Chapter 322 (1/2)

Chapter 322

“Hey! Have you heard? We no longer have enough food in the city!” One h food? No way! Where did you even hear that froe of food Otherwise, he would not have given us land and even low taxes” Another replied in astonishment This ’s Ar would not be able to raise a large army

“There is no need to ask You can see for yourself How uy asked disdainfully

“Two portions!” The second guy replied, failing to understand the purpose of the question

“Exactly! At the start, we received four portions each It then decreased to three portions and noo portions! Children were given one portion and now, only half a portion! How is this enough to eat? Is this enough of an explanation?”

It was true that at the start, everyone received four portions It was enough to make them full and even have left overs Now, they only received two portions It was not enough toancient times They do not have many dishes that allowed the those turbulent tier

“Two portions is already good enough We would not starve to death! This is better than last ti’s Army replied He was a man that survived the Yellow Turban Rebellion and have personally experienced what it was like to starve It was truly a world where ht noo portions were enough

“Better than last time? Old man Let me tell you that in a few days, you would not even have two portions! To stop the Liu Bei’s Army outside the city, they would provide more provisions to the defenders and cut off our rations! The only e can eat is if we climb the walls!” The man that looked like a simple farmer continued to say

“Only the people on the walls can eat?” The oldmen if this was true However, the old, woo up the walls and get thethat the coiven rotten food and other s to eat and you are still picky about it Would you prefer the Liu Bei’s Army to break into the city and kill you?” Another er bear to listen to this and denounced him

“Who told you that Lord Xuande would massacre everyone? These are all lies! Lord Xuande is the Left General of the Han! He is the Imperial Uncle and is extremely benevolent If you do not believe me, ask the people that came fro to follow him when he left Xuzhou!” The ht! I ca ’s spy was not the only one ast them There had also been the common people from Xuzhou Even until now, the people from Xuzhou were thankful to Liu Bei

Many started to waver when they heard so s

The man finally said, “The Left General also prepared a banquet for us outside the city! If you do not believe ives us for our actions on the walls and that he is here under orders to supress those that do not subainst us!”

“Supress those that do not subhness the Sage King”

“You would not understand The Sage King had been deceived by others, like that Military Advisor Xu Shu and also people like Yang Hong I a was Yuan Shu’s advisor and is a crafty person!” Yang Hong truly had bad reputation ast the people This was because he plundered many of the common people for Yuan Shu to ascend the throne and to provide enough provisions to Yuan Shu As a result, ht that Yang Hong was just following orders

“You mean?” The common people started to think tootizhou to fall into decline This was aThe one that incited Yuan Shu to becoht happen once again in Shouchun The people could still rezhou

“What about the taxes and land?” The real concern of the common people were their small profits This is because these were their foundations

“Lord Xuande had already said that he is taking Shouchun to supress rebellious ministers Once the treacherous ’s demands to show respect to us” The ’s schemes ‘Thirty percent tax? What a joke Even the virtuous Liu Bei would not do such a thing Otherwise, hoould he raise an army and provide a salary to the officers?’ The war at Guandu is about to be over The only way to conquer the Central Plains was to have a powerful army The only reason why theelse can be explained by someone else after Shouchun is captured Once Shouchun is taken, the taxes would go back to normal When the people rebel, the infa would be frao and find Liu Mang Liu Bei would be able to receive the original a’s reputation would be finished The people would also support Liu Bei

A discussion started after the hts As si loyalty All they wanted was for their own sreat if Liu Bei had no intentions of killing the people in the city They do not care about who ruled the area It was not just thehts This is because Liu Bei said that they would be forgiven if they were to drop their weapons and not fight back

“Haha The Military Advisor is truly like a deity This way, Shouchun would soon fall!” Thesed clothes and went to the different districts to start the rumors

“Captain Should we arrest him?” The spy did not know that he had been watched since earlier

“No Not right now!” This captain was an intelligence officer left behind by Yang Hong They had already knew that Pang Tong had sneaked spies in much earlier but was unable to find them as there werea needle in a haystack Pang Tong’s stratagem had then exposed these people but it hadn’t been the ti Once all of theht in one fell swoop

Just as a riot was about to start, soldiers from the White Horse shouted loudly “People A corrupt provision officer will soon be executed! Go and watch if you want to The Military Advisor will bring justice for you!”

“The execution of a corrupt official? What is so nice to see about that? I a to such a sullen place?” Soed their opinion when another shouted, “Provision official? What kind of official is that?”

“Idiot How could you not know this? That is the officer that distributes food to us!” Soed him

“The one that distributes food to us? Is this about the provisions?”

“Everyone, let us go and see this! The Military Advisor said that he will give us justice They ’s iven, all those that did not want to go initially changed their st theo out even if she orried about food However, she had a different reason for joining the crowd

Tomen had entered her house and shouted, “Miss Xie, quickly come with us to the walls at the East!”

“Go to the walls at the East?” Miss Xie was stunned not knohy she should go It was only an execution and the place was crowded On top of that, she was pregnant “Miss Liu What are you so anxious? Speak slowly and drink soave a s water, Miss Liu becao to the walls! It is Xie Wen!”

“What happened toto be executed! Go! Go now!”

“What? Impossible!” Xie Wen had lost his arht for the Lu Bu’s Army How could such a person be executed?