Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 190: Slavery and Division

With a bump, Grandmother Jia was flying in the clouds in the car.

"Hey, old lady, be careful!"

Yuanyang hurried forward to protect Lady Jia's forehead, and then took off the jade and other items on Lady Jia's head to prevent her from getting hurt.

In the other car, Baoyu was also feeling very shaken.

Several personal maids rushed forward to protect Baoyu, but Xiren was the only one who did not step forward.

Baoyu looked at this scene and knew that it was his previous act of abandoning Xiren that hurt her heart, but he had no choice. He was just too scared. The bandits were so brutal, couldn't Xiren understand him?
Baoyu pushed aside the maid beside him and said:
"Don't worry about me, I'm guilty, just let me die in this car!"

Although the carriage was bumpy, it was impossible for it to be so bumpy that it could kill people. You know, most of the Huaiyin army soldiers couldn't even ride in the carriage!

However, after Baoyu said this, the maids still became worried.

Xiren couldn't help but look at Baoyu.

Seeing this, Baoyu quickly grabbed Xiren's hand and said:
"Good sister, please forgive me this time!"

……

In the emperor's car.

The ninety-five-year-old emperor looked emaciated.

But his eyes are still deep.

The high-intensity bumps actually made him feel more energetic.

Xia Shouzhong, who was previously in charge of taking care of the emperor, has been put into solitary confinement. He has been replaced by several of Fang Yong's trusted soldiers, who are guarding the emperor at all times.

The emperor now doesn't know much about the specific situation outside, he only knows that he is now under the control of this group of soldiers.

He found it somewhat difficult to understand. Could it be that someone would rebel so soon in the prosperous Corning era that he had created?

When the sun set, Fang Yong and others arrived at Dongwan Town.

The former King of Jin, Wu Sheng, died here.

Fang Yong stopped here to rest, during which time Ma Laohei's troops caught up from behind.

When Fang Yong was chasing Emperor Longqing's southward migration team, for the sake of safety, he arranged for Ma Laohei to lead the cavalry to Baofu to intercept them. However, Emperor Longqing was caught before he could escape to Baofu, so Ma Laohei's team was useless.

After the reunion, the group set up camp in Dongwan Town to rest and make a fire to cook.

Fang Yong ordered the grassland captives to assist the soldiers in setting up camp and take charge of the heavy and tiring work.

The grassland man picked up the tools reluctantly.

They hadn't eaten for a day, and coupled with the high-intensity march, they were already starving.

Seeing that the Huaiyin soldiers not far away had already started to make fire and cook, while they still had to work here, many grassland soldiers felt dissatisfied.

A stubborn grassland soldier refused to cooperate and cursed:
"You Han Chinese pigs and sheep, we grassland men will not do anything for you!"

An official from Daxi's Ministry of Rites translated the man's words.

There are many talented people in the Daxi court, some of whom can even speak fourteen languages. Fang Yong uses various means to temporarily use these talents for his own benefit.

The Huaiyin Army in charge of guarding stepped forward after hearing the official's translation and pulled the grassland soldier out alone.

Asked: "Are there other people like him?"

The official from the Ministry of Rites translated this statement again.

Some more people stood up.

The guarding Huaiyin soldiers ordered their men to tie these people up and take them away.

Soon, these people disappeared in front of others.

The grassland soldiers were filled with fear as they watched this scene. They didn't know where these people would be taken and how to deal with them.

These people did not have much backbone to begin with. Those with the most backbone had already died on the battlefield. The remaining people with a little backbone were also taken away by the Huaiyin army. In the end, those who were left were basically those who were afraid of death and loved life.

Under the order of the Huaiyin Army, they began to build the camp honestly. During this period, the Huaiyin Army guards observed that a small number of grassland soldiers were excluded from their work by other soldiers and were assigned heavier and more tiring work.

It seems that there are distinctions of hierarchy among these soldiers.

The Huaiyin troops on guard took note of all these situations and reported them.

Soon after, the camp was set up.

The grassland soldiers returned to the camp exhausted.

Fang Yong ordered people to cook for them.

The food was similar to that of the Huaiyin Army. It included the four basic necessities of vegetables, rice, oil and salt, but lacked dried meat.

Although Fang Yong had increased the meat reserves by calling on the people to raise ducks, time was short after all and meat was still precious, and it was far from enough to feed the prisoners.

However, the people on the grassland still drooled when they saw the steaming food.

This is much better than what they eat on the grassland.

Although the environment on the grassland was not as dark as that in Daxi, it was not very good either. The lower class people like them were still oppressed. After being captured by Fang Yong, their treatment was actually better than their previous treatment in the grassland army.

This made them feel less resentful towards Fang Yong.

One of the camps of the captured soldiers.

The food was still bubbling with steam, and a grassland soldier couldn't help but reach out to grab some.

However, as soon as he made his move, he was knocked down by a scabbard of a sword from the Huaiyin Army who was in charge of guarding him.

"Before we eat, there is one more thing I want to say!"

Huaiyin Army said.

He picked out two people who had been ostracized by other grassland soldiers when they were working before, a teenager and a middle-aged man, and asked them to stand out separately.

The boy's name was Raja. The reason he was ostracized was that his father had once escaped during a battle and was demoted to a herdsman slave. Raja was forced to inherit his father's identity as a herdsman slave.

Fortunately, that battle was one in which Kah Khan defeated their tribe. After the battle, the tribal leader surrendered to Kah Khan, so Raja was freed after only a few days of being a herdsman.

However, although Raja has been liberated, other grassland soldiers still exclude him because of his former identity.

Another middle-aged man was named Lei Zhetuo. His experience was similar to that of Raja, but he was demoted to a slave because he damaged the horse while trimming the hooves of the leader's warhorse.

The two were pulled out separately by the Huaiyin army.

The two men were trembling with fear, not knowing what mistake they had made.

The rest of the grassland soldiers looked at this scene with a look of gloating.

However, something happened that they did not expect.

Huaiyin Army Road:

"Lajia, Lei Zhetuo, you two have contributed the most in the previous work, which shows that you are very loyal to the Huaiyin Army. The general has seen your contributions, so from today on, you two will be promoted to the captain and deputy captain of this prisoner team!"

The rest of the grassland soldiers looked at this scene in shock.

Raja and Lei Zhetuo were both confused.

However, before they could react, the Huaiyin army had already dragged them in front of the pot.

"As the captain and vice-captain, you will have the right to enjoy food first, and there will also be extra jerky rations!"

The Huaiyin army took out two bags of dried meat and handed them to Laga and Lei Zhetuo.

Raja and Lei Zhetuo took the dried meat in a daze. They felt that all this was too unreal.

They didn't do those jobs voluntarily, but had to do them because they were excluded. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise...

However, before the two of them could accept the beauty before them, a tall grassland man stood up angrily and roared:
"I'm not convinced!"

(End of this chapter)