King of Qin think that if he could hold out for a few more years, he could "exert the remaining strength of three generations" and unify the world?

As long as you have this idea in your mind,
Old people are always anxious.

But how can one swallow up the whole world in a day or a night?

The more impatient you are,

The more it fails!

The Hei family has taken root in the Qin State. If the big tree of Qin withers or falls, the situation of the Hei family will not be much better!
Bai Qi thought his words made sense, and couldn't help but sigh, "You seem to understand the king's thoughts very well?"

Heihu shook his head, "No, it's just that my father and grandfather were like that too!"

He sighed sincerely, "The old man is hard to please!"

Bai Qi nodded in agreement and then burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)