Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

After Big Belly finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave. This meal must not be eaten. Who knows if it is poisoned? It is clearly a Hongmen Banquet. The Pei brothers are really great. They actually surrendered to the court.

It is outrageous that he colluded with the imperial court to set a trap for them and plotted against them. Once he gets out, he will definitely unite with other strongholds to take down Panlong Stronghold.

The eldest princess, haha, is just a counterfeit from somewhere. It is absolutely impossible for a princess to come to a cottage. That would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth. It is extremely ridiculous.

Not long after he walked, his body went numb and he fell to the ground twitching. He stared at the man with lightning flashing on his hand. His eyes widened: "You, how could you..."

Jiang Li's watery eyes looked more and more innocent: "Hey, I told you I'm the eldest princess, why don't you believe it? Pei Xuan and the others believed it, otherwise they would have become fertilizer too."

Pei Xuan and his three brothers: ...Haha, no need to remind them!

The big belly frowned and stammered, "What do you mean by fertilizer?"

"Well, you are curious."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Jiang Li smiled and looked at Xue Qing beside him. He wanted to scold her for being uncultured and rude just now. Then he would start with him. If he doesn't have manners when he goes out, he should be used as fertilizer.

An electric arc was thrown at him casually, and Xue Qing's body caught fire. His body twitched and he could not move. He watched himself burn and screamed: "Help, help, surrender, I surrender now."

"Ahhh, Princess, please spare my life."

Jiang Li looked calm and said seriously, "No, I said before that you can choose not to surrender, and I can also choose to let you be fertilizer. These are our respective choices."

"Who told you to call me uneducated? My mother is such a good person, and I am so polite. I said please, but you are the ones who don't know what's good for you. How can I be uneducated?"

"Hmph, after thinking about it, I think you should just become fertilizer."

Xue Qing's struggles became weaker and weaker. The aroma of barbecue wafted out, and Big Belly watched helplessly as one person was burned to charcoal in front of him, and another lost control... He was so scared that he peed his pants.

His body was shaking, his face was pale, and he struggled to kneel on the ground: "Return, surrender, I am willing to surrender, please spare my life, Princess. I don't want to be fertilizer. I have an eighty-year-old mother at home and a crying child."

"If I am gone from the family, how will they, an orphan and a widow, survive?"

He cried with tears and snot streaming down his face, fearing that she would kill him if she was unhappy. It would be better to kill her directly, but he was afraid of being burned like this. Watching himself burn bit by bit with his own eyes was too cruel.

Jiang Li didn't say anything after hearing this. She glanced at the others and asked softly, "What about you? Do you think so too? It's okay. If you have any opinions, just speak up. This princess is not the kind of person who is unreasonable."

Others: Who the hell dares to say no? If you are unhappy, you will be turned into charcoal and used as fertilizer. Being alive... is good enough. Even if you are not convinced, you have to wait until later.

They all said in unison: "We are willing to submit to the princess and obey her orders."

"Sure, don't push yourself too hard. If you don't want to, then don't. Just say it boldly. It's okay. I won't force you."

"No need to force it, we are all willing."

The others had respectful looks on their faces, their tears were almost dry, and their hatred towards the Pei brothers grew even deeper. If it weren't for their plot, how could they have fallen into the tiger's mouth?

Seeing their sincerity, Jiang Li smiled even brighter: "Well, although you are bandits, your ideological awareness is not bad. It is a blessing for Qi to have people like you."

...Haha, you can choose not to admit it. I am forced to do so.

"Pei Xuan, I'll leave the rest to you. You all know the process, right? It's the same as when you surrendered. We'll separate you according to your abilities, A, B, C, and D. People with special abilities will be picked out separately."

"For example, those who like carpentry and hidden weapons will have separate armies to house these people, and their monthly salaries will be different."

Wang Hu raised his head, a little surprised: "Monthly salary, the princess means that after we surrender to the court, we will still be given a monthly salary. Isn't that treating us as criminals and slaves?"

Jiang Li raised her eyebrows and said in confusion, "Who said that? This princess never said that. You are good citizens if you serve as soldiers. It is only right to give you a monthly salary. Who said I want you to be slaves?"

"This princess has enough slaves. I don't need so many slaves. You should just be good citizens. The past is written off and you will no longer be bandits."

"In the future, you will be rewarded according to your merits on the battlefield. Congratulations, your chance to make achievements has come. You must seize it. Whether you will rise to the top in one step or be reborn in another depends on your luck."

Wang Hu and Big Belly looked at each other, the corners of their mouths twitched. What they said was the truth, but it was too straightforward. It was very painful to hear. Pei Huli didn't resist, so why should they seek death?

The others knelt on the ground and said respectfully, "We are willing to obey the master. There are still some small villages. Why not go and search for them? More people are always better."

Humph, bring all those mortal enemies here. They can’t be the only ones to suffer. Let the mortal enemies enjoy themselves. If you want to be soldiers and go to the battlefield, come together. We can share the happiness and the suffering.

Jiang Li tilted his head, thought for a moment and nodded: "Alright, you go find other strongholds and bring people back to me. No innocent people should be harmed. Anyone who dares to disobey will be torn into pieces when they return."

"By the way, don't forget to stock up on food on the way and have someone send it back to the village. And one more thing, don't even think about running away. This land belongs to the king. Without this princess's permission, it's useless to run away."

Everyone said in unison: "We dare not, we will obey our master in everything."

"Well, I'll leave Pei Xuan to you. I should go and put the child to sleep. Don't bother me if you have nothing to do. Practice more. Only when you have improved your skills can you survive on the battlefield."

Wang Hu raised his head and asked in confusion: "Princess, is that rumor true? Is the world really going to be in chaos?"

Jiang Li hummed, with annoyance on his face: "It's all the fault of the Crown Prince of Yun. If he hadn't lacked love in his childhood and had a twisted and perverted mentality, the world wouldn't be in chaos."

"In the future, if you encounter the Yun people on the battlefield, do not show mercy. Being kind to others means being cruel to yourself. Once the war breaks out, only an iron fist can suppress it."

"As long as Qiguo is here, we are here too. If Qiguo perishes, we perish too. Let's work hard!"

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he picked up the child, turned around and walked out. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared. Seeing this, the people kneeling on the ground climbed up, glanced at the charred corpse, and looked away.

Pei Xuan said sternly: "Everyone follow me, let's get along well from now on, don't cause internal strife, the princess has a bit of a cruel temper, we can't afford to offend her, and don't bear a grudge against me."