Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 34 Rebellion is a decision, not a choice.
Refugee camp, that's what Yun Ce calls it. They have their own name—Miying (Miyu) camp, and the people who enter this camp also have a special name—Tufu (Miyu).

Yun Ce's name in the relocation camp was Liu Chang'an, a name he temporarily adopted.

The laborers were to be gathered together and managed in a special way. The leader who managed these people was called the laborer chief. Those above the laborer chief were government officials sent to manage the laborer chiefs.

Typically, six constables manage one head laborer.

Officials do not directly manage the laborers, nor do they exploit them. The laborers are the ones who manage the laborers; the ones who exploit them are the laborers and the government. Once the laborers cause the labor camp to become a source of public resentment and everyone wants to rebel, the laborers will push the laborers out and let the laborers kill him, and then replace him with a new laborer.

And so they continued, killing and exchanging, until the disaster passed and the laborers returned to their hometowns.

This is a basic tactic used by government officials when they have no money, no food, and still need to manage a large population in crisis; it's not unusual.

The people here in the wilderness have no concept of farming. They gather everything they need from the wilderness, including food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Zhao Jin once told me that the village used to mainly supply itself by harvesting hay from a barbaric country called "Ling". Later, because the harvesting was done too frequently, the country called "Ling" was destroyed. People had no choice but to rely on the bark of the stripping tree to barely survive.

There are many edible plants in the wasteland. Apart from not tasting good, they are not bad. Some brave people can also hunt in the wasteland and occasionally bring back some meat. With basic living conditions barely maintained, the people here live a very listless life.

Yun Ce and E Ji were full of energy. At dawn, E Ji took clean water from a specially dug sand pit and, at Yun Ce's insistence, boiled it over a fire before they could finally wash up.

Breakfast was bean porridge and minced meat and wild vegetable dumplings. Last night, Eji soaked the beans in water, and by dawn they had expanded considerably. She chopped them up and put them in boiling water, which resulted in a thick layer of bean oil on the cooked bean porridge, making it incredibly fragrant.

Wild vegetables aren't tasty on their own, but when combined with minced meat, the aroma becomes incredibly strong. Then, the skin is fried to a golden brown with oil, and even an emperor would want to take a bite.

After Yun Ce finished preparing the report on the relocation of the camp, he handed it over to Gouzi to organize. Seeing that Eji had already prepared breakfast, he came over and took a bite.

Before he even took a bite, a large crowd had already gathered around him to eat with Eji.

Eji tried to drive them away several times, but each time she did, they would surround her again.

Yun Ce was enjoying his porridge, meat sauce, and wild vegetable dumplings with great relish. Occasionally, he would look up at the people whose eyes were glazed over by the aroma of the food.

The onlookers were all minors. The story of how Yun Ce had beaten adult bandits so badly that they were screaming and yelling, but was then robbed by two children under the age of eight, had spread widely in the migration camp. Therefore, the adults were afraid of Yun Ce, but the children were not.

The feeling of being watched like a pack of wolves while eating is the same as being watched while urinating. But Yun Ce has a strong heart. If necessary, he can accept being watched naked, as long as he can get what he wants.

The more insightful a person is about life, the lower their moral compass tends to be, because they have long seen through the essence of life and when they do things, they go straight to the point and don't get entangled in trivial matters.

It's not difficult for a group to artificially create classes. In the initial stage, it's simply about eating well, dressing well, making others envious and thinking you're richer than them, thus making them want to get something from you. A simple class has already been created.

This is what Yun Ce is doing.

When Eji saw that some very young children in the crowd were drooling, she took out a few meat and vegetable boxes, cut them open with a knife, and gave them to the greedy children.

He had one piece left in his hand, so he casually gave it to a teenager.

Yun Ce was very domineering. He did not allow anyone else to live around his sheep cart. There was a shrub forest about an acre in size next to his residence, which he forbade others to go into because it was his and E Ji's private toilet.

In the training camp, Yun Ce ate better, dressed better, and lived better than others. Even his toilet was far superior to theirs. Coupled with his previous record of 27 wins and 1 loss, Yun Ce was the brightest star in the training camp.

After breakfast, Yun Ce strolled around the camp, listening to the various sounds that Gouzi translated for him... The content wasn't good; there wasn't much food left in this wasteland, and the laborers wanted to leave to establish a new camp in a place with more food, but the laborer leader disagreed.

The fact that the magistrate disagreed was quite unreasonable. If one had to find a reason, it must be related to the government's recent defeat.

The 1,200 refugees defeated the government troops and obtained the best weapons. They became bolder and began to attack government caravans everywhere. They also sent people to sneak into the resettlement camp to incite the laborers there to rebel with them and live a good life with plenty of food and clothing and no oppression.

These messages are the conclusions that the dog has drawn after listening to too many people.

"Revolution? Uprising?" After hearing what Gouzi said, Yun Ce was overjoyed. The first step in enlightening the people is to know that their surplus value has been exploited, to know what injustice is, and to know that justice is never a gift from others. All fairness and justice must be created by one's own iron fist.

In short, it boils down to one sentence—why are you treating me like this!
If one can witness a revolution, one can roughly judge whether this group of Han people has forgotten the saying, "Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?"

This means that the Han Chinese regime, though seemingly unchanging, is actually constantly evolving and renewing itself. Every peasant uprising is a process of expelling the old and embracing the new, allowing the aging Han people to regain their vitality.

Therefore, rebellion and uprising were very important to the Han people. Without these two terms, the Han Dynasty would have long since become corrupt and rotten.

The dog is an elf who excels at summarizing and generalizing. Given more time and participation in more events, his thinking should become even more flexible and comprehensive. Yun Ce really hopes that one day, this guy can appear before him in human form. When he returned to the sheep cart, Yun Ce saw a burly man wearing a fur hat talking to E Ji. After Yun Ce approached, the fur-clad man cupped his hands and said, "Hero, Pei Chuan greets you."

Yun Ce glanced at the leather boots on the strong man's feet, and then at the leather hat on his head. This was the kind of attire only a Gongshi could wear. In the entire migration camp, it was said that only the head of the laborers was a Gongshi.

Thinking of this, Yun Ce also cupped his hands and said, "Greetings, Tu Fuzhang."

Pei Chuan looked around and, seeing that no one was around, continued, "Liu Chang'an, we are about to face a great calamity."

Yun Ce smiled, cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I will take my leave now."

Pei Chuan's smile vanished instantly, and he said coldly, "Don't even think about leaving if you don't join us."

Yun Ce continued with a laugh: "Six constables are guarding against you alone, but where are the others?"

Pei Chuan raised his hand and said, "Please, sir, step forward and take a look."

Yun Ce followed Pei Chuan, with E Ji tugging at his collar from behind. Pei Chuan smiled brightly and said, "Aren't you two, young couple, willing to be apart for even a moment?"

Yun Ce laughed and said, "I have to make her feel that following me is a good deal."

Pei Chuan laughed loudly and said, "In the end, it's best if everyone can have a good life."

Yun Ce smiled and said, "I hope so."

As they talked, they arrived at a fenced courtyard made of shrubs. There weren't many people in the courtyard, but they were all strong men. They counted about four people, which was very rare in this wilderness. In Hekou Village, a village of nearly five hundred people, there wasn't a single able-bodied adult male.

Pei Chuan opened the door of the thatched hut, and Yun Ce led E Ji inside. There were six human heads on the ground. The heads were all laid out on the ground, and their expressions were still very rich. The sight of them weeping and sneer was chilling.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that all six people were buried underground, with only their heads sticking out of the soil.

Seeing that Yun Ce had already witnessed the fate of the six constables, Pei Chuan, without waiting for Yun Ce to ask any questions, said to the other four strong men, "You are all heroes of the relocation camp. Now, with important matters at hand and lives at stake, there is no time to think about it. Miss Hong is coming today, so let's settle things first."

After speaking, he picked up a guillotine from the table next to him and gently cut off the head of a constable. Perhaps because his body was buried in the ground and was compressed, blood spurted high.

Guided by Pei Chuan, or rather, as they had already agreed upon, a burly man next to him took the guillotine, chuckled, and cut off the head of the second constable.

Then came the third, the fourth, and the fifth. By the time the blood-stained guillotine was delivered to Yun Ce, the last constable had been scared to death.

Yun Ce, holding the guillotine, said to Pei Chuan, "There's a missing step in the process."

Pei Chuan asked, "What part?"

"You expect me to risk my life without even offering me benefits?"

Pei Chuan said dismissively, "Your life and your woman's life are the best things you can do. The relocation camp has already pledged allegiance to Miss Hong and they're all going to leave with her."

Yun Ce shook his head and said, "I don't want to."

Pei Chuan said, "The government doesn't know you don't want to rebel."

Yun Ce thought for a moment, then threw away the guillotine and said, "You're right."

Pei Chuan did not force Yun Ce to continue killing the already dead constable. Instead, he kicked the guillotine, which spun and cut off the dead man's head.

Pei Chuan distributed the armor and weapons left behind by the constables to the other four people. When it came to Yun Ce, he said, "Brother Liu, I'll keep your things for you and give them to you when you need them."

It's normal for people not to trust you since there's no blood oath. Yun Ce agreed and left the thatched hut with E Ji.

People don't trust him, and he doesn't trust them either. Yun Ce just wants to see what kind of heroine the upcoming Red Girl really is.

(End of this chapter)